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opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforapricot
pulpfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginIsrael(1987)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatistics
areavailable,thecorresponding importsbyeachofthe
MemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercentagesoftotal
importsoftheproductinquestionoriginatinginIsrael:
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,MemberState 1983 1984 1985
Benelux 100100100
Denmark— — —
Germany— — —
Greece— — —
France — — —
Ireland— — —
Italy— — —
UnitedKingdom— — —WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheStateofIsrael('),providesforthe
openingbytheCommunityofanannualCommunitytariff
quotaof150tonnesofapricotpulpfallingwithin
subheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustoms
TariffandoriginatinginIsrael;whereasthecustomsduties
applicabletothequotaareequalto70%ofthecustoms
dutiesactuallyappliedtonon-membercountries;whereas
theCommunitytariffquotainquestionshouldthereforebe
openedfor1987;Whereasthesedatacannotbeconsideredasrepresentative
toserveasabasisforallocationofthequotavolume
amongtheMemberStates;whereasitisdifficultto
estimateimportsbyMemberStatesfor1987becauseofthe
situationinpreviousyears;whereastoallocatethequota
volumeonafairbasis,theapproximatepercentagesof
initialquotasharesmaybefixedasfollows:
Whereas,sinceaProtocolasprovidedforinArticles179
and366oftheActofAccessionofSpainandPortugaldoes
notexist,theCommunitymustadoptthemeasuresreferred
toinArticles180and367ofthatAct;whereasthetariff
measureconcernedwill,therefore,applytothe
Communityasconstitutedon31December1985;Benelux 77,7
Denmark 1,7
Germany 1,7
Greece 1,7
France 1,7
Ireland 1,7
Italy 1,7
UnitedKingdom 12,1
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted accessto
theabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted application
oftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoallimportsofthe
productsconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntilthequota
hasbeenusedup;whereas,havingregardtotheabove
principles,theCommunitynatureofthequotacanbe
respectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamong
theMemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectas
accuratelyaspossiblethetruetrendofthemarketinthe
productsinquestion,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotherequirementsoftheMemberStates,
calculatedbyreferencetothestatisticsforimportsfrom
Israeloverarepresentative referenceperiodandalsotothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrendsfor
theproductsconcernedinthevariousMemberStates,the
quotaamountshouldbedividedintotwoinstalments,the
firstbeingsharedamongtheMemberStatesandthesecond
constituting areservetocoveratalaterdatethe
requirementsoftheMemberStateswhichhaveusedup
theirinitialquotashares;whereas,inordertogive
importersineachMemberStateacertaindegreeof
security,thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunityquota
shouldunderthecircumstances befixedat80%ofthe
quotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeusedup
atdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfactinto
accountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,anyMember
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Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereas
thismustbedonebysuchMemberStateaswheneachof
itsadditionalsharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheintitialand
additionalsharemustbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthismethodofadministrationrequires
closecooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission,andthelattermustbeinapositionto
monitortheextenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeen
usedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesthereof;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMemberState,
itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshouldreturna
significantproportiontothereservetopreventapartof
anytariffquotafromremainingunusedinoneMember
Statewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;Article1
From1Januaryto31December1987,thecustomsduty
applicableintheCommunity,asconstitutedon
31December1985,onthefollowingproducts,shallbe
suspendedatthelevelandwithinthelimitsofa
Communitytariffquotaasshownherewith:
OrderNoCCTheading
No DescriptionAmountof
tariffquota
(tonnes)Tariffquota
duty
(%)
09.1301 ex20.06BIIc)1aa)Apricotpulp,originatinginIsrael 150 11,9
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentamountingto116tonnesofthe
CommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;therespectiveshares
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil
31December1987,shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,then,totheextentpermittedbytheamount
ofthereserve,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordancewith
theconditionslaiddowninparagraph1,drawathird
shareequalto7,5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhere
necessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeen
usedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordancewiththe
conditionslaiddowninparagraph1,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixedin
thoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
theymightnotbeusedup.ItshallinformtheCommission
ofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom90
2
2
2
2
2
2
14
2.Thesecondinstalmentamountingto34tonnesshall
constitutethereserve.
Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1987.Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(1),or90%ofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5hasbeen
applied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextentpermittedby
theamountofthereserve,thatMemberStateshall
forthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawasecond
shareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhere
necessarytothenextunit.Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1987,suchunusedportionoftheirinitial

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shareas,on15September1987,isinexcessof20%ofthe
initialvolume.Theymayreturnalargerquantityifthere
aregroundsforbelievingthatthisquantitymaynotbe
used.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1October1987,ofthetotalquantitiesoftheproducts
inquestionimportedupto15September1987andcharged
againstthetariffquotaandofanyquantityoftheinitial
sharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3
and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeachMember
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5October
1987,oftheamountinthereserveafterquantitieshave
beenreturnedtheretopursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhereserve
doesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,tothisend,shall
notifytheamountofthebalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessaryto
ensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesof
thetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
tothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofthe
productsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequesttheMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1987.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16December1986.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.HOWE