COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2099/92 of 24 July 1992 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 3816/90 as regards the period of validity of STM licences

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 Articles 83 and 251 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 569/86 of 25 February 1986 laying down general rules for the application of the supplementary mechanism applicable to trade (STM) (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3296/88 (2), and in particular

Article 7

(1) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3816/90 of 19 December 1990 laying down detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism for certain products in the pigmeat sector destined for Portugal (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3772/91 (4), provides in Article 6 that STM licences are to be valild for 18 days from the actual date of issue;

Whereas, as a result of exceptional circumstances which have disturbed trade between Portugal and the other Member States, the period of validity of licences issued on 22 and 29 June 1992 should be extended without delay by two weeks;

Whereas, in order to avoid any legal vacuum, this Regulation should enter into force on 8 July 1992;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

By way of derogation from the first subparagraph of Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 3816/90, the period of validity of the STM licences issued on 22 and 29 June 1992 is hereby extended by two weeks.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 8 July 1992. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 24 July 1992. For the Commission

Ray MAC SHARRY

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 55, 1. 3. 1986, p. 106. (2) OJ No L 293, 27. 10. 1988, p. 7. (3) OJ No L 366, 29. 12. 1990, p. 33. (4) OJ No L 356, 24. 12. 1991, p. 32.