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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1132/78
of22May1978
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
apricotpulpfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginTurkey
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,Turkeyoverarepresentativereferenceperiodandtothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodconcerned;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticles43and
113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatistics
areavailable,thecorresponding importsofeach
MemberStatefromTurkeyhavebeennegligibleor
non-existent ;whereasthosedatacannotthereforebe
consideredasrepresentativetoserveasabasisforallo­
cationofthequotavolumeamongtheMemberStates;
whereasitisdifficulttoestimateimportsbyMember
Statesbecauseoftheabsenceoftrulyrepresentative
figuresforpreviousyears;whereas,consequently ,the
onlysolutionseemstobetoallocatepartofthequota
volumetotheCommunityreserveandtoallocateone
seventhofthebalancetotheBeneluxcountries,Den­
mark,Germany,France,Ireland,ItalyandtheUnited
Kingdom;HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(*),
WhereasArticle13ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1180/77of17May1977onimportsintotheCommun­
ityofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatinginTurkey
(2)providesfortheopeningbytheCommunity,with
effectfrom1July1977,ofanannualCommunitytariff
quotaof90tonnesforapricotpulpfallingwithinsub­
headingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginTurkey;whereasthecustoms
dutiesapplicablewithinthelimitsofthattariffquota
correspondto70%ofthecustomsdutiesactuallyap­
pliedinrespectofnon-membercountries;whereasthe
tariffquotainquestionshouldthereforebeopenedfor
theabovementioned volumefortheperiod1July1978
to30June1979;Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupfairlyquick­
ly;whereas,therefore,toavoiddisruptionofsupplies
anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitial
shareshalldrawasupplementary sharefromthe
Communityreserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateaseachoneofitssupplementary sharesis
almostusedup,andasmanytimesasthereserveal­
lows;whereastheinitialandsupplementary sharesmust
bevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthis
formofadministration requiresclosecollaboration
betweentheMemberStatesandtheCommission,and
theCommissionmustbeinapositiontofollowthe
extenttowhichthetariffquotahasbeenusedupand
informtheMemberStatesthereof;Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoguaranteeall
importersoftheCommunityequalanduninterrupted
accesstothequotaanduninterruptedapplicationofthe
rateslaiddownforthatquotatoallimportsofthe
productinquestionintotheMemberStatesuntilthe
quotahasbeenusedup;whereashavingregardtothe
aboveprinciplestheCommunitynatureofthequota
canberespectedbyallocatingthetariffquotaamong
theMemberStates;whereas,toreflectmostaccurately
theactualdevelopmentofthemarketintheproductsin
question,suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirementsoftheMemberStates,assessedbyrefer­
encebothtothestatisticsrelatingtoimportsfromWhereasifatagivendateinthequotaperiodacon­
siderablequantityofashareremainsinanyMember
State,itisessentialthatthatStateshouldreturnasig­
nificantproportiontothereserveinordertoavoidpart
oftheCommunityquotaremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthesharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,HOJNoC108,8.5.1978,p.57.
(2)OJNoL142,9.6.1977,p.10.

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : withthesameconditions,drawafourthshareequalto
thethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserveis
usedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosefixedmaynotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.Article1
1.From1July1978until30June1979,aCommunity
tariffquotaof90tonnesshallbeopenedintheCom­
munityforapricotpulpfallingwithinsubheadingex
20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginTurkey.
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyapplicabletotheseproductsshall
bepartiallysuspendedatarateof11-9%.Article4
Supplementary sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil30June1979. Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentof70tonnesshallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates;therespectivesharesofthe
MemberStateswhich,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevalid
from1July1978to30June1979,shallbeasfollows:Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1April1979,theunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15March1979,isinexcessof20%of
theinitialamount.Theymayreturnalargerquantityif
therearereasonstobelievethatsuchquantitymightnot
beused.(intonnes)
10
10
10
10
10
10
10Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdomMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1April1979,notify
theCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthesaidgoods
importeduptoandincluding15March1979and
chargedagainsttheCommunitytariffquotaandany
quantitiesoftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.2.Thesecondinstalmentof20tonnesshallbeheldas
theCommunityreserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,informeach
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenused
up.
ItshallinformtheMemberStatesnotlaterthan5April
1979oftheamountstillinreserveafteramountshave
beenreturnedtheretopursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupthere­
serveislimitedtothebalanceavailableandtothisend
shallspecifytheamountthereoftotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5isap­
plied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallwith­
outdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawasecond
shareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedup
wherenecessarytothenextunit,totheextentpermitted
bytheamountofthereserve.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withtheconditionsimposedbyparagraph1,drawa
thirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
upwherenecessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordanceArticle7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessaryto
ensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawnpursuantto

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Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsoftheproductsconcernedactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationisob­
served.Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesintheCommunitytariffquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefreeaccess
tothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhensuchgoodsare
enteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,22May1978.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
K.HEENESEN