31987R0730

14. 3 . 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 71 / 17

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 730/87 of 13 March 1987 on the suspension of the issue of STM licences for certain floricultural products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, interim protective measures, the issue of STM licences for ornamental plants falling within subheading 06.02 D of Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European the Common Customs Tariff until 15 March 1987 ; Economic Community, Whereas the target ceiling fixed for the first half of 1987 in respect of the abovementioned product has been Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 252 (3) thereof, appreciably exceeded ; whereas the continuation of imports at the rate recorded in past weeks is likely to Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 643/86 of 28 cause serious disturbance on the Portuguese market ; February 1986 laying down detailed rules for the applica­ whereas a large part of the volumes imported has not yet been marketed, but whereas stocks thereof are already tion of the supplementary trade mechanism to the live plants and floriculture products listed in Annex XXII to significantly depressing the market and are in competi­ the Act of Accession and imported into Portugal ('), as last tion with local production at a particularly sensitive time ; whereas, under the definitive measures referred to in amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3848/86 (2), fixed the target ceilings provided for in Article 251 ( 1 ) of the Act of Article 252 (3) of the Act of Accession, provision should Accession for certain floriculture products ; whereas be made for suspending the issue of STM licences for the Commission Regulation (EEC) No 570/87 on the issue of product in question until 30 June 1987 ; supplementary trade mechanism (STM) licences for Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are certain floriculture products (3) lays down certain condi­ in accordance with the opinion of the Management tions which must be met before STM licences can be Committee for Live Plants, issued in respect of the products concerned ;

Whereas Article 252 of the Act of Accession provides that HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : should the examination of developments in intra­ Community trade show that a significant increase in Article 1 imports has taken place or is forecast and if the situation should result in the target import ceiling for the product The issue of STM licences for ornamental plants falling being reached or exceeded for all or part of the current within subheading 06.02 D of Common Customs Tariff marketing year, the Commission is to decide, in accor­ (NIMEXE code 06.02-96 and 06.02-99) ia hereby dance with emergeny procedures, on the interim protec­ suspended until 30 June 1987. tive measures that are necessary ; Article 2 Whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 640/87 (4), the Commission suspended, under the abovementioned This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1987.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 March 1987. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(») OJ No L 60, 1 . 3 . 1986, p. 39 . (2) OJ No L 357, 18 . 12. 1986, p. 17. (3) OJ No L 57, 27. 2. 1987, p. 27. h) OJ No L 61 , 4. 3. 1987, p. 18.