COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 251/92  of 31 January 1992  laying down certain additional detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism (STM) to fruit and vegetable trade between Spain and the Community as constituted at  31 December 1985 as regards tomatoes, lettuce, broad-leaf endives, carrots, artichokes, table grapes, melons and strawberries
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,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3210/89 of 23 October 1989 laying down general rules for applying the supplementary trade mechanism to fresh fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 816/89 (2) establishes the list of products subject to the supplementary trade mechanism in the fresh fruit and vegetables sector from 1 January 1990; whereas tomatoes, cabbage lettuce, lettuce other than cabbage  lettuce, broad-leaf endives, carrots, artichokes, table grapes, melons and strawberries are included on the list;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3944/89 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3308/91 (4), lays down detailed rules for applying the supplementary trade mechanism, hereinafter called the 'STM', to fresh fruit and vegetables;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3612/91 (5) lays down that the periods referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3210/89 shall be up to 2 February 1992 for the above products; whereas, in view of expected exports from Spain to the rest of  the Community, with the exception of Portugal, and of the Community market, a period I should be fixed up to 22 March 1992 for the products in question, in accordance with the Annex;
Whereas it should be recalled that the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 3944/89 on statistical monitoring and various communications from the Member States apply to guarantee the functioning of the STM;
Whereas, on application of Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1911/91 of 26 June 1991 on the application of the provisions of Community law to the Canary Islands (6) the rules in force for mainland Spain shall apply to products originating in the  Canary Islands and sent to other parts of the Community from 1 July 1991; consequently the information concerning produce from the Canary Islands should be taken into account for the application of the supplementary trade mechanisms;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
For tomatoes, cabbage lettuce, lettuce other than cabbage lettuce, broad-leaf endives, carrots, artichokes, table grapes, melons and strawberries covered by CN codes set out in the Annex, one of the periods provided for in Article 2 of  Regulation (EEC) No 3210/89 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
For consignments from Spain to the rest of the Community market with the exception of Portugal of the products listed in Article 1, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 3944/89 shall apply.
However, the notification referred to in Article 2 (2) of the said Regulation shall be made each Tuesday at the latest for the quantities consigned during the preceding week.
The communications referred to in the first paragraph of Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 3944/89 shall be made once a month by the fifth of each month at the latest for information referring to the previous month; where appropriate, this communication  shall bear the word 'nil'.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 3 February 1992. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.