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of21December1987
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
frozenpeas,fallingwithincodes07102100andex07102900ofthecombined
nomenclatureandoriginatinginSweden(1988)
Statesbasedonstatisticsofimportsofthesaidproducts
fromSwedenduringarepresentativereferenceperiod
andontheeconomicoutlookforthequotayearin
question;
Whereasduringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatistics
areavailable,importsofpeas,includingchickpeas,from
SwedenintoeachoftheMemberStates,otherthan
Spain,wereasfollows:
(tonnes)
MemberState 1984 1985 1986
Benelux 020 0
Denmark 254 42273
Germany143225673475
Greece 0272 91
France 000
Ireland 000
Italy 145271487914643
Portugal 282 ^0262
UnitedKingdom 64711601499
171421937120243THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasanAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheKingdomofSwedenwasconcluded
on22July1972;whereasfollowingtheaccessionof
SpainandPortugaltotheCommunity,anAgreementin
theformofanExchangeofLettershasbeenconcluded
andapprovedbyCouncilDecision86/558/EEC(');
WhereasthesaidAgreementprovidesfortheopeningof
a6000-tonneCommunitytariffquotaatareducedrate
ofdutyforfrozenpeasoriginatinginSweden,4500
tonnesofwhicharereservedforSpain;whereas
therefore,thetariffquotainquestionshouldbeopened
fortheperiodfrom1Januaryto31December1987;
WhereastheCommunityhasadopted,witheffectfrom
1January1988,acombinednomenclatureforgoods
whichmeetstherequirementsoftheCommonCustoms
Tariffandthenomenclatureofgoodsfortheexternal
tradestatisticsoftheCommunityandstatisticsoftrade
betweenMemberStates;whereasinordertoaccom­
modatespecificCommunitymeasuresthisnomenclature
hasbeenexpandedintoanintegratedtariffofthe
EuropeanCommunities (TARIC);whereas,fromthe
dategivenabove,thecombinednomenclature and,
whereappropriate,theTARICcodenumbersshouldbe
usedforthedescriptionoftheproductscoveredbythis
Regulation;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersandthe
ratelaiddownforthequotashouldbeappliedconsist­
entlytoallimportsuntilthequotaisexhausted;whereas,
inthelightoftheseprinciples,allocationofthetariff
quotaamongtheMemberStateswouldseemtopreserve
theCommunitynatureofthequota;whereasinorderto
correspondascloselyaspossibletotherealtrendofthe
marketfortheproductinquestiontheallocationshould
reflecttherequirements oftheMemberWhereas,duringtheyearsunderconsideration ,the
productsinquestionwereimportedonlybycertain
MemberStatesandnotatallbytheotherMember
States;whereas,underthesecircumstances ,initialshares
shouldbeallocatedtotheimportingMemberStatesand
theotherMemberStatesshouldbeguaranteedaccessto
thetariffquotawhennotificationisgivenofimportsinto
thoseStatesoftheproductsconcerned;whereasthese
arrangementsforallocationwillalsoensuretheuniform
applicationoftheCommonCustomsTariff;
Whereasinviewofthesefactors,theinitialpercentage
sharesofthequotavolumeoftheMemberStatesother
thanSpaincanbeexpressedapproximately asfollows:
Benelux 0,04
Denmark 1,00
Germany 13,17
Greece 0,64
Italy 77,61
Portugal 1,72
UnitedKingdom 5,82
Whereastoallowforthetrendofimportsoftheproduct
concerned,thequotavolumeshouldbedividedintotwo
parts,thefirstbeingallocatedamongtheMemberStates
andthesecondheldasareservetocoveranysubsequent(l)OJNoL328,22.11.1986,p.89.

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requirementsofMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheir
initialshare;whereas,toaffordimportersineach
MemberStatesomedegreeofcertainty,thefirstpartof
thetariffquotashouldbesetatahighlevel,whichin
thiscasecouldbe98%ofthequotavolume;
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
rates;whereas,inordertoavoidanybreakinthe
continuityofsuppliesonthisaccount,itshouldbe
providedthatanyMemberStatewhichhasalmostused
upitsinitialshareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefrom
thereserve;whereas,eachtimeitsadditionalshareis
almostusedup,aMemberStateshoulddrawafurther
shareandsoonasmanytimesasthereserveallows;
whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesmustbevalid
untiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthisformof
administration requiresclosecooperationbetweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommissionandthelattermust
beabletomonitortheextenttowhichthequotavolume
hasbeenusedupandinformtheMemberStates
accordingly;Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthattheMemberState
concernedshouldreturnasignificantproportionthereof
tothereserveinordertopreventpartoftheCommunity
tariffquotafromremainingunusedinoneMemberState
whenitcouldbeusedinothers;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourg
areunitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anyoperationconcerningtheadminis­
trationofthequotasharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1988thecustoms
dutyapplicabletoimportsofthefollowingproducts,
originatinginSweden,shallbesuspendedatthelevel
indicatedandwithinthelimitsofaCommunitytariff
quotaasshownbelow:
OrderNo CNcode DescriptionAmountofquota
(tonnes)Rateofduty
(0/0)
09.0613 07102100
ex07102900FrozenpeasoriginatinginSweden 60004,5inSpain
6intheotherMember
States
notcoveredbytheinitialallocationandappliestotake
advantageofthequota,theMemberStateconcerned
shallinformtheCommissionanddrawanamountcorre­
spondingtoitsrequirementstotheextentthatthe
availablebalanceofthereservesopermits.
Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofits
initialshare,asspecifiedinArticle2(2),orofthatshare
lessanyportionreturnedtothereservepursuantto
Article5,itshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission
andtotheextentthatthereservesopermits,drawa
secondshareequalto10%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
upwherenecessarytothenextwholenumber.2.TheProtocolonthedefinitionoftheconceptof
originatingproductsandonmethodsofadministrative
cooperation,annexedtotheAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandSwedenshallbe
applicable.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1(1)shallbe
dividedintotwoparts.
2.Thefirstpartofthisquotashallbeallocatedamong
certainMemberStates;therespectiveshares,which,
subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil31December
1988,shallbeasfollows:
(intonnes)
Benelux 1
Denmark 14
Germany 184
Greece 9
Spain 4500
Italy 1087
Portugal 24
UnitedKingdom 81.
3.Thesecondpartofthequotaamountingto100
tonnesshallconstitutethereserve.
4.Ifanimportergivesnotificationofimminent
importsoftheproductsinquestionintoaMemberState2.If,afteritsinitialquotasharehasbeenusedup,a
MemberStatehasused90%ormoreofitssecondshare
aswell,itshallforthwithusingtheprocedureprovided
forinparagraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto5%of
theinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
wholenumber.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,a
MemberStatehasused90%ormoreofitsthirdshare,
itshall,usingtheprocedureprovidedforinparagraph 1,
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Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,
MemberStatesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthose
specifiedinthesaidparagraphsifthereisreasonto
believethattheymightnotbeusedinfull.Member
StatesshallinformtheCommissionoftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisparagraph.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1988.
Article5
By1October1988atthelatestMemberStatesmust
returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15September1988isinexcessof20%
oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnagreaterportion
ifthereisreasontobelievethatitmightnotbeused.
By1October1988atthelatestMemberStatesmust
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productconcernedimportedonorbefore15September
1988andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotaandof
anyportionoftheirinitialsharethattheyarereturning
tothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountofthesharesdrawn
byMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3andshall
informeachMemberStateoftheextenttowhichthe
reservehasbeenusedupassoonasithasbeennotified.
ItshallinformtheMemberStatesnotlaterthan
5October1988ofthestateofthereservefollowingany
returnofquotasharespursuanttoArticle5.Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andtothis
endnotifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMember
Statemakingthefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethatadditionaldrawingsofsharespursuantto
Article3enableimportstobechargedwithoutinter­
ruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedshareofthe
Communitytariffquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productconcernedhavefreeaccesstothequotashares
allocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftheproduct
concernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoods
areenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfreecircu­
lation.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirquota
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21December1987.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.HAARDER