CELEX: 31986R0614
Language: en
Date: 1986-02-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 614/86 of 28 February 1986 fixing, for 1986, the initial quotas for imports into Portugal of certain pigmeat products from third countries and certain detailed rules for the application thereof

No L 58 /42                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                  1.3 . 86
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 614/86
                                                      of 28 February 1986
                 fixing for 1986, the initial quotas for imports into Portugal of certain pigmeat products
                          from third countries and certain detailed rules for the application thereof
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                          Article 1
Economic Community,
                                                                    1.   The initial quotas that the Portuguese Republic
                                                                    may apply pursuant to Article 280 of the Act of Acces­
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal ,                                                          sion , to imports of certain pigmeat products from third
                                                                    countries, shall be as shown in the Annex hereto .
 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC)                         2 . For the period 1 March to 31 December 1986, these
 No 3797 / 85 of 20 December 1985 laying down detailed              quotas shall be reduced by one-sixth .
rules concerning quantitative restrictions on imports
into Portugal from third countries of certain agricul­
tural products subject to the system of transition by                                          Article 2
stages ('), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
                                                                     1 . The Portuguese authorities shall issue import
Whereas Article 1 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 3797 / 85             authorizations so as to ensure a fair allocation of the
 provides that the initial quotas for 1986 for the prod­            available quantity between the applicants.
ucts listed in Annex II to the Regulation shall , as a
rule, be fixed at the average of Portuguese imports in              2.    Applications for import authorizations shall be
 the three years preceding accession for which statistics           subject to the lodging of a security which shall be
 are available ; whereas , should the effect of this cri­
                                                                    released under the conditions defined by the
 terion be the establishment of an initial quota of zero, it        Portuguese authorities once the goods have been effec­
 is laid down that the quota shall be at least 10 % of the          tively imported .
 initial quota fixed for the same product from the Com­
 munity as constituted at 31 December 1985 ;
                                                                                               Article 3
Whereas to ensure proper management of the quota,
the applications for import authorizations should be                The minimum rate of progressive increase of the quotas
subject to the lodging of a security ;                              shall be 10% at the beginning of each year during the
                                                                    first stage .
Whereas Article 1 (3 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 3797 /85
provides that the minimum rate of increase of the quo­              The increase shall be added to each quota and the sub­
tas shall be fixed, in accordance with the procedure                sequent increase shall be calculated on the basis of the
laid down in Article 3(1 ) of the said Regulation, at               total figure obtained .
least in respect of each year of the second stage, taking
into account in particular the patterns of trade and the
state of bilateral or multilateral negotiations ;
                                                                                               Article 4
Whereas provision should be made for Portugal to
communicate information to the Commission on the
                                                                     1 . The Portuguese authorities shall communicate to
                                                                    the Commission the measures which they adopt for the
application of the quotas,
                                                                    application of Article 2 .
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                2 . They shall transmit, not later than the 1 5th of each
are in accordance with the opinion of the Management                 month , the following information on each of the prod­
Committee for Pigmeat,                                               ucts in respect of which import authorizations have
                                                                    been issued in the preceding month :
                                                                    — the quantities covered by the import authorizations
                                                                          issued, by country of provenance,
(") OJ No L 367, 31 . 12. 1985 , p. 23 .                            — the quantities imported, by country of provenance .
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                                                        Articles
         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1986 .
          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
          Done at Brussels, 28 February 1986.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                               Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                   Vice-President
                                                        ANNEX
                                                                                                  Initial quota for
       CCT heading No                                  Description                                       1986
                                                                                                      (tonnes)
           01.03      Live swine :                                                                I
                      A. Domestic species                                                                   18
           02.01      Meat and edible offals of the animals falling within heading
                      Nos 01.01 , 01.02 , 01.03 or 01.04, fresh, chilled or frozen :
                      A.  Meat :
                                                                                                  I
                          III . Of swine :
                                a) Of domestic swine                                                    3 313
                      B.  Offals :
                          II . Other :
                                c) Of domestic swine                                                      312
            15.01     Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent-extracted :        I
                      A. Lard and other pig fat :
                          II . Other (than industrial )                                                    26