NoL383/46 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.12.87
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4109/87
of22December1987
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforcertaincod
andfishofthespeciesBoreogadussaida,dried,saltedorinbrine,whole,headlessorinpieces
1988
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,MemberStates 1984 1985 1986
Benelux 0,620,390,51
Denmark 0,540,016,86
Germany 0,820,440,41
Greece 4,993,804,61
Spain 1,050,7715,04
France 9,025,696,28
Ireland 000
Italy 18,6314,1113,31
Portugal 63,8474,5252,59
UnitedKingdom 0,490,270,39HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereastheCommunityhasundertakentoopenanannual
dutyfreeCommunitytariffquotaatzerodutyfor25000
tonnesofcodofthespeciesGadusmorhuaandGadusogac,
andfishofthespeciesBoreogadussaida,dried,saltedorin
brine,whole,headlessorinpieces;whereastherefore,the
tariffquotainquestionshouldbeopenedon1January1988
andallocatedamongtheMemberStates;
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarketforecastsfor
thisproductfor1988,theinitialpercentagesharesinthe
quotavolumecanbeexpressedapproximately asfollows: WhereastheCommunityhasadopted,witheffectfrom1
January1988,acombinednomenclatureforgoodswhich
meetstherequirementsoftheCommonCustomsTariffand
thenomenclatureofgoodsfortheexternaltradestatisticsof
theCommunityandstatisticsoftradebetweenMember
States;whereasinordertoencompassspecificCommunity
measuresthisnomenclature hasbeenexpandedintoan
integratedtariffoftheEuropeanCommunities (TARIC);
whereas,witheffectfromthedategivenabove,thecombined
nomenclature and,whereappropriate,theTARICcode
numbers,shouldbeusedforthedescriptionoftheproducts
coveredbythisRegulation;0,50
2,45
0,53
4,40
5,64
6,81
0,01
15,10
64,19
0,37Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
Spain
France
Ireland
Italy
Portugal
UnitedKingdom
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashouldbe
ensuredforallCommunityimportersandthetariffquota
rateshouldbeappliedconsistentlytoallimportsuntilthe
quotaisusedup;whereas,inthelightoftheseprinciples,
allocationofthetariffquotaamongtheMemberStates
wouldseemtopreservetheCommunitynatureofthequota;
whereasinordertocorrespondascloselyaspossibletothe
actualdevelopmentofthemarket,theallocationshould
reflecttherequirementsoftheMemberStatesbasedon
statisticsofimportsfromthirdcountriesduringa
representativereferenceperiodandtotheeconomicoutlook
forthetariffyearinquestion;Whereastoallowforpossibleimportstrendsforthesefish,
thequotavolumeshouldbedividedintotwoparts;thefirst
beingallocatedamongtheMemberStatesandthesecond
heldasareservetocoveranysubsequentrequirementsof
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialshare;
whereastoaffordimporterssomedegreeofcertainty,the
firstpartofthetariffquotashouldbesetatahighlevel,
whichinthiscasecouldbe75%ofthequotavolume;
Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferentrates;
whereasinordertoavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthis
account,itshouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberStatewhich
hasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawanadditional
sharefromthereserve;whereaseachtimeitsadditionalshare
isalmostusedupaMemberStateshoulddrawafurthershare
andsoonasmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereasthe
initialandadditionalsharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaborationbetweentheMemberStatesandWhereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichcomplete
statisticsareavailable,importsintoeachoftheMember
Statesrepresentedthefollowingpercentagesoftotalimports
oftheproductinquestionfromthirdcountrieswhichdonot
benefitfromanequivalentpreferentialtariffmeasure:

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Union,anymeasureconcerningtheadministration ofthe
sharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarriedout
byanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :theCommissionandtheCommissionmustbeabletokeep
accountofquotautilizationratesandinformtheMember
Statesaccordingly ;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperiodaconsiderable
quantityofaMemberState'sintialshareremainsunused,itis
essentialthatsuchStateshouldreturnasignificant
proportionofthistothereserveinordertopreventpartofthe
Communitytariffquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhileitcouldbeusedinothers;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomofthe
NetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgareunited
withinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBeneluxEconomicArticle1
From1Januaryto31December1988,thecustomsduty
applicabletoimportsofthefollowingproductsshallbe
suspendedatthelevelandwithinthelimitofaCommunity
tariffquotaasshownherewith:
OrderNo CNcode DescriptionAmountofquota
(tonnes)Rateofduty
(%)
09.0007 ex03055110
ex03055190
03055911
03055919
ex03056200
03056910CodofthespeciesGadusmorhua,andGadusogac,
andfishofthespeciesBoreogadussaida,dried,salted
orinbrine,whole,headlessorinpieces 25000 0
Withinthelimitofthistariffquota,theKingdomofSpain
andthePortugueseRepublicshallapplycustomsduties
calculatedinaccordancewiththerelevantprovisionslaid
downbytheActofAccessionofSpainandPortugal.
Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentof18750tonnesshallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates;theshareswhich,subjectto
Article5,shallbevaliduntilDecember1988shallbeas
follows:
(tonnes)forthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,andtotheextent
thatthereservesopermits,drawasecondshareequalto
10%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupasnecessarytothenext
wholenumber.
2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitialshare,has
used90%ormoreofitssecondshareaswell,itshall
forthwith,asprovidedinparagraph1,drawathirdshare
equalto5%oftheinitialshare,roundedupasnecessaryto
thenextwholenumber.
3.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecondshare,
hasused90%ormoreofitsthirdshare,itshall,asprovided
inparagraph1,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosespecified
inthesaidparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
thosespecifiedmightnotbeusedinfull.AnyMemberState
applyingthisparagraphshallinformtheCommissionofits
groundsforsodoing.Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
Spain
France
Ireland
Italy
Portugal
UnitedKingdom94
459
99
825
1058
1277
2
2831
12036
69
3.Thesecondinstalmentof6250tonnesshallconstitute
thereserve.
Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofitsinitial
shareasfixedinArticle2(2),orofthatshareminusany
portionreturnedtothereservepursuanttoArticle5,itshallArticle4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbevalid
until31December1988.

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Article5
By1November1988,atthelatest,MemberStatesmust
returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitialshare
which,on15October1988,isinexcessof20%oftheinitial
volume.Theymayreturnagreaterportionifthereare
groundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbeusedinfull.
By1November1988,atthelatest,MemberStatesmust
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproduct
inquestionimporteduptoandincluding15October1988
andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotaandofany
portionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesofthe
Communityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedto
them.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftheproduct
inquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhentheproductis
enteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofimportschargedin
accordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission ,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountofthesharesopened
bytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3andshall
informeachStateassoonastheinformationreachesitofthe
extenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5November
1988,oftheamountstillinreservefollowinganyreturnof
sharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhereserve
doesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andtothisendshall
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22December1987.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
N.WILHJELM