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REGULATION (EEC)No3147/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of24November 1975
opening,allocation andprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity tariffquota
forapricotpulp,fallingwithinsubheading ex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originating inIsrael(1976)
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,overarepresentative referenceperiodandtothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodconcerned ;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing the
European Economic Community ,andinparticular
Articles43and113thereof;Whereas ,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailable ,thecorresponding importsof
eachMemberStaterepresentthefollowing percent­
agesasagainsttheimportsintotheCommunity
fromIsraeloftheproductsconcerned :
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinion oftheEuropean
Parliament (*);1972 1973 1974
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom43-3
-13*)
56-7
(=17*)58-6
(=58*)
41-4
(=41*)100
(=25*)
WhereastheAgreement (2)betweentheEuropean
Economic Community andtheStateofIsrael,signed
on11May1975,providesinProtocol 1annexed
theretofortheopeningbytheCommunity ofan
annualCommunity tariffquotaof150metrictons
ofapricotpulp,fallingwithinsubheading ex20.06B
IIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originat­
inginIsrael;whereasthecustomsdutiesapplicable
tothequotaareequalto70%ofthecustomsduties
actuallyappliedtonon-member countries ;whereas
theCommunity tariffquotainquestion should
thereforebeopenedfor1976;{*)metrictons.
Whereas thesedatacannotbeconsidered as
representative toserveasabasisforallocation of
thequotavolumeamongtheMember States;
whereasitisdifficulttoestimateimportsbyMember
Statesfor1976becauseoftheabsenceofanypattern
inpreviousyears;whereastoallocatethequota
volumeonafairbasis,theinitialquotasharesmay
befixedapproximately atthefollowingpercentages :Whereasitisinparticular necessarytoensuretoall
importers oftheMemberStatesequalanduninter­
ruptedaccesstothequotaanduninterrupted
application oftheratelaiddownforthatquotato
allimportsoftheproductinquestionintoallMem­
berStatesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas
havingregardtotheaboveprinciples theCommunity
natureofthequotacanberespected byallocating
thetariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;whereas,
toreflectmostaccurately theactualdevelopment
ofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,such
allocation shouldbeinproportion totherequire­
mentsoftheMemberStates,assessedbyreference
bothtothestatisticsrelatingtoimportsfromIsraelBenelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom15
5
25
10
5
5
35(!)OJNoC257,10.11.1975,p.39.
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2.WithinthelimitsofthistariffquotatheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyapplicable totheseproducts
shallbesuspended atarateof11-9%.
3.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquotathenew
MemberStatesshallapplydutiescalculated in
accordance withtheprovisions ofProtocol 1annexed
totheAgreement betweentheCommunity andthe
StateofIsraelandthoseoftheActofAccession .Whereas ,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsin
thevariousMember Statesfortheproducts
concerned ,thequotavolumeshouldbedividedinto
twoinstalments ,thefirstbeingallocatedamongthe
Member Statesandthesecondheldasareserve
intendedtocoveratalaterdatetherequirements
ofMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
share;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegree
ofsecuritytoimporters ofeachMemberState,the
firstinstalment oftheCommunity tariffquotacould
befixedat66%ofthequotavolumes ;
Article2
1.Afirstinstalment ,amounting to100metrictons
oftheCommunity tariffquotareferredtoinArticle1,
shallbeallocated amongtheMemberStates;the
shares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil
31December 1976,shallbeasfollows :Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupsooner
orlater;whereas ,inordertotakethisfactinto
accountandtoavoidanybreakincontinuity ,itis
important thatanyMemberStatewhichhasused
upalmostallofitsinitialshareshoulddrawa
supplementary sharefromthereserve;whereasthis
mustbedonebyeachMemberStateifeachofits
supplementary sharesisalmostusedup,andasmany
timesasthereserveallows;whereaseachinitialand
supplementary sharemustbevaliduntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaboration betweenMemberStates
andtheCommission ,andtheCommission mustbe
inapositiontofollowtheextenttowhichthe
tariffquotashavebeenusedupandinformthe
MemberStatesthereof;Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom15metrictons,
5metrictons,
25metrictons,
10metrictons,
5metrictons,
5metrictons,
35metrictons.
2.Thesecondinstalment of50metrictonsshall
constitute thereserve . Whereas if,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,
aconsiderable quantityoftheinitialshareremains
inanyMemberState,itisessentialthatthatState
shouldreturnasignificant proportion tothereserve
inordertoavoidpartoftheCommunity quota
remaining unusedinoneMemberStatewhenit
couldbeusedinothers;
Whereas ,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedinandrepresented bytheBenelux
Economic Union,anymeasureconcerning theadmi­
nistration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothatecon­
omicunionmaycarriedoutbyanyofitsmembers ,Article3
1.If90%ormoreofanyMemberState'sinitial
shareaslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturned intothereserve,
whereArticle5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenexhausted ,
thatMemberStateshallwithoutdelay,bynotifying
theCommission ,drawasecondshareinthequota
equalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothe
nextunit,whereappropriate ,totheextentthatthe
amountinthereserveallows.
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :2.Ifafteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted ,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordance withtheconditions laiddowninpara­
graph1,drawathirdshare,equalto7-5%ofits
initialshare.
Article 1
1.From1Januaryto31December 1976aCom­
munitytariffquotaof150metrictonsshallbe
openedintheCommunity forapricotpulp,falling
withinsubheading ex20.06BIIc)1aa)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originating inIsrael.3.Ifafteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted ,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withthesameconditions ,drawafourthshareequal
tothethird.
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4.Notwithstanding theprovisions ofparagraphs 1,
2and3,theMemberStatesmaydrawsmallershares
thanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs ifthereisreason
tobelievethatthesesharesmightnotbeusedup.
TheyshallinformtheCommission oftheirreasons
forapplyingthisparagraph .
Article4
Additional sharesdrawhpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December 1976.availableandforthispurposeshallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMember Statewhichmakes
thelastdrawing .
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures neces­
sarytoensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
changesmaybemadewithoutinterruption against
theiraccumulative sharesoftheCommunity quota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidproductsestablished intheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhensuch
goodsareenteredforhomeuseundercoverofa
declaration thattheyhavebeenmadeavailablefor
consumption .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordance withparagraph 3.
Article8
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission ,
MemberStatesshallinformitofimportsactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMember StatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegula­
tionisobserved .
Article10
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon1January
1976.Article5
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1976,returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September 1976,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount .Theymayreturn
agreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1976,notifytheCommission ofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcerned effectedundertheCommu­
nityquotauptoandincluding 15September 1976,
andwhereappropriate ,theproportion oftheirinitial
sharesthattheyarereturningtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommission shallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatesinaccordance with
Articles2and3andshallinformeachofthemofthe
extenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedassoon
asitreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommission shall,notlaterthan5October1976,
notifytheMemberStatesofthestateofthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommission shallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels ,24November 1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.VISENTINI