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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4072/87
of18December1987
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
onionsfallingwithincode07122000ofthecombinednomenclature (1988)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,downforthetariffquotashouldbeappliedconsistentlyto
allimportsuntilthequotaisusedup;whereas,inthelight
oftheseprinciples,allocationofthetariffquotaamongthe
MemberStateswouldseemtopreservetheCommunity
natureofthequota;whereas,inordertocorrespondas
closelyaspossibletotheactualdevelopmentofthemarket,
theallocationshouldreflecttherequirementsofthe
MemberStatesbasedonstatisticsofimportsfromthird
countriesduringarepresentative referenceperiodandthe
economicoutlookforthequotayearinquestion;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereas,undertheagreementconcludedbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheUnitedStatesof
Americaconcerningtheconclusionofthenegotiations
underArticleXXIV.6oftheGeneralAgreementonTariffs
andTrade(GATT),approvedbyDecision87/224/
EEC(1),theCommunityhasundertaken,fortheperiod
1987to1990,toopenanannualCommunitytariffquota
of12000tonnesatadutyrateof10%fordried,
dehydratedorevaporatedonions;whereas,therefore,this
tariffquotashouldbeopenedfor1988;Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichcomplete
statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsintoeach
oftheMemberStatesrepresentedthefollowingfiguresof
totalimportsoftheproductinquestionfromthird
countrieswhichdonotbenefitfromanequivalent
preferentialtariffmeasure:
WhereastheCommunityhasadopted,witheffectfrom
1January1988,acombinednomenclatureforgoodswhich
meetstherequirementsoftheCommonCustomsTariff
andtheNomenclature ofGoodsfortheExternalTrade
StatisticsoftheCommunityandStatisticsofTrade
betweenMemberStates;whereas,inorderto
accommodate specificCommunity measures,this
nomenclaturehasbeenexpandedintoanintegratedtariff
oftheEuropeanCommunities (TARIC);whereas,with
effectfromthedategivenabove,thecombined
nomenclatureand,whereappropriate,theTARICcode
numbers,shouldbeusedforthedescriptionoftheproducts
coveredbythisRegulation;MemberStates 1984 1985 1986
Benelux 326627122565
Denmark 283235182
Germany 679674446647
Greece 506758
Spain 573546606
France 664312439
Ireland 249246245
Italy 162244145
Portugal 527069
UnitedKingdom 673660035515
188311787916471
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashould
beensuredforallCommunityimportersandtheratelaid
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarketforecasts
forthisproductfor1988theinitialpercentagesharesofthe
quotavolumecanbeexpressedapproximately asfollows: (')OJNoL98,10.4.1987,p.1.

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extenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeenusedupand
informtheMemberStatesaccordingly ;Benelux 16,06
Denmark 1,32
Germany 39,28
Greece 0,33
Spain 3,24
France 2,66
Ireland 1,39
Italy 1,04
Portugal 0,36
UnitedKingdom 34,32Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthattheMemberState
concernedshouldreturnasignificantproportionthereofto
thereserve,inordertopreventpartoftheCommunity
tariffquotafromremainingunusedinoneMemberState
whileitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofits
members,Whereas,toallowforimporttrendsfortheproducts
concerned,thequotavolumeshouldbedividedintotwo
parts,thefirstbeingallocatedamongtheMemberStates
andthesecondheldasareservetocoveranysubsequent
requirementsofMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheir
initialshare;whereas,toaffordimporterssomedegreeof
certainty,thefirstpartofthetariffquotashouldbesetata
highlevel,whichinthiscasecouldbe80%ofthequota
volume;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferentrates;
whereas,inordertoavoidanybreakinthecontinuityof
suppliesonthisaccount,itshouldbeprovidedthatany
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereas
eachtimeitsadditionalshareisalmostusedupaMember
Stateshoulddrawafurthershareandsoonasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
cooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission andthelattermustbeabletomonitortheArticle1
From1Januaryto31December1988,thecustomsduty
applicabletoimportsofthefollowingproductsshallbe
suspendedatthelevelindicatedandwithinthelimitsofa
Communitytariffquotaasshownherewith:
Order
NoCombined
nomenclature
codeDescriptionAmountof
tariffquota
(tonnes)Rateof
duty
(%)
09.0035 07122000Dried,dehydratedorevaporatedonions,whole,cut,sliced,
brokenorinpowder,butnotfurtherprepared 12000 10
Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,theKingdomofSpain
andthePortugueseRepublicshallapplycustomsduties
calculatedinaccordancewiththerelevantprovisionslaid
downbytheActofAccessionofSpainandPortugal.Benelux 1542
Denmark 127
Germany 3771
Greece 32
Spain 311
France 255
Ireland 133
Italy 100
Portugal 34
UnitedKingdom 3295Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbedivided
intotwoparts.
2.Thefirstpartof9600tonnesshallbeallocatedamong
theMemberStates;thequotasharesshall,subjectto
Article5,bevaliduntil31December1988andshallbeas
follows:3.Thesecondpartofthequota,amountingto2400
tonnes,shallconstitutethereserve.

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Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3
andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesitinformeach
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofitsinitial
shareasspecifiedinArticle2(2),orofthatsharelessany
portionreturnedtothereservepursuanttoArticle5,it
shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommissionandtothe
extentthatthereservesopermits,drawasecondshare
equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhere
necessarytothenextwholenumber.Itshall,notlaterthan5October1988,informtheMember
Statesoftheamountstillinreserve,followinganyreturnof
sharespursuanttoArticle5.
2.Ifafteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,aMember
Statehasused90%ormoreofthesecondshareaswell,
thatMemberStateshallforthwith,usingtheprocedure
providedforinparagraph1,drawathirdshareequalto
5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextwholenumber.Itsshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhereserve
doesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andtothisendshall
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,aMember
Statehasused90%ormoreofitsthirdshare,itshall,
usingtheprocedureprovidedforinparagraph1,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethatadditionaldrawingsofsharespursuantto
Article3arecarriedoutinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesoftheCommunityquota. Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
tothem.4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,
MemberStatesmaydrawshareslowerthanthosespecified
inthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
theymaynotbeusedinfull.MemberStatesshallinform
theCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplyingthis
paragraph.3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftheproduct
inquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhentheproductis
enteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
Article44.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbevalid
until31December1988.
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission ,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirquota
shares.Article5
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1988,return
tothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitialshare
which,on15September1988,isinexcessof20%ofthe
initialvolume.Theymayreturnagreaterportionifthere
aregroundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbeusedinfull.Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1988,notify
theCommissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproductin
questionimporteduptoandincluding15September1988
andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotaandofany
portionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1988.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18December1987.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
N.WILHJELM