31986R0617

No L 58 / 46 Official Journal of the European Communities 1.3.86

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 617/86 of 28 February 1986 laying down specific rules on export refunds in the pigmeat sector following the accession of Portugal and amending Regulation ( EEC) No 150/86

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN ments that it applies in regard to exportation to third COMMUNITIES , countries ;

Whereas pigmeat sector prices in Portugal are generally Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European higher than in the Community as constituted on Economic Community , 31 December 1985 and in Spain ; whereas, pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC) No 2768 /75 , no refunds should be granted on Com­ Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and munity exports to Portugal while such a situation con­ Portugal , tinues ;

Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) Whereas , according to Article 242 (2) of the Act of No 2759 /75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organ­ Accession, no Community financial assistance is given ization of the market in pigmeat ('), as last amended by during the first stage to products subject to transition Regulation ( EEC ) No 3768 / 85 (2), and in particular by stages that are in free circulation in Portugal ; Article 15 ( 5 ) thereof, whereas no Community refund from the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund should be granted on pigmeat prod­ Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) ucts originating in Portugal , even if they have been No 2768 / 75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general admitted to free circulation in the Community as con­ rules for granting export refunds on pigmeat and cri­ stituted on 31 December 1985 or in Spain : teria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), and in particular Article 5(1 ) thereof, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat, Whereas Article 15 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2759 / 75 provides that the difference between world market and Community prices for the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) therein may be covered by an export refund ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : whereas the amounts of this refund were set by Com­ mission Regulation ( EEC) No 150/ 86 of 24 January 1986 (4); Article 1

Whereas Portugal is applying transition by stages for Article 1 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 150/ 86 is amended pigmeat sector products ; whereas in the first stage the as follows : pigmeat market in Portugal is subject to national rules ; 'Article 1 whereas therefore, Article 394 of the Act of Accession notwithstanding, application by Portugal of Com­ 1 . The list of products on which the export refund munity market organiziation rules for the sectors sub­ specified in Article 15 of Regulation ( EEC ) ject to transition by stages is deferred until the end of No 2759/75 is granted and the amount of the the first stage ; refund shall be as set out in the Annex hereto . 2 . The refund referred to in paragraph 1 shall not Whereas Article 275 of the Act of Accession provides be granted on exports of products to Portugal from 1 March 1986 onwards . that during the first stage the Community as consti­ tuted on 31 December 1985 and enlarged by Spain 3 . The refund referred to in paragraph 1 shall not shall apply, in regard to exportation to Portugal of be granted on exports of products that originated products subject to transition by stages, the arrange­ in Portugal .'

(0 OJ No L282, 1 . 11 . 1975 , p . 1 . Article 2 (2 ) OJNoL362, 31 . 12 . 1985 , p . 8 . O OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975 , p. 39 . (4) OJNoL 19 , 25 . 1 . 1986, p . 36 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1986.

1.3.86 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 58 /47

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