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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4008/86
of16December1986
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotaforapricot
pulpfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginTunisia(1987)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsare
available,thecorrespondingimportsofeachMemberState
representthefollowingpercentagesofimportsintothe
CommunityfromTunisiaoftheproductinquestion:
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,MemberState 1983 1984 1985
BeneluxI
Denmark
Germany— —
Greece —
France 100100100
Ireland —
Italy — —
UnitedKingdom— — —WhereastheCooperation Agreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublicof
Tunisia(!),signedon25April1976,providesforthe
openingbytheCommunityofanannualCommunitytariff
quotaof4300tonnesofapricotpulpfallingwithin
subheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustoms
TariffandoriginatinginTunisia;whereasthecustoms
dutiesapplicabletothequotaareequalto70%ofthe
customsdutiesactuallyappliedtonon-membercountries;
whereastheCommunitytariffquotainquestionshould
thereforebeopenedfor1987;Whereasboththesepercentagesandtheestimatesfrom
certainMemberStatesshouldbetakenintoaccountaswell
astheneedtoensurethat,inthecircumstances ,the
obligationscontractedundertheAgreementconcernedare
allocatedfairlyamongalltheMemberStates;whereasthe
approximatepercentagesoftheinitialquotasharesmay
thereforebefixedasfollows:
Whereas,sinceaProtocolasprovidedforinArticles179
and366oftheActofAccessionofSpainandPortugaldoes
notexist,theCommunitymustadoptthemeasuresreferred
toinArticles180and367ofthatAct;whereasthetariff
measureconcernedwill,therefore,applytothe
Communityasconstitutedon31December1985;Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom2,4
2,4
4,4
0,5
78,1
2,4
2,4
7,4Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted accessto
theabovementioned quotaanduninterruptedapplication
oftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoallimportsofthe
productsconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntilthequota
hasbeenusedup;whereas,havingregardtotheabove
principles,theCommunitynatureofthequotacanbe
respectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamong
theMemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectas
accuratelyaspossiblethetruetrendofthemarketinthe
productsinquestion,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotherequirementsoftheMemberStates,
calculatedbyreferencetothestatisticsforimportsfrom
Tunisiaoverarepresentative referenceperiodandalsoto
theeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrendsfor
theproductsconcernedinthevariousMemberStates,the
quotaamountshouldbedividedintotwoinstalments,the
firstbeingsharedamongtheMemberStatesandthesecond
constituting areservetocoveratalaterdatethe
requirementsoftheMemberStateswhichhaveusedup
theirinitialquotashares;whereas,inordertogive
importersineachMemberStateacertaindegreeof
security,thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunityquota
shouldunderthecircumstances befixedat50%ofthe
quotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeusedup
atdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfactinto
accountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,anyMember
Statewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquotashare (MOJNoL265,27.9.1978,p.1.

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Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereas
thismustbedonebyeachMemberStateasandwheneach
ofitsadditionalsharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additionalsharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthismethodofadministration requires
closecooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,andthelattermustbeinapositionto
monitortheextenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeen
usedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesthereof; HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1Januaryto31December1987thecustoms
dutyapplicableintheCommunity ,asconstitutedon
31December1985,onthefollowingproducts,shallbe
suspendedatthelevelandwithinthelimitsofa
Communitytariffquotaasshownherewith:Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMemberState,
itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshouldreturna
significantproportiontothereservetopreventapartof
anytariffquotafromremainingunusedinoneMember
Statewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
OrderNoCCTheading
NoDescriptionAmountof
tariffquota
(tonnes)Tariffquota
duty
(%)
09.1203ex20.06BIIc)1aa)ApricotpulporiginatinginTunisia 4300 11,9
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentamountingto2050tonnesofthe
CommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1,shallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;theshareswhich,
subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil31December1987,
shallbeasfollows:2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thenthatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withtheconditionslaiddowninparagraph1,drawathird
shareequalto7,5%ofitsinitialshare.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeen
usedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordancewiththe
conditionslaiddowninparagraph 1,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixedin
thoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
theymightnotbeusedup.ItshallinformtheCommission
ofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.(tonnes)
Benelux 50
Denmark 50
Germany 90
Greece 10
France 1600
Ireland 50
Italy 50
UnitedKingdom 150
2.Thesecondinstalmentamountingto2250tonnesshall
constitutethereserve.
Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1987.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1987,suchunusedportionoftheirinitialArticle3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(1),or90%ofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5hasbeen
applied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextentpermittedby
theamountofthereserve,thatMemberStateshall
forthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawasecond
shareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhere
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shareas,on15September1987,isinexcessof20%ofthe
initialvolume.Theymayreturnalargerquantityifthere
aregroundsforbelievingthatthisquantitymaynotbe
used.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission,notlater
than1October1987,ofthetotalquantitiesoftheproducts
inquestionimportedupto15September1987andcharged
againstthetariffquotaandofanyquantityoftheinitial
sharesreturnedtothereserves.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3
and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeachMember
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5October
1987,oftheamountinthereserveafterquantitieshave
beenreturnedtheretopursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhereserve
doesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,tothisend,
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessaryto
ensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesof
thetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
tothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofthe
productsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1987.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16December1986.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.HOWE