CELEX: 31987R0640
Language: en
Date: 1987-03-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 640/87 of 3 March 1987 suspending the issue of STM licences for certain floricultural products

No L 61 / 18                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                4. 3 . 87
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 640/87
                                                        of 3 March 1987
                       suspending the issue of STM licences for certain floricultural products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas the target ceiling for ornamental plants falling
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              within subheading ex 06.02 D of the Common Customs
Economic Community,                                                Tariff (NIMEXE codes 06.02-96 and 06.02-99) for the
                                                                   period 1 January to 30 June 1987 has been exceeded ;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 whereas the issue of any further licences should be
Portugal, and in particular Article 252 ( 1 ) thereof,             suspended for the products in question, under the interim
                                                                   protective measures ; whereas this will involve the rejec­
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 643/83 of 28                tion of applications already lodged,
February 1986 laying down detailed rules for the applica­
tion of the supplementary trade mechanism to the live
plants and floriculture products listed in Annex XXII to
the Act of Accession and imported into Portugal ('), as last       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3848/86 (2), fixed the
target ceilings provided for in Article 251 ( 1 ) of this Act
for certain floriculture products ;                                                        Article 1
Whereas Article 252 of the Act of Accession provides that          The issue of STM licences for ornamental plants falling
should the examination of developments in intra-                   within subheading 06.02 D of the Common Customs
Community trade show that a significant increase in                Tariff (NIMEXE codes 06.02-96 and 06.02-99) is hereby
imports has taken place or is forecast and if the situation        suspended until 15 March 1987.
should result in the target import ceiling for the product
being reached or exceeded for the current marketing year
or a part of it, the Commission is to decide, in accordance                                Article 2
with emergency procedures, on the interim protective
measures that are necessary ;                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 March 1987.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 3 March 1987.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                Vice-President
(') OJ No L 60, 1 . 3 . 1986, p . 39 .
0 OJ No L 357, 18 . 12. 1986, p. 17.