Council Regulation (EEC) No 360/86 of 17 February 1986 laying down rules for the application by Spain and Portugal of quantitative restrictions on fishery products

COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 360/86
of 17 February 1986
laying down rules for the application by Spain and Portugal of quantitative restrictions on fishery products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Articles 176 and 363 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Act of Accession provides that Spain and Portugal may maintain, for a specific period, quantitative restrictions applicable to the import of certain fishery products from third countries;
Whereas the limits and conditions for maintaining such quantitative restrictions in Spain and Portugal should be fixed, within the framework of genral Community rules;
Whereas, with a view to the application of the said quantitative restrictions, an annual import quota should be set for each product concerned; whereas, because imports of a given product are spread unevenly over the year, the annual quota set for each product should be divided into quarterly instalments which can be reviewed if necessary;
Whereas the grant of a licence, involving a system of deposits, by each of the new Member States prior to any import into its territory is likely to facilitate monitoring of the imports concerned; whereas, to take account of the experence acquired by the new Member States in managing a system of import licences for fishery products, those States should be allowed to define certain detailed rules relating to the issue of such licences;
Whereas, to enable the quantities imported during each quarter to be managed properly, it is necessary to specify the measures to be taken where the sum of quantities imported, or the quantities which are the subject of a licence application, does not correspond to the instalment fixed for the quarter in question,