31991R2956

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2956/91 of 8 October 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 598/86 as regards the indicative ceiling for imports into Spain of common wheat of breadmaking quality for the 1991/92 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas, with a view to ensuring that the greatest number of operators are provided with minimum supplies to satisfy their requirements, the maximum quantity in Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European respect of which each operator may submit tenders by Economic Community, period of application should be limited ;

Whereas the fixing of an indicative ceiling by marketing Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and year makes it unsuitable to limit the term of validity of Portugal, and in particular Article 85 (3) thereof, licences to 31 December ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 569/86 of Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are 25 February 1986 laying down general rules for the appli­ in accordance with the opinion of the Management cation of the supplementary mechanism applicable to Committee for Cereals, trade ('), as amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3296/88 (2), and in particular Article 7 (1 ) thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 598/86 of 28 February 1986 on the application of the supplementary trade mechanism to imports into Spain of common wheat of breadmaking quality from the Community as consti­ Article 1 tuted at 31 December 1985 (3), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 2012/91 (4), fixes the indicative ceiling for Regulation (EEC) No 598/86 is hereby amended as imports of common wheat of breadmaking quality into follows : Spain for 1991 ; 1 . In the third indent of Article 2 (1 ), ' 10 000 tonnes' is replaced by '3 000 tonnes'. Whereas, in accordance with Article 6 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 574/86 of 28 February 1986 laying 2. The last sentence of Article 3 (1 ) is deleted. down detailed rules for the application of the supplemen­ tary trade mechanism (STM) (*), as last amended by Regu­ 3. Article 4 is replaced by the following : lation (EEC) No 3296/88, the Commission was notified by 15 July 1991 of applications for STM licences for 'Article 4 imports into Spain of common wheat of breadmaking quality covering quantities far exceeding the abovemen­ The indicative ceiling for imports of common wheat of tioned indicative ceiling ; whereas special measures were breadmaking quality shall be 650 000 tonnes for the adopted in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2116/91 of ' 1991 /92 marketing year.' 18 July 1991 concerning applications for STM licences for cereals submitted on 15 July 1991 for imports of common wheat into Spain (6) ; Article 2

Whereas, in view on the one hand of production figures Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2116/91 is hereby for 1991 and foreseeable consumption of breadmaking deleted. common wheat in Spain and on the other hand of the desirable rate of growth of trade, the indicative ceiling provided for in Article 83 of the Act of Accession should Article J be fixed at 650 000 tonnes for a period covering the 1991 /92 marketing year ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the (•) OJ No L 55, 1 . 3. 1986, p. 106. (2) OJ No L 293, 27. 10. 1988 , p. 7. European Communities. O OJ No L 58, 1 . 3. 1986, p. 16. (<) OJ No L 185, 11 . 7. 1991 , p. 6. 0 OJ No L 57, 1 . 3. 1986, p. 1 . It shall apply to licence applications submitted from its 6) OJ No L 196, 19 . 7. 1991 , p. 11 . date of entry into force.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 October 1991 .

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission