31993R2609

No L 239/ 14 Official Journal of the European Communities 24. 9 . 93

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2609/93 of 23 September 1993 laying down certain, additional detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism (STM) to trade in fruit and vegetables between Spain and the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 as regards certain fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas the need for accurate information justifies communication on the statistical monitoring of trade at Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European more frequent intervals ; Economic Community, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and in accordance with the opinion of the Management Portugal, Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3210/89 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : of 23 October 1989 laying down general rules for applying the supplementary trade mechanism to fresh fruit and vegetables ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) Article 1 No 3818/92 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof, 1 . For artichokes and melons falling within the CN Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 816/89 (3), as codes listed in the Annex hereto the periods provided for amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3831 /92 (4), establishes in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3210/89 shall be as set out in that Annex . the list of products subject to the supplementary trade mechanism in the fresh fruit and vegetables sector from 2. For tomatoes falling within CN codes 0702 00 10 1 January 1 990 ; whereas tomatoes, artichokes and melons and 0702 00 90 : are included in the list ; — the indicative ceilings provided for in Article 83 (1 ) of Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3944/89 (*), the Act of Accession , and as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3308/91 (6), lays — the periods provided for in Article 2 of Regulation down detailed rules for applying the supplementary trade (EEC) No 3210/89 shall be as set out in the Annex mechanism , hereinafter called the 'STM', to fresh fruit hereto . and vegetables ; Article 2 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1582/93 Q lays down that the periods referred to in Article 2 of 1 . For consignments from Spain to the rest of the Regulation (EEC) No 3210/89 shall be up to Community market, with the exception of Portugal, of 26 September 1993 for the above products ; whereas in the products referred to in Article 1 , the provisions of view of expected exports from Spain to the rest of the Regulation (EEC) No 3944/89, with the exception of Community, with the exception of Portugal, and of the Articles 5 and 7 thereof, shall apply. Community market situation, a period I should be fixed for the products in question excepting tomatoes ; whereas, However, the notification provided for in Article 2 (2) of on the basis of the abovementioned criteria a period II that Regulation shall be made each Tuesday at the latest should be determined for tomatoes from 4 October until in respect of quantities consigned during the preceding week . 7 November 1993 ; whereas indicative ceilings should be determined pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) 2. The notification provided for in the first paragraph No 3210/89 for short periods given the sensitivity of this of Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 3944/89 for products product ; mentioned in Article 1 (2) subject to a period II or to a period III shall be forwarded to the Commission on Whereas it should be stipulated that the provisions of Tuesday each week at the latest in respect of the Regulation (EEC) No 3944/89 relating to statistical moni­ preceding week. toring, to the use of exit documents for Spanish consign­ ments and to the various communications from the During the application of a period I, those notifications Member States apply in order to ensure that the STM shall be made once a month, on the fifth day of each operates ; month at the latest in respect of data from the preceding month ; where appropriate, that notification shall bear the word 'nil'. (') OJ No L 312, 27. 10 . 1989, p. 6. (2) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 15. (3) OJ No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1989, p. 35. Article 3 (4) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 47. 0 OJ No L 379, 28 . 12. 1989, p. 20 . (Ó OJ No L 313, 14. 11 . 1991 , p. 13. This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 September 0 OJ No L 152, 24. 6. 1993, p. 18 . 1993 .

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

Done at Brussels, 23 September 1993.

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Determination of the periods provided for in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3210/ 89 and the ceilings provided for in Article 83 of the Act of Accession

Period from 27 September to 7 November 1993

Description of product CN code Period

Artichokes 0709 10 00 I Melons 0807 10 90 I

Description CN code Indicative ceiling period of product (tonnes)

Tomatoes 0702 00 10 27. 9 — 3 . 10 . 1993 : — I and 4 — 10.10.1993:12 200 II 07020090 11 — 17.10.1993:15 200 II 18 — 24.10.1993:16 000 II 25 . — 31.10.1993:16 300 II 1 . 11 — 7 . 11 . 1993 : 18 500 II