NoL60/58 1.3.86 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No650/86
of28February1986
ontheapplicationofthesupplementary trademechanismtoimportsintoSpainofcertainseed
potatoes
Whereasthegeneralrulesforapplyingthesupplementary
trademechanismaresetoutinRegulation (EEC)No574/86
of25February1986layingdowndetailedrulesforthe
applicationofthesupplementary trademechanism (4);
whereascertainprovisionsspecifictoseedpotatoesshould,
however,belaiddown;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationarein
accordancewiththeopinionoftheManagementCommittee
forSeeds,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ForthepurposesofthisRegulation'seedpotatoes'shallbe
takentomeancertifiedseedpotatoesfallingwithin
subheadingex07.01AIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,as
laiddowninArticle2(1)(b)ofCouncilDirective
66/403/EEC.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainandPortugal,
andinparticularArticle81(4)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No569/86of
25February1986layingdowngeneralrulesofapplicationof
thesupplementary trademechanism('),andinparticular
Article7thereof,
WhereasArticle81(4)oftheActofAccessionprovidesfor
thepossibilityofsubjectingimportsintoSpainofcertainseed
potatoesfromtheCommunity asconstitutedat
31December1985tothesupplementary trade
mechanism ;
WhereasstepsarebeingtakeninSpaintoimprovepotato
productionstructures;whereasimportsofseedpotatoes
shouldthereforebeliberalizedprogressivelysoastoenable
Spanishproductiontoadapttothenewmarket
conditions ;
WhereascertifiedseedpotatoesaredefinedinArticle2
(1)(B)ofCouncilDirective66/403/EEConthemarketing
ofseedpotatoes(2),aslastamendedbyCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3768/85(3);
Whereasinordertoestablishtheindicativeimportceilingsa
forwardestimateshouldbedrawnupforeachmarketing
yearonthebasisoftheestimateofproductionand
consumptionoftheproductinquestioninSpain;whereasa
specialforwardsestimatemustbedrawnupfortheperiod1
Marchtothestartofthe1986/87marketingyear;
Whereasthemarketingyearforseedpotatoesbeginson
1Octoberandendson30September;whereascommercial
transactionsrelatingtotradeintheproductinquestionare
normallycompletedby1March;whereasanindicative
ceilingshould,however,befixedforimportsduringthe
period1March1986to30September1986;
Whereasonthebasisoftheforwardestimatesdulydrawnup
theindicativeceilingsshouldbeasspecifiedinthis
Regulation ;Article2
TheproductsdefinedinArticle1shallbesubjecttothe
supplementary trademechanism,hereinafterreferredtoas
the'STM',referredtoinArticle81oftheActofAccessionof
SpainandPortugal.
TheSTMshallapplytoimportsofthesaidproductsinto
SpainfromtheCommunityasconstitutedat31December
1985duringtheperiod1March1986to31December
1989.
Article3
Theindicativeceilings,referredtoinArticle83(1)oftheAct
ofAccession,forimportsintoSpainoftheproductsin
questionareherebyfixedasfollows:
(a)fortheperiod1March1986to30September1986:
100tonnes;
(b)forthemarketingyear1October1986to30September
1987:15494tonnes.
(>)OJNoL55,1.3.1986,p.106.
(2)OJNo125,11.7.1966,p.2320/66.
(3)OJNoL362,31.12.1985,p.8. («)OJNoL57,1.3.1986,p.1.

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2.Theamountofthesecurityisherebyfixedat1ECUper
100kg.Article4
1.TheperiodofvalidityoftheSTMlicencesreferredtoin
Article2ofRegulation (EEC)No574/86shallnotexceed
fourmonthsfromtheirdateofissue.However,theperiod
ofvalidityofthelicencesshallexpirenotlaterthan
30September1987.Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1March1986.
This'RegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28February1986.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President