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REGULATION (EEC)No1628/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of26June1975
ontheopening ,allocation andadministration ofaCommunity tariffquotafor
apricotpulpfallingwithinsubheading ex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originating inIsrael
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,Whereas ,duringthepastthreeyearsforwhichstatis­
ticsareavailable ,thecorresponding importsofeach
MemberStaterepresentthefollowing percentages as
againsttheimportsintotheCommunity fromIsrael
oftheproductsconcerned :HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,andinparticular Articles43
and113thereof ;
HavingregardtdtheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean Parlia­
ment(');1971 1972 1973
Benelux.—— 58-6(=58
metrictons)
Denmark — — —
Germany•—43-3(=13
metrictons)
France — — —
Ireland —
.——
Italy— — —
UnitedKingdom 100(=91
metrictons)56-7(=17
metrictons)41-4(=41
metrictons)
Whereasthesedatacannotbeconsidered asrepresen­
tativetoserveasabasisforallocation ofthequota
volumeamongtheMemberStates;whereasitisdiffi­
culttoestimateimportsbyMemberStatesfor1975
becauseoftheabsenceofanypatterninprevious
years;whereastoallocatethequotavolumeonafair
basis,theinitialquotasharesmaybefixedapproxi­
matelyasfollows :Whereas theAgreement (2)betweentheEuropean
Economic Community andtheStateofIsrael,signed
on11May1975,providesinArticle10ofProtocol 1
annexedtheretofortheopeningbytheCommunity
ofanannualCommunity tariffquotaof150metric
tonsofapricotpulpfallingwithinsubheading ex
20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommon CustomsTariff,
originating inIsrael;whereasthecustomsdutiesappli­
cabletothequotaareequalto70%ofthecustoms
dutiesactuallyappliedtonon-member countries •whereasifthequotaperioddoesnotcoverafull
calendaryearthequotaopenedmustbeproportionate
totheperiodinvolved ;whereassincetheaboveAgree­
mentwillenterintoforceon1July1975,aCommu­
nitytariffquotaof75metrictonsshouldthereforebe
opened ;
Whereasitisinparticular necessary toensuretoall
importers oftheMemberStatesequalanduninter­
ruptedaccesstothequotaanduninterrupted applica­
tionoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoallimports
oftheproductinquestionintoallMemberStates
untilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereashaving
regardtotheaboveprinciples theCommunity nature
ofthequotacanbe'respected byallocating thetariff
quotaamongtheMemberStates;whereas,toreflect
mostaccurately theactualdevelopment ofthemarket
intheproductsinquestion ,suchallocation shouldbe
inproportion totherequirements oftheMember
States,assessedbyreference bothtothestatistics
relatingtoimportsfromIsraeloverarepresentative
referenceperiodandtotheeconomic outlookforthe
quotaperiodconcerned ;Benelux 14%
Denmark 2%
Germany 20%
France 6%
Ireland 2%
Italy 8%
UnitedKingdom 48%
Whereas ,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsin
thevariousMemberStatesfortheproductsconcerned ,
thequotavolumeshouldbedividedintotwoinstal­
ments,thefirstbeingallocatedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondheldasareserveintended to
coveratalaterdatetherequirements ofMember
Stateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialshare;whereas,
inordertoensureacertaindegreeofsecurityto
importers ofeachMemberState,thefirstinstalment
oftheCommunity tariffquotacouldbefixedat66%
ofthequotavolumes ;(>)OJNoC128,9.6.1975,p.38.
(-')OJNoL136,28.5.1975,p.3.

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beallocatedamongtheMemberStates;theshares
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil31
December 1975,shallbeasfollows :
Benelux 7metrictons,
Denmark 1metricton,
Germany 10metriqtons,
France 3metrictons,
Ireland 1metricton,
Italy 4metrictons,
UnitedKingdom 24metrictons.Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupsooneror
later;whereas,inordertotakethisfactintoaccount
andtoavoidanybreakincontinuity ,itisimportant
thatanyMemberStatewhichhasusedupalmostall
ofitsinitialshareshoulddrawasupplementary share
fromthereserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateifeachofitssupplementary sharesis
almostusedup,andasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereaseachinitialandsupplementary share
mustbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
collaboration between Member Statesandthe
Commission ,andtheCommission mustbeinaposi­
tiontofollowtheextenttowhichthetariffquotas
havebeenusedupandinformtheMemberStates
thereof ;
Whereas if,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable quantityoftheinitialshareremainsin
anyMemberState,itisessentialthatthatStateshould
returnasignificant proportion tothereserveinorder
toavoidpartoftheCommunity quotaremaining
unusedinoneMember Statewhenitcouldbeusedin
others;
Whereas ,sincetheKingdom ofBelgium ,the
Kingdom oftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunitedinandrepresented bythe
BeneluxEconomic Union,alltransactions concerning
theadministration ofthesharesgrantedtotheabove­
mentioned Economic Unionmaybecarriedoutby
anyofitsmembers ,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :2.Asecondinstalment of25metrictonsshall
constitute thereserve .
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofanyMemberState'sinitial
shareaslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,where
Article5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenexhausted ,that
MemberStateshallwithoutdelay,bynotifyingthe
Commission ,drawasecondshareinthequotaequal
to15%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenext
unit,whereappropriate ,totheextentthattheamount
inthereserveallows.
2.Ifafteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted ,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMember St&teshall,inaccordance
withtheconditions laiddowninparagraph 1,drawa
thirdshare,equalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare.
3.Ifafteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted ,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall,inaccor­
dancewiththesameconditions ,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding theprovisions ofparagraphs 1
to3,MemberStatesmaydrawsmallersharesthan
thosefixedinthoseparagraphs ifthereisreasonto
believethatthesesharesmightnotbeusedup.They
shallinformtheCommission oftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisparagraph .
Article4
Additional sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December 1975.
Article 5
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan15November
1975,returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on1November 1975,isinexcess
of20%oftheinitialamount .Itmayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearereasonstoconsiderthatsuch
quantitymaynotbeused.Article 1
1.From 1Julyto31December 1975,aCommu­
nitytariffquotaof75metrictonsshallbeopenedin
theCommunity forapricotpulpfallingwithin
subheading ex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,Originating inIsrael.
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquotathe
Common CustomsTariffdutyapplicable tothese
productsshallbesuspended atarateof11*9%.
3.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquotathenew
MemberStatesshallapplydutiescalculated inaccor­
dancewiththeprovisions ofProtocol 1annexedto
theAgreement betweentheCommunity andtheState
ofIsraelandthoseoftheActofAccession .
Article 2
1.Afirstinstalment of50metrictonsofthe
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TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan15November
1975,notifytheCommission ofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcerned effectedundertheCommu­
nityquotaupto1November 1975inclusive ,and
whereappropriate ,theproportion oftheirinitial
sharesthattheyarereturning tothereserve.
Article6
TheCommission shallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatesinaccordance withArti­
cles2and3,andshallinformeachofthemofthe
extenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommission shall,notlaterthan20November
1975,notifytheMemberStatesofthestateofthe
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommission shallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,forthispurpose ,shallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing .
Article7
1.TheMember Statesshalltakeallmeasures neces­
sarytoensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
changesmaybemadewithoutinterruption against
theiraccumulative sharesoftheCommunity quota.2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimporters ofthe
saidproductsestablished intheirterritoryhavefree
accesstothesharesallocated tothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhensuch
goodsareenteredforhomeuseundercoverofadecla­
rationthattheyhavebeenmadeavailable for
consumption .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordance withparagraph 3.
Article8
Member StatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article 9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulation is
observed .
Article10
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon1July1975.
DoneatLuxembourg ,26June1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
P.BARRY
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