CELEX: 31990R3692
Language: en
Date: 1990-12-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3692/90 of 19 December 1990 fixing, for 1991, the quota for imports into Spain of pigmeat products from third countries and certain detailed rules for the application thereof

20 . 12 . 90                             Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 357/31
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3692/90
                                                     of 19 December 1990
                   fixing, for 1991 , the quota for imports into Spain of pigmeat products from third
                             countries and certain detailed rules for the application thereof
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        products from third countries shall be as shown in the
                                                                   Annex hereto.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                                            Article 2
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,
                                                                    1.   The Spanish authorities shall issue import authoriz­
                                                                   ations so as to ensure a fair allocation of the available
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 491 /86 of
25 February 1986 laying down detailed rules concerning             quantity between the applicants.
quantitative restrictions on imports into Spain of certain
agricultural products from third countries ('), as last            The quota shall be staggered over the year as follows :
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3296/88 (2), and in
particular Article 3 thereof,                                      — 50 % during the period 1 January to 30 June 1991 ,
                                                                   — 50 % during the period 1 July to 31 December 1991 .
Whereas the quota for 1990 for imports into Spain of
pigmeat products from third countries is set out in the
Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3595/89 (3) ;              2.    Applications for import authorizations shall be
whereas Article 3 of the said Regulation also lays down a          subject to the lodging of a security. The primary require­
minimum rate of progressive increases of the quota of              ment within the meaning of Article 20 of Regulation
1 0 % ; whereas this increase still reflects market needs ;        (EEC) No 2220/85 covered by the security shall consist in
whereas the quota for 1991 should be fixed ;                       the effective importation of the goods.
Whereas, to ensure proper management of the quota,
applications for import authorizations should be subject                                    Article 3
to the lodging of a security to cover, as a primary require­
ment within the meaning of Article 20 of Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 (4), as last amended by                The minimum rate of progressive increase of the quotas
Regulation (EEC) No 3745/89 (*), the effective import­             shall be 10 % at the beginning of each year.
ation of the goods ; whereas provision should also be
made for the quotas to be staggered over the year ;                The increase shall be added to each quota and the subse­
                                                                   quent increase shall be calculated on the basis of the total
Whereas provision should be made for Spain to com­                 figure obtained.
municate information to the Commission on the appli­
cation of the quota ;
                                                                                            Article 4
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for Pigmeat,                                             The Spanish authorities shall communicate to the
                                                                    Commission the measures which they adopt for the appli­
                                                                   cation of Article 2.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                      They shall transmit, not later than the 15th of each
                                                                   month, the following information on import authoriz­
                                                                   ations issued in the preceding month :
                            Article 1                              — the quantities covered by the import authorizations
                                                                       issued, by country of provenance,
The quota for 1991 that Spain may apply, pursuant to               — the quantities imported, by country of provenance.
Article 77 of the Act of Accession, to imports of pigmeat
0   OJ  No   L 54, 1 . 3. 1986, p. 25.
0   OJ  No   L 293, 27. 10. 1988, p. 7.                                                     Article 5
(3) OJ  No   L 350, 1 . 12. 1989, p. 62.
0   OJ  No   L 205, 3. 8 . 1985, p. 5.
f5) OJ No L 364, 14. 12. 1989, p. 54.                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1991 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 19 December 1990.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                       Member of the Commission
                                                         ANNEX
                                                                                                                 (tonnes)
               CN code                                     Description
                                                                                                        l    Quota
                                                                                                            for 1991
          ex 0103          Live swine, of domestic species, other than pure-bred breeding animals
          ex 0203          Meat of domestic swine, fresh, chilled, or frozen
          ex 0206          Edible offal of domestic swine, other than for the manufacture of
                           pharmaceutical products, fresh, chilled or frozen
          ex 0209          Pig fat free of lean meat (not rendered), fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in
                           brine, dried or smoked
          ex 0210          Meat and edible meat offal of domestic swine, salted, in brine, dried or
                           smoked
             1501 00 11    Lard and other pig fat, rendered, whether or not pressed or solvent
             1501 00 19    extracted
             1601          Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood ; food
                           preparations based on these products
             1602 10       Homogenized preparations of meat, meat offal or blood                          ■   1 610
              1602 20 90   Preparations or preserves of liver of any animal, other than goose or
                           duck
              1602 41 10   Other preparations and preserves containing meat or offal of domestic
              1602 42 10   swine
              1602 49 11
                to
              1602 49 50
              1602 90 10   Preparations of blood of any animal
              1602 90 51   Other preparations or preserves containing meat or meat offal of
                           domestic swine
              1902 20 30   Stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared, containing
                           more than 20 % by weight of sausages and the like, of meat and meat
                           offal of any kind, including fats of any kind or origin