NoL368/32 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.12.88
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4190/88
of16December1988
openingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
ferro-silico-manganese (1989)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,States,withoutprejudicetothedrawing,onthetariff
quota,ofsuchquantitiesastheymayneed,under
conditionsandaccordingtoaproceduretobedetermined;
whereasthismethodofadministration requiresclose
cooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commissionandthelattermustinparticularbeableto
monitortherateatwhichthetariffquotaisusedand
informtheMemberStatesaccordingly;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthesharesleviedbythateconomicunion
maybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,asregardsferro-silico-manganese ,theEuropean
EconomicCommunityhasundertakentoopenanannual
duty-freeCommunitytariffquotaof50000tonnes;
whereasthisshouldhoweverbereducedto18550tonnes
totakeaccountofthetraditionalimportsfromEFTA
countrieswhicharefreeofcustomsdutyunderthe
Agreementsconcludedwiththosecountries;whereasthe
tariffquotaconcernedshouldthereforebeopenedon1
January1989;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashould
beensuredforallCommunityimportersandtherateslaid
downforthequotashouldbeappliedconsistentlytoall
importsoftheproductinquestionintoalltheMember
Statesuntilthequotaisexhausted;whereasitis
appropriatenottoprovideforallocationamongMember-Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1989,thecustoms
dutyapplicabletoimportsofthefollowingproductshallbe
suspendedatthelevelindicatedandwihtinthelimitsof
Communitytariffquotaasshownherewith:
Order
NoCNcode DescriptionQuota
volume
(tonnes)Rateof
duty
(%)
09.0021 72023000Ferro-silicio-manganese 18550 0
Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,SpainandPortugal
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsinthe1985ActofAccession.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionmaynotbecharged
againstthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfreeofcustoms
dutiesunderotherpreferentialtariffquotaiftheyare
alreadyfreeofcustomsdutiesunderotherpreferential
tariffarrangements .Article3
IfanimporterpresentsinaMemberStateadeclarationof
entryintofreecirculationincludingarequestfor
preferentialbenefitforaproductcoveredbythis
Regulation,andifthisdeclarationisacceptedbythe
customsauthorities,theMemberStateconcernedshall
draw,fromthetariffquota,bymeansofnotificationtothe
Commission,aquantitycorresponding totheseneeds.
Therequestsfordrawing,withtheindicationofthedateof
acceptanceofthesaiddeclarations,mustbecommunicated
totheCommissionwithoutdelay.
ThedrawingsaregrantedbytheCommissiononthebasis
ofthedateofacceptanceofthedeclarationofentryinto
freecirculationbythecustomsauthoritiesoftheMember
Stateconcerned,totheextentthattheavailablebalanceso
permits.Article2
ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
administeredbytheCommission,whichmaytakeany
appropriatemeasurewithaviewtoensuringtheefficient
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withthecustomsauthoritiesundercoverofdeclarationsof
entryintofreecirculation.
4.Theextenttowhichthequotahasbeenusedupshall
bedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportschargedin
accordancewithparagraph3.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.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaidproduct
againsttheirdrawingsasandwhenthegoodsareenteredArticle7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1989.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16December1988.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.GENNIMATAS