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of22October1985
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafordried
grapesfallingwithinsubheading08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginSpain
(1986)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
MemberState 1982 1983 1984
Benelux 2 32
Demark — 2 5
Germany 223
Greece — — —
France 738083
Ireland 1 1 —
Italy 2113 7
UnitedKingdom 1 — —HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasanAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandSpain(!)wasconcludedon29June
1970:Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquotashares
maybefixedapproximately atthefollowingpercentages :
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdomWhereastheCommunitycommitteditself,underthis
Agreement,toopeninganannualCommunitytariffquota
of1900tonnesofdriedgrapesfallingwithinsubheading
08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatingin
Spainandimportedinimmediatepackingsofanetcapacity
of15kilogramsorless;whereasthisCommunitytariff
quotashouldbeopenedfor1986;9,9
1,0
3,6
0,1
42,1
0,6
8,0
34,7
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrendsfor
theproductsconcernedinthevariousMemberStates,the
quotaamountshouldbedividedintotwoinstalments,the
firstbeingsharedamongtheMemberStatesandthesecond
constituting areservetocoveratalaterdatethe
requirementsoftheMemberStateswhichhaveusedup
theirinitialquotashares;whereas,inordertogive
importersineachMemberStateacertaindegreeof
security,thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunityquota
mightunderthecircumstances befixedat80%ofthe
quotavolume;Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted accessto
theabovementioned quotaanduninterruptedapplication
oftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoallimportsofthe
productsconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntilthequota
hasbeenusedup;whereashavingregardtotheabove
principles,theCommunitynatureofthequotacanbe
respectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamong
theMemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectas
accuratelyaspossiblethetruetrendofthemarketinthe
productsinquestion,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotherequirementsoftheMemberStates,
calculatedbyreferencetothestatisticsforimportsfrom
Spainoverarepresentative referenceperiodandalsotothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsare
available,thecorresponding importsbyeachofthe
MemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercentagesofthe
importsintotheCommunityfromSpainoftheproductsin
question:WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeusedup
atdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfactinto
accountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,anyMember
Statewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquotashare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereas
thismustbedonebyeachMemberStateasandwheneach
ofitsadditionalsharesisalmostusedupandrepeatedas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additionalsharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthismethodofadministration requires
closecooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,andthelattermustbeinapositionto (')OJNoL182,16.8.1970,p.1.

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monitortheextenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeen
usedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMemberState,
itisessentialthattheMemberStateshouldreturna
significantproportiontothereservetopreventapartof
anytariffquotafromremainingunusedinoneMember
Statewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmybecarriedoutbyanyofitsmembers,forthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawasecond
shareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhere
necessarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thenthatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withtheconditionslaiddowninparagraph1,drawathird
shareequalto7,5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhere
necessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaStatehasbeenusedup,
thatMemberStateshall,inaccordancewiththeconditions
laiddowninparagraph1,drawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixedin
thoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
theymightnotbeusedup.ItshallinformtheCommission
ofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.Article1
From1Januaryto31December1986,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyinrespectofdriedgrapesfalling
withinsubheading08.04BI,originatinginSpainand
importedinimmediatecontainersofanetcapacitynot
exceeding15kilogramsshallbeentirelysuspendedwithin
thelimitsofaCommunitytariffquotaof1900tonnes.Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1986.
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentamountingto1520tonnesofthe
CommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
sharedamongtheMemberStates;therespectiveshares
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil
31December1986shallbeasfollows:Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1986suchunusedportionoftheirinitial
shareas,on15September1986,isinexcessof20%ofthe
initialvolume.Theymayreturnalargerquantityifthere
aregroundsforbelievingthatthisquantitymaynotbe
used.(tonnes)
Benelux 150
Denmark 15
Germany 55
Greece 1
France 640
Ireland 10
Italy 120
UnitedKingdom 529TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1October1986ofthetotalquantitiesoftheproducts
inquestionimportedupto15September1986andcharged
againstthetariffquotaandofanyquantityoftheinitial
sharesreturnedtothereserve.
2.Thesecondinstalmentof380tonnesshallconstitute
thereserve.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3
and,assoon,asitisnotified,shallinformeachMember
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStatesnotlaterthan5October
1986oftheamountinthereserveafterquantitieshave
beenreturnedtheretopursuanttoArticle5.Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(1),or90%ofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5hasbeen
applied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextentpermittedby
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4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
sharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhereserve
doesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,tothisend,
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequesttheMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessaryto
ensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesof
theCommunitytariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
tothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofthe
productsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation .Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1986.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,22October1985.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.F.POOS