CELEX: 31986R4121
Language: en
Date: 1986-12-22 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 4121/86 of 22 December 1986 opening 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 (1987)

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                                           COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) No 4121 / 86
                                                            of 22 December 1986
                  opening 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 ( 1987)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                                 Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure to all
                                                                          Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to
                                                                          the abovementioned quota and uninterrupted application
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                     of the rates laid down for that quota to all imports of the
Economic Community , and in particular Article 113                        products concerned into all Member States until the quota
thereof,                                                                  has been used up ; whereas , in the present case , it seems
                                                                          advisable not to allocate this quota among the Member
                                                                          States without prejudice to the drawing against the quota
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
                                                                          volume of such quantities as they may need , under the
                                                                         conditions and according to the procedure specified in
Whereas , in Regulation ( EEC ) No 3700 / 83 (*), the                     Article 1 ( 2 ); whereas this method of management requires
Community laid down the arrangements applicable to                        close cooperation between the Member States and the
trade with Cyprus for 1984 ; whereas Article 2 of that                    Commission and the latter must, in particular, be able to
Regulation provides for the opening of a Community tariff                monitor the rate at which the quota is used up and inform
quota of 1 500 tonnes of salad beetroots , falling within                the Member States thereof;
subheading ex 07.01 G IV of the Common Customs Tariff
and originating in Cyprus , at a rate of customs duty equal
to 50 % of the customs duty in the Common Customs                        Whereas , since the Kingdom of Belgium , the Kingdom of
Tariff;                                                                  the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are
                                                                         united within and jointly represented by the Benelux
                                                                         Economic Union , all transactions concerning the
Whereas , pending the definition of arrangements applicable              administration of shares allocated to that economic union
beyond 31 December 1984 it is necessary to extend                        may be carried out by any of its members ,
provisionally for 1987 the arrangements which the
Community applies currently to trade with Cyprus on the
basis of the abovementioned Regulation ; whereas ,
therefore , the Community tariff quota in question should
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
be opened for the period from 1 January to 31 December
1987 ;
Whereas, in the absence of a Protocol such as that provided                                           Article 1
for in Articles 179 and 366 of the Act of Accession of Spain
and Portugal , the Community must take the measures                       1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1987 , on import into
referred to in Articles 180 and 367 of the said Act ; whereas            the Community of Ten , the customs duty for the following
the tariff measure in question therefore applies to the                  products is suspended at a level and within the limits of a
Community of Ten ;                                                       Community tariff quota as follows :
                     CCT                                                                                                  Quota
     Order                                                                                          Quota volume
                    heading                                  Description                                                  duty
      No                                                                                              ( in tonnes )
                      No                                                                                                   (%)
    09.1411     ex 07.01 G IV      Beetroots , originating in Cyprus                                      1 500            8,5
2 . If an importer notifies an imminent importation of the               inform     the     Commission         and  draw an    amount
product in question in a Member State and requests the                   corresponding to these requirements to the extent that the
benefit of the quota , the Member State concerned shall                  available balance of the reserve permits this .
                                                                                                                                    »
                                                                         3 . The shares drawn pursuant to paragraph 2 shall be
H OJ No L 369 , 30 . 12 . 1983 , p. 1 .                                  valid until the end of the quota period .
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                           Article 2
                                                                                            Article 3
1 . Member States shall take all appropriate measures to
ensure that their drawings pursuant to Article 1 ( 2 ) are         At the request of the Commission , Member States sha|l
carried out in such a way that imports may be charged              inform it of imports actually charged against the quota .
without interruption against their accumulated shares of
the Community quota .
2 . Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the                                    Article 4
said goods have access to the quota so long as the residual
balance of the quota volume so permits .                           The Member States and the Commission shall collaborate
                                                                   closely in order to ensure that this Regulation is complied
3 . Member States shall charge imports of the said goods           with .
against their drawings as and when the goods are entered
for free circulation .
4 . The extent to which the quota has been used up shall                                    Article 5
be determined on the basis of the imports charged in
accordance with paragraph 3 .                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1987 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels , 22 December 1986 .
                                                                                       For the Council
                                                                                         The President
                                                                                           G. SHAW
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