31987R0987

7. 4. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 93/7

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 987/87 of 3 April 1987 amending Regulation (EEC) No 846/87 in respect of the tax on export of maize from Spain

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, applying the tax to maize exported or delivered from ports in southern Spain ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas the Management Committee for Cereals has not Economic Community, delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chairman, Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal and in particular Article 90 thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Article 1 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 846/87 (') introduced a tax on the export from Spain of maize for The following sentence is hereby added to Article 2 (1 ) of the purpose of preventing the re-export of maize Regulation (EEC) No 846/87 : imported under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3593/86 of 26 November 1986 on the granting of a 'However, the tax shall not apply to maize exported subsidy for the import of maize into Spain (2), whereas from Valencia, or from Spanish ports situated to the south of Valencia, or by road or rail to Portugal, these imports have taken place in the consumption areas of northern Spain ; provided that the competent, authorities are satisfied that the exported maize originates in Spain.'

Whereas, moreover, there is surplus production of maize Article 2 in the production areas situated in particular in southern Spain ; whereas, to avoid massive intervention purchasing This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its of maize in that region, the disposal of such maize should publication in the Official Journal of the European not be hindered ; whereas this may be achieved by not Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 April 1987. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 81 , 25. 3 . 1987, p. 40 . (2) OJ No L 334, 27. 11 . 1986, p. 21 .