5. 6.93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 136/21 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1381/93 of 4 June 1993 ' laying down detailed rules for applying the supplementary trade mechanism applicable to imports into Portugal of fresh fruit and vegetables and amendments to the application of Regulations concerning the supplementary trade mechanism for products processed from fruit and vegetables and of live trees and other plants, bulbs, roots and the like, cut flowers and ornamental foliage and the compensation mechanism on import of fruit and vegetables originating 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 3651/90 of 11 December 1990 (") laying down general rules for applying the supplementary trade mechanism to trade in fresh fruit and vegetables between Portugal and other Member States, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 745/93 (%, and in particular Article 8 thereof, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 742/93 of 17 March 1993 () has suppressed the compensation mechanism for fruit and vegetables in trade between Portugal and the other Member States ; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 574/86 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3296/88 (%), lays down the detailed rules for the application for the supple- mentary trade mechanism provided for in Council Regu- lation (EEC) No 569/86 (%); whereas the rules cover various situations, including those covered by Regulation (EEC) No 3651/90; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 574/86 may accordingly be used to apply Regulation (EEC) No 3651/90, subject to certain amendments ; Whereas the scope of the supplementary trade mecha- nism applicable to trade between Portugal and the other Member States has, in respect of fruit and vegetables, been substantially reduced by Council Regulation (EEC) No 743/93 () ; whereas, according to this Regulation, the supplementary trade mechanism for products processed from fruit and vegetables as laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 641/86 (¥), last amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 3836/92 (°), can no longer be applied; Whereas the compensation mechanism on the importa- tion of fruit and vegetables originating in Portugal has () OJ No L 362, 27. 12. 1990, p. 24. () OJ No L 77, 31. 3. 1993, p. 12. () OJ No L 77, 31. 3. 1993, p. 8. (9 O No L 57, 1. 3. 1986, p. 1. 5 OJ No L 293, 27. 10. 1988, p. 7. () OJ No L 55, 1. 3. 1986, p. 106. () OJ No L 77, 31. 3. 1993, p. 9. () OJ No L 60, 1. 3. 1986, p. 34. () OJ No L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 62. been abolished ; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3820/90 of 19 December 1990 laying down detailed rules for the application of the compensation mechanism to imports of fruit and vegetables from Spain and Portu- gal (') can no longer be applied ; whereas the Community offer-prices already fixed for 1993 can no longer be applied either; Whereas the supplementary trade mechanism for live trees and other plants, bulbs, roots and the like, cut flowers and ornamental foliage has been abolished as well ; Whereas it is appropriate for reasons of legal security to list all Regulations which, due to the decisions taken by the Council on 17 March 1993, have lost their legal basis and should therefore no longer be applied ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committees for Fruit and Vegetables, Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables, and Live Plants, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1. The provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 574/86 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the supplementary trade mechanism  provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 3651/90, subject to the provision of paragraph 2. 2.  For the purposes of applying Regulation (EEC) No 3651/90 and Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 574/86, copy No 4 of the international Community transit document stamped by the office of destination, for use in accordance ‘with the provisions of Article 3 (3) (b) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2726/90 (*') shall be considered a declaration of entry for consumption in Portugal. The provisions of the first subparagraph shall not prec- lude the use of simplified Community transit procedures. They may not, however, be treated as a ground for checks at the frontier. (") OJ No L 366, 29. 12. 1990, p. 43. (") OJ No L 262, 26. 9. 1990, p. 1.