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opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafora
certainvarietyofpolyvinylpyrrolidone fallingwithinsubheadingex39.02CXIVa)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,coverrequirementswhichcannotbedeterminedwith
sufficientaccuracy,itseemspossibletoavoidallocating
amongtheMemberStates,withoutprejudicetothe
drawingagainstthequotavolumeofsuchquantitiesas
theymayneed,underconditionsandaccordingtoa
proceduretobespecified;whereasthismethodof
managementrequiresclosecooperationbetweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommissionandthelattermustin
particularbeabletomonitortherateatwhichthequotais
usedupandinformtheMemberStatesthereof;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerningthe
administration ofsharesallocatedtothateconomicunion
maybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,Whereasproduction intheCommunity of
polyvinylpyrrolidone intendedforthepharmaceutical
industryandfallingwithinsubheadingex39.02CXIVa)
oftheCommonCustomsTariffiscurrentlyinsufficientto
meettherequirementsoftheprocessingindustriesinthe
Community;whereas,consequently ,Communitysupplies
ofproductsofthistypecurrentlydependtoaconsiderable
extentonimportsfromthirdcountries;whereasthemost
urgentCommunityrequirementsfortheproductin
questionshouldbemetimmediatelyonthemost
favourableterms;whereasanildutyCommunitytariff
quotashouldthereforebeopenedwithinthelimitsofan
appropriateamountforaperiodfrom1Julyto31
December1987;whereas,inordernottojeopardizethe
balanceofthemarketforthisproduct,thevolumeofthe
Communitytariffquotashouldbefixedat60tonnes;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Julyto31December1987thecommon
customsdutyapplicableonimportoftheproduct
mentionedbelowshallbesuspendedatthelevelandwithin
thelimitoftheCommunitytariffquotaindicatedfor
each:Whereasitisnecessary,inparticular,toensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted accessto
theabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted application
oftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoallimportsofthe
productconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntilthequota
hasbeenusedup;whereas,however,sincethequotaisto
OrderNoCCT
heading
NoDescriptionQuota
volume
(tonnes)Quota
duty
(%)
09.1931 ex39.02CXIVa)Polyvinylpyrrolidone ,presentedinpowderform,the
particlesofwhicharelessthan38micrometresand
whichhasasolubilityinwaterat25°Coflessthan,or
equalto,1,5%byweightandwhichisintendedforthe
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3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaidgoods
aginsttheirdrawingsasandwhenthegoodsareenteredfor
freecirculation .\
4.Theextenttowhichthequotahasbeenusedupshall
bedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportschargedin
accordancewithparagraph3.
Article3
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainstthequota.WithinthelimitofthistariffquotatheKingdomofSpain
andthePortugueseRepublicshallapplycustomsduties
calculatedinaccordancewiththerelevantprovisionslaid
downbytheActofAccessionofSpainandPortugal.
2.Ifanimporternotifiesanimminentimportationofthe
productinquestioninaMemberStateandrequeststhe
benefitofthequota,theMemberStateconcernedshall
informtheCommission anddrawanamount
correspondingtotheserequirementstotheextentthatthe
availablebalanceofthereservepermitsthis.
3.Thesharesdrawnpursuanttoparagraph2shallbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod.
Article2
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethattheirdrawingspursuanttoArticle1(2)are
carriedoutinsuchawaythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesof
theCommunityquota.
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidgoodshaveaccesstothequotasolongastheresidual
balanceofthequotavolumeallowsthis.Article4
TheMemberSatesandtheCommission shallcollaborate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1987.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,25June1987.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
H.DECROO