25. 2. 86 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 46/13 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 410/86 of 24 February 1986 on transitional measures to be adopted on account of the accession of Spain and Portugal, in respect of trade in agricultural products 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 90 (1) and 257 (1) thereof, : Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 409/86 of 20 February 1986 on methods of administrative cooperation to safeguard, during the transitional period, the free move- ment of goods in trade between the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985, on the one hand, and Spain and Portugal on the other hand, and in trade between these two new Member States ('), provides, in particular, for transitional measures for goods exported before 1 March 1986 from Spain or from Portugal to the other Member States, or from the other Member States to Spain or to Portugal; whereas these measures raise problems for agricuitural products which have attracted export refunds; Whereas, in the interest of simplification, a system sheuld be applied the basis of which is that operations begun before 1 March 1986 should remain subject either to the provisions operative before that date for trade carried out under the agreements between the Community and Spain and the Community and the EFTA countries, or to the provisions operative for trade between the Community and third countries ; whereas, for beef and veal, pigmeat, poultrymeat and eggs, market management considerations require that all products exported from Spain or imported into Spain from the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 should 'be subject to the same system of charges ; Whereas, having due regard, in particular, to the import charges in Spain and Portugal before 1 March 1986, speculative movements of certain products may have started ; whereas measures should be taken to prevent such products from qualifying for export refunds twice over; Whereas any refunds on exports to Portugal of products subject to transition by stages shall not exceed the difference between the prices recorded in the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 and those recorded in Portugal plus any customs duty; whereas advance- fixing certificates applied for before 1 March 1986 shall (") See page 5 of this Official Journal. no longer apply to exports to Portugal made after that date ; Whereas this Regulation is without prejudice to any special transitional measures adopted in respect of certain products ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of all the relevant management commyjttees, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1. For the purposes of this Regulation, the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 is hereafter called ‘Community of Ten'. 2. This Regulation establishes transitional measures applicable to agricultural products exported before 1 March 1986: — from Spain or from Portugal to the Community of Ten, — from the Community of Ten to Spain or to Portugal, — from Spain to Portugal, — from Portugal to Spain. 3. Articles 2 to 7 shall not apply to the products referred to in Articles 131 and 259 of the Act of Acces- sion. Article 2 Agricultural products for which the declaration of export or of placing under one of the procedures referred to in Articles 4 and 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 565/80 (') has been accepted in the Community of Ten by 28 February 1986 and which are imported into Spain or Portugal after this date shall be subject: (a) in the Community of Ten, to the provisions applicable until 28 February 1986 for the systems of export refunds and monetary compensatory amounts and, where appropriate, export licences and advance fixing certificates, including those on the use in this connec- tion of the TS control copy referred to in Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 223/77 (%); () OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1980, p. S. () OJ No L 38, 9. 2. 1977, p. 20.