CELEX: 31985R3392
Language: en
Date: 1985-11-18 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 3392/85 of 18 November 1985 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for salad beetroots falling within subheading ex 07.01 G IV of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus (1986)

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                                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3392 / 85
                                                       of 18 November 1985
                 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for salad
                beetroots falling within subheading ex 07.01 G IV of the Common Customs Tariff and originating
                                                          in Cyprus ( 1986)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                              monitor the rate at which the quota is used up and inform
                                                                       the Member States thereof;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  Whereas , since the Kingdom of Belgium , the Kingdom of
Economic Community , and in particular Article 113                     the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are
thereof,                                                               united within and jointly represented by the Benelux
                                                                       Economic Union , all transactions concerning the
                                                                       administration of shares allocated to that economic union
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
                                                                       may be carried out by any of its members,
Whereas , in Regulation ( EEC ) No 3700 / 83 ( ! ), the
Community laid down the arrangements applicable to
trade with Cyprus for 1984 ; whereas Article 2 of that                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Regulation provides for the opening of a Community tariff
quota of 1 500 tonnes of salad beetroots , falling within
subheading ex 07.01 G IV of the Common Customs Tariff
and originating in Cyprus , at a rate of customs duty equal
                                                                                                 Article 1
to 50 % of the customs duty in the Common Customs
Tariff;
                                                                       1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1986 , the Common
                                                                       Customs Tariff duty , on import into the Community of
Whereas, pending the definition of arrangements applicable             Ten , for salad beetroots , falling within subheading ex
beyond 31 December 1984 it is necessary to extend                      07.01    G   IV   of the  Common     Customs     Tariff and
provisionally for 1986 the arrangements which the                      originating in Cyprus shall be suspended at 8,5 % within
Community applies currently to trade with Cyprus on the                the limits of a Community tariff quota of 1 500 tonnes .
basis of the abovementioned Regulation ; whereas ,
therefore , the Community tariff quota in question should
be opened for the period from 1 January to 31 December                 2 . If an importer notifies an imminent importation of the
 1986 ;                                                                product in question in a Member State and requests the
                                                                       benefit of the quota , the Member State concerned shall
                                                                       inform     the   Commission      and  draw      an   amount
Whereas , in the absence of a Protocol such as that provided           corresponding to these requirements to the extent that the
for in Articles 179 and 366 of the Act of Accession of Spain           available balance of the reserve permits this .
and Portugal , the Community must take the measures
referred to in Articles 180 and 367 of the said Act ; whereas
                                                                       3 . The shares drawn pursuant to paragraph 2 shall be
the tariff measure in question therefore applies to the                valid until the end of the quota period .
Community of Ten ;
Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure to all
Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to                                            Article 2
the abovementioned quota and uninterrupted application
of the rates laid down for that quota to all imports of the            1 . Member States shall take all appropriate measures to
products concerned into all Member States until the quota              ensure that their drawings pursuant to Article 1 (2 ) are
has been used up ; whereas , in the present case , it seems            carried out in such a way that imports may be charged
advisable not to allocate this quota among the Member                  without interruption against their accumulated shares of
States without prejudice to the drawing against the quota              the Community quota .
volume of such quantities as they may need , under the
conditions and according to the procedure specified in                 2 . Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the
Article 1 ( 2 ); whereas this method of management requires            said goods have access to the quota so long as the residual
close cooperation between the Member States --and the
                                                                       balance of the quota volume so permits .
Commission and the latter must , in particular , be able to
                                                                       3 . Member States shall charge imports of the said goods
                                                                       against their drawings as and when the goods are entered
(>) OJ No L 369 , 30 . 12 . 1983 , p. 1 .                              for free circulation .
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4 . The extent to which the quota has been used up shall                                   Article 4
be determined on the basis of the imports charged in
accordance with paragraph 3 .                                    The Member States and the Commission shall collaborate
                                                                 closely in order to ensure that this Regulation is complied
                                                                 with .
                         Article 3
                                                                                           Article 5
At the request of the Commission , Member States shall
inform it of imports actually charged against the quota .        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1986 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels , 18 November 1985 .
                                                                                      For the Council
                                                                                       The President
                                                                                      M. FISCHBACH