1.7.87 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunitiesNoL176/3
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1862/87
of25June1987
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
certainpolyesterfilmsfallingwithinsubheadingex39.01CIIIa)oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,productconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntilthequota
hasbeenusedup;whereas,however,sincethequotaisto
coverrequirementswhichcannotbedeterminedwith
sufficientaccuracy,itseemspossibletoavoidallocatingit
amongtheMemberStates,withoutprejudicetothe
drawingagainstthequotavolumeofsuchquantitiesas
theymayneed,underconditionsandaccordingtoa
proceduretothespecified;whereasthismethodof
management requiresclosecooperationbetweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission andthelattermustin
particularbeabletomonitortherateatwhichthequotais
usedupandinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,alltransactions concerningthe
administration ofsharesallocatedtothateconomicunion
maybecarriedoutbyahyoneofitsmembers,Whereastheproductionofpolyesterfilmforuseinthe
manufacture ofmagneticvideotapesiscurrently
insufficientintheCommunitytomeettherequirementsof
theuserindustriesintheCommunity ;whereas,
consequentlyCommunitysuppliesofproductsofthistype
currentlydependtoaconsiderableextentonimportsfrom
thirdcountries;whereasitisintheCommunity'sinterestto
suspendpartiallytheCommonCustomsTariffdutyforthe
productinquestion,withintheCommunitytariffquota,of
anappropriatevolumeforarelativelylimitedperiod;
whereas,inordernottocallintoquestionthedevelopment
prospectsofthisproductionintheCommunitywhile
ensuringanadequatesupplytosatisfyuserindustries,itis
advisabletolimitthebenefitsofthetariffquotato
productsusedforthemanufactureofmagneticvideotapes,
toopenthisquotafreeofdutyfrom1Julyto31December
1987andtofixthevolumeat500tonnes;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Julyto31December1987thecommon
customsdutyapplicableonimportoftheproducts
mentionedbelowshallbesuspendedatthelevelandwithin
thelimitoftheCommunitytariffquotaindicated:Whereasitisnecessary,inparticular,toensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted accessto
theabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted application
oftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoallimportsofthe
Order
NoCCT
headingNoDescriptionQuota
volume
(tonnes)Quota
duty
(%)
09.2779 ex39.01CIIIa)Polyesterfilm,uncoated,havingathicknessofnot
morethan12micrometreswithmodulusvaluesofnot
lessthan820andnotmorethan915kilogramsper
squaremillimeter(machinedirection)andnotlessthan
380andnotmorethan460kilogramspersquaremetre
(transversedirection)foruseinthemanufactureof
magneticvideotapes 500 0
Withinthelimitofthistariffquota,theKingdomofSpain
andthePortugueseRepublicshallapplycustomsduties
calculatedinaccordancewiththerelevantprovisionslaid
downbytheActofAccessionofSpainandPortugal.
Controloftheuseoftheproductfortheparticularpurpose
laiddownshallbecarriedoutbyapplyingtherelevant
Communityprovisions.2.Ifanimporternotifiesanimminentimportationofthe
productinquestioninaMemberStateandrequeststhe
benefitofthequota,theMemberStateconcernedshall
informtheCommission anddrawanamount
corresponding totheserequirementstotheextentthatthe
availablebalanceofthereservepermitsthis.
3.Thesharesdrawnpursuanttoparagraph2shallbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod.

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Article2
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethattheirdrawingspursuanttoArticle1(2)are
carriedoutinsuchawaythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesof
theCommunityquota.
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidgoodshaveaccesstothequotasolongastheresidual
balanceofthequotavolumeallowsthis.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaidgoods
againsttheirdrawingsasandwhenthegoodsareentered
forfreecirculation .
4.Theextenttowhichthequotahasbeenusedupshall
bedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportschargedin
accordancewithparagraph3.Article3
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainstthequota.
Article4
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallcollaborate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1987.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,25June1987.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
H.DECROO