31992R0905

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 905/92 of 9 April 1992 adopting definitive measures on the issuing of STM licences for milk and milk products in regard to Spain

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, and in particular Article 85 (3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 569/86 of 25 February 1986 laying down general rules for the application of the supplementary mechanism applicable to trade (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3296/88 (2), and in particular Article 7 (1) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 606/86 of 28 February 1986 laying down detailed rules for applying the supplementary trade mechanism to milk products imported into Spain from the Community of Ten (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 63/92 (4), fixes the indicative ceiling for imports into Spain of certain products in the milk and milk products sector for 1992;

Whereas applications for STM licences lodged solely in the Community of Ten during the period 2 to 6 March 1992 for cheese categories 4 and 5a relate to quantities in excess of that fraction of the indicative ceiling set aside for the first quarter of 1992;

Whereas the Commission accordingly adopted, by an emergency procedure, suitable interim protective measures by Regulations (EEC) No 626/92 (5); whereas definitive measures must be adopted; whereas, in view of the market situation in Spain, an increase in indicative ceilings cannot be contemplated at present;

Whereas, as part of the definitive measures referred to in Article 85 (3) of the Act, the suspension of the issuing of STM licences provided for in the abovementioned Regulation until the end of the first quarter of 1992 should be confirmed;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. The issuing of STM licences applied for in the Community of Ten for products in the milk and milk products sector as referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 626/92 is hereby definitively suspended for the first quarter of 1992.

2. Further applications for STM licences may be lodged from 23 March 1992 for all products in respect of the fraction of the indicative ceiling applicable from 1 April 1992.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 9 April 1992. For the Commission

Ray MAC SHARRY

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 55, 1. 3. 1986, p. 106. (2) OJ No L 293, 27. 10. 1988, p. 7. (3) OJ No L 58, 1. 3. 1986, p. 28. (4) OJ No L 6, 11. 1. 1992, p. 17. (5) OJ No L 68, 13. 3. 1992, p. 8.