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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No3392/85
of18November1985
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotaforsalad
beetrootsfallingwithinsubheadingex07.01GIVoftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginating
inCyprus(1986)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,monitortherateatwhichthequotaisusedupandinform
theMemberStatesthereof;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,alltransactions concerningthe
administration ofsharesallocatedtothateconomicunion
maybecarriedoutbyanyofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1986,theCommon
CustomsTariffduty,onimportintotheCommunityof
Ten,forsaladbeetroots,fallingwithinsubheadingex
07.01GIVoftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginCyprusshallbesuspendedat8,5%within
thelimitsofaCommunitytariffquotaof1500tonnes.
2.Ifanimporternotifiesanimminentimportationofthe
productinquestioninaMemberStateandrequeststhe
benefitofthequota,theMemberStateconcernedshall
informtheCommission anddrawanamount
corresponding totheserequirementstotheextentthatthe
availablebalanceofthereservepermitsthis.
3.Thesharesdrawnpursuanttoparagraph2shallbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod.HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,inRegulation (EEC)No3700/83(!),the
Communitylaiddownthearrangements applicableto
tradewithCyprusfor1984;whereasArticle2ofthat
RegulationprovidesfortheopeningofaCommunitytariff
quotaof1500tonnesofsaladbeetroots,fallingwithin
subheadingex07.01GIVoftheCommonCustomsTariff
andoriginatinginCyprus,atarateofcustomsdutyequal
to50%ofthecustomsdutyintheCommonCustoms
Tariff;
Whereas,pendingthedefinitionofarrangementsapplicable
beyond31December1984itisnecessarytoextend
provisionally for1986thearrangements whichthe
CommunityappliescurrentlytotradewithCyprusonthe
basisoftheabovementioned Regulation;whereas,
therefore,theCommunitytariffquotainquestionshould
beopenedfortheperiodfrom1Januaryto31December
1986;
Whereas,intheabsenceofaProtocolsuchasthatprovided
forinArticles179and366oftheActofAccessionofSpain
andPortugal,theCommunitymusttakethemeasures
referredtoinArticles180and367ofthesaidAct;whereas
thetariffmeasureinquestionthereforeappliestothe
CommunityofTen;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted accessto
theabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted application
oftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoallimportsofthe
productsconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntilthequota
hasbeenusedup;whereas,inthepresentcase,itseems
advisablenottoallocatethisquotaamongtheMember
Stateswithoutprejudicetothedrawingagainstthequota
volumeofsuchquantitiesastheymayneed,underthe
conditionsandaccordingtotheprocedurespecifiedin
Article1(2);whereasthismethodofmanagementrequires
closecooperationbetweentheMemberStates--andthe
Commissionandthelattermust,inparticular,beabletoArticle2
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethattheirdrawingspursuanttoArticle1(2)are
carriedoutinsuchawaythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesof
theCommunityquota.
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidgoodshaveaccesstothequotasolongastheresidual
balanceofthequotavolumesopermits.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaidgoods
againsttheirdrawingsasandwhenthegoodsareentered
forfreecirculation . (>)OJNoL369,30.12.1983,p.1.

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4.Theextenttowhichthequotahasbeenusedupshall
bedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportschargedin
accordancewithparagraph3.Article4
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallcollaborate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article3
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainstthequota.Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1986.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18November1985.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
M.FISCHBACH