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of20December 1977
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotafordriedfigsfallingwithinsubheadingex08.03BoftheCommon
CustomsTarifforiginatinginSpain(1978)
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectmoreaccu­
ratelytheactualdevelopment ofthemarketinthe
productconcerned,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotheneedsoftheMemberStates,
assessedbyreferencetoboththestatisticsofeach
State'simportsofthesaidgoodsfromSpainovera
representative periodandtheeconomicoutlookfor
thequotaperiodconcerned ;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatis­
ticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsbyeach
oftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercen­
tagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfromSpain
oftheproductsconcerned :THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles43
and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(*),
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandSpain(2)providesforthe
openingbytheCommunityofanannualCommunity
tariffquotaof200tonnesofdriedfigsfallingwithin
subheadingex08.03BoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginSpainandimportedinimmed­
iatepackingsofanetcapacityof15kilogramsorless;
whereasthedutytobeappliedunderthequotahas
beenfixedat30%oftheCommonCustomsTariff
duty;whereasthesepreferentialtariffarrangements
werelaiddownonlyforimportsoftheseproducts
intotheMemberStatesoftheCommunityasorigi­
nallyconstituted ;whereas,undertheActofAcces­
sion,importsoftheseproductsintothethreenew
MemberStatesaresubjecttoCommonCustomsTariff
dutieswitheffectfrom1January1978;whereasthe
importarrangements fortheseproductsshouldbe
uniformthroughouttheCommunity ;whereasthis
Communitytariffquotashouldbeopenedfortheyear
1978;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterruptedappli­
cationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
CommunitynatureofthequotacanberespectedbyMemberStaies 1974 1975 1976
Benelux 24
Denmark — ■ -—
Germany——8296
France 16
Ireland —— —
Italy— —
UnitedKingdom——
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStatesaswellasthe
practicalneedtoensurethattheobligations
contractedundertheAgreementconcernedareallo­
catedfairlyamongtheMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
Benelux 6
Denmark 6
Germany 38
France 19
Ireland 6
Italy 6
UnitedKingdom 19;(x)Opiniondeliveredon16December1977(notyet
publishedintheOfficialJournal).
(2)OJNoL182,16.8.1970,p.2.

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Article2
1.Afirsttranche,amountingto160tonnesofthe
CommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1,shall
besharedamongtheMemberStates,theproportions
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil31
December1978,shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)
Benelux 10
Denmark 10
Germany 60
France 30
Ireland 10
Italy 10
UnitedKingdom 30.whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
tranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStates,andthesecondformingareserve
intendedultimatelytocovertherequirements ofthe
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegreeof
seccuritytoimportersineachMemberState,thefirst
trancheoftheCommunityquotashouldbedeter­
minedatalevelwhich,underpresentcircumstances ,
maybe80%ofthequotaamount;
Whereas,theinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmay
beusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorderto
takethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,itisimportantthatanyMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereas,thismustbedonebyeachMemberStateas
andwheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmost
entirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesmustbeavailableforuseuntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthismethodofadministration
callsforclosecooperationbetweenMemberStatesand
theCommission ,whichmust,inparticular,beableto
observetheextenttowhichthequotaamountisused
andinformMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityoftheinitialshareisleftoverin
aMemberStateitisessentialthateachMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserveto
preventapartoftheCommunityquotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcould
beusedinothers;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnionanymeasureconcerning
theadministration ofsharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofits
members,2.Thesecondtrancheof40tonnesshallconstitute
thereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%ormoreof
thatsharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,
wheretheprovisionsofArticle5havebeenapplied,
hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todrawa
secondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,tothe
extentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall
proceedwithoutdelay,inaccordancewiththecondi­
tionslaiddowninparagraph 1,todrawathirdshare
equalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothe
nextunitwhereappropriate,totheextentthatthe
amountinthereserveallows.
3<If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnby.aMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
inthesameway,todrawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3.theMemberStatesmayproceedtodrawshares
smallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs,ifthere
isreasontobelievethatthosesharesmightnotbe
usedup.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthe
reasonswhichledthemtoapplythisparagraph.
Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1978.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1Januaryuntil31December1978,the
CommonCustomsTariffdutyinrespectofdriedfigs
fallingwithinsubheadingex08.03B,originatingin
Spainandimportedinimmediatepackingsofanet
capacitynotexceeding15kilogramsshallbepartially
suspendedat3%withinthelimitsofaCommunity
tariffquotaof200tonnes.

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drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumu­
latedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhen
thegoodsareenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1978,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September1978,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theyshall
returnalargerquantityifthereisreasontobelieve
thatsuchquantitymightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1978,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductconcernedeffectedupto15September
1978inclusive,andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaand,whereappropriate,theproportionoftheir
initialsharethatisbeingreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5October1978,
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich*
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,forthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesareArticle9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20December1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
H.SIMONET