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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No3741/86
of28November1986
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
certainplywoodsofconiferousspecies,fallingwithinheadingNoex44.15oftheCommon
CustomsTariff(1987)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,theirneeds,theinitialsharesmaybefixedassetoutin
Article2:
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,WhereasMemberStatesmayuseuptheirinitialsharesat
differentrates;whereas,toprovideforthiseventualityand
toavoiddisruptionofsupplies,anyMemberStatewhich
hasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawan
additionalsharefromthereserve;whereas,eachtimeits
additionalshareisalmostusedup,aMemberStateshould
drawanadditionalshare,andsoonasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditionalshares
shouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereas
thisformofadministration requiresclosecollaboration
betweenMemberStatesandtheCommission,whichlatter
must,inparticularbeabletokeeparecordoftheextentto
whichthequotahasbeenusedupandtoinformthe
MemberStatesaccordingly ;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve,soas
toavoidapartofthequotaremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;WhereastheCommunityhasundertakentoopenanannual
Communitytariffquotaofatleast600000m3forcertain
plywoodsofconiferousspecies,falling,withinheading
Noex44.15oftheCommonCustomsTariff;whereas,
underProtocol11tothe1972ActofAccession,the
Communityisrequiredtoopeneachyearautonomousnil
dutyCommunitytariffquotasforthesameproducts,the
volumethereoftobedecidedannuallywhenitis
establishedthatallpossibilitiesofsupplyontheinternal
marketoftheCommunityhavebeenexhaustedduringthe
periodforwhichthequotasareopen;whereasthe
conditionlaiddownbythesaidProtocoldoesnotseemto
bemetatthemoment;whereas,inthesecircumstances ,it
isappropriatetolimitoneselfinthefirststagetothe
contractualvolumeof600000m-?;whereasthefixingof
thequotavolumeatthisleveldoesnotexclude,moreover,
recoursetotheprovisionsoftheabovementioned Protocol
11duringthequotaperiod;whereas,therefore,thetariff
quotainquestionshouldbeopenedon1January1987and
allocatedamongMemberStates;Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthesharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,
Whereas,totakemorepreciseaccountoffuturetrendsin
importsoftheproductsconcerned,thequotashouldbe
dividedintotwotranches,thefirstbeingallocatedamong
theMemberStates,andthesecondheldasareserveto
coverthesubsequentrequirementsofMemberStateswhich
haveexhaustedtheirinitialshares;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Whereas,inordertoofferimporterssomedegreeof
security,thefirsttrancheofthequotashouldbefixedata
relativelyhighlevel,orabout98%ofitsfullamount;
whereas,onthebasisofMemberStatesestimatesfor1.From1Januaryto31December1987,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyonthefollowingproductsshallbe
suspendedatthelevelandwithinthelimitofaCommunity
tariffquotaasshownherewith:

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Order
NoCCT
heading
NoDescription >Amountof
tariffquota
(m3)Rateof
duty
(%)
09.0013 ex44.15Plywoodofconiferousspecies,without
theadditionofothersubstances :
—ofathicknessgreaterthan8,5mm,
thefacesofwhicharenotfurther
preparedthanthepeelingprocess
—sanded,andofathicknessgreater
than18,5mm 600000 0
initialshare,roundedupasnecessarytothenextwhole
number.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,SpainandPortugal
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionssetoutinthe1985ActofAccession.
2.Importsoftheproductsinquestionmaynotbecharged
againstthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfreeofcustoms
dutiesunderotherprefrentialtariffarrangements .2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inthemannerand
totheextentprovidedinparagraph1,drawathirdshare
equalto5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupasnecessaryto
thenextwholenumber.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1(1)shallbe
dividedintotwotranches.3.-If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeen
usedup,thatMemberStateshall,inthemannerandtothe
extentprovidedinparagraph1,drawafourthshareequal
tothethird.2.Afirsttrancheof590000m3shallbeallocatedamong
certainMemberStates;theseshares,which,subjectto
Article5,shallbevaliduntil31December1987,shallbeas
follows:
Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
(cubicmetres)
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2.and3,
MemberStatesmaydrawlessersharesthanthosespecified
thereiniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthose
specifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.Theyshallinformthe
Commissionoftheirreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom152695
64490
93220
50
10915
8850
23780
236000
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbevalid
until31December1987.3.Thesecondtrancheof10000m3shallconstitutethe
reserve.
4.Ifanimporternotifiesanimminentimportationofthe
productinquestioninSpainorPortugalandrequeststhe
benefitofthequota,theMemberStateconcernedshall
informtheCommission anddrawanamount
correspondingtotheserequirementstotheextentthatthe
availablebalanceofthereservepermitsthis.Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlaterthan
1October1987,theunusedportionsoftheirinitialshares
which,on15September1987,areinexcessof20%ofthe
initialamounts.Theymayreturnagreaterportionifthere
aregroundsforbelievingthatsuchportionmaynotbeused
infull. Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
fixedinArticle2(2),orofthatshareminusanyportion
returnedtothereservewhereArticle5hasbeenappliedhas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,by
notifyingtheCommission ,drawasecondshare,tothe
extentthatthereservesopermits,equalto10%ofitsMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlaterthan
1October1987,ofthetotalquantitiesoftheproductsin
questionimportedupto15September1987andcharged
againsttheCommunityquotaandofanyportionoftheir
initialsharesreturnedtothereserve.

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3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftheproductsin
questionagainsttheirsharesasandwhentheproductsare
enteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofimportscharged
againstthatshareinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshallinformit
oftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3
and,assoonasithasbeennotified,shallinformeachState
oftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5October
1987,oftheamountstillinreserveafteramountshave
beenreturnedtheretopursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhereserve
doesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,tothisend,shall
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraggregatesharesofthe
Communityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
tothem.Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperateclosely
toensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1987.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28November1986.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.RUMBOLD