NoL353/1 13.12.86 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
(Actswhosepublicationisobligatory)
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No3739/86
of28November1986
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
driedfigsfallingwithinsubheadingex08.03BoftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginSpain(1987)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,andinparticularArticles'30and75thereof,Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted accessto
theabovementioned quotaanduninterruptedapplication
oftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoallimportsofthe
productsconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntilthequota
hasbeenusedup;whereas,havingregardtotheabove
principles,theCommunitynatureofthequotacanbe
respectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamong
theMemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectas
accuratelyaspossiblethetruetrendofthemarketinthe
productsinquestion,suchallocation "shouldbein
proportiontotherequirementsoftheMemberStates,
calculatedbyreferencetothestatisticsforimportsfrom
Spainoverarepresentativereferenceperiodandalsotothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,accordingtoArticles30and75oftheActof
Accession,thedutiesapplicableontheimportintothe
CommunityofTenofdriedfigsfallingwithinsubheading
ex08.03BoftheCommonCustomsTariff,and
originatinginSpain,withinthelimitsofaCommunity
tariffquotaof200tonnesshallbeprogressivelyabolished;
whereasthesedutiesaretobereducedto75%ofthebasic
dutieson1January1987;whereas,byderogationfrom
Article30oftheActofAccession,CouncilRegulation
(EEC)No443/86of24February1986concerningthe
basicdutiestobeadoptedintheCommunityofTenforthe
purposeofcalculatingthesuccessivereductionsprovided
forintheActofAccessionofSpainandPortugal(*)
providesthatthebasicdutiesarethosewhichwereactually
beenappliedon1January1986;whereas,therefore,to
establishthedutiesapplicableontheimportofthese
products,aCommunitytariffquotashouldbeopenedfor
theperiod1Januaryto31December1987for200tonnes
ofdriedfigsoriginatinginSpainandfallingwithin
subheadingex08.03Batdutiesasshowninthetablein
Article1;Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsare
available,thecorresponding importsbyeachofthe
MemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercentagesofthe
importsintotheCommunityfromSpainoftheproductsin
question:
MemberState 1983 1984 1985
Beneluxll _
Denmark — — —
Germany 158958,7
Greece — — —
France — ■—20,1
Ireland — •— —
Italy— — —
UnitedKingdom 851121,2WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3792/85of
20December1985layingdownthearrangementsapplying
totradeinagriculturalproductsbetweenSpainand
Portugal(2)providesforparticularrulesfortheimportinto
Portugaloftheproductsinquestion,originatinginSpain;
whereas,consequently ,theCommunitytariffquotais
applicableonlyintheCommunityofTen, Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStatesaswellasthepractical
needtoensurethattheobligationscontractedunderthe
Agreementconcernedareallocatedfairlyamongthe
MemberStates,initialquotasharesmaybefixed
approximately atthefollowingpercentages :(')OJNoL50,28.2.1986,p.9.
(2)OJNoL367,31.12.1985,p.7.

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Commission ,andthelattermustbeinapositionto
monitor,theextenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeen
usedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesthereof;Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom6,7
6,7
46,7
0,7
20,0
3,3
3,3
12,6Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMemberState,
itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshouldreturna
significantproportiontothereservetopreventapartof
anytariffquotafromremainingunusedinoneMember
Statewhenitcouldbeusedinothers; Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrendsfor
theproductsconcernedinthevariousMemberStates,the
quotaamountshouldbedividedintotwoinstalments,the
firstbeingsharedamongtheMemberStateswhichhave
useduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,inordertogive
importersineachMemberStateacertaindegreeof
security,"thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunityquota
shouldunderthecircumstances befixedat75%ofthe
quotavolume;Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :WhereastheMemberStatesinitialsharesmaybeusedup
atdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfactinto
accountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,anyMember
Statewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquotashare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereas
thismustbedonebyeachMemberStateasandwheneach
ofitsadditionalsharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additionalsharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthismethodofadministration requires
closecooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandtheArticle1
From1Januaryto31December1987,onimportintothe
CommunityofTen,thedutiesforthefollowingproducts
shallbesuspendedatalevelandwithinthelimitsofa
Communitytariffquotaasfollows:
Order
NoCCT
heading
NoDescriptionAmountof
tariffquota
(tonnes)Rateof
duty
(%)-
09.0301 ex08.03BDriedfigs,originatinginSpain 200 2,2
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentamountingto150tonnesofthe
CommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
sharedamongtheMemberStates;therespectiveshares
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil
31December1987,shallbeasfollows:Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(1),or90%ofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5hasbeen
applied,hasbeenusedup,thentotheextentpermittedby
theamountofthereserve,thatMemberStateshall
forthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawasecond
shareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhere
necessarytothenextunit.(tonnes)
10
10
70
1
30
5
5Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%ormore
ofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeen
usedup,thenthatMemberStateshall,inaccordancewith
theconditionslaiddowninparagraph1,drawathird
shareequalto7,5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhere
necessarytothenextunit.19
2.Thesecondinstalmentof.50tonnesshallconstitutethe
reserve.3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeen

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Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhaustsanyreserve
doesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,tothisend,
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessaryto
ensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesof
theCommunitytariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
tothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofthe
productsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.usedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordancewiththe
conditionslaiddowninparagraph1,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixedin
thoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
theymightnotbeusedup.ItshallinformtheCommission
ofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.
Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1987.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1987,suchunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharesas,on15September1987,isinexcessof20%of
theinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalargerquantityif
therearegroundsforbelievingthatthisquantitymaynot
beused.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1October1987,oftotalquantitiesoftheproductsin
questionimportedupto15September1987andcharged
againstthetariffquotaandofanyquantityoftheinitial
sharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3
and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeachMember
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5October
1987,oftheamountinthereserveafterquantitieshave
beenreturnedtheretopursuanttoArticle5.Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1987.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28November1987.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.RUMBOLD