31986R4019

No L 375 / 9 31 . 12 . 86 Official Journal of the European Communities

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) No 4019 / 86

of 16 December 1986 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for a certain variety of polyvinylpyrrolidone falling within subheading ex 39.02 C XIV a) of the Common Customs Tariff

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , requirements which cannot be determined with sufficient accuracy , it seems possible to avoid allocating 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 cooperation between the Member States and the Whereas production in the Community of polyvinyl­ Commission and the latter must in particular be able to pyrrolidone for pharmaceutical use falling within monitor the rate at which the quota is used up and inform the subheading ex 39.02 C XIV a ) of the Common Customs Member States thereof; Tariff in currently insufficient to meet the requirements of the processing industries in the Community ; whereas , Whereas , since the Kingdom of Belgium , the Kingdom of the consequently , Community supplies of products of this type Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are united currently depend to a considerable extent on imports from within and jointly represented by the Benelux Economic third countries ; whereas the most urgent Community Union , all transactions concerning the administration of requirements for the product in question should be met shares allocated to that economic union may be carried out immediately on the most favourable terms ; whereas a nil by any one of its members , duty Community tariff quota should therefore be opened within the limits of an appropriate amount for a period from 1 January to 31 July 1987 ; whereas , in order not to HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : jeopardize the balance of the market for this product , the volume of the Community tariff quota should be fixed at 30 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 31 December 1987 the common abovementioned quota and uninterrupted application of the customs duty applicable on import of the products rates laid down for that quota to all imports of the products mentioned below shall be suspended at the level and within concerned into all Member States until the quota has been the limit of the Community tariff quota indicated for used up ; whereas , however , since the quota is to cover each :

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

09.1931 ex 39.02 C XIV a ) Polyvinylpyrrolidone , presented in powder form , the particles of which are less than 38 micrometres and which has a solubility in water at 25 °C of less than or equal to 1,5 % by weight . 30 0

Within the limit of this tariff quota the Kingdom of Spain and Article 2 the Portuguese Republic shall apply customs duties 1 . Member States shall take all appropriate measures to calculated in accordance with the relevant provisions laid ensure that their drawings pursuant to Article 1 (2 ) are down by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal . carried out in such a way that imports may be charged without interruption against their accumulated shares of the 2 . If an importer notifies an imminent importation of the Community quota . product in question in a Member State and requests the benefit of the quota , the Member State concerned shall 2 . Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the inform the Commission and draw an amount corresponding said goods have access to the quota so long as the residual to these requirements to the extent that the available balance balance of the quota volume allows this . of the reserve permits this . 3 . Member States shall charge imports of the said goods 3 . The shares drawn pursuant to paragraph 2 shall be against their drawings as and when the goods are entered for valid until the end of the quota period . free circulation .

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Article 4 4 . The extent to which the quota has been used up shall be determined on the basis of the imports charged in accordance The Member States and the Commission shall collaborate with paragraph 3 . 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 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