NoL353/4 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 13.12.86
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)Np3740/86
of28November1986
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
driedgrapesfallingwithinsubheading08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginSpain(1987)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
PortugalandinparticularArticles30and75thereof,respectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamong
theMemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectas
accuratelyaspossiblethetruetrendofthemarketinthe
productsinquestion,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotherequirementsoftheMemberStates,
calculatedbyreferencetothestatisticsforimportsfrom
Spainoverarepresentative referenceperiodandalsotothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsare
available,thecorresponding importsbyeachofthe
MemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercentagesofthe
importsintotheCommunityfromSpainoftheproductsin
question:HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,accordingtoArticles30and75oftheActof
Accession,thedutiesapplicableontheimportintothe
CommunityofTenofdriedgrapesfallingwithin
subheading08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,and
originatinginSpainwithinthelimitsofaCommunitytariff
quotaof1900tonnesshallbeprogressivelyabolished;
whereasthesedutiesaretobereducedto75%of-thebasic
dutieson1January1987;whereas,byderogationfrom
Article30oftheActofAccession,CouncilRegulation
(EEC)No443/86of24February1986concerningthe
basicdutiestobeadoptedintheCommunityofTenforthe
purposeofcalculatingthesuccessivereductionsprovided
forintheActofAccessionofSpainandPortugal(*)
providesthatthebasicdutiesarethosewhichactuallyhave
beenappliedon1January1986;whereas,therefore,to
establishthedutiesapplicableontheimportofthese
products,aCommunitytariffquotashouldbeopenedfor
theperiod1Januaryto31December1987for1900
tonnesofdriedgrapesoriginatinginSpainandfalling
withinsubheading08.04BIatthedutyshowninthetable
inArticle1;MemberState 198319841985
Benelux 3217,2
Denmark 252,1
Germany 232,0
Greece — — —
France 808368,2
Ireland 1 —0,6
Italy 13 79,9
UnitedKingdom— — —
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3792/85of
20December1985layingdownthearrangementsapplying
totradeinagriculturalproductsbetweenSpainand
Portugal(2)providesforparticularrulesfortheimportinto
Portugaloftheproductsinquestion,originatinginSpain;
whereas,consequently ,theCommunitytariffquotasare
onlyapplicableintheCommunityofTen;Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquotashares
maybefixedapproximatelyatthefollowingpercentages :
Benelux 7,6
Denmark 2,4
Germany 2,0
Greece 0,5
France 76,0
Ireland 0,5
Italy 10,5
UnitedKingdom 0,5
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrendsfor
theproductsconcernedinthevariousMemberStates,the
quotaamountshouldbedividedintotwoinstalments ,the
firstbeingsharedamongtheMemberStatesandthesecond
constituting areservetocoveratalaterdatethe
requirementsoftheMemberStateswhichhaveusedup
theirinitialquotashares;whereas,inordertogive
importersineachMemberStateacertaindegreeof
security,thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunityquota
mightunderthecircumstances befixedat80%ofthe
quotavolume;Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted accessto
theabovementioned quotaanduninterruptedapplication
oftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoallimports,ofthe
productsconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntilthequota
hasbeenusedup;whereashavingregardtotheabove
principles,theCommunitynatureofthequotacanbe
(')OJNoL50,28.2.1986,p.9.
(2)OJNoL367,31.12.1985,p.7.

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anytariffquotafromremainingunusedinoneMember
Statewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmybecarriedoutbyanyofitsmembers,WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeusedup
atdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfactinto
accountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,anyMember
Statewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquotashare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereas
thismustbedonebyeachMemberStateasandwheneach
ofitsadditionalsharesisalmostusedupandrepeatedas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additionalsharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthismethodofadministration requires
closecooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,andthelattermustbeinapositionto
monitortheextenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeen
usedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,iatagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMemberState,
itisessentialthattheMemberStateshouldreturna
significantproportiontothereservetopreventapartofHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1Januaryto31December1987,onimportintothe
CommunityofTen,thedutiesforthefollowingproducts
shallbetotallysuspendedwithinthelimitsofaCommunity
tariffquotaasfollows:
Order
NoCCT
heading
NoDescriptionAmount
ofquota
(tonnes)Rate
ofduty
(%)
09.0303 08.04BIDriedgrapes,originatinginSpain 1900 free
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thenthatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withtheconditionslaiddowninparagraph1,drawathird
shareequalto7,5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhere
necessarytothenextunit.Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentamountingto960tonnesofthe
CommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
sharedamongtheMemberStates;therespectiveshares
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil
31December1987,shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaStatehasbeenusedup,
thatMemberStateshall,inaccordancewiththeconditions
laiddowninparagraph1,drawafourthshareequaltothe
third.Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom115
40
30
1
600
7
160
7Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
2.Thesecondinstalmentof940tonnesshallconstitute
thereserve.4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixedin
thoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
theymightnotbeusedup.ItshallinformtheCommission
ofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(1),or90%ofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5hasbeen
applied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextentpermittedby
theamountofthereserve,thatMemberStateshall
forthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawasecond
shareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhere
necessarytothenextunit.Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
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ArticleS
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1987,suchunusedportionoftheirinitial
shareas,on15September1987,isinexcessof20%ofthe
initialvolume.Theymayreturnalargerquantityifthere
aregroundsforbelievingthatthisquantitymaynotbe
used.'
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1October1987,ofthetotalquantitiesoftheproducts
inquestionimportedupto15September1987andcharged
againstthetariffquotaandofanyquantityoftheinitial
sharesreturnedtothereserve.Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessaryto
ensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesof
theCommunitytariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
tothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofthe
productsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
sharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequesttheMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1987.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3
and,assoon,asitisnotified,shallinformeachMember
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStatesnotlaterthan5October
1986oftheamountinthereserveafterquantitieshave
beenreturnedtheretopursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhereserve
doesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,tothisend,
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28November1986.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.RUMBOLD