18.12.92 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoC335/61
ProposalforaCouncilRegulationamendingRegulation (EEC)No3210/89layingdowngeneral
rulesforapplyingthesupplementary trademechanismtofreshfruitandvegetables.
(92/C335/15
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,downintheprovisionsoncommonorganizationof
markets;
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No3210/90shouldtherefore
beamended,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Regulation (EEC)No3210/89isherebyamendedas
follows:
1.InArticle7:
—thepresenttextbecomesparagraph1,
—thefollowingparagraphisadded:
'2.DuringperiodIII,ifseriousdisturbanceofthe
marketpersistsdespiteapplicationofthemeasures
specifiedinArticle6,suitablemeasures
complementary tothosespecifiedinthatArticle
maybeadoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedures
laiddowninArticle85oftheActofAccession .
Thesemeasuresmayincludederogationsfromthe
provisionsoncommonorganizationofmarkets.';HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandinparticularArticle43
thereof,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,andinparticularArticle89(1)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropean
Parliament,
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3210/89of23
October1989(!)providesthatduringsensitiveandvery
sensitiveperiodsthesupplementary trademechanismisto
beoperatedusingexitdocumentsissuedbytheSpanish
authoritiesforallfruitandvegetablesconsignedfrom
SpaintotheMemberStatesoftheCommunityas
constitutedon31Decembr1985;
Whereasmonitoringofobservanceofthesearrangements
hassofarbeencarriedoutatthefrontier;whereasthe
realizationon1January1993ofasinglemarketwithout
internalfrontiersnecessitates establishment ofnew
monitoringarrangements ,tobeimplementedlargelyinthe
countryofdestination ;
Whereasanobligationtoshowthenumberoftheexit
documentoncommercialdocumentscoveringproducts
consignedfromSpaintotheTentogetherwithmonitoring
onthespotinthecountryofdestination,plusimpositionof
severepenaltiesforfailuretorespecttheprovisionslaid
down,shouldsufficetoallowthesupplementary trade
mechanismtofunctionproperly;whereasmonitoringon
thespotwillbefacilitatedbytheindicationsoforiginand
provenancethatunderCommunityrulesmustappearon
packagesofproductssubjecttothesuplementarytrade
mechanism ;
Whereasincasesofpersistentseriousdisturbanceof
marketsdespiteapplicationofthemeasuresspecifiedin
Article6ofRegulation (EEC)No3210/89,itshouldbe
possibleforadditionalmeasurestobeapplied,ifnecessry
derogatingforlocalorregionalmarketsfromthoselaid2.ThefollowingArticle8aisadded:
'Article8a
1.Saleinvoicesandothercommercialdocuments,
apartfromretailsaledocumentsrelatingtoproducts
consignedfromSpaintotheotherMemberStates
duringperiodsIIandIIIshallshowthenumberofthe
exitdocumentpresentedonconsignmentandanyother
necessaryinformation .Eachholderofthegoodsin
questioninaMemberStateotherthanSpainmustbein
apositiontopresentthesedocumentsatanymoment.
2.TheauthoritiesoftheMemberStatesofthe
Communityasconstitutedon31December1985shall,
usingthecommercialdocumentindicatedinparagraph
1andtheinformationshownonpackages,make
checks,inwholesalemarketsinparticularonwhether
duringperiodsIIandIIproductsfromSpainhavebeen (J)OJNoL312,27.10.1989,p.6.

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consignedfollowingsubmissionofthedocument
specifiedinArticle5.
3.TheSpanishauthoritiesshallaffordtheMember
StatesoftheCommunity asconstitutedon31
December1985thecooperationrequiredfordetection
andpursuitofirregularities .
4.Noneofthechecksindicatedintheprevious
paragraphsmaybeeffectedatthebordersbetween
MemberStates.'.
3.ThefollowingArticle8bisadded:
'Article8b
Incasesoffailuretoobservetheprovisionslaiddown
bythisRegulationorrulesadoptedinapplicationthereoftheSpanishandPortugueseauthoritiesand
thoseoftheMemberStatesoftheCommunityas
constitutedon31Decembr1985shallapplypenalties
commensurate withtheseriousnessoftheoffence.In
thecaseofoperatorswhohaveconsignedproducts
subjecttotheSTMfromSpainduringperiodsIIandIII
withouthavingobtainedthedocumentspecifiedin
Article5thepenaltymaynotbelessthantwicethe
valueoftheproductsconsignedwithoutexit
documents.'.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheseventhday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
Itshallapplyfrom1January1993.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.