18.12.92 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoC335/63
ProposalforaCouncilRegulationamendingRegulation (EEC)No3651/90layingdowngeneral
rulesforapplyingthesupplementary trademechanismtomovementoffreshfruitandvegetables
betweenPortugalandtheotherMemberStates.
(92/C335/16)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,downintheprovisionsoncommonorganizationof
markets;
Whereasalltheelementsreferredtoaboveleadtothe
conclusionthatRegulation (EEC)No3651/90shouldbe
amendedinthemannerprovidedforbythepresent
Regulation,HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandinparticularArticle43
thereof
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,andinparticularArticle234(2)thereof,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropean
Parliament,
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3651/90of11
December1990(*)providedthatduringsensitiveperiods
thesupplementary trademechanismwastobeoperated
usinglicencesissuedbythePortugueseauthoritiesforfruit
andvegetablesimportedfromotherMemberState;
Whereasuptothepresentchecksoncompliancewiththis
schemehavebeenmadeatthefrontier;whereasthe
realizationon1January1993ofasinglemarketwithout
internalfrontiersnecessitatestheintroduction ofanew
systemofchecksappliedinthecountryofdestination;Article1
Regulation (EEC)No3651/90isamendedasfollows:
1.InArticle4thetextofpargraph1isreplacedbythe
followingtext:
'1.Duringsensitivemarketperiodsmovementwithin
Portugalandreleaseforconsumption inthat
countryoftheproductsreferredtoinArticle1shall
besubjecttopresentationofanSTMlicence.The
provisionsoftheprecedingsubparagraph ,asfaras
movementwithinPortugalisconcerned,shallnot
applyiftheholderoftheproductscanprovethat
theyarenotintendedforthePortuguesemarket.';
2.InArticle7,
—thepresenttextbecomesparagraph1,
—aparagraph2isadded,readingasfollows:
'2.IfallorpartofthePortuguesemarketisaffected
byseriousdisturbanceswhichpersistinspiteofthe
applicationofthemeasuresprovidedforin
paragraph1appropriatemeasuresdifferingfrom
thoseprovidedforthereandinadditiontothem,
maybeadoptedaccordingtotheprocedure
providedforinArticle252oftheActofAccession.
Thesemeasuresmayincludederogationsforlocal
orregionalmarketsfromtheprovisionsoncommon
organizationofmarkets.';
3.ThefollowingArticle7aisadded:
'Article7a
1.Withtheexceptionofthosedrawnupatretail
level,salesinvoicesandothercommercialdocumentsto
bedeterminedrelatingtoproductscomingfromother
MemberStatesandimportedintoPortugalduringthoseWhereastherequirementtoindicatethenumberofthe
STMlicenceusedoncommercialdocumentsrelatingto
productsimportedintoPortugalfromotherMember
States,togetherwithon-the-spotchecksinthosecountries
andtheapplication,incaseoffailuretocomplywiththe
provisions,ofseverepenaltiesissuchastoensure
satisfactoryoperationofthesuplementary trade
mechanism ;whereason-the-spotchecksmay,inparticular,
befacilitatedbytheindicationsastooriginorprovenance
which,underthetermsoftheCommunityprovisions,must
appearonthepackagingofproductssubjecttothe
supplementary trademechanism;
Whereasincasesofseriousmarketdisturbancewhich
persistsinspiteofapplicationofthemeasuresprovidedfor
inArticle7ofRegulation (EEC)no3651/90,itshouldbe
possibleforadditionalmeasurestobeapplied,ifnecessary
derogatingforlocalorregionalmarketsfromthoselaid
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'Article7b
WheretheprovisionsofthepresentRegulationorthe
measurestakeninordertoapplythemarenotcomplied
withthePortugueseauthoritiesshallapplypenalties
proportionaltotheseriousnessoftheinfringements
committed .Forthoseoperatorswhohaveplacedonthe
marketintoPortugal,withoutanSTMlicence,
productssubjecttotheSTMduringperiodswhen
presentationofalicenceisrequiredinapplicationof
Article6,thepenaltiesreferredtomaynotbelessthan
twicethevalueoftheproductsplacedonthemarket
withoutanSTMlicence.'.periodswhenpresentationofanSTMlicenceis
requiredinapplicationofArticle6,shallindicatethe
numberofthelicenceusedforpurposesofreleasefor
consumption inPortugaltogetherwithanyother
necessaryinformation .
2.ThePortugueseauthoritiesshallapply,in
particularatwholesalemarkets,on-the-spotchecks
intendedtoverify,usingthecommercialdocuments
referredtoinparagraph1andtheinformationincluded
onpackaging,whetherproductscomingfromother
MemberStateshavebeenreleasedforconsumptionon
presentationofanSTMlicenceduringtheperiods
whenpresentationofsuchalicenceisrequiredin
applicationofArticle6.
3.Noneofthechecksindicatedintheprevious
paragraphsmaytakeplaceatthebordersbetween
MemberStates.';Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheseventhday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
Itshallapplyfrom1January1993. 4.ThefollowingArticle7bisaddedasfollows:
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.