NoL239/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 24.9.93
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2609/93
of23September1993
layingdowncertain,additionaldetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthe
supplementary trademechanism (STM)totradeinfruitandvegetablesbetween
SpainandtheCommunity asconstitutedon31December1985asregards
certainfruitandvegetables
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3210/89
of23October1989layingdowngeneralrulesfor
applyingthesupplementary trademechanismtofresh
fruitandvegetables('),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No3818/92(2),andinparticularArticle9thereof,
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No816/89(3),as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3831/92(4),establishes
thelistofproductssubjecttothesupplementary trade
mechanisminthefreshfruitandvegetablessectorfrom
1January1990;whereastomatoes,artichokesandmelons
areincludedinthelist;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3944/89(*),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3308/91(6),lays
downdetailedrulesforapplyingthesupplementary trade
mechanism ,hereinaftercalledthe'STM',tofreshfruit
andvegetables;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1582/93Q
laysdownthattheperiodsreferredtoinArticle2of
Regulation (EEC)No3210/89shallbeupto
26September1993fortheaboveproducts;whereasin
viewofexpectedexportsfromSpaintotherestofthe
Community ,withtheexceptionofPortugal,andofthe
Communitymarketsituation,aperiodIshouldbefixed
fortheproductsinquestionexceptingtomatoes;whereas,
onthebasisoftheabovementioned criteriaaperiodII
shouldbedeterminedfortomatoesfrom4Octoberuntil
7November1993;whereasindicativeceilingsshouldbe
determinedpursuanttoArticle3ofRegulation (EEC)
No3210/89forshortperiodsgiventhesensitivityofthis
product;
Whereasitshouldbestipulatedthattheprovisionsof
Regulation(EEC)No3944/89relatingtostatisticalmoni­
toring,totheuseofexitdocumentsforSpanishconsign­
mentsandtothevariouscommunications fromthe
MemberStatesapplyinordertoensurethattheSTM
operates;Whereastheneedforaccurateinformationjustifies
communication onthestatisticalmonitoringoftradeat
morefrequentintervals;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforFruitandVegetables,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.ForartichokesandmelonsfallingwithintheCN
codeslistedintheAnnexheretotheperiodsprovidedfor
inArticle2ofRegulation(EEC)No3210/89shallbeas
setoutinthatAnnex.
2.FortomatoesfallingwithinCNcodes07020010
and07020090:
—theindicativeceilingsprovidedforinArticle83(1)of
theActofAccession,and
—theperiodsprovidedforinArticle2ofRegulation
(EEC)No3210/89shallbeassetoutintheAnnex
hereto.
Article2
1.Forconsignments fromSpaintotherestofthe
Communitymarket,withtheexceptionofPortugal,of
theproductsreferredtoinArticle1,theprovisionsof
Regulation(EEC)No3944/89,withtheexceptionof
Articles5and7thereof,shallapply.
However,thenotificationprovidedforinArticle2(2)of
thatRegulationshallbemadeeachTuesdayatthelatest
inrespectofquantitiesconsignedduringthepreceding
week.
2.Thenotificationprovidedforinthefirstparagraph
ofArticle9ofRegulation(EEC)No3944/89forproducts
mentionedinArticle1(2)subjecttoaperiodIIortoa
periodIIIshallbeforwardedtotheCommissionon
Tuesdayeachweekatthelatestinrespectofthe
precedingweek.
DuringtheapplicationofaperiodI,thosenotifications
shallbemadeonceamonth,onthefifthdayofeach
monthatthelatestinrespectofdatafromthepreceding
month;whereappropriate,thatnotificationshallbearthe
word'nil'.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon27September
1993.(')OJNoL312,27.10.1989,p.6.
(2)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.15.
(3)OJNoL86,31.3.1989,p.35.
(4)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.47.0OJNoL379,28.12.1989,p.20.
(ÓOJNoL313,14.11.1991,p.13.0OJNoL152,24.6.1993,p.18.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23September1993.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
Determination oftheperiodsprovidedforinArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No3210/89and
theceilingsprovidedforinArticle83oftheActofAccession
Periodfrom27Septemberto7November1993
Descriptionofproduct CNcode Period
Artichokes 07091000 I
Melons 08071090 I
Description CNcode Indicativeceiling period
ofproduct (tonnes)
Tomatoes 0702001027.9—3.10.1993:— I
and 4—10.10.1993:12 200 II
07020090 11—17.10.1993:15 200 II
18—24.10.1993:16 000 II
25.—31.10.1993:16 300 II
1.11—7.11.1993:18500 II