1.3.86 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL58/33
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No609/86
of28February1986
fixingthequotasapplyingtoimportsintoSpainofmilkandmilkproductsfromthird
countries
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION : THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,Article1
1.Theinitialquotasfor1986forproductsspecifiedin
AnnexItoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No491/86fall­
ingwithinsubheadings04.01,04.02AexIIandBIa)
and04.03oftheCommonCustomsTariffimported
intoSpainfromthirdcountriesshallbeasfollows: HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
04.01:
04.02AexIIandBIa):
04.03:363tonnes,
250tonnes,
150tonnes.HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No491/86
layingdownrulesfortheapplicationofquantitative
restrictionsonimportsintoSpainofcertainagricultural
productsfromthirdcountries('),andinparticular
Article3(1)thereof, 2.Theinitialquotasforproductsspecifiedin
AnnexIItoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No491/86fall­
ingwithinheadingNo04.04oftheCommonCustoms
Tariffshallbeasfollows:
headingNo04.04cheeseandcurd:4943tonnes.Whereas,pursuanttoArticle77oftheActofAccession
ofSpainandPortugal,Spainmay,until31December
1995,applyquantitativerestrictionsonimportsfrom
thirdcountries;whereasthesaidrestrictionsconcern
productswhicharesubjecttothesupplementary trade
mechanisminthecaseofmilkandmilkproducts;
whereastheinitialquotasinvolumeshouldbefixedin
respectofeachproductorgroupofproductsinaccord­
ancewithArticle 1(2)ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No491/86;3.TheinitialquotaforproductsspecifiedinAnnex
IIItoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No491/86falling
withinsubheading04.02BIexb)Other:intendedfor
humanconsumption isherebyfixedat150tonnes.
4.Fortheperiodfrom1Marchto31December1986
thequotasreferredtoaboveshallbereducedbyone­
sixth.Whereas,toensurepropermanagementofthequota,
theapplicationsforimportlicencesshouldbesubject
tothelodgingofasecurityinaccordancewithCom­
missionRegulation(EEC)No2220/85of22July1985
layingdowncommondetailedrulesfortheapplication
ofthesystemofsecuritiesforagriculturalproducts(2);
Article2
1.TheSpanishauthoritiesshallissueimportauthori­
zationssoastoensureafairallocationoftheavailable
quantitybetweentheapplicants .WhereasprovisionshouldbemadeforSpaintocom­
municateinformationtotheCommissionontheappli­
cationofthequota,
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforMilkandMilkProducts,2.Applications forimportauthorizations shallbe
subjecttothelodgingofasecurity.Theprovisionsof
Regulation(EEC)No2220/85shallapplyinrespectof
thesaidsecurity.
Theprimaryrequirement ,withinthemeaningofArticle
20ofthesaidRegulation,shallconsistintheeffective
importationoftheproducts.(')OJNoL54,1.3.1986,p.25.
OOJNoL205 ,3.8.1985,p.5.

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thequantitiescoveredbytheimportauthorizations
issued,
thequantitiesimported .Article3
(1)TheSpanishauthoritiesshallcommunicate tothe
Commissionthemeasureswhichtheyadoptforthe
applicationofArticle2.
(2)Theyshall,foreachoftheproductsconcerned,
transmit,notlaterthanthe15thofeachmonth,thefol­
lowinginformationonimportauthorizations issuedin
theprecedingmonth:Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1March1986.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28February1986.
FortheCommission
FransANDR1ESSEN
Vice-President