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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2823/77
of28November1977
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forapricotpulpfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginTunisia(1978)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,enceperiodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthe
quotaperiodconcerned;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatis­
ticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsofeach
MemberStaterepresentthefollowingpercentagesof
importsintotheCommunityfromTunisiaofthe
productsconcerned :HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Articles43and113thereof.
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(M,MemberStates 1974 1975 1976
Benelux 3-43-8 7-1
Denmark— — —
Germany 2-5 — —
France 94-195-292-9
Ireland— — —
Italy— 1-0—
UnitedKingdom— — —"WhereastheCooperationAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublicof
Tunisia,signedon25April1976,providesforthe
openingbytheCommunityofanannualCommunity
tariffquotaof4300tonnesofapricotpulpfalling
withinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCom­
monCustomsTariff,originatinginTunisia;whereas
thecustomsdutiesapplicabletothequotaareequal
to70%ofthecustomsdutiesactuallyappliedto
non-member countries;whereastheCommunity
tariffquotainquestionshouldthereforebeopened
for1978;Whereasboththesepercentagesandtheestimates
fromcertainMemberStatesshouldbetakeninto
accountaswellastheneedtoensurethat,inthe
circumstances ,theobligationscontractedunderthe
Agreementconcernedareallocatedfairlyamongall
theMemberStates;whereastheapproximateper­
centagesoftheinitialquotasharesmaythereforebe
fixedasfollows: Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureequal
anduninterrupted accessforallimportersinthe
MemberStatestothequotaanduninterrupted appli­
cationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoallim­
portsoftheproductinquestionintoallMember
Statesuntilthesaidquotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheaboveprinciples,theCom­
munitynatureofthequotacanberespectedbyallo­
catingthetariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,toreflectmostaccuratelytheactualdevelop­
mentofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,
suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontothere­
quirementsoftheMemberStates,assessedbyrefer­
encebothtothestatisticsrelatingtoimportsofthe
saidproductfromTunisiaoverarepresentative refer­Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom10%
5%
10%
62%
3%
5%
5%;
Whereas,inordertotakeaccountoffuturetrendsin
importsintothevariousMemberStatesofthepro­
ductsconcerned,thequotashouldbedividedintotwo
instalments ;thefirsttobeallocatedamongallthe
MemberStatesandthesecondtoformareservein­
tendedtocoveranysubsequentrequirements of(!)Opiniondeliveredon18November1977(notyet
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Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentof2840tonnesoftheCom­
munitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1,shallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;theshares,which
subjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil31December
1978,shallbeasfollows:
Benelux 280tonnes.
Denmark 140tonnes,
Germany 280tonnes,
France 1760tonnes,
Ireland 100tonnes,
Italy 140tonnes,
UnitedKingdom 140tonnes.MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
shares;whereas,inordertoensureaCertaindegree
ofsecurityforimportersineachMemberState,the
firstinstalmentoftheCommunitytariffquotashould
besetat66%ofthequota;
WhereasMemberStatesmayuseuptheirinitial
sharesatdifferentrates;whereas,toprovideforthis
eventualityandtoavoiddisruptionofsupplies,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitial
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthere­
serve;whereasthisshouldbedonebyeachMember
Statewheneachofitsadditionalshareshasbeen
almostusedup,andsoonasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalshares
shouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
collaboration betweenMemberStatesandtheCom­
mission,andtheCommissionmustbeinaposition
tokeeparecordoftheextenttowhichthequotahas
beenusedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesac­
cordingly;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,acon­
siderablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialsharere­
mainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve
soastopreventapartofthequotafromremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeused
inothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKing­
domoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresent­
edbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasurecon­
cerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocatedto
thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyone
ofitsmembers,2.Thesecondinstalmentof1460tonnesshall
constitutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofanyMemberState'sinitial
shareasfixedinArticle2(1),or90%ofthatshare
lessanyportionreturnedtothereserve,where
Article5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenusedupthat
MemberStateshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCom­
mission,drawasecondshareequalto15°/oofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
wholenumber)totheextentthatthereservepermits.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninpara­
graph1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5°/oofits
initialshare.
3.Ifafteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90°/o
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccord­
ancewiththesameconditions,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs1,2and3,Mem­
berStatesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthosespeci­
fiedthereiniftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
thosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.Theyshall
informtheCommissionoftheirreasonsforapply­
ingthisparagraph.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Fortheperiod1Januaryto31December1978
aCommunitytariffquotaof4300tonnesshallbe
openedintheCommunityforapricotpulpfalling
withinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCom­
monCustomsTarifforiginatinginTunisia.
2.WithinthelimitsofthistariffquotatheCom­
monCustomsTariffdutyapplicabletotheseproducts
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Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December1978.
ArticleS
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1978,theunusedportionsoftheir
initialshareswhich,on15September1978,arein
excessof20%oftheinitialamounts.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionsmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1October1978,ofthetotalquantityofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
September1978andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialsharesre­
turnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3and,assoonasithasbeennotified,shallin­
formeachMemberStateoftheextenttowhichthe
reservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
October1978,ofthestateofthereserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableandto
thisendshallspecifytheamountthereoftotheMem­
berStatemakingthefinaldrawing.Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraggregatesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
productsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsinquestionareenteredwithcustoms
authoritiesforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshallin­
formitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28November1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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