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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2824/77
of28November1977
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forfreshordriedhazelnuts,shelledorotherwise,fallingwithinsubheadingex08.05G
oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginTurkey(1978)
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
importersoftheMemberStatesequalanduninter­
ruptedaccesstothesaidquotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas
havingregardtotheaboveprinciples,theCom­
munitynatureofthequotacanberespectedbyallo­
catingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongtheMem­
berStates;whereas,toreflectmostaccuratelytheac­
tualdevelopmentofthemarketintheproductscon­
cerned,suchallocationshouldbeinproportionto
theneedsoftheMemberStates,assessedbyreference
bothtothestatisticsrelatingtoimportsfromTurkey
overarepresentative period,andtotheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodconcerned;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Articles43and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(x),
WhereasunderArticle5(1)ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1180/77of17May1977ontheimporta­
tionintotheCommunityofcertainagricultural
productsoriginatinginTurkey(2),freshordriedhazel­
nuts,shelledorotherwise,fallingwithinsubheading
ex08.05GoftheCommonCustomsTariff,originat­
inginTurkey,areadmittedonimportationintothe
Communityatadutyof2-5°/o,withinthelimitofa
Communitytariffquotaof25000tonnes;whereas
theCommunitytariffquotaconcernedshouldthere­
forebeopenedfor1978;Whereas,onthebasisofthestatisticsatpresent
available,importsintotheMemberStatesin1974,
1975and1976oftheproductconcernedoriginating
inTurkeyhavedevelopedasfollowsandrepresent
thefollowingpercentagesoftotalimportsintothe
Community :
MemberStates1974 1975 1976
tonnes % tonnes % tonnes %
Germany 3451564-293515465-474393664-15
Benelux 45008-3852849-8456628-27
France 568010-58608411-33 954313-93
Italy 24734-611653-53-0820653-02
Denmark 8751-638991-67 11611-70
Ireland 6191-15 300-06 1400-20
UnitedKingdom 50269-3645908-5559788-73
53688 53694-5 68485
HOJNoC241,10.10.1977,p.46.
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Whereas,takingintoaccountthesefiguresandthe
foreseeabledevelopmentoftheproductconcerned
during1978and,inparticular,theforecastsmadeby
someMemberStates,theinitialsharesmaybefixed
approximately atthefollowingpercentages :Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKing­
domoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcern­
ingtheadministration ofthesharesgrantedtothe
abovementioned economicunionmaybecarriedout
byanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :Germany 65-93%
Benelux 10-14%
France 8-20%
Italy 0-25%
Denmark 2-67%
Ireland 1-66%
UnitedKingdom 11-15%;Article1
1.Duringtheperiod1Januaryto31December
1978aCommunitytariffquotaof25000tonnesshall
beopenedintheCommunityforfreshordriedhazel­
nuts,shelledorotherwise,fallingwithinsubheading
ex08.05GoftheCommonCustomsTariff,originat­
inginTurkey.
2.WithinthistariffquotatheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyissuspendedat2-5°/o.
3.Thistariffquotashallbeallocatedandadminis­
teredinaccordancewiththefollowingprovisions.Whereasinordertotakeintoaccounttheimport
trendsfortheproductconcernedintheMember
States,thequotavolumeshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstinstalmentbeingallocatedtothe
MemberStates,andthesecondformingareservein­
tendedultimatelytocovertherequirementsofthe
MemberStates,shouldtheirinitialsharebeusedup;
whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegreeof
securitytoimporters,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotashouldbedeterminedatarela­
tivelyhighlevel,whichunderpresentcircumstances
couldbeapproximately80%ofthequotavolume;Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1(1)shall
bedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Thefirstinstalment,amountingto20000
tonnes,shallbesharedamongsttheMemberStates;
theshareswhich,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevalid
until31December1978,shallbeasfollows:Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupsooneror
later;whereas,inordertotakethisfactintoaccount
andtoavoidanybreakincontinuity,itisimportant
thatanyMemberStatewhichhasusedupalmostall
itsinitialshareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefrom
thereserve;whereasthismustbedoneasandwhen
eachofitsadditionalsharesinthequotaisalmost
entirelyusedup,andrepeatedasoftenasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesmust
beavailableforuseuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthismethodofadministration callsforclose
cooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,whichmustinparticularbeabletoob­
servetheextenttowhichthequotavolumeisused
upandinformtheMemberStatesthereof;Germany
Benelux
France
Italy
Denmark
Ireland
UnitedKingdom13186tonnes,
2028tonnes,
1640tonnes,
50tonnes,
534tonnes,
332tonnes,
2230tonnes.
3.Thesecondinstalment,amountingto5000
tonnes,shallconstitutethereserve.Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablebalanceremainsinanyMemberState,it
isessentialthattheMemberStateshouldreturna
certainproportionthereoftothereserve,inorderto
avoidpartoftheCommunityquotaremainingun­
usedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedin
others;whereas,takingintoaccounttheseasonalna­
tureofimports,itseemsappropriatetofixthetrans­
ferlimitof40%oftheinitialshare;Article3
1.If90%ormoreofanyMemberState'sinitial
share,aslaiddowninArticle2(2)—or90%of
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whereappropriate,theproportionoftheirinitial
sharesthattheyarereturningtothereserve.whereArticle5hasbeenapplied—hasbeenex­
hausted,thatMemberStateshallwithoutdelay,by
notifyingtheCommission ,drawasecondshareinthe
quotaequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedup
tothenextunitwhereappropriate,totheextentthat
theamountinthereserveallows. Article6
2.Ifafteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall,inthe
mannerprovidedforinparagraph 1,drawathird
shareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare.TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3,andshallinformeachofthemofthe
extenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonas
itreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5October1978
notifytheMemberStatesofthestateofthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.3.Ifafteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbythatMem­
berStatehasbeenused,itshall,inthemannerpro­
videdforinparagraph1,drawafourthshareequal
tothethird.TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
availableand,forthispurpose,shallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
thefinaldrawing.Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveisex­
hausted.
Article7 4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraphs
1,2and3,MemberStatesmaydrawsmallershares
thanthosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreason
tobelievethatthosesharesmightnotbeusedup.
TheyshallinformtheCommissionoftheirreasons
forapplyingthisparagraph.1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures
necessarytoensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
changesmaybemadewithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulativesharesoftheCommunityquota.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December1978.2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidproductsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothemordrawn
fromthereserve.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
goodsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforhome
use.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1978,theunusedportionoftheirini­
tialshareswhich,on15September1978,isinexcess
of40%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturna
greaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
suchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
Article8
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1978,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcernedeffectedundertheCom­
munityquotaupto15September1978inclusiveand,OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission ,Mem­
berStatesshallinformitofimportsoftheproducts
inquestionactuallychargedagainstitsshares.

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Article9 Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethecorrectappli-ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
cationofthisRegulation . 1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28November1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
L.OUTERS