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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No3667/85
of20December1985
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotaforfreshor
driedhazelnuts,shelledornot,fallingwithinsubheadingex08.05GoftheCommonCustoms
TariffandoriginatinginTurkey(1986)
Portugal,theCommunitymusttakethemeasuresreferred
toinArticles180and367ofthatAct;whereasthetariff
measureinquestionappliesthereforetotheCommunityof
Nine;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureequaland
uninterrupted accessforallCommunityimporterstothe
abovementioned quota,anduninterrupted applicationof
therateslaiddownforthisquotatoallimportsofthe
productsconcernedintotheMemberStatesuntilthequota
hasbeenusedup;whereas,havingregardtotheabove
principles,theCommunitynatureofthequotacanbe
respectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamong
theMemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectmost
accuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthemarketinthe
productsinquestion,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotherequirementsoftheMemberStates,
assessedbyreferencetoboththestatisticsrelatingto
importsofthesaidproductsfromTurkeyovera
representative referenceperiodandtheeconomicoutlook
forthequotaperiodconcerned;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticular113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereastheAnnextoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3590/82of21December1982onimportsintothe
Communityofagriculturalproductsoriginatingin
Turkey(*)providesthatfreshordriedhazelnuts,shelledor
not,fallingwithinsubheadingex08.05GoftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginatinginTurkeyareadmittedon
importationintotheCommunityatzeroduty,withinthe
limitofaCommunitytariffquotaof25000tonnes;
whereastheCommunitytariffquotaconcernedshould
thereforebeopenedfor1986;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle119oftheActof
AccessionofGreece,theCounciladoptedRegulation
(EEC)No3555/80determiningthearrangementstobe
appliedwithregardtoimportsintoGreeceoriginatingin
Algeria,Israel,Malta,Morocco,Portugal,Syria,Tunisia
orTurkey(2);
WhereasintheabsenceofaProtocolasprovidedforin
Articles179and366oftheActofAccessionofSpainandWhereasonthebasisofthecurrentlyavailablestatistical
dataimportsoftheproductinquestionfromTurkeyinto
theMemberStateshavedevelopedasfollowsovertheyears
1982,1983and1984;whereastheyrepresentthe
followingpercentageofthetotalimportsintothe
CommunityfromTurkey:
MemberStates1982 1983 1984
Tonnes %Tonnes %Tonnes %
Benelux 70179,4063329,3768158,36
Denmark 11831,58 12491,859991,23
Germany 4956266,374564967,585383166,06
France 952912,76778611,53901311,06
Ireland 500,07 300,04 220,03
Italy 25333,39 7461,1029043,56
UnitedKingdom 47986,4457608,5379019,70
Total74672 67552 81485
(!)OJNoL375,31.12.1982,p.1.
(2)OJNoL382,31.12.1980,p.1.

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Whereas,inviewofthesefactors,andofmarketforecasts
fortheproductsconcernedandinparticularofthe
estimatessubmittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedfor1986atapproximately the
followingpercentages :
Benelux 9,02
Denmark 1,51
Germany 66,66
France 11,73
Ireland 0,05
Italy 2,77
UnitedKingdom 8,26HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1986aCommunity
tariffquotaof25000tonnesshallbeopenedinthe
CommunityofNineforfreshordriedhazelnuts,shelledor
not,fallingwithinsubheadingex08.05GoftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginatinginTurkey.
2.WithinthistariffquotatheCommonCustomsTariff
dutyshallbetotallysuspended.
3.Importsoftheproductinquestionbenefitingfrom
thesameorlowercustomsdutiesunderpreferential
arrangements shallnotbechargedagainstthistariff
quota.
4.ThisCommunitytariffquotashallbeallocatedand
administeredinaccordancewiththefollowingprovisions.Whereas,totakeintoaccountimporttrendsforthe
productsconcernedinthevariousMemberStates,the
quotaamountshouldbedividedintotwoinstalments,the
firstbeingallocatedamongtheMemberStatesandthe
secondheldasareserveintendedtocoveratalaterdatethe
requirementsofMemberStates,whohaveuseduptheir
initialshare;whereas,inordertoguaranteesomedegreeof
securitytoimportersineachMemberState,thefirst
instalmentoftheCommunityquotashouldbefixedata
levelwhichcould,inthepresentcircumstances ,be80%of
thequotavolume;Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1(1)
shallbedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentamountingto20000tonnesshallbe
sharedamongtheMemberstates;theshares,whichsubject
toArticle5shallbevaliduntil31December1986,shallbe
asfollows:WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmaybe
usedupatdifferentrates;whereas,inordertotakethis
intoaccountandtoavoidabreakincontinuity,any
MemberStatewhichhasusedupalmostallofitsinitial
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereasthisshouldbedonebyeachMemberStateeach
timeoneofitsadditionalsharesisalmostusedup,andso
onasmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial
andadditionalsharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration requires
closecollaboration betweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,andtheCommissionmustbeinapositionto
followtheextenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeenused
upandinformtheMemberStatesthereof;(tonnes)
Benelux 1804
Denmark 302
Germany 13332
France 2346
Ireland 10
Italy 554
UnitedKingdom 1652
3.Thesecondinstalmentamountingto5000tonnesshall
constitutethereserve:
Whereas,ifatagivendateinthequotaperiodasubstantial
quantityofitsinitialshareremainsunusedinanyMember
State,itisessentialthatitshouldreturnasignificant
proportionthereoftothereserve,topreventpartofthe
CommunityquotaremainingunusedinoneMemberState
whenitcouldbeusedinothers;whereas,takinginto
accounttheseasonalnatureofimports,itseems
appropriatetofixthetransferlimitat40%oftheinitial
share;Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshare,as
specifiedinArticle2(2),orofthatsharelesstheportion
returnedtothereservewhereArticle5hasbeenapplied,
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,withoutdelay,
bynotifyingtheCommission,drawasecondshareequalto
15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextwholenumber,insofarastheamountinthereserve
allows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordancewith
theconditionslaiddowninparagraph1,drawathird
shareequalto7,5%ofitsinitialshare.Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,alltransactions concerningthe
administration ofthesharesallocatedtothateconomic
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3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeen
usedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordancewiththe
conditionslaiddowninparagraph1,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Theprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,Member
Statesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthosefixedinthese
paragraphsifthereisreasontobelievethatthosefixed
mightnotbeusedup.TheyshallinformtheCommission
oftheirgroundsforapplyingthisparagraph.
Article4
TheadditionalsharedrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1986.ItshallnotifytheMemberStates,notlaterthan5October
1986,ofthestateofthereserveafterquantitieshavebeen
returnedtheretopursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupthereserveis
limitedtothebalanceavailableand,tothisend,shall
specifytheamountthereoftotheMemberStatemakingthe
finaldrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessaryto
ensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraggregatesharesinthe
Communityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productshavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothemor
whichtheyhavetakenfromthereserve.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofthe
productsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
sharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallcollaborate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1986.Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlaterthan
1October1986,theunusedportionoftheirinitialshares
whichon15September1986isinexcessof40%ofthe
initialamount.Theymayreturnagreaterquantityifthere
aregroundsforbelievingthatthisquantitymightnotbe
usedinfull.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlaterthan
1October1986,ofthetotalimportsoftheproducts
concernedeffectedundertheCommunityquotasuptoand
including15September1986and,whereappropriate,the
proportionoftheirinitialsharethattheyarereturningto
thereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3and,
assoonasithasbeennotified,shallinformeachMember
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20December1985.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
R.KRIEPS