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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4096/87
of22December1987
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforyarnspun
entirelyfromwastesilkotherthannoil,notputupforretailsale,fallingwithincodesex50050010
andex50050090ofthecombinednomenclature
combinednomenclatureand,whereappropriate,theTARIC
codenumbers,shouldbeusedforthedescriptionofthe
productscoveredbythisRegulation;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashouldbe
ensuredforallimporters,andtheratelaiddownforthe
quotashouldbeappliedconsistentlytoallimportsofthe
productinquestionuntilthequotaisusedup;whereasa
systemofutilizationoftheCommunitytariffquotabasedon
anallocationamongtheMemberStatesconcernedwould,in
thelightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,appearconsistent
withtheCommunitynatureofthequota;
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheforecastswhichit
ispossibletomake,theinitialpercentagesharesofthequota
volumecanbeexpressedapproximately asfollows:
Germany 10,01
Greece 0,14
France 2,47
Italy 82,30
UnitedKingdom 5,08THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereasyarnspunfromwastesilkisproducedinthe
Community ;whereas,althoughfromthestandpointof
overallvolumeproductionmightmatchthetotalof
Communityrequirements ,thisdoesnotapplywithregardto
yarnspunentirelyfromwastesilk;whereasthereis,asa
result,aninsufficientsupplyintheCommunity;
Whereas,consequently ,Communitysuppliesofthelatter
qualitiesofyarndependtoaconsiderableextentonimports;
whereasfullapplicationofthecustomsdutywouldresultin
thoseproductsbeingsubjectedtoaconsiderablecustoms
chargewhileproductsmanufacturedfromyarnofwastesilk
facepowerfulcompetition fromsimilarproducts
manufactured fromothermaterial;whereasaninsufficent
supply,addedtocompetitionatfinishedproductlevel,might
haveadverseeffectsontheCommunity'sprocessing
industries;
WhereastheCommonCustomsTariffdutyapplicableto
importsoftheyarnspunfromwastesilkinquestionis2,9%;
whereas,whenestablishingthequotaduty,itisappropriate
totakeintoaccount,ontheonehand,thesituationofthe
Communityindustryproducingyarnspunfromwastesilk
and,ontheother,theneedtoprovidetheindustries
processingyarnspunfromwastesilkwithsupplieson
favourableterms;whereasazeroquotadutycouldbestmeet
theabovementioned requirements ;
Whereasthetrendsinimportsinrecentyearssuggestthat
Communityimportrequirementsfortheyarnsinquestion
mightbeintheregionof1000tonnesfor1988;whereasthe
openingofaCommunitytariffquotaofthatvolumeis
unlikelytoharmCommunityproduction;whereas,
therefore,thetariffquotainquestionshouldbeopenedon1
January1988andallocatedamongMemberStates;
WhereastheCommunityhasadopted,witheffectfrom1
January1988,acombinednomenclature forgoodswhich
meetstherequirementsoftheCommonCustomsTariffand
thenomenclatureofgoodsfortheexternaltradestatisticsof
theCommunityandstatisticsoftradebetweenMember
States;whereasinordertoaccommodate specific
Communityrules,thisnomenclaturehasbeenexpandedinto
anintegratedtariffoftheEuropeanCommunities (TARIC);
whereaswitheffectfromtheabovementioned date,theWhereas,toallowforimporttrendsfortheproductin
questioninthevariousMemberStates,thequotashouldbe
dividedintotwoparts,thefirstbeingdistributedamongthe
MemberStateswhicharetraditionalimportersandthe
secondtoformareserveintendedtocoveranysubsequent
requirementsoftheseMemberStatesaswellasthoseofthe
MemberStateswhichdonotparticipateintheinitial
allocation;whereasinordertoensureacertaindegreeof
securityforimportersofeachMemberState,thefirstpartof
thequotashouldbesetatapproximately 75%ofthetotal
quotavolume;
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferentrates;
whereas,therefore,toavoidanybreakinthecontinuityof
supplies,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupits
initialshareshoulddrawasupplementary sharefromthe
reserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateas
eachoneofitssupplementary sharesisalmostusedup,andas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
supplementary sharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
cooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
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quotasharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarried
outbyanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :extenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeenusedupand
informtheMemberStatesaccordingly;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperiodaconsiderable
quantityoftheinitialshareisleftoverinaMemberState,itis
essentialthattheMemberStateconcernedshouldreturna
significantpercentagethereoftothereservesoastoavoida
partoftheCommunitytariffquotaremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomofthe
NetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgareunited
withinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBeneluxEconomic
Union,anyoperationconcerningtheadministration oftheArticle1
1.From1Januaryto31December1988,thecustoms
dutyapplicabletoimportsofthefollowingproductsshallbe
suspendedatthelevelindicatedandwithinthelimitsofa
Communitytariffquotaasshownbelow:
OrderNo CNcode DescriptionQuotavolume
(tonnes)Rateofduty
(%)
09.2707 ex50050010
ex50050090Yarn,spunentirelyfromsilkwasteotherthannoil,not
putupforretailsale 1000 0
2.Withinthelimitsofthetariffquotareferredtoin
paragraph1,theKingdomofSpainandthePortuguese
Republicshallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
MemberStatesActofAccession .
Article2
1.ThefirstpartoftheCommunitytariffquota,
amountingto729tonnes,shallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStates;thesharesshall,subjecttoArticle5,bevalid
until31December1988andshallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)usedup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commissionandtotheextentpermittedbytheamountofthe
reserve,drawasecondshareequalto10%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextwholenumber.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%ormore
ofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenused
up,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,usingtheprocedure
setoutinparagraph1,drawathirdshareequalto5%ofits
initialshare.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeen
usedup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,usingthesame
procedure,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,
MemberStatesmaydrawlowersharesthanthosespecifiedin
thoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthose
specifiedmaynotbeusedup.Theyshallinformthe
Commissionoftheirreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.Germany
Greece
France
Italy
UnitedKingdom73
1
18
600
37
2.Thesecondpartof271tonnesshallconstitutethe
reserve.
3.Ifanimporternotifiesanimminentimportationofthe
productinquestionintoaMemberStatenotparticipatingin
theinitialallocationandappliestousethequota,the
MemberStateconcernedshallinformtheCommission and
drawanamountcorresponding toitsrequirementstothe
extentthattheavailablebalanceofthereservesopermits.Article4
Supplementary sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1988.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(1),orofthatsharelesstheportion
returnedtothereservewhereArticle5isapplied,hasbeenArticle5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlaterthan1
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which,on15September1988,isinexcessof20%ofthe
initialamount.Theymayreturnalargerquantityifthereare
groundsforbelievingthatitmightnotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission,notlaterthan1
October1988,ofthetotalquantitiesofyarnspunentirely
fromwastesilkimporteduptoandincluding15September
1988andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotaandofany
portionoftheirinitialsharereturnedtothereserve.Article3arecarriedoutinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainstsuchaccumulated
sharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedto
them.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftheproductin
questionagainsttheirsharesasandwhentheproductis
enteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportscharged
inaccordancewithparagraph3.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountofthesharesopened
bytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3andshall,
assoonasithasbeennotified,informeachStateoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5October
1988,oftheamountstillinthereservefollowinganyreturn
ofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhereserveis
limitedtothebalanceavailableandtothisendshallspecify
theamountofthatbalancetotheMemberStatemakingthe
lastdrawing.Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshallinformit
oftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirquotashares.
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperateclosely
toensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethatsupplementary drawingsofsharespursuanttoArticle10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22December1987.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
N.WILHJELM