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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1528/85
of23May1985
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
apricotpulpfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustoms
TariffandoriginatinginTurkey
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,accuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthemarketin
theproductsinquestion,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotherequirementsoftheMemberStates,
assessedbyreferencebothtothestatisticsrelatingto
importsfromTurkeyoverarepresentativereference
periodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodconcerned;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsto
eachMemberStatefromTurkeyhavebeennegligible
ornon-existent ;whereasthosedatacannottherefore
beconsideredasrepresentativetoserveasabasisfor
allocationofthequotavolumeamongtheMember
States;whereasitisdifficulttoestimateimportsby
MemberStatesbecauseoftheabsenceoftrulyrep­
resentativefiguresforpreviousyears;whereas,
consequently,theonlysolutionseemstobetoallo­
catepartofthequotavolumetotheCommunityre­
serveandtoallocateoneseventhofthebalanceto
theBeneluxcountries,Denmark,theFederalRe­
publicofGermany,France,Ireland,Italyandthe
UnitedKingdom;WhereastheAnnextoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
3721/84of18December1984onimportsintothe
Communityofcertainagriculturalproductsorig­
inatinginTurkey(')providesfortheopeningbythe
CommunityofanannualCommunitytariffquotaof
90tonnesatarateof2,3°/oforapricotpulpfalling
withinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginTurkey;
whereassuchaquotahasbeenopenedfortheperiod
upto30June1985byRegulation(EEC)No
1320/84(2);whereasthetariffquotainquestion
shouldthereforebeopenedfortheabovementioned
volumefortheperiod1July1985to30June1986;
Whereas,sinceaProtocolasprovidedforinArticle
118(1)ofthe1979ActofAccessiondoesnotexist,
theCommunityadoptedthemeasuresenvisagedin
Article119ofthatActinRegulation(EEC)No
3555/80(3)determiningthearrangements tobe
appliedtoimportsintoGreeceoriginatinginparticu­
lar,inTurkey;whereasthetariffmeasureconcerned
will,therefore,applytotheCommunityofNine;Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupfairly
quickly;whereas,therefore,toavoiddisruptionof
supplies,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedup
itsinitialshareshalldrawasupplementary sharefrom
theCommunityreserve;whereasthismustbedoneby
eachMemberStateaseachoneofitssupplementary
sharesisalmostusedup,andasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandsupplementary
sharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthisformofadministration requires
closecollaboration betweentheMemberStatesand
theCommission,andtheCommissionmustbeina
positiontofollowtheextenttowhichthetariffquota
hasbeenusedupandinformtheMemberStates
thereof;Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoguaranteeall
importersoftheCommunityequalanduninterrupted
accesstothequotaanduninterruptedapplicationof
therateslaiddownforthatquotatoallimportsof
theproductinquestionintotheMemberStatesuntil
thequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,havingregard
totheaboveprinciples,theCommunitynatureofthe
quotacanberespectedbyallocatingthetariffquota
amongtheMemberStates;whereas,toreflectmostWhereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityofashareremainsinany
MemberState,itisessentialthatthatStateshouldre­
turnasignificantproportiontothereserveinorderto
avoidpartoftheCommunityquotaremainingunused
inoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;oOJNoL343,31.12.1984,p.6.
OOJNoL129,15.5.1984,p.4.
OOJNoL382,31.12.1980,p.1.

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Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrep­
resentedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymea­
sureconcerningtheadministration oftheshares
allocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarriedout
byanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1July1985to30June1986,a
Communitytariffquotaof90tonnesshallbeopened
intheCommunityofNineforapricotpulpfalling
withinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginTurkey.
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquotathe
CommonCustomsTariffdutyapplicabletothese
productsshallbepartiallysuspendedatarateof
2,3%
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentof70tonnesshallbeallo­
catedamongtheMemberStates;therespectiveshares
oftheMemberStates,whichsubjecttoArticle5shall
bevalidfrom1July1985to30June1986,shallbeas
follows:3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,
90°/oormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththesameconditions,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserve
isusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3,
aMemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthose
fixedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosefixedmaynotbeusedup.Itshall
informtheCommissionofthereasonsforapplying
thisparagraph.
Article4
Supplementary sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil30June1986.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1April1986,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhichon15March1986isinexcessof
20°/ooftheinitialamount.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearereasonstobelievethatsuch
quantitymightnotbeused.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1April1986,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
saidgoodsimporteduptoandincluding15March
1986andchargedagainsttheCommunitytariffquota
andanyquantitiesoftheinitialsharereturnedtothe
reserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,in­
formeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehas
beenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5April1986,oftheamountstillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupthere­
serveislimitedtothebalanceavailableandtothis
endshallspecifytheamountthereoftotheMember
Statemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures
necessarytoensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulatedsharesintheCommunitytariff
quota.(tonnes)
Benelux 10
Denmark 10
Germany 10
France 10
Ireland 10
Italy 10
UnitedKingdom 10
2.Thesecondinstalmentof20tonnesshallbe
heldastheCommunityreserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitial
shareasspecifiedinArticle2(1),orofthatshare
minustheportionreturnedtothereservewhere
Article5isapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshallwithoutdelay,bynotifyingthe
Commission,drawasecondshareequalto15%of
itsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextunit,totheextentpermittedbytheamountof
thereserve.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionsimposedbyparagraph
1,drawathirdshareequalto7,5°/oofitsinitial
share,roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.

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2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
thesaidgoodshavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
tothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhensuchgoods
areenteredforfreecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisof
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsoftheproductsconcerned
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1985.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23May1985.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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