NoL59/7 2.3.89 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No530/89
of27February1989
openingandprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariffquotasfor
codandfishofthespeciesBoreogadussaida,dried,saltedorinbrine,
originatinginNorway(1989)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasanAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheKingdomofNorwaywasconcluded
on14May1973;whereas,consequentontheaccessionof
theKingdomofSpainandthePortugueseRepublicto
theCommunity ,anAgreementintheformofExchanges
ofLetterswasconcludedandapprovedbyDecision
86/557/EECC);
Whereas,thelatterAgreementprovidesfortheopening,
onadatetobefixedbycommonaccord,ofCommunity
tariffquotasatreducedorzerodutyforcodandfishof
thespeciesBoreogadussaidaoriginatinginNorway;
whereasthetariffquotasinquestionshouldthereforebe
openedfortheperiodagreedfrom1Aprilto31
December1989;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothesaidquotas
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersandthe
rateslaiddownforthequotasshouldbeappliedconsis­
tentlytoallimportsoftheproductsinquestionintoalltheMemberStatesuntilthequotasareexhausted;
whereas,itshouldnotbeallocatedamongtheMember
States,withoutprejudicetothedrawingagainstthequota
volumesofsuchquantitiesastheymayneed,under
conditionsandaccordingtoaproceduretobe
determined ;whereasthismethodofadministration
requiresclosecooperationbetweentheMemberStates
andtheCommissionandthelattermustinparticularbe
abletomonitortherateatwhichthequotasareusedand
informtheMemberStatesaccordingly ;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourg
areunitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anyoperationconcerningtheadminis­
trationofthequotasharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Aprilto31December1989,thecustoms
dutiesapplicabletoimportsofthefollowingproducts
originatinginNorwayshallbesuspendedatthelevels
indicatedandwithinthelimitsofCommunitytariff
quotasasshownbelow:
OrderNoCNcode DescriptionVolume
ofquota
(tonnes)Rate
ofduty
(%)
3900
13250
100000
0
009.0707
09.0703
09.07050305
030551
ex03055110
030559
03055911
030551
ex03055190
030559
03055919
ex03056200
030569
03056910Fish,dried,saltedorinbrine;smokedfish,whetherornotcooked
beforeorduringthesmokingprocess;fishmealfitforhuman
consumption :
—Driedfish,whetherornotsaltedbutnotsmoked:
——Cod(Gadusmorbua,Gadusogac,Gadusmacrocephalus):
———Dried,unsalted:
—Excludingofcodofthespecies(Gadusmacrocephalus
——Other:
———FishofthespeciesBoreogadussaida:
————Dried,unsalted
——Cod(Gadusmorhua,Gadusogac,Gadusmacrocephalus):
———Dried,salted:
—ExcludingcodofthespeciesGadusmacrocephalus
——Other:
———FishofthespeciesBoreogadussaida:
————Dried,salted
—Fish,saltedbutnotdriedorsmokedandfishinbrine:
——Cod(Gadusmorhua,Gadusogac,Gadusmacrocephalus):
—ExcludingthespeciesGadusmacrocephalus
——Other:
———FishofthespeciesBoreogadussaida
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WithinthelimitsoftheabovetariffquotastheKingdom
ofSpainandthePortugueseRepublicshallapplyduties
of3,4and0%respectively .
2.WheretheCommunityhasfixedareferenceprice
fortheproductsorcategoriesofproductsconcerned,
importsofthoseproductsshallbenefitfromthequotas
referredtoinparagraph1onlyifthefree-a-frontier price
determinedbytheMemberStatesinaccordancewith
Article21ofRegulation(EEC)No3796/81('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3468/88(2),isatleast
equaltothereferenceprice.
3.TheProtocolconcerningthedefinitionofthe
conceptof'originatingproducts'andmethodsofadminis­
trativecooperationannexedtotheAgreementbetween
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheKingdomof
Norwayshallapply.theMemberStatesconcernedtotheextentthatthe
availablebalancesopermits.
IfaMemberStatedoesnotusethequantitiesdrawn,it
shallreturnthemassoonaspossibletothecorresponding
quotaamount.
Ifthequantitiesrequestedaregreaterthantheavailable
balanceofthequotaamount,allocationshallbemadeon
aproratabasiswithrespecttotherequests.Member
StatesshallbeinformedthereofbytheCommission .
Article4
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethattheirdrawingspursuanttoArticle3enable
importstobechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsconcernedhavefreeaccesstothequotasfor
suchtimeastheresidualbalanceofthequotavolumesso
permits.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
productsagainsttheirdrawingsasandwhensuch
productsareenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation .
4.Theextenttowhichthequotashavebeenusedup
shallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportscharged
inaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article5
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirquota
shares.
Article6
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceron1April1989.Article2
ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbemanaged
bytheCommission ,whichmaytakeallappropriate
administrative measuresinordertoensureeffective
administration thereof.
Article3
IfanimporterpresentsinaMemberStateadeclarationof
entryintofreecirculation,includingarequestforbenefit
underthepreferentialsystemforaproductcoveredby
thisRegulationandifthisrequestisacceptedbythe
customsauthorities,theMemberStatesconcernedshall
informtheCommission anddrawanamountcorres­
pondingtoitsrequirementsfromthequotavolume.
Thedrawingrequests,withindicationofthedateof
acceptanceofthesaiddeclarations,mustbetransmitted
totheCommissionwithoutdelay.
ThedrawingsshallbegrantedbytheCommissionby
referencetothedateofacceptanceofthedeclarationsof
entryintofreecirculationbythecustomsauthoritiesof
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27February1989.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
P.SOLBES
(')OJNoL379,31.12.1981,p.1.
OOJNoL305,10.11.1988,p.1.