NoL383/10 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.12.87
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4097/87
of22December1987
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofunilateraltariffquotasforcoffee,
unroastedandnotfreedofcaffeine,andcocoabeans,wholeorbroken,fallingwithincodes
09011100and18010000ofthecombinednomenclature (1988)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereasinthecontextoftheaccessionnegotiations ,andin
ordertotakeintoaccountthetraditionaltradeflowsbetween
SpainandLatinAmerica,theCommunityproposedthat,for
thefirstthreeyearsofthetransitionalperiod,duty-free
unilateralCommiinjtytariffquotasbeopenedof40000
tonnesforcoffee,unroastedandnotfreedofcaffeinefalling
withinsubheading09.01Ala)oftheCommonCustoms
Tariffandof10000tonnesforcocoabeans,wholeor
broken,fallingwithinheadingNo18.01oftheCommon
CustomsTariff;whereasthesequotasshouldbeopened
fortheirthirdyearofapplication,namelyfortheperiod
1Januaryto31December1988;
WhereastheCommunityhasadopted,witheffectfrom
1January1988,acombinednomenclatureforgoodswhich
meetstherequirementsoftheCommonCustomsTariffand
thenomenclatureofgoodsfortheexternaltradestatisticsof
theCommunityandstatisticsoftradebetweenMemberStates;whereas,inordertoaccomodatespecificCommunity
rules,thisnomenclature hasbeenexpandedintoan
integratedtariffoftheEuropeanCommunities (TARIC);
whereas,witheffectfromtheabovementioned date,the
combinednomenclatureand,whereappropriate,theTARIC
codenumbers,shouldbeusedforthedescriptionofthe
productscoveredbythisRegulation;
Whereas,inparticular,equalandcontinuousaccesstothe
quotasshouldbeensuredforallimporters,andtherateof
dutyforthetariffquotasshouldbeappliedconsistentlytoall
importsuntilthequotasareusedup;whereas,inthelightof
theseprinciples,arrangementsfortheutilizationofthetariff
quotasbasedonanallocationamongMemberStateswould
seemtobeconsistentwiththeCommunitynatureofthe
quotas;whereas,tocorrespondascloselyaspossibletothe
actualtrendinthemarketintheproductsinquestion,
allocationofthequotasshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirements ascalculatedbyreferencetostatisticsof
importsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative
referenceperiodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
yearinquestion;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsare
available,importsintoMemberStatesfromthirdcountries
whichdonotbenefitfromanequivalenttariffpreferenceare
asfollows:
Coffee,unroastedand
notfreedofcaffeineCocoabeans,wholeorbroken
1984 1985 1986 1984 1985 1986
Benelux 161876148039123203314065051831511
Denmark 417934216937830 24 27 10
Germany 320451587445363398453936370658885
Greece 22025197651207726822708 3032
Spain (117191)(121083)(86692)(37823)(38923)(15998)
France 10313711128310017527855355 5767
Ireland 191 163 162 0 0 0
Italy 129333163912118964287438513444
Portugal 111751238215831 115 115 23
UnitedKingdom 46058460983920462426782 8673

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Whereas,onthebasisoftheavailabledata,andtakinginto
accountthespecialnatureofthequotas,theinitial
percentagesharesofthequotavolumescanbeexpressedas
follows:additionalshareisalmostusedupaMemberStateshould
drawafurthershareandsoonasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesmustbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthisformof
administration requiresclosecooperationbetweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,andthelattermustbe
abletomonitortheextenttowhichthequotashavebeenused
upandtoinformtheMemberStatesaccordingly;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperiodaconsiderable
quantityofaMemberState'sinitialshareremainsunuseditis
essentialthattheMemberStateconcernedshouldreturna
significantproportionthereoftothereserveinorderto
preventapartoftheCommunitytariffquotasfrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcouldbeused
inothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomofthe
NetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgareunited
withinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBeneluxEconomic
Union,anymeasureconcerningtheadministration ofthe
sharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarriedout
byanyoneofitsmembers,Coffee Cocoa
Benelux 0,78 1,69
Denmark 0,22 0,01
Germany 2,29 2,49
Greece 0,16 0,12
Spain 94,94 95,00
France 0,56 0,20
Ireland 0,01 0,01
Italy 0,74 0,14
Portugal 0,07 0,01
UnitedKingdom 0,23 0,32
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Whereas,totakeaccountofthepossibleimporttrendsfor
theproductsconcerned,thequotavolumesshouldbedivided
intotwoparts,thefirstbeingallocatedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondheldasareservetocoverany
subsequentrequirementsofMemberStateswhichhaveused
uptheirinitialshare;whereas,togiveimporterssomedegree
ofcertainty,thefirstpartoftheCommunitytariffquotas
shouldbesetatahighlevel,whichinthiscasecouldbeabout
99%ofthequotavolumes;
Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferentrates;
whereas,toavoidanybreakinthecontinuityofsupplieson
thisaccount,itshouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberState
whichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawan
additionalsharefromthereserve;whereaseachtimeitsArticle1
1.From1Januaryto31December1988,thecustoms
dutiesapplicabletoimportsofthefollowingproductsshall
besuspendedatthelevelindicatedandwithinthelimitsof
Communitytariffquotasasshownherewith:
Order
NoCNcode DescriptionQuotavolume
(tonnes)Rateofduty
(%)
09.2733
09.273509011100
18010000Coffee,unroastedandnotfreedofcaffeine
Cocoabeans,wholeorbroken,raworroasted40000
100000
0
2.Importsoftheproductsinquestionmaynotbecharged
againstthesetariffquotasiftheyarealreadyfreeofcustoms
dutiesunderotherpreferentialtariffarrangements .0901110018010000
Benelux 308 167
Denmark 87 1
Germany 904 247
Greece 65 12
Spain 37498 9405
France 223 20
Ireland 1 1
Italy 293 14
Portugal 28 1
UnitedKingdom 93 32Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotasreferredtoinArticle1
shallbedividedintotwoparts.
2.Afirstpart,of39500and9900tonnesrespectively,
shallbeallocatedamongtheMemberStates;thesharesshall,
subjecttoArticle5,bevalidfrom1Januaryto31December
1988,andshallbeasfollows:

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3.Thesecondpart,of500and100tonnesrespectively,
shallconstitutethecorresponding reserve.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountofthesharesdrawn
bytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3andshall,
assoonastheinformationreachesit,informeachStateofthe
extenttowhichthereserveshavebeenusedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan5October1988,informtheMember
Statesoftheamountstillinthereserves,followinganyreturn
ofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhaustsoneofthe
reservesdoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableandtothisend
shallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofoneofits
initialsharesasspecifiedinArticle2(2),orofthatshareless
anyportionreturnedtothereservepursuanttoArticle5,it
shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawasecond
share,totheextentthatthereservesopermits,equalto10%
ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
wholenumber.
2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingoneortheotherof
itsinitialshares,hasused90%ormoreofthesecondshare
drawnbyit,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,usingthe
procedureprovidedforinparagraph1,drawathirdshare
equalto5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessary
tothenextwholenumber.
3.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingoneortheotherof
itssecondshares,hasused90%ormoreofthethirdshare
drawnbyit,thatMemberStateshall,usingtheprocedure
providedforinparagraph1,drawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntileachofthereservesisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs1,2and3,each
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthosespecifiedin
thoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthey
maynotbeusedinfull.AnyMemberStateapplyingthis
paragraphshallinformtheCommissionofitsgroundsforso
doing.Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethatadditionaldrawingsofsharespursuanttoArticle
3arecarriedoutinsuchawaythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesofthe
Communityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
tothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productsinquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportscharged
inaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbevalid
until31December1988.Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission ,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperateclosely
toensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.Article5
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1988,return
tothereservetheunusedportionofeachoftheirinitialshares
which,on15September1988,isinexcessof20%ofthe
initialvolume.Theymayreturnagreaterportionifthereare
groundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1988,notify
theCommissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproductsin
questionimporteduptoandincluding15September1988
andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotasandofany
portionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1988.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22December1987.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
N.WILHJELM