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(Actswhosepublicationisobligatory)
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4042/86
of22December1986
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forcod,dried,saltedorinbrine,whole,headlessorinpieces,fallingwithinsubheading
03.02AIb)oftheCommonCustomsTariff(1987)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,1983 19841985
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
Spain
France
Ireland
Italy
Portugal
UnitedKingdom0,58
0,78
1,08
4,81
3,56
8,40
0
17,82
62,46
0,510,62
0,54
0,82
4,99
1,05
9,02
0
18,63
63,84
0,490,39
0,01
0,44
3,80
0,77
5,69
0
14,11
74,52
0,27HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheCommunityhasundertakentoopenanannual
dutyfreeCommunitytariffquotafor25000tonnesofcod,
dried,saltedorinbrine,whole,headlessorinpieces,
fallingwithinsubheading03.02AIb)oftheCommon
CustomsTariff;whereas,therefore,thetariffquotain
questionshouldbeopenedon1January1987and
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarketforecasts
forthisproductfor1987,theinitialpercentagesharesin
thequotavolumecanbeexpressedapproximately as
follows:
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
Spain
France
Ireland
Italy
Portugal
UnitedKingdom0,52,
0,41,
0,75,
4,46,
1,75,
7,50,
0,01,
16.59,
67.60,
0,41.Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashould
beensuredforallCommunityimportersandtherateof
levyforthetariffquotashouldbeappliedconsistentlytoall
importsuntilthequotaisusedup;whereas,inthelightof
theprinciplesoutlinedabove,aCommunitytariff
arrangementbasedonanallocationbetweentheMember
StateswouldseemtopreservetheCommunitynatureofthe
quota;whereas,torepresentascloselyaspossiblethe
actualdevelopmentofthemarketinthesaidgoods,the
allocationshouldfollowproportionately therequirements
oftheMemberStatescalculatedbothfromstatisticsof
importsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative
referenceperiodandaccordingtotheeconomicoutlookfor
thetariffyearinquestion;Whereas,totakeaccountofthepossibleimporttrendsfor
thesefish,thequotavolumeshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingallocatedbetweentheMember
Statesandthesecondheldasareservetocoverany
subsequentrequirementsofMemberStateswhichhave
useduptheirinitialshare;whereas,toaffordimporters
somedegreeofcertainty,thefirstinstalmentofthetariff
quotashouldbefixedatahighlevel,whichinthiscase
couldbe87%oftheamountofthequota;Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichcomplete
statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsintoeach
oftheMemberStatesrepresentedthefollowingpercentages
oftotalimportsoftheproductinquestioncomingfrom
thirdcountrieswhichdonotbenefitfromapreferential
tariffmeasurehavingequivalenteffect:

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Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthesharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferentrates;
whereas,toavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthisaccount,it
shouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberStatewhichhas
almostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawanadditional
sharefromthereserve;whereaseachtimeitsadditional
shareisalmostusedupaMemberStateshoulddrawa
furthershareandsoonasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesshouldbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthisform
ofadministration requiresclosecollaborationbetweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission andtheCommission
mustbeinapositiontokeepaccountoftheextentto
whichthequotashavebeenusedupandtoinformthe
MemberStatesaccordingly ;
Whereas,ifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itsiessentialthatsuchStateshouldreturn
asignificantproportionthereoftothereserve,inorderto
preventapartoftheCommunitytariffquotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcouldbe
usedinothers;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1Januaryto31December1987,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyonthefollowingproductsshallbe
suspendedatthelevelandwithinthelimitofacommunity
tariffquotaasshownherewith:
Order
NoCCTheading
NoDescriptionAmountof
tariffquota
(tonnes)Rateofduty
(%)
09.000703.02AIb)Cod,dried,saltedorinbrine,whole,headlessorinpieces,
ofthespecies'Gadusmorhua','Boreogadussaida'and
'Gadusogac' 25000 0
Withinthelimitofthistariffquota,theKingdomofSpain
andthePortugueseRepublicshallapplycustomsduties
calculatedinaccordancewiththerelevantprovisionslaid
downbytheActofAccessionofSpainandPortugal.Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofitsinitial
shareasfixedinArticle2(2),orofthatshareminusany
portionreturnedtothereservepursuanttoArticle5,it
shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawa
secondshare,totheextentthatthereservesopermits,
equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupasnecessary
tothenextwholenumber.Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentof21750tonnesshallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates;theshareswhich,subjectto
Article5,shallbevaliduntilDecember1987shallbeas
follows:2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitialshare,has
used90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyit,that
MemberStateshallforthwith,inthemannerandtothe
extentprovidedinparagraph1,drawathirdshareequalto
5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupasnecessarytothe
wholenumber.Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
Spain
France
Ireland
Italy
Portugal
UnitedKingdom(tonnes)
113,
89,
163,
970,
381,
1651,
3,
3608,
14703,
89.3.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecondshare,
hasused90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyit,that
MemberStateshall,inthemannerandtotheextent
providedinparagraph1,drawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
3.Thesecondinstalmentof3250tonnesshallconstitute
thereserve.Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.

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4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraph1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthosespecified
inthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
thosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.AnyMemberState
applyingthisparagraphshallinformtheCommissionofits
groundsforsodoing.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbevalid
until31December1987.
Article5
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1November1987,
returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15October1987,isinexcessof20%of
theinitialvolume.Theymayreturnagreaterportionif
therearegroundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbeusedin
full.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1November1987,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproduct
inquestionimporteduptoandincluding15October1987
andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotaandofany
portionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhereserve
doesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andtothisendshall
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportationsmay
bechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
tothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftheproduct
inquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhentheproductis
enteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article'8
AttherequestoftheCommission,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1987.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3
andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenused
up.
Itshall,notlaterthan5November1987,informthe
MemberStatesoftheamountstillinreserve,followingany
returnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22December1986.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.SHAW