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of22October1985
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotaforapricot
pulpfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginTunisia(1986)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsare
available,thecorrespondingimportsofeachMemberState
representthefollowingpercentagesofimportsintothe
CommunityfromTunisiaoftheproductinquestion:
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,MemberState 1983 1982 1984
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission , 1Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom99100100
WhereastheCooperation Agreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublicof
Tunisia0),signedon25April1976,providesforthe
openingbytheCommunityofanannualCommunitytariff
quotaof4300tonnesofapricotpulpfallingwithin
subheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustoms
TariffandoriginatinginTunisia;whereasthecustoms
dutiesapplicabletothequotaareequalto70%ofthe
customsdutiesactuallyappliedtonon-membercountries;
whereastheCommunitytariffquotainquestionshould
thereforebeopenedfor1986;Whereasboththesepercentagesandtheestimatesfrom
certainMemberStatesshouldbetakenintoaccountaswell
astheneedtoensurethat,inthecircumstances ,the
obligationscontractedundertheAgreementconcernedare
allocatedfairlyamongalltheMemberStates;whereasthe
approximatepercentagesoftheinitialquotasharesmay
thereforebefixedasfollows:
Whereas,sinceaProtocolasprovidedforinArticles179
and366oftheActofAccessionofSpainandPortugaldoes
notexist,theCommunitymustadoptthemeasuresreferred
toinArticles180and367ofthatAct;whereasthetariff
measureconcernedwill,therefore,applytothe
CommunityofTen;Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom2,3
2,3
4,1
0,5
79,3
2,3
2,3
6,9
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrendsfor
theproductsconcernedinthevariousMemberStates,the
quotaamountshouldbedividedintotwoinstalments,the
firstbeingsharedamongtheMemberStatesandthesecond
constituting areservetocoveratalaterdatethe
requirementsoftheMemberStateswhichhaveusedup
theirinitialquotashares;whereas,inordertogive
importersineachMemberStateacertaindegreeof
security,thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunityquota
shouldunderthecircumstances befixedat50%ofthe
quotavolume;Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted accessto
theabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted application
oftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoallimportsofthe
productsconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntilthequota
hasbeenusedup;whereas,havingregardtotheabove
principles,theCommunitynatureofthequotacanbe
respectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamong
theMemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectas
accuratelyaspossiblethetruetrendofthemarketinthe
productsinquestion,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotherequirementsoftheMemberStates,
calculatedbyreferencetothestatisticsforimportsfrom
Tunisiaoverarepresentative referenceperiodandalsoto
theeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeusedup
atdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfactinto
accountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,anyMember
Statewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquotashare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereas (>)OJNoL265,27.9.1978,p.1.

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2.Thesecondinstalmentamountingto.2150tonnesshall
constitutethereserve.
Article3thismustbedonebyeachMemberStateasandwheneach
ofitsadditionalsharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additionalsharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthismethodofadministrationrequiresclose
cooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,andthelattermustbeinapositionto
monitortheextenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeen
usedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMemberState,
itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshouldreturna
significantproportiontothereservetopreventapartof
anytariffquotafromremainingunusedinoneMember
Statewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(1),or90%ofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5hasbeen
applied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextentpermittedby
theamountofthereserve,thatMemberStateshall
forthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawasecond
shareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhere
necessarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thenthatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withtheconditionslaiddowninparagraph1,drawathird
shareequalto7,5%ofitsinitialshare.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeen
usedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordancewiththe
conditionslaiddowninparagraph1,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixedin
thoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
theymightnotbeusedup.ItshallinformtheCommission
ofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1986,aCommunity
ofTentariffquotaof4300tonnesshallbeopenedinthe
Communityforapricotpulpfallingwithinsubheading
ex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginTunisia.
2.WithinthelimitsofthistariffquotatheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyapplicabletotheseproductsshallbe
suspendedatarateof11,9%.Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1986.
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentamountingto2150tonnesofthe
CommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1,shallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;theshareswhich,
subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil31December1986
shallbeasfollows:Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1986,suchunusedportionoftheirinitial
shareas,on15September1986,isinexcessof20%ofthe
initialvolume.Theymayreturnalargerquantityifthere
aregroundsforbelievingthatthisquantitymaynotbe
used.I (tonnes)
Benelux 50
Denmark 50
Germany 90
Greece 10
France 1700
Ireland 50
Italy 50
UnitedKingdom 150TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1October1986,ofthetotalquantitiesoftheproducts
inquestionimportedupto15September1986andcharged
againstthetariffquotaandofanyquantityoftheinitial
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3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofthe
productsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3
and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeachMember
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5October
1986,oftheamountinthereserveafterquantitieshave
beenreturnedtheretopursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhereserve
doesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,tothisend,
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStates.shalltakeallmeasuresnecessaryto
ensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesof
thetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
tothem.Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1986.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,22October1985.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.F.POOS