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opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
deep-frozenfilletsandmincedblocksofhake(MerlucciusHubbsi)fallingwithin
subheadingsex03.01BIIb)9andex03.01B11)2oftheCommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedbythe
Commission ,Whereas,totakeaccountofpossibleimporttrendsfor
theproductconcerned,thequotavolumeshouldbe
dividedintotwoinstalments,thefirstbeingallocated
betweencertainMemberStatesandthesecondheldasa
reservetomeetsubsequentrequirementsofMember
Stateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialsharesandany
additionalrequirementswhichmightariseintheother
MemberStates;whereas,togiveimportersofthe
MemberStatessomedegreeofcertainty,thefirst
instalmentofthetariffquotashouldbefixedata
relativelyhighlevel,whichinthiscasecouldbe6250
tonnes;
Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferentrates;
whereas,avoidaviddisruptionofsuppliesonthis
account,itshouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberState
whichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawan
additionalsharefromthereserve;whereas,eachtimeits
additionalshareisalmostusedup,aMemberState
shoulddrawafurthershare,andsoonasmanytimesas
thereserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclosecollab­
orationbetweentheMemberStatesandtheCommission ,
whichlattermustbeinapositiontokeepaccountofthe
extenttowhichthequotashavebeenusedupandto
informtheMemberStatesaccordingly ;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasuresconcerningthe
administration ofthesharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,WhereasCommunitysuppliesofdeep-frozenfilletsand
mincedblocksofhake(MerlucciusHubbsi)currently
dependonimportsfromthirdcountries;whereasitisin
theCommunity'sinteresttosuspendpartiallythe
CommonCustomsTariffdutyfortheproductin
question,withintheCommunitytariffquotaofan
appropriatevolume;whereas,inordernottocallinto
questionthedevelopmentprospectsofthisproductionin
theCommunitywhileensuringanadequatesupplyto
satisfyuserindustries,itisadvisabletoopenthisquota
fortheperioduntil31December1986atadutyrateof
5%andtofixthevolumethereofat7250tonnes;
Whereas,inparticular,equalandcontinuousaccessto
thequotashouldbeensuredforallCommunity
importersandtherateofdutyfortheTariffquota
shouldbeappliedconsistentlytoallimportsuntilthe
quotaisexhausted;whereas,inthelightofthese
principles,arrangementsfortheutilizationofthetariff
quotabasedonanallocationamongMemberStates
wouldseemtobeconsistentwiththeCommunitynature
ofthequota;whereas,tocorrespondascloselyas
possibletotheactualtrendinthemarketintheproduct
inquestion,allocationofthequotashouldbeinpro­
portiontotherequirementsoftheMemberStates
calculatedbyreferencetostatisticsofimportsfromthird
countriesduringarepresentativereferenceperiodandto
theeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.FromthedateonwhichthisRegulationentersinto
forceuntil31December1986theCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyfordeep-frozenfilletsandmincedblocksof
hake(MerlucciusHubbsi)fallingwithinsubheadingsex
03.01BIIb)9andex03.01BIt)2shallbesuspended
atalevelof5%withinthelimitofaCommunitytariff
quotaof7250tonnes.
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,theKingdom
ofSpainandthePortugueseRepublicshallapply
customsdutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththerelevant
provisionsinthe1985ActofAccession.Whereasinthecaseinpointtherearenostatisticaldata
brokendownbyqualityofproductsinquestion,whereas
thequotaisanautonomousCommunitytariffquota
intendedtocoverimportneedsarisinginthe
Community,thequotavolumemaybeallocatedonthe
basisofthetemporaryimportneedsfromthirdcountries
expressedbyeachoftheMemberStates;whereasthese
arrangements forallocationwillequallyensurethe
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3.Importsoftheproductsinquestionshallnot
benefitfromthetariffquotareferredtoinparagraph 1
unlessthefree-at-frontier price,whichisdeterminedby
theMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticle21of
Regulation(EEC)No3796/81('),isatleastequaltothe
referencepricefixedortobefixedhytheCommunity
fortheproductsunderconsiderationorthecategoriesof
theproductsconcerned .
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentof6250tonnesofthis
Communitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongcertain
MemberStates,theshares,whichsubjecttoArticle5
shallbevaliduntil31December1986,shallamountto
thefollowingquantities :
(tonnes)
Benelux: 200
Denmark : 300
Germany : 4200
France: 800
Italy: 7504.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,
aMemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthose
specifiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.
AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshallinform
theCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1986.
Article5
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1November1986,
returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15October1986,isinexcessof20%of
theinitialvolume.Theymayreturnagreaterportionif
therearegroundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbeusedin
full.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1November1986,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
October1986andchargedagainsttheCommunitytariff
quotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialsharesreturned
tothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan5November1986,informthe
MemberStatesoftheamountstillinreserve,following
anyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andtothis
endshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraggregate
sharesoftheCommunitytariffquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionhavefreeaccesstotheshares
allottedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftheproduct
inquestionagainsttheirsharesastheproductisentered
withthecustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .2.Thesecondinstalmentof1000tonnesshall
constitutethereserve.
3.Shouldanimportergivenotificationofimminent
importationoftheproductinaMemberStateand
requestthebenefitofthequota,theMemberState
concernedshallinformtheCommissionanddrawan
amountcorresponding toitsrequirementstotheextent
thattheavailablebalanceofthereservesopermits.
Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofits
initialshareasfixedinArticle2(1),itshallforthwith,by
notifyingtheCommission,drawasecondshare,tothe
extentthatthereservesopermits,equalto5%ofits
initialshareroundedupasnecessarytothenextwhole
number.
2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitialshare,
hasused90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyit,
thatMemberStateshallforthwith,inthemannerandto
theextentprovidedinparagraph 1,drawathirdshare
equalto2,5%ofitsinitialshareroundedupas
necessarytothenextwholenumber.
3.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecond
share,hasused90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawn
byit,thatMemberStateshall,inthemannerandtothe
extentprovidedinparagraph 1,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
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4.TheextenttowhichMemberStateshaveusedup
theirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofimports
chargedagainstthemundertheconditionssetoutin
paragraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportschargedagainsttheirshares.Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,30June1986.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
N.SMIT-KROES