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of9December1976
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquota
forapricotpulpfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginMorocco(1977)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Articles43and113thereof,importsoftheproductinquestionintoallMember
Statesuntilthesaidquotahasbeenusedup;whereas
havingregardtotheaboveprinciplestheCommunity
natureofthequotacanberespectedbyallocating
thetariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;whereas,
toreflectmostaccuratelytheactualdevelopment
ofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,such
allocationshouldbeinproportiontotherequire­
mentsoftheMemberStates,assessedbyreference
bothtothestatisticsrelatingtoimportsofthesaid
productfromMoroccooverarepresentative refer­
enceperiodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthe
quotaperiodconcerned;HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropean
Parliament(*),
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstat­
isticsareavailable,thecorrespondingimportsofeach
MemberStaterepresentthefollowingpercentagesof
importsintotheCommunityfromMoroccoofthe
productsconcerned:WhereastheInterimAgreementbetweentheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityandtheKingdomof
Morocco(*),signedon27April1976,providesin
Article15,fortheopeningbytheCommunityofan
annualCommunitytariffquotaof8250metrictons
ofapricotpulpfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06B
IIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating
inMorocco;whereasthecustomsdutiesapplicable
tothequotaareequalto70%ofthecustomsduties
actuallyappliedtonon-membercountries;whereas
theCommunitytariffquotainquestionshouldthere­
forebeopenedfor1977;whereas,however,the
Agreementexpireson30June1977;whereasthe
Communityintendstomaintainitstradingrelations
withthatcountry;whereastheprovisionsgoverning
thesecondpartof1977shouldnotbelessfavourable
thanthoselaiddownforthefirst;whereasinorder
nottodisrupttradingpatternsfortheproductsin
question,theCommmunitytariffquotashouldbe
openedforthewholeof1977;1973 1974 1975
Benelux 0-70-80-6
Denmark 0-60-3 —
Germany 46-245-5 —
France 50-751-391-3
Ireland — — —
Italy—0-52-1
UnitedKingdom 1-81-66-0
Whereasitis,inparticular,necessarytoensureequal
anduninterrupted accessforallimportersinthe
MemberStatestothequotaanduninterrupted ap­
plicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoallWhereas,boththesepercentagesandtheestimates
fromcertainMemberStatesshouldbetakeninto
accountaswellastheneedtoensurechat,inthe
circumstances ,theobligationscontractedunderthe
Agreementconcernedareallocatedfairlyamongall
theMemberStates;whereastheapproximate
percentagesoftheinitialquotasharesmaytherefore
befixedasfollows:(»)OJNoC259,4.11.1976,p.37.
(*)OJNoL141,28.5.1976,p.98.

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Benelux 3 HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Denmark 3
Germany 36 Article1
France 41
Ireland 2 From*Januaryuntil31December1977,aCom­
munitytariffquotaof8250metrictonsshallbe
ItalY 5openedintheCommunityforapricotpulpfalling
UnitedKingdom 10withinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginMorocco.
2.WithinthelimitsofthistariffquotatheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyapplicabletotheseproducts
shallbesuspendedatarateof11*9%.
3.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquotathenew
MemberStatesshallapplydutiescalculatedinac­
cordancewiththeInterimAgreementbetweenthe
CommunityandMoroccoandtheAotofAccession.Whereas,inordertotakeaccountoffuturetrends
inimportsintothevariousMemberStatesofthe
productconcerned,thequotashouldbedividedinto
twoinstalments,thefirstinstalmentbeingallocated
amongalltheMemberStatesandthesecondforming
areserveintendedtocoveranysubsequentrequire­
mentsofMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheir
initialshares;whereas,inordertoensureacertain
degreeofsecurityforimportersineachMember
State,thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunitytariff
quotashouldbesetat66%ofthequota;Article2
1.Afirstinstalment,amountingto5440metric
tonsoftheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoin
Article1,shallbeallocatedamongtheMember
States;theshares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbe
validuntil31December1977,shallbeasfollows:WhereasMemberStatesmayuseuptheirinitial
sharesatdifferentrates;whereas,toprovideforthis
eventualityandtoavoiddisruptionofsupplies,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitial
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
reserve;whereasthisshouldbedonebyeach
MemberStatewheneachofitsadditionalshareshas
beenalmostusedup,andsoonasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthisformofadministration requires
closecollaboration betweenMemberStatesandthe
Commission,andtheCommissionmustbeinaposi­
tiontokeeparecordoftheextenttowhichthe
quotahasbeenusedupandtoinformtheMember
Statesaccordingly;Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom160metrictons,
160metrictons,
1960metrictons,
2200metrictons,
120metrictons,
280metrictons,
560metrictons.
2.Thesecondinstalmentof2810metrictonsshall
constitutethereserve.
Article3Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,
aconsiderablequantityofaMemberState'sinitial
shareremainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMember
Stateshouldreturnasignificantproportiontothe
reservesoastopreventapartofthequotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;1.If90%ormoreofanyMemberState'sinitial
shareasfixedinArticle2(1),or90%ofthatshare
lessanyportionreturnedtothereserve,where
Article5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenusedupthat
MemberStateshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCom­
mission,drawasecondshareequalto15%ofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
wholenumber,totheextentthatthereserveso
permits.
2.Ifafteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccord­Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedinandrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningtheadmin­
istrationofthequotasharesallocatedtothatecon­
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ancewiththeconditionslaiddowninparagraph 1,
drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare.ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5October1977,ofthestateofthereserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand
tothisendshallspecifytheamountthereoftothe
MemberStatemakingthefinaldrawing.3.Ifafteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inac­
cordancewiththesameconditions,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs1,2and3,Member
Statesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthosespecified
thereiniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthose
specifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.Theyshallinform
theCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplyingthis
paragraph.Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmay
bechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraggre­
gatesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1977. 3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
productsagainsttheirsharesasandwhentheprod­
uctinquestionisenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.Article5
Article8MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1977,theunusedportionsoftheir
initialshareswhich,on15September1977,arein
excessof20%oftheinitialamounts.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionsmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission,notlater
than1October1977,ofthetotalquantityofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding
15September1977andchargedagainsttheCom­
munityquotaandofanyportionoftheirinitial
sharesreturnedtothereserve.AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallco­
operatecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article6
Article10 TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles
2and3and,assoonasithasbeennotified,shall
informeachMemberStateoftheextenttowhich
thereservehasbeenusedup.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9December1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
P.J.J.MERTENS