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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No3132/85
of22October1985
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafordriedfigs
fallingwithinsubheadingex08.03BoftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginSpain
(1986
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
MemberState 1982 1983 1984
Benelux 9l
Denmark — — —
Germany 911589
Greece — — —
France — — —
Ireland — — —
Italy— — —
UnitedKingdom—8511HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasanAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandSpainwasconcludedon29June
1970(M;Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStatesaswellasthepractical
needtoensurethattheobligationscontractedunderthe
Agreementconcernedareallocatedfairlyamongthe
MemberStates,initialquotasharesmaybefixed
approximately atthefollowingpercentages : WhereastheCommunitycommitteditself,underthis
Agreement,toopeninganannualCommunitytariffquota
of200tonnesofdriedfigsfallingwithinsubheadingex
08.03BoftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatingin
Spainandimportedinimmediatepackingsofanetcapacity
of15kilogramsorless;whereastheapplicablequotaduty
isfixedat30%oftheCommonCustomsTariffduty;
whereasthisCommunitytariffquotashouldbeopenedfor
1986;Benelux 6,7
Denmark 6,7
Germany 46,7
Greece 0,7
France 20,0
Ireland 3,3
Italy 3,3
UnitedKingdom 12,6
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted accessto
theabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted application
oftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoallimportsofthe
productsconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntilthequota
hasbeenusedup;whereas,havingregardtotheabove
principles,theCommunitynatureofthequotacanbe
respectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamong
theMemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectas
accuratelyaspossiblethetruetrendofthemarketinthe
productsinquestion,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotherequirementsoftheMemberStates,
calculatedbyreferencetothestatisticsforimportsfrom
Spainoverarepresentative referenceperiodandalsotothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrendsfor
theproductsconcernedinthevariousMemberStates,the
quotaamountshouldbedividedintotwoinstalments,the
firstbeingsharedamongtheMemberStateswhichhave
useduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,inordertogive
importersineachMemberStateacertaindegreeof
security,thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunityquota
shouldunderthecircumstances befixedat75%ofthe
quotavolume;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsare
available,thecorresponding importsbyeachofthe
MemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercentagesofthe
importsintotheCommunityfromSpainoftheproductsin
question:WhereastheMemberStatesinitialsharesmaybeusedup
atdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfactinto
accountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,anyMember
Statewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquotashare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereas
thismustbedonebyeachMemberStateasandwheneach
ofitsadditionalsharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additionalsharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthismethodofadministration requires
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Commission ,andthelattermustbeinapositionto
monitor,theextenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeen
usedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMemberState,
itisessentialthatthatMemeberStateshouldreturna
significantproportiontothereservetopreventapartof
anytariffquotafromremainingunusedinoneMember
Statewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5hasbeen
applied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextentpermittedby
theamountofthereserve,thatMemberStateshall
forthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawasecond
shareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhere
necessarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%ormore
ofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeen
usedup,thenthatMemberStateshall,inaccordancewith
theconditionslaiddowninparagraph1,drawathird
shareequalto7,5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhere
necessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeen
usedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordancewiththe
conditionslaiddowninparagraph1,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixedin
thoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
theymightnotbeusedup.ItshallinformtheCommission
ofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1Januaryto31December1986theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyinrespectofdriedfigsfallingwithin
subheadingex08.03B,originatinginSpainandimported
inimmediatepackingsofanetcapacitynotexceeding
15kilogramsshallbepartiallysuspendedat3%withinthe
limitsofaCommunitytariffquotaof200tonnes.Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1986. Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentamountingto150tonnesofthe
CommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
sharedamongtheMemberStates;therespectiveshares
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil
31December1986shallbeasfollows:Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1986suchunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharesas,on15September1986,isinexcessof20%of
theinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalargerquantityif
therearegroundsforbelievingthatthisquantitymaynot
beused.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1October1986,oftotalquantitiesoftheproductsin
questionimportedupto15September1986andcharged
againstthetariffquotaandofanyquantityoftheinitial
sharesreturnedtothereserve.(tonnes)
Benelux 10
Denmark 10
Germany 70
Greece 1
France 30
Ireland 5
Italy 5
UnitedKingdom 19
2.Thesecondinstalmentof50tonnesshallconstitutethe
reserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3
and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeachMember
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
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productsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5October
1986,oftheamountinthereserveafterquantitieshave
beenreturnedtheretopursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhaustsanyreserve
doesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,tothisend,
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessaryto
ensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesof
theCommunitytariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
tothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofthe
productsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhentheArticle10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1986.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,22October1985.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.F.POOS