31.12.87 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunitiesNoL400/37
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4188/87
of21December1987
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
'Sljivovica'plumspiritfallingwithincodeex22089033ofthecombinednomenclatureand
originatinginYugoslavia (1988)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,forthequotashouldbeappliedconsistentlytoallimportsof
theproductsinquestionintoallMemberStatesuntilthe
quotaisexhausted;whereas,inthelightoftheseprinciples,
allocationoftheCommunitytariffquotaamongcertain
MemberStateswouldseemtopreservetheCommunity
natureofthequota;whereasinordertocorrespondasclosely
aspossibletotherealtrendofthemarketfortheproductsin
questiontheallocationshouldreflecttherequirementsofthe
MemberStatesbasedonstatisticsofimportsofthesaid
productsfromYugoslaviaduringarepresentativereference
periodandontheeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiodin
question;HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereasduringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsare
.availableimportsintotheMemberStateswereasfollows:
(hectolitres)WhereasArticle21oftheCooperationAgreementbetween
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheSocialist
FederalRepublicofYugoslavia(J),assupplementedbythe
AdditionalProtocoltothatAgreementestablishingnew
tradearrangements (2),providesthatplumspiritunderthe
nameof'Sljivovica'fallingwithincodeex22089033ofthe
combinednomenclatureandoriginatinginYugoslaviaisto
beimportedintotheCommunityatadutyof0,3ECUper
hectolitreper%degreeofalcoholplus3ECUperhectolitre,
withinthelimitsofanannualCommunitytariffquotaof
5420hectolitres;whereasthoseproductsmustbe
accompaniedbyacertificateofauthenticity;whereasthe
quotainquestionshouldbeopenedfor1988;MemberState 1984 1985 1986
Benelux 3971 20
Denmark 520,13 9
Germany 29113205 758
Greece— — —
Spain n.c.n.c. 6
France 3538 36
Ireland— — —
Italy— — —
Portugal n.c.n.c.—
UnitedKingdom 3 — 10Whereasthecustomsdutyleviedundertheabovetariffquota
istobedismantledoverthesameperiodsandatthesame
ratesasprovidedforinArticles75and243oftheAct.of
AccessionofSpainandPortugal;
Whereas,withinthelimitsoftheabovetariffquota,the
KingdomofSpainandthePortugueseRepublicaretoapply
customsdutiescalculatedinaccordancewithCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No4150/87of21December1987,laying
downarrangementsforSpainandPortugal'stradewith
YugoslaviaandamendingRegulation(EEC)No449/86and
(EEC)No2573/87(3);
Whereas,from1January1988thenomenclatureinthe
CommonCustomsTariffwillbereplacedbythecombined
nomenclature basedontheInternationalConventiononthe
HarmonizedCommodityDescriptionandCodingSystem;
whereasthisRegulationmusttakeaccountofthatfactby
usingthecombinednomenclaturecodesandTariccode
numbersoftheproductsconcerned;Whereasduringthelastthreeyearstheproductsconcerned
wereimportedregularlyonlybycertainMemberStatesand
notatalloronlyoccasionallybytheotherMemberStates;
whereas,underthesecircumstances ,inthefirstphase,initial
sharesshouldbeallocatedonlytothegenuineimporting
MemberStatesandtheotherMemberStatesshouldbe
guaranteedaccesstothebenefitofthetariffquotaswhen
importsactuallytakeplaceinthoseMemberStates;whereas
theseallocationarrangementswillensuretheuniformlevyof
theapplicableduties;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashouldbe
ensuredforallCommunityimportersandtherateslaiddown
(MOJNoL41,14.2.1983,p.2.Whereas,toallowforthetrendofimportsoftheproducts
concernedinthevariousMemberStates,thequotavolume
shouldbedividedintotwoparts,thefirstbeingallocated
amongcertainMemberStatesandthesecondheldasa(2)OJNoL389,31.12.1987,p.73.
(3)OJNoL389,31.12.1987,p.1.

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reservetocoveranysubsequentrequirementsofthose
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialsharesand
anyrequirementswhichmightariseintheotherMember
States;whereas,toaffordimportersineachMemberState
somedegreeofcertainty,anappropriatelevelforthefirst
partoftheCommunityquotawould,inthepresent
circumstances ,be67%ofthequotavolume;isessentialthattheMemberStateconcernedshouldreturna
significantproportionthereoftotheCommunityreservein
ordertopreventpartoftheCommunityquotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeused
inothers;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomofthe
NetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgareunited
withinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBeneluxEconomic
Union,anyoperationconcerningtheadministrationofthe
quotasharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarried
outbyanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmaybeused
upatdifferentrates;whereas,inordertoavoidanybreakin
thecontinuityofsuppliesonthisaccount,itshouldbe
providedthatanyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupits
initialquotashareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
Communityreserve;whereaseachtimeitsadditionalshareis
almostusedupaMemberStateshoulddrawafurthershare
andsoonasmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereasthese
initialandadditionalsharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration requires
closecooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commissionandthelattermustbeabletomonitortheextent
towhichthequotavolumehasbeenusedupandinformthe
MemberStatesaccordingly ;Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1988thecustomsduty
applicabletoimportsintotheCommunityofthefollowing
productsoriginatinginYugoslaviashallbesuspendedatthe
levelindicatedandwithinthelimitsofaCommunitytariff
quotaasshownbelow:Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperiodaconsiderable
quantityofaMemberState'sinitialshareremainsunused,it
OrderNoCNcode Description Quota(hectolitres)Quotaduty
09.1503ex22089033————Plum,pearorcherryspirit(excluding
liqueurs):
—Plumspiritmarketedunderthenameof
Sljivovica,incontainersholdingtwolitres
orless-\
I5420 >0,3ECUper
hectolitreper%-
degreeofalcoholplus
3ECUperhectolitre
WithinthelimitsofthistariffquotatheKingdomofSpain
andthePortugueseRepublicshallapplycustomsduties
calculatedinaccordancewithRegulation (EEC)No
4150/87.
2.Importsoftheseproductsmustbeaccompaniedbya
certificateofauthenticityissuedbythecompetentYugoslav
authorityandconformingwiththemodelannexedtothis
Regulation.2.Thesecondpartofthequota,amountingto1800
hectolitres,shallconstitutethereserve.
3.Ifanimportergivesnotificationofimminentimports
oftheproductsconcernedintotheotherMemberStatesand
appliestotakeadvantageofthequota,theMemberState
concernedshallinformtheCommissionanddrawanamount
corresponding toitsrequirementstotheextentthatthe
availablebalanceofthereservesopermits.
Article2
1.AfirstpartoftheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoin
Article1amountingto3620hectolitresshallbeallocated
amongcertainMemberStates;withoutprejudiceto
Article5,thequotasharesshallbevaliduntil31December
1988andshallbeasfollow:
(hectolitres)
Benelux 65
Denmark 15
Germany 3530
France 5
UnitedKingdom 5Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofitsinitial
quotashareasspecifiedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareless
anyportionreturnedtothereservepursuanttoArticle5,it
shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommissionandtothe
extentthatthereservesopermits,drawasecondshareequal
to15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextwholenumber.
2.If,afteritsinitialquotasharehasbeenusedup,a
MemberStatehasusedup90%ormoreofitssecondshare

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ItshallinformtheMemberStatesnotlaterthan5October
1988ofthestateofthereservefollowinganyreturnofquota
sharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhereserve
doesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andtothisendshall
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthefinaldrawing.aswell,itshall,usingtheprocedureprovidedforin
paragraph1andtotheextentthatthereservesopermits,
drawathirdshareequalto7,5%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
upwherenecessarytothenextwholenumber.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,aMember
Statehasused90%ormoreofitsthirdshare,itshall,using
theprocedureprovidedforinparagraph1,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,
MemberStatesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthosespecified
inthesaidparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethatthey
mightnotbeusedinfull.MemberStatesshallinformthe
Commissionoftheirreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethatadditionaldrawingsofsharespursuantto
Article3enableimportstobechargedwithoutinterruption
againsttheiraccumulatedshareoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsconcernedhavefreeaccesstothequotashares
allocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftheproducts
concernedagainsttheirquotasharesasandwhenthegoods
areenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
quotashareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.Article4
EachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1988.
Article5
By1October1988atthelatestMemberStatesmustreturnto
thereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitialsharewhich,on
15September1988,isinexcessof20%oftheinitialvolume.
Theymayreturnagreaterportionifthereisreasontobelieve
thatitmightnotbeused.
By1October1988atthelatestMemberStatesmustnotify
theCommissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproducts
concernedimportedonorbefore15September1988and
chargedagainsttheCommunityquotasandofanyportionof
theirinitialsharethattheyarereturningtothereserve.Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsoftheproductsconcernedactually
chargedagainsttheirquotashare.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountofthesharesdrawnby
MemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3andshallinform
eachMemberStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehas
beenusedupassoonasithasbeennotified.Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21December1987.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.HAARDER


ANEXO—BILAG—ANHANG—ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ —ANNEX—ANNEXE—ALLEGATO —BIJLAGE—ANEXO
2No ORIGINAL1Exporter(name,fulladdress,country)
Exportateur (nom,adressecomplète,pays)4Countryofdestination
Paysdedestination3Quotayear
Annéecontingentais
6Issuingauthority
Organismeémetteur5Consignee(name,fulladdress,country)
Destinataire (nom,adressecomplète ,pays)
7
CERTIFICATE OFAUTHENTICITY
CERTIFICATD'AUTHENTICITÉ 8Placeanddateofshipment—Meansoftransport
Lieuetdated'embarquement —Moyendetransport
Plumspirit'Sljivovica'
Eau-de-viedeprunes«áljivovica»
(CNCodeex22089033)
(CodeNCex22089033)
9Marksandnumbers—Numberandkindofpackages
Marquesetnuméros—Nombreetnaturedescolis11Litres
Litres10volof
alcohol
Wovol
d'alcool
12volofalcoholandlitres(inwords)
<M>vold'alcooletlitres(enlettres)
13CERTIFICATE BYTHEISSUINGAUTHORITY—VISADEL'ORGANISME ÉMETTEUR
Iherebycertifythattheplumspirit'Sljivovica'describedinthiscertificatecorrespondswiththedefinitiongivenonthereverse.
Jecertifiequel'eau-de-viedeprunes«Sljivovica»décritedanscecertificatcorrespondàladéfinitionfigurantauverso.
Place
LieuDate
Date
(Stampandsignature)
(Cachetetsignature)

DEFINITION
Plumspiritwithanalcoholicstrengthof40%volormore,marketedunderthename
ŠLJIVOVICA ,corresponding tothespecifications laiddownintheRegulation
relatingtothequalityofspirituousbeverages,publishedintheOfficialJournalofthe
SocialistFederalRepublicofYugoslaviaon7October1971.
DÉFINITION
Eau-de-viedeprunesayantuntitrealcoométrique égalousupérieurà40%vol,
commercialisée sousladénominationŠLJIVOVICAcorrespondant àlaspécification
reprisedanslaréglementation relativeàlaqualitédesboissonsalcooliquespubliéeau
JournalofficieldelarépubliquesocialistefédérativedeYougoslaviele7octobre1971.