NoL399/1931.12.87 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4179/87
of21December1987
openingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotaforapricotpulp
fallingwithincodeNoex20085091ofthecombinednomenclatureandoriginatingin
Tunisia(1988)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,oftheCommunityandStatisticsofTradebetweenMember
States;whereas,fromthedategivenabove,thecombined
nomenclature shouldbeusedforthedescriptionofthe
productscoveredbythisRegulation;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstotheabcrvementioned
quotashouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersand
theratelaiddownforthequotashouldbeapplied
consistentlytoallimportsoftheproductinquestionintoall
theMemberStatesuntilthequotaisexhausted;whereas,in
thepresentcase,thisquotashouldnotbeallocatedamong
theMemberStates,withoutprejudicetothedrawingagainst
thequotavolumeofsuchquantitiesastheymayneed,under
theconditionsandaccordingtotheprocedurespecifiedin
Article1(2);whereasthismethodofadministration requires
closecooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commissionandthelattermustinparticularbeableto
monitortherateatwhichthequotaisusedandinformthe
MemberStatesaccordingly;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomofthe
NetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgareunited
withinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBeneluxEconomic
Union,anyoperationrelatingtotheadministration ofthe
quotasharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarried
outbyanyofitsmembers,WhereastheCooperationAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheRepublicofTunisia(*),as
supplemented bytheAdditionalProtocoltothat
Agreement(2),providesfortheopeningbytheCommunity
ofanannualCommunitytariffquotaof4300tonnesof
apricotpulpfallingwithincodeNoex20085091ofthe
combinednomenclatureandoriginatinginTunisia;
Whereas,withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,customsduties
aretobeabolishedprogressivelyoverthesameperiodsandin
accordancewiththesametimetablesasthoselaiddownin
Articles75and243oftheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal;whereas,for1988,thequotadutyistobeequalto
62,5%ofthecustomsdutyactuallyappliedinrespectof
thirdcountries;whereas,withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,
theKingdomofSpainandthePortugueseRepublicareto
applycustomsdutiescalculatedinaccordancewithCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No2573/87of11August1987laying
downthearrangementsfortradebetweenSpainandPortugal
ontheonehandandAlgeria,Egypt,Jordan,Lebanon,
TunisiaandTurkeyontheother(3);whereasthe
Communitytariffquotainquestionshouldthereforebe
openedfor1988;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1988,thecustoms
dutyapplicabletoimportsintotheCommunityofthe
followingproductsoriginatinginTunisiashallbesuspended
atthelevelindicatedandwithinthelimitsofaCommunity
tariffquotaasshownbelow:WhereastheCommunityhasadopted,witheffectfrom
1January1988,acombinednomenclatureforgoodswhich
meetstherequirementsoftheCommonCustomsTariffand
theNomenclature ofGoodsfortheExternalTradeStatistics
HOJNoL265,27.9.1978,p.1.
(2)OJNoL297,21.10.1987,p.36.
(3)OJNoL250,1.9.1987,p.1.

NoL399/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31,12.87
OrderNo CNcode DescriptionAmountofquota
(tonnes)Quotaduty
(%)
09.1203 2008 Fruits,nutsandotherediblepartsofplants,otherwise
preparedorpreserved,whetherornotcontainingadded
sugarorothersweeteningmatterorspirit,notelsewhere
specifiedorincluded:
200850 —Apricots:
——Notcontainingaddedspirit: \
———Notcontainingaddedsugar,inimmediate
packingsofanetcontent:
ex20085091————Of4,5kgormore:
—Apricotpulp 4300 10,6
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaidgoods
againsttheirdrawingsasandwhenthegoodsareentered
withthecustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
4.Theextenttowhichthequotahasbeenusedupshallbe
determinedonthebasisoftheimportschargedinaccordance
withparagraph3.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,theKingdomofSpain
andthePortugueseRepublicshallapplycustomsduties
calculatedinaccordancewithRegulation (EEC)No
2573/87.
2.Ifanimportergivesnotificationofimminentimports
oftheproductinquestionintoaMemberStateandappliesto
takeadvantageofthequota,theMemberStateconcerned
shallinformtheCommission anddrawanamount
corresponding toitsrequirementstotheextentthatthe
availablebalanceofthereservesopermits.
3.Thesharesdrawnpursuanttoparagraph2shallbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod.Article3
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirquota
shares.
Article4
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.Article2
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatestepsto
ensurethattheirdrawingspursuanttoArticle1(2)enable
importstobechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimportersofthe
productconcernedhavefreeaccesstothequotaforsuchtime
astheresidualbalanceofthequotavolumesopermits.Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21December1987.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.HAARDER