NoL398/18 OfficialJournaloftheeuropeancommunities 31.12.87
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4170/87
of21December1987
openingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotaforsaledbeet­
rootfallingwithinsubheadingex07069090ofthecombinednomenclatureandorig­
inatinginCyprus(1988)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
Havingregardto"theTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof, .
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheAgreementestablishinganassociationbe­
tweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRe­
publicofCyprus,assupplementedbytheProtocollaying
downtheconditionsandproceduresfortheimplemen­
tationofthesecondstageofthesaidAgreementand
adaptingcertainprovisionsthereof('),providesforthe
openingofaCommunitytariffquotaof1500tonnesfor
saladbeetrootfallingwithinsubheadingex07069090of
thecombinednomenclatureandoriginatinginCyprus;
whereas,pursuanttoArticle18oftheProtocolinques­
tion,thisvolumeissubjecttoanannualincreaseof5%
fromtheentryintoforceoftheProtocol,andwillthere­
forebe1575tonnesin1988;whereas,withinthelimitof
thetariffquota,thecustomsdutyapplicableistobe
abolishedprogressivelyaccordingtothesametimetable
andunderthesameconditionsaslaiddowninArticles5
and16ofthesaidProtocol;
Whereas,however,theProtocoltotheAssociation
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andtheRepublicofCyprusconsequentontheaccession
oftheKingdomofSpainandthePortugueseRepublicto
theCommunity(2)laysdownthatthosetwoMember
Stateswillpostponeimplementation ofthepreferential
arangementsfortheproductsinquestionuntil
31December1989and31December1990respectively;
whereas,consequently,theabovetariffquotaapplies
onlytotheCommunityasconstitutedon31December
1985;
WhereastheCommunitytariffquotashouldthereforebe
openedfor1988;Whereasfromthedateonwhichthesaidquotais
opened,thenomenclatureusedintheCommonCustoms
Tariffwillbereplacedbythecombinednomenclature
basedontheInternationalConventionontheHarmon­
izedCommodityDescriptionandCodingSystem;
whereasthisRegulationmusttakeaccountofthatfact
byindicatingthecombinednomenclature codesand
Tariccodenumberswithinwhichthesaidproductsfall;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallComunityimportersandthe
rateslaiddownforthequotashouldbeappliedconsist­
entlytoallimportsoftheproductinquestionintoallthe
MemberStatesuntilthequotaisexhausted;whereas,
however,thequotashouldnotinthiscasebeallocated
amongtheMemberStates,withousprejudicetothe
drawingagainstthequotavolumeofsuchquantitiesas
theymayneed,undertheconditionsandaccordingto
theprocedurelaiddowninArticle1(2);whereasthis
methodofadministrationrequiresclosecooperation
betweentheMemberStatesandtheCommissionandthe
lattermustinparticularbeabletomonitortherateat
whichthequotaisusedandinformtheMemberStates
accordingly;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourg
areunitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anyoperationconcerningtheadmin­
istrationofthequotasharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1988thecustoms
dutyapplicabletoimportsintotheCommunityasconsti­
tutedon31December1985ofthefollowingproducts
shallbesuspendedatthelevelsindicatedandwithinthe
limitsofaCommunitytariffquotaasshownbelow:
Order
NoCNCode Description Volumeofquota
(tonnes)Quotaduty
(%)
09.1411 ex07069090Saladbeetroot,originatinginCyprus 1575 8,5
from1January
to29February
7,7
from1March
to31December
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2.Ifanimportergivesnotificationofimminentim­
portsoftheproductinquestionintoaMemberState
andappliestotakeadvantageofthequota,theMember
StateconcernedshallinformtheCommissionanddraw
anamountcorrespondingtoitsrequirementstotheex­
tentthattheavailablebalanceofthereservesopermits.
3.Thesharesdrawnpursuanttoparagraph2shallbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod.
Article2
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethattheirdrawingspursuanttoArticle1(2)
enableimportstobechargedwithoutinterruption
againsttheiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunity
quota.
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimportersof
theproductconcernedhavefreeaccesstothequotafor
suchtimeastheresidualbalanceofthequotavolumeso
permits.3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirdrawingsasandwhenthegoodsare
enteredwith'thecustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
4.Theextenttowhichthequotahasbeenusedup
shallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportscharged
inaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article3
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainstthequota.
Article4
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21December1987.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.HAARDER