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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4182/88
of16December1988
openingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotaforsilverhake
(Merlucciusbilinearis)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,countriesduringarepresentative referenceperiodandthe
economicoutlookforthequotayearinquestion;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,Whereasif,duringthequotaperiod,thetariffquotais
almosttotallyusedup,itisindispensablethatMember
Statesreturntothisquotatheentiretyofthedrawings
madewhichhavenotbeenused,inordertoavoidonepart
oftheCommunitytariffquotaremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
Economicunion,anyoperationconcerningthe
administration ofthequotashareleviedbythateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,WhereastheCommunityhasundertakentoopenanannual
Communitytariffquotaat8%dutyfor2000tonnesof
silverhake(Merlucciusbilinearis)-,whereasthetariffquota
concernedshouldbeopenedon1January1989;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashould
beensuredforallCommunityimportersandtheratelaid
downforthequotashouldbeappliedconsistentlytoall
importsuntilthequotaisusedup;whereas,inthelightof
theseprinciples,allocationofthetariffquotaamongthe
MemberStateswouldseemtopreservetheCommunity
natureofthequota;whereas,inordertocorrespondas
closelyaspossibletotheactualdevelopmentofthemarket,
theallocationshouldreflecttherequirementsofthe
MemberStatesbasedonstatisticsofimportsfromthirdArticle1
1.From1Januaryto31December1989,thecustoms
dutyapplicabletoimportsofthefollowingproductshallbe
suspendedatthelevelindicatedandwithinthelimitsofa
Communitytariffquotaasshownbelow:
Order
NoCNcode DescriptionQuota
volume
(tonnes)Rateof
duty
(%)
09.0009 ex03026965
ex03037810
ex03049047Silverhake(Merlucciusbilinearis),fresh,chilledorfrozen 2000 8
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,theKingdomof
SpainandthePortugueseRepublicshallapplycustoms
dutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththerelevantprovisions
laiddownbythe1985ActofAccession.corresponding toitsrequirementstotheextentthatthe
availablebalanceofthequotasopermits.
2.WithoutprejudicetoArticle3,sharesdrawnpursuant
toparagraph1shallbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period.
Article3
1.Onceatleast80%ofthetariffquotaasdefinedin
Article1(1)hasbeenusedup,theCommissionshallnotify
theMemberStatesthereof.Article2
1.Ifanimportergivesnotificationofimminentimportsof
theproductinquestionintoaMemberStateandappliesto
takeadvantageofthequota,theMemberStateconcerned
shallinformtheCommission anddrawanamount

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Article4
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethattheirdrawingspursuanttoArticle2(1)enable
importstobechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimportersofthe
productconcernedhavefreeaccesstothequotaforsuch
timeastheresidualbalanceofthequotavolumeso
permits.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftheproduct
concernedagainsttheirdrawingsasandwhenthegoods
areenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation .
4.Theextenttowhichthequotahasbeenusedupshall
bedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportschargedin
accordancewithparagraph3.
Article5
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsoftheproductconcernedactually
chargedagainstthequota.2.ItshallalsonotifyMemberStatesinthiscaseofthe
datefromwhichdrawingsonthetariffquotamustbemade
accordingtothefollowingprovisions:
IfanimporterpresentsinaMemberStateadeclarationof
entryintofreecirculationincludingarequestfor
preferentialbenefitforaproductcoveredbythis
Regulation,andifthisdeclarationisacceptedbythe
customsauthorities,theMemberStateconcernedshall
drawfromthetariffquota,bymeansofnotificationtothe
Commission ,aquantitycorresponding totheseneeds.
Therequestsfordrawing,withtheindicationofthedateof
acceptanceofthesaiddeclaration,mustbecommunicated
totheCommissionwithoutdelay.
ThedrawingsaregrantedbytheCommissiononthebasis
ofthedateofacceptanceofthedeclarationofentryinto
freecirculationbythecustomsauthoritiesoftheMember
Stateconcerned,totheextentthattheavailablebalanceso
permits.
IfaMemberStatedoesnotusethequantitiesdrawn,it
shallreturnthemassoonaspossibletothetariffquota.
Ifthequantitiesrequestedaregreaterthantheavailable
balanceofthequota,allocationshallbemadeonaprorata
basiswithrespecttotherequests.MemberStatesshallbe
informedbytheCommissioninaccordancewiththesame
procedures .
3.WithinatimelimitlaiddownbytheCommission
startingfromthedatereferredtointhefirstsubparagraph
ofparagraph2,MemberStatesshallberequiredtoreturn
tothetariffquotaallthequantitieswhichhavenotbeen
usedonthatdate,withinthemeaningofArticle4(3)
and(4).Article6
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1989.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16December1988.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.GENNIMATAS