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of17May1977
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
apricotpulp,fallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginTurkey
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,laiddownforthatquotatoallimportsoftheproductin
questionintotheMemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeen
usedup;whereashavingregardtotheaboveprinciplesthe
Communitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingthetariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,toreflectmostaccuratelytheactualdevelop­
mentofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,suchallo­
cationshouldbeinproportiontotherequirementsofthe
MemberStates,assessedbyreferencebothtothestatistics
relatingtoimportsfromTurkeyoverarepresentativere­
ferenceperiodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodconcerned;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatistics
areavailable,thecorrespondingimportsofeachMember
StatefromTurkeyhavebeennegligibleornon-existent ;
whereasthosedatacannotthereforebeconsideredasrep­
resentativetoserveasabasisforallocationofthequota
volumeamongtheMemberStates;whereasitisdifficult
toestimateimportsbyMemberStatesfor1977becauseof
theabsenceoftrulyrepresentative figuresforprevious
years;whereas,consequently ,theonlysolutionseemsto
betoallocatealargepartofthequotavolumetothe
Communityreserveandtoallocateoneseventhoftheba­
lancetotheBeneluxcountries,Denmark,Germany,
France,Ireland,ItalyandtheUnitedKingdom;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticles43and
113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(1),
WhereasArticle13ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1180/77of17May1977onimportsintotheCommunity
ofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatinginTurkey(2)
providesfortheopeningbytheCommunityofanannual
Communitytariffquotaof90tonnesforapricotpulp,fal­
lingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCom­
monCustomsTariff,originatinginTurkey;whereasthe
customsdutiesapplicablewithinthelimitsofthattariff
quotacorrespondto70%ofthecustomsdutiesactually
appliedinrespectofnon-membercountries;whereasthe
tariffquotainquestionshouldthereforebeopenedforthe
abovementioned volumefortheperiod1July1977to30
.June1978;whereas,withregardtothenewMember
States,itshouldbenotedthatArticle2oftheInterim
Agreementconcludedpendingtheentryintoforceofthe
AdditionalProtocolsignedatAnkaraon30June1973(3)
laysdownthatthereductionsincustomsdutieswhichare
providedforpursuanttotheAssociationAgreementshall
beapplicableinthenewMemberStates,inaccordance
withthepercentagesandtimetablelaiddown,uponthe
entryintoforceofthatAgreement;whereastheratesto
whichthenewMemberStatesshallapplythosereduc­
tionsshallbethosewhichtheyapplyatanygivenmoment
tonon-membercountries;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoguaranteeallim­
portersoftheCommunityequalanduninterruptedaccess
tothequotaanduninterruptedapplicationoftheratesWhereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupfairlyquickly;
whereas,therefore,toavoiddisruptionofsuppliesany
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshare,
shalldrawasupplementary sharefromtheCommunity
reserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberState
aseachoneofitssupplementary sharesisalmostusedup,
andasmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheini­
tialandsupplementary sharesmustbevaliduntiltheend
ofthequotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaborationbetweentheMemberStates
andtheCommission ,andtheCommissionmustbeina
positiontofollowtheextenttowhichthetariffquotahas
beenusedupandinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
(»)OJNoC118,16.5.1977,p.67.
(2)Seepage10ofthisOfficialJournal.Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,aconsider­
ablequantityofashareremainsinanyMemberState,itis
essentialthatthatStateshouldreturnasignificantpropor­ (3)OJNoL277,3.10.1973,p.2.

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tiontothereserveinordertoavoidpartoftheCom­
munityquotaremainingunusedinoneMemberState
whenitcouldbeusedinothers;ingtheCommission,drawasecondshareequalto15%of
itsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
unit,totheextentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve.
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedinandrepresentedbytheBeneluxEconomic
Union,anymeasureconcerningtheadministrationofthe
sharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarried
outbyanyofitsmembers,2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%ormore
ofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeen
usedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordancewiththe
conditionsimposedbyparagraph1,drawathirdshare
equalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhereneces­
sarytothenextunit.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article13.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeen
usedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordancewiththe
sameconditions,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserveis
usedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixedin
thoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
thosefixedmaynotbeusedup.ItshallinformtheCom­
missionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.1.From1July1977until30June1978,aCommunity
tariffquotaof90tonnesshallbeopenedintheCom­
munityforapricotpulp,fallingwithinsubheadingex
20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginTurkey.
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyapplicabletotheseproductsshallbe
partiallysuspendedatarateof11-9%.
3.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,thenewMember
Statesshallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsoftheActofAccession,theInterim
AgreementandRegulation (EEC)No1180/77.Article4
Supplementary sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil30June1978.
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentof35tonnesshallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates;therespectivesharesofthe
MemberStates,which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevalid
from1July1977to30June1978,shallbeasfollows:ArticleS
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1April1978,theunusedportionoftheirinitialshare
which,on15March1978,isinexcessof20%ofthein­
itialamount.Theymayreturnalargerquantityifthereare
reasonstobelievethatsuchquantitymightnotbeused.Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom5tonnes,
5tonnes,
5tonnes,
5tonnes,
5tonnes,
5tonnes,
5tonnes.MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1April1978,notify
theCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthesaidgoods
importeduptoandincluding15March1978andcharged
againsttheCommunitytariffquotaandanyquantitiesof
theinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.2.Thesecondinstalmentof55tonnesshallbeheldasthe
Communityreserve.
Article3
Article6 1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminustheportion
returnedtothereservewhereArticle5isapplied,hasbeen
usedup,thatMemberStateshallwithoutdelay,bynotify­TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
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3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaidgoods
againsttheirsharesasandwhensuchgoodsareentered
forhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofimportscharged
inaccordancewithparagraph3.andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,informeachState
oftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStatesnotlaterthan5April
1978,oftheamountstillinreserveafteramountshave
beenreturnedtheretopursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupthereserve
islimitedtothebalanceavailableandtothisendshall
specifytheamountthereoftotheMemberStatemaking
thelastdrawing.Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStatesshallin­
formitofimportsoftheproductsconcernedactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.
Article7
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationisobserved.1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessarytoen­
surethatsupplementary sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle
3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesin
theCommunitytariffquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthesaid
goodsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefreeaccesstothe
sharesallocatedtothem.Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,17May1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.SILKIN