No L 211/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 8. 86 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2462/86 of 31 July 1986 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3540/85 laying down detailed rules for the appli- cation of special measures for peas, field beans and sweet lupins 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 90 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1431/82 of 18 May 1982 laying down special measures for peas, field beans and sweet lupins ('), as last amended by Regu- lation (EEC) No 1485/85 (%), and in particular Article 3 (7) thereof, Whereas Article 2 (2) and (3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3540/85(%, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 604/86 (*), sets out adjustments to the price payable to the producer which require amending so as to bring them more into line with .commercial usage ; whereas, in order to avoid the application for one month of different arrangements concerning those adjustments, the arrangements which applied until 30 June 1985 should be extended until the date of entry into force of this Regulation ; Whereas failure to observe the time limit referred to in Article 3 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 3540/85 ought to result in the loss of the right to the certificate of purchase at the minimum price ; whereas this penalty should be progressive ; Whereas a limit should be fixed to the period of validity of the certificate of purchase at the minimum price, referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 3540/85 and arrangements should be made to deal with old certifi- cates that are still in circulation ; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 of 22 July 1985 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of securities for agricultural products () entered into force on 1 March 1986 ; whereas the arrangements referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 12 (1) and in Article 29 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3540/85 may be discontinued ; whereas definitions should be given of the requirements to be observed in order for Title V of Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 to be applied ; OJ No L 162, 12. 6. 1982, p. 28. OJ No L 151, 10. 6. 1985, p. 7. OJ No L 342, 19. 12. 1985, p. 1. OJ No L 8, 1. 3. 1986, p. 26. OJ No L 205, 3. 8. 1985, p. 5. Whereas Article 16 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3540/85 should specify the period within which the declaration of products received is to be lodged by the approved user with the competent authority ; whereas that period may extend for more than three months after the products have been received ; whereas the particulars provided on the special declaration referred to in paragraph 4 of the abovementioned Article may therefore be indicated on the declaration of products received ; Whereas identification is an administrative act separate from the inspections that must be carried out on the quantities for which aid is requested ; whereas the request for identification referred to in Article 17 (2) of Regula- tion (EEC) No 3540/85 and the certificate referred to in Article 18 of that Regulation are concerned with theore- tical quantities calculated on the basis of standard quality ; whereas the inspections to be carried out in connection with identified quantities should be set out in Article 28 (2) of that Regulation ; Whereas failure to observe the time limit between identi- fication and usage of the products, as referred to in Article 19 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3540/85, should result in a progressive reduction in the aid to be granted ; whereas in cases of force majeure the obligation resulting from this time limit may be fulfilled in accordance with three procedures that should be specified ; ' Whereas Article 121 (2) of the Act of Accession laid down an adjustment to the aid for sweet lupins to take account of the activating price applicable in Spain and in the other Member States; whereas it is necessary, in the absence of any system for controlling the origin of products, that aid should be granted only in respect of sweet lupins harvested and used in Spain, or of sweet lupins harvested and used in other Member States, for the period from 1 July 1986 to 31 December 1987 ; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3540/85 was published in the Official Journal of the European Communities on 19 December 1985 and entered into force on 1 January 1986 ; whereas that Regulation introduced extensive changes in identification procedures; whereas certain operators failed to submit their request for identification in conformity with the new arrangements during the first three months of 1986 ; whereas, in the interests of fair- ness, and in view of the fact that the function of the request for identification is primarily administrative, the arrangements formerly in force should be extended; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3540/85 should be amended in consequence ;