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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4188/88
of16December1988
opening,andprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforferro­
phosphorus (1989)
importsoftheproductsinquestionintoallMemberStates
untilthequotaisexhausted;whereasitisappropriatenot
toprovideforallocationamongMemberStates,without
prejudicetothedrawing,onthetariffquota,ofsuch
quantitiesastheymayneed,underconditionsand
accordingtoaproceduretobedetermined;whereasthis
methodofadministration requiresclosecoopertion
betweentheMemberStatesandtheCommissionandthe
lattermustinparticularbeabletomonitortherateat
whichthetariffquotaisusedandinformtheMember
Statesaccordingly;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anyoperationconcerningthe
administration ofthequotasharesleviedbythateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandinparticularArticle28
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasCommunityproductionofferro-phosphorus
containingbyweight15%ormoreofphosphorusis
currentlyinsufficienttomeettherequirements of
Communityuserindustries;whereas,consequently ,the
Communitycurrentlydependstoaconsiderableextenton
importsfromthirdcountriesforitssuppliesofthat
product;whereasitisintheCommunity'sinterestto
suspendtotallythecustomsdutyontheproductsin
questionwithinthelimitsofaCommunitytariffquotaof
anappropriatevolume;whereas,inordernottoharmthe
prospectsforincreasingproductionofsuchgoodswithin
theCommunitywhileatthesametimemakingadequate
suppliesavailabletouserindustries,thetariffquotashould
belimitedto52000tonnesofproductsintendedforthe
manufactureofrefinedphosphoricironorsteelandopened
fortheperiod1Januaryto31December1989atzero
duty;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashould
beensuredforallCommunityimportersandtherateslaid
downforthequotashouldbeappliedconsistentlytoallHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1989thecustomsduty
applicabletoimportsofthefollowingproductshallbe
suspendedatthelevelindicatedandwithinthelimitsofa
Communitytariffquotaasshownbelow:
Order
NoCNcode DescriptionVolumeofquota
(tonnes)Rateofduty
(%)
09.2718 ex72029919Ferro-phosphorus containingbyweight15%ormoreof
phosphorus,intendedforthemanufactureofrefinedphosphoric
ironorsteel 52000 0
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,theKingdomof
SpainandthePortugueseRepublicshallapplycustoms
dutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththerelevantprovisions
ofthe1985ActofAccession.
3.Useoftheproductsfortheparticularpurposelaid
downshallbemonitoredinaccordancewiththerelevant
Communityprovisions.appropriatemeasurewithaviewtoensuringtheefficient
administration thereof.
Article3
IfanimporterpresentsinaMemberStateadeclarationof
entryintofreecirculationincludingarequestfor
preferentialbenefitforaproductcoveredbythis
Regulation,andifthisdeclarationisacceptedbythe
customsauthorities,theMemberStateconcernedshall
draw,fromthetariffquota,bymeansofnotificationtothe
Commission ,aquantitycorresponding totheseneeds.
Therequestsfordrawing,withtheindicationofthedateof
acceptanceofthesaiddeclaration,mustbecommunicated
totheCommissionwithoutdelay.Article2
ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
administeredbytheCommission,whichmaytakeany

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3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaidproduct
againsttheirdrawingsasandwhenthegoodsareentered
withthecustomsauthoritiesundercoverofdeclarationsof
entryintofreecirculation .
4.Theextenttowhichthequotahasbeenusedupshall
bedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportschargedin
accordancewithparagraph3.ThedrawingsaregrantedbytheCommissiononthebasis
ofthedateofacceptanceofthedeclarationofentryinto
freecirculationbythecustomsauthoritiesoftheMember
Stateconcerned,totheextentthattheavailablebalanceso
permits.
IfaMemberStatedoesnotusethequantitiesdrawn,it
shallreturnthemassoonaspossibletothetariffquota.
Ifthequantitiesrequestedaregreaterthantheavailable
balanceofthetariffquota,allocationshallbemadeona
proratabasiswithrespecttotherequests.MemberStates
shallbeinformedbytheCommissioninaccordancewith
thesameprocedures.Article5
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainstthequota.
Article6
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.Article4
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethattheirdrawingspursuanttoArticle3enable
importstobechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimportersofthe
productconcernedhavefreeaccesstothequotaforsuch
timesasthebalanceofthetariffquotasopermits.Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1989.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16December1988.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.GENNIMATAS