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of9December1976
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forapricotpulpfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginTunisia(1977)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Articles43and113thereof,plicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductinquestionintoallMember
Statesuntilthesa/idquotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheaboveprinciples,theCom­
munitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingthetariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,toreflectmostaccuratelytheactual
development ofthemarketintheproductsin
question,suchallocationshouldbeinproportion
totherequirementsoftheMemberStates,assessed
byreferencebothtothestatisticsrelatingtoimports
ofthesaidproductfromTunisiaoverarepresenta­
tivereferenceperiodandtotheeconomicoutlookfor
thequotaperiodconcerned;HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropean
Parliament (M,
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstati­
sticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsofeach
MemberStaterepresentthefollowingpercentagesof
importsintotheCommunityfromTunisiaofthe
productsconcerned:WhereastheInterimAgreementbetweentheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublicof
Tunisia(2),signedon25April1976,providesin
Article14,fortheopeningbytheCommunityofan
annualCommunitytariffquotaof4300metrictons
ofapricotpulpfallingwithinsubheadiingex20.06B
IIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginTunisia;whereasthecustomsduties
applicabletothequotaareequalto70%ofthe
customsdutiesactuallyappliedtonon-member
countries;whereastheCommunitytariffquotain
questionshouldthereforebeopenedfor1977;
whereas,however,theAgreementexpireson30June
1977;whereastheCommunityintendstomaintain
itstradingrelationswiththatcountry;whereasthe
conditionsgoverningthesecondhalfof1977should
notbelessfavourablethanthoselaiddownforthe
first;whereasinordernottodisrupttradingpatterns
fortheproductsinquestion,theCommunitytariff
quotashouldbeopenedforthewholeof1977;1973 1974 1975
Benelux 15-8 3-43-8
Denmark— — —
Germany 10-2 2-5 —
France 74-094-195-2
Ireland— — —
Italy— — 1-0
UnitedKingdom— — —
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureequal
anduninterrupted accessforallimportersinthe
MemberStatestothequotaanduninterrupted ap­Whereasboththesepercentagesandtheestimates
fromcertainMemberStatesshouldbetakeninto
accountaswellastheneedtoensurethat,inthe
circumstances ,theobligationscontractedunderthe
Agreementconcernedareallocatedfairlyamongall
theMemberStates;whereastheapproximate(»)OJNoC259,4.11.1976,p.37.
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percentagesoftheinitialquotasharesmaytherefore economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :befixedasfollows:
Benelux 10
Denmark 5
Germany 10
France 62
Ireland 3
Italy 5
UnitedKingdom 5Article1
1.From1Januaryuntil31December1977,aCom­
munitytariffquotaof4300metrictonsshallbe
openedintheCommunityforapricotpulpfalling
withinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginTunisia.
2.WithinthelimitsofthistariffquotatheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyapplicabletotheseproducts
shallbesuspendedatarateof11-9%.
3.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquotathenew
MemberStatesshallapplydutiescalculatedin
accordancewiththeInterimAgreementbetweenthe
CommunityandTunisiaandtheActofAccession.Whereas,inordertotakeaccountoffuturetrendsin
importsintothevariousMemberStatesofthe
productconcerned,thequotashouldbedividedinto
twoinstalments,thefirstinstalmentbeingallocated
amongalltheMemberStatesandthesecondforming
areserveintendedtocoveranysubsequentrequire­
mentsofMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheir
initialshares;whereas,tinordertoensureacertain
degreeofsecurityforimportersineachMember
State,thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunitytariff
quotashouldbesetat66%ofthequota;
Article2
1.Afirstinstalment,amountingto2840metrictons
oftheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1,
shallbeallocatedamongtheMemberStates;the
shares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil
31December1977,shallbeasfollows:WhereasMemberStatesmayuseuptheirinitial
sharesatdifferentrates;whereas,toprovideforthis
eventualityandtoavoiddisruptionofsupplies,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitial
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
reserve;whereasthisshouldbedonebyeach
MemberStatewheneachofitsadditionalshares
hasbeenalmostusedup,andsoonasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandad­
ditionalSharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaboration 'betweenMemberStates
andtheCommission,andtheCommissionmustbe
inapositiontokeeparecordoftheextenttowhich
thequotahasbeenusedupandtoinformthe
MemberStatesaccordingly;280metrictons,
140metrictons,Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom280metrictons,
1760metrictons,
100metrictons,
140metrictons,
140metrictons.
2.Thesecondinstalmentof1460metrictonsshall
constitutethereserve.Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,acon­
siderablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMember
Stateshouldreturnasignificantproportiontothe
reservesoastopreventapartofthequotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers; Article3
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedinandrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningthfeadmin­
istrationofthequotasharesallocatedtothat1.If90%ormoreofanyMemberState'sinitial
shareasfixedinArticle2(1),or90%ofthatshare
lessanyportionreturnedtothereserve,where
Article5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenusedupthat
MemberStateshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCom­
mission,drawasecondshareequalto15%ofits

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and3and,assoonasithasbeennotified,shall
informeachMemberStateoftheextenttowhichthe
reservehas'beenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5October1977,ofthestateofthereserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableandto
thisendshallspecifytheamountthereoftothe
MemberStatemakingthefinaldrawing.initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
wholenumber,totheextentthatthereserveso
permits.
2.Ifafteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninpara­
graph1,drawathirdshareequalto7*5%ofits
initialshare.
3.Ifalteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
has'beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccord­
ancewiththesameconditions,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs1,2and3,Member
Statesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthosespecified
thereiniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthose
specifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.Theyshallinform
theCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplyingthis
paragraph.Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmay
bechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
aggregatesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
productsagainsttheirsharesasandwhentheproduct
inquestionisenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1977.
Article5
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1977,theunusedportionsoftheir
initialshareswhich,on15September1977,arein
excessof20%oftheinitialamounts.Theymay
returniagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionsmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission,notlater
than1October1977,ofthetotalquantityofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding
15September1977,andchargedagainsttheCom­
munityquotaandofanyportionoftheirinitial
sharesreturnedtothereserve.Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article6 Article10
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9December1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
P.J.J.MERTENS