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of22December1986
openingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforsalad
beetrootsfallingwithinsubheadingex07.01GIVoftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginCyprus(1987)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted accessto
theabovementioned quotaanduninterruptedapplication
oftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoallimportsofthe
productsconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntilthequota
hasbeenusedup;whereas,inthepresentcase,itseems
advisablenottoallocatethisquotaamongtheMember
Stateswithoutprejudicetothedrawingagainstthequota
volumeofsuchquantitiesastheymayneed,underthe
conditionsandaccordingtotheprocedurespecifiedin
Article1(2);whereasthismethodofmanagementrequires
closecooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commissionandthelattermust,inparticular,beableto
monitortherateatwhichthequotaisusedupandinform
theMemberStatesthereof;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,inRegulation (EEC)No3700/83(*),the
Communitylaiddownthearrangements applicableto
tradewithCyprusfor1984;whereasArticle2ofthat
RegulationprovidesfortheopeningofaCommunitytariff
quotaof1500tonnesofsaladbeetroots,fallingwithin
subheadingex07.01GIVoftheCommonCustomsTariff
andoriginatinginCyprus,atarateofcustomsdutyequal
to50%ofthecustomsdutyintheCommonCustoms
Tariff;
Whereas,pendingthedefinitionofarrangementsapplicable
beyond31December1984itisnecessarytoextend
provisionally for1987thearrangements whichthe
CommunityappliescurrentlytotradewithCyprusonthe
basisoftheabovementioned Regulation;whereas,
therefore,theCommunitytariffquotainquestionshould
beopenedfortheperiodfrom1Januaryto31December
1987;Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerningthe
administration ofsharesallocatedtothateconomicunion
maybecarriedoutbyanyofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Whereas,intheabsenceofaProtocolsuchasthatprovided
forinArticles179and366oftheActofAccessionofSpain
andPortugal,theCommunitymusttakethemeasures
referredtoinArticles180and367ofthesaidAct;whereas
thetariffmeasureinquestionthereforeappliestothe
CommunityofTen;Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1987,onimportinto
theCommunityofTen,thecustomsdutyforthefollowing
productsissuspendedatalevelandwithinthelimitsofa
Communitytariffquotaasfollows:
Order
NoCCT
heading
NoDescriptionQuotavolume
(intonnes)Quota
duty
(%)
09.1411 ex07.01GIVBeetroots,originatinginCyprus 1500 8,5
2.Ifanimporternotifiesanimminentimportationofthe
productinquestioninaMemberStateandrequeststhe
benefitofthequota,theMemberStateconcernedshallinformtheCommission anddrawanamount
corresponding totheserequirementstotheextentthatthe
availablebalanceofthereservepermitsthis.
»
3.Thesharesdrawnpursuanttoparagraph2shallbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod. HOJNoL369,30.12.1983,p.1.

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