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of30June1986
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
deep-frozenfilletsandmincedblocksofAlaskapollack(Theragrachalcogramma)falling
withinsubheadingsex03.01BIIb)17andex03.01Bin)2oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedbythe
Commission ,Whereas,totakeaccountofpossibleimporttrendsfor
theproductconcerned,thequotavolumeshouldbe
dividedintotwoinstalments,thefirstbeingallocated
betweencertainMemberStatesandthesecondheldasa
reservetomeetsubsequentrequirementsofMember
Stateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialsharesandany
additionalrequirementswhichmightariseintheother
MemberStates;whereas,togiveimportersofthe
MemberStatessomedegreeofcertainty,thefirst
instalmentofthetariffquotashouldbefixedata
relativelyhighlevel,whichinthiscasecouldbe5700
tonnes;
Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferentrates;
whereas,toavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthisaccount,
itshouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberStatewhichhas
almostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawanadditional
sharefromthereserve;whereas,eachtimeitsadditional
shareisalmostusedup,aMemberStateshoulddrawa
furthershare,andsoonasmanytimesatthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesbevalid
untiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthisformof
administration requiresclosecollaborationbetweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,whichlattermust
beinapositiontokeepaccountoftheextenttowhich
thequotashavebeenusedupandtoinformtheMember
Statesaccordingly ;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthesharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :WhereasCommunitysuppliesofdeep-frozenfilletsand
mincedblocksofAlaskapollack(Theragrachalcogramma)
currentlydependonimportsfromthirdcountries;
whereas,itisintheCommunity'sinteresttosuspend
partiallytheCommonCustomsTariffdutyforthe
productinquestion,withintheCommunitytariffquota
ofanappropriatevolume;whereas,inordernottocall
intoquestionthedevelopment prospectsofthis
productionintheCommunitywhileensuringan
adequatesupplytosatisfyuserindustries,itisadvisable
toopenthisquotafortheperioduntil31December
1986,atadutyrateof5%andtofixthevolumethereof
at6300tonnes;
Wheras,inparticular,equalandcontinuousaccesstothe
quotashouldbeensuredforallCommunityimporters
andtherateofdutyforthetariffquotashouldbe
appliedconsistentlytoallimportsuntilthequotais
exhausted;whereas,inthelightoftheseprinciples,
arrangementsfortheutilizationofthetariffquotabased
onanallocationamongMemberStateswouldseemto
beconsistentwiththeCommunitynatureofthequota;
whereas,tocorrespondascloselyaspossibletothe
actualtrendinthemarketintheproductinquestion,
allocationofthequotashouldbeinproportiontothe
requirementsoftheMemberStatesascalculatedby
referencetostatisticsofimportsfromthirdcountries
duringarepresentative referenceperiodandtothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;Article1
1.FromthedateonwhichthisRegulationentersinto
forceuntil31December1986,theCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyfordeep-frozenfilletsandmincedblocksof
Alaskapollack(Theragrachaclogramma)fallingwithin
CommonCustomsTariffsubheadingsex03.01BIIb)
17andex03.01BIn)2shallbesuspendedatalevelof
5%withinthelimitofaCommunitytariffquotaof
6300tonnes.
2.Withinthelimitofthistariffquota,theKingdom
ofSpainandthePortugueseRepublicshallapply
customsdutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththerelevant
provisionsinthe1985ActofAccession.Whereasinthecaseinpointtherearenostatisticaldata
brokendownbyqualityofproductsinquestion;whereas
thequotaisanautonomousCommunitytariffquota
intendedtocoverimportneedsarisinginthe
Community ,thequotavolumemaybeallocatedonthe
basisofthetemporaryimportneedsfromthirdcountries
expressedbyeachoftheMemberStates;whereasthese
arrangementsforallocationwillequallyensurethe
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3.Importsoftheproductsinquestionshallnot
benefitfromthequotareferredtoinparagraph 1unless
thefree-at-frontier price,whichisdeterminedbythe
MemberStatesinaccordancewithArticle21ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No3796/81('),isatleastequaltothe
referencepricefixed,ortobefixed,bytheCommunity
fortheproductsunderconsiderationorthecategoriesof
theproductsconcerned .
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentof5700tonnesofthis
Communitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongcertain
MemberStates,theshares,whichsubjecttoArticle5
shallbevaliduntil31December1986,shallamountto
thefollowingquantities :
Benelux :
Germany :
France:
UnitedKingdom :(tonnes)
200
3000
1500
10004.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,
aMemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthose
specifiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.
AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshallinform
theCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1986.
Article5
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1November1986,
returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15October1986,isinexcessof20%of
theinitialvolume.Theymayreturnagreaterportionif
therearegroundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbeusedin
full.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1November1986,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
October1986andchargedagainsttheCommunitytariff
quotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialsharesreturned
tothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan5November1986,informthe
MemberStatesoftheamountstillinreserve,following
anyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andtothis
endshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraggregate
sharesoftheCommunitytariffquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionhavefreeaccesstotheshares
allottedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftheproduct
inquestionagainsttheirsharesastheproductisentered
withthecustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .2.Thesecondinstalmentof600tonnesshall
constitutethereserve.
3.Shouldanimportergivenotificationofimminent
importationontheproductinquestioninanother
MemberStateandrequestthebenefitofthequota,the
MemberStateconcernedshallinformtheCommission
anddrawanamountcorresponding toitsrequirements
totheextentthattheavailablebalanceofthereserveso
permits.
Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofits
initialshareasfixedinArticle2(1),itshallforthwith,by
notifyingtheCommission,drawasecondshare,tothe
extentthatthereservesopermits,equalto5%ofits
initialshareroundedupasnecessarytothenextwhole
number.
2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitialshare,
hasused90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyit,
thatMemberStateshallforthwith,inthemannerandto
theextentprovidedinparagraph 1,drawathirdshare
equalto2,5%ofitsinitialshareroundedupas
necessarytothenextwholenumber.
3.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecondshare
hasused90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyit,
thatMemberStateshall,inthemannerandtotheextent
providedinparagraph 1,drawafourthshareequalto
thethird.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
(')OJNoL379,31.12.1981,p.1.

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Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .4.TheextenttowhichMemberStateshaveusedup
theirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofimports
chargedagainstthemundertheconditionssetoutin
paragraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg,30June1986.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
N.SMIT-KROES