NoL58/54 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.3.86
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No620/86
of28February1986
fixing,for1986,aninitialquotaforimportsintoPortugalofcertaineggsinshellfalling
withinCommonCustomsTariffsubheading04.05lib)fromtheCommunityas
constitutedat31December1985andlayingdowncertaindetailedrulesforapplying
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No493/86
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Until31December1987,thePortugueseRepublic
maymaintainquantitativerestrictionsonimportsof
eggsinshellfallingwithinsubheading04.05AIb)of
theCommonCustomsTarifffromtheCommunityas
constitutedat31December1985.
2.Thequantitativerestrictionreferredtoinparagraph
1shallconsistofanannualquotaopenedwithoutdis­
criminationbetweeneconomicoperators .
3.Theinitialquotafor1986shallbe1330tonnes.For
theperiod1Marchto31December1986,thequota
shallbereducedbyone-sixth .
4.ThequotareferredtointhisArticleshallbe
appliedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle
269(2)(c)and(d)oftheActofAccession .THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugaland,inparticular,Article257(1)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No493/86
of25February1986fixing,for1986,theinitialquotas
applicabletoPortugueseimportsfromtheCommunity
asconstitutedat31December1985ofcertainproducts
intheeggsandpoultrymeatsectors('),and,inparti­
cular,Article2thereof,
Whereas,asaresultofanerrorofsubstance,thecorrec­
tionofwhichisbeingconsidered,theActofAccession
doesnotprovidefortheapplicationofquantitativeres­
trictionsonimportsintoPortugalofproductsfalling
withinCommonCustomsTariffsubheading04.05A
Ib)fromtheCommunityasconstitutedat31Decem­
ber1985;whereas,giventhattheimportsinquestion
wereprohibitedunderthesysteminforceinPortugal
before1March1986,suchrestrictionsarenecessaryin
ordertoarrivesmoothlyandgraduallyattheintroduc­
tion,atthebeginningofthesecondstage,ofthe
arrangements whichareprovidedforinthemarket
organizationconcernedandwhicharebasedonthe
principleofthefreedomtoimport;whereas,pending
thecorrectionreferredtoabove,thetransitional
measuresshouldthereforeincludetheapplicationof
quantitativerestrictionsinrespectoftheproductsin
question;whereasthecriteriaspecifiedinArticle269
oftheActofAccessionaresuitableforcalculatingthe
volumeofthesaidquantitativerestrictions,andprod­
uceaquotafixedinthelightofthecriterionrelatingto
Portugueseproduction ;
Whereastoensurepropermanagementofthequotas,
applicationsforimportauthorizations shouldbesub­
jecttothelodgingofasecurity;
WhereasprovisionshouldbemadeforPortugalto
communicate informationtotheCommission onthe
applicationofthequotas;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforPoultrymeatandEggs,Article2
1.ThePortugueseauthoritiesshallissueimport
authorizations fortheproductsspecifiedinArticle1of
thisRegulationandRegulation(EEC)No493/86soas
toensureafairallocationoftheavailablequantity
betweentheapplicants .
2.Applications forimportauthorizations shallbe
subjecttothelodgingofasecurity,whichshallbe
releasedundertheconditionsdefinedbythe
Portugueseauthoritiesoncethegoodshavebeeneffec­
tivelyimported.
Article3
1.ThePortugueseauthoritiesshallcommunicate to
theCommissionthemeasureswhichtheyadoptforthe
applicationofArticle2.
2.Theyshalltransmit,notlaterthanthe15thofeach
month,thefollowinginformationonimportauthoriza­
tionsissuedintheprecedingmonth:(■)OJNoL54,1.3.1986,p.31.

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—thequantitiescoveredbytheimportauthorizations
issued,bycountryofprovenance ,
—thequantitiesimported,bycountryofprovenance ,Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1March1986.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28February1986.
FortheCommission
FransANDR1ESSEN
Vice-President