CELEX: 31990R3685
Language: en
Date: 1990-12-19
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3685/90 of 19 December 1990 laying down certain additional detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism (STM) to fruit and vegetable trade between Spain and the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 as regards tomatoes, lettuce, broad-leaf endives, carrots, artichokes, table grapes and melons

No L 357/20                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                20 . 12 . 90
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3685/90
                                                     of 19 December 1990
                 laying down certain additional detailed rules for the application of the
                 supplementary trade mechanism (STM) to fruit and vegetable trade between
                 Spain and the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 as regards
                 tomatoes, lettuce, broad-leaf endives, carrots, artichokes, table grapes and
                                                             melons
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                         Article 1
Economic Community,
                                                                    1 . For tomatoes falling within CN code 0702 00 10,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                  cabbage lettuce falling within CN code 0705 1 1 90,
Portugal,                                                           lettuce other than cabbage lettuce falling within CN code
                                                                   0705 19 00^ artichokes falling within CN code 0709 10 00,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3210/89                table grapes falling within CN codes 0806 10 11 and
of 23 October 1989 laying down general rules for                   0806 10 15 and melons falling within CN code
applying the supplementary trade mechanism to fresh                 0807 10 90 the periods provided for in Article 2 of Regu­
fruit and vegetables ('), and in particular Article 9 thereof,      lation (EEC) No 3210/89 shall be as set out in the Annex.
                                                                    2.     For broad-leaf endives falling within CN code ex
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 816/89 (2)                  0705 29 00 :
establishes the list of products subject to the supplemen­
tary trade mechanism in the fresh fruit and vegetables             — the indicative ceilings referred to in Article 83 ( 1 ) of
sector from 1 January 1990 ; whereas tomatoes, lettuce,                  the Act of Accession,
broad-leaf endives, artichokes, table grapes and melons are              and
included on the list ;                                             — the periods referred to in Article 2 of Regulation
                                                                         (EEC) No 3210/89
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3944/89 (3),
                                                                    shall be as fixed in the Annex hereto.
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 245/90 (4), lays
down detailed rules for applying the supplementary trade
mechanism, hereinafter called the 'SIM', to fresh fruit                                       Article 2
and vegetables ;
                                                                    1 . For consignments from Spain to the rest of the
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3487/90 (*)                  Community market with the exception of Portugal of the
lays down that the periods referred to in Article 2 of              products listed in Article 1 , the provisions of Regulation
Regulation (EEC) No 3210/89 shall be up to 31                       (EEC) No 3944/89, with the exception of Articles 5 and 7
December 1 990 for the above products ; whereas, in view            thereof, shall apply.
of expected exports from Spain to the rest of the Commu­            The notification , referred to in Article 2 (2) of the said
nity, with the exception of Portugal, and of the Commu­             Regulation shall be made each Tuesday at the latest for
nity market situation, the above periods should be fixed            the quantities consigned during the preceding week.
up to beginning February 1991 for the products in ques­
tion, in accordance with the Annex ; whereas, in consider­          2. The communications referred to in the first para­
ation of the same factors, a reasonable period should be            graph of Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 3944/89 for
determined and an indicative ceiling be set for broad­              products subject to a period II or III shall be sent to the
leaved endives ;                                                    Commission by Tuesday of each week at the latest for the
                                                                    preceding week.
Whereas it should be recalled that the provisions of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 3944/89 on statistical monitoring and               During the application of a period I, those communica­
various communications from the Member States apply to              tions shall be made once a month by the fifth of each
guarantee the functioning of the STM ;                              month at the latest for information referring to the
                                                                    previous month ; where appropriate, this communication
                                                                    shall bear the word 'nil'.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,                                                           Article 3
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 (') OJ No  L 312, 27. 10. 1989, p. 6.                              following its publication in the Official Journal of the
 (2) OJ No  L 86, 31 . 3. 1989, p. 35.
 (3) OJ No  L 379, 28 . 12. 1989, p. 20.                            European Communities.
 (4) OJ No  L 27, 31 . 1 . 1990, p. 14.
 0   OJ No  L 336, 1 . 12. 1990, p. 86.                              It shall apply from 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
              Determination of the periods provided for in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3210/89 and the
                                   ceilings provided for in Article 83 of the Act of Accession
                                              Penod from 1 January to 3 February 1991
                                          Description                                     CN code         Period
              Tomatoes                                                                0702 00 10             I
              Cabbage lettuce                                                         0705 11 90             I
              Lettuce other than cabbage lettuce                                      0705 19 00        III
              Artichokes                                                              0709 10 00        \
              Table grapes                                                            0806 10 11 and    ll
            l                                                                         0806 10 15             I
              Melons                                                                  0807 10 90            I
                       Description               CN code                  Indicative ceilings              Periods
                                                                                  (tonnes)
              Broad-leaf endives             ex 0705 29 00        1 . 1 — 13 . 1 . 1991 :         2 500        II
                                           \                     14. 1 — 27. 1 . 1991 :           2 500        II
                                                                 28 . 1 —  3 . 2. 1991 :           —           I