24. 4. 86 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 107/23 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1184/86 of 21 April 1986 laying down detailed rules for the mechanisms for controlling the quantities of certain products in the oils and fats sector released for consumption in Portugal 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, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 476/86 of 25 February 1986 laying down general rules for the mechanism for controlling the prices and the quantities of certain products in the oils and fats sector released for consumption in Portugal (!), and in particular Article 14 thereof, Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 476/86 provides for a forecast supply balance for the Portuguese market to be drawn up ; whereas separate balances should be drawn up for soya oil, other fluid oils and other oils intended for human consumption ; Whereas each balance should be drawn up on the basis of the oil yield of the seeds or beans; Whereas the possibility of revising the balances quarterly should be provided for ; whereas, therefore, the maximum annual quantity referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 476/86 which may be imported should be split up on a quarterly basis ; Whereas Article 7 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 476/86 lays down that Portugal must suspend the issuing of import documents when the maximum  annual quanity is reached ; whereas Article 9 (1) of the said Regulation provides for derogation from this supension where the operator undertakes to export an equivalent quanity of products ; whereas, therefore, a distinction should be made between ‘normal’ and ‘compensated’ imports ; Whereas the amount of the security to be lodged by the operator when applying for ‘normal’ or ‘compensated’ import or export documents should be laid down ; Whereas, for each product or group of products, the import or export applications may exceed the limit fixed for the quarter in question; whereas accordingly, a method to enable each application to be met without discrimination should be laid down; Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 476/86 lays down that a compensatory aid is to be granted in respect of sunflower seed harvested in Portugal and used for the production of oil intended for export ; whereas, therefore, a method of calculating the amount of such aid should be specified ; Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 476/86 provides for the possibility of controlling the level of consumer prices; whereas, in the circumstances now () OJ No L 53, 1. 3. 1986, p. S1. pertaining, there does not seem to be any need to apply such control ; Whereas the measues provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : TITLE 1 Supply balance Article 1 1. A forecast supply balance shall be drawn up in respect of each year under the conditions laid down in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 476/86 for each of the following products or groups of products : (a) soya oil; (b) other oils, as listed in Annex I; (c) other oils and fats intended for human consumption. 2. The forecast supply balance for each product cate- gory referred to in paragraph 1 shall be drawn up in respect of the following year before 1 December. However, the first forecast supply balance in respect of the period 1 March to 31 December 1986 shall be drawn up before 1 April 1986. 3. The supply balance shall, if necessary, be revised quarterly and for the first time before 1 June 1986; account shall be taken at such time of the quantities imported from 1 March to 31 March 1986. 4. A final balance shall be drawn up within four months of the end of the year. Article 2 1.  For the purposes of the supply balances, account shall be taken of the oil content of the seeds or fruit in question, as fixed at a standard rate in Annex II. Annex II shall also apply in respect of Articles 8 and 9 of Regula- tion (EEC) No 476/86. 2. The following shall thus be fixed for each year: — for each oil or group of oils referred to in Article 1, the quantities to be released for consumption as deter- mined in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 476/86, — the maximum annual quantities which may be imported.