31986R0620

No L 58 / 54 Official Journal of the European Communities 1.3.86

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 620/86 of 28 February 1986 fixing, for 1986, an initial quota for imports into Portugal of certain eggs in shell falling within Common Customs Tariff subheading 04.05 lib) from the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 and laying down certain detailed rules for applying Council Regulation ( EEC) No 493/86

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES ,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , Article 1

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and 1 . Until 31 December 1987, the Portuguese Republic Portugal and, in particular, Article 257 ( 1 ) thereof, may maintain quantitative restrictions on imports of eggs in shell falling within subheading 04.05 A I b) of Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 493 / 86 the Common Customs Tariff from the Community as of 25 February 1986 fixing, for 1986, the initial quotas constituted at 31 December 1985 . applicable to Portuguese imports from the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 of certain products 2 . The quantitative restriction referred to in paragraph in the eggs and poultrymeat sectors ('), and, in parti­ 1 shall consist of an annual quota opened without dis­ cular, Article 2 thereof, crimination between economic operators .

Whereas, as a result of an error of substance, the correc­ 3 . The initial quota for 1986 shall be 1 330 tonnes . For tion of which is being considered, the Act of Accession the period 1 March to 31 December 1986 , the quota does not provide for the application of quantitative res­ shall be reduced by one-sixth . trictions on imports into Portugal of products falling within Common Customs Tariff subheading 04.05 A I b) from the Community as constituted at 31 Decem­ 4. The quota referred to in this Article shall be ber 1985 ; whereas, given that the imports in question applied in accordance with the provisions of Article were prohibited under the system in force in Portugal 269 (2) (c) and (d) of the Act of Accession . before 1 March 1986 , such restrictions are necessary in order to arrive smoothly and gradually at the introduc­ tion , at the beginning of the second stage, of the arrangements which are provided for in the market Article 2 organization concerned and which are based on the principle of the freedom to import ; whereas, pending 1 . The Portuguese authorities shall issue import the correction referred to above , the transitional authorizations for the products specified in Article 1 of measures should therefore include the application of this Regulation and Regulation ( EEC) No 493 / 86 so as quantitative restrictions in respect of the products in to ensure a fair allocation of the available quantity question ; whereas the criteria specified in Article 269 between the applicants . of the Act of Accession are suitable for calculating the volume of the said quantitative restrictions, and prod­ uce a quota fixed in the light of the criterion relating to 2 . Applications for import authorizations shall be Portuguese production ; subject to the lodging of a security, which shall be released under the conditions defined by the Portuguese authorities once the goods have been effec­ Whereas to ensure proper management of the quotas, tively imported . applications for import authorizations should be sub­ ject to the lodging of a security ;

Whereas provision should be made for Portugal to communicate information to the Commission on the Article 3 application of the quotas ; 1 . The Portuguese authorities shall communicate to Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation the Commission the measures which they adopt for the are in accordance with the opinion of the Management application of Article 2 . Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs , 2 . They shall transmit, not later than the 15th of each month , the following information on import authoriza­ (■) OJ No L 54,1 . 3 . 1986 , p. 31 . tions issued in the preceding month :

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— the quantities covered by the import authorizations Article 4 issued, by country of provenance , — the quantities imported, by country of provenance , 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 ANDR1ESSEN Vice-President