CELEX: 31986R0608
Language: en
Date: 1986-02-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 608/86 of 28 February 1986 fixing the initial quota for cheese imports into Portugal from Spain

No L 58 / 32                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                  1 . 3 . 86
                                            COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 608/86
                                                            of 28 February 1986
                                 fixing the initial quota for cheese imports into Portugal from Spain
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 COMMUNITIES ,
                                                                                                      Article 1
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                                       The volume of the initial quota for 1986 for cheeses
                                                                           falling within subheadings 0.04 D and E I b) ex 1 and
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                        ex 2 of the Common Customs Tariff which are speci­
 Portugal ,                                                                fied in Annex I to Council Regulation ( EEC)
                                                                           No 3792/85 in the case of imports into Portugal from
                                                                           Spain shall be 200 tonnes .
 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC )
 No 3792 / 85 of 20 December 1985 laying down the
arrangements applying to trade in agricultural products                    For the period from 1 March to 31 December 1986 the
between Spain and Portugal ('), and in particular                          said volume shall be reduced by one-sixth .
Article 13 thereof,
                                                                                                      Article 2
Whereas , in accordance with the second subparagraph
of Article 4(4) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 3792/ 85 , Por­                   1 . The Portuguese authorities shall issue import
tugal may, during the first stage, apply quantitative res­                 authorizations so as to ensure a fair allocation of the
trictions on its imports from Spain ; whereas Annex I to                   available quantity between the applicants .
the Regulation specifies that those restrictions may
apply to milk products falling within heading No 04.04                     2.   The applications for import authorizations shall be
of the Common Customs Tariff which are listed there­                       subject to the lodging of a security, which shall be
in ; whereas an overall initial quota expressed in vol­                    released , under the conditions defined by the
ume should be fixed for the cheeses concerned ;                            Portuguese authorities , once the goods have been effec­
                                                                           tively imported .
Whereas the statistics at present available suggest that
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the criterion used for that purpose should be that of
Portugal 's annual production during the last three years
before accession ; whereas that quota should be in addi­                    1 . The Portuguese authorities shall communicate to
tion to that under Article 269 of the Act of Accession in                  the Commission the measures which they adopt for the
respect of imports from the Community of Ten ;                             application of Article 2 .
Whereas, to ensure proper management of the quota,                         2 . They shall , for each of the products, transmit, not
the applications for import licences should be subject                     later than the 15th day of each month , the following
to the lodging of a security ;                                             information on import authorizations issued in the
                                                                           preceding month :
Whereas provision should be made for Portugal to                         , — the quantities covered by the import authorizations
communicate information to the Commission on the                                issued ,
application of the quota ;                                                 — the quantities imported .
                                                                                                      A rticle 4
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for Milk and Milk Products ,                                     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
(')   OJ No L 367 , 31 . 12 . 1985 , p. 7 .