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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4181/88
of16December1988
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
driedonions(1989)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichcomplete
statisticsareavailable,thecorrespondingimportsintoeach
oftheMemberStatesrepresentedthefollowingfiguresof
totalimportsoftheproductinquestionfromthird
countrieswhichdonotbenefitfromanequivalent
preferentialtariffmeasure: HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,MemberStates 198519861987
Benelux 271225653085
Denmark 235182246
Germany 7444'66477471
Greece 675870
Spain 546606709
France 312439483
Ireland 246245223
Italy 244145159
Portugal 706967
UnitedKingdom 600355155516
178791647118029Whereas,undertheagreementconcludedbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheUnitedStatesof
Americaconcerningtheconclusionofthenegotiations
underArticleXXIV.6oftheGeneralAgreementonTariffs
andTrade(GATT),approvedbyDecision87/224/
EEC(*),theCommunityhasundertaken,fortheperiod
1987to1990,toopenanannualCommunitytariffquota
of12000tonnesatadutyrateof10%fordried,
dehydratedorevaporatedonions;whereas,therefore,this
tariffquotashouldbeopenedfor1989,
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashould
beensuredforallCommunityimportersandtheratelaid
downforthetariffquotashouldbeappliedconsistentlyto
allimportsuntilthequotaisusedup;whereas,inthelight
oftheseprinciples,allocationofthetariffquotaamongthe
MemberStateswouldseemtopreservetheCommunity
natureofthequota;whereas,inordertocorrespondas
closelyaspossibletotheactualdevelopmentofthemarket,
theallocationshouldreflecttherequirementsofthe
MemberStatesbasedonstatisticsofimportsfromthird
countriesduringarepresentativereferenceperiodandthe
economicoutlookforthequotayearinquestion;Whereas,for1989,maintenanceofquotasfortheMember
Statesisnecessary,bearinginmindthatitisimpossiblefor
theadministration concernedineachMemberStateto
introduce,in1989,theadministrative andtechnicalbasis
forCommunityadministration ofthequota;whereasitis,
however,possible,bearinginmindthewayinwhichtrade
hasdevelopedinrecentyears,toprovideforaCommunity
reserveofasignificantlylargeamount;
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarketforecasts
forthisproductfor1989theinitialpercentagesharesofthe
quotavolumecanbeexpressedapproximately asfollows: (>)OJNoL98,10.4.1987,p.1.

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Benelux 15,96
Denmark 1,27
Germany 41,17
Greece 0,37
Spain 3,55
France 2,36
Ireland 1,36
Italy 1,05
Portugal 0,39
UnitedKingdom 32,52Commission andthelattermustbeabletomonitorthe
extenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeenusedupand
informtheMemberStatesaccordingly;
Whereasif,duringthequotaperiod,theCommunity
reserveisalmosttotallyusedup,itisessentialthatMember
Statesreturntothesaidreservethewholeoftheunused
proportionoftheirinitialquotaandofanydrawingsmade,
inordertoavoidpartoftheCommunitytariffquota
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbe
usedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthequotasharesallocated,tothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofits
members,Whereas,toallowforimporttrendsfortheproducts
concerned,thequotavolumeshouldbedividedintotwo
parts,thefirstbeingallocatedamongtheMemberStates
andthesecondheldasareservetocoveranysubsequent
requirementsofMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheir
initialshare;whereas,toaffordimporterssomedegreeof
certainty,thefirstpartofthetariffquotashouldbesetata
highlevel,whichinthiscasecouldbe60%ofthequota
volume;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferentrates;
whereas,inordertoavoidanybreakinthecontinuityof
suppliesonthisaccount,itshouldbeprovidedthatany
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereas
eachtimeitsadditionalshareisalmostusedupaMember
Stateshoulddrawafurthershareandsoonasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
cooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandtheArticle1
1.From1Januaryto31December1989,thecustoms
dutyapplicabletoimportsofthefollowingproductsshall
besuspendedatthelevelindicatedandwithinthelimitsof
aCommunitytariffquotaasshownherewith:
Order
NoCNcode DescriptionAmountof
tariffquota
(tonnes)Rateof
duty
(%)
09.0035 07122000Dried,dehydratedorevaporatedonions,whole,cut,sliced,
brokenorinpowder,butnotfurtherprepared 12000 10
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,theKingdomof
SpainandthePortugueseRepublicshallapplycustoms
dutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththerelevantprovisions
laiddownbytheActofAccessionofSpainandPortugal.Benelux 1149
Denmark 91
Germany 2964
Greece 27
Spain 256
France 170
Ireland 98
Italy 76
Portugal 28
UnitedKingdom 2341Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbedivided
intotwoparts.
3.Thesecondpartofthequota,amountingto4800
tonnes,shallconstitutethereserve.
4.Ifanimporterindicatesthatheisabouttoimportany
oftheproductsinquestionintoaMemberState"whichdoes
notparticipateintheinitialallocationorwhichhas2.Thefirstpartof7200tonnesshallbeallocatedamong
theMemberStates;thequotasharesshall,subjectto
Article5,bevaliduntil31December1989andshallbeas
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exhausteditsinitialquotaandappliestousethequota,the
MemberStateconcernedshallinformtheCommissionand
drawanamountcorresponding toitsrequirementstothe
extentthattheavailablebalanceofthequotasopermits.
5.WithoutprejudicetoArticle3,thedrawingsmade
pursuanttoparagraph4shallbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod.shall,assoonasithasbeennotified,informeachStateof
theextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,oftheamountsstillin
reserveafteramountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuant
toArticle3.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupthereserve
doesnotexceedthebalanceavailableandtothisendshall
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.
Article5
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessaryto
ensurethatdrawingsofsharespursuanttoArticle2(4)and
Article3arecarriedoutinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesintheCommunitytariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
tothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftheproduct
concernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhentheyareentered
withthecustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofimportscharged
inaccordancewithparagraph3.Article3
1.Onceatleast80%ofthereserveofthetariffquota,as
definedinArticle2(3),hasbeenusedup,theCommission
shallinformtheMemberStatesthereof.
2.ItshallalsonotifyMemberStatesinthiscaseofthe
datefromwhichdrawingsontheCommunityreservemust
bemadeaccordingtothefollowingprovisions!:
IfanimporterpresentsinaMemberStateadeclarationof
entryintofreecirculationincludingarequestfor
preferentialbenefitfortheproductcoveredbythis
Regulation,andifthisdeclarationisacceptedbythe
customsauthorities,theMemberStateconcernedshall
draw,fromtheCommunityreserve,bymeansof
notificationtotheCommission ,aquantitycorresponding
totheseneeds.
Therequestsfordrawing,withtheindicationofthedateof
acceptanceofthesaiddeclaration,mustbecommunicated
totheCommissionwithoutdelay.
ThedrawingsaregrantedbytheCommissiononthebasis
ofthedateofacceptanceofthedeclarationofentryinto
freecirculationbythecustomsauthoritiesoftheMember
Stateconcerned,totheextentthattheavailablebalanceso
permits.
IfaMemberStatedoesnotusethequantitiesdrawn,it
shallreturnthemassoonaspossibletothereserve.
Ifthequantitiesrequestedaregreaterthantheavailable
balanceofthereserve,allocationshallbemadeonapro
ratabasiswithrespecttotherequests.MemberStatesshall
beinformedbytheCommissioninaccordancewiththe
sameprocedures .
3.WithinatimelimitfixedbytheCommissionasfrom
thedatereferredtointhefirstsubparagraphofparagraph
2,MemberStatesshallberequiredtoreturntothereserve
allthequantitieswhichhavenotbeenusedonthatdate,
withinthemeaningofArticle5(3)and(4).Article6
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsoftheproductsconcernedactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.
Article7
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article8
TheCommissionmay,bymeansofaRegulation,suspend
theapplicationofthetariffmeasuresputintoeffectbythis
Regulationshouldittranspirethatthereciprocalmeasures
providedforintheAgreementwerenolongerbeing
applied.
Article4
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountofthesharesdrawn
bytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3andArticle9
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16December1988.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.GENNIMATAS