31.12.87 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanComunitiesNoL398/27
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4173/87
of21December1987
openingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotaforcutflowers
andflowerbuds,fresh,fallingwithinsubheadings06031011to06031069ofthe
combinednomenclatureandoriginatinginCyprus(1988)
whichcertainpriceconditionsarecompliedwith;
whereastheCommunitytariffquotashouldthereforebe
openedfortheperiodfrom1Januaryto31October
1988amountingbyvirtueoftheprorataremporisclause
inthesaidProtocolto43,75tonnesfortheperiodin
question;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,Whereasfromthedateonwhichthesaidquotais
opened,thenomenclatureusedintheCommonCustoms
Tariffwillbereplacedbythecombinednomenclature
basedontheInternational Conventiononthe
HarmonizedCommodityDescriptionandCoding
System;whereasthisRegulationmusttakeaccountof
thatfactbyindicatingthecombinednomenclaturecodes
withinwhichthesaidproductsfall;WhereasArticle19oftheProtocollayingdownthe
conditionsandproceduresfortheimplementation ofthe
secondstageoftheAgreementestablishinganAs­
sociationbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andtheRepublicofCyprusandadaptingcertain
provisionsthereof('),stipulatesthatcutflowersand
flowerbuds,fresh,fallingwithinsubheadings06031011
to06031069ofthecombinednomenclature andorig­
inatinginCyprusshallbeimportedintotheCommunity
atReducedRatesofdutywithinthelimitsofofan
annualCommunitytariffquotaof50tonnes;whereas,
pursuanttoArticles18and19oftheProtocolin
question,thisvolumeissubjecttoanannualincreaseof
5%fromtheentryintoforceofthesaidProtocol,and
willthereforebe52,50tonnesin1988;whereas,within
thelimitsofthistariffquota,customsdutiesaretobe
abolishedprogressivelyaccordingtothesametimetables
andunderthesameconditionsaslaiddowninArticles5
and16ofthesaidProtocol;whereasinthecontextof
thesaidquota,theKingdomofSpainandthe
PortugueseRepublicwillapplycustomsdutiescalculated
inaccordancewiththeProtocoltotheAssociation
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andtheRepublicofCyprusconsequentontheaccession
oftheKingdomofSpainandthePortugueseRepublicto
theCommunity(2);Whereasequalandcontinousaccesstothequotashould
beensuredforallCommunityimportersandtherates
laiddownforthequotashouldbeappliedconsistentlyto
allimportsoftheproductinquestionintoallthe
MemberStatesuntilthequotaisexhausted;whereas,
however,thequotashouldnotinthiscasebeallocated
amongtheMemberStates,withoutprejudicetothe
drawingagainstthequotavolumeofsuchquantitiesas
theymayneed,underconditionsandaccordingtothe
procedurelaiddowninArticle1(2);whereasthis
methodofadministration requiresclosecooperation
betweentheMemberStatesandtheCommissionandthe
lattermustinparticularbeabletomonitortherateat
whichthequotaisusedandinformtheMemberStates
accordingly ;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourg
areunitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anyoperationconcerningtheadminis­
trationofthequotasharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,
Whereasroseswithlargeorsmallflowersandcarnations
oftheunifloralormultifloraltypearecoveredbythe
quotaonlywheretheymeettheconditionslaiddownby
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No4088/87of21December
1987fixingconditionsfortheapplicationofpreferential
customsdutiesonimportsofcertainfloricultural
productsoriginatinginCyprus,IsraelorJordan(3);
whereasthesetariffadvantagesapplyonlytoimportsforHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31October1988thecustoms
dutyapplicabletoimportsintotheCommunityofthe
followingproductsoriginatinginCyprusshallbe
suspendedatthelevelindicatedandwithinthelimitsof
aCommunitytariffquotaasshownbelow:(')OJNoL393,31.12.1987,p.2.
OOJNoL393,31,12.1987,p.37.
(')OJNoL382,31.12.1987,p.22.

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Order
NoCNcodeDescription Volumeofquota
(tonnes)Quotaduty
(%)
09.1419 06031051
06031053
06031055
06031061
06031065
06031069
06031011
06031013
06031015
06031021
06031025
06031029Cutflowersandflowersbudsofakindsuitablefor
bouquetsorforornamentalpurposes,fresh,dried,dyed,
bleached,impregnatedorotherwiseprepared:
—Fresh:
—From1Novemberto31May
—From1Juneto31October,
originatinginCyprus43,75 17:
from1January
to29February
15,4:
from1March
to31May
21,8:
from1June
to31October
Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,SpainandPortugal
shallapplycustomsdutiescalculatedinaccordancewith
therelevantprovisionsoftheProtocoltotheAssociation
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andtheRepublicofCyprusconsequentontheaccession
ofSpainandPortugal.
2.CoverbythetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1(1)
maybeinterruptedinthecaseofroseswithlargeor
smallflowersandcarnationsoftheunifloralormulti­
floraltypeifitisestablishedatCommunitylevelthatthe
priceconditionslaiddownbyRegulation(EEC)No
4088/87arenotcompliedwith.
Insuchcases,theCommissionshalladoptRegulations
re-establishing thecollectionofCommonCustomsTariff
dutiesinrespectoftheproductsinquestionand,where
appropriate,reintroducingthisRegulationonthedates
andfortheproductsindicatedinthoseRegulations .
3.Ifanimportergivesnotificationofimminent
importsoftheproductinquestionintoaMemberState
andappliestotakeadvantageofthequota,theMember
StateconcernedshallinformtheCommissionanddraw
anamountcorresponding toitsrequirementstothe
extentthattheavailablebalanceofthereserveso
permits.
4.Thesharesdrawnpursuanttoparagraph3shallbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod.Article2
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethattheirdrawingspursuanttoArticle1(3)
enableimportstobechargedwithoutinterruption
againsttheiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommuniy
quota.
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimportersof
theproductconcernedhavefreeaccesstothequotafor
suchtimeastheresidualbalanceofthequotavolumeso
permits.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirdrawingsasandwhenthegoodsare
enteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
4.Theextenttowhichthequotahasbeenusedup
shallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportscharged
inaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article3
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainstthequota.
Article4
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21December1987.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.HAARDER