31.12.86 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL380/47
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4125/86
of22December1986
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
certaindriedgrapes,fallingwithinsubheadingNo08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariff
andoriginatinginCyprus(1987)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,referredtoinArticles180and367ofthesaidAct;whereas
thetariffmeasureinquestionthereforeappliestothe
CommunityofTen;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereastheSupplementary ProtocoltotheAgreement
establishinganAssociationbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandCyprus(')cametoanendon
31December1980;whereas,toavoidinterruptionofits
traderelationswiththatcountry,theCommunityhasmade
applicable,for1984,theprovisionsoftheabovementioned
ProtocolinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3700/83of22
December1983layingdownthearrangementsapplicable
totradewithCyprus(2);
Whereas,pendingthedefinitionofarrangementsapplicable
beyond31December1984,itisnecessarytoextend
provisionallyfor1987thearrangements whichthe
CommunityappliescurrentlytotradewithCyprusonthe
basisoftheabovementioned Protocol;Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted accessto
theabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted application
oftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoallimportsofthe
productsconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntilthequota
hasbeenusedup;whereas,inthepresentcase,itseems
advisablenottoallocatethisquotaamongtheMember
Stateswithoutprejudicetothedrawingagainstthequota
volumeofsuchquantitiesastheymayneed,underthe
conditionsandaccordingtotheprocedurespecifiedin
Article1(2);whereasthismethodofmanagementrequires
closecooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commissionandthelattermust,inparticular,beableto
monitortherateatwhichthequotaisusedupandinform
theMemberStatesthereof;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinthejointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,alltransactions concerningthe
administration ofsharesallocatedtothateconomicunion
maybecarriedoutbyanyofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Whereastheabovementioned Protocolprovidesforthe
openingofanannualduty-freeCommunitytariffquotaof
500tonnesofcertaindriedgrapesfallingwithin
subheading08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginCyprus;whereasthisCommunitytariff
quotashouldbeopenedfortheperiod1Januaryto
31December1987; Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1987,onimportinto
theCommunityofTen,thedutyforthefollowingproducts
shallbetotallysuspendedwithinthelimitsofaCommunity
tariffquotaasfollows:Whereas,intheabsenceofaProtocolsuchasthatprovided
forinArticles179and366oftheActofAccessionofSpain
andPortugal,theCommunitymusttakethemeasures
Order
NoCCT
heading
NoDescriptionQuotavolume
(intonnes)Quota
duty
(%)
09.1413 08.04BIDriedgrapes,inimmediatecontainersofanetcapacityof
15kgorlessandoriginatinginCyprus 500 free
(»)OJNoL172,28.6.1978,p.2.
(2)OJNoL369,30.12.1983,p.1.

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2.Ifanimporternotifiesanimminentimportationofthe
productinquestioninaMemberStateandrequeststhe
benefitofthequota,theMemberStateconcernedshall
informtheCommission anddrawanamount
corresponding totheserequirementstotheextendthatthe
availablebalanceofthereservepermitsthis.
3.Thesharesdrawnpursuanttoparagraph2shallbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod.
Article2
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethattheirdrawingspursuanttoArticle1(2)are
carriedoutinsuchawaythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesof
theCommunityquota.
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidgoodshaveaccesstothequotasolongastheresidual
balanceofthequotavolumesopermits.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaidgoodsagainsttheirdrawingsasandwhenthegoodsareentered
forfreecirculation .
4.Theextenttowhichthequotahasbeenusedupshall
bedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportschargedin
accordancewithparagraph3.
Article3
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainstthequota.
Article4
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallcollaborate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1987.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22December1986.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.SHAW