31986R4018

No L 375 / 7 31 . 12 . 86 Official Journal of the European Communities

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) No 4018 / 86

of 16 December 1986 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for certain polyethylene terephtalate films falling within subheading ex 39.01 C III a) of the Common Customs Tariff

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES used up ; whereas , however , since the quota is to cover requirements which cannot be determined with sufficient accuracy , it seems possible to avoid allocating it among the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Member States , without prejudice to the drawing against the Economic Community , and in particular Article 28 quota volume of such quantities as they may need , under thereof, conditions and according to a procedure to be specified ; whereas this method of management requires close Whereas the production of polyethylene terephtalate film , cooperation between the Member States and the having a thickness of not less than 22 and not more than 25 Commission and the latter must in particular be able to micrometres , in currently insufficient in the Community to monitor the rate at which the quota is used up and inform the meet the requirements of the user industries in the Member States thereof; Community; whereas , consequently Community supplies of products of this type currently depend to a considerable Whereas , since the Kingdom of Belgium , the Kingdom of the extent on imports from third countries ; whereas it is in the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are united Community's interest to suspend partially the Common within and jointly represented by the Benelux Economic Customs Tariff duty for the products in question , within the Union , all transactions concerning the administration of Community tariff quota , of an appropriate volume for a shares allocated to that economic union may be carried out relatively limited period ; whereas , in order not to call into by any one of its members , question the development prospects of this production in the Community while ensuring an adequate supply to satisfy user industries , it is advisable to limit the benefits of the tariff HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : quota to products used for the manufacture of magnetic cassette tapes , to open this quota free of duty from 1 January to 30 June 1987 and to fix the volume at 850 tonnes ; Article 1 Whereas it is necessary , in particular , to ensure to all Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to the 1 . From 1 January to 30 June 1987 the common customs abovementioned quota and uninterrupted application of the duty applicable on import of the products mentioned below rates laid down for that quota to all imports of the products shall be suspended at the level and within the limit of the concerned into all Member States until the quota has been Community tariff quota indicated for each :

Quota Quota Order . CCT volume Description duty No heading No ( tonnes ) ( % )

09.1939 ex 39.01 C III a ) Polyethylene terephtalate film , having a thickness of not less than 22 and not more than 25 micrometers for use in the manufacture of magnetic cassette tapes 850 0

Within the limit of this tariff quota , the Kingdom of Spain inform the Commission and draw an amount corresponding and the Portuguese Republic shall apply customs duties to these requirements to the extent that the available balance calculated in accordance with the relevant provisions laid of the reserve permits this . down by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal . 3 . The shares drawn pursuant to paragraph 2 shall be valid until the end of the quota period . Control of the use of the products for the particular purpose laid down shall be carried out by applying the relevant Community provisions . Article 2 2 . If an importer notifies an imminent importation of the product in question in a Member State and requests the 1 . Member States shall take all appropriate measures to benefit of the quota , the Member State concerned shall ensure that their drawings pursuant to Article 1 ( 2) are

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Article 3 carried out in such a way that imports may be charged without interruption against their accumulated shares of the At the request of the Commission , Member States shall Community quota . inform it of imports actually charged against the quota . 2 . Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the said goods have access to the quota so long as the residual Article 4 balance of the quota volume allows this . The Member States and the Commission shall collaborate 3 . Member States shall charge imports of the said goods closely in order to ensure that this Regulation is complied against their drawings as and when the goods are entered for with . free circulation .

4 . The extent to which the quota has been used up shall be Article 5 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 , 16 December 1986 .

For the Council The President G. HOWE