1.7.87 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunitiesNoL176/5
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1863/87
of25June1987
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariffquotasfor
sherryfallingwithinsubheadingex22.05CoftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginSpain(1987to1988)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,Portugaloftheproductsinquestion,originatinginSpain;
whereas,consequently ,theCommunitytariffquotasare
applicableonlyintheCommunityasconstitutedon
31December1985;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted accessto
theabovementioned quotasanduninterruptedapplication
oftherateslaiddownforthesequotastoallimportsofthe
productconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntilthequotas
havebeenusedup;whereas,havingregardtotheabove
principles,theCommunitynatureofthequotascanbe
respectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquotasamong
theMemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectas
accuratelyaspossibletheactualtrendofthemarketinthe
productconcerned,suchallocationshouldbeinproportion
totherequirementsoftheMemberStates,calculatedby
referencetothestatisticsforimportsofthesaidproduct
fromSpainoverarepresentative referenceperiodandalso
totheeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiodconcerned;HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,andinparticularArticles30,33,second
subparagraph ,and75thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,pursuanttoArticles30and75oftheActof
Accession,thedutiesapplicableontheimportintothe
Communityasconstitutedon31December1985ofsherry
fallingwithinsubheadingex22.05CoftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginatinginSpain,withinthelimits
ofCommunitytariffquotasof108120hectolitresin
containersholdingtwolitresorlessandof685000
hectolitresincontainersholdingmorethantwolitres,shall
beprogressively abolished;whereasthesedutiesare
reducedto75%ofthebasicdutieson1January1987and
to62,5%ofthebasicdutieson1January1988;whereas,
bywayofderogationfromArticle30oftheActof
Accession,CouncilRegulation (EEC)No443/86(J)
providesthatthebasicdutiesarethosewhichwereactually
appliedon1January1986;whereas,incompliancewith
thesecondsubparagraphofArticle33,apartialsuspension
ofthedutiesapplicabletosherryincontainersholdingtwo
litresorlesswithinthelimitsofasupplementary quantity
of250000hectolitresisindicated;whereas,tomaintain
thegloballevelofthesetwoquotas,thevolumeenvisaged
forsherryincontainersholdingmorethantwolitresmust
bereducedbythesamequantity;whereas,therefore,to
establishthedutiesapplicableontheimportofthesewines,
Communitytariffquotasshouldbeopenedfortheperiod
1July1987to30June1988for:
—358120hectolitresforsherry,originatinginSpain,
fallingwithinsubheadingsex22.05CIIIa)1and
ex22.05CIVa)1oftheCommonCustomsTariffand
—435000hectolitresforsherry,originatinginSpain,
fallingwithinsubheadingsex22.05CIIIb)1and
ex22.05CIVb)1oftheCommonCustomsTariff
atdutiesasshowninthelistinArticle1;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3792/85of20
December1985layingdownthearrangementsapplyingto
tradeinagriculturalproductsbetweenSpainand
Portugal(2)providesforparticularrulesfortheimportintoWhereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsare
available,thecorresponding importsintoeachofthe
MemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercentagesofthe
importsintotheCommunityfromSpainoftheproduct
concerned :
1984 1985 1986
Sherry:
—incontainersholdingtwoIIIl
litresorless:IIIl
Benelux 40,9340,8035,79
Denmark 1,951,712,00
Germany 27,5826,6335,67
Greece 0,020,010,03
France 0,310,230,22
Ireland 1,241,110,75
Italy 0,260,330,22
UnitedKingdom 27,7129,1825,32
—incontainersholdingmoreI
thantwolitres:
Benelux 41,9641,2736,33
Denmark 2,392,452,43
Germany 2,182,052,35
Greece — — —
France 0,030,010,01
Ireland 0,660,870,76
Italy— — —
UnitedKingdom 52,7853,3558,12 (»)OJNoL50,28.2.1986,p.9.
(2)OJNoL367,31.12.1985,p.7.

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quotavolumeshavebeenusedupandinformtheMember
Statesthereof;Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquotashares
maybefixedapproximately atthefollowingpercentages :
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityisleftoverinoneorotherMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshouldreturna
significantproportiontothereservetopreventapartofthe
CommunityquotasfromremainingunusedinoneMember
Statewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;MemberStatesSherryincontainer
holding
twolitres
orlessmorethan
twolitres
Benelux 39,21 39,85
Denmark 1,89 2,42
Germany 30,30 1,92
Greece 0,01 0,01
France 0,16 0,02
Ireland 1,03 0,76
Italy 0,27 0,01
UnitedKingdom 27,13 55,01Whereasitispossiblethat,duringtheperiodof
applicabilityofthesaidquota,thenomenclatureusedby
theCommonCustomsTariffwillbereplacedbythe
combinednomenclature basedontheInternational
ConventionontheHarmonizedCommodityDescription
andCodingSystem;whereasthisRegulationmusttake
accountofthatpossibilitybyusingthecodesofthe
combinednomenclaturewithinwhichthesaidproducts
fall; Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrendsfor
theproductsconcernedinthevariousMemberStates,each
ofthequotavolumesshouldbedividedintotwo
instalmentsthefirstbeingsharedamongtheMemberStates
andthesecondconstitutingareservetocoveratalater
datetherequirementsofMemberStateswhichhaveused
uptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,inordertogive
importersineachMemberStateacertaindegreeof
security,thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunityquotas
should,underthepresentcircumstances ,befixedatabout
90%and95%ofthequotavolumes;Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeusedup
atdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfactinto
accountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,anyMember
Statewhichhasalmostuseduponeofitsinitialshares
mustdrawanadditionalsharefromthecorresponding
reserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberState
asandwheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmostentirely
usedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;
whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesmustbevaliduntil
theendofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration requiresclosecooperationbetweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,andtheCommission
mustbeinapositiontomonitortheextenttowhichtheArticle1
From1July1987to30June1988theCommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesinrespectofthesherriesmentionedbelowand
originatinginSpainshall,intheCommunityasconstituted
on31December1985,bepartiallysuspendedatthelevels
andwithinthelimitsoftheCommunitytariffquotas
indicatedforeachofthem(*):
Order
NoCCT
heading
NoCombined
nomenclature
codeDescriptionRate(ECU/hl)
Quotavolume
(hectolitres) from1July
to31December1987form1January
to30June1988
09.0306rex22.05CIIIa)1Iex22.05CIVa)1rex2204.21-41
Iex2204.21-51Sherry
Sherry4,8
5,24,0
4,3]358120
09.0308fex22.05CIIIb)1Iex22.05CIVb)1fex2204.29-41
Iex2204.29-51Sherry
Sherry4,9
5,44,1
4,5]435000
(*)Thenumbersappearinginthecolumn'Combined
nomenclaturecode'willreplacethoseappearinginthecolumn
'CCTheadingNo'asfromthedateofentryintoforceofthe
International ConventionontheHarmonizedCommodity
DescriptionandCodingSystem.

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mightnotbeusedup.ItshallinformtheCommissionofits
reasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.Article2
1.EachofthetariffquotasreferredtoinArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentofeachquotashallbesharedamong
theMemberStates;therespectiveshares,which,subjectto
Article5,shallbevaliduntil30June1988,shallbeas
follows:Article4
EachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil30June1988.
(hectolitres)
Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlaterthan
1April1988theunusedportionoftheirinitialshares
which,on15March1988isinexcessof20%oftheinitial
volume.Theymayreturnalargerquantityifthereare
groundsforbelievingthatthisquantitymaynotbeused.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1April1988,notifythe
Commissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproductsin
questionimportedupto15March1988inclusiveand
chargedagainsttheCommunityquota,andofany
quantitiesoftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.Sherryfallingwithinsubheading
MemberStates ex22.05CIIIa)1
and
ex22.05CIVa)1ex22.05C111b)1
and
ex22.05CIVb)1
Benelux 126240 147340
Denmark 6090 8950
Germany 97560 7100
Greece 10 40
France 710 70
Ireland 3320 2810
Italy 870 40
UnitedKingdom 87340 203400
Total 321940 369750
3.Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,namely36180
and65250hectolitresrespectively,shallconstitutethe
corresponding reserve.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3
andshallassoonasithasbeennotified,informeachState
oftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5April
1988oftheamountinthereserveafterquantitieshave
beenreturnedpursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatthedrawingwhichuses
uponeofthereservesislimitedtothebalanceavailable
andtothisendshallspecifytheamountthereoftothe
MemberStatewhichmakesthelastdrawing.Article3
1.If90%ormoreofoneofaMemberState'sinitial
sharesasspecifiedinArticle2(2),orofthatsameshare
reducedbytheportionreturnedtothecorresponding
reserveifArticle5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenusedup,that
MemberStateshallwithoutdelaybynotifyingthe
Commissiondrawasecondshareequalto10%ofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit,
totheextentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve.
2.If,afteroneorotherofitsinitialshareshasbeenused
up,90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninparagraph1,
drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
uptothenextunit.
3.If,afteroneorotherofitssecondshareshasbeenused
up,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththesameconditions,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Theprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixedin
thoseparagraphs,ifthereisreasontobelievethattheyArticle7
1.TheMemberStateshalltakeallmeasuresnecessaryto
ensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle2
areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesof
theCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidproducthavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedto
them.
3.TheextenttowhichMemberStateshaveuseduptheir
sharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportsof
theproductinquestionenteredforfreecirculation .

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Article10
TheCouncilwilladopt,ingoodtime,theadjustmentsto
theInternational Convention ontheHarmonized
CommodityDescriptionandCodingsystem,whichare
necessarybothforthecodingandforthedescriptionof
goods.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1987.Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,25June1987.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
H.DECROO