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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3598/90
of13December 1990
onthearrangements applicabletoagriculturalproductssubjecttoreference
quantitiesandoriginatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStatesorinthe
overseascountriesandterritories(1991)
ontheadvanceimplementation oftheProtocoltothe
ThirdACP-EECConvention (*)consequentontheAcces­
sionoftheKingdomofSpainandthePortuguese
RepublictotheEuropeanCommunities ,thesaid
referencequantitiesshallbeappliedinSpainand
Portugal;
Whereas,inordertoenablethecompetentauthorities
withintheCommission toestablishanannualtrade
balancesheetforeachoftheproductsand,ifnecessary,to
putintoapplicationthearrangementprovidedforin
Article16(3)oftheabovementioned Regulation(EEC)
No715/90,theseproductsaresubjecttoastatistical
surveillanceinaccordancewithCouncilRegulations
(EEC)No2658/87(*)and(EEC)No1736/75(2);
Whereasimportsoftheproductsinquestionarecharged
againstthereferencequantitiesatCommunitylevel
withinpre-established timetables,asandwhenthe
productsareenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation;whereas,therefore,itisappropriateto
establishreferencequantitiesforthoseproductslistedin
theAnnex;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforFruitandVegetables,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No715/90of
5March1990onthearrangementsapplicabletoagricul­
turalproductsandcertaingoodsresultingfromthe
processingofagriculturalproductsoriginatinginthe
African,CaribbeanandPacificStatesorintheoverseas
countriesandterritories('),andinparticularArticles16
and27thereof,
WhereasArticle,16,ofRegulation(EEC)No715/90stipu­
latesforcertainagriculturalproducts,coveredbythat
Regulationandoriginatinginthosecountries,the
progressivereduction,subjecttoreferencequantitieslaid
downwithinasettimetable,ofthecustomsduties;
Whereas,undertheprovisionsofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No486/85(2),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No3530/89(3),whentherateofcustomsdutyappliedto
importsintotheCommunityofTenofaproductsubject
toareferencequantityislowerthanthatapplyingin
respectofSpain,PortugalorbothoftheseMemberStates,
theprocessofdismantlingbeginsoncedutyonimports
ofthatproductfromSpainandPortugalfallsbelowthat
appliedtoimportsoftheproductinquestionfromthe
othercountries;whereas,forthisreason,theAnnexto
thisRegulationlistsonlyproductsinrespectofwhich
tariffdismantlingbeginsorcontinuesin1991;
WhereasbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2573/90
of5September1990totallysuspendingcertaincustoms
dutiesapplicablebytheCommunityofTentoimports
fromSpainandPortugal(4)oftheproductslistedin
AnnexIItotheTreaty,thesaiddutiesshallbetotally
suspendedwhentheyreachalevelof2%orless;
whereasthesameratesofdutiesshouldbeappliedto
importsoftheseproductsoriginatingintheAfrican,
CaribbeanandPacificStatesorintheoverseascountries
andterritories;
WhereasbyvirtueofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1820/87of25June1987concerningtheapplicationof
DecisionNo2/87oftheACP-EECCouncilofMinistersHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.ImportsintotheCommunityofcertainproducts
originatingintheAfrican,CarribeanandPacificStatesor
intheoverseascountriesandterritoriesshallbesubjectto
referencequantitiesandtoastatisticalsurveillance .
Theproductsreferredtointhefirstsubparagraph ,their
CNcodes,theperiodsofvalidityandthelevelsofthe
referencequantitiesaresetoutintheAnnex.
2.Quantitiesshallbechargedagainstthereference
quantitiesasandwhenproductsareenteredwithcustoms
authoritiesforfreecirculationandaccompanied bya
movementcertificate.Ifthemovementcertificateis
(')OJNoL84,30.3.1990,p.85.
2OJNoL61,1.3.1985,p.2. 0OJNoL172,30.6.1987,p.1.
(«)OJNoL256,7.9.1987,p.1.0OJNoL183,14.7.1975,p.3.(3)OJNoL347,28.11.1989,p.3.
0OJNoL243,6.9.1990,p.19.

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submittedaposteriori,thegoodsshallbechargedagainst
thecorresponding referencequantityatthemoment
whenthegoodsareenteredforfreecirculation .ticalOfficeoftheEuropeanCommunitiesinapplication
ofRegulations (EEC)No2658/87and(EEC)No1736/75.
Article2
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1991.Theextenttowhichthereferencequantitiesareusedup
shallbedeterminedatCommunitylevelonthebasisof
theimportschargedagainsttheminthemannerdefined
inthefirstsubparagraph ,ascommunicated totheStatis
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,13December1990.
FortheCommission
ChristianeSCRIVENER
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEX
(tonnes)
Order
NoCNcodeTariccode
(')Description PeriodReference
quantities
12.0020 ex0703101907031019*91
07031019*92
07031019'93Onions,freshorchilled 1.2—15.5.1991 800
12.0040 ex0703200007032000*10
07032000*20
07032000*30Garlic,freshorchilled 1.2—31.5.1991 500
12.0010 ex0706100007061000*11Carrots,freshorchilled 1.1—31.3.1991 800
12.0120 ex0706909007069090*20Saladbeetroot,freshorchilled 1.1—31.12.1991 100
12.0130 ex07070011
ex0707001907070011*11
07070011*18
07070019*10Smallcucumbers 1.1—31.12.1991 100
12.0070 08023100
0802320008023100*00
08023200*00Walnuts,inshellorshelled 1.1—31.12.1991700
12.0140 ex08051021
ex08051025
ex08051029
ex08051031
ex08051035
ex08051039
ex0805107008051021*
08051025*
08051029*
08051031*10
08051035*10
08051039*10
08051070*12
08051070*92Oranges,freshordried 15.5—30.9.199125000
12.0160 0809409008094090*00Sloes 1.1—31.12.1991 500
(')TheTariccodesshownarethoseapplicableonthedateofentryintoforceofthepresentRegulation .