No L 366/36 Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 12. 90 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3817/90 of 19 December 1990 ' laying down detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism for certain products in the eggs and poultrymeat sectors destined for Portugal and originating in the other Member States THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Communitiy, Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 251 (1) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation No 569/86 of 25 February 1986 laying down general rules for the application of the supplementary mechanism applicable to trade (STM) ("), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3296/88 (*), and in particular Article 7 (1) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3792/85 of 20 December 1985 laying down the arrangements applying to trade in agricultural products between Spain and Portugal (*), as amended by Regu- lation (EEC) No 3296/88, and in particular Article 13 thereof, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3659/90 (*) has specified the list of products submitted to transition by stage which are subject to the STM from the beginning of the second stage; Whereas Article 5 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3792/85 of 20 December 1985 specifies that the imports from Spain of these products are submitted to the STM according to Articles 249 and 252 of the Act of Accession; Whereas the indicative ceilings on imports into Portugal of certain products of the eggs and poultrymeat sectors listed in the Annex to this Regulation are laid down on the basis of the provisional balance sheet established in application of Article 251 of the Act of Accession and on taking account in particular of the traditional trade volumes of imports into Portugal as well as the necessity for a progressive opening up of the Portuguese market; Whereas it is appropriate to foresee that Community operators can only export certain products in the eggs (*) OJ No L 55, 1. 3. 1986, p. 106. (*) OJ No L 293, 27. 10. 1988, p. 7. *) OJ No L 367, 31. 12. 1985, p. 7. () OJ No L 362, 27. 12. 1990, p. 38. and poultrymeat sectors to Portugal under certain restrictive conditions concerning in particular the period during which they have engaged in their commerce; whereas it is appropriate to derogate from that rule for 1991 to benefit those operators situated in the territory. of the former German Democratic Republic in order to allow them to export those products to Portugal; Whereas to lay down detailed rules for the application for the issue of licences it is necessary to derogate from both Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 of 16 November 1988 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products (*), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1599/90 (*), and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 574/86 of 28 February 1986 laying down detailed rules for the application of the STM(’), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3296/88; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Eggs and Poultrymeat, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The indicative ceilings relating to certain products in the eggs and poultrymeat sectors which may be imported into Portugal from the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 and Spain shall be those set out in the - Annex. Article 2 1. STM licences shall be requested for imports into Portugal from the other Member States of products falling within: — one of the subheadings of the combined nomen- clature, or () OJ No L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 151, 15. 6. 1990, p. 29. () OJ No L 57, 1. 3. 1986, p. 1.