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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No3672/85
of20December1985
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforcertain
plywoodsofconiferousspecies,fallingwithinheadingNoex44.15oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff(1986)
additionalshareisalmostusedup,aMemberStateshould
drawanadditionalshare,andsoonasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditionalshares
shouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereas
thisformofadministration requiresclosecollaboration
betweenMemberStatesandtheCommission ,whichlatter
must,inparticularbeabletokeeparecordoftheextentto
whichthequotahasbeenusedupandtoinformthe
MemberStatesaccordingly ;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve,soas
toavoidapartofthequotaremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthesharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereastheCommunityhasundertakentoopenanannual
Communitytariffquotaofatleast600000m3forcertain
plywoodsofconiferousspecies,fallingwithinheading
Noex44.15oftheCommonCustomsTariff;whereas,
underProtocol11totheActofAccession(*),the
Communityisrequiredtoopeneachyearautonomousnil
dutyCommunitytariffquotasforthesameproducts,the
volumethereoftobedecidedannuallywhenitis
establishedthatallpossibilitiesofsupplyontheinternal
marketoftheCommunityhavebeenexhaustedduringthe
periodforwhichthequotasareopen;whereasthe
conditionlaiddownbythesaidProtocoldoesnotseemto
bemetatthemoment;whereas,inthesecircumstances ,it
isappropriatetolimitoneselfinthefirststagetothe
contractualvolumeof600000m3;whereasthefixingof
thequotavolumeatthisleveldoesnotexclude,moreover,
recoursetotheprovisionsoftheabovementioned Protocol
11duringthequotaperiod;whereastherefore,thetariff
quotainquestionshouldbeopendon1January1986and
allocatedamongMemberStates,takingintoaccount
Spain'sandPortugal'sparticipationasfrom1March1986;
whereasthisparticipationcaninitiallybeconfinedtothe
possibleapplicationofArticle2(4);
Whereas,totakemorepreciseaccountoffuture,trendsin
importsoftheproductsconcerned,thequotashouldbe
dividedintotwotranches,thefirstbeingallocatedamong
theMemberStatesoftheCommunityofTenheldandthe
secondheldasareservetocoverthesubsequent
requirementsofMemberStateswhichhaveexhaustedtheir
initialsharesaswellasthoseofthenewMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoofferimporterssomedegreeof
security,thefirsttrancheofthequotashouldbefixedata
relativelyhighlevel,orabout98%ofitsfullamount;
whereas,onthebasisofMemberStatesestimatesfor
theirneeds,theinitialsharesmaybefixedassetoutin
Article2;
WhereasMemberStatesmayuseuptheirinitialsharesat
differentrates;whereas,toprovideforthiseventualityand
toavoiddisruptionofsupplies,anyMemberStatewhich
hasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawan
additionalsharefromthereserve;whereas,eachtimeitsHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1986aCommunity
tariffquotaof600000m3shallbeopenedforthe
followingproductsfallingwithinheadingNoex44.15of
theCommonCustomsTariff:
(a)plywoodofconiferousspecies,withouttheadditionof
othersubstances,ofathicknessgreaterthan8,5mm,
thefacesofwhicharenotfurtherpreparedthanthe
peelingprocess;
(b)plywoodofconiferousspecies,withouttheadditionof
othersubstances,sanded,andofathicknessgreater
than18,5mm.
2.Importsoftheproductsinquestionmaynotbecharged
againstthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfreeofcustoms
dutiesunderotherpreferentialtariffarrangements .
3.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutyshallbetotally
suspendedwithinthelimitsoftheabovequota.
Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,SpainandPortugal
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionssetoutinthe1985ActofAccession. (»)OJNoL73,27.2.1972,p.170.

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specifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.Theyshallinformthe
Commissionoftheirreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1(1)shallbe
dividedintotwotranches.
2.Afirsttrancheof590000m3shallbeallocatedamong
theMemberStatesoftheCommunityofTen;theseshares,
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil
31December1986shallbeasfollows:
(cubicmetres)Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbevalid
until31December1986.
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom152695
64490
93220
50
10915
8850
23780
236000Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlaterthan
1October1986,theunusedportionsoftheirinitial
shareswhich,on15September1986,areinexcessof20%
oftheinitialamounts.Theymayreturnagreaterportionif
therearegroundsforbelievingthatsuchportionmaynot
beusedinfull.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlaterthan
1October1986,ofthetotalquantitiesoftheproductsin
questionimportedupto15September1986andcharged
againsttheCommunityquotaandofanyportionoftheir
initialsharesreturnedtothereserve.3.Thesecondtrancheof10000m3shallconstitutethe
reserve.
4.If,from1March1986,animporternotifiesan
imminentimportationoftheproductinquestioninSpain
orPortugalandrequeststhebenefitofthequota,the
MemberStateconcernedshallinformtheCommissionand
drawanamountcorresponding totheserequirementsto
theextentthattheavailablebalanceofthereservepermits
this. Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3
and,assoonasithasbeennotified,shallinformeachState
oftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5October
1986,oftheamountstillinreserveafteramountshave
beenreturnedtheretopursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhereserve
doesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,tothisend,shall
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
fixedinArticle2(2),orofthatshareminusanyportion
returnedtothereservewhereArticle5hasbeenappliedhas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,by
notifyingtheCommission ,drawasecondshare,tothe
extentthatthereservesopermits,equalto10%ofits
initialshare,roundedupasnecessarytothenextwhole
number.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inthemannerand
totheextentprovidedinparagraph1,drawathirdshare
equalto5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupasnecessaryto
thenextwholenumber.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeen
usedup,thatMemberStateshall,inthemannerandtothe
extentprovidedinparagraph1,drawafourthshareequal
tothethird.
Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,
MemberStatesmaydrawlessersharesthanthosespecified
thereiniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthoseArticle7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraggregatesharesofthe
Communityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
tothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftheproductsin
questionagainsttheirsharesasandwhentheproductsare
enteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .

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4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofimportscharged
againstthatshareinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshallinformit
oftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperateclosely
toensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1986.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20December1985.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
R.KRIEPS