NoL381/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities31.12.87
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of18December1987
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
ferro-silicon,fallingwithincodes72022110,72022190and72022900ofthe
combinednomenclature (1988)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichcomplete
statisticsareavailable,thecorrespondingimportsintoeach
oftheMemberStatesrepresentedthefollowingpercentages
ofimportsoftheproductsinquestionfromthirdcountries
notbenefitingfromanequivalentpreferential
arrangement .HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,MemberStates 1984 1985 1986
Benelux 12,438,9223,57
Denmark 000
Germany 61,1265,1764,36
Greece 00,130,84
Spain 9,220,872,25
France 4,690,510,41
Ireland 000
Italy 3,2515,921,15
Portugal 0,550,190,12
UnitedKingdom 8,748,297,31Whereas,asregardsferro-silicon,theEuropeanEconomic
Communityhasundertakentoopenanannualduty-free
Communitytariffquotaof20000tonnes;whereasthis
should,however,bereducedto12600tonnestotake
accountofthetraditionalimportsfromEFTAcountries
whicharefreeofcustomsdutyundertheAgreements
concludedwiththosecountries,andalsotheobligations
enteredintoinrelationtoathirdcountrywhichhasthe
rightofthepreviousnegotiatorforthisquotavolume;
whereasthequotaconcernedshouldthereforebeopened
on1January1988andallocatedamongtheMember
States;Whereas,,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarketforecasts
forferro-siliconfor1988,theinitialpercentagesharesof
thequotavolumecanbeexpressedapproximately as
follows:
WhereastheCommunityhasadopted,witheffectfrom
1January1988,acombinednomenclatureforgoodswhich
meetstherequirementsofboththeCommonCustoms
TariffandtheNomenclature ofGoodsforExternalTrade
StatisticsoftheCommunityandStatisticsofTrade
betweenMemberStates;whereasinordertoaccommodate
specificCommunityrules,thisNomenclature hasbeen
expandedintoanintegratedtariffoftheEuropean
Communities (TARIC);whereas,witheffectfromthat
date,thecombinednomenclatureand,whereappropriate,
theTARICcodenumbersshouldbeusedforthe
descriptionoftheproductscoveredbythisRegulation;Benelux 17,11
Denmark 0,01
Germany 63,69
Greece 0,45
Spain 3,75
France 1,56
Ireland 0,01
Italy 5,25
Portugal 0,25
UnitedKingdom 7,92
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsforthe
productconcerned,thequotavolumeshouldbedivided
intotwoparts,thefirstbeingallocatedamongMember
Statesandthesecondheldasareservetocoverthe
subsequentrequirementsofMemberStateswhichhave
useduptheirinitialshare;whereas,togiveimporterssome
degreeofcertainty,thefirstpartsofthetariffquotashould
besetatahighlevel,whichinthiscasecouldbe
approximately 90%ofthevolumeofthequota;
Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferentrates;
whereastoavoidanybreakinthecontinuityofsupplieson
thisaccount,itshouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberState
whichhasusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawfromthe
reserveamountscorresponding toitsactualrequirements ;
whereasthisshouldbedoneasmanytimesasthereserveWhereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashould
beensuredforallimportersandtherateofdutyforthe
tariffquotashouldbeappliedconsistentlytoallimports
untilthequotaisusedup;whereasarrangementsforthe
utilizationoftheCommunitytariffquotabasedonan
allocationamongMemberStateswouldseemtobe
consistentwiththeCommunitynatureofthequota;
whereas,tocorrespondascloselyaspossibletotheactual
markettrendintheproductinquestion,allocationofthe
quotashouldbeinproportiontotherequirementsofthe
MemberStatesascalculatedbyreferencetostatisticsof
importsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative
referenceperiodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
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unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthesharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,allows;whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
collaboration betweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,andthelattermustbeinapositionto
monitortheextenttowhichthequotashavebeenusedup
andtoinformtheMemberStatesaccordingly ;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthattheMemberState
concernedshouldreturnasignificantproportiontothe
reserve,inordertopreventapartoftheCommunityquota
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcouldbe
usedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgareArticle1
1.From1Januaryto31December1988,thecustoms
dutyapplicabletoimportsofthefollowingproductshallbe
suspendedatthelevelindicatedandwithinthelimitsofa
Communitytariffquotaasshownherewith:
Order
NoCombined
nomenclature
codeDescriptionQuota
volume
(tonnes)Rateof
duty
(%)
09.0019 72022110
72022190
72022900Ferro-silicon 12600 0
Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,SpainandPortugal
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsinthe1985ActofAccession.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionmaynotbecharged
againstthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfreeofcustoms
dutiesunderotherpreferentialtariffarrangements .Article3
IfaMemberStatehasusedallofitsinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(2),orofthatsharelessanyportion
returnedtothereservepursuanttoArticle5,thefollowing
provisionsshallapply.
Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbedividedintotwoparts.
2.Afirstpartofthequotaof11340tonnesshallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;thesharesshall,
subjecttoArticle5,bevalidfrom1Januaryto
31December1988andshallbeasfollows:IfanimporterentersaproductcoveredbythisRegulation
forfreecirculationinaMemberState,accompaniedbya
requestforpreferentialtreatmentforthesaidproduct,and
thisrequestisacceptedbythecustomsauthorities,the
MemberStateconcernedshallbynotifyingthe
Commission,drawanamountcorresponding toits
requirementsfromthereservereferredtoinArticle2(3).
Requeststodrawonthereservetogetherwiththedateof
acceptanceofthecustomsdeclarationsmustbeforwarded
totheCommissionwithoutdelay.
DrawingsshallbegrantedbytheCommissiononthebasis
ofthedateofacceptanceofgoodsforentryintofree
circulationbythecustomsauthoritiesoftheMemberState
concerned,providedasufficientamountremainsinthe
reserve.Benelux(tonnes)
1941
Denmark 1
Germany 7223
Greece 176
Spain 300
France 177
Ireland 1
Italy 595
Portugal 28
UnitedKingdom 898IfaMemberStatedoesnotusethequantitydrawn,itshall
returnittothereserveassoonaspossible.
Ifreiquestsfordrawingsexceedtheamountremainingin
thereserve,anallocationshallbemadeprorata.The3.Thesecondpartof1260tonnesshallconstitutethe
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MemberStateshallbeinformedbytheCommission
throughthesameprocedure.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbevalid
until31December1988.
Article5
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1988,return
tothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitialshare
which,on15September1988,isinexcessof20%ofthe
initialvolume.Theymayreturnagreaterportionifthere
aregroundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1988,notify
theCommissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproductin
questionimporteduptoandincluding15September1988,
andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotaandofany
portionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.Itshall,notlaterthan5October1988,informtheMember
Statesoftheamountstillinreserve,followinganyreturnof
sharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhereserve
doesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andtothisendshall
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.
Article8
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethatadditionaldrawingsofsharespursuantto
Article3arecarriedoutinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
tothem.
3.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStateshaveusedup
theirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
oftheproductinquestionenteredwiththecustoms
authoritiesforfreecirculation .
Article9
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshallinformit
ofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1988.Article6
MemberStatesmayrestrictthechargingofimportsagainst
theirsharestoproductsforcertainintendeduses.Inthat
casetheCommunityprovisionsonthemattershallbe
appliedforcheckingthattheproducthasbeenusedforthe
stipulatedpurpose.
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountofthesharesdrawn
bytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3and
shall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,informeach
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18December1987.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
N.WILHJELM