Commission Regulation (EEC) No 410/86 of 24 February 1986 on transitional measures to be adopted on account of the accession of Spain and Portugal, in respect of trade in agricultural products

COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 410/86
of 24 February 1986
on transitional measures to be adopted on account of the accession of Spain and Portugal, in respect of trade in agricultural products
THE COMMISSION 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 90 (1) and 257 (1) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 409/86 of 20 February 1986 on methods of administrative cooperation to safeguard, during the transitional period, the free movement of goods in trade between the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985, on the one hand, and Spain and Portugal on the other hand, and in trade between these two new Member States (1), provides, in particular, for transitional measures for goods exported before 1 March 1986 from Spain or from Portugal to the other Member States, or from the other Member States to Spain or to Portugal; whereas these measures raise problems for agricultural products which have attracted export refunds;
Whereas, in the interest of simplification, a system should be applied the basis of which is that operations begun before 1 March 1986 should remain subject either to the provisions operative before that date for trade carried out under the agreements between the Community and Spain and the Community and the EFTA countries, or to the provisions operative for trade between the Community and third countries; whereas, for beef and veal, pigmeat, poultrymeat and eggs, market management considerations require that all products exported from Spain or imported into Spain from the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 should be subject to the same system of charges;
Whereas, having due regard, in particular, to the import charges in Spain and Portugal before 1 March 1986, speculative movements of certain products may have started; whereas measures should be taken to prevent such products from qualifying for export refunds twice over;
Whereas any refunds on exports to Portugal of products subject to transition by stages shall not exceed the difference between the prices recorded in the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 and those recorded in Portugal plus any customs duty; whereas advance-fixing certificates applied for before 1 March 1986 shall no longer apply to exports to Portugal made after that date;
Whereas this Regulation is without prejudice to any special transitional measures adopted in respect of certain products;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of all the relevant management committees,