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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4007/86
of16December1986
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforapricot
pulpfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginMorocco(1987)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,respectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamong
theMemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectas
accuratelyaspossiblethetruetrendofthemarketinthe
productsinquestion,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotherequirementsoftheMemberStates,
calculatedbyreferencetothestatisticsforimportsfrom
Moroccooverarepresentative referenceperiodandalsoto
theeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsare
available,thecorresponding importsofeachMemberState
representthefollowingpercentagesofimportsintothe
CommunityfromMoroccooftheproductinquestion:Whereas,theCooperation Agreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheKingdomof
Morocco(J),signedon27April1976,providesforthe
openingbytheCommunityofanannualCommunitytariff
quotaof8250tonnesofapricotpulpfallingwithin
subheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustoms
TariffandoriginatinginMorocco;whereasthecustoms
dutiesapplicabletothequotaareequalto70%ofthe
customsdutiesactuallyappliedtonon-membercountries;
whereastheCommunitytariffquotainquestionshould
thereforebeopenedfor1987;MemberState 1983 1984 1985
Benelux 126
Denmark — — —
Germany— — —
Greece — — —
France 979894
Ireland— — —
Italv— — —
UnitedKingdom 2 — —
Whereas,sinceaProtocolasprovidedforinArticles179
and366oftheActofAccessionofSpainandPortugaldoes
notexist,theCommunitymusttakethemeasuresreferred
toinArticles180and367ofthatAct;whereasthetariff
measureconcernedwill,therefore,applytothe
Communityasconstitutedon31December1985;Whereasboththesepercentagesandtheestimatesfrom
certainMemberStatesshouldbetakenintoaccountaswell
astheneedtoensurethat,inthecircumstances ,the
obligationscontractedundertheAgreementconcernedare
allocatedfairlyamongalltheMemberStates;whereasthe
approximatepercentagesoftheinitialquotasharesmay
thereforebefixedasfollows:Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted accessto
theabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted application
oftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoallimportsofthe
productsconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntilthequota
hasbeenusedup;whereas,havingregardtotheabove
principles,theCommunitynatureofthequotacanbeBenelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom5,5
1,3
6,5
0,3
75,7
1,3
1,3
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Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrendsfor
theproductsconcernedinthevariousMemberStates,the
quotaamountshouldbedividedintotwoinstalments ,the
firstbeingsharedamongtheMemberStatesandthesecond
constituting areservetocoveratalaterdatethe
requirementsoftheMemberStateswhichhaveusedup
theirinitialquotashares;whereas,inordertogive
importersineachMemberStateacertaindegreeof
security,thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunityquota
shouldunderthecircumstances befixedat55%ofthe
quotavolume;Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMemberState,
itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshouldreturna
significantproportiontothereservetopreventapartof
anytariffquotafromremainingunusedinoneMember
Statewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeusedup
atdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfactinto
accountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,anyMember
Statewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquotashare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereas
thismustbedonebyeachMemberStateasandwheneach
ofitsadditionalsharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additionalsharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthismethodofadministration requires
closecooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission,andthelattermustbeinapositionto
monitortheextenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeen
usedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesthereof;Article1
From1Januaryto31December1987,thecustomsduty
applicableintheCommunity,asconstitutedon
31December1985,onthefollowingproducts,shallbe
suspendedatthelevelandwithinthelimitsofa
Communitytariffquotaasshownherewith:
OrderNoCCTheading
No DescriptionAmountof
tariffquota
(tonnes)Tariffquota
duty
(%)
09.1105ex20.06BIIc)1aa)ApricotpulporiginatinginMorocco 8250 11,9
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentamountingto3700tonnesofthe
CommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;theshareswhich,
subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil31December1987
shallbeasfollows:portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5hasbeen
applied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextentpermittedby
theamountofthereserve,thatMemberStateshall
forthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawasecond
shareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhere
necessarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thenthatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withtheconditionslaiddowninparagraph1,drawathird
shareequalto7,5%ofitsinitialshare.(tonnes)
Benelux 200
Denmark 50
Germany 240
Greece 10
France 2800
Ireland 50
Italy 50
UnitedKingdom 300 3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeen
usedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordancewiththe
conditionslaiddowninparagraph 1,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.2.Thesecondinstalmentamountingto4550tonnesshall
constitutethereserve.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixedinArticle3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(1),or90%ofthatshareminusthe

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thoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
theymightnotbeusedup.ItshallinformtheCommission
ofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph .
Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1987.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1987,suchunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharesas,on15September1987,isinexcessof20%of
theinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalargerquantityif
therearegroundsforbelievingthatthisquantitymaynot
beused.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1October1987,ofthetotalquantitiesoftheproducts
inquestionimportedupto15September1987andcharged
againstthetariffquotaandofanyquantityoftheinitial
sharesreturnedtothereserve.notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessaryto
ensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesof
thetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
tothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofthe
productsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1987.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3
and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeachMember
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5October
1987,oftheamountinthereserveafterquantitieshave
beenreturnedtheretopursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhereserve
doesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,tothisend,shall
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16December1986.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.HOWE