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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1182/77
of17May1977
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotaforfresh
ordriedhazelnuts,shelledorotherwise,fallingwithinsubheadingex08.05GoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginTurkey
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticles43and
113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,totheAssociationAgreementshallbeapplicableinthe
newMemberStatesinaccordancewiththepercentages
andtimetablelaiddown,upontheentryintoforceofthat
Agreement;whereastheratestowhichthenewMember
Statesapplythosereductionsarethosewhichtheyapply
atanygivenmomenttonon-membercountries;whereas
theratesfixedasaresultofthereductionsregard­
ingtheproductslisted,inparticular,inAnnex6tothe
AdditionalProtocol—andwhichincludehazelnuts—
mayinnocasebelowerthanthoseappliedbythenew
MemberStateswithreferencetotheCommunityasorig­
inallyconstituted;whereasthereductiontobeappliedby
thenewMemberStateswithintheframeworkofthetariff
quotaunderconsiderationmusttherefore,incertain
cases,belimitedto80%;whereas,consequently ,thetariff
quotainquestionshouldbeopenedaslaiddownabove
for1977andprovisionshouldbemadeforcharging
againstthisquotathequantitiesimportedfrom1January
to30June1977andchargedagainstthequotaopenedby
Regulation (EEC)No3055/76;HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(*),
WhereasArticle5(1)ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1180/77of17May1977onimportsintotheCommunity
ofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatinginTurkey(2),
whichentersintoforceon1July1977,providesforthe
openingbytheCommunityofaCommunitytariffquota
of25000tonnesatadutyrateof2-5%forfreshordried
hazelnuts,shelledorotherwise,fallingwithinsubheading
ex08.05GoftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatingin
Turkey;whereasunderparagraph2ofthesaidArticle,
theproratatemporisclauseisapplicable;whereasby
Regulation(EEC)No3055/76(3),theCouncilopened
andallocatedamongtheMemberStates,for1977,forthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginTurkey,aCommunity
tariffquotaof21700tonnesatadutyrateof2-5%;
whereas,for1977,thevolumeofthetariffquotaisfixed
at23350tonnes;whereas,withregardtothecustoms
dutyapplicableinthenewMemberStates,itshouldbe
notedthatArticle2oftheInterimAgreementconcluded
pendingtheentryintoforceoftheAdditionalProtocol
signedatAnkaraon30June1973(4)laysdownthatthe
reductionsincustomsdutieswhichareprovidedpursuantWhereasitisinparticularnecessarytoguaranteeallim­
portersoftheMemberStatesequalanduninterruptedac­
cesstothesaidquotaanduninterruptedapplicationofthe
ratelaiddownforthatquotatoallimportsoftheproducts
concernedintotheMemberStatesuntilthequotahas
beenusedup;whereashavingregardtotheaboveprin­
ciples,theCommunitynatureofthequotascanbere­
spectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamong
theMemberStates;whereas,toreflectmostaccurately
theactualdevelopmentofthemarketintheproductscon­
cerned,suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontothe
needsoftheMemberStates,assessedbyreferencebothto
thestatisticsrelatingtoimportsfromTurkeyoverarep­
resentativeperiod,andtotheeconomicoutlookforthe
quotaperiodconcerned;
(MOlNoC133,6.6.1977,p.45.
(2)Seepage10ofthisOfficialJournal.Whereas,onthebasisofthestatisticsatpresentavailable,
importsintotheMemberStatesin1973,1974and1975
oftheproductconcernedoriginatinginTurkeyhavede­
velopedasfollowsandrepresentthefollowingpercent­
agesoftotalimportsintotheCommunity :[J)OJNoL350,20.12.1976,p.111.
OJNoL277,3.10.1973,p.2.

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1973 1974 1975
MemberStates
tonnes % tonnes % tonnes %
Germany 3913370-163451564-293515465-47
Benelux 33235-9645008-3852849-84
France 617011-06 568010-58608411-33
Italy 20623-7024734-61 1653-53-08
Denmark 9751-75 8751-638991-67
Ireland 2010-36 6191-15 300-06
UnitedKingdom39107-0150269-3645908-55
Total 55774 53688 53694-5
Whereas,takingintoaccountthesefiguresandthe
foreseeabledevelopmentoftheproductconcernedduring
1977and,inparticular,theforecastsmadebysome
MemberStates,theinitialsharesmaybefixedapproxi­
matelyatthefollowingpercentages :Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,acon­
siderablequantityoftheinitialshareremainsinany
MemberState,itisessentialthattheMemberStateshould
returnacertainproportionthereoftothereserve,inorder
toavoidpartoftheCommunityquotaremainingunused
inoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
whereas,takingintoaccounttheseasonalnatureofim­
ports,itseemsappropriatetofixthequantitywhichmay
bereturnedat40%oftheinitialshare;Germany 65-93
Benelux 10-14
France .8-20
Italy 0-25
Denmark 2-67
Ireland 1-66
UnitedKingdom 11-15Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedinandrepresentedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,
anymeasureconcerningtheadministration ofthequota,
sharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarried
outbyanyofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Whereasinordertotakeintoaccounttheimporttrends
fortheproductconcernedintheMemberStates,thequota
volumeshouldbedividedintotwoinstalments,thefirst
instalmentbeingallocatedtotheMemberStatesandthe
secondformingareserveintendedultimatelytocoverthe
requirementsoftheMemberStates,shouldtheirinitial
sharebeusedup;whereas,inordertoensureacertainde­
greeofsecuritytoimporters,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotashouldbedeterminedatarelatively
highlevel,whichunderpresentcircumstancescouldbe
approximately 80%ofthequotavolume;Article1
1.Until31December1977,aCommunitytariffquotaof
23350tonnesshallbeopenedintheCommunityforfresh
ordriedhazelnuts,shelledorotherwise,fallingwithin
subheadingex08.05GoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginTurkey.
2.WithinthistariffquotatheCommonCustomsTariff
dutyshallbepartiallysuspendedat2-5%.
3.ThenewMemberStatesshallapplywithinthisCom­
munitytariffquota,thecustomsdutiescalculatedinac­
cordancewiththerelevantprovisionsoftheActofAcces­
sion,theInterimAgreementandRegulation (EEC)No
1180/77.
4.Thistariffquotashallbeallocatedandadministered
inaccordancewiththefollowingprovisions.Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupfairlyquickly;
whereas,therefore,toavoiddisruptionofsupplies,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshare,
shalldrawasupplementary sharefromtheCommunity
reserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberState
aseachoneofitssupplementary sharesisalmostusedup,
andasmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheini­
tialandsupplementary sharesmustbevaliduntiltheend
ofthequotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaborationbetweentheMemberStates
andtheCommission ,andtheCommissionmustbeina
positiontofollowtheextenttowhichthetariffquotahas
beenusedupandinformtheMemberStatesthereof;

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Article2 sharesmightnotbeusedup.TheyshallinformtheCom­
missionoftheirreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1(1)shallbedi­
videdintotwoinstalments .
Article4
2.Afirstinstalment,amountingto19000tonnes,shall
besharedamongtheMemberStates;theshares,which
subjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil31December1977,EachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1977.
Article5shallbeasfollows:
Germany 12527tonnes,
Benelux 1927tonnes,
France 1558tonnes,
Italy 48tonnes,
Denmark 507tonnes,
Ireland 315tonnes,
UnitedKingdom 2118tonnes.MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlaterthan1
October1977,theunusedportionoftheirinitialshare
which,on15September1977,isinexcessof40%ofthe
initialamount.Theymayreturnagreaterportionifthere
aregroundsforbelievingthatsuchportionmaynotbe
usedinfull.
3.Thesecondinstalmentof4350tonnesshallconsti­
tutethereserve.
4.Importsofhazelnutseffectedduringtheperiod1
Januaryto30June1977andchargedagainstthetariff
quotaopenedbyRegulation(EEC)No3055/76shallbe
deductedfromthesharesallocatedtotheMemberStates
and,wherenecessary,fromtheadditionalsharesdrawn
fromtheCommunityreserve.TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1977,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsoftheproducts
concernedeffectedundertheCommunityquotaupto15
September1977inclusiveand,whereappropriate,the
proportionoftheirinitialsharesthattheyarereturningto
thereserve.
Article6
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofanyMemberState'sinitialshare,as
laiddowninArticle2(2),or90%ofthatsharelessthe
amountreturnedtothereserve,whereArticle5hasbeen
applied,hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberStateshall
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawasec­
ondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupto
thenextunitwhereappropriate,totheextentthatthe
amountinthereserveallows.TheCommissionshallkeepaccountofthesharesopened
byMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles2and3,
andshallinformeachofthemoftheextenttowhichthe
reservehasbeenusedassoonasitreceivesthenotifi­
cations.
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5October1977,
notifytheMemberStatesofthestateofthereserveafter
thereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailableand,
forthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthereoftothe
MemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.
Article72.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbythatMemberStatehas
beenused,itshall,inthemannerprovidedforinpara­
graph1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitial
share.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbythatMemberStatehas
beenused,itshall,inthemannerprovidedforinpara­
graph1,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveisexhausted.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,
MemberStatesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethatthose1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatchargesmaybe
madewithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulative
sharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidproductsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefreeaccess
tothesharesallocatedtothemordrawnfromthereserve.

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Article9 3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoodsareen­
teredforhomieuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurethecorrectapplicationofthis
Regulation .
Article10
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No3055/76shallberepealed
ontheentryintoforceofthisRegulation.
Article8
Article11 AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStatesshallin­
formitofimportsoftheproductsinquestionactually
chargedagainsttheirshares. ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,17May1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.SILKIN