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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2822/77
of28November1977
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forapricotpulpfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginMorocco(1978)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,totheeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiodcon­
cerned;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstat­
isticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsofeach
MemberStaterepresentthefollowingpercentagesof
importsintotheCommunityfromMoroccoofthe
productsconcerned :HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Articles43and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(*),MemberStates 1974 1975 1976
Benelux 0-80-611-6
Denmark 0-3— —
Germany 45-5—0-9
France 51-391-387-5
Ireland — — —
Italy 0-52-1—
UnitedKingdom 1-66·0 —WhereastheCooperationAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheKingdomof
Morocco,signedon27April1976,providesforthe
openingbytheCommunityofanannualCommunity
tariffquotaof8250tonnesofapricotpulpfalling
withinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCom­
monCustomsTariff,originatinginMorocco;where­
asthecustomsdutiesapplicabletothequotaare
equalto70%ofthecustomsdutiesactuallyapplied
tonon-membercountries;whereastheCommunity
tariffquotainquestionshouldthereforebeopened
for1978;Whereas,boththesepercentagesandtheestimates
fromcertainMemberStatesshouldbetakeninto
accountaswellastheneedtoensurethat,inthe
circumstances ,theobligationscontractedunderthe
Agreementconcernedareallocatedfairlyamongall
theMemberStates;whereastheapproximateper­
centagesoftheinitialquotasharesmaythereforebe Whereasitis,inparticular,necessarytoensureequal
anduninterrupted accessforallimportersinthe
MemberStatestothequotaanduninterruptedappli­
cationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoallim­
portsoftheproductinquestionintoallMember
Statesuntilthesaidquotahasbeenusedup;whereas
havingregardtotheaboveprinciplestheCommunity
natureofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
tariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;whereas,to
reflectmostaccuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthe
marketintheproductsinquestion,suchallocation
shouldbeinproportiontotherequirementsofthe
MemberStates,assessedbyreferencebothtothesta­
tisticsrelatingtoimportsofthesaidproductfrom
Moroccooverarepresentative referenceperiodandfixedasfollows:
Benelux 10%
Denmark 3%
Germany 29%
France 41%
Ireland 2%
Italy 5%
UnitedKingdom 10%;
Whereas,inordertotakeaccountoffuturetrendsin
importsintothevariousMemberStatesofthepro­
ductsconcerned,thequotashouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirsttobeallocatedamongallthe
MemberStatesandthesecondtoformareservein­(*)Opiniondeliveredon18November1977(notyet
publishedintheOfficialJournal).

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Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentof5440tonnesoftheCom­
munitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1,shallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;theshares,
whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil31De­
cember1978,shallbeasfollows:
Benelux 560tonnes,
Denmark 160tonnes,
Germany 1560tonnes,
France 2200tonnes,
Ireland 120tonnes,
Italy 280tonnes,
UnitedKingdom 560tonnes.tendedtocoveranysubsequentrequirements of
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegree
ofsecurityforimportersineachMemberState,the
firstinstalmentoftheCommunitytariffquotashould
besetat66%ofthequota;
WhereasMemberStatesmayuseuptheirinitial
sharesatdifferentrates;whereas,toprovideforthis
eventualityandtoavoiddisruptionofsupplies,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitial
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthere­
serve;whereasthisshouldbedonebyeachMember
Statewheneachofitsadditionalshareshasbeenal­
mostusedup,andsoonasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalshares
shouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
cooperationbetweenMemberStatesandtheCom­
mission,andtheCommissionmustbeinapositionto
keeparecordoftheextenttowhichthequotahas
beenusedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesac­
cordingly;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,acon­
siderablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve
soastopreventapartofthequotafromremaining
unusedinoneMemberStateswhenitcouldbeused
inothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKing­
domoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresent­
edbytheBeneluxEconoinicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,2.Thesecondinstalmentof2810tonnesshallcon­
stitutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofanyMemberState'sinitial
shareasfixedinArticle2(1),or90%ofthatshare
lessanyportionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle
5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,
drawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitial
share,roundedupwherenecessarytothenextwhole
number,totheextentthatthereseervesopermits.
2.Ifafteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninpara­
graph1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofits
initialshare.
3.Ifafteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththesameconditions,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,Mem­
berStatesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthosespeci­
fiedthereiniftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
thosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.Theyshall
informtheCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplying
thisparagraph.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Fortheperiod1Januaryto31December1978,
aCommunitytariffquotaa8250tonnesshallbe
openedintheCommunityforapricotpulpfalling
withinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCom­
monCustomsTariff,originatinginMorocco.
2.WithinthelimitsofthistariffquotatheCom­
monCustomsTariffdutyapplicabletothese
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Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December1978.
Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1978,theunusedportionsoftheir
initialshareswhich,on15September1978,areinex­
cessof20%oftheinitialamounts.Theymayreturn
agreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatsuchportionsmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1October1978,ofthetotalquantityofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
September1978andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialsharesre­
turnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3and,assoonasithasbeennotified,shallin­
formeachMemberStateoftheextenttowhichthe
reserveha^beenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5October1978,ofthestateofthereserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itsshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableandto
thisendshallspecifytheamountthereoftotheMem­
berStatemakingthefinaldrawing.Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeas­
urestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuant
toArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythatimports
maybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
aggregatesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
productsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsinquestionareenteredwithcustoms
authoritiesforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshallin­
formitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28November1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
L.OUTERS