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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3851/88

of 12 December 1988

amending Regulation (EEC) No 606/86 laying down detailed rules for applying the supplementary trade mechanism (STM) to milk products imported into Spain from Community of Ten

THE COMMISSION 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 Articles 83 (1) and 84 (3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 569/86 of 25 February 1986 laying down general rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism applicable to trade (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3296/88 (2), and in particular Article 7 (1) thereof,

Whereas the supplementary trade mechanism in respect of milk and milk products was implemented by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 606/86 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4024/87 (4); whereas provision should be made, on the basis of the forward estimate for milk products for 1989 referred to in Article 83 (1) of the Act of Accession, for the fixing of the indicative ceilings for imports into Spain from the Community of Ten; whereas the 'guide' quantities for 1989 must be broken down or allocated;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 606/86 is hereby amended as follows:

1. In Article 1 (1), '1988' is replaced by '1989';

2. Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 2 are replaced by the following:

'Article 2

1. For the period 1 January to 31 December 1989 the ''guide" quantities referred to in Article 84 of the Act of Accession shall be broken down as follows:

(a) as regards milk and milk cream falling within CN codes 0401, 0403 10 11, 0403 10 13, 0403 10 19, 0403 90 51, 0403 90 53, 0403 90 59, 0404 10 91, 0404 90 11, 0404 90 13, 0404 90 19, 0404 90 31, 0404 90 33 and 0404 90 39 other than in immediate packings of a net capacity of two litres or less:

- January 1989: 34 500 tonnes,

- February 1989: 34 500 tonnes,

- March 1989: 23 000 tonnes,

- April 1989: 13 800 tonnes,

- May 1989: 9 200 tonnes,

- June 1989: 5 750 tonnes,

- July 1989: 5 750 tonnes,

- August 1989: 5 750 tonnes,

- September 1989: 9 200 tonnes,

- October 1989: 17 250 tonnes,

- November 1989: 34 500 tonnes,

- December 1989: 34 500 tonnes;

(b) as regards the other products, at the rate of one-twelfth per month.

2. In addition, as regards cheese falling within CN code ex 0406, the ''guide" quantity referred to in Article 84 of the Act of Acession shall be broken down by category.

For the period 1 January to 31 December 1989, the breakdown by category shall be as follows:

(tonnes)

1.2 // // // Category // Quantity // // // 1. Emmentaler, gruyère // 2 813 // 2. Blue-veined cheese // 3 984 // 3. Processed cheese // 1 065 // 4. Parmigiano Reggiano, Grana Padano // 169 // 5. Havarti, fat content 60 % // 1 369 // 6. Edammer in balls, Gouda // 6 996 // 7. Soft ripened cow's milk cheese // 1 293 // 8. Cheddar, Chester // 182 // 9. Other // 3 422' // // 31. 12. 1987, p. 53.

3. The Annex is replaced by the following:

'ANNEX

Indicative ceilings

(tonnes)

1.2.3 // // // // CN code // Description // Quantity // // // // 0401 // Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter // // ex 0403 // Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yoghurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit or cocoa // 300 000 // // // // 0402 // Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter: // // // - in powder, granules or other solid forms, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter: // // ex 0402 10 11 ex 0402 10 19 ex 0402 21 // - for human consumption // // // - in powder, granules or other solid forms, containing addes sugar or other sweetening matter // 6 000 // 0402 29 11 // - special milk, for infants, in hermetically sealed containers, of a net content not exceeding 500 g and of a net content not exceeding 500 g and of a fat content by weight exceeding 10 % and not exceeding 27 % // // // // // 0405 // Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk // 2 000 // // // // ex 0406 // Cheese, excluding curd // 22 000' // // //

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 December 1988.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 55, 1. 3. 1986, p. 106. (2) OJ No L 293, 27. 10. 1988, p. 7. (3) OJ No L 58, 1. 3. 1986, p. 28. (4) OJ No L 378,