COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3873/91 of 16 December 1991 fixing, for the 1992 fishing year, the overall foreseeable level of imports for the products subject to the supplementary trade mechanism in the fisheries sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 546/86 laying down detailed rules for applying the supplementary trade mechanism to fishery products (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 237/87 (2), and in particular Articles 2 and 3 thereof,

Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 546/86 provides, in respect of a number of fishery products imported into Spain and Portugal, for the definition, in accordance with a specific method, of an overall foreseeable level of imports, distinguishing for each product an intra-Community share established in accordance with paragraph 3 of the said Article 2;

Whereas the import quotas for products subject to quantitative restrictions were abolished for the Portuguese Republic; whereas these products should therefore no longer be subject to the supplementary trade mechanism;

Whereas, for the purposes of the application of Regulation (EEC) No 546/86, the overall foreseeable level of imports and the intra-Community share relating thereto should be fixed for the 1992 fishing year and for each of the products concerned, dividing the share into four quarterly instalments in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 546/86;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For each of the fishery products imported into Spain, the overall foreseeable level of imports and the intra-Community share relating thereto, divided into four quarterly instalments, are hereby fixed for 1992 as set out in the Annex.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 January 1992. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 16 December 1991. For the Commission

Manuel MARÍN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 55, 1. 3. 1986, p. 47. (2) OJ No L 25, 28. 1. 1987, p. 13.

ANNEX

Overall level of imports, intra-Community share and quarterly instalments of Articles 2 and 3

of Regulation (EEC) No 546/86

1. Imports from other Member States (tonnes)

CN code Description Overall level of imports Intra-Community share increase by 15 % Quarterly instalment 1 2 3 4 0302 50 10

ex 0302 50 90

0302 69 35

ex 0304 10 98 Certain species of cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac) and fish of the species Boreogadus saida, fresh or chilled 12 955 4 550 1 405 1 725 600 820 ex 0302 69 65

ex 0304 10 98 Hake of the species Merluccius merluccius, fresh or chilled 29 050 19 610 2 555 5 000 7 255 4 800 0302 69 85 Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou or Gadus poutassou), fresh or chilled 2 085 100 25 25 25 25 ex 0302 69 98

ex 0304 10 98 Horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus), fresh or chilled 650 630 157 158 157 158 ex 0304 10 31 Fillets of certain species of cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac) and fish of the species Boreogadus saida, fresh or chilled 10 085 7 000 3 000 1 605 1 405 1 890 ex 0305 62 00

0305 69 10 Certain species of cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac) and fish of the species Boreogadus saida, non-dried, salted or in brine 32 895 9 080 2 085 2 725 2 090 2 180 ex 0306 24 90 Spinous spider crab, live 5 045 3 500 460 625 1 105 1 310 ex 0307 91 00 Venus clams, live, fresh or chilled 91 615 76 610 13 785 16 085 11 500 35 240

2. Imports from Portugal (tonnes)

CN code Description Overall level of imports Intra-Community share increase by 15 % Quarterly instalment 1 2 3 4 ex 1604 13 10

ex 1604 20 50

ex 1902 20 10 Preserves and stuffed pasta (whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared) containing sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus 1 096 1 260 315 315 315 315