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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4112/87
of22December1987
Opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofCommunitytariffquotasfor
certainkindsofpreparedorpreservedfishcomingfromPortugal(1988)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,possiblethetruetrendofthemarketintheproducts
concerned,suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirementsoftheMemberStates,assessedbyreferenceto
thestatisticsofeachState'simportsfromPortugalovera
representativereferenceperiodandalsototheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodconcerned;
Whereasduringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsare
availableimportsintotheMemberStateswereasfollows:HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainandPortugal,
andinparticularArticle362thereof,
(tonnes)
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasArticle362oftheActofAccessionprovidesthat
duringtheperiodofprogressiveeliminationofcustoms
dutiesbetweentheCommunityasconstitutedon31
December1985andPortugal,certainkindsofsardines,
tunas,fishofthegenusEuthynnus,certainkindsofmackerel
andfishofthespeciesOrcynopsisunicolor,prepared
orpreserved,fallingwithincodesex16041310,
ex16042050,16041410,16041930,16042070,
16041510,16041950andex16042050ofthecombined
nomenclature ,fromPortugal,maybeimportedfreeofduty
intotheCommunityasconstitutedon31December1985
withinthelimitsofannualCommunitytariffquotasof5000
tonnes,1000tonnesand1000tonnesrespectively;whereas
thesequotasshouldbeopenedfor1988;MemberStates 1984 1985 1986
SardinesofthespeciesSardinapilchardus
Benelux 954741 741
Denmark 302306,31 234
Germany 327732394659
Greece 14 —155
France 24102190 1783
Ireland 1330 19
Italy 643820,8 634
UnitedKingdom 657442103949
TunasandfishofthegenusEuthynnus
Benelux 3 113
Denmark— — —
Germany 1818,2 22
Greece—54 —
France 11855 16
Ireland— — —
Italy 15042456,52141
UnitedKingdom— — 9
MackerelofthespeciesScomberscombrusundScomberjaponicus
andfishofthespeciesOrcynopsisunicolor
Benelux 130135 176
Denmark—.——
Germany— — 21
Greece— — —
France 5 — 3
Ireland— — —
Italy15762216,7 1463
UnitedKingdom 40 — —WhereastheCommunityhasadopted,witheffectfrom
1January1988,acombinednomenclatureforgoodswhich
meetstherequirementsofboththeCommonCustomsTariff
andthenomenclatureofgoodsforexternaltradestatisticsof
theCommunityandstatisticsoftradebetweenMember
States;whereasinordertoaccomodatespecificCommunity
rules,thisnomenclature hasbeenexpandedintoan
integratedtariffoftheEuropeanCommunity (Taric);
whereas,witheffectfromthatdate,thecombined
nomenclatureand,whereappropriate,theTARICcode
numbersshouldbeusedforthedescriptionoftheproducts
coveredbythisRegulation;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
importersoftheCommunityasconstitutedon31December
1985equalanduninterruptedaccesstotheabovementioned
quotasanduninterruptedapplicationoftherateslaiddown
forthesequotastoallimportsoftheproductsconcernedinto
alltheMemberStatesuntilthequotashavebeenusedup;
whereas,havingregardtotheaboveprinciples,the
Communitynatureofthequotascanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotasamongtheMember
States;whereas,inordertoreflectasaccuratelyas

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Whereasinviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquotasharesmay
besetapproximatelyatthefollowingpercentages :
MemberStates SardinesTunnyMackerel
Benelux 6,43 8,85
Denmark 2,42— —
Germany 29,49— —
Greece 0,61— —
France 16,844,00—
Ireland — — —
Italy 5,3396,0091,15
UnitedKingdom 38,88— —intoaccountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,anyMember
Statewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquotashareshould
drawanadditionalquotasharefromthecorresponding
reserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateas
andwheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmostusedupand
repeatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereasthe
initialandadditionalquotasharesmustbevaliduntiltheend
ofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodofadministration
requiresclosecooperationbetweenMemberStatesandthe
Commissionandthelattermust,inparticular,beableto
monitortheextenttowhichthequotavolumeshavebeen
usedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesaccordingly;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,asubstantial
quantityofoneoftheinitialsharesremainsunusedinoneor
otherMemberStateitisessentialthattheMemberState
concernedshouldreturnasignificantproportiontothe
reservetopreventapartofanyCommunityquotafrom
remainingunusedinonememberStatewhenitcouldbeused
inother;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomofthe
NetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgareunited
withinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBeneluxEconomic
Unionanyoperationsrelatingtotheadministration ofthe
quotasharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarried
outbyanyoneofitsmembers,Whereasinthelastthreeyearstheproductsinquestionwere
importedregularlybycertainMemberStatesonly,andnotat
alloronlyoccasionallybytheotherMemberStates;whereas
inthesecircumstances initialsharesshouldbeallocatedtothe
genuineimportingMemberStatesandtheotherMember
Statesshouldbeguaranteedaccesstothetariffquotaswhen
importsintotheseMemberStatesarenotified;whereasthese
arrangementsforallocationwillequallyensuretheuniform
applicationofthecombinednomenclature ;
Whereas,mordertotakeintoaccountimporttrendsforthe
productsconcernedinthevariousMemberStates,each
quotashouldbedividedintotwoparts,thefirstbeingshared
amongcertainMemberStatesandthesecondconstitutinga
reservetocoverthesubsequentrequirementsoftheMember
Stateswheretheyhaveuseduptheirinitialsharesandalso
anyrequirementswhichmightariseintheotherMember
States;whereas,inordertogiveimportersineachMember
Stateacertaindegreeofsecurity,thefirstpartofthe
Communityquotascouldbesetat67%ofthequota
volumes;
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMemberStatesmaybe
usedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfactHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1Januaryto31December1988thecustomsdutieson
importsfromPortugalintotheCommunityasconstitutedon
31December1985forthefollowingproductsshallbe
suspendedatthelevelsindicatedandwithinthelimitsof
Communitytariffquotasasshownherewith:
OrderNoCNcodeDescriptionQuantities
(tonnes)Quotaduties
09.0501
09.0502
09.05031604
ex16041310
ex16042050
16041410
16041930
16042070
16041510
16041950
ex16042050Preparedorpreservedfish:
caviarandcaviarsubstitutespreparedfromfisheggs:
—SardinesofthespeciesSardinapilchardus
—Tunasandskipjack
—FishofthegenusEuthynnus,otherthanskipjack
—Tunas,skipjackandotherfishofthegenusEuthynnus
—MackerelofthespeciesScomberscombrusandScomberjaponicus
—FishofthespeciesOrcynopsisunicolor
—MackerelofthespeciesScomberscombrusandScomberjaponicusand
fishofthespeciesOrcynopsisunicolor5000
1000
1000free
free
free

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Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixedin
thoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethatthesemight
notbeusedup.ItshallinformtheCommissionofitsreasons
forapplyingthisparagraph.Article2
1.EachofthetariffquotasreferredtoinArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoparts.
2.(a)Thefirstpartofeachquotashallbeallocatedamong
certainMemberStates;therespectivesharesshall,
subjecttoArticle5,bevaliduntil31December1988,
andshallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)
Article4
EachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1988.MemberStatesPreparedor
preserved
Sardines TunasMackerel
Benelux 215 — 60
Denmark 80 — —
Germany 990 — —
Greece 20 — —
France 56530 —
Ireland— — —
Italy 180640610
UnitedKingdom 1300 — —
Total3350670670Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlaterthan
1October1988,theunusedportionoftheirinitialshare
which,on15September1988,isinexcessof20%ofthe
initialvolume.Theymayreturnalargerquantityifthereare
groundsforbelievingthatitmightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1988,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproducts
concernedimportedupto15September1988andcharged
againsttheCommunityquotasandofanyquantitiesofthe
initialsharesreturnedtoeachreserve.(b)Thesecondpartofeachquota,namely1650,330
and330tonnesrespectively,,shallconstitutethe
corresponding reserve.
3.IfanimporternotifiesaMemberStatethataconsignment
oftheproductsinquestionistobeimportedandapplies
tousethequota,theMemberStateconcernedshall
informtheCommission anddrawanamount
correspondingtoitsrequirementstotheextentthatthe
availablebalanceofthereservesopermits.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountofthesharesdrawn
bytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3andshall,
assoonasitisnotified,informeachStateoftheextentto
whichthereserveshavebeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5October
1988oftheamountinthereserveafterthereturnof
quantitiespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhereserve
doesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,tothisend,shall
notifytheamountofthebalancetotheMemberStatemaking
thelastdrawing.Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(2),orofthatsharelesstheportion
returnedtothereserve,whereArticle5isapplied,hasbeen
usedup,thatMemberStateshallwithoutdelay,bynotifying
theCommission ,drawasecondshareequalto10%ofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenextwhole
number,totheextentpermittedbytheamountofthe
reserve.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%ormore
ofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenused,
thatMemberStateshall,usingtheprocedureprovidedforin
paragraph1,drawathirdequalto5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextwholenumber.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeen
usedup,thatMemberStateshall,usingthesameprocedure
providedforinparagraph1,drawafourthshareequaltothe
third.Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessaryto
ensurethatadditionaldrawingofsharespursuanttoArticle3
carriedoutinsuchawaythatimportsmaybechargedare
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesofthe
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2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportsofthe
productsinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
tothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofthe
productsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation .Article8
AttheCommission'srequesttheMemberStatesshallinform
itofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1988.4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportscoming
fromPortugalenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22December1987.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
N.WILHJELM