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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4085/87
of21December1987
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
filletsofcertaincodandoffishofthespeciesBoreogadussaida,fallingwithincode
03053019ofthecombinednomenclature ,originatinginNorway(1988)
importsfromNorwayduringarepresentativereference
periodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequotayear
inquestion;
Whereasduringthelatestyearsforwhichstatisticsare
available,importsintoeachoftheMemberStateswere
asfollows:
(tonnes)
\1983198419851986
Benelux 000 1
Denmark 1272102
Germany 15000
Greece 00110
Spain 173700
France 2958 819
Ireland 0000
Italy 4751458926912354
Portugal 0000
UnitedKingdom 0000
4824475627202376THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasanAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheKingdomofNorwaywasconcluded
on14May1973;whereas,followingtheaccessionof
SpainandPortugaltotheCommunity,anAgreementin
theformofanExchangeofLetterswasconcludedand
approvedbyCouncilDecision86/557/EEC(*);
WhereasthesaidAgreementprovidesinparticularfor
theopeningofaCommunitytariffquotaatzeroduty
forfilletsofcertaincodandoffishofthespeciesBore­
ogadussaida,originatinginNorway;whereas,therefore,
thetariffquotainquestionshouldbeopenedforthe
period1Januaryto31December1988;
WhereastheCommunityhasadopted,witheffectfrom
1January1988,acombinednomenclatureforgoods
whichmeetstherequirementsoftheCommonCustoms
Tariffandthenomenclatureofgoodsfortheexternal
tradestatisticsoftheCommunityandStatisticsoftrade
betweenMemberStates;whereasinordertoaccom­
modatespecificCommunitymeasuresthisnomenclature
beenexpandedintoanintegratedtariffoftheEuropean
Communities (TARIC);whereas,witheffectfromthe
abovementioned date,thecombinednomenclature and,
whereappropriate,theTARICcodenumbersshouldbe
usedforthedescriptionoftheproductscoveredbythis
Regulation;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandtheratelaid
downforthequotashouldbeappliedconsistentlytoall
importsuntilthequotaisusedup;whereas,inthelight
oftheseprinciples,allocationofthetariffquotaamong
theMemberStateswouldseemtopreservethe
Communitynatureofthequota;whereas,inorderto
correspondascloselyaspossibletotheactualdevel­
opmentofthe-marketinthesaidproduct,theallocation
shouldreflectproportionately therequirementsofthe
MemberStatescalculatedwithreferencetostatisticsofWhereas,duringtheyearsunderconsideration ,the
productsinquestionwereimportedonlybycertain
MemberStatesandnotatallbytheotherMember
States;whereasinthesecircumstances initialshares
shouldbeallocatedtotheimportingMemberStatesand
theotherMemberStatesshouldbeguaranteedaccessto
thetariffquotawhenimportsintothoseStatesofthe
productsconcernedarenotified;whereasthese
arrangementsforallocationwillequallyensurethe
uniformapplicationoftheCommonCustomsTariff;
Whereas,inviewofthesefactors,theinitialpercentage
sharesofthequotavolumecanbeexpressedapproxi­
matelyasfollows:
Denmark
Greece
Spain
France
Italy0,85
0,11
0,38
0,86
97,80.
Whereas,toallowforimporttrendsfortheproducts
concerned,thequotavolumeshouldbedividedintotwo
parts,thefirstbeingallocatedamongtheMemberStates
andthesecondheldasareservetocoveranysubsequent
requirementsofMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheir
initialshare;whereas,toaffordimporterssomedegree 0)OJNoL328,22.11.1986,p.76.

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ofcertainty,thefirstpartofthetariffquotashouldbe
setatahighlevel,whichinthiscasecouldbe67%of
thequotavolume;
Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferentrates;
whereas,inordertoavoidanybreakinthecontinuityof
suppliesonthisaccount,itshouldbeprovidedthatany
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereas,eachtimeitsadditionalshareisalmostusedup,
aMemberStateshoulddrawafurthershareandsoon
asmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial
andadditionalsharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecooperationbetweentheMemberStates
andtheCommission andthelattermustbeableto
monitortheextenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeen
usedupandinformtheMemberStatesaccordingly ;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthattheMemberStateconcernedreturnasignificantproportionthereoftothe
reserveinordertopreventpartoftheCommunitytariff
quotafromremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhile
itcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedby
theBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerning
theadministration ofthesharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1988thecustoms
dutyapplicabletoimportsofthefollowingproductshall
besuspendedatthelevelindicatedandwithinthelimits
ofaCommunitytariffquotaasshownherewith:
OrderNo CNcode DescriptionQuotavolume
(tonnes)Rateofduty
(%)
09.0709 03053019FilletsofcodofthespeciesGadusmorhuaandGadus
ogac,andfishfilletsofthespeciesBoreogadussaida,
dried,saltedorinbrine,originatinginNorway3000 0
Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,theKingdomof
SpainandthePortugueseRepublicshallapplydutiesof
4,3%and0%respectively .
2.Importsoftheproductsinquestionshallnotbe
eligibleunderthetariffquotareferredtoinparagraph 1
unlessthefree-at-frontier-price ,whichisdeterminedby
theMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticle21of
Regulation(EEC)No3796/81(x)aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No2315/86(2)isatleastequaltothe
referencepricesetortobesetbytheCommunityforthe
productorcategoriesofproductsunderconsideration .
3.TheProtocolonthedefinitionoftheconceptof
originatingproductsandonmethodsofadministrative
cooperation,annexedtotheAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheKingdomof
Norway,shallapply.2.Thefirstpartofthisquotashallbeallocatedamong
certainmemberStates.Thequotasharesshall,subjectto
Article5,bevaliduntil31December1988andshallbe
asfollows:
(intonnes)
Denmark 17
Greece 2
Spain 8
France 17
Italy 1956.
3.Thesecondpartofthequota,amountingto1000
tonnes,shallconstitutethereserve.
4.Ifanimporterindicatesthataconsignmentofthe
productsinquestionistobeimportedintoaMember
Statenotincludedintheinitialallocationandappliesto
usethequota,theMemberStateconcernedshallinform
theCommissionanddrawanamountcorresponding to
itsrequirementstotheextentthattheavailablebalance
ofthereservesopermits.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1(1)shallbe
dividedintotwoparts.Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofits
initialshareasspecifiedinArticle2(2),orofthatshare
lessanyproportionreturnedtothereservepursuantto
Article5,itshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commission ,andtotheextentthatthereservesoOOJNoL379,31.12.1981,p.1.
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permits,drawasecondshare,equalto10%ofitsinitial
share,roundedupwherenecessarytothenextwhole
number.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,a
MemberStatehasused90%ormoreofthesecond
shareaswell,itshallforthwith,usingtheprocedure
providedforinparagraph1,drawathirdshareequalto
5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessaryto
thenextwholenumber.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,a
MemberStatehasused90°/oormoreofitsthirdshare,
itshall,usingtheprocedureprovidedforinparagraph1,
drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,
MemberStatesmaydrawshareslowerthanthose
specifiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthattheymaynotbeusedinfull.Member
StatesshallinformtheCommissionoftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisparagraph.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan5October1988,informthe
MemberStatesoftheamountstillinreserve,following
anyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andtothis
endshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionaldrawingsofshares
pursuanttoArticle3arecarriedoutinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductinquestionhavefreeaccesstotheshares
allocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productinquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productisenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission,theMemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
quotashares.
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1988.Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1988.
Article5
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1988,
returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15September1988,isinexcessof20%
oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnagreaterportion
iftherearegroundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbeused
infull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1988,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
September1988andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialsharesreturned
tothereserve.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21December1987.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.HAARDER