COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3872/91 of 16 December 1991 fixing, for the 1992 fishing year, the annual import quotas for the products subject to the rules for the application by Spain of quantitative restrictions on fishery products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 360/86 of 17 February 1986 laying down rules for the application by Spain and Portugal of quantitative restrictions on fishery products (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4064/86 (2), and in particular

Article 2

thereof,

Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 360/86 provides, in respect of a number of fishery products imported into Spain and Portugal from third countries, for fixing, in accordance with a specific method, of annual import quotas divided into four quarterly instalments;

Whereas the Republic of Portugal has stated its intention of waiving the right to maintain the remaining quantitative restrictions;

Whereas, for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 360/86, the quotas in question for the 1992 fishing year should be fixed for Spain and for each product concerned;

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 annual import quotas and their division into four quarterly instalments including any quantities that may be allocated to third countries pursuant to Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 360/86 are hereby fixed for the 1992 fishery year 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 43, 20. 2. 1986, p. 8. (2) OJ No L 371, 31. 12. 1986, p. 9.

ANNEX

Annual quotas of imports from third countries and quarterly instalments of Article 2

of Regulation (EEC) No 360/86

(tonnes)

CN code Description Annual quota of importation Quarterly instalments 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 9 000 3 780 2 520 1 350 1 350 0302 69 55

ex 0304 10 98 Anchovies (Engraulis spp.), fresh or chilled 7 000 1 750 1 750 1 750 1 750 ex 0302 69 65

ex 0304 10 98 Hake of the genus Merluccius, fresh or chilled 12 000 3 430 2 570 1 715 4 285 0302 69 85

0303 79 83 Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou or Gadus poutassou), fresh, chilled or frozen 2 000 500 500 500 500 ex 0302 69 98

ex 0304 10 98 Horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus), fresh or chilled 100 25 25 25 25 0303 78 10

0304 90 47 Hake of the genus Merluccius, frozen 46 000 11 500 11 500 11 500 11 500 ex 0304 10 31 Fillets of certain species of cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac) and fish of the species Boreogadus saida, fresh or chilled 4 000 1 000 1 000 1 000 1 000 0304 20 57 Fillets of hake of the genus Merluccius, frozen 18 000 4 500 4 500 4 500 4 500 ex 0305 62 00

0305 69 10 Certain species of cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac) and fish of the species Boreocadus saida, non-dried, salted or in brine 25 000 11 250 3 710 3 710 6 330 ex 0306 24 90 Spinous spider crab, live 2 000 500 500 500 500 ex 0307 91 00 Venus clams, live, fresh or chilled 25 000 3 305 6 640 3 305 11 750