NoL400/30 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities31.12.87
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4187/87
of21December1987
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
tobaccofallingwithincodeex24011060orex24012060ofthecombinednomenclature
andoriginatinginYugoslavia(1988)
forthequotashouldbeappliedconsistentlytoallimportsof
theproductsinquestionintoallMemberStatesuntilthe
quotaisexhausted;whereas,inthelightoftheseprinciples,
allocationoftheCommunitytariffquotaamongcertain
MemberStateswouldseemtopreservetheCommunity
natureofthequota;whereas,inordertocorrespondas
closelyaspossibletotherealtrendofthemarketforthe
productsinquestion,theallocationshouldreflectthepro
ratarequirementsoftheMemberStatesbasedonstatisticsof
importsofthesaidproductsfromYugoslaviaduringthe
representativereferenceperiodandontheeconomicoutlook
forthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereasduringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsare
availableimportsintotheMemberStateswereasfollows:THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheCooperationAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheSocialistFederalRepublicof
Yugoslavia(1),assupplementedbytheAdditionalProtocol
tothatAgreementestablishingnewtradearrangements (2),
providesthattobaccoofthe'Prilep'typefallingwithincode
ex24011060orex24012060ofthecombined
nomenclature ,originatinginandcomingfromYugoslavia,
asspecifiedinanAgreementintheformofanExchangeof
Lettersdated11July1980,istobeimportedintothe
Communityatacustomsdutyof7%withaminimum
amountleviedof13ECUper100kilogramsandamaximum
of45ECUper100kilograms,withinthelimitsofanannual
Communitytariffquotaof1500tonnes;whereassuch
tobaccomustbeaccompaniedbyacertificateoforiginand
authenticity;whereasthetariffquotainquestionshouldbe
openedfor1988;
Whereasthecustomsdutyleviedundertheabovetariffquota
istobedismantledoverthesameperiodsandatthesame
ratesasprovidedforinArticles75and243oftheActof
AccessionofSpainandPortugal;whereas,withinthelimits
oftheabovetariffquota,theKingdomofSpainandthe
PortugueseRepublicaretoapplycustomsdutiescalculated
inaccordancewithCouncilRegulation (EEC)No4150/87
of21December1987layingdownarrangementsforSpain's
andPortugal'stradewithYugoslaviaandamending
Regulations (EEC)No449/86and(EEC)No
2573/87(3);(tonnes)
MemberState 1984 1985 1986
Benelux— — 70
Denmark — — —
Germany 534 138 269
Greece— — —
Spain n.c.n.c.180
France— — 30
Ireland— — —
Italy— 850 664
Portugal n.c. n.c.—
UnitedKingdom— — —
Whereas,from1January1988,thenomenclature inthe
CommonCustomsTariffwillbereplacedbythecombined
nomenclature basedontheInternationalConventiononthe
HarmonizedCommodityDescriptionandCodingSystem;
whereasthisRegulationmusttakeaccountofthatfactby
usingthecombinednomenclaturecodesandTariccode
numbersoftheproductsconcerned;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashouldbe
ensuredforallCommunityimportersandtherateslaiddownWhereasduringthelastthreeyearstheproductsconcerned
wereimportedregularlyonlybycertainMemberStatesand
notatalloronlyoccasionallybytheotherMemberStates;
whereas,underthesecircumstances ,inthefirstphase,initial
sharesshouldbeallocatedonlytothegenuineimporting
MemberStatesandtheotherMemberStatesshouldbe
guaranteedaccesstothebenefitofthetariffquotaswhen
importsactuallytakeplaceinthoseMemberStates;whereas
theseallocationarrangementswillensuretheuniformlevyof
theapplicableduties;
HOJNoL41,14.2.1983,p.2.
(2)OJNoL389,31.12.1987,p.73.Whereas,toallowforthetrendofimportsoftheproducts
concernedinthevariousMemberStates,thequotavolume(3)OJNoL389,31.12.1987,p.1.

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isessentialthattheMemberStateconcernedshouldreturna
significantproportionthereoftotheCommunityreservein
ordertopreventpartoftheCommunityquotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeused
inothers;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomofthe
NetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgareunited
withinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBeneluxEconomic
Union,anyoperationconcerningtheadministrationofthe
quotasharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarried
outbyanyoneofitsmembers,shouldbedividedintotwoparts,thefirstbeingallocated
amongcertainMemberStatesandthesecondheldasa
reservetocoveranysubsequentrequirementsofthose
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialsharesand
anyrequirementswhichmightariseintheotherMember
States;whereas,toaffordimportersineachMemberState
somedegreeofcertainty,anappropriatelevelforthefirst
partoftheCommunityquotawould,inthepresent
circumstances ,be67%ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmaybeused
upatdifferentrates;whereas,inordertoavoidanybreakin
thecontinuityofsuppliesonthisaccount,itshouldbe
providedthatanyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupits
initialquotashareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
Communityreserve;whereaseachtimeitsadditionalshareis
almostusedupaMemberStateshoulddrawafurthershare
andsoonasmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereasthese
initialandadditionalsharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration requires
closecooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commissionandthelattermustbeabletomonitortheextent
towhichthequotavolumehasbeenusedupandinformthe
MemberStateaccordingly;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperiodaconsiderable
quantityofaMemberState'sinitialshareremainsunused,itHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1988thecustomsduty
applicabletoimportsintotheCommunityofthefollowing
productsoriginatinginandcomingfromYugoslaviashallbe
suspendedatthelevelindicatedandwithinthelimitsofa
Communitytariffquotaasshownbelow:
Order
NoCNcode DescriptionQuota
(tonnes)Quotaduty
09.1505 ex24011060Unmanufactured tobacco;tobaccorefuse:
—Tobacco,notstemmed/stripped:
——Other:
———Sun-curedOrientaltypetobacco:
—'Prilep'typetobacco
—Tobacco,partlyorwhollystemmed/stripped:
——Other:
———Sun-curedOrientaltypetobacco:
—'Prilep'typetobacco15007%advalorem
withaminimum
amountleviedof
13ECUper100kilo­
gramsandamaximum
of45ECUper
100kilogramsnetweight
ex24012060
certainMemberStates;withoutprejudicetoArticle5,the
quotasharesshallbevaliduntil31December1988andshall
beasfollows:
(tonnes)WithinthelimitsofthistariffquotatheKingdomofSpain
andthePortugueseRepublicshallapplycustomsduties
calculatedinaccordancewiththerelevantprovisionsofthe
ProtocoltoRegulation(EEC)No4150/87.
2.Importofthisproductmustbeaccompaniedbya
certificateofauthenticityissuedbythecompetentYugoslav
authorityandconformingwiththemodelannexedtothis
Regulation .
Article2Benelux 25
Germany 345
Spain 65
France 10
Italy 555
2.Thesecondpartofthequota,amountingto500
tonnes,shallconstitutethereserve.1.AfirstpartoftheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoin
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chargedagainsttheCommunityquotasandofanyportionof
theirinitialsharethattheyarereturningtothereserve.3.Ifanimportergivesnotificationofimminentimports
oftheproductconcernedintooneoftheotherMemberStates
andappliestotakeadvantageofthequota,theMemberState
concernedshallinformtheCommissionanddrawanamount
correspondingtoitsrequirementstotheextentthatthe
availablebalanceofthereservesopermits.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountofthesharesdrawnby
MemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3andshallinform
eachMemberStateoftheextenttowhichthereserveshave
beenusedupassoonithasbeennotified.
ItshallinformtheMemberStatesnotlaterthan5October
1988ofthestateofthereservefollowinganyreturnofquota
sharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhereserve
doesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andtothisendshall
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthefinaldrawing.Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofitsinitial
quotashareasspecifiedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareless
anyportionreturnedtothereservepursuanttoArticle5,it
shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommissionandtothe
extentthatthereservesopermits,drawasecondshareequal
to15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextwholenumber.
2.If,afteritsinitalquotasharehasbeenusedup,a
MemberStatehasusedup90%ormoreofitssecondshare
aswell,itshall,usingtheprocedureprovidedforin
paragraph1andtotheextentthatthereservesopermits,
drawathirdshareequalto7,5%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
upwherenecessarytothenextwholenumber.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,aMember
Statehasused90%ormoreofitsthirdshare,itshall,using
theprocedureprovidedforinparagraph1,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs1,2and3,
MemberStatesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthosespecified
inthesaidparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethatthey
mightnotbeusedinfull.MemberStatesshallinformthe
Commissionoftheirreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethatadditionaldrawingsofsharespursuantto
Article3enableimportstobechargedwithoutinterruption
againsttheiraccumulatedshareoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsconcernedhavefreeaccesstothequotashares
allocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftheproducts
concernedagainsttheirquotasharesasandwhenthegoods
areenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
quotashareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article4
EachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1988.Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsoftheproductconcernedactually
chargedagainsttheirquotashare.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.Article5
By1October1988atthelatestMemberStatesmustreturnto
thereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitialsharewhich,on
15September1988,isinexcessof20%oftheinitialvolume.
Theymayreturnagreaterportionifthereisreasontobelieve
thatitmightnotbeused.
By1October1988atthelatestMemberStatesmustnotify
theCommissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproducts
concernedimportedonorbefore15September1988andArticle10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1988.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21December1987.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.HAARDER


ANEXO—BILAG—ANHANG—ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ —ANNEX—ANNEXE—ALLEGATO —BIJLAGE—ANEXO
2No ORIGINAL1Exporter(name,fulladdress,country)
Exportateur (nom,adressecomplète ,pays)
3Quotayear
Annéecontingentaire4Countryofdestination
Pavsdedestination
6Issuingauthority
Organismeémetteur5Consignee (name,fulladdress,country)
Destinataire (nom.adressecomplète ,pays)
7
8Placeanddateofshipment—Meansoftransport
Lieuetdated'embarquement —MoyendetransportCERTIFICATE OFAUTHENTICITY
CERTIFICAT D'AUTHENTICITÉ
Tobacco—Tabac
'Prilep'
(CNCodeex24011060andex24012060)
(CodeNCex24011060etex24012060)
9Marksandnumbers—Numberandkindofpackages
Marquesetnuméros—Nombreetnaturedescolis10Netweight
(kg)
Poidsnet
(kg)
11Netweight(kg)(inwords)
Poidsnet(kg)(enlettres)
12CERTIFICATE BYTHEISSUINGAUTHORITY—VISADEL'ORGANISME ÉMETTEUR
Iherebycertifythatthetobaccodescribedinthiscertificateis'Prilep'tobaccowithinthemeaningoftheAgreement .
Jecertifiequeletabacdécritdanscecertificatestletabac«Prilep»ausensdeIaccord.
Place
LieuDate
Date
(Stampandsignature)
(Cachetetsignature)