31986R0616

1 . 3 . 86 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 58 / 45

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 616/86 of 28 February 1986 on the application of import levies on pigmeat products from Portugal and amending Regulation (EEC) No 190/86

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN tuted at 31 December 1985 and enlarged to include COMMUNITIES , Spain , shall apply to imports from Portugal of products subject to a transition by stages the arrangements that it Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European applied to Portugal before accession ; Economic Community, Whereas , given the level of prices obtaining at the pres­ Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and ent time in Portugal , calculation of the levy applicable Portugal , to imports from Portugal in accordance with Article 9(1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2759 / 75 results in a minimal figure ; whereas , therefore, applica­ Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 2759 / 75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organ­ tion of the import levy on pigmeat products from Por­ tugal should be suspended ; ization of the market in pigmeat ('), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 3768 / 85 (2), and in particular Articles 8 and 12 ( 1 ) thereof, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat , Whereas the levies on the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2759 /75 must be fixed in advance for each quarter in accordance with the meth­ ods of calculation laid down in Council Regulation HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : ( EEC) No 2132 / 85 of 29 July 1985 fixing the sluice­ gate prices and levies for pigmeat (3); whereas at 1 Feb­ ruary 1986 levies for pigmeat were last fixed by Com­ Article 1 mission Regulation ( EEC ) No 190/ 86 of 28 January 1986 (4); Article 1 of Regulation ( EEC) No 190/86 is hereby Whereas Portugal is applying a transition by stages for amended to include the following paragraph : pigmeat products ; whereas in the first stage the market ' 3 . For imports from Portugal of products speci­ in pigmeat in Portugal is subject to national arrange­ fied in paragraph 1 and in free circulation in that ments ; whereas, therefore, by derogation from Article Member State, application of the levies specified in 394 of the Act of Accession , the application in Portugal the Annex shall be suspended .' of the Community rules on market organizations for products subject to a transition by stages , is postponed until the end of the first stage ; Article 2 Whereas Article 272 of the Act of Accession provides that, during the first stage , the Community as consti This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1986 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels , 28 February 1986 .

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

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