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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4082/87
of21December1987
openingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafortable
cherries,excludingMorellocherries,fallingwithincodes08092010and08092090of
thecombinednomenclatureandoriginatinginSwitzerland(1988)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasanAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheSwissConfederationwasconcluded
on22July1972;whereas,followingtheaccessionof
SpainandPortugaltotheCommunity,anAgreementin
theformofanExchangeofLetterswasconcludedand
approvedbyCouncilDecision86/559/EEC(');
WhereastheAgreementintheformofanExchangeof
LettersprovidesfortheopeningofaCommunitytariff
quotaatzerodutyfortablecherries,excludingMorello
cherries,originatinginSwitzerland;whereas,therefore,
thetariffquotainquestionshouldbeopenedforthe
period1Januaryto31December1988;
WhereastheCommunityhasadopted,witheffectfrom
1January1988,acombinednomenclatureforgoods
whichmeetstherequirementsoftheCommonCustoms
TariffandtheexternaltradestatisticsoftheCommunity
andstatisticsoftradebetweenMemberStates;whereas,
inordertoaccommodate specificCommunitymeasures,
thisnomenclaturehasbeenexpandedintoanintegrated
tariffoftheEuropeanCommunities (TARIC);whereas,
witheffectfromtheabovementioned date,thecombined
nomenclatureand,whereappropriate,theTARICcodenumbersshouldbeusedforthedescriptionofthe
productcoveredbythisRegulation;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersandthe
ratelaiddownforthequotashouldbeappliedconsis­
tentlytoallimportsoftheproductsinquestionintoall
theMemberStatesuntilthequotaisexhausted;whereas,
however,sincethequotaistocoverrequirementswhich
cannotbedeterminedwithsufficientaccuracy,itshould
notbeallocatedamongtheMemberStates,without
prejudicetothedrawingagainstthequotavolumeof
suchquantitiesastheymayneed,underconditionsand
accordingtoaproceduretobedetermined;whereasthis
methodofadministration requiresclosecooperation
betweentheMemberStatesandtheCommissionandthe
lattermustinparticularbeabletomonitortherateat
whichthequotaisusedupandinformtheMember
Statesaccordingly;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedby
theBeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationconcerning
theadministrationofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1988theduty
applicabletoimportsofthefollowingproductshallbe
suspendedatthelevelindicatedandwithinthelimitsof
aCommunitytariffquotaasshownbelow:
Order
NoCNcode DescriptionAmountoftariff
quota(tonnes)Rateofduty
(%)
09.0901 08092010
08092090TablecherriesexcludingMorellocherries,orig­
inatinginSwitzerland1000 0
Withinthelimitofthistariffquota,theKingdomof
SpainandthePortugueseRepublicshallapplycustoms
dutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththerelevant
provisionsoftheActofAccession.TheProtocolonthedefinitionoftheconceptoforig­
inatingproductsandonmethodsofadministrative
cooperationannexedtotheAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheSwiss
Confederation shallapply.
(')OJNoL328,22.11.1986,p.98.

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2.Ifanimportergivesnotificationofimminent
importsoftheproductinquestionintoaMemberState
andappliestotakeadvantageofthequotatheMember
StateconcernedshallinformtheCommissionanddraw
anamountcorresponding toitsrequirementstothe
extentthattheavailablebalanceofthereserveso
permits.
3.Thesharesdrawnpursuanttoparagraph2shallbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod.
Article2
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethattheirdrawingspursuanttoArticle1(2)
enableimportstobechargedwithoutinterruption
againsttheiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunity
quota.
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimportersof
theproductconcernedhavefreeaccestothequotafor
suchtimeastheresidualbalanceofthequotavolumeso
permits.3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirdrawingsasandwhenthegoodsare
enteredwiththecustomsauthorities .
4.Theextenttowhichthequotahasbeenusedup
shallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportscharged
inaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article3
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainstthequota.
Article4
MemberStatesandtheCommission shallcollaborate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21December1987.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.HAARDER