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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)No3134/85
of22October1985
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity tariffquotaforprepared
orpreservedsardinesfallingwithinsubheading 16.04DoftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originating inTunisia (1986)
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , proportion totherequirements oftheMemberStates,
calculated ,ontheonehand,byreferencetothestatistics
forimportsfromTunisiaoverarepresentative reference
periodand,ontheotherhand,byreferencetothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion ;
Whereas ,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsare
available ,thecorresponding importsintoeachofthe
MemberStatesrepresent thefollowing percentages of
importsintotheCommunity fromTunisiaoftheproducts
concerned :
Member State 1982 1983 1984
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom100
(=14
tonnes)HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,andinparticular Article113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas theCooperation Agreement between the
Community andTunisia^1)providesthatpreparedand
preserved sardines,fallingwithinsubheading 16.04Dof
theCommonCustomsTariffandoriginating inTunisia,
maybeimportedintotheCommunity freeofduty;whereas
thedetailedarrangements mustbefixedbyanexchangeof
lettersbetweentheCommunity andTunisia;whereas,since
thisexchangeoflettershasnotyettakenplace,itis
advisable torenewuntil31December 1986the
Community arrangements whichwereappliedin1985,
whereasitisadvisabletoopenaCommunity tariffquota
fortheimportation intotheCommunity oftheproductsin
questionof100tonnesfreeofduty;whereasthistariff
quotaistoapplyfrom1January1986untileither
theconclusion oftheexchangeoflettersprovidedforin
Article18oftheCooperation Agreement betweenthe
Community andTunisiaoruntilsuchtimeasCommunity
arrangements forimportsoftheproductsinquestionare
applied,butuntil31December 1986atthelatest;
Whereas,sinceaProtocolasprovidedforinArticles179
and366oftheActofAccessionofSpainandPortugaldoes
notexist,theCommunity mustadoptthemeasuresreferred
toinArticles180and367ofthatAct;whereasthetariff
measure concerned will,therefore ,applytothe
Community ofTen;
Whereasitisinparticular necessary toensureforall
Community importers equalanduninterrupted accessto
theabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted application
oftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoallimportsofthe
productsconcerned intoallMemberStatesuntilthequota
hasbeenusedup;whereas,havingregardtotheabove
principles ,theCommunity natureofthequotacanbe
respectedbyallocatingtheCommunity tariffquotaamong
theMember States;whereas,inordertoreflectas
accurately aspossiblethetruetrendofthemarketinthe
products inquestion ,suchallocation shouldbeinWhereasthesedatacannotbeconsidered asrepresentative
andcannotserveasabasisforallocation ofthequota
amongtheMemberStates;whereasitisdifficulttoforecast
theMemberStates'importsfor1986becauseoftheir
situationinpreviousyears;whereas,inorderthatthe
quotamaybeallocatedfairly,theinitialquotasharesmay
befixedapproximately atthefollowingpercentages :
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom8
4
16
2
50
2
2
16
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrendsfor
theproductsconcerned inthevariousMemberStates,each
ofthequotaamounts shouldbedividedintotwo
instalments ,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstituting areservetocoverata
laterdatetherequirements oftheMemberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,inorderto
giveimporters ineachMemberStateacertaindegreeof
security,thefirstinstalment oftheCommunity quota

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subjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntiltheendoftheperiod
specifiedinArticle1,shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes )
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom4
2
8
1
25
1
1
8
3.Thesecondinstalment of50tonnesshallconstitute the
reserve .should,underthecircumstances ,befixedat50%ofthe
quotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeusedup
atdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfactinto
accountandavoidanybreakincontinuity ,anyMember
Statewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquotashare
shoulddrawanadditional sharefromthereserve;whereas
thismustbedonebyeachMemberStateasandwheneach
ofitsadditionalsharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additionalsharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthismethodofadministration requires
closecooperation betweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,andthelattermustbeinapositionto
monitortheextenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeen
usedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereas,if,atagivendate"inthequotaperiod,a
substantial quantityofaninitialshareremainsunusedin
anyMemberState,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificant proportion tothereserveto
preventapartofanytariffquotafromremainingunusedin
oneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas ,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourg are
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresented bytheBenelux
Economic Union,anyOperation relatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocated tothat
economic unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members ,Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMember State'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(2),or90%ofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5hasbeen
applied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextentpermittedby
theamountofthereserve,thatMember Stateshall
forthwith ,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawasecond
shareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhere
necessarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteroneofitsinitialshareshasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,then,totheextentpermittedbytheamount
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.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogation fromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixedin
thoseparagraphs ifthereisreasontobelievethatthey
mightnotbeusedup.ItshallinformtheCommission ofits
reasonsforapplyingthisparagraph .HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article 1
From1January1986untiltheconclusion ortheexchange
oflettersreferredtoinArticle18oftheCooperation
Agreement betweentheCommunity andTunisia,until
suchtimeasCommunity importarrangements areapplied
oruntil31December 1986,whichever shallbetheearliest,
aduty-freeCommunity tariffquotaof100tonnesshallbe
openedforimportsintotheCommunity ofTenofprepared
orpreservedsardinesfallingwithinsubheading 16.04Dof
theCommonCustomsTariffandoriginating inTunisia .Article4
Theadditional sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntiltheendoftheperiodspecifiedinArticle1.Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbedivided
intotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalment ,amounting to50tonnesofthe
Community tariffquotareferredtoinArticle1,shallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;theshares,whichArticle5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1986,suchunusedportionoftheirinitial
shareas,on15September 1986,isinexcessof20%ofthe

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areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruption againsttheiraccummulated sharesof
thetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
tothem.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
sharesshallbedetermined onthebasisoftheimportsof
theproductsinquestionoriginating inTunisiaandentered
withcustomsauthorities forfreecirculation .initialvolume.Theymayreturnalargerquantityifthere
aregroundsforbelievingthatthisquantitymaynotbe
used.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1October1986,ofthetotalquantitiesoftheproducts
inquestionimportedupto15September 1986andcharged
againstthetariffquotaandofanyquantityoftheinitial
sharesreturnedtothereserve .
Article6
TheCommission shallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3
and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeachMember
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5October
1986,oftheamountinthereserveafterquantities have
beenreturnedtheretopursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhaustsanyreserve
doesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,tothisend,
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing .
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessaryto
ensurethatadditional sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3Article8
AttheCommission 'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsoftheproductsconcerned actually
chargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulation iscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon1January1986.
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,22October1985.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.F.POOS