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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4077/87
of18December1987
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
silverhake(Merlucciusbilinearis)fallingwithincodeNosex03026965,ex03037810,
ex03041099andex03049047ofthecombinednomenclature (1988)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,cannotberegardedassufficientlyexactorrepresentative
foruseasabasisfortheallocationreferredtoabove;
whereastheincompletefiguresavailabletogetherwiththe
estimatesmadebytheMemberStatesallowthefollowing
percentageestimatestobemadeoftheneedsofeachof
themasregardsimportsfromthirdcountriesforthequota
periodunderconsideration :HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,Benelux 0,76
Denmark 15,53
Germany 30,84
Greece 0,07
Spain 0,38
France 14,70
Ireland 0,38
Italy 0,68
Portugal 18,94
UnitedKingdom 17,72;WhereastheCommunityhasundertakentoopenanannual
Communitytariffquotaat8%dutyfor2000tonnesof
silverhake(Merlucciusbilinearis)-,whereasthetariffquota
concernedshouldbeopenedon1January1988.and
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;
Whereastoallowforimporttrendsforthesefish,thequota
volumeshouldbedividedintotwoparts,thefirstbeing
allocatedamongtheMemberStatesandthesecondheldas
areservetocoveranysubsequentrequirementsofMember
Stateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialshare;whereas,to
affordimporterssomedegreeofcertainty,thefirstpartof
thetariffquotashouldbesetatahighlevel,whichinthis
casecouldbe66%ofthequotavolume;WhereastheCommunityhasadopted,witheffectfrom
1January1988,acombinednomenclatureforgoodswhich
meetstherequirementsoftheCommonCustomsTariff
andtheNomenclature ofGoodsfortheExternalTrade
StatisticsoftheCommunityandStatisticsofTrade
betweenMemberStates;whereas,inorderto
accommodate specificCommunitymeasures,thesaid
nomenclaturehasbeenexpandedintoanintegratedtariff
oftheEuropeanCommunities (TARIC);whereas,with
effectfromthedategivenabove,thecombined
nomenclature and,whereappropriate,theTARICcode
numbers,shouldbeusedforthedescriptionoftheproducts
coveredbythisRegulation;Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferentrates;
whereas,inordertoavoidanybreakinthecontinuityof
suppliesonthisaccount,itshouldbeprovidedthatany
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereas
eachtimeitsadditionalshareisalmostusedupaMember
Stateshoulddrawafurthershareandsoonasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
cooperation betweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,andthelattermustbeabletomonitorthe
extenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeenusedupand
informtheMemberStatesaccordingly;Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashould
beensuredforallCommunityimportersandtheratelaid
downforthequotashouldbeappliedconsistentlytoall
importsuntilthequotaisusedup;whereas,inthelightof
theseprinciples,allocationofthetariffquotaamongthe
MemberStateswouldseemtopreservetheCommunity
natureofthequota;whereas,inordertocorrespondas
closelyaspossibletotheactualdevelopmentofthemarket,
theallocationshouldreflecttherequirementsofthe
MemberStatesbasedonstatisticsofimportsfromthird
countriesduringarepresentative referenceperiodandthe
economicoutlookforthequotayearinquestion;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunuseditisessentialthattheMemberState
concernedshouldreturnasignificantproportionthereofto
thereserve,inordertopreventpartoftheCommunityWhereas,sincethefishconcernedarenotseparately
specifiedinthestatisticalnomenclatures oftheMember
States,theavailableimportfiguresprovidedbythem

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :tariffquotafromremainingunusedinoneMemberState
whileitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofits
members,Article1
From1Januaryto31December1988,thecustomsduty
applicabletoimportsofthefollowingproductsshallbe
suspendedatthelevelindicatedandwithinthelimitsofa
Communitytariffquotaasshownbelow:
Order
NoCombined
nomenclature
codeDescriptionQuota
volume
(tonnes)Rateof
duty
(%)
09.0009 ex03026965
ex03037810
ex03041099
ex03049047Silverhake(Merlucciusbilinearis),fresh,chilledorfrozen 2000 8
Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,theKingdomofSpain
andthePortugueseRepublicshallapplycustomsduties
calculatedinaccordancewiththerelevantprovisionslaid
downbythe1985ActofAccession.2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,aMember
Statehasused90%ormoreofthesecondshareaswell,
thatMemberStateshallforthwith,usingtheprocedure
providedforinparagraph1,drawathirdshareequalto
5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextwholenumber.
3.Ifafteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,aMember
Statehasused90%ormoreofitsthirdshare,itshall,
usingtheprocedureprovidedforinparagraph1,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,
MemberStatesmaydrawshareslowerthanthose
specifiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthattheymaynotbeusedinfull.MemberStates
shallinformtheCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplying
thisparagraph.Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbedividedintotwoparts.
2.Thefirstpart,amountingto1320tonnes,shallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;thequotasharesshall,
subjecttoArticle5,bevalidfrom1Januaryto
31December1988andshallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)
Benelux 74
Denmark 205
Germany 407
Greece 1
Spain 5
France 194
Ireland 5
Italy 9
Portugal 250
UnitedKingdom 170Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbevalid
until31December1988.
3.Thesecondpartofthequota,amountingto
680tonnes,shallconstitutethereserve.
Article5
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1988,return
tothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitialshare
which,on15September1988,isinexcessof20%ofthe
initialvolume.Theymayreturnagreaterportionifthere
aregroundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1988,notify
theCommissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproductinArticle3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofitsinitial
shareasspecifiedinArticle2(2),orofthatsharelessany
portionreturnedtothereservepursuanttoArticle5,it
shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommissionandtothe
extentthatthereservesopermits,drawasecondshare
equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhere
necessarytothenextwholenumber.

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2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
tothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftheproduct
inquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhentheproductis
enteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.questionimporteduptoandincluding15September1988,
andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotaandofany
portionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3
andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenused
up.
Itshall,notlaterthan5October1988,informtheMember
Statesoftheamountstillinreserve,followinganyreturnof
sharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhereserve
doesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andtothisendshall
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethatadditionaldrawingsofsharespursuantto
Article3arecarriedoutinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesoftheCommunityquota.Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission ,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirquota
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1Janaury1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18December1987.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
N.WILHJELM