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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4127/86
of22December1986
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariffquotasfor
preparedorpreservedsardines,fallingwithinsubheading16.04DoftheCommonCustoms
TariffandoriginatinginMorocco(1987)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,berespectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquotas
amongtheMemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectas
accuratelyaspossiblethetruetrendofthemarketinthe
productsinquestion,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotherequirementsoftheMemberStates,
calculatedbyreferencetothestatisticsforimportsfrom
Moroccooverareferenceperiodandalsototheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsare
available,thecorresponding importsintoeachofthe
MemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercentagesofthe
importsintotheCommunityfromMoroccoofthe
productsconcerned :
MemberStates 1983 1984 1985
Benelux 7,274,36,3
Denmark 0,000,00,0
Germany 15,6218,819,8
Greece 1,021,62,1
France 57,0057,653,0
Ireland 0,000,50,8
Italy 0,761,51,1
UnitedKingdom 18,3315,716,9HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereastheCooperation Agreementbetweenthe
CommunityandMorocco0),supplemented byCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No3511/81of3December1981laying
downthearrangementsapplicabletotradebetweenGreece
andMorocco(2),providesthatpreparedandpreserved
sardines,fallingwithinsubheading16.04Dofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginMorocco,may
beimportedintotheCommunityfreeofduty;whereasthe
detailedarrangements mustbefixedbyanexchangeof
lettersbetweentheCommunityandMorocco;whereas,
sincethisexchangeoflettershasnotyettakenplace,itis
advisabletorenewuntil31December 1987the
Communityarrangements whichwereappliedin1986;
whereasitisadvisabletoopentwoCommunitytariff
quotasforimport^tioijs intotheCommunityofthe
productsinquestion,oneduty-freetariffquotaof14000
tonnesandtheotherof6000tonnesatarateofdutyof
10%■;whereasthesetariffquotasaretoapplyfrom
1January1987untileithertheconclusionoftheexchange
oflettersprovidedforinArticle19oftheCooperation
AgreementbetweentheCommunityandMoroccooruntil
suchtimeasCommunityarrangementsforimportsofthe
productsinquestionareapplied,butuntil31December
1987atthelatest;
Whereas,sinceaProtocolasprovidedforinArticles179
and366oftheActofAccessionofSpainandPortugaldoes
notexist,theCommunitymustadoptthemeasuresreferred
toinArticles180and367ofthatAct;whereasthetariff
measureconcernedwill,therefore,applytothe
CommunityofTen;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted accessto
theabovementioned quotasanduninterruptedapplication
oftherateslaiddownforthesequotastoallimportsofthe
productsconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntilthequotas
havebeenusedup;whereas,havingregardtotheprinciples
mentionedabove,theCommunitynatureofthequotascanWhereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStatesinitialsharesmaybe
fixedapproximately atthefollowingpercentages :
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom6,0
0,3
17,9
1,6
54,8
0,6
1,2
17,6
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrendsfor
theproductsconcernedinthevariousMemberStates,each
quotashouldbedividedintotwoinstalments,thefirst
beingsharedamongtheMemberStatesandthesecond
constituting areservetocoveratalaterdatethe
requirementsoftheMemberStateswhichhaveusedup
theirinitialquotashares;whereas,inordertogive
importersineachMemberStateacertaindegreeof
security,thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunityquotas(!)OJNoL264,27.9.1978,p.2.
(2)OJNoL358,3.12.1981,p.1.

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should,underthecircumstances ,befixedat75%
respectivelyofthequotavolumes;preventapartofanytariffquotafromremainingunusedin
oneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,Whereas,theMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeusedup
atdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfactinto
accountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,anyMember
Statewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquotashares
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthecorresponding
reserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberState
asandwheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmostusedup,
andrepeatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereas
theinitialandadditionalsharesmustbevaliduntiltheend
ofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodofadministration
requiresclosecooperationbetweentheMemberStatesand
theCommissionandthelattermustbeinapositionto
monitortheextenttowhichthequotaamountshavebeen
usedupandtoinformMemberStatesthereof;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1January1987untiltheconclusionofthe
exchangeoflettersreferredtoinArticle19ofthe
CooperationAgreementbetweentheCommunityand
Morocco,untilsuchtimeasCommunityimport
arrangements areappliedoruntil31December1987,
whichevershallbetheearliestthecustomsdutyapplicable
ontheimportintotheCommunityofTenforthefollowing
productsshallbesuspendedatthelevelsandwithinthe
limitsofCommunitytariffquotasasfollows:Whereas,if,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMemberState,
itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshouldreturna
significantproportiontothecorresponding reserveto
Order
NoCCT
heading
NoDescriptionQuotavolume
(intonnes)Quota
duties
(%)
09.1101 16.04DPreparedorpreservedsardinesoriginatinginMorocco 14000 0
09.1103 16.04DPreparedorpreservedsardinesoriginatinginMorocco 6000 10
3.Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,i.e.3440and
1470tonnesrespectively ,shallconstitutecorresponding
reserves .Article2
1.ThetariffquotaslaiddowninArticle1shallbedivided
intotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentofeachquotashallbesharedamong
theMemberStates;therespectiveshareswhich,subjectto
Article5,shallbevaliduntiltheendoftheperiodspecified
inArticle1shallbeasfollows:Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(2),or90%ofthatshareminus
theportionreturnedtothecorresponding reservewhere
Article5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,tothe
extentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve,that
MemberStateshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commission ,drawasecondshareequalto10%ofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
unit.MemberStatesOrder
No
09.1101Order
No
09.1103
Benelux 630 270
Denmark 30 10
Germany1890 810
Greece 170 70
France 5790 2480
Ireland 60 30
Italy 130 60
UnitedKingdom 1860 800
10560 45302.If,afteroneofitsinitialshareshasbeenusedup,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thenthatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninparagraph1,
drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
upwherenecessarytothenextunit.

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3.If,afteroneofitssecondshareshasbeenusedup,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withtheconditionslaiddowninparagraph 1,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixedin
thoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethatthey
mightnotbeusedup.ItshallinformtheCommissionofits
reasonsforapplyingthisparagraph .
Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntiltheendoftheperiodspecifiedinArticle1.ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5October
1987,oftheamountineachreserveafterquantitieshave
beenreturnedtheretopursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhaustsanyreserve
doesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,tothisend,shall
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessaryto
ensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesof
thetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
tothem.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
sharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportsof
theproductsconcernedoriginatinginMoroccoandentered
withcustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsoftheproductsconcernedactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1987.Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1987,suchunusedportionoftheirinitial
shareas,on15September1987isinexcessof20%ofthe
initialvolume.Theymayreturnalargerquantityifthere
aregroundsforbelievingthatthisquantitymaynotbe
used.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1October1987,ofthetotalquantitiesoftheproducts
inquestionimportedupto15September1987andcharged
againstthetariffquotaandofanyquantityoftheinitial
sharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3
and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeachStateofthe
extenttowhichthereserveshavebeenusedup.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22December1986.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.SHAW