CELEX: 31986R0620
Language: en
Date: 1986-02-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 620/86 of 28 February 1986 fixing, for 1986, an initial quota for imports into Portugal of certain eggs in shell falling within Common Customs Tariff subheading 04.05 1 I b) from the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 and laying down certain detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EEC) No 493/86

No L 58 / 54                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                   1.3.86
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 620/86
                                                      of 28 February 1986
                 fixing, for 1986, an initial quota for imports into Portugal of certain eggs in shell falling
                 within Common Customs Tariff subheading 04.05 lib) from the Community as
                 constituted at 31 December 1985 and laying down certain detailed rules for applying
                                             Council Regulation (EEC) No 493/86
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                                            Article 1
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                  1 . Until 31 December 1987, the Portuguese Republic
Portugal and, in particular, Article 257 ( 1 ) thereof,             may maintain quantitative restrictions on imports of
                                                                    eggs in shell falling within subheading 04.05 A I b) of
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 493 / 86              the Common Customs Tariff from the Community as
of 25 February 1986 fixing, for 1986, the initial quotas            constituted at 31 December 1985 .
applicable to Portuguese imports from the Community
as constituted at 31 December 1985 of certain products              2 . The quantitative restriction referred to in paragraph
in the eggs and poultrymeat sectors ('), and, in parti­             1 shall consist of an annual quota opened without dis­
cular, Article 2 thereof,                                           crimination between economic operators .
Whereas, as a result of an error of substance, the correc­
                                                                    3 . The initial quota for 1986 shall be 1 330 tonnes . For
tion of which is being considered, the Act of Accession
does not provide for the application of quantitative res­           the period 1 March to 31 December 1986, the quota
trictions on imports into Portugal of products falling              shall be reduced by one-sixth .
within Common Customs Tariff subheading 04.05 A
I b) from the Community as constituted at 31 Decem­                 4. The quota referred to in this Article shall be
ber 1985 ; whereas, given that the imports in question              applied in accordance with the provisions of Article
were prohibited under the system in force in Portugal               269 (2) (c) and (d) of the Act of Accession .
before 1 March 1986, such restrictions are necessary in
order to arrive smoothly and gradually at the introduc­
tion, at the beginning of the second stage, of the
arrangements which are provided for in the market                                              Article 2
organization concerned and which are based on the
 principle of the freedom to import ; whereas, pending
the correction referred to above, the transitional                  1 . The Portuguese authorities shall issue import
 measures should therefore include the application of               authorizations for the products specified in Article 1 of
 quantitative restrictions in respect of the products in            this Regulation and Regulation ( EEC) No 493 / 86 so as
question ; whereas the criteria specified in Article 269            to ensure a fair allocation of the available quantity
of the Act of Accession are suitable for calculating the            between the applicants .
volume of the said quantitative restrictions, and prod­
 uce a quota fixed in the light of the criterion relating to        2.    Applications for import authorizations shall be
 Portuguese production ;                                            subject to the lodging of a security, which shall be
                                                                    released under the conditions defined by the
 Whereas to ensure proper management of the quotas,                 Portuguese authorities once the goods have been effec­
                                                                    tively imported .
 applications for import authorizations should be sub­
ject to the lodging of a security ;
 Whereas provision should be made for Portugal to
 communicate information to the Commission on the                                               Article 3
 application of the quotas ;
                                                                     1 . The Portuguese authorities shall communicate to
 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation               the Commission the measures which they adopt for the
 are in accordance with the opinion of the Management                application of Article 2 .
 Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
                                                                     2 . They shall transmit, not later than the 15th of each
                                                                     month, the following information on import authoriza­
 (■) OJ No L 54,1 . 3 . 1986, p. 31 .                                tions issued in the preceding month :
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— the quantities covered by the import authorizations                                     Article 4
       issued, by country of provenance,
— the quantities imported, by country of provenance,             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 ANDR1ESSEN
                                                                                  Vice-President