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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4189/88
of16December1988
openingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforferro-silicon
1989
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,quota,ofsuchquantitiesastheymayneed,under
conditionsandaccordingtoaproceduretobedetermined;
whereasthismethodofadministration requiresclose
cooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commissionandthelattermustinparticularbeableto
monitortherateatwhichthetariffquotaisusedand
informtheMemberStatesaccordingly;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthesharesleviedbythateconomicunion
maybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,asregardsferro-silicon,theEuropeanEconomic
Communityhasundertakentoopenanannualduty-free
Communitytariffquotaof20000tonnes;whereasthis
should,however,bereducedto12600tonnestotake
accountofthetraditionalimportsfromEFTAcountries
whicharefreeofcustomsdutyundertheAgreements
concludedwiththosecountries,andalsotheobligations
enteredintoinrelationtoathirdcountrywhichhasthe
rightofthepreviousnegotiatorforthisquotavolume;
whereasthequotaconcernedshouldthereforebeopened
on1January1989;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashould
beensuredforallCommunityimportersandtherateslaid
downforthequotashouldbeappliedconsistentlytoall
importsoftheproductinquestionintoalltheMember
Statesuntilthequotaisexhausted;whereasitis
appropriatenottoprovideforallocationamongMember
States,withoutprejudicetothedrawing,onthetariffHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1989,thecustoms
dutyapplicabletoimportsofthefollowingproductshallbe
suspendedatthelevelindicatedandwithinthelimitsofa
Communitytariffquotaasshownherewith:
Order
NoCNcode DescriptionQuota
volume
(tonnes)Rateof
duty
(%)
09.0019 72022110Ferro-silicon 12600 0
\ 72022190 IIII
72022900
\ l
Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,SpainandPortugal
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsinthe1985ActofAccession.appropriatemeasurewithaviewtoensuringtheefficient
administration thereof.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionmaynotbecharged
againstthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfreeofcustoms
dutiesunderotherpreferentialtariffarrangements .Article3
IfanimporterpresentsinaMemberStateadeclarationof
entryintofreecirculationincludingarequestfor
preferentialbenefitforaproductcoveredbythis
Regulation,andifthisdeclarationisacceptedbythe
customsauthorities,theMemberStateconcernedshall
draw,fromthetariffquota,bymeansofnotificationtothe
Commission,aquantitycorresponding totheseneeds.
Therequestsfordrawing,withtheindicationofthedateof
acceptanceofthesaiddeclarations,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.
Article4
Article6
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethattheirdrawingspursuanttoArticle3enable
importstobechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimportersofthe
productconcernedhavefreeaccesstothequotaforsuch
timesasthebalanceofthetariffquotasopermits.Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1989.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16December1988.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.GENNIMATAS