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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)No3038/76
of9December 1976
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity tariffquota
forapricotpulpfallingwithinsubheading ex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originating inIsrael(1977)
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,representative referenceperiodandtotheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodconcerned ;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichsta­
tisticsareavailable ,thecorresponding importsof
eachMemberStaterepresentthefallowingpercent­
agesasagainsttheimportsintotheCommunity from
Israeloftheproductsconcerned :HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles
43and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropean
Parliament 0),1973 1974 1975
Benelux 58-6 100
(=58η(=■25η
Denmark — ~—
Germany —,——
France— _—
Ireland — ——
Italy— ——
UnitedKingdom 41-4 —
(=4i*)WhereastheAgreement betweentheEuropean Econ­
omicCommunity andtheStateofIsrael(2),signed
on11May1975provides ,inArticle10ofProtocol 1
annexedthereto,fortheopeningbytheCommunity
ofanannualCommunity tariffquotaof150metric
tonsofapricotpulpfallingwithinsubheading ex
20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originating inIsrael;whereasthecustomsduties
applicable tothequotaareequalto70%ofthe
customsdutiesactuallyappliedtonon-member
countries ;whereastheCommunity tariffquotain
questionshouldthereforebeopenedfor1977;(*)metrictons.
Whereasthesedatacannotbeconsidered asrepresen­
tativetoserveasabasisforallocation ofthequota
volumeamongtheMemberStates;whereasitis
difficulttoestimateimportsbyMemberStatesfor
1977becauseoftheabsenceofanypatterninpre­
viousyears;whereastoallocatethequotavolumeon
afairbasis,theinitialquotasharesmaybefixed
approximately atthefollowingpercentages :Whereasitisinparticular necessarytoensuretoall
importers oftheMemberStatesequalanduninter­
ruptedaccesstothequotaanduninterrupted appli­
cationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoallim­
portsoftheproductinquestionintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas
havingregardtotheaboveprinciples theCommunity
natureofthequotacanberespected byallocating
thetariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;whereas,
toreflectmostaccurately theactualdevelopment of
themarketintheproductsinquestion,suchallo­
cationshouldbeinproportion totherequirements of
theMemberStates,assessedbyreferencebothtothe
statisticsrelatingtoimportsfromIsraeloveraBenelux 7-5
Denmark 4-2
Germany 41-6
France 8-3
Ireland 4-2
Italy 4-2
UnitedKingdom 30-0(')OJNoC259,4.11.1976,p.37.
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Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsin
thevariousMemberStatesfortheproductscon­
cerned,thequotavolumeshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments ,thefirstinstalment beingallocated
amongtheMemberStatesandthesecondheldas
areserveintendedtocoveratalaterdatetherequire­
mentsofMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheir
initialshare;whereas,inordertoensureacertain
degreeofsecuritytoimporters ofeachMember
State,thefirstinstalment oftheCommunity tariff
quotacouldbefixedat80%ofthequotavolumes;withinsubheading ex20.06BIIc)1aa)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originating inIsrael.
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyapplicable totheseproducts
shallbesuspended atarateof11-9%.
3.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,thenew
MemberStatesshallapplydutiescalculated inac­
cordancewiththeprovisions oftheAgreement be­
tweentheCommunity andtheStateofIsraeland
thoseoftheActofAccession .
Article2
1.Afirstinstalment ,amounting to120metrictons
oftheCommunity tariffquotareferredtoinArticle1,
shallbeallocatedamongtheMemberStates;the
shares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil
31December 1977,shallbeasfollows:Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupsooneror
later;whereas,inordertotakethisfactintoaccount
andtoavoidanybreakincontinuity ,itisimportant
thatanyMemberStatewhichhasusedupalmostall
ofitsinitialshareshoulddrawasupplementary
sharefromthereserve;whereasthismustbedone
byeachMemberStateifeachofitssupplementary
sharesisalmostusedup,andasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereaseachinitialandsupplemen­
tarysharemustbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthisformofadministration requires
closecollaboration betweenMember Statesandthe
Commission ,andtheCommission mustbeinaposi­
tiontofollowtheextenttowhichthetariffquotas
haveibeenusedupandinformtheMemberStates
thereof;Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom9metrictons,
5metrictons,
50metrictons,
10metrictons,
5metrictons,
5metrictons,
36metrictons.Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,acon­
siderablequantityoftheinitialshareremainsinany
MemberState,itisessentialthatthatStateshould
returnasignificantproportion tothereserveinorder
toavoidpartoftheCommunity quotaremaining un­
usedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedin
others;2.Thesecondinstalment of30metrictonsshall
constitute thereserve .
Article3
Whereas,sincecheKingdom ofBelgium,theKing­
domoftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunitedinandrepresented bythe
BeneluxEconomic Union,anymeasureconcerning
theadministration ofthequotasharesallocatedto
thateconomic unionmaycarriedoutbyanyofits
members ,1.If90%ormoreofanyMemberState'sinitial
shareaslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,
whereArticle5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenexhausted ,
thatMemberStateshallwithoutdelay,bynotifying
theCommission ,drawasecondshareinthequota
equalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothe
nextunit,whereappropriate ,totheextentthatthe
amountinthereserveallows.
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted ,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordance withtheconditions laiddowninpara­
graph1,drawathirdshareequalto75%ofits
initialshare.
Article 1
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted ,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall,inaccord­
ancewiththesameconditions ,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.1.From1Januaryuntil31December 1977,aCom­
munitytariffquotaof150metrictonsshallbe
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TheCommission shallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
availableand,forthispurpose,shallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMember Statewhichmakes
thefinaldrawing.Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding theprovisions ofparagraphs 1
to3,MemberStatesmaydrawsmallersharesthan
thosefixedinthoseparagraphs ifthereisreasonto
believethatthesesharesmightnotbeusedup.They
shallinformtheCommission oftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisparagraph .Article7
Article4
Eachoftheadditional sharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December 1977.
Article51.TheMember Statesshalltakeallmeasures
necessarytoensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
chargesmaybemadewithoutinterruption against
theiraccumulative sharesoftheCommunity quota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimporters ofthe
saidproductsestablished intheirterritoryhavefree
accesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofche
saidgoodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhensuch
goodsareenteredforhomeuseundercoverofa
declaration thattheyhave'beenmadeavailablefor
consumption .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallfeedetermined onthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordance withparagraph 3.TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1977,returntothereservetheunusedportionof
theirinitialsharewhich,on15September 1977,is
inexcessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbe­
lievingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1977,notifytheCommission ofthetotalimports
oftheproductsconcerned effectedundertheCom­
munityquotauptoandincluding 15September 1977,
andwhereappropriate ,theproportion oftheir
initialsharesthattheyarereturningtothereserve.Article8
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission ,Mem­
berStatesshallinformitofimportsactuallycharged
againsttheirShares.
Article6
Article9
TheMember StatesandtheCommission shallco­
operatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegu­
lationisobserved .TheCommission shallkeepaccountofthesihares
openedbytheMemberStatesinaccordance with
Articles2and3andshallinformeachofthemofthe
extenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonas
itreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommission shall,notlaterthan5October1977,
notifytheMemberStatesofthestateofthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.Article10
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon1January
1977.
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9December 1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
P.J.J.MERTENS