31985R3392

6 . 12 . 85 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 327 / 25

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 T ariff; 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 2 . If an importer notifies an imminent importation of the be opened for the period from 1 January to 31 December product in question in a Member State and requests the 1986 ; 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 Article 2 Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to 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