NoL400/43 31.12.87 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4189/87
of21December1987
openingandprovidingfortheadministrationofCommunitytariffquotasforsweetpeppers,
frozenpeasandgarlicoriginatinginYugoslavia (1988)
nomenclature basedontheInternationalConventiononthe
HarmonizedCommodityDescriptionandCodingSystem;
whereasthisRegulationmustthereforetakeaccountofthat
factbyusingthecombinednomenclaturecodesand,where
appropriate,theTariccodenumbersoftheproducts
concerned;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotasshouldbe
ensuredforallCommunityimportersandtherateslaiddown
forthequotasshouldbeappliedconsistentlytoallimportsof
theproductsinquestionintoallMemberStatesuntilthe
quotasareexhausted;whereas,however,thequotasshould
notinthiscasebeallocatedamongtheMemberStates,
withoutprejudicetothedrawingagainstthequotavolumes
ofsuchquantitiesastheymayneed,undertheconditionsand
accordingtotheprocedurelaiddowninArticle1(3);
whereasthismethodofadministration requiresclose
cooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commissionandthelattermustinparticularbeableto
monitortherateatwhichthequotaisusedandinformthe
MemberStatesaccordingly;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomofthe
NetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgareunited
withinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBeneluxEconomic
Union,anyoperationconcerningtheadministration ofthe
quotashareallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarried
outbyanyoneofitsmembers,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasArticle2oftheAdditionalProtocoltothe
CooperationAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheSocialistFederalRepublicofYugoslavia
establishingnewtradearrangements (*)providesforthe
openingofCommunitytariffquotasforimportsintothe
Communityof:
—1200tonnesofsweetpeppersfallingwithincode
07096010ofthecombinednomenclature ,
—1300tonnesoffrozenpeasfallingwithincode
07102100ofthecombinednomenclature ,and
—300tonnesofgarlicfallingwithincode07032000ofthe
combinednomenclature ,
originatinginYugoslavia;
Whereas,withinthelimitsofthosetariffquotas,customs
dutiesaretobedismantledoverthfesameperiodsandatthe
sameratesasprovidedforinArticles75and268oftheActof
AccessionofSpainandPortugal;whereasthequotaduties
for1988areequalto72,7%oftheCommonCustomsTariff
duties;whereas,however,CouncilRegulation (EEC)No
4150/87of21December1987layingdownarrangements
forSpain'sandPortugal'stradewithYugoslaviaand
amendingRegulation(EEC)No449/86and(EEC)No
2573/87(2)providesthatthoseMemberStatesareto
postponeapplicationofthepreferentialarrangementsforthe
productsinquestionuntil31December1989and31
December1990respectively;whereasthisRegulation
thereforeappliesonlytotheCommunityasconstitutedon31
December1985;whereastheCommunitytariffquotasin
questionshouldthereforebeopenedfor1988;
Whereasfrom1January1988thenomenclatureusedinthe
CommonCustomsTariffwillbereplacedbythecombinedHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1988theduties
applicabletoimportsintotheCommunityasconstitutedon
31December1985ofthefollowingproductsoriginatingin
Yugoslaviashallbesuspendedatthelevelsindicatedand
withinthelimitsofaCommunitytariffquotaasshown
below:
(*)OJNoL389,31.12.1987,p.73.
(2)OJNoL389,31.12.1987,p.1.

OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities31.12.87NoL400/44
Order
NoCNcode DescriptionQuota
(tonnes)Quotaduty
(%)
09.1509 0709 Othervegetables,freshorchilled:
—FruitsofthegenusCapsicumorofthegenusPimenta:
\07096010——Sweetpeppers1200 4,5
09.1511 0710 Vegetables(uncookedorcookedbysteamingorboilinginwater),
frozen:
—Leguminousvegetables,shelledorunshelled:
107102100——Peas(Pisumsativum)1300 11,2
2.From1Februaryto31May1988thedutyapplicabletoimportsintotheCommunityas
constitutedon31December1985ofthefollowingproductsoriginatinginYugoslaviashallbe
suspendedatthelevelindicatedandwithinthelimitsofaCommunitytariffquotaasshown
below:
Order
NoCNcode DescriptionQuota
(tonnes)Quotaduty
(%)
09.1507 0703
ex07032000Onions,shallots,garlic,leeksandotheralliaceousvegetables,fresh
orchilled:
—Garlic:
—From1Februaryto31May 300 8,7
concernedagainsttheirdrawingasandwhenthegoodsare
enteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
4.Theextenttowhichthequotashavebeenusedupshall
bedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportschargedin
accordancewithparagraph3.
Article3
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainstthequotas.3.Ifanimportergivesnotificationofimminentimports
ofoneoftheproductsinquestionintoaMemberStateand
appliestotakeadvantageofthecorrespondingquota,the
MemberStateconcernedshallinformtheCommissionand
drawanamountcorrespondingtoitsrequirementstothe
extentthattheavailablebalanceofthequotasopermits.
4.Thesharesdrawnpursuanttoparagraph3shallbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod.
Article2
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethattheirdrawingspursuanttoArticle1(3)enable
importstobechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquotas.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsconcernedhavefreeaccesstothequotasforsuch
timeastheresidualbalanceofthequotavolumesso
permits.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftheproductsArticle4
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperateclosely
toensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21December1987.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.HAARDER