31.12.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL368/7
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4183/88
of16December1988
openingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforfrozencod
(Gadusmorhua)fillets
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,countriesduringarepresentative referenceperiodandthe
economicoutlookforthequotayearinquestion;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,Whereasif,duringthequotaperiod,thetariffquotais
almosttotallyusedup,itisindispensablethatMember
Statesreturntothisquotatheentiretyofthedrawings
madewhichhavenotbeenused,inordertoavoidonepart
oftheCommunitytariffquotaremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
Economicunion,anyoperationconcerningthe
administration ofthequotashareleviedbythateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,WhereastheCommunityhasundertakentoopenanannual
Communitytariffquotaat8%dutyfor10000tonnesof
frozenfilletsofcodoftheGadusmorhuaspecies;whereas
thetariffquotaconcernedshouldbeopenedon1January
1989;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashould
beensuredforallCommunityimportersandtheratelaid
downforthequotashouldbeappliedconsistentlytoall
importsuntilthequotaisusedup;whereas,inthelightof
theseprinciples,allocationofthetariffquotaamongthe
MemberStateswouldseemtopreservetheCommunity
natureofthequota;whereas,inordertocorrespondas
closelyaspossibletotheactualdevelopmentofthemarket,
theallocationshouldreflecttherequirements ofthe
MemberStatesbasedonstatisticsofimportsfromthirdArticle1
1.From1Januaryto31December1989,thecustoms
dutyapplicabletoimportsofthefollowingproductsshall
besuspendedatthelevelindicatedandwithinthelimitsof
aCommunitytariffquotaasshownbelow:
Order
NoCNcode DescriptionQuota
volume
(tonnes)Rateof
duty
(%)
09.0011 ex03042029Frozencodfillets(Gadusmorhua) 10000 8
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,theKingdomof
SpainandthePortugueseRepublicshallapplycustoms
dutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththerelevantprovisions
laiddownbythe1985ActofAccession.2.WithoutprejudicetoArticle3,sharesdrawnpursuant
toparagraph 1shallbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period.
Article3
1.Onceatleast80%ofthetariffquotaasdefinedin
Article1(1)hasbeenusedup,theCommissionshallnotify
theMemberStatesthereof,
2.ItshallalsonotifyMemberStatesinthiscaseofthe
datefromwhichdrawingsonthetariffquotamustbemade
accordingtothefollowingprovisions:Article2
1.Ifanimportergivesnotificationofimminentimportsof
theproductinquestionintoaMemberStateandappliesto
takeadvantageofthequota,theMemberStateconcerned
shallinformtheCommission anddrawanamount
correspondingtoitsrequirementstotheextentthatthe
availablebalanceofthequotasopermits.

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IfanimporterpresentsinaMemberStateadeclarationof
entryintofreecirculationincludingarequestfor
preferentialbenefitforaproductcoveredbythis
Regulation,andifthisdeclarationisacceptedbythe
customsauthorities,theMemberStateconcernedshall
drawfromthetariffquota,bymeansofnotificationtothe
Commission ,aquantitycorresponding totheseneeds.
Therequestsfordrawing,withtheindicationofthedateof
acceptanceofthesaiddeclaration,mustbecommunicated
totheCommissionwithoutdelay.
ThedrawingsaregrantedbytheCommissiononthebasis
ofthedateofacceptanceofthedeclarationofentryinto
freecirculationbythecustomsauthoritiesoftheMember
Stateconcerned,totheextentthattheavailablebalanceso
permits.Article4
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethattheirdrawingspursuanttoArticle2(1)enable
importstobechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimportersofthe
productconcernedhavefreeaccesstothequotaforsuch
timeastheresidualbalanceofthequotavolumeso
permits.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftheproduct
concernedagainsttheirdrawingsasandwhenthegoods
areenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation .
4.Theextenttowhichthequotahasbeenusedupshall
bedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportschargedin
accordancewithparagraph3.
Article5IfaMemberStatedoesnotusethequantitiesdrawn,it
shallreturnthemassoonaspossibletothetariffquota.
Ifthequantitiesrequestedaregreaterthantheavailable
balanceofthequota,allocationshallbemadeonaprorata
basiswithrespecttotherequests.MemberStatesshallbe
informedbytheCommissioninaccordancewiththesame
procedures .AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsoftheproductconcernedactually
chargedagainstthequota.
Article6
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1989..3.WithinatimelimitlaiddownbytheCommission
startingfromthedatereferredtointhefirstsubparagraph
ofparagraph2,MemberStatesshallberequiredtoreturn
tothetariffquotaallthequantitieswhichhavenotbeen
usedonthatdate,withinthemeaningofArticle4(3)
and(4).
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16December1988.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.GENNIMATAS