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opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofautonomoustariffquotasfor
coffee,unroastedandnotfreedofcaffeine,andcocoabeans,wholeorbroken,fallingwithin
subheading09.01Ala)andheadingNo18.01oftheCommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,09.01AIa 18.01
Benelux 0,86 1,52
Denmark 0,24 0,01
Germany 1,95 2,50
Spain 95 95
Greece 0,11 0,14
France 0,60 0,25
Ireland 0,01 0,01
Italy 0,76 0,22
Portugal 0,25 0,01
UnitedKingdom 0,22 0,34HavingregardtothedraftRegulationfromthe
Commission ,
Whereas,totakeaccountofthepossibleimporttrendsfor
theseproducts,thequotavolumesshouldbedividedinto
twoparts,thefirstbeingallocatedbetweentheMember
Statesandthesecondheldasareservetocoverany
subsequentrequirementsofMemberStateswhichhave
useduptheirinitialshare;whereas,togiveimporterssome
degreeofcertainty,thefirstinstalmentofCommunitytariff
quotasshouldbefixedatahighlevel,whichinthiscase
couldbeabout99%ofthequotaamounts;Whereasinthecontextoftheaccessionnegotiations ,and
soastotakeintoaccountthetraditionaltradeflows
betweenSpainandLatinAmerica,theCommunity
proposesthat,forthefirstthreeyearsofthetransitional
period,duty—freeautonomousCommunitytariffquotas
beopenedof400000tonnesforcoffee,unroastedandnot
freedofcaffeine,fallingwithinsubheading09.01AIa)of
theCommonCustomsTariffandof10000tonnesfor
cocoabeans,wholeorbroken,fallingwithinheading
No18.01oftheCommonCustomsTariff;whereasthese
quotasshouldbeopenedfortheirfirstyearofapplication,
namelyfortheperiod1Marchto31December1986;Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferentrates;
whereas,toavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthisaccount,it
shouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberStatewhichhas
almostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawanadditional
sharefromthereserve;whereaseachtimeitsadditional
shareisalmostusedupaMemberStateshoulddrawa
furthershareandsoonasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesshouldbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthisform
ofadministration requiresclosecollaborationbetweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission andtheCommission
mustbeinapositiontokeepaccountoftheextentto
whichthequotashavebeenusedupandtoinformthe
MemberStatesaccordingly ;Whereasinparticular,equalandcontinuousaccesstothe
quotasshouldbeensuredforallimporters,andtherateof
dutyforthetariffquotasshouldbeappliedconsistentlyto
allimportsuntilthequotaisexhausted;whereas,inthe
lightoftheseprinciples,arrangementsfortheutilizationof
thetariffquotasbasedonanallocationamongMember
StateswouldseemtobeconsistentwiththeCommunity
natureofthequotas;whereas,tocorrespondascloselyas
possibletotheactualtrendinthemarketintheproductsin
question,allocationofthequotasshouldbeinproportion
totherequirements ascalculatedbyreferencetostatistics
ofimportsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative
referenceperiodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodinquestion; Whereas,ifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunuseditisessentialthatsuchStateshouldreturn
asignificantproportionthereoftothereserveinorderto
preventapartoftheCommunitytariffquotasfrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcouldbe
usedinothers;Whereas,however,ithasnotbeenpossibletocollect
completeandaccuratestatisticaldataonallMember
States'importsoftheproductsinquestionfromthird
countriesthatdonotbenefitfromanequivalenttariff
preference;whereas,onthebasisoftheavailabledata,and
takingintoaccountthespecialnatureofthesequotas,the
percentagesoftheinitialparticipationinthequotasmaybe
estimatedasbeingthefollowing :Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
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unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthesharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofoneofits
initialsharesasfixedinArticle2(2),orofthatshareminus
anyportionreturnedtothereservepursuanttoArticle5,it
shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawa
secondshare,totheextentthatthereservesopermits,
equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupasnecessary
tothenextwholenumber.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Marchto31December1986Communitytariff
quotasshallbeopenedforthefollowingproductswithin
thelimitindicatedforeachofthem:2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingoneortheotherof
itsinitialshares,hasused90%ormoreofthesecond
sharedrawnbyit,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,in
themannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraph1,
drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
upasnecessarytothewholenumber. (tonnes)
CCTheading
NoDescriptionQuota
volume
09.01Ala)Coffee,unroastedandnot40000
freedofcaffeine
18.01 Cocoabeans,wholeor10000
broken3.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingoneortheotherof
itssecondshares,hasused90%ormoreofthethirdshare
drawnbyit,thatMemberStateshallinthemannerandto
theextentprovidedinparagraph1,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntileachofthereservesisused
up.2.Importsoftheproductinquestionmaynotbecharged
againstthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfreeofcustoms
dutiesunderotherpreferentialtariffarrangements .
3.WithinthelimitsofthesetariffquotastheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyshallbetotallysuspended.4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,each
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthosespecified
inthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
thosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.AnyMemberState
applyingthisparagraphshallinformtheCommissionofits
groundsforsodoing.Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotasreferredtoinArticle1
shallbedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalment,of39500and9900tonnes
respectively,shallbeallocatedamongtheMemberStates;
theshareswhich,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevalidfrom
1Marchto31December1986shallbeasfollows:Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbevalid
until31December1986.
(tonnes)
Article5
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1986,return
tothereservetheunusedportionofeachoftheirinitial
shareswhichon15September1986isinexcessof20%of
theinitialvolume.Theymayreturnagreaterportionif
therearegroundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbeusedin
full.09.01AIa 18.01
Benelux 340 150
Denmark 95 1
Germany 771 247
Spain37525 9405
Greece 45 14
France 239 25
Ireland 1 1
Italy 300 22
Portugal 99 1
UnitedKingdom 85 34MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1986,notify
theCommissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproductsin
questionimporteduptoandincluding15September1986
andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotasandofany
portionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.3.Thesecondinstalment,of500and100tonnes
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3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productsinquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission ,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3
andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserveshavebeen
usedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan5October1986,informtheMember
Statesoftheamountstillinthereserves,followingany
returnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhaustsoneofthe
reservesdoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableandtothis
endshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMember
Statemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
areopenedinsuchawaythatimportationmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesof
theCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
tothem.Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperateclosely
toensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1March1986.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24February1986.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.BRAKS