30. 6. 87 - Official Journal of the Européan Communities No L 170/1 I (Acts whose publication is obligatory) "COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1799/87 of 25 June 1987 on special arrangements for imports of maize and sorghum into Spain from 1987 to 1990 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, ‘Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parli- ament ('), Whereas, under an agreement between the European Economic Community and the United States of America concerning the conclusion of the negotiations under Article XXIV (6) of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), approved by Decision 87/224/EEC (%), the Community undertook, in respect of the years 1987 to 1990, to open annual quotas for imports into Spain of two million tonnes of maize and 300 000 tonnes of sorghum, minus the quantities of certain grain substitutes imported into that country during the same year, either directly or indirectly ; whereas the quantities of maize and sorghum imported must be used or processed in Spain ; Whereas the implementation of the agreement referred to above can be contemplated either under a levy reduction system or by direct purchases on the world market; whereas this agreement, motivated by the accession of Spain to the Community, is a transitional measure ; whereas, however, imports of maize and sorghum into Spain effected under the said agreement at preferential terms are liable to interfere with the Community market ; whereas, to overcome this difficulty, appropriate measures must be approved, including the possibility of applying a countervailing duty to processed products exported either to third countries or to the rest of the Community; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 of 26 February 1985 on the arrangements applicable to agricul- tural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States or in the () O})mlon delivered on 19 June 1987 (not yet pubhshed in the Official _]ournal) () OJ No L 98, 10. 4. 1987, p. 1. overseas countries and territories (°), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 73/87 (*), provides, in particular, for a 50 % reduction in the levy on sorghum and a smaller reduction in the levy on maize ; whereas the combination of this advantage with the reduction provided for under the present Regulation would disturb the Spanish market for cereals ; whereas this difficulty can be overcome by setting a special reduction of the levy on maize and sorghum imported under this Regulation ; Whereas provisions are required to cover the operations arising from this Regulation according to the mechanisms laid down by Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3769/8S5 (¢), and by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 of 2 August 1978 laying down general rules for the finan- cing of interventions by the European Agricultural Guidance Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 801/87 (%); Whereas, as this is a matter of the application of an inter- national agreement between a third country and the Commumty, the resulting operations should be financed in their entirety by the Community; whereas a waiver should therefore be made to the last ‘subparagraph of Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 For a period of four years from 1987 onwards, imports from third countries, for free ciruclation in Spain, of maximum annual quantities of two million tonnes of maize and 300 000 tonnes of sorghum shall be effected as provided in the following Articles. () OJ No L 61, 1. 3. 1985, p. 4. (9 OJ No L 11, 13. 1. 1987, p. 23. () OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 3. (9 OJ No L 362, 31. 12. 1985, p. 17. () OJ No L 216, 5. 8. 1978, p. 1. () OJ No L 79, 21. 3. 1987, p. 14.