Council Regulation (EEC) No 3654/90 of 11 December 1990 laying down general rules for the system of accession compensatory amounts applicable to cereals and rice during the second stage of the accession of Portugal

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Article 1

For the purposes of this Regulation:

'accession compensatory amounts` means compensatory amounts applicable to trade between:

Portugal and the other Member States,

Portugal and third countries.

Article 2

1. For each marketing year the accession compensatory amount shall be:

for common wheat, equal to the difference between the buying-in price applicable in Portugal and the buying-in price applicable in the other Member States,

for paddy rice, equal to the difference between the buying-in price applicable in Portugal and the buying-in price applicable in the other Member States; this difference may be corrected in order to ensure comparability of the products taken into consideration,

for husked rice, that applicable to paddy rice converted by means of the conversion rate referred to in Article 1 of Commission Regulation N° 467/67/EEC(7),

for wholly milled rice, that applicable to husked rice converted by means of the conversion rate referred to in Article 1 of Regulation N° 467/67/EEC,

for semi-milled rice, that applicable to wholly milled rice converted by means of the conversion rate referred to in Article 1 of Regulation N° 467/67/EEC,

for broken rice, equal to the difference between the price of broken rice recorded on the Portuguese market and the threshold price fixed for this product in the Community.

2. For the products referred to in Article 1 (c) and (d) of Regulation (EEC) N° 2727/75, the accession compensatory amounts shall be derived from those applicable to the cereals to which they relate, with the help of coefficients to be determined on the basis of the impact on the price of the product concerned, of the application of the compensatory amount to the price of the corresponding basic product.

3. For the products referred to in Article 1 (c) of Regulation (EEC) N° 1418/76, the accession compensatory amounts shall be derived from those applicable to broken rice with the help of coefficients to be determined on the basis of the impact on the price of the product concerned of the application of the compensatory amount to the price of broken rice.

Article 3

In trade between Portugal and the other Member States, the accession compensatory amounts shall be charged or granted by Portugal.

Article 4

1. The accession compensatory amount applicable shall be that in force on the date of acceptance of the import or export declaration.

2. However, where necessary, a decision may be taken in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 5 to introduce a system for the advance fixing of the accession compensatory amount.

Article 5

1. The following shall be determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) N° 2727/75 or, as appropriate, Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) N° 1418/76:

(a)detailed rules for the granting and levying of accession compensatory amounts, particularly with a view to preventing deflection of trade and distortion of competition;

(b)the coefficients provided for in Article 2 (2) and (3);

(c)detailed rules for the application of this Regulation and in particular the fixing of accession compensatory amounts.

2. Measures to prevent deflections of trade and distortion of competition may be applied, for the period deemed necessary, after the abolition of the accession compensatory amounts.

Article 6

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1991.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 December 1990.

For the CouncilThe PresidentV. SACCOMANDI

(1)See page 28 of this Official Journal.

(2)OJ N° L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.

(3)OJ N° L 134, 28. 5. 1990, p. 1.

(4)OJ N° L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1.

(5)OJ N° L 177, 24. 6. 1989, p. 1.

(6)OJ N° L 116, 4. 5. 1988, p. 27.

(7)OJ N° L 204, 24. 8. 1967, p. 1.