NoL160/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.6.79
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1255/79
of25June1979
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotafornewpotatoes,fallingwithinsubheading07.01AIIb)oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginCyprus
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactions
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasArticle2oftheProtocollayingdowncertain
provisionsrelatingtotradeinagriculturalproducts
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
Cyprus(')providesfortheopeningofaCommunity
tariffquotaof60000tonnesofnewpotatoesorigi­
natinginCyprus,fallingwithinsubheading07.01AII
b)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,atarateof
customsdutyequalto45%ofthecustomsdutyin
theCommonCustomsTariff,fortheperiod16May
to30June1979;whereasthisconcessionissubjectto
theadoptionofCommunityrulesonnewpotatoes;
whereas,pendingtheentryintoforceoftheserules,it
isappropriatetoavoiddisturbancesintradeinthe
productsinquestion;whereas,underthesecondi­
tions,itisnecessarytoopenaCommunitytariffquota
of60000tonnesfortheproductsandtheperiodin
question;
Whereasitisnecessaryinparticulartoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quota,anduninterrupted appli­
cationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
however,sincethetariffquotainvolvedisofarela­
tivelylowvolumeandtheperiodofapplicationisvery
short,itseemspossibletoallocatethewholequota
volumetotheCommunityreserveandtoprovidefor
thepossibilityofthoseMemberStatesinwhichneeds
mightarisedrawingappropriatequantitiesfromthat
reserve;whereasthesharesthusdrawnfromthe
reservemustbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthismethodofmanagementrequires
closecooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commissionandthelattermustinparticularbeable
tomonitortherateatwhichthequotaisusedupand
informtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From16Mayto30June1979,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyfornewpotatoes,fallingwithin
subheading07.01AIIb)oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginCyprus,shallbesuspendedat
9-4%withinthelimitsofaCommunitytariffquota
of60000tonnes.
TheProtocolonthedefinitionoftheconceptof'origi­
natingproducts'andonmethodsofadministrative
cooperation (2)annexedtotheAdditionalProtocolto
theAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandCyprusshallbeapplicable.
2.Thevolumeofthetariffquotareferredtoinpara­
graph1shallconstituteareserve.
3.Iftheneedshouldarisefortheproductsinques­
tioninaMemberState,thelattershalldrawnan
appropriatesharefromthereserve,providingthatthe
sizeofthereservesopermits.
4.Thesharesdrawnpursuanttoparagraph3shall
bevaliduntil30June1979.
Article2
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article1areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmay
bechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheircumula­
tiveportionsoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidgoodsestablishedinitsterritoryhavefreeaccess
tothesharesallocatedtoit.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoodsare
enteredforhomeuse.
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4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article3
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.Article4
MemberStatesandtheCommission shallcollaborate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed .
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
Itshallapplyfrom16May1979.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,25June1979.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.LETHEULE