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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4183/87
of22December1987
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariffquotasfor
preparedorpreservedsardinesfallingwithincodeNoex16041310orex16042050ofthe
combinednomenclatureandoriginatinginMorocco(1988)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,indicatingthecombinednomenclature codesand,where
appropriate,theTariccodenumbersoftheproducts
concerned;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotasshouldbe
ensuredforallCommunityimportersandtherateslaiddown
forthequotasshouldbeappliedconsistentlytoallimportsof
theproductsinquestionintoalltheMemberStatesuntilthe
quotasareexhausted;whereas,inthelightofthese
principles,allocationofthetariffquotasamongtheMember
StateswouldseemtopreservetheCommunitynatureofthe
quotas;whereasinordertocorrespondascloselyaspossible
totherealtrendofthemarkettheallocationshouldreflect
therequirementsoftheMemberStatesbasedonstatisticsof
importsofthoseproductsfromMoroccoduringa
representativereferenceperiodandontheeconomicoutlook
forthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereasduringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsare
available,importsoftheproductsinquestionfromMorocco
intoeachoftheMemberStateswereasfollows:WhereastheCooperation Agreementbetweenthe
CommunityandtheKingdomofMorocco(*),supplemented
byCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3511/81of3December
1981layingdownthearrangementsapplicabletotrade
betweenGreeceandMorocco(2),providesthatprepared
andpreservedsardinesfallingwithincodeNoex16041310
orex16042050ofthecombinednomenclature and
originatinginMorocco,maybeimportedintothe
Communityfreeofduty;whereasthedetailedarrangements
mustbefixedbyanExchangeofLettersbetweenthe
CommunityandtheKingdomofMorocco;whereas,since
thatExchangeofLettershasnotyettakenplace,the
Communityarrangementswhichwereappliedin1987
shouldbereneweduntil31December1988;whereastwo
Communitytariffquotasshouldbeopened,namelyone
duty-freetariffquotaof14000tonnesandtheotherof6000
tonnesatarateofdutyof10%;whereasthesetariffquotas
aretoapplyfrom1January1987untileithertheconclusion
oftheExchangeofLettersprovidedforinArticle19of
theCooperationAgreementbetweentheCommunityandthe
KingdomofMoroccooruntilCommunityimport
arrangementsfortheproductsinquestionareapplied,butat
thelatestuntil31December1988;(tonnes)
MemberStates 1984 1985 1986
Benelux 6351039 1012
Denmark — — —
Germany 28143278,23313
Greece 246353239
France 862287478328
Ireland 70135 108
Italy 229176146
UnitedKingdom 234627902399Whereas,sinceaProtocolasprovidedforinArticles179and
366oftheActofAccessionofSpainandPortugaldoesnot
exist,theCommunitymustadoptthemeasuresreferredtoin
Articles180and367ofthatAct;whereasthetariffmeasure
concernedwill,therefore,applytotheCommunityas
constitutedon31December1985;
Whereasfrom1January1988thenomenclatureusedinthe
CommonCustomsTariffwillbereplacedbythecombined
nomenclature basedontheInternational Conventiononthe
HarmonizedCommodityDescriptionandCodingSystem;
whereasthisRegulationmusttakeaccountofthatfactbyWhereasinthelastthreeyearstheproductsinquestionwere
importedregularlyonlybycertainMemberStatesandnotat
alloronlyoccasionallybytheotherMemberStates;whereas,
underthesecircumstances ,inthefirstphase,initialshares
shouldbeallocatedtothegenuineimportingMemberStates
andtheotherMemberStatesshouldbeguaranteedaccessto
thebenefitofthetariffquotaswhenimportsactuallytake
placeinthelatter;whereasthesearrangementsforallocation
willequallyensuretheuniformlevyoftheapplicable
duties;0)OJNoL264,27.9.1978,p.2.
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Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheforecastsmade
bycertainMemberStates,theinitialpercentagesharesofthe
quotavolumescanbeexpressedrespectivelyasfollows:administration requiresclosecoopertionbetweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission andthelattermustbe
abletomonitorquotautilizationratesandinformthe
MemberStatesaccordingly ;
MemberStatesOrderNo
09.1101OrderNo
09.1103
Benelux 5,65 5,84
Germany 41,09 34,85
Greece 1,52 1,52
France 22,79 33,66
Ireland 1,33 0,97
Italy 1,01 1,08
UnitedKingdom 26,61 22,08Whereas,if,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,aquantityof
aMemberState'sinitialshareremainsunused,itisessential
thatthatMemberStateconcernedshouldreturnasignificant
proportionthereoftothecorresponding reservetoprevent
partofaCommunityquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomofthe
NetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgareunited
withinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBeneluxEconomic
Union,anyoperationrelatingtotheadministration ofthe
quotasharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarried
outbyanyofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Whereas,toallowforthetrendofimportsoftheproducts
concernedinthevariousMemberStates,eachquotavolume
shouldbedividedintotwoparts,thefirstbeingallocated
amongcerainMemberStatesandthesecondheldasareserve
tocoveranysubsequentrequirementsofthoseMember
Stateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialshareandalsoany
requirementswhichmayariseintheotherMemberStates;
whereas,toaffordimportersineachMemberStatesome
degreeofcertainty,anappropriatelevelforthefirstpartof
theCommunityquotaswould,inthepresentcircumstances ,
be77%ofeachquotavolume;
WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmaybeused
upatdifferentrates;whereas,inordertoavoidanybreakin
thecontinuityofsuppliesonthisaccount,itshouldbe
providedthatanyMemberStatewhichhasuseduponeofits
initialsharesshoulddrawfromtherelevantreserve
quantitiescorresponding toitsactualrequirements ,andso
onasmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereasthisformofArticle1
1.From1January1988untiltheconclusionofthe
ExchangeofLettersreferredtoinArticle19ofthe
CooperationAgreementbetweentheCommunityandthe
KingdomofMoroccooruntilCommunityimport
arrangementsareapplied,butatthelatestuntil31December
1988,thecustomsdutyapplicabletoimportsintothe
Communityasconstitutedon31December1985ofthe
followingproductsoriginatinginMoroccoshallbe
suspendedatthelevelsandwithinthelimitsofCommunity
tariffquotasasshownbelow:
OrderNo CNcode DescriptionAmountofquota
(tonnes)Quotaduty
(%)
1604 Preparedorpreservedfish;caviarandcaviarsubstitutes
preparedfromfisheggs:
09.1101 ex16041310
ex16042050—sardines,ofthespeciesSardinapilchardus 14000 0
09.1103 ex16041310
ex16042050—sardines,ofthespeciesSardinapilchardus 6000 10
Article2
1.ThetariffquotasreferredtoinArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoparts.2.Thefirstpartofeachquotashallbeallocatedamong
certainMemberStates;thequotashareswhich,subjectto
Article5,shallbevaliduntiltheendoftheperiodspecifiedin
Article1,shallbeasfollows:

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basiswithrespecttotherequests.MemberStatesshallbe
informedbytheCommissioninaccordancewiththesame
procedures .MemberStatesOrderNo
09.1101OrderNo
09.1103
Benelux 615 270
Germany 4470 1610
Greece 165 70
France 2480 1555
Ireland 145 45
Italy 110 50
UnitedKingdom 2895 1020
10880 4620Article4
EachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntiltheendoftheperiodspecifiedin
Article1.
Article5
By1October1988atthelatestMemberStatesmustreturnto
thereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitialsharewhich,on
15September1988,isinexcessof20%oftheinitialvolume.
Theymayreturnagreaterportionifthereisreasontobelieve
thatitmightnotbeused.
By1October1988atthelatestMemberStatesmustnotify
theCommissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproducts
concernedimportedonorbefore15September1988and
chargedagainsttheCommunityquotasandofanyportionof
theirinitialsharesthattheyarereturningtoeachofthe
reserves .3.Thesecondpartofeachquota,3120and1380tonnes
respectively,shallconstitutethecorresponding reserves.
4.IftheproductsinquestionarepresentedinDenmark
supportedbyadeclarationofentryintofreecirculation
acceptedbythecustomsauthorities,theMemberState
concernedshall,bywayofnotificationtotheCommission,
drawacorrespondingamount,undertheconditionssetout
inArticle3.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountofthesharesdrawnby
MemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3andshallinform
eachMemberStateoftheextenttowhichthereserveshave
beenusedupassoonasithasbeennotified.
ItshallinformtheMemberStatesnotlaterthan5October
1988ofthestateofeachofthereservesfollowinganyreturn
ofquotasharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhaustsoneofthe
reservesdoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,tothis
end,shallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMember
Statemakingthefinaldrawing.Article3
IfaMemberStatehasuseditsentireinitialshareasspecified
inArticle2(2),orofthatsharelessanyportionreturnedto
thereservepursuanttoArticle5,thefollowingprovisions
shallapply.
IfanimporterpresentsinaMemberStateadeclarationof
entryintofreecirculation,includingarequestforpreferential
benefitforaproductcoveredbythisRegulationandifthis
requestisacceptedbythecustomsauthorities,theMember
StateconcernedshallinformtheCommissionanddrawan
amountcorresponding toitsrequirementsfromthereserve
referredtoinArticle2(3).
Thedrawingrequests,withindicationofthedateof
acceptanceofthesaiddeclarations ,mustbetransmittedto
theCommissionwithoutdelay.
ThedrawingsaregrantedbytheCommissionbyreferenceto
thedateofacceptanceofthedeclarationsofentryintofree
circulationbythecustomsauthoritiesoftheMemberState
concernedtotheextentthattheavailablebalanceso
permits.
IfaMemberStatedoesnotusethequantitiesdrawn,itshall
returnthemassoonaspossibletothereserve.
Ifthequantitiesrequestedaregreaterthantheavailable
balanceofthereserve,allocationshallbemadeonaprorataArticle7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethatadditionaldrawingsofsharespursuanttoArticle
3enableimportstobechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunitytariffquotas.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsconcernedhavefreeaccesstothequotashares
allocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
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productsconcernedoriginatinginMoroccoandenteredwith
thecustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation.Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1988.Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsoftheproductsconcernedactually
chargedagainsttheirquotashares.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22December1987.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
N.WILHJELM