31.12.87 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL381/11
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4075/87
of18December1987
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
ferro-silico-manganese (1988)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichcomplete
statisticsareavailable,thecorrespondingimportsintoeach
oftheMemberStatesrepresentedthefollowingpercentages
ofimportsoftheproductinquestionfromthirdcountries,
notbenefitingfromanequivalentpreferential
arrangement :HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,MemberStates 198419851986
Benelux 2,535,300,85
Denmark 000
Germany 72,5166,5352,12
Greece 000,42
Spain 00,7711,50
France 5,450,210,35
Ireland 000
Italy 11,1712,729,70
Portugal 000
UnitedKingdom 8,3414,4717,36Whereas,asregardsferro-silico-manganese ,theEuropean
EconomicCommunityhasundertakentoopenanannual
duty-freeCommunitytariffquotaof50000tonnes;
whereasthisshouldhoweverbereducedto18550tonnes
totakeaccountofthetraditionalimportsfromEFTA
countrieswhicharefreeofcustomsdutyunderthe
Agreementsconcludedwiththosecountries;whereasthe
tariffquotaconcernedshouldthereforebeopenedon
1January1988andallocatedamongtheMemberStates;Whereas,inviewofthefactorsandofmarketforecastsfor
ferro-silico-manganese for1988,theinitalpercentage
sharesofthequotavolumecanbeexpressedapproximately
asfollows:
WhereastheCommunityhas,adopted,witheffectfrom
1January1988,acombinednomenclatureforgoodswhich
meetstherequirementsofboththeCommonCustoms
TariffandtheNomenclature ofGoodsforExternalTrade
StatisticsoftheCommunityandStatisticsofTrade
betweenMemberStates;whereasinordertoaccommodate
specificCommunityrules,thisnomenclature hasbeen
expandedintoanintegratedtariffoftheEuropean
Communities (TARIC);whereas,witheffectfromthat
date,thecombinednomenclatureand,whereappropriate,
theTARICcodenumbersshouldbeusedforthe
descriptionoftheproductscoveredbythisRegulation;Benelux 6,09
Denmark 0,01
Germany 61,45
Greece 0,19
Spain 5,45
France 1,55
Ireland 0,01
Italy 10,96
Portugal 0,01
UnitedKingdom 14,28
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsforthe
productconcerned,thequotavolumeshouldbedivided
intotwoparts,thefirstbeingallocatedbetweenthe
MemberStatesandthesecondformingareserveintended
tocoverthesubsequentrequirementsofMemberStates
whichhaveuseduptheirinitialshare;whereas,inorderto
giveimporterssomedegreeofcertainty,thefirstpartofthe
tariffquotashouldbesetatahighlevel,whichinthiscase
shouldbeapproximately 90%ofthevolumeofthe
quota;
Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferentrates;
whereas,toavoidanybreakinthecontinuityofsupplies
onthisaccount,itshouldbeprovidedthatanyMember
Statewhichhasusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawfrom
thereserveamountscorresponding toitsactualWhereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashould
beensuredforallimportersandtherateofdutyforthe
tariffquotashouldbeappliedconsistentlytoallimports
untilthequotaisusedup;whereas,inthelightofthe
principlesoutlinedabove,arrangementsfortheutilization
oftheCommunitytariffquotabasedonanallocation
amongMemberStateswouldseemtobeconsistentwith
theCommunitynatureofthequota;whereas,inorderthat
itmaycorrespondascloselyaspossibletotheactual
markettrendsintheproductinquestion,allocationofthe
quotashouldbeinproportiontotherequirementsofthe
MemberStatesascalculatedbyreferencetostatisticaldata
onimportsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative
referenceperiodandtotheeconomicprospectsforthe
quotayearinquestion;

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unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthesharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,requirements ;whereasthisshouldbedoneasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaborationbetweentheMemberStates
andtheCommission ,andthelattermustbeinapositionto
monitortheextenttowhichthequotashavebeenusedup
andtoinformtheMemberStatesaccordingly;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Whereas,ifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthattheMemberState
concernedshouldreturnasignificantproportiontothe
reserve,inordertoavoidapartoftheCommunityquota
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbe
usedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgareArticle1
1.From1Januaryto31December1988,thecustoms
dutyapplicabletoimportsofthefollowingproductshallbe
suspendedatthelevelindicatedandwithinthelimitsofa
Communitytariffquotaasshownherewith:
Order
NoCombined
nomenclature
codeDescriptionQuota
volume
(tonnes)Rateof
duty
(%)
09.0021 72023000Ferro-silico-manganese 18550 0
returnedtothereservepursuanttoArticle5,thefollowing
provisionsshallapply.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,SpainandPortugal
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsinthe1985ActofAccession.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionmaynotbecharged
againstthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfreeofcustoms
dutiesunderotherpreferentialtariffquotaiftheyare
alreadyfreeofcustomsdutiesunderotherpreferential
tariffarrangements .
Article2
1.Afirstpartof16695tonnesshallbeallocatedamong
theMemberStates;theshares,shallsubjecttoArticle5,be
validfrom1Januaryto31December1988andshallbeas
follows:IfanimporterentersaproductcoveredbythisRegulation
forfreecirculationinaMemberState,accompaniedbya
requestforpreferentialtreatmentforthesaidproduct,and
thisrequestisacceptedbythecustomsauthorities,the
MemberStateconcernedshallbynotifyingthe
Commission,drawanamountcorresponding toits
requirementsfromthereservereferredtoinArticle2(3).
Requeststodrawonthereservetogetherwiththedateof
acceptanceofthecustomsdeclarationsmustbeforwarded
totheCommissionwithoutdelay.
Benelux(tonnes)
1016
Denmark 1
Germany 10260
Greece 31
Spain 910
France 259
Ireland 1
Italy 1831
Portugal1
UnitedKingdom 2385DrawingsaregrantedbytheCommissiononthebasisof
thedateofacceptanceofgoodsforentryintofree
circulationbythecustomsauthoritiesoftheMemberState
concerned,providedasufficientamountremainsinthe
reserve.
IfaMemberStatedoesnotusethequantitydrawn,itshall
returnittothereserveassoonaspossible.2.Thesecondpartof1855tonnesshallconstitutethe
reserve.
Article3
IfaMemberStatehasusedallofitsinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(2),orofthatsharelessanyportionIfrequestsfordrawingsexceedtheamountremainingin
thereserve,anallocationshallbemadeprorata.The
MemberStateshallbeinformedbytheCommission
throughthesameprocedure.

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Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbevalid
until31December1988.
Article5
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1988,return
tothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitialshare
which,on15September1988,isinexcessof20%ofthe
initialvolume.Theymayreturnagreaterportionifthere
aregroundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1988,notify
theCommissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproductionin
questionimporteduptoandincluding15September1988
andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotaandofany
portionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhereserve
doesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andtothisendshall
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.
Article8
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethatadditionaldrawingsofsharespursuantto
Article3arecarriedoutinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
tothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftheproductin
questionagainsttheirsharesasandwhentheproductis
enteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
sharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article9
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshallinformit
oftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1988.Article6
MemberStatesmayrestrictthechargingofimportsagainst
theirsharestoproductsforcertainintendeduses.Inthat
casetheCommunityprovisionsonthemattershallbe
appliedforcheckingthattheproducthasbeenusedforthe
stipulatedpurpose.
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountofthesharesdrawn
bytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3and
shall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,informeach
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan5October1988,informtheMember
Statesoftheamountstillinreserve,followinganyreturnof
sharespursuanttoArticle5.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18December1987.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
N.WILHJELM