58 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
31.12.72 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL298/31
REGULATION (EEC)No2831/72OFTHECOUNCIL
of28December1972
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforfreshordriednuts,shelledornot,fallingwithinsubheading
ex08.05GoftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginTurkey
assessedbyreferencebothtothestatistics
relatingtoimportsfromTurkeyoverarepre­
sentativeperiod,andtotheeconomicoutlook
forthequotaperiodconcerned;
Whereasduringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareentirelyavailable,importsfrom
eachMemberStatecorrespondinrelationto
importsintotheCommunityoftheproducts
inquestionoriginatinginTurkey,totheper­
centagesindicatedinthetablebelow;whereas
theincompleteinformationavailablefor1972
doesnotenablemeaningfulpercentagestobe
produced,andallthelesssoasimportsintothe
Communityoftheproductsinquestion,in
particularthoseoriginatinginTurkey,are
carriedoutduringthelattermonthsofthe
calendaryear;whereasnothing,however,en­
ablesthepatternsoftrade,whichthistable
reveals,tobeslightlymodifiedin1972:THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNI­
TIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinpartic­
ularArticles43and113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCom­
mission;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament ;
WhereasunderArticle6oftheAdditional
Protocollayingdowntheconditions,procedures
andtimetablesforimplementing thetran­
sitionalstagepursuanttoArticle4ofthe
Agreementestablishinganassociationbetween
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandTur­
key,theCommunitymustsuspendatalevelof
2-5%thecommoncustomstariffdutiesapplic­
abletofreshordriednuts,shelledornot,
originatinginTurkey,fallingwithinsubheading
ex08-05GoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
withinthelimitofaCommunitytariffquota
ofanoverallannualvolumeof18700metric
tonnes;whereastheabovementioned Additional
Protocolentersintoforceon1January1973
andwhereastheabovementioned Community
tariffquotashouldthereforebeopenedfor1973;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensure
toallCommunity importersequaland
uninterrupted accesstotheabovementioned
quotaanduninterrupted applicationof
theratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoall
MemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenused
up;whereas,havingregardtotheprinciples
mentionedabove,theCommunitynatureofthe
quotacanberespectedbyallocatingtheCom­
munitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectmostaccuratelythe
actualdevelopment ofthemarketinthe
productsconcerned,suchallocationshallbein
proportiontotheneedsoftheMemberStates,1969 1970 1971
Germany 70-43 73-03 74-47
Benelux 10-57 9-39 14-04
France 8-2913-24 11-03
Italy 6-47 4-34 0-46
Whereas,takingintoaccountthesedataandthe
foreseeabledevelopmentofthemarketofthe
productconcernedduring1973,andinpartic­
ulartheforecastsmadebytheMemberStates,
initialquotasharesmaybefixedapproximately
atthefollowingpercentages :
Germany78-0
Benelux12-0
France 9*7
Italy0-3;

59 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom1January1973and31December1973
theCommonCustomsTariffdutyapplicable
tofreshordriednuts,shelledornot,falling
withinsubheadingex08-05G,originatingin
Turkey,shallbesuspendedatalevelof2-5%
withinthelimitofaCommunitytariffquota
of18700metrictons.
Article2
1.Afirstinstalment,amountingto14960
metrictonsofthisCommunitytariffquota
shallbesharedamongsttheMemberStates;
theproportionswhich,subjecttoArticle5,
shallbevalidfrom1January1973to31Decem­
ber1973shallconsistofthefollowingamounts
fortheMemberStates:
Germany11669metrictons
Benelux 1795metrictons
France 1451metrictons
Italy 45metrictons
2.Thesecondinstalment,amountingto
3740metrictonsshallmakeupthereserve.Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountthe
importtrendsfortheproductsconcernedin
theMemberStates,thequotavolumeshouldbe
dividedintotwcinstalments,thefirstinstalment
beingdividedamongMemberStates,andthe
secondformingareserveintendedultimately
tocovertherequirementsoftheMemberStates
whichhaveuseduptheirinitialquotashare;
whereasinordertoensureacertaindegree
securitytoimpcrtersineachMemberState,the
firstinstalmentoftheCommunityquotashould
bedeterminedatarelativelyhighlevelwhich,
underpresentcircumstances ,maybe80%of
thequotavolume;
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMember
Statesmaybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas
inordertotakethisfactintoaccountandto
avoidanybreakincontinuity,itisimportant
thatanyMemberStatehavingusedupalmost
thewholeofitsinitialquotashareshoulddraw
anadditionalquotasharefromthereserve;
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMember
Stateasandwheneachofitsadditionalquota
sharesinthequotaisalmostentirelyusedup,
andrepeated£.smanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalquota
sharesmustbeavailableforuseuntiltheend
ofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration callsforclosecooperationbe­
tweenMemberStatesandtheCommission ,
whichmust,inparticular,beabletoobserve
theextenttowhichthequotavolumeisused
andinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequota
period,aconsiderablebalanceremainsinone
orotherMemberState,itisessentialthatthat
MemberStatepaysalargeamountofitback
intothereserve,inordertoavoidapartofthe
Communityquotaremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
whereastakingintoaccounttheseasonalnature
ofimports,itseemsadequatetolaydownthe
transferlimitat40%oftheinitialshare;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrand
DuchyofLuxembourgareunitedinoneand
representedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnionin
theapportionment ofthetariffquotainquestion,
alltransactionsconcerningtheadministration
ofthesharesgrantedtotheabovementioned
EconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyoneof
itsMembers;
Whereas,sincethetariffquota,concernedis
tobevalidunti.31December1973,thesystem
thuslaiddownmaybemodifiedinorderto
takeaccountoftheaccessionofnewMember
States.Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofa
MemberState,aslaiddowninArticle2(1),or
90%ofthatsharelesstheamountreturnedinto
thereserve,wheretheprovisionsofArticle5
havebeenapplied,hasbeenexhausted,that
MemberStateshallproceedwithoutdelay,by
notifyingtheCommission ,todrawasecond
shareinthequotaequalto15%ofitsinitial
share,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriatetotheextentthattheamountin
thereserveallows.
2.Ifafteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenused,thatMember
Stateshallproceedwithoutdelay,bynotifying
theCommission ,todrawathirdshareequal
to7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothe
nextunitwhereappropriate ,totheextentthat
theamountinthereserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenex­
hausted,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawn

60 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
Article7 byaMemberStatehasbeenused,thatMember
Stateshallproceed,pursuanttotheprovisions
ofparagraph2,todrawafourthshareequal
tothethird.Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntil
thereserveisexhausted .
4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofpara­
graphs1,2and3,MemberStatesmayproceed
todrawsmallersharesthanthosefixedinthose
paragraphs,ifthereisreasontobelievethat
thosesharesmightnotbeusedup.Theyshall
informtheCommissionofthereasonswhich
ledthemtoapply,thisparagraph.1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures
necessarytoensurethat,whenadditionalshares
aredrawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossible
forchargestobemade,withoutinterruption
againsttheiraccumulatedsharesoftheCom­
munitytariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallguaranteeto
importersoftheproductsconcernedestablished
intheirterritoryfreeaccesstotheshares
allocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimports
oftheproductsconcernedagainsttheirsharesin
sofarassuchproductshavebeenpresentedfor
Customsclearanceundercoverofdeclarations
thattheyhavebeenmadeavailableforcon­
sumption.
4.TheextenttowhichMemberStates'
sharehavebeenusedupshallberecordedon
thebasisofimportschargedontheconditions
laiddowninparagraph3.Article4
Theadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1973.
Article5
Article8If,by15October1973,aA-lemberStatehasnot
usedupitsinitialshare,itshall,notlaterthan
31October1973,returntothereservethe
unusedportionofthisshareinexcessof40%
oftheinitialamount.Itmayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearereasonstoconsiderthat
suchquantitymightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan
31October1973,notifytheCommissionof
thetotalimportsoftheproductsconcerned
effectedupto15Octoberinclusive,and
chargedagainsttheCommunityquotaand,
whereappropriate,theproportionoftheir
initialsharethatisbeingreturnedtothe
reserve.MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission
atregularintervalsofimportsoftheproducts
concernedactuallychargedagainsttheshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthe
aforegoingprovisionsareobserved. Article6
Article10
Theaforegoingprovisionsmaybemodifiedin
ordertotakeintoaccountthesituationarising
fromtheaccessionofnewMemberStates.TheCommissionshallkeepaccountofthe
sharesopenedbyMemberStatesinaccordance
withArticles2and3shallinformeachofthem
oftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenused
assoonasitreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan10Novem­
ber1973notifyMemberStatesofthestateof
thereserveafterthereturnofquotashares
pursuanttoArticle6.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesuponeofthereservesislimitedto
thebalanceavailableand,forthispurpose,
shallspecifytheamountthereoftotheMember
Statewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
1January1973.

OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 61
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinall
MemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,28December1972.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
T.WESTERTERP