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of9December 1976
opening,allocating andproviding fortheadministration ofaCommunity tariffquota
fordriedfigsfallingwithinsubheading ex08.03BoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originating mSpain(1977)
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,bothstatistics ofimportsfromSpainduringa
representative periodandtheeconomic outlookfor
thetariffperiodinquestion ;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailable ,thecorresponding importsby
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentages oftheimportsintotheCommunity from
Spainoftheproductsconcerned :
1973 1974 1975
Germany— — 82-4
(=60*)
Benelux.—— 1-4
France— 100
(=1*)16-2
Italy— — —
*metrictons.HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing the
European Economic Community ,andinparticular
Articles43and113thereof,
.HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropean
Parliament (x),
Whereas theAgreement betweentheEuropean
Economic Community andSpain,signedat
Luxembourg on29June1970,providesinArticle2
(1),togetherwithArticle9ofAnnexI,forthe
openingbytheCommunity ofanannualCom­
munitytariffquotaof200metrictonsofdriedfigs
fallingwithinsubheading ex08.03BoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originating inSpainandimported
inimmediate packingsofanetcapacityof15
kilogrammes orless;whereas,pursuanttoArticle9
ofthesaidAnnex,tlhequotadutyisequalto30%
oftheCommon CustomsTariffdutyinrespectof
theproductconcerned ;,whereastheCommunity
tariffquotainquestionshouldbeopenedforthe
year1977;
Whereasitisinparticular necessarytoensurefor
allCommunity importers equalanduninterrupted
accesstotheabovementioned quotaanduninter­
ruptedapplication oftheratelaiddownforthat
quotatoallimportsoftheproductconcerned into
allMemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenused
up;whereas,havingregardtotheprinciples
mentioned above,theCommunity natureofthe
quotacanberespectedbyallocating theCommunity
tariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;whereas,to
represent ascloselyaspossibletheactualdevelop­
mentofthemarketintheproductsinquestion ,the
allocation shouldfollowproportionately the
requirement oftheMemberStatescalculated fromWhereas ,inviewofthesefactorsandofthe
estimatessubmitted bycertainMemberStatesaswell
asthepracticalneedtoensurethattheobligations
contracted undertheAgreement concerned are'
allocated fairlyamongtheMemberStates,initial
quotasharesmaybefixedapproximately atthe
followingpercentages :
Germany 25
Benelux 25
France 25
Italy 25
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcerned inthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments ,thefirstinstalment beingallocated
amongtheMemberStatesandthesecondforming
areserveintendedultimately tocovertherequire­
mentsoftheMemberStateswhichhaveusedup
theirinitialshares;whereas,inordertoensurea
certaindegreeofsecuritytoimporters ineach
MemberState,thefirstinstalment oftheCommunity (»)OJNoC259,4.11.1976,p.37.

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respective shares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbe
validuntil31December 1977,shallbeasfollows :
Germany 40metrictons,
Benelux 40metrictons,
France 40metrictons,
Italy 40metrictons.
2.Thesecondinstalment of40metric 'tonsshall
constitute thereserve .
Article3quotashouldbedetermined atalevelwhich,under
presentcircumstances ,maybe80%ofthequota
amount ;
Whereas ,theinitialsh'afesoftheMemberStatesmay
beusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorderto
takethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity ,itisimportant thatanyMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditional sharefromthereserve;
whereas,thismustbedonebyeachMemberState
asandwheneachofitsadditional sharesisalmost
entirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesmustbeavailable foruseuntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;whereas thismethod of
administration callsforclosecooperation between
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,whichmust,in
particular ,beabletoobservetheextenttowhich
thequotaamountisusedandinformMember
Statesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable quantityoftheinitialshareisleftover
inaMemberState,itisessentialthateachState
shouldreturnasignificant proportion tothereserve
topreventapartoftheCommunity quotafrom
remaining unusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKing­
domoftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunitedinandrepresented bythe
BeneluxEconomic Union,anymeasureconcerning
theadministration o»fthequotasharesallocatedto
thateconomic unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyof
itsmembers ,1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,where
theprovisions ofArticle5havebeenapplied,has
beenexhausted ,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todraw
asecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate ,to
theextentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted ,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,inaccordance withtheconditions laid
downinparagraph 1,todrawathirdshareequal
to7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenext
unitwhereappropriate ,totheextentthattheamount
inthereserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted ,90%
ormoreofthethirdsiharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withthesameconditions ,drawafourthshareequal
tothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding theprovisions ofparagraphs 1,
2and3,theMemberStatesmayproceedtodraw
sharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs ,
ifthereisreasontobelievethatthosesharesmight
notbeusedup.TheyshallinformtheCommission of
thereasonswhichledthemtoapplythisparagraph .HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article 1
From1Januaryuntil31December 1977,the
Common CustomsTariffdutiesinrespectofdried
figsfallingwithinsubheading ex08.03B,originating
inSpainandimportedinimmediate packingsofanet
capacitynotexceeding 15kilogrammes shallbe
partiallysuspended at3%withinthelimitsofa
Community tariffquotaof200metrictons.
Article2
Article4
1.Afirstinstalment ,amounting to160metrictons
oftheCommunity tariffquotareferredtoinArticle1,Eachoftheadditional sharesdrawnpursuantto
shallbeallocated amongtheMemberStates;theArticle3shallbevaliduntil31December 1977.

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Article5 drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemadewithoutinterruption againsttheir
accumulated sharesoftheCommunity quota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensuretlhatimportersof
thesaidgoodsestablished intheirterritoryhavefree
accesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productconcerned againsttheirsharesasandwhen
thegoodsareenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordance withparagraph 3.TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1977,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September 1977,isinexcess
of20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturna
greaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
suchportionimaynotibeusedinfulll.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1977,notifytheCommission ofthetotalquantities
ofthesaidgoodsimporteduptoandincluding
15September 1977,andchargedagainstthe
appropriate Community tariffquotaandany
quantitiesoftheinitialsharereturnedtothereserve.
Article6
Article8
Member StatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.TheCommission shallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordance withArticles
2and3andshallinformedchofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommission shall,notlaterthan5October1977,
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommission shallensuretihaitanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,forthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthere­
oftotheMember Statewhichmakesthefinal
drawing .Article9
TheMember StatesandtheCommission shall
cooperate closelyinordertoensurethatthis
Regulation isobserved .
Article7Article10
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon1January
1977.1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditional sharesare
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9December 1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
P.J.J.MERTENS