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Article 4 
1. Upon receipt of the information referred to in 
Articles 1, 2 and 3 the Commission shall immediately 
forward it to the competent authorities of all other 
Member States. Equally the Commission shall forward to 
all Member States any information it receives about 
significant increases in the level of radioactivity or about 
nuclear accidents in States adjacent to the Community. 
2. Detailed procedures for the transmission of the 
information referred to in Articles 1 to 4 shall be agreed 
by the Commission and the competent authorities of the 
Member States, and tested at regular intervals. 
3. Each Member State shall indicate to the 
Commission the competent national authorities and 
points of contact designated to forward or receive the 
information set out in Articles 1 to 4. The Commission 
shall in turn communicate this and details of the 
designated Commission service to the competent auth­
orities of the other Member States. 
4. Points of contact and the designated Commission 
service shall be available on a 24-hour basis. The 
Commission shall set up an emergency service for this 
purpose. 
Article 5 
Information received pursuant to Articles 1, 2 and 3 may 
be used without restrictions except when such infor­
mation is provided in confidence by the notifying 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Whereas, under an agreement between the European 
Economic Community and the United States of America 
concerning the conclusion of the negotiations under 
Article XXIV (6) of the General Agreement on Tariffs 
and Trade (GATT), approved by Council Decision 
87/224/EEC (*), the Community undertook, in respect Member State. In this case, the Commission shall inform 
the competent authorities of the other Member States of 
any restrictions placed on the information. 
Article 6 
1. Member States shall communicate to the 
Commission the provisions containing the criteria and 
action plans relating to emergency situations referred to 
in Article 1. 
2. The Commission shall make appropriate 
recommendations for harmonizing the provisions 
applicable in this field in the Member States. 
Article 7 
The Commission shall evaluate the information received 
pursuant to Articles 1, 2 and 3 and shall report to the 
Member States on the radiological risks involved. 
Without prejudice to its powers under the Euratom 
Treaty the Commission may issue a recommendation 
laying down guidance for appropriate action by the 
Member States. 
Article 8 
Member States shall take the measures necessary to 
comply with this Decision within three months of its 
notification. 
Article 9 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. 
of the years 1987 to 1990, to open annual quotas for 
imports into Spain of 2 million tonnes of maize and 
300 000 tonnes of sorghum, minus the quantities of 
certain grain substitutes imported into that country 
during the same year, either directly or indirectly; 
whereas the quantities of maize and sorghum imported 
must be used or processed in Spain; 
Whereas the implementation of the agreement referred 
to above can be contemplated either under a levy 
reduction system or by direct purchases on the world Proposal for a Council Regulation on special arrangements for imports of maize and sorghum 
into Spain for 1987 to 1990 
COM(87) 244 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 25 May 1987) 
(87/C 160/08) 
(l) OJ No L 98, 10. 4. 1987, p. 1. 
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market; whereas this agreement, motivated by the 
accession of Spain to the Community, is a transitional 
measure; whereas, however, imports of maize and 
sorghum into Spain effected under the said agreement at 
preferential terms are liable to interfere with the single 
Community market; whereas, to overcome this difficulty, 
appropriate measures must be approved, including the 
possibility of applying a countervailing duty to processed 
products exported either to non-member countries or to 
the rest of the Community; 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 of 
26 February 1985 on the arrangements applicable to 
agricultural products and certain goods resulting from 
the processing of agricultural products originating in the 
African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States or in the 
overseas countries and territories ('), as last amended by 
Regulation (EEC) No . . ., provides, in particular, for a 
50 % reduction in the levy on sorghum and a smaller 
reduction in the levy on maize; whereas the combination 
of this advantage with the reduction provided for under 
the present Regulation would disturb the Spanish market 
for cereals; whereas this difficulty can be overcome by 
setting a special reduction of the levy on maize and 
sorghum imported under this Regulation; 
Whereas provisions are required to cover the operations 
arising from this Regulation according to the 
mechanisms laid down by Council Regulation (EEC) No 
729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common 
agricultural policy (2), as last amended by Regulation 
(EEC) No 3769/85 (3), and by Council Regulation 
(EEC) No 1883/78 of 2 August 1978 laying down 
general rules for the financing of interventions by the 
European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, 
Guarantee Section (4), as last amended by Regulation 
(EEC) No 801/87 (5); 
Whereas, as this is a matter of the application of an 
international agreement between a third country and the 
Community, the resulting operations should be financed 
in their entirety by the Community; whereas an 
exception should therefore be established to the 
provisions of the last subparagraph of Article 6 of 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
For a period of four years from 1987 onwards, imports 
from third countries for free circulation in Spain of 
maximum annual quantities of 2 million tonnes of maize . 
O OJN0L6I, 1. 3. 1985, p. 4. 
O OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 3. 
O OJ No L 362, 31. 12. 1985, p. 17. 
(4) OJNoL216, 5. 8. 1978, p. 1. 
(*) OJ No L 79, 21. 3. 1987, p. 14. and 300 000 tonnes of sorghum shall be effected as 
provided in the following Articles. 
Article 2 
1. The annual quantities referred to in Article 1 shall 
be reduced, according to procedures to be determined, 
by any quantities of maize gluten, brewers' grains and 
citrus pulp imported into Spain from third countries. 
Where it is ascertained that the quantities of maize 
gluten, brewers' grains and citrus pulp imported into 
Spain under the cover of documents establishing their 
Community status develop abnormally, the necessary 
action shall be taken in accordance with the procedure 
laid down in Article 26 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 
2727/75 (6). 
2. For 1987, any quantities of maize and sorghum 
imported under Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/ 
86 (7) shall not be included in the quantities referred to 
in Article 1. 
3. The quantities of maize and sorghum referred to in 
Article 1 shall be allocated to processing or use in Spain. 
Article 3 
1. Without prejudice to Article 4, in respect of imports 
of maize and sorghum into Spain, but within the 
quantitative limits set in Article 2, a reduction shall be 
applied to the levy fixed in accordance with Article 13 of 
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75. 
2. The amount of the reduction shall be fixed, in 
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26 of 
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75, at a level enabling 
disturbance of the Spanish market to be avoided. The 
reduction can also be fixed by a tender procedure. 
The reduction can be differentiated for imports of maize 
and sorghum into Spain under Regulation (EEC) No 
486/85. 
3. The reduction shall be applied to imports of maize 
and sorghum effected into Spain on the basis of a licence 
valid only in that Member State. 
(') OJNoL281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. 
O OJ No L 272, 24. 9. 1986, p. 1. 
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t ^ithavie^v to effecting the imports referred to in 
Article n itmavbe decided^ under the procedure laid 
do^n in Article ^ of Regulation ^EE^^o^^B^ 
that the Spanish intervention agency shall purchase 
directlv on the ^vorld market quantities of maize and 
sorghum to be determined and shall place them under 
customs warehousing procedure as provided for in 
council directive D^B^BEEoe^ 
^. quantities purchased pursuant to paragraph t shall 
be put up for sale on the Spanish domestic market in 
accordance ^vith the procedure laid do^vn in Article ^D of 
Regulation ^EE^l^o^^B^ on terms enabling market 
disturbance to be avoided. 
^. ^hen thegoods areplacedinfree circulations an 
agricultural levv equals taking the monetary 
compensators amount into accounts to the average of the 
levies applicable in ^pain and fi^ed for the cereals 
concerned during the first ^ davs of the month 
preceding the date of acceptance of the declaration of 
entrv into free circulations minus the difference between 
the threshold price and the intervention price for the 
same month. 
Entrv into free circulation shall be effected bv the 
Spanish intervention agencv. 
^hen the purchasers of the goods make pavment to the 
intervention agencv^the selling price minus the levv shall 
correspondtorevenuefrom sales ^vithinthemeaningof 
Anne^lto Council Regulation ^EEC^o^^B^t^ 
^t. The purchasing operation provided for in 
paragraphtshall rank as intervention for the purpose of 
stabilising the agricultural markets within the meaning of 
Articlet^^ofRegulation^EEC^o^^B^O. 
^. Ravmentsbvtheinterventionagencvforbuvingin 
as provided for in paragraph t shall be borne bv the 
C^ommunitv as thev arise and shall be treated in the same 
^vav as the expenditure referred to in Article^ofRegu 
lation ^EE^ ^o U^B^ The Spanish intervention 
agencv shall record the value of the merchandise 
purchased ataprice of ^zero^in the account referredto 
inAAicle^ofRegulation^EEoS^ot^^B^ 
Theprovisionsof the last subparagraphof Article Dof 
council Regulation ^EE^^ot^^B^ shall not applv 
to the financing of phvsical operations resulting from the 
storage of the products purchased. Atafrequencvtobedetermined^ the C^ommissionshall 
record in accounts^ 
— the quantities of maize and sorghum imported into 
^pain from third countries^ 
— the quantities of maize glutens bre^vers^ grains and 
citrus pulp imported into ^pain. 
Ror this purposed the Spanish authorities shall supplv the 
commission regularlv^vith all necessarv information. 
The imports referred to in Article^must be effected^ in 
respectof agiven vear^ bvthe endof Rebruarvof the 
following vear. 
^here themarketsforproductsderivedfrommaizeor 
sorghum are disturbed^ a countervailing dutv mav be 
introducedinaccordance^viththeprocedure laiddo^vn 
in Article ^ of Regulation ^EEC^ ^^ ^^B^ for 
exports of therelevant products from^painor for their 
consignment to other member states. 
Thefollo^vingshallbe adoptedin accordance^vith the 
procedurelaiddo^vninArticle^Dof Regulationr^EEC^ 
^o^^B^^ 
— anv measures needed to ensure that the cereals the 
levv for ^vhich has been reduced are actually 
processed or used in ^pain^ 
— allotherdetailedrulesfor implementing this Regu 
lation^ and in particular those relating to the issue of 
import licences^ such rules mav stipulate that the 
licences mav be issued onlv in ^pain^ after 
Commission endorsement. 
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedavof its 
publication in the C^c^ ^^r^^ ^ ^ ^r^^^ 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directlv applicable in all member states. 
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