31991R3253

8 . 11 . 91 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 307/33

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3253/91 of 7 November 1991 adopting interim protective measures regarding applications submitted during the period 28 October to 1 November 1991 for STM licences for trade with Spain in beef and veal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, disturbance of the Spanish market for live animals ; whereas, as an interim protective measure, licences should Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European only be issued for up to a given percentage of the quanti­ Economic Community, ties applied for, Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 85 (1 ) thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3690/90 of 19 December 1990 laying down detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism to Article 1 trade in the beef and veal sector between the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 and Spain (') fixes in For live animals of the bovine species other than pure­ particular the indicative ceilings applicable to beef and bred breeding animals and animals for bullfights : veal and the maximum quantities for which STM licences 1 . applications for STM licences lodged from 28 October may be issued each quarter ; to 1 November 1991 and notified to the Commission Whereas Article 85 ( 1 ) of the Act of Accession makes shall be accepted in respect of 5,086 % of the quanti­ provision for the Commission to take interim protective ties applied for therein ; measures necessary where an examination of the trend in 2. further applications may be submitted from 18 intra-Community trade shows a significant increase in November 1991 . imports carried out or foreseeable in the current year or part thereof ; Article 2 Whereas an examination of licence applications lodged from 28 October to 1 November 1991 shows that the This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 November quantities applied for are likely to bring about a serious 1991 .

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

Done at Brussels, 7 November 1991 .

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 357, 20. 12. 1990, p. 27.