NoL77/4 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.3.79
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No575/79
of26March1979
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforcarrotsfallingwithinsubheadingex07.01GIIoftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginatinginCyprus
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
COMMUNITIES ,
Article1
1.From1Aprilto15May1979,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyforcarrotsfallingwithin
subheadingex07.01GIIoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginCyprus,shallbesuspendedat
6-8%withinthelimitsofaCommunitytariffquota
of2300tonnes.
2.Thevolumeofthetariffquotareferredtoinpara­
graph1shallconstituteareserve.
3.Iftheneedshouldarisefortheproductsinques­
tioninaMemberState,thelattershalldrawanappro­
priatesharefromthereserve,providingthatthesize
ofthereservesopermits.
4.Thesharesdrawnpursuanttoparagraph3shall
bevaliduntil15May1979.HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasArticle2oftheProtocollayingdowncertain
provisionsrelatingtotradeinagriculturalproducts
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
RepublicofCyprus(')provides,fortheperiodof1
Aprilto15May1979,fortheopeningofaCommu­
nitytariffquotaof2300tonnesofcarrotsfalling
withinsubheadingex07.01GIIoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginCyprus,atarateof
customsdutyequalto40%ofthecustomsdutyin
theCommonCustomsTariff;whereastheCommu­
nitytariffquotashouldthereforebeopenedforthis
period;
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;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlands ,andtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationconcerning
theadministration ofthequotasharesallocatedto
thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,Article2
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresneces­
sarytoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article1areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmay
bechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumu­
latedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductsinquestionestablishedintheirterri­
toryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoods
areenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewiththeconditionsset
outinparagraph3.
Article3
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares. i1)OJNoL172,28.6.1978,p.10.
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Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April
1979.Article4
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurecompliancewiththis
Regulation .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26March1979.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
P.MEHAIGNERIE