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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)No4118/86
of22December 1986
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity tariffquotafor
preparedorpreservedsardinesfallingwithinsubheading 16.04DoftheCommonCustoms
Tariffandoriginating inTunisia (1987)
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , principles ,theCommunity natureofthequotacanbe
respectedbyallocatingtheCommunity tariffquotaamong
theMember States;whereas,inordertoreflectas
accurately aspossiblethetruetrendofthemarketinthe
products inquestion,suchallocation shouldbein
proportion totherequirements oftheMemberStates,
calculated ,ontheonehand,byreferencetothestatistics
forimportsfromTunisiaoverarepresentative reference
periodand,ontheotherhand,byreferencetothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion ;
Whereas ,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsare
available,thecorresponding importsintoeachofthe
MemberStatesrepresentthefollowing percentages of
importsintotheCommunity fromTunisiaoftheproducts
concerned :HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,andinparticular Article113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas theCooperation Agreement between the
Community andTunisia(*),completed byCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No1080/83of18April1983laying
downthearrangements applicable totradebetweenGreece
andTunisia(2),providesthatpreparedandpreserved
sardines,fallingwithinsubheading 16.04Dofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginating inTunisia,may
beimportedintotheCommunity freeofduty;whereasthe
detailedarrangements mustbefixedbyanexchangeof
lettersbetweentheCommunity andTunisia;whereas,since
thisexchangeoflettershasnotyettakenplace,itis
advisable torenewuntil31December 1987the
Community arrangements whichwereappliedin1986;
whereasitisadvisabletoopenaCommunity tariffquota
fortheimportation intotheCommunity oftheproductsin
questionof100tonnesfreeofduty;whereasthistariff
quotaistoapplyfrom1January1987untileither
theconclusion oftheexchangeoflettersprovidedforin
Article18oftheCooperation Agreement betweenthe
European Economic Community andtheRepublicof
TunisiaoruntilsuchtimeasCommunity arrangements for
importsoftheproductsinquestionareapplied,butuntil
31December 1987atthelatest;Member State 1983 1984 1985
Benelux _l
Denmark — — —
Germany— — —
Greece — —
France — — 100I (=6t)
Ireland — — —
Italy— _ —
UnitedKingdom— — —
Whereasthesedatacannotbeconsidered asrepresentative
andcannotserveasabasisforallocation ofthequota
amongtheMemberStates;whereasitisdifficulttoforecast
theMemberStates'importsfor1987becauseoftheir
situationinpreviousyears;whereas,inorderthatthe
quotamaybeallocatedfairly,theinitialquotasharesmay
befixedapproximately atthefollowingpercentages :Whereas ,sinceaProtocolasprovidedforinArticles179
and366oftheActofAccessionofSpainandPortugaldoes
notexist,theCommunity mustadoptthemeasuresreferred
toinArticles180and367ofthatAct;whereasthetariff
measure concerned will,therefore ,applytothe
Community ofTen;
Whereasitisinparticular necessarytoensureforall
Community importers equalanduninterrupted accessto
theabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted application
oftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoallimportsofthe
productsconcerned intoallMemberStatesuntilthequota
hasbeenusedup;whereas,havingregardtotheaboveBenelux 8
Denmark 4
Germany 16
Greece 2
France 50
Ireland 2
Italy 2
UnitedKingdom 16
Whereas ,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrendsfor
theproductsconcerned inthevariousMemberStates,each
ofthequotaamounts shouldbedividedintotwo
instalments ,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstituting areservetocoverata(>)OJNoL265,27.9.1978,p.1.
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preventapartofanytariffquotafromremainingunusedin
oneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourg are
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresented bytheBenelux
Economic Union,anyoperation relatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocated tothat
economic unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members ,laterdatetherequirements oftheMemberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,inorderto
giveimporters ineachMemberStateacertaindegreeof
security,thefirstinstalment oftheCommunity quota
should,underthecircumstances ,befixedat50%ofthe
quotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeusedup
atdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfactinto
accountandavoidanybreakincontinuity ,anyMember
Statewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquotashare
shoulddrawanadditional sharefromthereserve;whereas
thismustbedonebyeachMemberStateasandwheneach
ofitsadditional sharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additional sharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthismethodofadministration requires
closecooperation betweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,andthelattermustbeinapositionto
monitortheextenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeen
usedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereas ,if,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantial quantityofaninitialshareremainsunusedin
anyMemberState,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificant proportion tothereservetoHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article 1
From1January1987untiltheconclusion ortheexchange
oflettersreferredtoinArticle18oftheCooperation
Agreement betweentheEuropean Economic Community
andtheRepublicofTunisiaoruntilsuchtimeas
Community importarrangements areappliedoruntil
31December 1987,whichever shallbetheearliest,the
customsdutyapplicable ,onimportintotheCommunity of
Ten,forthefollowingproductsshallbesuspended atthe
levelandwithinthelimitsofaCommunity tariffquotaas
follows :
Order
NoCCT
heading
NoDescriptionQuotavolume
(intonnes )Quota
duty
(%)
09.1201 16.04DPreparedorpreservedsardines,originating inTunisia 100 free
Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbedivided
intotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalment ,amounting to50tonnesofthe
Community tariffquotareferredtoinArticle1,shallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;theshares,which
subjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntiltheendoftheperiod
specifiedinArticle1,shallbeasfollows:Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMember State'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(2),or90%ofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5hasbeen
applied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextentpermitted by
theamountofthereserve,thatMember Stateshall
forthwith ,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawasecond
shareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhere
necessarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteroneofitsinitialshareshasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,then,totheextentpermitted bytheamount
ofthereserve,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance with
theconditions laiddowninparagraph 1,drawathird
shareequalto7,5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhere
necessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteroneofitssecondshareshasbeenusedup,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withtheconditions laiddowninparagraph 1,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.(tonnes)
4
2
8
1
25
1
1
8Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom
3.Thesecondinstalment of50tonnesshallconstitute the
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Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhaustsanyreserve
doesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,tothisend,
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing .
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessaryto
ensurethatadditional sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruption againsttheiraccummulated sharesof
thetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
tothem.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
sharesshallbedetermined onthebasisoftheimportsof
theproductsinquestionoriginating inTunisiaandentered
withcustomsauthorities forfreecirculation .Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogation fromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixedin
thoseparagraphs ifthereisreasontobelievethatthey
mightnotbeusedup.ItshallinformtheCommission ofits
reasonsforapplyingthisparagraph .
Article4
Theadditional sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntiltheendoftheperiodspecifiedinArticle1.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1987,suchunusedportionoftheirinitial
shareas,on15September 1987,isinexcessof20%ofthe
initialvolume .Theymayreturnalargerquantityifthere
aregroundsforbelievingthatthisquantitymaynotbe
used.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1October1987ofthetotalquantitiesoftheproducts
inquestionimportedupto15September 1987andcharged
againstthetariffquotaandofanyquantityoftheinitial
sharesreturnedtothereserve .
Article6
TheCommission shallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3
and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeachMember
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5October
1987,oftheamountinthereserveafterquantities have
beenreturnedtheretopursuanttoArticle5.Article8
AttheCommission 'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsoftheproductsconcerned actually
chargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulation iscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon1January1987.
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22December 1986.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.HOWE