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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4107/87
of22December1987
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
certainwovenfabricsofcottonoriginatinginSpain(1988)
Communitynatureofthequota;whereasinorderto
correspondascloselyaspossibletotherealtrendofthe
marketfortheproductinquestiontheallocationshould
reflecttherequirementsoftheMemberStatesbasedon
statisticsofimportsofthesaidproductsfromSpainduringa
representativereferenceperiodandontheeconomicoutlook
forthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereasduringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsare
availabletheimportsintotheMemberStatesofthese
productswereasfollows:THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainandPortugal,
andinparticularArticles30and31thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,underArticles30and31oftheActofAccession,
thedutiesapplicabletoimportsintotheCommunityas
constitutedon31December1985ofcertainwovenfabricsof
cottonoriginatinginSpainaretobeprogressivelyabolished
inthecontextofaCommunitytariffquotaof2013tonnes;
whereason1January1988thedutiesinquestionwillbe
reducedto62,5%ofthebasicduties;whereasbywayof
derogationfromArticle30oftheActofAccession,
Regulation (EEC)No443/86(J),providesthatthebasic
dutiesshallbethoseactuallyappliedon1January1986;
whereasitisthereforeappropriate ,forthepurposeof
determiningthedutiesapplicabletotheproductsinquestion,
toopenaCommunitytariffquotaof2013tonnesforcertain
wovenfabricsofcottonoriginatinginSpainattheratesof
dutyshowninthetableinArticle1;(tonnes)
MemberState 1984 1985 1986
Benelux 213225288
Denmark 8350128
Germany 350148 51
Greece 39 — 8
France 1160 1279 1268
Ireland 409 59 14
Italy 318408 36
UnitedKingdom 372436 72
Whereasinviewofthesefactorsandofmarketforecastsfor
theseproducts,andinparticularofforecastsmadebycertain
MemberStates,theinitialpercentagesharesofthequota
volumecanbeexpressedapproximately asfollows:
6,54
2,37
7,78
0,67
52,54
16,10
10,80
3,20Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdomWhereasArticle1ofProtocol3annexedtotheActof
Accessionmakesspecialprovisionsfortheimportationinto
PortugaloftheproductsinquestionoriginatinginSpain;
whereas,consequently ,theCommunitytariffquotaapplies
onlyintheCommunityasconstitutedon31December
1985;
Whereasfromthedateonwhichthesaidquotaisopened,the
nomenclature usedintheCommonCustomsTariffwillbe
replacedbythecombinednomenclature basedonthe
InternationalConventionontheHarmonizedCommodity
DescriptionandCodingSystem;whereasthisRegulation
musttakeaccountofthatfactbyindicatingthecombined
nomenclature codesand,whereappropriate,theTARIC
codenumberswithinwhichthesaidproductsfall;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashould
beensuredforallCommunityimportersandtherates
laiddownforthequotashouldbeappliedconsistently
toallimportsoftheproductsinquestionintoallthe
MemberStatesuntilthequotaisexhausted;whereas,in
thelightoftheseprinciples,allocationofthetariff
quotaamongtheMemberStateswouldseemtopreservetheWhereas,toallowforthetrendofimportsoftheproducts
concernedinthevariousMemberStates,thequotavolume
shouldbedividedintotwoparts,thefirstbeingallocated
amongtheMemberStatesandthesecondheldasareserveto
coveranysubsequentrequirementsofMemberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialshare;whereas,toaffordimporters
ineachMemberStatesomedegreeofcertainty,an
appropriatelevelforthefirstpartoftheCommunityquota
would,inthepresentcircumstances ,be75%ofthequota
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pondingreserveinordertopreventpartoftheCommunity
tariffquotafromremainingunusedinoneMemberState
whenitcouldbeusedinothers;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomofthe
NetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgareunited
withinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBeneluxEconomic
Union,anyoperationconcerningtheadministration ofthe
quotasharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarried
outbyanyoneofitsmembers,WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmaybeused
upatdifferentrates;whereas,inordertoavoidanybreakin
thecontinuityofsuppliesonthisaccount,itshouldbe
providedthatanyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedup
oneofitsinitialsharesshoulddrawnanadditionalshare
fromthecorresponding reserve;whereaseachtimeits
additionalshareisalmostusedupaMemberStateshould
drawafurthershareandsoonasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesmustbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthisformof
administration requiresclosecooperationbetweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommissionandthelattermustbe
abletomonitortheextenttowhichthequotavolumehas
beenusedupandinformtheMemberStatesaccordingly ;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
From1Januaryto31December1988thecustomsduties
applicabletoimportsintotheCommunityasconstitutedon
31December1985ofthefollowingproductsoriginatingin
Spainshallbesuspendedatthelevelsindicatedandwithinthe
limitsoftheCommunitytariffquotaindicated:Whereasifatagiveninthequotaperiodaconsiderable
quantityofaMemberState'sinitialshareremainsunused,
itisessentialthattheMemberStateconcernedshould
returnasignificantproportionthereoftothecorres­
Order
NoCNcode DescriptionVolumeof
thequota
(tonnes)Rateof
duty
(%)
09.0315 5208
5209
5210Wovenfabricsofcotton,containing85%ormorebyweightofcotton,
weighingnotmorethan200g/m2
Wovenfabricsofcotton,containing85%ormorebyweightofcotton,
weighingmorethan200g/m2
Wovenfabricsofcotton,containinglessthan85%byweightofcotton,
mixedmainlyorsolelywithman-madefibres,weighingnotmorethan
200g/m22,5
2,5
2,5
5211 Wovenfabricsofcotton,containinglessthan85%byweightofcotton,
mixedmainlyorsolelywithman-madefibres,weighingmorethan
200g/m2-20132,5
5212 Otherwovenfabricsofcotton 2,5
ex58110000Quiltedtextileproductsofcottoninthepiece,composedofoneormore
layersoftextilematerialsassembledwithpaddingbystitchingor
otherwise,otherthanembroideryofheadingNo5810 2,5
ex63080000Setsconsistingofwovenfabricandyarnofcotton,whetherornotwith
accessories,formakingupintorugs,tapestries,embroideredtablecloths
orserviettes,orsimilartextilearticlesputupinpackingsforretail
sale 2,5
2.Thesecondpart,amountingto503tonnes,shall
constitutethereserve.Article2
1.ThefirstpartoftheCommunitytariffquotareferredto
inArticle1,amountingto1510tonnes,shallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates;thequotashares,whichshall,
subjecttoArticle5,bevaliduntil31December1988,shallbe
asfollows:Article3
1.IfaMemberStateshasused90%ormoreofitsinitial
shareasspecifiedinArticle2(1),orofthatsharelessany
portionreturnedtothereservepursuanttoArticle5,itshall
forthwith,bynotifyingtheCommissionandtotheextent
thatthereservesopermits,drawasecondshareequalto
15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextwholenumber.
2.If,afteritsinitialquotasharehasbeenusedup,
aMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofitssecondshareftonnes)
Benelux 100
Denmark 35
Germany 120
Greece 10
France 790
Ireland 245
Italy 160
UnitedKingdom 50

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formeachMemberStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedupassoonasithasbeennotified.
ItshallinformtheMemberStatesnotlaterthan5October
1988ofthestateofthereservefollowinganyreturnofquota
sharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhereserve
doesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andtothisendshall
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthefinaldrawing.aswell,itshallforthwith,usingtheprocedureprovidedforin
paragraph1,drawathirdshareequalto7,5%oftheinitial
share,roundedupwherenecessarytothenextwhole
number.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,aMember
Statehasused90%ormoreofitsthirdshare,itshall,using
thesameproceduredrawnafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,
MemberStatesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthose
specifiedinthesaidparagraphsifthereisreasontobelieve
thattheymightnotbeusedinfull.MemberStatesshall
informtheCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplyingthis
paragraph.Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethatadditionaldrawingsofsharespursuanttoArticle
3enableimportstobechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunitytariffquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsconcernedhavefreeaccesstothequotashares
allocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftheproducts
concernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoodsare
enteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
sharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportsofthe
goodsinquestionenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesfor
freecirculation .Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbevalid
until31December1988.
Article5
By1October1988atthelatest,MemberStatesmustreturn
tothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitialsharewhich,
on15September1988,isinexcessof20%oftheinitial
volume.Theymayreturnagreaterportionifthereisreason
tobelievethatitmightnotbeused.
By1October1988atthelatest,MemberStatesmustnotify
theCommissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproducts
concernedimportedonorbefore15September1988and
chargedagainsttheCommunityquotaandofanyportionof
theirinitialsharethattheyarereturningtothereserve.Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStatesshall
informifofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirquota
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountofthesharesdrawnby
MemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3andshallin­Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22December1987.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
N.WILHJELM