23. 12. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 335/53 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3174/94 of 21 December 1994 laying down definitive measures on the issuing of STM licences for beef and veal in trade with Spain THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 85 (3) thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1112/93 of 6 May 1993 laying down detailed rules for the application of the supplementary trade mechanism in the beef and veal sector between the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 and Spain and Portugal and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 3810/91 and (EEC) No 3829/92 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2506/94 (3), set the indicative ceilings applicable in the beef and veal sector and the maximum quantities for which STM licences may be issued every two months ; Whereas STM licences issued in response to applications lodged on 28 November 1994 in Spain have exhausted that fraction of the indicative ceiling set aside for the sixth two months of 1994 for live animals ; Whereas the Commission accordingly adopted, by an emergency procedure, appropriate interim protective measures by Regulation (EC) No 2887/94 (°); whereas definitive measures must be adopted ; Whereas, as a definitive measure as referred to in Article 85 (3) of the Act of Accession, in order to avoid a prolonged interruption of trade with Spain, authorization should be given for the lodging of STM licence applica- tions from 4 January 1995 and for the quantities for which STM licences are actually issued to be counted against the indicative ceiling set aside for the first two months of 1995; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Further applications for STM licences may be lodged from 4 January 1995. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 21 December 1994. 113, 7. 5. 1993, p. 10. 267, 18. 10. 1994, p. 1. 304, 29. 11. 1994, p. 30. 33 00 St St 277 e For the Commission René STEICHEN Member of the Commission