12. 12. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 349/49 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 6 October 1987 allocating among the Member States the additional Community authorizations resulting from the 15 % annual increase in the Community quota for the carriage of goods by road for 1988 ' (87/574/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the BEuropean Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3164/76 of 16 December 1976 on the Community quota for the carriage of goods by road between Member States (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1875/87 (?), and in particular Article 3 (5) thereof, Having consulted the Member States, Whereas Article 3 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 3164/76 calls upon the Commission to fix, before 1 October of each year for a period of four years as from 1985, the allo- cation among the Member States of the extra Community authorizations resulting from the increase in the Commu- nity quota; Whereas at its meeting on 30 June 1986 the Council adopted conclusions calling for the cumulative annual increase in the Community quota to be raised to 40 % as from 1 January 1987 ; whereas in adopting the abovemen- tioned Regulation (EEC) No 1879/87 the Council imple- "mented this increase, but only for 1987 ; Whereas, as currently worded, Article 3 (1) of the Regula- tion provides for a 15 % annual increase in the Commu- nity quota for 1988 by means of a Commission Decision ; Whereas the additional authorizations resulting from the annual increase should be allocated among the Member States in accordance with the criteria set out in Article 3 (3) of the said Regulation and in accordance with the method of calculation set out in Annex IV thereto; Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 3 (5) of the Regulation provides that the Commission’s decision shall become enforceable two months after its notification () OJ No L 357, 29. 12. 1976, p. 1. () OJ No L 179, 3. 7. 1987, p. 3. unless the matter has been referred to the Council by a Member State in the meanwhile, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The additional Community authorizations for 1988 result- ing from the 15 % annual increase in the Community quota shall amount to 1742 authorizations. Article 2 The additional authorizations referred to in Article 1 shall be allocated as follows : Belgium 154 Denmark 174 Germany 220 Greece 72 Spain 161 France 183 Ireland 79 Italy 186 Luxembourg 97 Netherlands 190 Portugal 101 United Kingdom 125 Article 3 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 6 October 1987. For the Commission Stanley CLINTON DAVIS Member of the Commission