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of26June1978
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
sweetpeppersfallingwithinsubheading07.01SoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginCyprus
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,tureimportscanbemade;whereas,inthesecircum­
stances,thequotavolumesshouldbeallocatedininitial
shares,takingintoaccountdemandfortheseproducts
onthemarketsofthevariousMemberStates;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
tranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondformingareservein­
tendedultimatelytocovertherequirementsofthe
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialquota
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegreeof
securitytoimportersineachMemberState,thefirst
trancheoftheCommunityquotashouldbedetermined
atalevelwhich,underpresentcircumstances ,maybe
86%ofthequotaamount;WhereasaProtocollayingdowncertainprovisionsre­
latingtotradeinagriculturalproductsbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandCypruswas
signedon11May1978;whereasthisProtocolisto
enterintoforceon1July1978;whereasArticle2of
thisProtocolprovidesfortheopeningofanannual
Communitytariffquotaof300tonnesofsweetpeppers
fallingwithinsubheading07.01SoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginCyprus,atarateofcus­
tomsdutyequalto50%ofthecustomsdutyinthe
CommonCustomsTariff;whereastheproratatem­
porisclauseisapplicable;whereasunderthesecircum­
stancesitisnecessarytoopenaCommunitytariffquota
of150tonnesfortheperiod1Julyto31December
1978;WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmaybe
usedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethis
factintoaccountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,itis
importantthatanyMemberStatehavingusedup
almostthewholeofitsinitialsharesshoulddrawan
additionalsharefromthereserve;whereasthismustbe
donebyeachMemberStateasandwheneachofits
additionalsharesisalmostentirelyusedup,andre­
peatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereasthe
initialandadditionalsharesmustbeavailableforuse
untiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethod
ofadministration callsforclosecooperationbetween
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,whichmust,in
particular,beabletoobservetheextenttowhichthe
quotaamountisusedandinformMemberStates
thereof:Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterruptedappli­
cationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoallim­
portsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMemberStates
untilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,havingre­
gardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,theCommunity
natureofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectmoreaccuratelytheactual
developmentofthemarketintheproductsconcerned,
suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontotheneedsof
theMemberStates,assessedbyreferencetoboththe
statisticsofeachState'simportsofthesaidproducts
fromCyprusoverarepresentative periodandthe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodconcerned;Whereas,ifataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable balanceremainsinoneorotherMember
StateitisessentialthatthatMemberStatepaysalarge
amountofitbackintothereserve,inordertoavoida
partoftheCommunityquotaremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourg
areunitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnionalltransactionsconcerningthead­
ministrationofsharesallocatedtothateconomicunion
maybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,Whereas,however,neitherCommunitynornational
statisticsshowingthebreakdownfortheproductsin
questionareavailableandnoreliableestimatesoffu­

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveisex­
hausted.
4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraphs 1,2
and3,theMemberStatesmayproceedtodrawshares
smallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereis
reasontobelievethattheymightnotbeusedup.They
shallinformtheCommission ofthereasonswhichled
themtoapplythisparagraph.Article1
From1Julyto31December1978,theCommonCus­
tomsTariffdutyforsweetpeppersfallingwithinsub­
headingex07.01SoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginCyprus,shallbepartiallysuspendedat
4-5%withinthelimitsofaCommunitytariffquotaof
150tonnes.
Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December1978.Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbedividedintotwotranches.
2.Thefirsttranche,amountingto129tonnes,shallbe
sharedamongtheMemberStates;theproportions
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil31
December1978,shallbeasfollows:Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlaterthan
15November1978,theunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhichon1November1978,isinexcessof20%
oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturnalargerportion
iftherearegroundsforbelievingthatsuchportionmay
notbeusedinfull.Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom7tonnes
7tonnes
14tonnes
1tonne
7tonnes
1tonne
92tonnesEachMemberStateshall,notlaterthan15November
1978,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsofthe
productsconcernedeffectedupto1November1978
inclusiveandchargedagainsttheCommunityquota
and,whereappropriate,theproportionofitsinitial
sharethatisbeingreturnedtothereserve.3.Thesecondtranche,amountingto21tonnesshall
constitutethereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles2
and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextentto
whichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasitreceives
thenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan20November
1978,notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthe
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,forthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMemberState,
aslaiddowninArticle2(2),or90%ofthatshareless
theamountreturnedintothereserve,wheretheprovi­
sionsofArticle5havebeenapplied,hasbeenex­
hausted,thatMemberStateshallproceedwithoutde­
lay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todrawasecond
shareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupto
thenextunitwhereappropriate,totheextentthatthe
amountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,inthe
mannerspecifiedinparagraph1,todrawathirdshare
equalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothe
nextunitwhereappropriate,totheextentthatthe
amountinthereserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,inthe
sameway,todrawafourthshareequaltothethird.Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethat,whenadditionalsharesaredrawnpur­
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Article8
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission ,Member
Statesshallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesof
theCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave'freeaccess
tothesharesallocatedtothem.
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed.3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoodsare
enteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatLuxembourg ,26June1978.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
K.B.ANDERSEN