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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4126/86
of22December1986
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
freshordriedhazelnuts,shelledornot,fallingwithinsubheadingex08.05Gofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginTurkey(1987)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,Portugal,theCommunitymusttakethemeasuresreferred
toinArticles180and367ofthatAct;whereasthetariff
measureinquestionappliesthereforetotheCommunityof
Nine;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureequaland
uninterrupted accessforallCommunityimporterstothe
abovementioned quota,anduninterrupted applicationof
therateslaiddownforthisquotatoallimportsofthe
productsconcernedintotheMemberStatesuntilthequota
hasbeenusedup;whereas,havingregardtotheabove
principles,theCommunitynatureofthequotacanbe
respectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamong
theMemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectmost
accuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthemarketinthe
productsinquestion,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotherequirementsoftheMemberStates,
assessedbyreferencetoboththestatisticsrelatingto
importsofthesaidproductsfromTurkeyovera
representative referenceperiodandtheeconomicoutlook
forthequotaperiodconcerned;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticular113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereastheAnnextoCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No3721/84of18December1984onimportsintothe
Communityofagriculturalproductsoriginatingin
Turkey(J)providesthatfreshordriedhazelnuts,shelledor
not,fallingwithinsubheadingex08.05GoftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginatinginTurkeyareadmittedon
importationintotheCommunityatzeroduty,withinthe
limitofaCommunitytariffquotaof25000tonnes;
whereastheCommunitytariffquotaconcernedshould
thereforebeopenedfor1987;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle119oftheActof
AccessionofGreece,theCounciladoptedRegulation
(EEC)No3555/80determiningthearrangementstobe
appliedwithregardtoimportsintoGreeceoriginatingin
Algeria,Israel,Malta,Morocco,Portugal,Syria,Tunisia
orTurkey(2);
WhereasintheabsenceofaProtocolasprovidedforin
Articles179and366oftheActofAccessionofSpainandWhereasonthebasisofthecurrentlyavailablestatistical
dataimportsoftheproductinquestionfromTurkeyinto
theMemberStateshavedevelopedasfollowsovertheyears
1983,1984and1985;whereastheyrepresentthe
followingpercentageolthetotalimportsintothe
CommunityfromTurkey:
MemberStates1<U3 1984 1985
Tonnes %Tonnes %Tonnes %
Benelux 63329,37 68158,36 52667,10
Denmark 12491,85 9991,23 7921,07
Germany 4564967,58 5383166,064722463,65
France 778611,53 901311,06 941612,69
Ireland 300,04 220,03 280,03
Italy 7461,10 29043,56 52067,02
UnitedKingdom 57608,53 79019,70 62648,44
Total 67552 81485 74196
(»)OJNoL343,31.12.1984,p.6.
(2)OJNoL382,31.12.1980,p.1.

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Whereas,inviewofthesefactors,andofmarketforecasts
fortheproductsconcernedandinparticularofthe
estimatessubmittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedfor1987atapproximately the
followingpercentages :
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom8,24
1,60
65,60
12,19
0,03
3,43
8,91closecollaboration betweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,andtheCommissionmustbeinapositionto
followtheextenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeenused
upandinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereas,ifatagivendateinthequotaperiodasubstantial
quantityofitsinitialshareremainsunusedinanyMember
State,itisessentialthatitshouldreturnasignificant
proportionthereoftothereserve,topreventpartofthe
CommunityquotaremainingunusedinoneMemberState
whenitcouldbeusedinothers;whereas,takinginto
accounttheseasonalnatureofimports,itseems
appropriatetofixthetransferlimitat40%oftheinitial
share;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,alltransactions concerningthe
administration ofthesharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,Whereas,totakeintoaccountimporttrendsforthe
productsconcernedinthevariousMemberStates,the
quotaamountshouldbedividedintotwoinstalments,the
firstbeingallocatedamongtheMemberStatesandthe
secondheldasareserveintendedtocoveratalaterdatethe
requirementsofMemberStateswhohaveuseduptheir
initialshare;whereas,inordertoguaranteesomedegreeof
securitytoimportersineachMemberState,thefirst
instalmentoftheCommunityquotashouldbefixedata
levelwhichcould,inthepresentcircumstances ,be
approximately 81%ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmaybe
usedupatdifferentrates;whereas,inordertotakethis
intoaccountandtoavoidabreakincontinuity,any
MemberStatewhichhasusedupalmostallofitsinitial
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereasthisshouldbedonebyeachMemberStateeach
timeoneofitsadditionalsharesisalmostusedup,andso
onasmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial
andadditionalsharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration requiresHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1987,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyonthefollowingproductimportedin
theCommunityofNine,shallbesuspendedattheleveland
withinthelimitofaCommunitytariffquotaasshown
herewith:
Order
NoCCT
heading
NoDescriptionAmountof
tariffquota
(intonnes)Rateof
duty
(in%)
09.0201 ex08.05GFreshordriedhazelnuts,shelledornot,originatingin
Turkey 25000 0
2.Afirstinstalmentamountingto24000tonnesshallbe
sharedamongtheMemberStates;theshares,whichsubject
toArticle5shallbevaliduntil31December1987,shallbe
asfollows:2.Importsoftheproductinquestionbenefitingfrom
thesamecustomsdutiesunderpreferentialarrangements
shallnotbechargedagainstthistariffquota.
3.ThisCommunitytariffquotashallbeallocatedand
administeredinaccordancewiththefollowingprovisions.Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom(tonnesJ
1680
326
13384
2486
6
700
1818Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1(1)
shallbedividedintotwoinstalments .

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3.Thesecondinstalmentamountingto4600tonnesshall
constitutethereserve:Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3and,
assoonasithasbeennotified,shallinformeachMember
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallnotifytheMemberStates,notlaterthan5October
1987,ofthestateofthereserveafterquantitieshavebeen
returnedtheretopursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupthereserveis
limitedtothebalanceavailableand,tothisend,shall
specifytheamountthereoftotheMemberStatemakingthe
finaldrawing.Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshare,as
specifiedinArticle2(2),orofthatsharelesstheportion
returnedtothereservewhereArticle5hasbeenapplied,
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,withoutdelay,
bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawasecondshareequalto
10%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextwholenumber,insofarastheamountinthereserve
allows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordancewith
theconditionslaiddowninparagraph 1,drawathird
shareequalto5%ofitsinitialshare.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeen
usedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordancewiththe
conditionslaiddowninparagraph1,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Theprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,Member
Statesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthosefixedinthese
paragraphsifthereisreasontobelievethatthosefixed
mightnotbeusedup.TheyshallinformtheCommission
oftheirgroundsforapplyingthisparagraph.Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessaryto
ensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraggregatesharesinthe
Communityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productshavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothemor
whichtheyhavetakenfromthereserve.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofthe
productsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
sharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3. Article4
TheadditionalsharedrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1987.
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallcollaborate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed .Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlaterthan
1October1987,theunusedportionoftheirinitialshares
whichon15September1987isinexcessof40%ofthe
initialamount.Theymayreturnagreaterquantityifthere
aregroundsforbelievingthatthisquantitymightnotbe
usedinfull.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlaterthan
1October1987,ofthetotalimportsoftheproducts
concernedeffectedundertheCommunityquotasuptoand
including15September1987and,whereappropriate,the
proportionoftheirinitialsharethattheyarereturningto
thereserve.Article10
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22December1986.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.SHAW