31988R3250

No L 289 /34 Official Journal of the European Communities 22 . 10 . 88

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3250/88 of 21 October 1988 suspending the issue of STM licences for certain floricultural products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas the target ceiling for ornamental plants falling within CN codes 0602 99 91 and 0602 99 99 for the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European period 1 July to 31 December 1988 has been exceeded ; Economic Community, whereas the issue of any further licences should be Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and suspended for the products in question, under the interim Portugal, and in particular Article 252 ( 1 ) thereof, protective measures ; whereas this will involve the rejection of applications already lodged, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 643/86 of 28 February 1986 laying down detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism to the live plants and floriculture products listed in Annex XXII HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : to the Act of Accession and imported into Portugal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3925/87 (2), fixed the target ceilings provided for in Article 251 ( 1 ) of this Article 1 Act for certain floriculture products,; Whereas Article 252 of the Act of Accession provides that The issue of STM licences for ornamental plants falling should the examination of developments in intra- within CN codes 0602 99 91 and 0602 99 99 is hereby Community trade show that a significant increase *in suspended until 12 November 1988 . imports has taken place or is forecast and if the situation should result in the target import ceiling for the product being reached or exceeded for the current marketing year Article 2 or a part of it, the Commission is to decide, in accordance with emergency procedures, on the interim protective This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 October measures that are necessary ; 1988 .

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

Done at Brussels, 21 October 1988 .

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 60, 1 . 3 . 1986, p. 39. 2 OJ No L 369, 29 . 12. 1987, p. 26.