NoL169/50 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.6.76
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1524/76
of24June1976
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
apricotpulp,fallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)Iaa)oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginMorocco(1976)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,Communitynatureofthequotacanberespected
byallocatingthetariffquotaamongtheMember
States;whereas,toreflectmostaccuratelytheactual
development ofthemarketintheproductsin
question,suchallocationshouldbeinproportion
totherequirements oftheMemberStates,assessed
byreferencebothtothestatisticsrelatingtoimports
ofthesaidproductfromMoroccooverarepresen­
tativereferenceperiodandtotheeconomicoutlook
forthequotaperiodconcerned;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Articles43and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropean
Parliament(*),Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsof
eachMemberStaterepresentthefollowingpercent­
agesofimportsintotheCommunityfromMorocco
oftheproductsconcerned :
(inpercentages )
1972 1973 1974
Benelux 0.50.70.8
Denmark 0.20.60.3
Germany 20.046.245.5
France 79.350.751.3
Ireland■— — —
Italy— —0.5
UnitedKingdom— 1.81.6WhereastheCooperationAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheKingdom
ofMorocco,signedon27April1976,providesin
Article22fortheopeningbytheCommunityofan
annualCommunitytariffquotaof8250metrictons
ofapricotpulpfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BII
c)1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTarifforiginating
inMorocco;whereasthecustomsdutiesapplicable
tothequotaareequalto70%ofthecustomsduties
actuallyappliedtonon-membercountries;whereas,
pendingtheentryintoforceofthisAgreement,the
InterimAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheKingdomofMorocco(2)
providesfortheadvanceapplicationofthistariff
measure,probablywitheffectfrom1July1976;
whereastheproratatemporisclauseshallapply;
whereastheCommunitytariffquotainquestion
shouldthereforebeopenedforthesecondhalfof
1976;Whereas,boththesepercentagesandtheestimates
fromcertainMemberStatesshouldbetakeninto
accountaswellastheneedtoensurethat,inthe
circumstances ,theobligationscontractedunderthe
Agreementconcernedareallocatedfairlyamongall
theMemberStates;whereastheapproximate
percentagesoftheinitialquotasharesmaytherefore
befixedasfollows:Whereasitis,inparticular,necessarytoensureequal
anduninterrupted accessforallimportersinthe
MemberStatestothequotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotato
allimportsoftheproductinquestionintoallMember
Statesuntilthesaidquotahasbeenusedup;
whereashavingregardtotheaboveprinciplestheBenelux 3%,
Denmark 3%,
Germany 36%,
France 41%,
Ireland 2%,
Italy 5%,
UnitedKingdom 10%;(*)Opiniondeliveredon18June1976andnotyet
publishedintheOfficialJournal.
(2)OJNoL141,28.5.1976,p.98.

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2.WithinthelimitsofthistariffquotatheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyapplicabletotheseproducts
shallbesuspendedatarateof11-9%.
3.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquotathenew
MemberStatesshallapplydutiescalculatedin
accordancewiththeAgreementbetweenthe
CommunityandMoroccoandtheActofAccession.Whereas,inordertotakeaccountoffuturetrendsin
importsintothevariousMemberStatesofthe
productconcerned,thequotashouldbedividedinto
twoinstalments,thefirsttobeallocatedamongall
theMemberStatesandthesecondtoformareserve
intendedtocoveranysubsequentrequirements of
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegree
ofsecurityforimportersineachMemberState,the
firstinstalmentoftheCommunitytariffquotashould
besetat66%ofthequota;
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentof2720metrictonsofthe
CommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1,shall
beallocatedamongtheMemberStates;theshares,
whichsubjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil31
December1976,shallbeasfollows:WhereasMemberStatesmayuseuptheirinitial
sharesatdifferentrates;whereas,toprovideforthis
eventualityandtoavoiddisruptionofsupplies,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitial
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
reserve;whereasthisshouldbedonebyeach
MemberStatewheneachofitsadditionalshareshas
beenalmostusedup,andsoonasmanytimesas
thereserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthisformofadministration requires
closecollaboration betweenMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,andtheCommissionmustbeina
positiontokeeparecordoftheextenttowhichthe
quotahasbeenusedupandtoinformtheMember
Statesaccordingly;Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom80metrictons,
80metrictons,
980metrictons,
1100metrictons,
60metrictons,
140metrictons,
280metrictons.
2.Thesecondinstalmentof1405metrictonsshall
constitutethereserve.
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitial
shareremainsunused,itisessentialthatthat
MemberStateshouldreturnasignificantproportion
tothereservesoastopreventapartofthequota
fromremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhen
itcouldbeusedinothers;Article3
1.If90%ormoreofanyMemberState'sinitial
shareasfixedinArticle2(1),or90%ofthatshare
lessanyportionreturnedtothereserve,where
Article5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenusedupthat
MemberStateshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commission ,drawasecondshareequalto15%of
itsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextwholenumber,totheextentthatthereserveso
permits.Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedby
theBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothatEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers, 2.Ifafteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordance withtheconditionslaiddownin
paragraph1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%of
itsinitialshare.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article13.Ifafteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththesameconditions,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveisused
up.1.Fortheperiod1Julyto31December1976a
Communitytariffquotaof4125metrictonsshall
beopenedintheCommunityforapricotpulp,
fallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)of
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4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,Member
Statesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthosespecified
thereiniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthose
specifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.Theyshallinform
theCommissionoftheirreasonstforapplyingthis
paragraph .
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December1976.Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableandto
thisendshallspecifytheamountthereoftothe
MemberStatemakingthefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmay
bechargedwithoutinterruption againsttheir
aggregatesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
productsagainsttheirsharesasandwhentheproduct
inquestionisenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than15November1976,theunusedportionsof
theirinitialshareswhich,on1November1976,are
inexcessof20%oftheinitialamounts.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionsmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than15November1976,ofthetotalquantityofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding
1November1976andchargedagainstthe
Communityquotaandofanyportionoftheirinitial
sharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles
2and3and,assoonasithasbeennotified,shall
informeachMemberStateoftheextenttowhich
thereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
20November1976,ofthestateofthereserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24June1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.THORN