NoL398/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.12.87
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4169/87
of21December1987
openingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotaforsweet
peppersfallingwithinsubheading07096010ofthecombinednomenclatureandorig­
inatinginCyprus(1988)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavringregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheAgreementestablishinganAssociation
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
RepublicofCyprus,assupplementedbytheProtocol
layingdowntheconditionsandproceduresforthe
implementation ofthesecondstageofthesaid
Agreementandadaptingcertainprovisionsthereof(x),
providesfortheopeningofaCommunitytariffquotaof
300tonnesforsweetpeppersfallingwithinsubheading
07096010ofthecombinednomenclatureandorig­
inatinginCyprus;whereas,pursuanttoArticle18ofthe
Protocolinquestion,thisvolumeissubjecttoanannual
increaseof5%fromtheentryintoforceofthe
Protocol,andwillthereforebe315tonnesin1988;
whereas,withinthelimitofthetariffquota,thecustoms
dutyapplicableistobeabolishedprogressivelyaccording
tothetimetableandundertheconditionsaslaiddownin
Articles5and16ofthesaidProtocol;
Whereas,however,theProtocoltotheAssociation
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andtheRepublicofCyprusconsequentontheaccession
oftheKingdomofSpainandthePortugueseRepublicto
theCommunity(2)laysdownthatthoseMemberStates
willpostponeimplementationofthepreferentialarrange­
mentsfortheproductsinquestionuntil31December
1989and31December1990respectively;whereas,
consequently ,theabovetariffquotaappliesonlytothe
Communityasconstitutedon31December1985;
whereastheCommunitytariffquotashouldthereforebe
openedfor1988;Whereasfromthedateonwhichthesaidquotais
opened,thenomenclatureusedintheCommonCustoms
Tariffwillbereplacedbythecombinednomenclature
basedontheInternational Conventiononthe
HarmonizedCommodityDescriptionandCoding
System;whereasthisRegulationmusttakeaccountof
thatfactbyindicatingthecombinednomenclaturecodes
withinwhichthesaidproductsfall;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersandthe
rateslaiddownforthequotashouldbeappliedconsist­
entlytoalltheMemberStatesuntilthequotais
exhausted;whereas,however,thequotashouldnotin
thiscasebeallocatedamongtheMemberStates,without
prejudicetothedrawingagainstthequotavolumeof
suchquantitiesastheymayneed,undertheconditions
andaccordingtotheprocedurelaiddowninArticle1
(2);whereasthismethodofadministrationrequiresclose
cooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commissionandthelattermustinparticularbeableto
monitortherateatwhichthequotaisusedandinform
theMemberStatesaccordingly;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourg
areunitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anyoperationconcerningtheadminis­
trationofthequotasharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1988thecustoms
dutyapplicabletoimportsintotheCommunityascon­
stitutedon31December1985ofthefollowingproducts
shallbesuspendedatthelevelsindicatedandwithinthe
limitsofaCommunitytariffquotaasshownbelow:
Order
NoCNcodeDescription Volumeofquota
(tonnes)Quotaduty
(°/o)
09.1409 07096010Sweetpeppers,originatinginCyprus 315 4,5-
from1Januaryto
29February
4
from1Marchto
31December
0)OJNoL393,31.12.1987,p.2.
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2.Ifanimportergivesnotificationofimminent
importsoftheproductinquestionintoaMemberState
andappliestotakeadvantageofthequota,theMember
StateconcernedshallinformtheCommissionanddraw
anamountcorrespondingtoitsrequirementstothe
extentthattheavailablebalanceofthereserveso
permits.
3.Thesharesdrawnpursuanttoparagraph2shallbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod.
Article2
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethattheirdrawingspursuanttoArticle1(2)
enableimportstobechargedwithoutinterruption
againsttheiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunity
quota.
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimportersof
theproductconcernedhavefreeaccesstothequotafor
suchtimeastheresidualbalanceofthequotavolumeso
permits.3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirdrawingsasandwhenthegoodsare
enteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
4.Theextenttowhichthequotahasbeenusedup
shallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportscharged
inaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article3
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainstthequota.
Article4
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21December1987.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.HAARDER