31992R2577

4. 9 . 92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 258 /9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2577/92 of 3 September 1992 adopting interim protective measures in so far as concerns Spain in regard to applications for STM licences coming from the Community of Ten for milk and milk products lodged between 24 and 28 August 1992

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Article 1 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and 1 . Applications for STM licences as referred to in Portugal, and in particular Article 85 (1 ) thereof, Regulation (EEC) No 606/86, lodged between 24 and 28 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 608/86 (') August 1992 for the Community of Ten and lodged with laying down detailed rules for applying the supplementary the Commission, for milk products falling within : trade mechanism to milk products imported into Spain — category 5 of CN code ex 0406 are hereby accepted from the Community of Ten, as last amended by Regula­ up to 1 6,37 % ; tion (EEC) No 705/92 (2), fixes the indicative ceilings for — category 6 of CN code ex 0406 are hereby accepted milk sector products for 1992 and splits these up into up to 8,09 % . monthly ceilings ; Whereas applications for STM licences in the Community 2. The issuing of STM licences in the Community of of Ten for cheese of categories 5 and 6 lodged between 24 Ten is hereby provisionally suspended for products falling and 28 August 1992 relate to quantities higher than the within categories 5 and 6. ceiling set for the month of September 1992 ; 3. Without prejudice to any definitive measures the Whereas Article 85 (1 ) of the Act of Accession states that Commission may take, further applications for STM the Commission may take interim protective measures licences may be lodged from 21 September 1992 for all necessary by an emergency procedure where the situation products in respect of that fraction of the indicative indicates that the initiative ceiling will be attained or ceiling applicable from 1 October 1992. exceeded ; whereas to this it is necessary, as an interim protective measure, in view of the number of requests, for the products concerned and only for the Community of Article 2 Ten, to issue licences up to a percentage of the quantities applied for categories 5 and 6 and to suspend all further This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 September 1992. issuing of licences for the products in question,

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

Done at Brussels, 3 September 1992.

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 58, 1 . 3 . 1986, p. 28 . (2) OJ No L 75, 21 . 3 . 1992, p. 29.