24. 4. 86 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 107/17 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1183/86 of 21 April 1986 laying down detailed rules for the system for controlling the prices and the quantities of certain products in the oils and fats sector released for consumption in Spain THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Havinvg 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 475/86 of 25 February 1986 laying down general rules for the system for controlling the prices and the quantities of certain products in the oils and fats sector released for consumption in Spain (), and in particular Article 16 thereof, Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 475/86 provides for a forecast supply balance for the Spanish market to be drawn up ; whereas separate balances should be drawn up for sunflower oil, other fluid oils or other oils intended for human consumption and for oils intended for non-food use; 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 475/86 which may be imported should be split up on a quarterly basis; Whereas Article 7 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 475/86 lays down that Spain must suspend the issuing of import documents when the maximum annual quantity is reached ; whereas Article 9 (1) of the said Regulation provides for derogations from this suspension where the operator undertakes to export an equivalent quantity 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, pursuant to Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 475/86, the quantity of soya oil that may be released for consumption is to be allocated to Spanish operators () OJ No L 53, 1. 3. 1986, p. 47. on the basis of the situation prior to accession and of the amounts sold for export each year ; whereas, accordingly, each operator should be allocated a quantity on the basis, on the one hand, of the quantities allocated in 1984/85 under the national scheme in force prior to accession, reduced progressively in the following years and, on the other hand, of the breakdown between the operators of the remaining quantity on the basis of the quantities exported in the preceding year by each operator; Whereas Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 475/86 lays down that if the supply balance is in surplus, compensa- tory aid is to be granted in respect of sunflower, colza and rape seeds harvested in Spain and used for the production of oil intended for export; whereas, therefore, a method of calculating the amount of such aid should be speci- fied ; Whereas, in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 475/86, the level of consumer prices may be controlled either by the fixing of price limits or by making up the difference between Spanish prices and those of imported products ; whereas the second of these methods should be applied by introducing a levy that is fixed on the basis of the difference between, on the one hand, the price of soya oil applicable in Spain in 1984/85 and, on the other hand, the cost of oil imported into Spain from third countries ; whereas, however, this levy is not to be imposed for certain oils used in the manufac- ture of products that are not intended for human consumption ; Whereas the measures 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 475/86 for each of the following products or groups of products: (a) sunflower oil intended for human consumption ; (b) oils intended for human consumption, as listed in Annex I;