31.12.86 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL380/13
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4113/86
of22December1986
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
sweetpeppersfallingwithinsubheading07.01SoftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginCyprus(1987)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted accessto
theabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted application
oftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoallimportsofthe
productsconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntilthequota
hasbeenusedup;whereas,inthepresentcase,itseems
advisablenottoallocatethisquotaamongtheMember
Stateswithoutprejudicetothedrawingagainstthequota
volumeofsuchquantitiesastheymayneed,underthe
conditionsandaccordingtotheprocedurespecifiedin
Article1(2);whereasthismethodofmanagementrequires
closecooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commissionandthelattermust,inparticular,beableto
monitortherateatwhichthequotaisusedupandinform
theMemberStatesthereof;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,inRegulation (EEC)No3700/83(J),the
Communityhasestablishedthearrangementsapplicableto
tradewithCyprusfor1984;whereasArticle2ofthis
Regulationprovidesfortheopeningofanannual
Communitytariffquotaof300tonnesofsweetpeppers,
fallingwithinsubheading07.01SoftheCommonCustoms
TariffandoriginatinginCyprus,atarateofcustomsduty
equalto50%ofthecustomsdutyintheCommon
CustomsTariff;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Whereas,pendingthedefinitionofarrangementsapplicable
beyond31December1984itisnecessarytoextend
provisionally for1987thearrangements whichthe
CommunityappliescurrentlytotradewithCyprusonthe
basisoftheabovementioned Regulation;whereasthe
abovementioned Communitytariffquotashouldbeopened
fortheperiod1Januaryto31December1987;
Whereas,intheabsenceofaprotocolsuchasthatprovided
forinArticles179and366oftheActofAccessionofSpain
andPortugal,theCommunitymusttakethemeasures
referredtoinArticles180and367ofthesaidAct;whereas
thetariffmeasureinquestionthereforeappliestothe
Communityasconstitutedon31December1985;Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1987ontheimport
intotheCommunityasconstitutedon31December1985
thecustomsdutyforthefollowingproductsshallbe
suspendedatalevelandwithinthelimitsofaCommunity
tariffquotaasfollows:
Order
NoCCT
headingNoDescriptionQuotavolume
(intonnes)Quotaduty
(%)
09.1409 07.01SSweetpeppers,originatinginCyprus 300 4,5
2.Ifanimporternotifiesanimminentimportationofthe
productinquestioninaMemberStateandrequeststhe
benefitofthequota,theMemberStateconcernedshallinformtheCommission anddrawanamount
corresponding totheserequirementstotheextentthatthe
availablebalanceofthereservepermitsthis.
(')OJNoL369,30.12.1983,p.1.3.Thesharesdrawnpursuanttoparagraph2shallbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod.

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Article2
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethattheirdrawingspursuanttoArticle1(2)are
carriedoutinsuchawaythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesof
theCommunityquota.
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidgoodshaveaccesstothequotasolongastheresidual
balanceofthequotavolumesopermits.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaidgoods
againsttheirdrawingsasandwhenthegoodsareentered
forfreecirculation .
4.Theextenttowhichthequotahasbeenusedupshall
bedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportschargedin
accordancewithparagraph3.Article3
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainstthequota.
Article4
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcollaborate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1987.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22December1986.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.SHAW