Commission Regulation (EEC) No 598/89 of 8 March 1989 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3711/88 fixing the target ceiling for imports of olive oil into Portugal in the 1988/89 marketing year

COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 598/89
of 8 March 1989
amending Regulation (EEC) No 3711/88 fixing the target ceiling for imports of olive oil into Portugal in the 1988/89 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 252 (3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 569/86 of 25 February 1986 laying down general rules for the application of the supplementary mechanism applicable to trade (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3296/88 (2), and in particular Article 7 (1) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3711/88 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 341/89 (4), fixes the target ceiling for imports of olive oil into Portugal for the 1988/89 marketing year; whereas, in the present situation of the market in olive oil in Portugal, a feature of which is limited supply compared with demand, provision should be made for a definitive measure to increase the target ceiling for the current marketing year in order to ensure normal supply to the market;
Whereas, with a view to ensuring minimum supply to the greatest number of operators to satisfy their immediate requirements, it should be provided that each operator may submit tenders in respect of a maximum quantity only; whereas, with a view to preventing this provision from being circumvented in any way and consequently to preventing a small number of operators from monopolizing the quantities put up for sale, it should be provided that only recognized operators may be allocated quantities to be exported;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 574/86 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3296/88, lays down the detailed rules for the application of the supplementary mechanism applicable to trade for all agricultural sectors; whereas certain detailed rules applying specifically to the oils and fats sector were laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 1634/86 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 219/87 (7); whereas, in view of the current situation on the market for olive oil in Portugal, certain special detailed rules for the application of that mechanism should be laid down for the current marketing year the better to organize imports into that country;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,