QUESTION IMPORTED UP TO 15 SEPTEMBER 1983 AND CHARGED AGAINST THE COMMUNITY QUOTA AND OF ANY PORTION OF THEIR INITIAL SHARE RETURNED TO THE RESERVE .
SECTION IV
GENERAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 28
THE COMMISSION SHALL KEEP AN ACCOUNT OF THE SHARES OPENED BY THE MEMBER STATES PURSUANT TO ARTICLES 9 , 10 , 14 , 15 , 19 , 20 , 24 AND 25 AND SHALL , AS SOON AS THE INFORMATION REACHES IT , INFORM EACH STATE OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE RESERVES HAVE BEEN USED UP .
IT SHALL INFORM THE MEMBER STATES NOT LATER THAN :
- 21 NOVEMBER 1983 , OF THE AMOUNT STILL IN THE RESERVE FOLLOWING ANY RETURN OF SHARES PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 12 ,
- 15 OCTOBER 1983 , OF THE AMOUNT STILL IN THE RESERVES FOLLOWING ANY RETURN OF SHARES PURSUANT TO ARTICLES 17 AND 27 ,
- 15 SEPTEMBER 1983 , OF THE AMOUNT STILL IN THE RESERVE FOLLOWING ANY RETURN OF SHARES PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 22 .
IT SHALL ENSURE THAT , WHEN AN AMOUNT EXHAUSTING A RESERVE IS DRAWN , THE AMOUNT SO DRAWN DOES NOT EXCEED THE BALANCE AVAILABLE AND SHALL TO THIS END NOTIFY THE AMOUNT OF THAT BALANCE TO THE MEMBER STATE MAKING THE LAST DRAWING .
THE MEMBER STATES SHALL TAKE ALL APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT ADDITIONAL SHARES DRAWN PURSUANT TO ARTICLES 10 , 15 , 20 AND 25 ARE OPENED IN SUCH A WAY THAT IMPORTS MAY BE CHARGED WITHOUT INTERRUPTION AGAINST THEIR CUMULATIVE SHARES OF THE COMMUNITY QUOTAS .
ARTICLE 29
1 . THE MEMBER STATES SHALL ENSURE FREE ACCESS TO THE SHARES ALLOCATED TO THEM FOR IMPORTERS OF THE SAID GOODS , WHO ARE ESTABLISHED IN THEIR TERRITORY .
2 . THE EXTENT TO WHICH A MEMBER STATE HAS USED UP ITS SHARE SHALL BE DETERMINED ON THE BASIS OF IMPORTS OF THE SAID GOODS WHICH HAVE BEEN ENTERED FOR FREE CIRCULATION AND WHICH ARE ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 8 , 13 , 18 AND 23 .
3 . GOODS SHALL QUALIFY FOR A TARIFF QUOTA ONLY IF THE CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 2 IS SUBMITTED BEFORE THE DATE ON WHICH THE LEVYING OF DUTIES IS REINTRODUCED .
ARTICLE 30
WHERE THE COMMISSION SO REQUESTS , AND IN ANY CASE AT LEAST MONTHLY , THE MEMBER STATES SHALL INFORM IT OF IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION CHARGED AGAINST THEIR SHARES . THIS INFORMATION SHALL SHOW BOTH THE VALUE EXPRESSED IN ECU AND THE QUANTITY EXPRESSED IN TONNES .
ARTICLE 31
WHERE THE COMMUNITY FINDS THAT IMPORTS OF PRODUCTS BENEFITING FROM THE TREATMENT PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLES 1 , 3 , 8 , 13 , 18 AND 23 ARE IMPORTED INTO THE COMMUNITY IN QUANTITIES OR AT PRICES WHICH PLACE OR ARE LIKELY TO PLACE COMMUNITY PRODUCERS OF SIMILAR OR DIRECTLY COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS AT A SERIOUS DISADVANTAGE OR CREATE AN UNFAVOURABLE SITUATION IN THE ACP STATES