1. 3. 86 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 57/21 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 579/86 of 28 February 1986 laying down detailed rules relating to stocks of products in the sugar sector in Spain and Portugal on 1 March 1986 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 Regulations (EEC) No 3770/85 (") and (EEC) No 3771/85(?) of 20 December 1985 on stocks of agricultural products in Spain and Portugal respectively, and in particular Article 8 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in the sugar sector (%), as last amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 3768/85 (%), and in particular Article 8 (5) thereof, Whereas Articles 86 and 254 of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal provide that any stock of products in free circulation in those two Member States on 1 March 1986 which in quantity exceeds what may be considered representative of a normal carry-over stock must be elimi- nated by and at the expense of those two Member States ; Whereas Regulations (EEC) No 3770/85 and (EEC) No 3771/85 lay down general rules for the application of the said Articles 86 and 254 of the Act of Accession ; whereas, pursuant to Article 8 of those Regulations, detailed rules of application should entail, in particular, the determina- tion of the details for the disposal of the surplus products and the conditions under which this disposal should take place ; whereas, in view of the likelihood of speculation in the new Member States in respect of sugar and isoglucose, which may be stored and for which export refunds are fixed, arrangements, should be made concerning stocks in Spain and Portugal on 1 March 1986; Whereas provision should accordingly be made for Spain and Portugal to undertake a survey ; whereas, to this end, - the rules laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 431/68 of 9 April 1968 determining the standard quality for raw sugar and fixing the Community frontier crossing point for calculating cif prices for sugar () and Commis- sion Regulation (EEC) No 1443/82 of 8 June 1982 laying down detailed rules for the application of the quota system in the sugar sector (¢), as last amended by Regula- ) OJ No L 362, 31. 12. 1985. p. 1. OJ No L 362, 31. 12. 1985, p. 21. OJ No L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4. OJ No L 362, 31. 12. 1985, p. 8. OJ No L 89, 10. 4. 1968, p. 3. OJ No L 158, 9. 6. 1982, p. 17. tion (EEC) No 3819/85(), should be applied for the conversion of the various types of sugar into white sugar ; Whereas, to determine the quantities of sugar and isoglu- cose to be eliminated from the market, the normal carry- over stock considered necessary, should be defined for each of these products allowing for consumption, produc- tion, traditional exports and operating stocks for refine- ries; whereas the reimbursement of storage costs 'for quantities of sugar in normal carry-over stocks may normally be justified only on condition that the storage levy is incurred from 1 March 1986 in accordance with Article 12 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1998/78 of 18 August 1978 laying down detailed rules for the . offsetting of storage costs for sugar (¥), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 645/85(); Whereas, in view of the features of the markets for sugar and isoglucose, the disposal of quantities in excess of normal carry-over stocks must be carried out under certain conditions by export outside the Community either in the natural state or in the form of processed products in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 3035/80 of 11 November 1980 laying down general rules for granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds ("), as last amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 1982/85 (') ; whereas, to that end, certain provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3183/80 of 3 December 1980 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advanced fixing certificates for agricultural products ('?), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3826/85 (%), should be referred to as regards evidence of export ; Whereas quantities in excess of the carry-over stock in question which have not been exported before the date laid down and therefore have not been eliminated from the market must be considered as being disposed of on the Community internal market and being imported from third countries ; whereas, under these conditions, provi- sion should rightly be made for levying an amount equal to the import levy for the product in question in force on the final day of the time limit laid down for export; whereas the agricultural rate applicable on the date should be used to convert that amount into national currency ; () OJ No L 368, 31. 12. 1985, p. 25. ) OJ No L 231, 23. 8. 1978, p. 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