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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)No2821/77
of28November 1977
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity tariffquota
forapricotpulpfallingwithinsubheading ex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originating inIsrael(1978)
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,sentativereferenceperiodandtotheeconomic out­
lookforthequotaperiodconcerned ;
Whereas ,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatis­
ticsareavailable ,thecorresponding importsofeach
MemberStaterepresentthefollowingpercentages as
againsttheimportsintotheCommunity fromIsrael
oftheproductsconcerned :HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuro­
peanEconomic Community ,andinparticular
Articles43and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(1),Member States 1974 1975 1976
Benelux 100
(=25t)— 1-4
Denmark — —— .
Germany— — 57-1
France — — 41-5
Ireland — — —
Italy— — —
UnitedKingdom— — —WhereastheAgreement betweentheEuropean Eco­
nomicCommunity andtheStateofIsrael(2)signed
on11May1975provides ,inProtocol 1annexed
thereto,fortheopeningbytheCommunity ofanan­
nualCommunity tariffquotaof150tonnesofapricot
pulpfallingwithinsubheading ex20.06BIIc)1aa)
oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating inIsrael;
whereasthecustomsdutiesapplicable tothequota
areequalto70%ofthecustomsdutiesactuallyap­
pliedtonon-member countries ;whereastheCom­
munitytariffquotainquestionshouldthereforebe
openedfor1978;Whereasthesedatacannotbeconsidered asrepre­
sentative toserveasabasisforallocation ofthe
quotavolumeamongtheMemberStates;whereasitis
difficulttoestimateimportsbyMemberStatesfor
1978becauseoftheabsenceofanypatterninpre­
viousyears;whereastoallocatethequotavolumeon
afairbasis,theinitialquotasharesmaybefixedap­Whereasitisinparticular necessarytoensuretoall
importers oftheMemberStatesequalanduninter­
ruptedaccesstothequotaanduninterrupted appli­
cationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoallim­
portsoftheproductinquestionintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas
havingregardtotheaboveprinciplestheCommunity
natureofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
tariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;whereas ,to
reflectmostaccurately theactualdevelopment ofthe
marketin'theproductsinquestion,suchallocation
shouldbeinproportion totherequirements ofthe
MemberStates,assessedbyreferencebothtothesta­
tisticsrelatingtoimportsfromIsraeloverarepre­proximately asfollows :
Benelux 7-5%
Denmark 4-2%
Germany 41-6%
France 8-3%
Ireland 4-2%
Italy 4-2%
UnitedKingdom 30-0%;
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsin
thevariousMemberStatesfortheproductscon­
cerned,thequotavolumeshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments ,thefirstbeingallocated amongthe(!)OJNoC241,10.10.1977,p.46.
(2)OJNoL136,28.5.1975,p.3.

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Article2
1.Afirstinstalment of120tonnesoftheCom­
munitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbeal­
locatedamongtheMemberStates;theshareswhich,
subjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil31December
1978,shallbeasfollows :
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom9tonnes,
5tonnes,
50tonnes,
10tonnes,
5tonnes,
5tonnes,
36tonnes .MemberStatesandthesecondheldasareservein­
tendedtocoveratalaterdatetherequirements of
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialshare;
whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegreeofsecur­
itytoimportersofeachMemberState,thefirstinstal­
mentoftheCommunity tariffquotacouldbefixedat
80%ofthequotavolumes ;
WhereastheinitialsharesofMemberStatesmaybe
usedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotake
thisfactintoaccountandtoavoidanybreakin
continuity ,itisimportant thatanyMemberState
whichhasusedupalmostallofitsinitialshareshould
drawasupplementary sharefromthereserve;
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberState
ifeachofitssupplementary sharesisalmostused
up,andasmanytimesasthereserveallows;
whereaseachinitialandsupplementary sharemust
bevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereas
thisformofadministration requiresclosecolla­
borationbetweenMemberStatesandtheCommission ,
andtheCommission mustbeinapositiontofollow
theextenttowhichthetariffquotashavebeenused
upandinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable quantityoftheinitialshareremainsin
anyMemberState,itisessentialthatthatState
shouldreturnasignificant proportion tothereserve
inordertoavoidpartoftheCommunity quotare­
mainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas ,sincetheKingdom ofBelgium,theKing­
domoftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunitedinandrepresented bythe
BeneluxEconomic Union,alltransactions concerning
theadministration ofthesharesgrantedtotheabove­
mentioned economic unionmaybecarriedoutby
anyofitsmembers ,2.Asecondinstalment of30tonnesshallconsti­
tutethereserve .
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofanyMemberState'sinitial
shareaslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,
whereArticle5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenexhausted ,
thatMemberStateshallwithoutdelay,bynotifying
theCommission ,drawasecondshareinthequota
equalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothe
nextunit,whereappropriate ,totheextentthatthe
amountinthereserveallows .
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted ,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMem­
berStatehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordance withtheconditions laiddowninpara­
graph1,drawathirdshare,equalto7-5%ofits
initialshare.
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :3.Ifafteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted ,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall,inac­
cordancewiththesameconditions ,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveisex­
hausted .
4.Notwithstanding theprovisions ofparagraphs 1
to3,MemberStatesmaydrawsmallersharesthan
thosefixedinthoseparagraphs ifthereisreasonto
believethatthesesharesmightnotbeusedup.They
shallinformtheCommission oftheirreasonsforap­
plyingthisparagraph .Article 1
1.From1Januaryto31December 1978,aCom­
munitytariffquotaof150tonnesshallbeopenedin
theCommunity forapricotpulp,fallingwithinsub­
headingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originating inIsrael.
2.WithinthelimitsofthistariffquotatheCom­
monCustoms Tariffdutyapplicable tothese
productsshallbesuspended atarateof11-9%.

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Article4
Additional sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December 1978.
Article5
TheMember Statesshallnotlaterthan1October
1978,returntothereservetheunusedportionsof
theirinitialshareswhich,on15September 1978,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1978,notifytheCommission ofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcerned effectedundertheCom­
munityquotaupto15September 1978inclusive ,and
whereappropriate ,theproportion oftheirinitial
sharesthattheyarereturningtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommission shallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatesinaccordance with
Articles2and3,andshallinformeachofthemofthe
extenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonas
itreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommisson shall,notlaterthan5October1978,
notifytheMemberStatesofthestateofthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommission shallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
availableand,forthispurpose,shallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMember Statewhichmakes
thefinaldrawing .Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures nec­
essarytoensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
changesmaybemadewithoutinterruption against
theiraccumulative sharesoftheCommunity quota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimporters of
thesaidproductsestablished intheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
goodsareenteredwithcustomsauthorities forhome
use.
4.TheextenttowhichaMember Statehasused
upitsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordance withparagraph 3.
Article8
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission ,Mem­
berStatesshallinformitofimportsactuallycharged
againsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMember StatesandtheCommission shall
cooperate closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegula­
tionisobserved .
Article10
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon1January
1978.
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28November 1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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