Commission Regulation (EEC) No 330/86 of 14 February 1986 allocating import quotas for 1986 fixed for certain products originating in the United States of America

COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 330/86
of 14 February 1986
allocating import quotas for 1986 fixed for certain products originating in the United States of America
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 241/86 of 27 January 1986 suspending tariff concessions and increasing duties pursuant to the Common Customs Tariff with regard to certain products originating in the United States of America, and establishing quantitative restrictions with regard to other products originating in that country (1), and in particular Article 3 (2) thereof,
Whereas for administrative reasons the Council has decided that the quantities to which these imports have been limited by Regulation (EEC) No 241/86 should be distributed among the Member States; whereas it remains for the Member States to distribute the quantities which they have been allocated to importers, in accordance with the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1023/70 of 25 May 1970 establishing a common procedure for administering quantitative quotas (2);
Whereas the use of Community quotas, based on an allocation among Member States carried out in this manner would seem to respect the Community character of these quotas, when account is also taken of the setting up of a Community reserve;
Whereas a Community reserve permits the correction of certain effects of the method of allocation applied and ensures that the effects of the measures remain within the limits of the objectives pursued;
Whereas for the same reasons, it is essential that each Member State should return to the Community reserve the major part of its allocation which has not been used by a given date;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 241/86, the distribution should be made on the basis of imports into Member States in the years 1984/85;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 2 (2) of the abovementioned Regulation, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1023/70, which sets out the administrative procedures applying to the quotas, are applicable to the quotas fixed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 241/84, it being understood that these quotas can be increased only by the Council acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Quota Administrative Committee,