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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No3393/85
of18November1985
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotaforsweet
peppersfallingwithinsubheading07.01SoftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatingin
Cyprus(1986)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,monitortherateatwhichthequotaisusedupandinform
theMemberStatesthereof;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1986,theCommon
CustomsTariffduty,onimportintotheCommunityof
Ten,forsweetpeppersfallingwithinsubheading07.01S
oftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginCyprus
shallbepartiallysuspendedat4,5%withinthelimitsof
theCommunitytariffquotaof300tonnes.
%.Ifanimporternotifiesanimminentimportationofthe
productinquestioninaMemberStateandrequeststhe
benefitofthequota,theMemberStateconcernedshall
informtheCommission anddrawanamount
corresponding totheserequirementstotheextentthatthe
availablebalanceofthereservepermitsthis.
3.Thesharesdrawnpursuanttoparagraph2shallbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod.HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,inRegulation (EEC)No3700/830),the
Communityhasestablishedthearrangementsapplicableto
tradewithCyprusfor1984;whereasArticle2ofthis
Regulationprovidesfortheopeningofanannual
Communitytariffquotaof300tonnesofsweetpeppers,
fallingwithinsubheading07.01SoftheCommonCustoms
TariffandoriginatinginCyprus,atarateofcustomsduty
equalto50%ofthecustomsdutyintheCommon
CustomsTariff;
Whereas,pendingthedefinitionofarrangementsapplicable
beyond31December1984itisnecessarytoextend
provisionally for1986thearrangements whichthe
CommunityappliescurrentlytotradewithCyprusonthe
basisoftheabovementioned Regulation;whereasthe
abovementioned Communitytariffquotashouldbeopened
fortheperiod1Januaryto31December1986;
Whereas,intheabsenceofaprotocolsuchasthatprovided
forinArticles179and366oftheActofAccessionofSpain
andPortugal,theCommunitymusttakethemeasures
referredtoinArticles180and367ofthesaidAct;whereas
thetariffmeasureinquestionthereforeappliestothe
CommunityofTen;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted accessto
theabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted application
oftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoallimportsofthe
productsconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntilthequota
hasbeenusedup;whereas,inthepresentcase,itseems
advisablenottoallocatethisquotaamongtheMember
Stateswithoutprejudicetothedrawingagainstthequota
volumeofsuchquantitiesastheymayneed,underthe
conditionsandaccordingtotheprocedurespecifiedin
Article1(2);whereasthismethodofmanagementrequires
closecooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commissionandthelattermust,inparticular,beabletoArticle2
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethattheirdrawingspursuanttoArticle1(2)are
carriedoutinsuchawaythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesof
theCommunityquota.
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidgoodshaveaccesstothequotasolongastheresidual
balanceofthequotavolumesopermits.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaidgoods
againsttheirdrawingsasandwhenthegoodsareentered
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4.Theextenttowhichthequotahasbeenusedupshall
bedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportschargedin
accordancewithparagraph3.Article4
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallcollaborate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1986.Article3
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainstthequota.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18November1985.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
M.FISCHBACH