NoL399/17 31.12.87 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4178/87
of21December1987
openingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotaforcertainprepared
orpreservedsardinesfallingwithinsubheadingex16041310orex16042050ofthe
combinednomenclatureandoriginatinginTunisia(1988)
nomenclature basedontheInternational Conventiononthe
HarmonizedCommodityDescriptionandCodingSystem;
whereasthisRegulationmusttakeaccountofthatfactby
indicatingthecombinednomenclature codesand,where
appropriate,theTariccodenumbersoftheproducts
concerned;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashouldbe
ensuredforallCommunityimportersandtherateslaiddown
forthequotashouldbeappliedconsistentlytoallimportsof
theproductsinquestionintoalltheMemberStatesuntilthe
quotaisexhausted;whereasinthiscasethequotashouldnot
beallocatedamongtheMemberStates,withoutprejudiceto
thedrawingagainstthequotavolumeofsuchquantitiesas
theymayneed,undertheconditionsandaccordingtothe
procedurelaiddowninArticle1(2);whereasthismethodof
administration requiresclosecooperationbetweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission andthelattermustin
particularbeabletomonitortherateatwhichthequotais
usedandinformtheMemberStatesaccordingly;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomofthe
NetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgareunited
withinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBeneluxEconomic
Union,anyoperationconcerningtheadministration ofthe
quotasharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarried
outbyanyoneofitsmembers,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereastheCooperationAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheRepublicofTunisia(J),
supplementedbyCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1080/83of
18April1983layingdownthearrangementsapplicableto
tradebetweenGreeceandTunisia(2)andtheAdditional
protocoltotheCooperationAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublicof
Tunisia(3),providesthatcertainpreparedandpreserved
sardinesfallingwithincodeNoex16041310orex
16042050ofthecombinednomenclatureandoriginatingin
TunisiamaybeimportedintotheCommunityfreeofduty;
whereasthedetailedarrangementsmustbefixedbyan
ExchangeofLettersbetweentheCommunityandTunisia;
whereas,sincethatExchangeofLettershasnotyettaken
place,theCommunityarrangementswhichappliedin1987
shouldbereneweduntil31December1988;whereasa
duty-freeCommunitytariffquotaof100tonnesshould
thereforebeopened;whereasthistariffquotaistoapply
from1January1988eitheruntiltheconclusionofthe
ExchangeofLettersprovidedforinArticle18ofthe
CooperationAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheRepublicofTunisiaoruntilCommunity
importarrangementsfortheproductsconcernedareapplied,
butatthelatestuntil31December1988;
Whereas,withinthelimitsofthetariffquota,theKingdomof
SpainandthePortugueseRepublicaretoapplyduties
calculatedinaccordancewithCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2573/87of11August1987layingdownthearrangements
fortradebetweenSpainandPortugalontheonehandand
Algeria,Egypt,Jordan,Lebanon,TunisiaandTurkeyonthe
other(4);
Whereasfrom1January1988thenomenclatureusedinthe
CommonCustomsTariffwillbereplacedbythecombinedHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1January1988untiltheconclusionofthe
ExchangeofLettersreferredtoinArticle18ofthe
CooperationAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheRepublicofTunisiaoruntilCommunity
importarrangementsareapplied,butatthelatestuntil31
December1988,thecustomsdutyapplicabletoimportsinto
theCommunityofthefollowingproductsoriginatingin
Tunisiashallbesuspendedatthelevelindicatedandwithin
thelimitsofaCommunitytariffquotaasshownbelow:
(*)OJNoL265,27.9.1978,p.1.
(2)OJNoL120,6.5.1983,p.1.
(3)OJNoL297,21.10.1987,p.36.
(4)OJNoL250,1.9.1987,p.1.

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OrderNo CNcode DescriptionAmountofquota
(tonnes)Quotaduty
(%)
09.1201 Preparedorpreservedfish,caviarandcaviarsubstitutes
preparedfromfisheggs:
ex16041310
ex16042050—sardinesofthespeciesSardinapilchardus 100 Free
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthegoods
againsttheirdrawingsasandwhenthegoodsareentered
withthecustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
4.Theextenttowhichthequotahasbeenusedupshallbe
determinedonthebasisoftheimportschargedinaccordance
withparagraph3.WithinthelimitsofthistariffquotatheKingdomofSpain
andthePortugueseRepublicshallapplycustomsduties
calculatedinaccordancewiththerelevantprovisionsofthe
ProtocoltotheCooperationAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublicof
TunisiaconsequentontheaccessionoftheKingdomofSpain
andthePortugueseRepublicoftheCommunity .
2.Ifanimportergivesnotificationofimminentimports
oftheproductinquestionintoaMemberStateandappliesto
takeadvantageofthequota,theMemberStateconcerned
shallinformtheCommission anddrawanamount
corresponding toitsrequirementstotheextentthatthe
availablebalanceofthereservesopermits.
3.Thesharesdrawnpursuanttoparagraph2shallbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod.Article3
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainstthequota.
Article4
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.Article2
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethattheirdrawingspursuanttoArticle1(2)enable
importstobechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimportersofthe
productconcernedhavefreeaccesstothequotaforsuchtime
astheresidualbalanceofthequotavolumesopermits.Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21December1987.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.HAARDER