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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3719/87
of 11 December 1987
fixing, for 1988, the quotas for imports into Portugal of certain pigmeat products from Spain and certain detailed rules for the application thereof
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3792/85 of 20 December 1985 laying down the arrangements applying to trade in agricultural products between Spain and Portugal (1), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas the quotas for 1987 for imports into Portugal of certain products from Spain are set out in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3801/86 (2); whereas Article 4 (4) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 3792/85 lays down a minimum annual rate of increase of the quotas of 10 %; whereas the quotas for 1988 should be fixed; whereas these quotas are in addition to those applicable under Article 269 of the Act of Accession to imports from the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985;
Whereas, to ensure proper management of the quotas, the applications for import authorizations should be subject to the lodging of a security; whereas provision should also be made for the quotas to be staggered over the year;
Whereas provision should be made for Portugal to communicate information to the Commission on the application of the quotas;
Whereas this Regulation replaces Regulation (EEC) No 3801/86; whereas the said Regulation should therefore be repealed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The quotas for 1988 that Portugal may apply, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3792/85, to imports of certain pigmeat products from Spain shall be as shown in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
1. The Portuguese authorities shall issue import authorizations so as to ensure a fair allocation of the available quantity between the applicants.
The quotas shall be staggered over the year as follows:
- 40 % during the period from 1 January to 30 April 1988,
- 60 % during the period from 1 May to 31 December 1988.
2. Applications for import authorizations shall be subject to the lodging of a security which shall be released under the conditions defined by the Portuguese authorities once the goods have been effectively imported.
Article 3
The Portuguese authorities shall communicate to the Commission the measures which they adopt for the application of Article 2.
They shall transmit, not later than the 15th of each month, the following information on each of the products in respect of which import authorizations have been issued in the preceding month:
- the quantities covered by the import authorizations issued,
- the quantities imported.
Article 4
Regulation (EEC) No 3801/86 is hereby repealed.
Article 5
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1988.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 11 December 1987.