CELEX: 31993R2609
Language: en
Date: 1993-09-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2609/93 of 23 September 1993 laying down certain, additional detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism (STM) to trade in fruit and vegetables between Spain and the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 as regards certain fruit and vegetables

No L 239/ 14                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                24. 9 . 93
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2609/93
                                                      of 23 September 1993
                    laying down certain, additional detailed rules for the application of the
                    supplementary trade mechanism (STM) to trade in fruit and vegetables between
                    Spain and the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 as regards
                                                   certain fruit and vegetables
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas the need for accurate information justifies
                                                                     communication on the statistical monitoring of trade at
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              more frequent intervals ;
  Economic Community,
                                                                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
  Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 in accordance with the opinion of the Management
  Portugal,                                                          Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3210/89
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 of 23 October 1989 laying down general rules for
  applying the supplementary trade mechanism to fresh
 fruit and vegetables ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC)                                     Article 1
  No 3818/92 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
                                                                     1 . For artichokes and melons falling within the CN
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 816/89 (3), as               codes listed in the Annex hereto the periods provided for
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3831 /92 (4), establishes            in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3210/89 shall be as
                                                                     set out in that Annex .
 the list of products subject to the supplementary trade
 mechanism in the fresh fruit and vegetables sector from
                                                                     2.    For tomatoes falling within CN codes 0702 00 10
  1 January 1 990 ; whereas tomatoes, artichokes and melons         and 0702 00 90 :
 are included in the list ;
                                                                    — the indicative ceilings provided for in Article 83 (1 ) of
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3944/89 (*),                     the Act of Accession, and
 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3308/91 (6), lays           — the periods provided for in Article 2 of Regulation
 down detailed rules for applying the supplementary trade                (EEC) No 3210/89 shall be as set out in the Annex
 mechanism, hereinafter called the 'STM', to fresh fruit                 hereto .
 and vegetables ;
                                                                                             Article 2
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1582/93 Q
 lays down that the periods referred to in Article 2 of              1 . For consignments from Spain to the rest of the
 Regulation (EEC) No 3210/89 shall be up to                         Community market, with the exception of Portugal, of
 26 September 1993 for the above products ; whereas in              the products referred to in Article 1 , the provisions of
 view of expected exports from Spain to the rest of the             Regulation (EEC) No 3944/89, with the exception of
 Community, with the exception of Portugal, and of the              Articles 5 and 7 thereof, shall apply.
 Community market situation, a period I should be fixed
 for the products in question excepting tomatoes ; whereas,         However, the notification provided for in Article 2 (2) of
 on the basis of the abovementioned criteria a period II            that Regulation shall be made each Tuesday at the latest
 should be determined for tomatoes from 4 October until             in respect of quantities consigned during the preceding
 7 November 1993 ; whereas indicative ceilings should be            week.
 determined pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)
 No 3210/89 for short periods given the sensitivity of this         2. The notification provided for in the first paragraph
 product ;                                                          of Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 3944/89 for products
                                                                    mentioned in Article 1 (2) subject to a period II or to a
                                                                    period III shall be forwarded to the Commission on
 Whereas it should be stipulated that the provisions of
 Regulation (EEC) No 3944/89 relating to statistical moni­         Tuesday each week at the latest in respect of the
toring, to the use of exit documents for Spanish consign­          preceding week.
ments and to the various communications from the                   During the application of a period I, those notifications
Member States apply in order to ensure that the STM                shall be made once a month, on the fifth day of each
operates ;                                                         month at the latest in respect of data from the preceding
                                                                   month ; where appropriate, that notification shall bear the
(') OJ  No  L  312, 27. 10. 1989, p. 6.                            word 'nil'.
(2) OJ  No  L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 15.
(3) OJ  No  L  86, 31 . 3 . 1989, p. 35.
(4) OJ  No  L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 47.                                                     Article 3
0   OJ  No  L 379, 28. 12. 1989, p. 20.
(Ó OJ No L 313, 14. 11 . 1991 , p. 13.                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 September
0 OJ No L 152, 24. 6. 1993, p. 18 .                                1993 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 23 September 1993.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                               Rene STEICHEN
                                                                      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
                                     Period from 27 September to 7 November 1993
                          Description of product                        CN code              Period
          Artichokes                                                    0709 10 00              I
          Melons                                                        0807 10 90              I
                Description             CN code                  Indicative ceiling            period
                of product                                            (tonnes)
          Tomatoes                     0702 00 10        27. 9 — 3 . 10 . 1993 :     —             I
                                           and            4      — 10.10.1993:12 200              II
                                       07020090          11      — 17.10.1993:15 200              II
                                                         18      — 24.10.1993:16 000              II
                                                         25 .    — 31.10.1993:16 300              II
                                                          1 . 11 — 7 . 11 . 1993 : 18 500         II