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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3977/86

of 22 December 1986

amending Regulation (EEC) No 501/86 fixing, for 1986, the initial quota which may be applied by the Portuguese Republic for certain fruit and vegetables coming from the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 234 (2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas, pursuant to Article 269 of the Act of Accession, the Portuguese Republic may, until the end of the first stage, maintain, in the form of quotas, quantitative restrictions on imports of certain fruit and vegetables coming from the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 for certain periods of the year;

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 501/85 (1) fixed the volume of the initial quota applicable in 1986 for each product; whereas, in compliance with Article 269 (2) of the Act of Accession, the minimum rate of progressive increase in the quotas expressed in terms of volume is 10 % at the beginning of each year; whereas a higher rate of increase of 20 % is not likely to cause disturbance on the Portuguese market; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 501/86 should be therefore amended for 1987,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 501/86 is hereby amended as follows:

1. In the title, 'fixing, for 1986, the initial quota' is replaced by 'fixing the quota'.

2. Article 1 (1) is replaced by the following:

'1. The volumes for the quotas which the Portuguese Republic may, pursuant to Article 269 of the Act of Accession, apply on the import of fresh fruit and vegetables from the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 are hereby fixed for 1987 in accordance with the Annex.'

3. The Annex is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1987.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 22 December 1986.

For the Council

The President

G. SHAW

(1) OJ No L 54, 1. 3. 1986, p. 46.

ANNEX

(tonnes)

1.2.3 // // // // CCT heading No // Description // Quota for 1987 // // // // // // // 07.01 // Vegetablles fresh or chilled: // // // B. Cabbages, cauliflowers and Brussels sprouts: // // // I. Cauliflowers: // // // ex a) From 15 April to 30 November: // // // - From 1 to 30 November // 885 // // ex b) From 1 December to 14 April: // // // - From 1 December to 31 March // // // ex H. Onions, shallots and garlic: // // // - Onions, from 1 August to 30 November // 2 021 // // - Garlic, from 1 August to 31 December // 78 // // M. Tomatoes: // // // ex I. From 1 November to 14 May: // // // - From 1 December to 14 May // 5 310 // // ex. II. From 15 May to 31 October: // // // - From 15 to 31 May // // 08.02 // Citrus fruit, fresh or dried: // // // A. Oranges: // // // I. Sweet oranges, fresh: // // // a) From 1 to 30 April // // // b) From 1 to 15 May // // // ex c) From 16 May to 15 October: // // // - From 16 May to 31 August // // // ex d) From 16 October to 31 March: // 3 397 // // - From 1 February to 31 March // // // II. Other: // // // ex a) From 1 April to 15 October: // // // - From 1 April to 31 August // // // ex b) From 16 October to 31 March // // // - From 1 February to 31 March: // // // B. Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); clementines, wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids: // // // ex II. Other: // // // - Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas), from 1 November to 31 March // 654 // // ex C. Lemons: // // // - From 1 June to 31 October // 632 // 08.04 // Grapes, fresh or dried: // // // A. Fresh: // // // I. Table grapes: // // // ex b) From 15 July to 31 October: // // // - From 15 August to 30 September // 2 163 // 08.06 // Apples, pears and quinces, fresh: // // // A. Apples: // // // II. Other // // // ex b) From 1 January to 31 March: // // // - From 1 to 31 March // 3 654 // // ex c) From 1 April to 31 July: // // // - From 1 April to 30 June // (tonnes) // // // // CCT heading No // Description // Quota for 1987 // // // // // 08.06 (cont'd) // B. Pears: // // // II. Other: // // // ex a) From 1 January to 31 March: // // // - From 1 February to 31 March // // // b) From 1 April to 15 July // 2 272 // // c) From 16 to 31 July // // // ex d) From 1 August to 31 December: // // // - From 1 to 31 August // // 08.07 // Stone fruit, fresh: // // // ex A. Apricots: // // // - From 15 June to 15 July // 215 // // ex B. Peaches, including nectarines: // // // - From 1 May to 30 September // 1 195 // // //