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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4187/88
of16December1988
openingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
ferro-chromium containingbyweightmorethan6%ofcarbon
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,quotashouldbeappliedconsistentlytoallimportsofthe
productinquestionuntilthequotaisexhausted;whereasit
isappropriatenottoprovideforallocationamongMember
States,withoutprejudicetothedrawing,onthetariff
quota,ofsuchquantitiesastheymayneed,under
conditionsandaccordingtoaproceduretobedetermined;
whereasthismethodofadministration requiresclose
cooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commissionandthelattermustinparticularbeableto
monitortherateatwhichthetariffquotaisusedand
informtheMemberStatesaccordingly;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anyoperationconcerningthe
administration ofthequotasharesleviedbythateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,WhereasthereisavariableshortfallinCommunity
productionofferro-chromium containingbyweightmore
than6%ofcarbonandproducersarethusunabletomeet
thetotalneedsofuserindustries;whereasitisthereforein
theCommunity'sinteresttosuspendtotallythecustoms
dutiesapplicabletothatmetalforaperiodendingon
31December1989withinthelimitsofatariffquotafixed
atanappropriatevolume;whereas,inordertoavoid
disturbingtheequilibriumofthemarketforthatferro-alloy
andtoensurebothanoutletforCommunityproduction
andsufficientsuppliesforCommunityuserindustries,the
quotavolumeshouldbefixedataprovisional30000
tonnes,thuscoveringimmediateneedsforimportsfrom
thirdcountries;whereas,moreover,MemberStatesshould
befreetomakethechargingofproductsagainstthat
volumesubjecttocertainconditionsconcerningenduse;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashould
beensuredforallimportersandtheratelaiddownfortheHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1989thecustomsduty
applicabletoimportsofthefollowingproductshallbe
suspendedatthelevelindicatedandwithinthelimitsofa
Communitytariffquotaasshownbelow.
Order
NoCNcode DecriptionVolumeofquota
(tonnes)Rateofduty
(%)
09.271172024190Ferro-chromium containingbyweightmorethan6%of
carbon 300000 0
appropriatemeasurewithaviewtoensuringtheefficient
administration thereof.2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,theKingdomof
SpainandthePortugueseRepublicshallapplycustoms
dutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththerelevantprovisions
ofthe1985ActofAccession.
3.Importsoftheproductinquestionwhichbenefitfrom
exemptionfromcustomsdutiesunderotherpreferential
tariffarrangementsshallnotbechargedagainstthistariff
quota.Article3
IfanimporterpresentsinaMemberStateadeclarationof
entryintofreecirculationincludingarequestfor
preferentialbenefitforaproductcoveredbythis
Regulation,andifthisdeclarationisacceptedbythe
customsauthorities,theMemberStateconcernedshall
draw,fromthetariffquota,bymeansofnotificationtothe
Commission ,aquantitycorresponding totheseneeds.
Therequestsfordrawing,withtheindicationofthedateof
acceptanceofthesaiddeclaration,mustbecommunicated
totheCommissionwithoutdelay.Article2
ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
administeredbytheCommission,whichmaytakeany

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3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaidproduct
againsttheirdrawingsasandwhenthegoodsareentered
withthecustomsauthoritiesundercoverofdeclarationsof
entryintofreecirculation .
4.Theextenttowhichthequotahasbeenusedupshall
bedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportschargedin
accordancewithparagraph3.ThedrawingsaregrantedbytheCommissiononthebasis
ofthedateofacceptanceofthedeclarationofentryinto
freecirculationbythecustomsauthoritiesoftheMember
Stateconcerned,totheextentthattheavailablebalanceso
permits.
IfaMemberStatedoesnotusethequantitiesdrawn,it
shallreturnthemassoonaspossibletothetariffquota.
Ifthequantitiesrequestedaregreaterthantheavailable
balanceqfthetariffquota,allocationshallbemadeona
proratabasiswithrespecttotherequests.MemberStates
shallbeinformedbytheCommissioninaccordancewith
thesameprocedures.Article5
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainstthequota.
Article4
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethattheirdrawingspursuanttoArticle3enable
importstobechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.Article6
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimportersofthe
productconcernedhavefreeaccesstothequotaforsuch
timesasthebalanceofthetariffquotasopermits.Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1989.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16December1988.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.GENNIMATAS