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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3108/89

of 16 October 1989

modifying Regulation (EEC) No 4208/88 fixing, for the 1989 fishing year, the annual import quotas for the products subject to the rules for the application by Spain and Portugal of quantitative restrictions on fishery products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 360/86 of 17 February 1986 laying down rules for the application by Spain and Portugal of quantitative restrictions on fishery products (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4064/86 (2), and in particular Article 2 thereof,

Whereas Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 360/86 provides for the possibility of revising during the course of the year the quantity of the quotas, as well as their quarterly instalments, as laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 4208/88 (3);

Whereas Spain has made a request for an increase of 2 000 tonnes in the quota level for fresh or chilled hake of the genus Merluccius, for the 1989 fishing year; whereas it is therefore necessary to modify the quota level in question as well as its quarterly instalments;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In the table in part A of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 4208/88 the figures for fresh or chilled hake of the genus Merluccius, falling within CN codes ex 0302 69 65 and ex 0304 10 99 are hereby replaced by the following:

1.2,5 // // // 'Annual quota of importation // Quarterly instalments 1.2.3.4.5 // // 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // // // // // // 6 000 // 400 // 1 240 // 1 480 // 2 880' // // // // //

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following 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, 16 October 1989.

For the Commission

Manuel MARÍN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 43, 20. 2. 1986, p. 8.

(2) OJ No L 371, 31. 12. 1986, p. 9.

(3) OJ No L 370, 31. 12. 1988, p. 25.