NoL398/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.12.87
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4168/87
of21December1987
openingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafordried
grapesfallingwithinsubheadings08062011or08062019ofthecombinednomenclature
andoriginatinginCyprus(1988)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheAgreementestablishinganAssociation
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
RepublicofCyprus,assupplementedbytheProtocol
layingdowntheconditionsandproceduresforthe
implementation ofthesecondstageofthesaid
Agreementandadaptingcertainprovisionsthereof(x),
providesfortheopeningofanannualduty-free
Communitytariffquotaof1500tonnesfordriedgrapes
fallingwithinsubheading08062011and08062019of
thefcombinednomenclatureandoriginatinginCyprus;
whereaspursuanttoArticle18oftheProtocolin
question,thisvolumeissubjecttoanannualincreaseof
5%fromtheentryintoforceoftheProtocol,andwill
thereforebe1575tonnesin1988;whereas,withinthe
limitsofthetariffquota,theKingdomofSpainandthe
PortugueseRepublicwillapplycustomsdutiescalculated
inaccordancewiththeProtocoltotheAssociation
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andtheRepublicofCyprusconsequentuponthe
accessionoftheKingdomofSpainandthePortuguese
RepublictotheCommunity(2);whereastheCommunity
tariffquotashouldthereforebeopenedfor1988;
Whereasfromthedateonwhichthesaidquotais
opened,thenomenclatureusedintheCommonCustoms
Tariffwillbereplacedbythecombinednomenclature
basedontheInternational ConventionontheHarmonizedCommodityDescriptionandCoding
system;whereasthisRegulationmusttakeaccountof
thatfactbyindicatingthecombinednomenclaturecodes
withinwhichthesaidproductsfall;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersandthe
rateslaiddownforthequotashouldbeappliedconsist­
entlytoallMemberStatesuntilthequotaisexhausted;
whereas,however,thequotashouldnotinthiscasebe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates,withoutprejudice
tothedrawingagainstthequotavolumeofsuchquan­
titiesastheymayneed,underconditionsandaccording
totheprocedurelaiddowninArticle1(2);whereasthis
methodofadministration requiresclosecooperation
betweentheMemberStatesandtheCommissionandthe
lattermustinparticularbeabletomonitortherateat
whichthequotaisusedandinformtheMemberStates
accordingly;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourg
areunitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anyoperationconcerningtheadminis­
trationofthequotasharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1988thecustoms
dutyapplicabletoimportsintotheCommunityofthe
followingproductsshallbesuspendedatthelevel
indicatedandwithinthelimitsofaCommunitytariff
quotaasshownbelow:
OrderNoCNcodeDescription Amountofquota
(tonnes)Quotaduty
(%)
09.1413 08062011
08062019
ex08062091
ex08062099Grapes,freshordried:
—Dried:
—Inimmediatecontainersofanetcapacitynotexceeding
2kg:
Currants
Other
—Other:
Currantsinimmediatecontainersofanetcapacitynot
exceeding15kg,originatinginCyprus
Otherinimmediatecontainersofanetcapacitynot
exceeding15kg,originatinginCyprus1575 Free
0)OJNoL393,31.12.1987,p.2.
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WithinthelimitsofthistariffquotatheKingdomof
SpainandthePortugueseRepublicshallapplycustoms
dutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththerelevant
provisionsoftheProtocoltotheAssociationAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
RepublicofCyprusconsequentontheaccessionofthe
KingdomofSpainandthePortugueseRepublictothe
Community .
2.Ifanimportergivesnotificationofimminent
importsoftheproductinquestionintoaMemberState
andappliestotakeadvantageofthequota,theMember
StateconcernedshallinformtheCommissionanddraw
anamountcorrespondingtoitsrequirementstothe
extentthattheavailablebalanceofthereserveso
permits.
3.Thesharesdrawnpursuanttoparagraph2shallbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod.
Article2
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethattheirdrawingspursuanttoArticle1(2)
enableimportstobechargedwithoutinterruption
againsttheiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunity
quota.2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimportersof
theproductconcernedhavefreeaccesstothequotafor
suchtimeastheresidualbalanceofthequotavolumeso
permits.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirdrawingsasandwhenthegoodsare
enteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
4.Theextenttowhichthequotahasbeenusedup
shallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportscharged
inaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article3
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainstthequota.
Article4
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21December1987.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.HAARDER