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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4087/87
of21December1987
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
certainpreparedorpreservedfish,fallingwithincodesex16041390,ex16041590,ex
16041999andex16042090ofthecombinednomenclature ,originatinginNorway
(1988)
requirementsoftheMemberStatescalculatedwith
referencetostatisticsofimportsfromNorwayduringa
representativereferenceperiodandtoeconomicoutlook
fortherelevantquotayear;
Whereas,duringthelatestyearsforwhichstatisticsare
available,importsintoeachoftheMemberStateswere
asfollows:
(tonnes)
1984 1985 1986
Benelux 011 4
Denmark 41 72
Germany1522 3
Greece 000
Spain0 3 1
France 16901604 1354
Ireland 000
Italy0106309
Portugal000
UnitedKingdom 500354161
224621071834THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasanAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheKingdomofNorwaywasconcluded
on14May1973;whereas,followingtheaccessionof
SpainandPortugaltotheCommunity,anAgreementin
theformofanExchangeofLetterswasconcludedand
approvedbyCouncilDecision86/557/EEC(');
WhereasthesaidAgreementprovidesinparticularfor
theopeningofaCommunitytariffquotaatreduced
ratesofdutyforcertainpreparedorpreservedfishery
productsoriginatinginNorway;whereas,therefore,the
tariffquotainquestionshouldbeopenedfortheperiod
1Januaryto31December1988;
WhereastheCommunityhasadopted,witheffectfrom
1January1988onwards,acombinednomenclatureof
goodswhichisinlinewiththerequirementsofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandofthestatisticsforthe
externaltradeoftheCommunityandoftradebetween
itsMemberStates;whereas,inordertocoveratthe
sametimespecificCommunityregulations,thesaid
nomenclaturehasbeenenlargedbytheestablishmentof
anintegratedtariffoftheEuropeanCommunities
(TARIC);whereasfromthisdateonwardsthecombined
nomenclatureand,whereappropriate,theTARICcode
numbers,shouldthereforebeusedtorefertothe
productscoveredbythisRegulation;
Whereasequalanduninterruptedaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandtherateoflevy
forthetariffquotashouldbeappliedconsistentlytoall
importsuntilthequotaisexhausted;whereas,inthe
lightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,aCommunitytariff
arrangementbasedonanallocationbetweenthe
MemberStateswillpreservetheCommunitynatureof
thequota;whereas,tomatchascloselyaspossiblethe
actualdevelopmentofthemarketinthesaidproducts,
theallocationshouldfollowproportionately theWhereas,duringtheyearsunderconsideration ,the
productsinquestionwereimportedonlybycertain
MemberStatesandtherewerenosuchimportsintothe
otherMemberStates;whereas,underthesecircum­
stances,initialsharesshouldbeallocatedtothe
importingMemberStatesandtheotherMemberStates
shouldbeguaranteedaccesstothetariffquotaupon
importsintothoseStatesoftheproductsconcerned
beingnotified;whereasthesearrangementsforallocation
willalsoenabletheuniformapplicationoftheCommon
CustomsTarifftobeensured;
Whereas,inviewofthesefactors,theinitialpercentage
sharesinthequotavolumecanbesetapproximately as
follows:
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Italy
UnitedKingdom0,24
0,81
0,65
75,13
6,71
16,40.
Whereas,toaccommodateanychangesinimportsfor
theseproducts,thequotavolumeshouldbedividedinto
twoinstalments,thefirstbeingallocatedbetweenthe
MemberStatesandthesecondheldasareservetocover
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haveuseduptheirinitialshare;whereastoafford
importerssomedegreeofcertainty,thefirstinstalment
ofthetariffquotashouldbefixedatahighlevel,which
inthiscasecouldbe67%ofthequota;
Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferentrates;
whereas,toavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthisaccount,
itshouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberStatewhichhas
almostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawanadditional
sharefromthereserve;whereas,eachtimeitsadditional
shareisalmostusedup,aMemberStateshoulddrawa
furthershareandsoonasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesshould
bevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthis
formofadministration requiresclosecollaboration
betweentheMemberStatesandtheCommissionandthe
Commissionmustbeinapositiontokeepaccountofthe
extenttowhichthequotashavebeenusedupandto
informtheMemberStatesaccordingly;
Whereas,ifatagiventimeinthecourseofthequota
periodanysubstantialquantityofaMemberState'sinitialshareremainsunused,itisessentialthatthe
MemberStateconcernedreturnasignificantproportion
thereoftothereserve,inordertopreventapartofthe
Communitytariffquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhileitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedby
theBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerning
theadministration ofthesharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1988,thecustoms
dutyonimportsofthefollowingproducts,originatingin
Norway,shallbesuspendedatthelevelandwithinthe
limitoftheCommunitytariffquotashownherewith:
OrderNo CNcode DescriptionQuotavolume
(tonnes)Rateofduty
(°/o)
09.0711
ex16041390
400 10
ex16041590Preparedorpreservedfish,includingcaviarand
caviarsubstitutespreparedfromfisheggs:
Other:
—Sardinella,brislingorsprats,notincludingfillets,
raw,merelycoatedwithbatterorbreadcrumbs ,
whetherornotpre-friedinoil,deep-frozen
MackerelofthespeciesScomberaustralasicus,not
includingfillets,raw,merelycoatedwithbatteror
breadcrumbs,whetherornotpre-friedinoil,deep
frozen
Other,notincludingsmokedsaithe
Fishotherthanherringandsmokedsaitheex16041999
ex16042090
Underthistariffquota,theKingdomofSpainandthe
PortugueseRepublicshallchargedutiesof12,4%and
22,5°/orespectively .cooperation,annexedtotheAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheKingdomof
Norway,shallbeapplicable.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotalaiddowninArticle1(1)shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentofthisquotashallbeallocated
amongcertainMemberStates.Therespectiveshares,
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil31
December1988,shallbeasfollows:
(intonnes)2.Importsoftheproductsinquestionshallnot
qualifyforthetariffquotareferredtoinparagraph 1
unlessthefree-at-frontier-price ,whichisdeterminedby
theMemberStatesaccordingtoArticle21ofCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No3796/81of29December1981on
thecommonorganizationofthemarketinfishery
productsO,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
2315/86(2),isatleastequaltothereferencepricewhere
suchapricehasbeenfixedbytheCommunityforthe
productorcategoriesofproductsunderconsideration .Benelux 1
Denmark 2
Germany 2
France 203
Italy 18
UnitedKingdom 443.TheProtocolonthedefinitionoftheconceptof
originatingproductsandonmethodsofadministrative
0)OJNoL379,31.12.1981,p.1.
OOJNoL202,25.7.1986,p.1.3.Thesecondinstalmentofthequota,being130
tonnes,shallconstitutethereserve.

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September1988andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialsharesreturned
tothereserve.4.Ifanimporternotifiestheimminentimportofthe
productsinquestionintoaMemberStatewhichdoes
notparticipateintheinitialallocationandrequeststhe
benefitofthequota,theMemberStateconcernedshall
informtheCommissionanddrawanamountcorre­
spondingtotheserequirementstotheextentthatthe
availablebalanceofthereservesopermits.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan5October1988,informthe
MemberStatesoftheamountstillinreserve,following
anyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andtothis
endshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofits
initialshareasfixedinArticle2(2),orofthatshare
minusanyproportionreturnedtothereservepursuant
toArticle5,itshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commission,drawasecondshare,totheextentthatthe
reservesopermits,equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitialshare,
hasused90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyit,
thatMemberStateshallforthwith,inthemannerandto
theextentprovidedinparagraph1,drawathirdshare
equalto5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupasnecessary
tothewholenumber.
3.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecond
share,hasused90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawn
byit,thatMemberStateshall,inthemannerandtothe
extentprovidedinparagraph 1,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,
aMemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthose
specifiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.
AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshallinform
theCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuant
toArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmay
bechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheircumulative
sharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStateshallensurethatimportersof
theproductinquestionhavefreeaccesstotheshares
allocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productinquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productisenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission,theMemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1988.
Article5
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1988,
returntothereservesuchunusedportionoftheirinitial
shareas,on15September1988,exceeds20%ofthe
initialvolume.Theymayreturnagreaterportionifthere
aregroundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1988,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21December1987.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.HAARDER