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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4015/86
of16December1986
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforother
wovenfabricsofcottonfallingwithinheadingNo55.09oftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginSpain(1987)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,andinparticularArticles30and31thereof,tothestatisticsofimportsfromSpainoverarepresentative
periodandalsototheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodconcerned;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsare
available,thecorresponding importsbyeachofthe
MemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercentagesofthe
importsintotheCommunityfromSpainoftheproducts
concerned :
MemberState 1983 1984 1985
Benelux 0,77,28,7
Denmark 0,12,91,9
Germany 4,111,95,7
Greece 1,11,3—
France 58,239,449,1
Ireland 27,813,92,2
Italy 4,210,815,7
UnitedKingdom 3,812,616,7HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,underArticles30and31oftheActofAccession,
thecustomsdutiesapplicable,ontheimportintothe
CommunityofTen,ofotherwovenfabricsofcotton
fallingwithintariffheading55.09andoriginatinginSpain
withinthelimitsofaCommunitytariffquotaof2013
tonnesshallbeprogressivelyabolished;whereasthese
dutieswillbereducedto77,5%ofthebasicdutieson
1January1987;whereasbyderogationfromArticle30of
theActofAccession,Regulation (EEC)No443/86(')
providesthatthebasicdutiesshallbethosewhichwere
actuallyappliedon1January1986;whereas,therefore,to
establishthedutiesapplicableontheimportofthese
products,aCommunitytariffquotashouldbeopenedfor
theperiod1Januaryto31December1987for2013
tonnesofotherwovenfabricsofcotton,originatingin
Spain,fallingwithinheading55.09oftheCommon
CustomsTariffatthedutiesasshowninthelistin
Article1;
WhereasArticle1ofProtocol3annexedtotheActof
Accessionprovidesforparticularrulesfortheimportinto
Portugaloftheproductsinquestion,originatinginSpain;
whereas,consequently ,theCommunitytariffquotais
applicableonlyintheCommunityofTen;Whereas,inviewofthesefactors,andofmarketforecasts
fortheproductsinquestionandinparticularofthe
estimatessubmittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
Benelux 4,5
Denmark 3,4
Germany 5,6
Greece 0,6
France 53,4
Ireland 21,2
Italy 8,5
UnitedKingdom 2,8
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted accessto
theabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted application
oftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoallimportsofthe
productsconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntilthequota
hasbeenusedup;whereas,havingregardtotheprinciples
mentionedabove,theCommunitynatureofthequotacan
berespectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquota
amongtheMemberStates;whereas,toreflectasaccurately
aspossiblethetruetrendofthemarketoftheproductsin
question,suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirementsoftheMemberStatescalculatedbyreferenceWhereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrendsfor
theproductsconcernedinthevariousMemberStates,the
quotavolumeshouldbedividedintotwoinstalments,the
firstbeingsharedamongtheMemberStatesandthesecond
constituting areservetocoveratalaterdatethe
requirementsofthoseMemberStateshavinguseduptheir
initialquotashares;whereasinordertogiveimportersin
eachMemberStateacertaindegreeofsecurity,thefirst
instalmentoftheCommunityquotashouldunderpresent
circumstances befixedat88%ofthequota;
OJNoL50,28.2.1986,p.9.WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeusedup
atdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfactinto

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partofanyCommunityquotafromremainingunusedin
oneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anyoperationconcerningthe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,accountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,anyMember
Statewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddraw
anadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereasthismustbe
donebyeachMemberStateasandwheneachofits
additionalsharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedasmany
timesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additionalsharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthismethodofadministrationrequires
closecooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission,andthelattermustbeinapositionto
monitortheextenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeen
usedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1Januaryto31December1987,ontheimportsinto
theCommunityofTen,thedutiesforthefollowing
productsoriginatinginSpainshallbesuspendedatalevel
andwithinthelimitsofaCommunitytariffquotaas
follows:Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityofaninitialshareremainsunusedina
MemberState,itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshould
returnasignificantproportiontothereserve,topreventa
OrderNoCCTheading
NoRateof
duty­ DescriptionQuota
volume
(tonnes) (%)
09.0315 55.092013 Otherwovenfabricsofcotton:
A.Containing85%ormorebyweightofcotton:
I.Ofawidthoflessthan85cm
II.Other
B.Other:
I.Ofawidthoflessthan85cm
II.Other3,1
3,1
3,1
3,1
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5isapplied,
hasbeenusedup,then,totheextentpermittedbythe
amountofthereserve,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
bynotifyingtheCommission,drawasecondshareequalto
15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextunit.Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentamountingto1770tonnesofthe
CommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;therespectiveshares,
whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil31December
1987shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordancewith
theconditionslaiddowninparagraph1,drawathird
shareequalto7,5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhere
necessarytothenextunit.Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom80
60
100
10
945
375
150
50
2.Thesecondinstalmentof243tonnesshallconstitute
thereserve. 3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeen
usedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordancewiththe
sameconditions,drawafourthshareequaltothethird. Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(1),or90%ofthatshareminustheThisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.

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4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixedin
thoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethatthese
mightnotbeusedup.ItshallinformtheCommissionofits
reasonsforapplyingthisparagraph .
Article4
EachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1987.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1987,suchunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15September1987,isinexcessof20%
oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalargerquantityif
therearegroundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1987,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionupto15September1987andcharged
againstthetariffquotaandofanyquantitiesoftheinitial
sharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasitisnotified,informeach
MemberStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5October
1987,oftheamountinthereserveafterquantitieshave
beenreturnedpursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
exhauststhereservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,tothisend,shallnotifytheamountofthatbalanceto
theMemberStatewhichmakessuchlastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessaryto
ensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesof
theCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
tothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoodsare
enteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsoftheproductsconcernedactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurecompliancewiththis
Regulation .
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1987.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16December1986.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.HOWE