NoL368/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.12.88
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4186/88
of16December1988
openingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforcertain
flat-rolledproductsfallingwithinCNcodeex72261091
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,shouldnotbeallocatedamongtheMemberStates,without
prejudicetothedrawingagainstthequotavolumeofsuch
quantitiesastheymayneed,undertheconditionsand
accordingtotheproceduretobelaiddown;whereasthis
methodofadministration requiresclosecooperation
betweentheMemberStatesandtheCommission andthe
lattermustinparticularbeabletomonitortherateat
whichthequotaisusedandinformtheMemberStates
accordingly;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anyoperationconcerningthe
administration ofthequotashareleviedbythateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereastheCommunitycurrentlydependstoalarge
extentonimportsfromthirdcountriesforitssuppliesof
certainflat-rolledproductsfallingwithincode72261091
ofthecombinednomenclature ;whereasitisinthe
Community'sinterest'tosuspendtotallythedutynormally
appliedtotheproductsinquestionwithinthelimitofa
Communitytariffquotaofanappropriatevolume;whereas
inordernottoharmtheprospectsforincreasing
productionwithintheCommunitywhileatthesametime
makingadequatesuppliesavailabletouserindustries,the
tariffquotashouldbelimitedto600tonnesandopenedfor
theperiod1Januaryto31December1989;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashould
beensuredforallCommunityimportersandtherateslaid
downforthequotashouldbeappliedconsistentlytoall
importsoftheproductsinquestionintoallMemberStates
untilthequotaisexhausted;whereas,however,thequotaHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1989thecustomsduty
applicabletoimportsofthefollowingproductsshallbe
suspendedatthelevelindicatedandwithinthelimitsofa
Communitytariffquotaasshownbelow:
Order
NoCNcode DescriptionVolumeof
tariffquota
(tonnes)Rateofduty
(%)
09.2781 ex72261091Flat-rolledproductsofgrain-oriented silicon-electrical steel,having
awidthnotexceeding500mm,athicknessofmorethan0,20mm
butlessthan0,3mmandanominalmagnetic-reversal lossof
1,0W/kgasdeterminedbytheEpsteinmethodwithacurrentof
50cyclesandaninductionof1,7Tesla 600 0
Article3
IfanimporterpresentsinaMemberStateadeclarationof
entryintofreecirculationincludingarequestfor
preferentialbenefitforaproductcoveredbythis
Regulation,andifthisdeclarationisacceptedbythe
customsauthorities,theMemberStateconcernedshall
draw,fromthetariffquota,bymeansofnotificationtothe
Commission,aquantitycorresponding totheseneeds.2.WithinthelimitsofthistariffquotatheKingdomof
SpainandthePortugueseRepublicshallapplyduties
calculatedinaccordancewiththerelevantprovisionsofthe
1985ActofAccession.
Article2
ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
administeredbytheCommission ,whichmaytakeany
appropriatemeasurewithaviewtoensuringtheefficient
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Therequestsfordrawing,withtheindicationofthedateof
acceptanceofthesaiddeclarations,mustbecommunicated
totheCommissionwithoutdelay.
ThedrawingsaregrantedbytheCommissiononthebasis
ofthedateofacceptanceofthedeclarationofentryinto
freecirculationbythecustomsauthoritiesoftheMember
Stateconcerned,totheextentthattheavailablebalanceso
permits.
IfaMemberStatedoesnotusethequantitiesdrawn,it
shallreturnthemassoonaspossibletothetariffquota.
Ifthequantitiesrequestedaregreaterthantheavailable
balanceofthetariffquota,allocationshallbemadeona
proratabasiswithrespecttotherequests.MemberStates
shallbeinformedbytheCommissioninaccordancewith
thesameprocedures .2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimportersofthe
productconcernedhavefreeaccesstothequotaforsuch
timesasthebalanceofthetariffquotasopermits.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaidproduct
againsttheirdrawingsasandwhenthegoodsareentered
withthecustomsauthoritiesundercoverofdeclarationsof
entryintofreecirculation .
4.Theextenttowhichthequotahasbeenusedupshall
bedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportschargedin
accordancewithparagraph3.
Article5
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainstthequota.
Article6
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1989.Article4
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethattheirdrawingspursuanttoArticle3enable
importstobechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16December1988.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.GENNIMATAS