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of22October1985
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforcertain
petroleumproductsfallingwithinChapter27oftheCommonCustomsTariffandrefinedinSpain
1986)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,tothestatisticsforimportsfromSpainovera
representativeperiodandalsototheeconomicoutlookfor
thequotaperiodconcerned;
Whereas,inrespectofthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailablethecorresponding importsbyeachof
theMemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercentagesof
theimportsintotheCommunityfromSpainofthe
productsconcerned :
MemberState 1982 1983 1984
Benelux 13,84,12,4
Denmark 2,8— —
Germany 2,91,11,5
Greece 0,10,30,9
France 8,157,523,9
Ireland — — —
Italy 9,18,78,0
UnitedKingdom 63,228,363,3HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasanAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandSpain(*)wasconcludedon29June1970
andsupplemented bytheProtocoltotheAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandSpain
consequentontheaccessionoftheHellenicRepublictothe
Community (2);
WhereastheCommunitycommitteditself,underthis
Agreement,toopeninganannualtotalCommunitytariff
quotaof1424000tonnesofcertainpetroleumproducts
fallingwithinChapter27oftheCommonCustomsTariff
andrefinedinSpain;whereasthequotadutyisequalto
40%oftheCommonCustomsTariffduties;whereasthis
Communitytariffquotashouldbeopenedfor1986;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted accessto
theabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted application
oftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoallimportsofthe
productconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntilthequota
hasbeenusedup;whereas,havingregardtotheabove
principles,theCommunitynatureofthequotacanbe
respectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamong
theMemberStates;whereas,toreflectasaccuratelyas
possiblethetruetrendofthemarketoftheproductsin
question,suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirementsoftheMemberStates;calculatedbyreferenceWhereas,inviewofthesefactors,andofmarketforecasts
fortheproductsconcernedandinparticularofthe
estimatessubmittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom2,4
6,0
2,4
0,5
18,2
2,4
6,0
61,4
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrendsfor
theproductsconcernedinthevariousMemberStates,the
quotavolumeshouldbedividedintotwoinstalments,the
firstbeingsharedbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
secondconstitutingareservetocoveratalaterdatethe
requirementsofMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheir(»)OJNoL182,16.8.1970,p.1.
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remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbe
usedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,initialquotashares;whereas,togiveimportersineach
MemberStateacertaindegreeofsecurity,thefirst
instalmentoftheCommunityquotamightunderthe
presentcircumstances befixedatabout58%ofthe
quota;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeusedup
atdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfactinto
accountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,anyMember
Statewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquotashare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereas
thismustbedonebyeachMemberStateasandwheneach
ofitsadditionalsharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additionalsharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthismethodofadministration requires
closecooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission,andthelattermustbeinapositionto
monitortheextenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeen
usedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityofaninitialshareremainsunusedin
anyMemberState,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve,to
preventapartofanyCommunitytariffquotafromHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1Januaryto31December1986,andsubjecttothe
measureswhichmightbetakenpursuanttoArticle3(2)
and(4)ofAnnexItotheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandSpain,theCommonCustoms
TariffdutiesinrespectoftheproductsrefinedinSpainand
listedbelowshallbesuspendedpartiallyatthelevels
indicatedforeachofthem,withinthelimitsofaglobal
Communitytariffquotaof1424000tonnes:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionRateof
duty(%)
2,4
2,4
1,4
1,4Petroleumoilsandoilsobtainedfrombituminousminerals,otherthan
crude;preparationsnotelsewherespecifiedorincluded,containing
notlessthan70%byweightofpetroleumoilsorofoilsobtained
frombituminousminerals,theseoilsbeingthebasicconstituentsofthe
preparations :
A.Lightoils:
III.Forotherpurposes
B.Mediumoils:
III.Forotherpurposes
C.Heavyoils:
I.Gasoil:
c)Forotherpurposes
II.Fueloil:
c)Forotherpurposes
III.Lubricatingoils;otheroils:
c)TobemixedinaccordancewiththetermsofAdditional
Note7tothisChapter(a)
d)Forotherpurposes
Petroleumgasesandothergaseoushydrocarbons :
B.Other:27.10
27.11
27.121,6
2,4
I.Commercialpropaneandcommercialbutane:
0,6 c)Forotherpurposes:
Petroleumjelly:
A.Crude:
III.Forotherpurposes
B.Other0,7
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CCT
heading
NoDescriptionRateof
duty(%)
27.13Paraffinwax,micro-crystalline wax,slackwax,ozokerite,lignite
wax,peatwaxandothermineralwaxes,whetherornotcoloured:
B.Other:
I.Crude:
c)Forotherpurposes 0,7
II.Other 1,8
27.14Petroleumbitumen,petroleumcokeandotherresiduesofpetroleum
oilsorofoilsobtainedfrombituminousminerals:
C.Other:
II.Other 0,7
(a)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttoconditionstobedeterminedbythecompetentauthorities.
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentamountingto820000tonnesofthe
CommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;therespectiveshares,
whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil31December
1986shallbeasfollows:shareequalto7,5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhere
necessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeen
usedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordancewiththe
conditionslaiddowninparagraph1,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixedin
thoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethatthese
mightnotbeusedup.ItshallinformtheCommissionofits
reasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.(tonnes)
20000
50000
20000
4000
156000
20000
50000
500000Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom
2.Thesecondinstalmentof604000tonnesshall
constitutethereserve. Article4
EachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1986.
Article5Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(1),or90%ofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5isapplied,
hasbeenusedup,then,totheextentpermittedbythe
amountofthereserve,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawasecondshareequalto
15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextunit.TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1986,suchunusedportionoftheirinitial
shareas,on15September1986,isinexcessof20%ofthe
initialvolume.Theymayreturnagreaterquantityifthere
aregroundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbeused.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1986,notify
theCommissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproductsin
questionimportedupto15September1986andcharged2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordancewith
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againsttheCommunitytariffquotaandofanyquantities
oftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
tothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthegoodsin
questionagainsttheirsharesasandwhensuchgoodsare
enteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3
andshall,assoonasitisnotified,informeachMember
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5October
1986,oftheamountsstillinthereserveafterquantities
havebeenreturnedtheretopursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatthedrawingwhichuses
upareservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to
thisend,shallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatewhichmakessuchlastdrawing.Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsoftheproductsconcernedactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurecompliancewiththis
Regulation . Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessaryto
ensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesoftheCommunitytariffquotas.Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1986.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,22October1985.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.F.POOS