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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4011/86
of16December1986
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofautonomoustariffquotasforcoffee,
unroastedandnotfreedofcaffeine,andcocoabeans,wholeorbroken,fallingwithinsubheading
09.01Ala)andheadingNo18.01oftheCommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,preference;whereas,onthebasisoftheavailabledata,and
takingintoaccountthespecialnatureofthesequotas,the
percentagesoftheinitialparticipationinthequotasmaybe
estimatedasbeingthefollowing:
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationfromthe
Commission ,09.01AIa) 18.01
Benelux 0,83 1,72
Denmark 0,22 0,01
Germany 2,23 2,48
Greece 0,11 0,12
Spain 95,00 95,00
France 0,57 0,21
Ireland 0,01 0,01
Italy 0,76 0,15
Portugal 0,05 0,01
UnitedKingdom 0,22 0,29Whereasinthecontextoftheaccessionnegotiations,and
soastotakeintoaccountthetraditionaltradeflows
betweenSpainandLatinAmerica,theCommunity
proposesthat,forthefirstthreeyearsofthetransitional
period,duty-freeautonomousCommunitytariffquotasbe
openedof40000tonnesforcoffee,unroastedandnot
freedofcaffeinefallingwithinsubheading09.01A1a)of
theCommonCustomsTariffandof10000tonnesfor
cocoabeans,wholeorbroken,fallingwithinheading
No18.01oftheCommonCustomsTariff;whereas
thesequotasshouldbeopenedfortheirsecondyear
ofapplication,namelyfortheperiod1Januaryto
31December1987;Whereas,totakeaccountofthepossibleimporttrendsfor
theseproducts,thequotavolumesshouldbedividedinto
twoparts,thefirstbeingallocatedbetweentheMember
Statesandthesecondheldasareservetocoverany
subsequentrequirementsofMemberStateswhichhave
useduptheirinitialshare;whereas,togiveimporterssome
degreeofcertainty,thefirstinstalmentofCommunitytariff
quotasshouldbefixedatahighlevel,whichinthiscase
couldbeabout99%ofthequotaamounts;
Whereas,inparticular,equalandcontinuousaccesstothe
quotasshouldbeensuredforallimporters,andtherateof
dutyforthetariffquotasshouldbeappliedconsistentlyto
allimportsuntilthequotaisexhausted;whereas,inthe
lightoftheseprinciples,arrangementsfortheutilizationof
thetariffquotasbasedonanallocationamongMember
StateswouldseemtobeconsistentwiththeCommunity
natureofthequotas;whereas,tocorrespondascloselyas
possibletotheactualtrendinthemarketintheproductsin
question,allocationofthequotasshouldbeinproportion
totherequirementsascalculatedbyreferencetostatistics
ofimportsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative
referenceperiodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodinquestion;Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferentrates;
whereas,toavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthisaccount,it
shouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberStatewhichhas
almostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawanadditional
sharefromthereserve;whereaseachtimeitsadditional
shareisalmostusedupaMemberStateshoulddrawa
furthershareandsoonasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesshouldbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthisform
ofadministration requiresclosecollaborationbetweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,andtheCommission
mustbeinapositiontokeepaccountoftheextentto
whichthequotashavebeenusedupandtoinformthe
MemberStatesaccordingly ;
Whereas,however,ithasnotbeenpossibletocollect
completeandaccuratestatisticaldataonallMember
States'importsoftheproductsinquestionfromthird
countriesthatdonotbenefitfromanequivalenttariffWhereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunuseditisessentialthatsuchStateshouldreturn
asignificantproportionthereoftothereserveinorderto
preventapartoftheCommunitytariffquotasfrom

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remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcouldbe
usedinothers:HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthesharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1987,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutiesonthefollowingproductsshallbe
suspendedatthelevelandwithinthelimitofCommunity
rariffquotasasshownherewith:
OrderNoCCTheading
NoDescriptionQuota
volume
(tonnes)Dutyof
tariffquota
(%)
09.1933
09.193509.01AIa)
18.01Coffee,unroastedandnotfreedofcaffeine
Cocoabeans,wholeorbroken40000
100000
0
2.Importsoftheproductsinquestionmaynotbecharged
againstthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfreeofcustoms
dutiesunderotherpreferentialtariffarrangements .
Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotasreferredtoinArticle1
shallbedividedintotwoinstalments .equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupasnecessary
tothenextwholenumber.
2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingoneortheotherof
itsinitialshares,hasused90%ormoreofthesecond
sharedrawnbyit,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,in
themannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraph1,
drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
upasnecessarytothewholenumber.
3.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingoneortheotherof
itssecondshares,hasused90%ormoreofthethirdshare
drawnbyit,thatMemberStateshallinthemannerandto
theextentprovidedinparagraph1,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntileachofthereservesisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,each
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthosespecified
inthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
thosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.AnyMemberState
applyingthisparagraphshallinformtheCommissionofits
groundsforsodoing.2.Afirstinstalmentof39500and9900tonnes
respectively ,shallbeallocatedamongtheMemberStates;
theshareswhich,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevalidfrom
1Januaryto31December1987shallbeasfollows:
09.01AIa) 18.01
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
Spain
France
Ireland
Italy
Portugal
UnitedKingdom326
88
880
43
37525
226
1
301
22
88170
1
245
12
9405
21
1
15
1
29Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbevalid
until31December1987. 3.Thesecondinstalment,of500and100tonnes
respectively,shallconstitutethecorresponding reserve.
Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofoneofits
initialsharesasfixedinArticle2(2),orofthatshareminus
anyportionreturnedtothereservepursuanttoArticle5,it
shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawa
secondshare,totheextentthatthereservesopermits,Article5
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1987,return
tothereservetheunusedportionofeachoftheirinitial
shareswhich,on15September1987,isinexcessof20%
oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnagreaterportionif
therearegroundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbeusedin
full.

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2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
tothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productsinquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1987,notify
theCommissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproductsin
questionimporteduptoandincluding15September1987
andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotasandofany
portionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3
andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserveshavebeen
usedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan5October1987,informtheMember
Statesoftheamountstillinthereserves,followingany
returnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhaustsoneofthe
reservesdoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableandtothis
endshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMember
Statemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
areopenedinsuchawaythatimportationmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesof
theCommunityquota.Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission ,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperateclosely
toensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1987.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16December1986.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.HOWE