1.7.86 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL176/5
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2058/86
of30June1986
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
cod,wet,saltedandfallingwithinsubheadingex03.02AIb)oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedbythe
Commission ,
WhereasCommunitysuppliesofcod,wet,saltedand
fallingwithinsubheadingex03.02AIb)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffcurrentlydependonimports
fromthirdcountries;whereas,onthebasisofimport
estimatesfor1986,thereisnodoubtthatthe
Community'sneedswillexceedthequantitiesprovided
forintheCommunitytariffquotasopeneduntilnowfor
theseproducts;whereasitisintheCommunity'sinterest
tosuspendpartiallytheCommonCustomsTariffduty
fortheproductsinquestion,withinanadditional
Communitytariffquotaofanappropriatevolume;
whereas,inordertoensureanadequatesupplytosatisfy
userindustries,itisadvisabletoopenthisquotaforthe
perioduntil31December1986atadutyrateof3%and
tofixthevolumethereofprovisionallyat40000tonnes;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.FromthedateonwhichthisRegulationentersinto
forceuntil31December1986theCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyforcod,wet,saltedandfallingwithinsub­
headingex03.02Alb)shallbesuspendedatalevelof
3%withinthelimitofaCommunitytariffquotaof
40000tonnes.
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,theKingdom
ofSpainandthePortugueseRepublicshallapply
customsdutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththerelevant
provisionsinthe1985ActofAccession .
3.Importsoftheproductinquestionshallnotbenefit
fromthequotareferredtoinparagraph 1unlessthe
free-at-frontier price,whichisdeterminedbythe
MemberStatesinaccordancewithArticle21ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No3796/81('),isatleastequaltothe
referencepricefixed,ortobefixed,bytheCommunity
fortheproductunderconsiderationorthecategoryof
theproductsconcerned .
4.Shouldanimportergivenotificationofimminent
importationoftheproductinaMemberStateand
requestthebenefitofthequota,theMemberState
concernedshallinformtheCommission anddrawan
amountcorresponding toitsrequirementstotheextent
thattheavailablebalanceofthereservesopermits.
5.Thesharesdrawnpursuanttoparagraph4shallbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod.
Article2
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethattheirdrawingspursuanttoArticle1(4)
arecarriedoutinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimportersof
thesaidgoodshaveaccesstothequotaforsuchtimeas
theresidualbalanceofthequotavolumesopermits.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirdrawingsasandwhenthegoodsare
enteredforfreecirculation .Whereasitisnecessary,inparticular,toensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted accessto
theratelaiddownforthequotatoallimportsofthe
productconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntilthe
quotahasbeenusedup;whereas,however,sincethe
quotaistocoverrequirements whichcannotbe
determinedwithsufficientaccuracy,itshouldnotbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates,withoutprejudice
tothedrawingagainstthequotavolumeofsuch
quantitiesastheymayneed,undertheconditionsand
accordingtoaproceduretobedetermined;whereasthis
methodofmanagementrequiresclosecooperation
betweentheMemberStatesandtheCommissionandthe
lattermustinparticularbeabletomonitortherateat
whichthequotaisusedupandinformtheMember
Statesthereof;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofsharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,(')OJNoL379,31.12.1981,p.1.

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4.Theextenttowhichthequotahasbeenusedup
shallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportscharged
inaccordancewithparagraph3.Article4
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
collaboratecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegu­
lationiscompliedwith.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .Article3
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainstthequota.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,30June1986.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
N.SMIT-KROES