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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)533 final
Brussels,21September1982
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Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministrationofa
Communitytariffquotaforcertainpetroleumproductsfalling-:..;/\withinChapter27oftheCommonCustomsTariffandrefinedin
Spain(1983;
'P!
C*
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofa
Communitytariffquotaforotherwovenfabricsofcotton,falling
withinheadingNo55.09oftheCommonCustomsTariffandorigi­
natinginSpain(1983)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(82)533final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
TheAgreement between theCommunity andSpain of1970 provides for
the oper.inq ofCommunity ,tari ffquotas for the importation.into
theCommunity ofthefollowing' products ,originating inSpain ,at
thequota duties specified below : • .
CCT heading n° . Product Annual Volume Quota duty
Chacter 27 Certain petroleum products 1200 000 t)
55.' -•
F'om iJuly 1977 the':' 1quota volumes have atfirst been increased
/
respectively to 140C000tonnes and 1900 tonnes ,andthen they are
f-<edto 1424 000tomes and 2013 tonnes bytheprotocol ofadaptation
totake account oftneaccession ofGreece tothe Community .
/
T'-.e ^eguLations provide ,inthe usual way,for the splitting upof
t-M-:uota volumes into twoparts ,ofwhich thefirst will beallocated
c"*or.g theMember States asquota shares and the second will bekept
as rreserve .
Theallocation ofthe first part ofeach quota hasbeen undertaken
accor-fing tothe rules generally applied -.hitherto .The total imports
o- >ochMember State for1979 to1981 have been expressed asa
c-oportion oftotal Community imports over the same period .The
re ,'j1.ting percentages have been applied State byState tothevolume of
fir 'irst part ,the last digit ofthe'number ofmetric tons being rounded off.
Tk?proposed Regulation onother cotton fabrics provides for asingle
method ofadministration ,tobeapplied byallMember States ,namely
the "asand when "method . " .27 Certain petroleum products 1200000 t)
■ J:U • • •-onn J.' OfthOOther cotton fabrics • 1800 tN _.T , ..) CCT duties

However,itisatpresentimpossibletoprovideforasinglemethod
ofadministration ("asandwhen"oradvanceallocation )ofthequota
■'orcertainpetroleumproducts.Therulesgoverningthemarketin
theseproductsvaryfromoneMemberStatetoanother,withtheeffect
thai:theMemberStatesregardtheapplication ofasinglemethodof
administration asimpossible .Incontrasttogeneralpractice,
therefore,eachMemberStatewillbeempoweredtoadministerits
ownshareofthequotaaccordingtoitsownrules,whileensuring
thatallimportersoftherelevantproductshavefreeaccestothe
auota. ..
Annexps:2proposalsforCouncilregulations .

ANNFXA
PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor-
certainpetroleumproducts,fallingwithinChapter27oftheCommonCustomsTariff
andrefinedinSpain(1983)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasanAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandSpain(')wasconcluded
on29June1970andsupplemented,bytheProto­
coltotheAgreementbetweentheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityandSpaincon­
sequenttotheaccessionoftheHelle­
nicRepublictotheCommunity(2),he­
reafterreferredtoastheProtocol;
.WhereastheCommunitycommitteditSelf,underthis
Agreement,toopeninganannualtotalCommunity
tariffquotaof1424000tonnesofcertainpetroleum
products,fallingwithinChapter27oftheCommon
CustomsTariffandrefinedinSpain;whereasthe
quotadutyisequalto40%oftheCommonCustoms
Tariffduties;whereasthisCommunitytariffquota
shouldbeopenedfor1983.
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunity
natureofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,toreflectasaccuratelyaspossiblethetrue
trendofthemarketoftheproductsinquestion,such
allocationshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirementsoftheMemberStates,calculatedby
referencetothestatisticsforimportsfromSpainover
arepresentative periodandalsototheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodconcerned;Whereas,inrespectofthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsby
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfrom
Spainoftheproductsconcerned :
MemberSuce 1979 19801981
Benelux 50-14-526,9
Denmark – –-
Germany 3-92-09.8
Greece – –-
France 8-823-012.2
Ireland 0-7 –6.1
Italy 9-817-913.6
UnitedKingdom 26-752-631.4
Whereas,inviewofthesefactors,andofmarket
forecastsfortheproductsconcernedandinparticular
oftheestimatessubmittedbycertainMemberStates,
initialquotasharesmaybefixedapproximately atthe
followingpercentages :
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom22-.0
13.0
13.0
0-2
11.0
7.0
8.0
25.8
(')OJNoL182,16.8.1970,p.2.
(')OJNoL326,13.11.1981,p.2.Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,thequotavolumeshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingsharedbetweenthe
MemberStatesandthesecondconstitutingareserve
tocoveratalaterdatetherequirementsofMember
Stateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;

-2- ANNEXA
whereastogiveimportersineachMemberStatea
certaindegreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotamightunderthepresentcircum­
stancesbefixedatabout27C/,°°fthequota;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybe
usedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotake
thisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostused
upitsinitialquotashareshoulddrawanadditional
sharefromthereserve;whereasthismustbedoneby
eachMemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
sharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additionalsharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthismethodofadministration
requiresclosecooperationbetweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission ,andthelattermustbein
apositiontomonitortheextenttowhichthequota
volumehasbeenusedupandtoinformtheMember
Statesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityofaninitialshareremainsunused
inanyMemberState,itisessentialthatthatMember
Stateshouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve,topreventapartofanyCommunitytariff
quotafromremainingunusedinoneMemberState
whenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourgareunitedwithinandjointly
representedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,any
operationrelatingtotheadministration ofthequota
.sharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybe
carriedoutbyanyofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1Januaryto31December1983,andsubjectto
themeasureswhichmightbetakenpursuantto
Article3(2)and(4)ofAnnexItotheAgreement
betweenthe'EuropeanEconomicCommunityand
Spain,theCommonCustomsTariffdutiesinrespect
oftheproductsrefinedinSpainandlistedbelowshall
besuspendedpartiallyatthelevelsindicatedforeach
ofthem,withinthelimitsofaglobalCommunity
tariffquotaof1424000tonnes;
ccr
heading
NoDescriptionRateof
daty(%)
27.10Petroleumoilsandoilsobtainedfrombituminousminerals,other
than-crude;preparationsnotelsewherespecifiedorincluded,
containingnotlessthan70%byweightofpetroleumoilsorofoils
obtainedfrombituminousminerals,theseoilsbeingthebasic
constituentsofthepreparations :
A.Lightoils:
III.Forotherpurposes 2-4
B.Mediumoils:
III.Forotherpurposes 2-4
C.Heavyoils:
I.Gasoil:
c)Forotherpurposes 1-4
II.Fueloil:
c)Forotherpurposes 1-4
III.Lubricatingoils;otheroils:
c)TobemixedinaccordancewiththetermsofAdditional
Note7tothisChapter(a) 1-6
d)Forotherpurposes 2-4
27.11Petroleumgasesandothergaseoushydrocarbons :
B.Other:
I.Commercialpropaneandcommercialbutane:
c)Forotherpurposes: 0-6
(a)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttoconditionstobedeterminedbythecompetent
authorities .

-3-ANNEXA
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionRateof
daty(%)
27.12Petroleumjelly:
A.Crude:
*■III.Forotherpurposes 0-7
B.Other 2-4
27.13Paraffinwax,micro-crystalline wax,slackwax,ozokerite,lignite
wax,peatwaxandothermineralwaxes,whetherornotcoloured:
B.Other:
•I.Crude:
c)Forotherpurposes
II.Other0-7
2-0
27.14Petroleumbitumen,petroleumcokeandotherresiduesof
petroleumoilsorofoilsobtainedfrombituminousminerals:
C.Other:
II.Other 0-7
Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,Greeceshall
applydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsinthe1979ActofAccession
andintheProtocol.
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentamountingto383000tonnes
oftheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbeallocatedamongtheMemberStates;the
respectiveshares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbe
validuntil31December1983.shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)
Bénélux 85000
Denmark 50000
Germany 50000
Greece 1nOO
France 42Q00
Ireland 2501"1®
Italy 30000
UnitedKingdom 1QQ000
2.Thesecondinstalmentof 'tonnesshall
constitutethereserve.yfqufnpQ
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitial
shareasspecifiedinArticle2(1),or90%ofthatshareminustheportionreturnedtothereservewhere
Article5isapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,tothe
extentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve,that
MemberStateshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commission,drawasecondshareequalto15%of
itsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordance withtheconditionslaiddownin
paragraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5°/oofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
unit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordance withtheconditionslaiddownin
paragraph 1,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfiomparagraphs 1,2and
3,aMemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthan
thosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreasonto
believethatthesemightnotbeusedup.Itshall
informtheCommissionofitsreasonsforapplying
thisparagraph .

-4- ANNEXA
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1983.thatbalancetotheMemberStatewhichmakessuch
lastdrawing.
Article7
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1983,suchunusedportionof
theirinitialshareas,on15September1983,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturn
agreaterquantityiftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatitmaynotbeused.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1983,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
•productsinquestionimportedupto15September
1983andchargedagainsttheCommunitytariffquota
andofanyquantitiesoftheinitialsharesreturnedto
thereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasitisnotified,informeach
MemberStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehas
beenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5October1983,,oftheamountsstillinthereserve
afterquantitieshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuant
toArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatthedrawingwhich
usesupareservedoesnotexceedthebalance
availableand,tothisend,shallnotifytheamountof1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawnpursuant
toArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythatimports
maybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesintheCommunitytariffquotas.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestion have
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
goodsinquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhen
suchgoodsareenteredwiththecustomsauthorities
forfreecirculation .
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsoftheproductsconcerned
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurecompliancewith
thisRegulation .
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1983.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

ANNEXB
PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
otherwovenfabricsofcotton,fallingwithinheadingNo55.09oftheCommonCustoms
TariffandoriginatinginSpain(1983)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasanAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandSpain(')wasconcluded
on29June1970andsupplementedbytheProto­
coltotheAgreementbetweentheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityandSpaincon­
sequentc*itheaccessionoftheHel­
lenic..RepublictotheCommunity(2),
hereafterreferredtoastheProtocol;
Whereas,theCommunitycommitteditself,underthis
Agreement,toopeninganannualtotalCommunity
tariffquotaof2013tonnesofotherwovenfabricsof
cotton,fallingwithinheadingNo55.09ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginSpain;
whereas,thequotadutyisequalto40%ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffdutyinrespectofthe
productsconcerned;allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereastoreflectasaccuratelyas
possiblethetruetrendofthemarketoftheproducts
inquestion,suchallocationshouldbeinproportion
totherequirementsoftheMemberStatescalculated
byreferencetothestatisticsofimportsfromSpain
overarepresentativeperiodandalsototheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodconcerned;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsby
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfrom
Spainoftheproductsconcerned :
KlcmberState 1978 1979 1980
Benelux 3-513-512-3
Denmark 0-80-20-2
Germany 3-30-24-5
Greece 9-68-0 –
France 60-364675-4
Ireland 0-30-31-5
Italy 7-44-72-9
UnitedKingdom 14-88-53-2
;whereasthis
Communitytariffquotashouldbeopenedfor1983•
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterruptedaccess
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
(')OJNoL182,16.8.1970,p.1.
OOJNoL326,13.11.1981,p.2.Whereas,inviewofthesefactors,ofmarketforecasts
fortheproductsinquestionandinparticularofthe
estimatessubmittedbycertainMemberStates,initial
quotasharesmaybefixedapproximately atthe
followingpercentages :
Benelux 5-2
Denmark 0-3
Germany 5-2
Greece 5-2
France 52.0
Ireland 19.5
Italy 11.0
UnitedKingdom 16

-2- ANNEXB
whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,thequotavolumeshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstitutingareservetocover
atalaterdatetherequirementsofthoseMember
Stateshavinguseduptheirinitialquotashares;
whereas,inordertogiveimportersineachMember
Stateacertaindegreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalment
oftheCommunityquotashouldunderpresent
circumstancesbefixedat77%ofthequota;
whereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybe
usedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotake
thisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostused
upitsinitialshareshoulddrawanadditionalshare
fromthereserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
sharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additionalsharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthismethodofadministration
requiresclosecooperationbetweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission,andthelattermustbein
apositiontomonitortheextenttowhichthequota
volumehasbeenusedupandtoinformtheMember
Statesthereof;.Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityofaninitialshareremainsunused
inaMemberState,itisessentialthatthatMember
Stateshouldreturnasignificantproportiontothe
reserve,topreventapartofanyCommunityquota
fromremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenit
couldbeusedinothers;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrand.Duchy
ofLuxembourgareunitedwithinandjointly
representedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,any
operationconcerningtheadministrationofthequota
sharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybe
carriedoutbyanyofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1Januaryuntil31December1983,the
CommonCustomsTariffdutiesinrespectofthe
productsoriginatinginSpainandlistedbelowshallbe
partiallysuspendedatthelevelsindicatedforeachof
themwithinthelimitsofaglobalCommunitytariff
quotaof2013tonnes:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionRateof
duty(%)
55.09Otherwovenfabricsofcotton:
A.Containing85%ormorebyweightofcotton:
I.Ofawidthoflessthan85cm
II.Other4.8
5.0
B.Other:
I.Ofawidthoflessthan85cm
II.Other5.0
5.3
Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,Greeceshall
applydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsinthe1979ActofAccessionand
intheProtocol.
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentamountingto1540tonnesof
theCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbeallocatedamongtheMemberStates;the
respectiveshares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbe
validuntil31December1987.shallbeasfollows:Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKihgdom(tonnes)
80
5
.80
80
800
300
170
25

-3- ANNEXB
2.Thesecondinstalmentof473tonnesshall
constitutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitial
shareasspecifiedinArticle2(1),or90%ofthat
shareminustheportionreturnedtothereservewhere
Article5isapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,tothe
extentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve,that
MemberStateshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commission ,drawasecondshareequalto15%of
itsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe.
nextunit.- -
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddownin
paragraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
unit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththesameconditions,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,aMemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthan
thosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreasonto
believethatthesemightnotbeusedup.Itshall
informtheCommissionofitsreasonsforapplying
thisparagraph.
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1983-
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1983,suchunusedportionof
theirinitialsharewhich,on15September1983,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturn
alargerquantityiftherearegroundsforbelieving,
thatitmaynotbeused.TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1983/iotifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesof
theproductsinquestionimportedupto15September
1983andchargedagainstthetariffquotaandofany
quantitiesoftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3andshall,assoonasitisnotified,inform
eachMemberStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5October1983,oftheamountinthereserveafter
quantitieshavebeenreturnedpursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
exhauststhereservedoesnotexceedthebalance
availableand,tothisend,shallnotifytheamountof
thatbalancetotheMemberStatewhichmakessuch
lastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures
necessarytoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductsinquestion
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedto
them.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoods
areenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsoftheproductsconcerned
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares.

-4- ANNEXB
Article9 ArticleÎO
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurecompliancewith1983.
thisRegulation.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident