OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunitiesNoL392/4131.12.87
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No4158/87
of23December1987
layingdowntransitionalmeasuresfor1988forimportsintoSpainofcertainlivepigs
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,andinparticularArticle90thereof,
WhereastheperiodlaiddowninArticle90(1)ofthe
ActofAccessionhasbeenextendedto31December
1989byCouncilRegulation(EEC)No4007/87('),
WhereastheliberalizationoftradefollowingAccession
hasledtoasubstantialincreaseinthevolumeofimports
intoSpainofcertainlivepigsfromotherMemberStates,
inparticularofpiglets;whereasinviewoftheserious
economicdifficultieswhichthiscreatedforpiglet
producersinSpaintransitionalmeasureswereintroduced
byRegulation(EEC)No494/87(2)fortheperiodfrom
22Februaryto31December1987inordertoalleviate
thesituationoftheseproducers;
WhereasthesituationofpigletproducersinSpain
remainssufficientlyserioustojustifyfurthertransitional
measurestoapplyfor1988;
Whereasthesetransitionalmeasuresshouldtakethe
formofamonthlyquotaopenedwithoutdiscrimination
betweeneconomicoperators;whereaswithaviewtothe
eventualliberalizationofimportsofpigletsintoSpain
provisionshouldbemadeforaprogressiveincreasein
thequota;
Whereasthesemeasuresshouldallowtheproducers
concernedtoadapttotheapplicationofthecommon
organizationofthemarketinpigmeatwhilecreating
minimumdisturbancetotrade;
Whereas,toensurepropermanagementofthequotas,
applicationsforimportauthorizations shouldbesubject
tothelodgingofasecuritytocover,asaprimary
requirementwithinthemeaningofArticle20of
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No2220/85(3),as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1181/87(4),the
actualimportofthegoods;
WhereasprovisionshouldbemadeforSpainto
communicate informationtotheCommission onthe
applicationofthequotas;whereasRegulation(EEC)No
494/87shouldberepealed;andforthereviewthereof;WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforPigmeat,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
SubjecttoArticle4thequotaswhichSpainmayapplyto
importsofcertainlivepigsfromotherMemberStatesup
to31December1988,togetherwiththeperiods
applicablethereto,shallbeasshownintheAnnex.
Article2
1.TheSpanishauthoritiesshallissueimportauthor­
izationssoastoensureafairallocationoftheavailable
quantitybetweentheapplicants .
2.Applicationsforimportauthorizations shallbe
subjecttothelodgingofasecurity.Theprimary
requirementwithinthemeaningofArticle20ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No2220/85coveredbythesecurityshall
consistintheactualimportofthegoods.
Article3
TheSpanishauthoritiesshallcommunicate tothe
Commissionthemeasureswhichtheyadoptforthe
implementation ofArticle2.
Theyshalltransmit,notlaterthanthe15thdayofeach
month,thefollowinginformationonimportauthor­
izationsissuedintheprecedingmonth:
—thequantitiescoveredbytheimportauthorizations
issued,byMemberStateofprovenance,
—thequantitiesimported,byMemberStateof
provenance .
Article4
ThisRegulationshallbesubjecttoaninitialreviewafter
aperiodofthreemonthsfromthedateofitsentryinto
force.
Article5
Regulation(EEC)No494/87isherebyrepealed.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .0)OJNoL378,31.12.1987,p.1.
(2)OJNoL50,19.2.1987,p.15.
OOJNoL205,3.8.1985,p.5.
(4)OJNoL113,30.4.1987,p.31.

NoL392/42 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities31.12.87
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23December1987.
FortheCommission ,
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
ANNEX
CNcode DescriptionQuota
(Number)Periodcoveredbyquota
01039110Liveswine,otherthanpurebred
breedinganimals,ofdomesticspecies,
weighinglessthan50kg57000
59000
61000
63000
65000
67000
69000
71000
73000
75000
77000
790001to31January1988
1to29February1988
1to31March1988
1to30April1988
1to31May1988
1to30June1988
1to31July1988
1to31August1988
1to30September1988
1to31October1988
1to30November1988
1to31December1988