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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4184/88
of16December1988
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
certaincodandfishofthespeciesBoreogadussaida,dried,saltedorinbrine(1989)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,Whereas,for1989,maintenanceofquotasfortheMember
Statesisnecessary,bearinginmindthatitisimpossiblefor
theadministration concernedineachMemberStateto
introduce,in1989,theadministrative andtechnicalbasis
forCommunityadministration ofthequota;whereasitis,
however,possible,bearinginmindthewayinwhichtrade
hasdevelopedinrecentyears,toprovideforaCommunity
reserveofasignificantlylargeamount;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarketforecasts
forthisproductin1989initialpercentagesharesinthe
quotavolumecanbeexpressedapproximately asfollows: WhereastheCommunityhasundertakentoopenanannual
dutyfreeCommunitytariffquotaatzerodutyfor25000
tonnesofcodofthespeciesGadusmorbuaandGadusogac
andfishofthespeciesBoreogadussaida,dried,saltedorin
brine,whole,headlessorinpieces;whereastherefore,the
tariffquotainquestionshouldbeopenedon1January
1989andallocatedamongtheMemberStates;Benelux 0,21
Denmark 0,02
Germany 0,21
Greece 4,07
Spain 9,98
France 3,92
Ireland 0,01
Italy 10,43
Portugal 70,85
UnitedKingdom 0,30Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashould
beensuredforallCommunityimportersandthetariff
quotarateshouldbeappliedconsistentlytoallimports
untilthequotaisusedup;whereas,inthelightofthese
principles,allocationofthetariffquotaamongthe
MemberStateswouldseemtopreservetheCommunity
natureofthequota;whereasinordertocorrespondas
closelyaspossibletotheactualdevelopmentofthemarket,
theallocationshouldreflecttherequirements ofthe
MemberStatesbasedonstatisticsofimportsfromthird
countriesduringarepresentative referenceperiodandto
theeconomicoutlookforthetariffyearinquestion;Whereastoallowforpossibleimportstrendsforthesefish,
thequotavolumeshouldbedividedintotwoparts;thefirst
beingallocatedamongtheMemberStatesandthesecond
heldasareservetocoveranysubsequentrequirementsof
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialshareas
wellastherequirementsoftheMemberStateswhichdo
notparticipateintheinitialallocation;whereastoafford
importerssomedegreeofcertainty,thefirstpartofthe
tariffquotashouldbesetatahighlevel,whichinthiscase
couldbe60%ofthequotavolume;Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichcomplete
statisticsareavailable,importsintoeachoftheMember
Statesrepresentedthefollowingpercentagesoftotal
importsoftheproductinquestionfromthirdcountries
whichdonotbenefitfromanequivalentpreferentialtariff
measure :
Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferentrates;
whereasinordertoavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthis
account,itshouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberState
whichhasusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawan
additionalsharefromthereserve;whereaseachtimeits
additionalshareisalmostusedupaMemberStateshould
drawafurthershareandsoonasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesshouldbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthisform
ofadministration requiresclosecollaborationbetweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission andtheCommission
mustbeabletokeepaccountofquotautilizationratesand
informtheMemberStatesaccordingly ;MemberStates 19851986 1987
Benelux 0,390,050,07
Denmark 0,010,010,06
Germany 0,4400,04
Greece 3,804,114,48
Spain 0,7720,0615,47
France 5,692,432,42
Ireland 000
Italy 14,117,317,34
Portugal 74,5265,5869,93
UnitedKingdom 0,270,450,19

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administration ofthesharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,Whereasif,duringthequotaperiod,theCommunity
reserveisalmosttotallyusedup,itisessentialthatMember
Statesreturntothesaidreservethewholeoftheunused
proportionoftheirinitialquotaandofanydrawingsmade,
inordertoavoidonepartoftheCommunitytariffquotas
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbe
usedinothers:HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningtheFrom1Januaryto31December1989,thecustomsduty
applicabletoimportsofthefollowingproductsshallbe
suspendedatthelevelandwithinthelimitofaCommunity
tariffquotaasshownherewith:
Order
NoCNcode DescriptionAmountsofquota
(tonnes)Rateofduty
(%)
09.0007 ex03055110
ex03055190
03055911
03055919
ex03056200
03056910CodofthespeciesGadusmorhua,andGadusogac,andfishofthe
speciesBoreogadussaida,dried,saltedorinbrine,whole,headless
orinpieces 25000 0
Withinthelimitofthistariffquota,theKingdomofSpain
andthePortugueseRepublicshallapplycustomsduties
calculatedinaccordancewiththerelevantprovisionslaid
downbytheActofAccessionofSpainandPortugal.exhausteditsinitialquotaandappliestousethequota,the
MemberStateconcernedshallinformtheCommissionand
drawanamountcorresponding toitsrequirementstothe
extentthattheavailablebalanceofthequotasopermits.
5.WithoutprejudicetoArticle3,thedrawingsmade
pursuanttoparagraph4shallbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod.Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentof15000tonnesshallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates;theshareswhich,subjectto
Article5,shallbevaliduntil31December1989shallbeas
follows:Article3
1.Onceatleast80%ofthereserveofoneofthetariff
quota,asdefinedinArticle2(3),hasbeenusedup,the
Commission shallinformtheMemberStatesthereof.(tonnes)
Benelux 32
Denmark 3
Germany 32
Greece 611
Spain 1497
France 587
Ireland 2
Italy 1565
Portugal 10626
UnitedKingdom 452.ItshallalsonotifyMemberStatesinthiscaseofthe
datefromwhichdrawingsontheCommunityreservemust
bemadeaccordingtothefollowingprovisions :
IfanimporterpresentsinaMemberStateadeclarationof
entryintofreecirculationincludingarequestfor
preferentialbenefitforaproductcoveredbythis
Regulation,andifthisdeclarationisacceptedbythe
customsauthorities,theMemberStateconcernedshall
draw,fromtheCommunityreserve,bymeansof
notificationtotheCommission ,aquantitycorresponding
totheseneeds.3.Thesecondinstalmentof10000tonnesshall
constitutethereserve.
4.Ifanimporterindicatesthatheisabouttoimportany
oftheproductsinquestionintoaMemberStatewhichdoes
notparticipateintheinitialallocationorwhichhasTherequestsfordrawing,withtheindicationofthedateof
acceptanceofthesaiddeclarations ,mustbecommunicated
totheCommissionwithoutdelay.

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Article5
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessaryto
ensurethatdrawingsofsharespursuanttoArticle2(4)and
Article3arecarriedoutinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesintheCommunitytariffquotas.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
tothem.ThedrawingsaregrantedbytheCommissiononthebasis
ofthedateofacceptanceofthedeclarationofentryinto
freecirculationbythecustomsauthoritiesoftheMember
Stateconcerned,totheextentthattheavailablebalanceso
permits.
IfaMemberStatedoesnotusethequantitiesdrawn,it
shallreturnthemassoonaspossibletothereserve.
Ifthequantitiesrequestedaregreaterthantheavailable
balanceofthereserve,allocationshallbemadeonapro
ratabasiswithrespecttotherequests.MemberStatesshall
beinformedbytheCommissioninaccordancewiththe
sameprocedures.3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productsagainsttheirsharesasandwhentheyareentered
withthecustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
3.WithinatimelimitfixedbytheCommissionasfrom
thedatereferredtointhefirstsubparagraphofparagraph
2,MemberStatesshallberequiredtoreturntothe'reserve
allthequantitieswhichhavenotbeenusedonthatdate,
withinthemeaningofArticle5(3)and(4).4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofimportscharged
inaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article6
AttherequestoftheCommission ,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsoftheproductsconcernedactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.Article4
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3
andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,informeachState
oftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,oftheamountsstillin
reserveafteramountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuant
toArticle3.Article7
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupthereserve
doesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andtothisendshall
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.Article8
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1989.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16December1988.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.GENNIMATAS