1.7.86 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL176/7
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2059/86
of30June1986
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
saithe(Pollachiusrirens)salted,wholeandfilletsofsaithe,saltedandfallingwithin
subheadingsex03.02AIf)andex03.02AIId)oftheCommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedbythe
Commission ,
WhereasCommunitysuppliesofsaithe(Pollachiusvirens)
salted,wholeandfilletsofsaithe,salted,currently
dependonimportsfromthirdcountries;whereasitisin
theCommunity'sinteresttosuspendpartiallythe
CommonCustomsTariffdutyfortheproductsin
question,withinthelimitsoftheCommunitytariff
quotasofappropriatevolumes;whereas,inordernotto
callintoquestionthedevelopmentprospectsofthis
productionintheCommunitywhileensuringan
adequatesupplytosatisfyuserindustries,itisadvisable
toopenthesequotasfortheperioduntil31December
1986atdutyratesof6%and8%respectivelyandto
fixthevolumesthereofat1000and2500tonnes;
Whereasitisnecessary,inparticular,toensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted accessto
theratelaiddownforthesequotastoallimportsofthe
productsconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntilthequotashavebeenusedup;whereas,however,sincethe
quotasaretocoverrequirements whichcannotbe
determinedwithsufficientaccuracy,itshouldnotbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates,withoutprejudice
tothedrawingagainstthequotavolumesofsuch
quantitiesastheymayneed,undertheconditionsand
accordingtoaproceduretobedetermined ;whereasthis
methodofmanagementrequiresclosecooperation
betweentheMemberStatesandtheCommissionandthe
lattermustinparticularbeabletomonitortherateat
whichthequotasareusedupandinformtheMember
Statesthereof;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofsharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.FromthatdateonwhichthisRegulationentersinto
forceuntil*31December1986theCommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesforthefollowingproductsshallbe
suspendedatthelevelsandwithinthelimitsshown:
CCT
heading
NoDescription QuotavolumeDutyrate
ex03.02AIf) Saithe,(Pollachiusvirens),salted,whole 1000tonnes 6%
ex03.02AIId) Filletsofsaithe,salted 2500tonnes 8%
fortheproductsunderconsiderationorthecategoriesof
theproductsconcerned .2.Withinthelimitsofthesetariffquotas,the
KingdomofSpainandthePortugueseRepublicshall
applycustomsdutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsinthe1985ActofAccession.
3.Importsoftheproductsinquestionshallnot
benefitfromthequotasreferredtoinparagraph 1unless
thefree-at-frontier price,whichisdeterminedbythe
MemberStatesinaccordancewithArticle21ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No3796/81(x),isatleastequaltothe
referencepricefixed,ortobefixed,bytheCommunity4.Shouldanimportergivenotificationofimminent
importationoftheproductinaMemberStateand
requestthebenefitofoneorotherofthequotas,the
MemberStatesconcernedshallinformtheCommission
anddrawanamountcorresponding toitsrequirements
totheextentthattheavailablebalanceofthereserveso
permits.
(')OJNoL379,31.12.1981,p.1.5.Thesharesdrawnpursuanttoparagraph4shallbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod.

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Article2
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethattheirdrawingspursuanttoArticle1(4)
arecarriedoutinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesoftheCommunityquotas.
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimportersof
thesaidgoodshaveaccesstothequotasforsuchtimeas
theresidualbalanceofthequotavolumessopermits.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirdrawingsasandwhenthegoodsare
enteredatcustomsforfreecirculation .
4.Theextenttowhichthequotashavebeenusedup
shallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportscharged
inaccordancewithparagraph3.Article3
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainstthese
quotas.
Article4
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
collaboratecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegu­
lationiscompliedwith.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,30June1986.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
N.SMIT-KROES