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of22October1985
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforapricot
pulpfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginIsrael(1986)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatistics
areavailable,thecorresponding importsbyeachofthe
MemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercentagesoftotal
importsoftheproductinquestionoriginatinginIsrael:
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,MemberState 1982 1983 1984
Benelux 37100100
Denmark — — —
Germany 63 — —
Greece — — —
France — — —
Ireland — — —
Italy— — —
UnitedKingdom— — —WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheStateofIsrael(x),providesforthe
openingbytheCommunityofanannualCommunitytariff
quotaof150tonnesofapricotpulpfallingwithin
subheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustoms
TariffandoriginatinginIsrael;whereasthecustomsduties
applicabletothequotaareequalto70%ofthecustoms
dutiesactuallyappliedtonon-membercountries;whereas
theCommunitytariffquotainquestionshouldthereforebe
openedfor1986;Whereasthesedatacannotbeconsideredasrepresentative
toserveasabasisforallocationofthequotavolume
amongtheMemberStates;whereasitisdifficultto
estimateimportsbyMemberStatesfor1986becauseofthe
situationinpreviousyears;whereastoallocatethequota
volumeonafairbasis,theapproximatepercentagesof
initialquotasharesmaybefixedasfollows:
Whereas,sinceaProtocolasprovidedforinArticles179
and366oftheActofAccessionofSpainandPortugaldoes
notexist,theCommunitymustadoptthemeasuresreferred
toinArticles180and367ofthatAct;whereasthetariff
measureconcernedwill,there,applytotheCommunityof
Ten;Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom74,8
1,7
1,7
1,7
1,7
1,7
1,7
15,0
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted accessto
theabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted Application
oftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoallimportsofthe
productsconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntilthequota
hasbeenusedup;whereas,havingregardtotheabove
principles,theCommunitynatureofthequotacanbe
respectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamong
theMemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectas
accuratelyaspossiblethetruetrendofthemarketinthe
productsinquestion,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotherequirementsoftheMemberStates,
calculatedbyreferencetothestatisticsforimportsfrom
Israeloverarepresentative referenceperiodandalsotothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrendsfor
theproductsconcernedinthevariousMemberStates,the
quotaamountshouldbedividedintotwoinstalments,the
firstbeingsharedamongtheMemberStatesandthesecond
constituting areservetocoveratalaterdatethe
requirementsoftheMemberStateswhichhaveusedup
theirinitialquotashares;whereas,inordertogive
importersineachMemberStateacertaindegreeof
security,thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunityquota
shouldunderthecircumstances befixedat80%ofthe
quotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeusedup
atdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfactinto
accountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,anyMember
Statewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquotashare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereas (>)OJNoL136,28.5.1975,p.l.

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2.Thesecondinstalmentamountingto30tonnesshall
constitutethereserve.thismustbedonebysuchMemberStateaswheneachof
itsadditionalsharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheintitialand
additionalsharemustbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthismethodofadministration requires
closecooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,andthelattermustbeinapositionto
monitortheextenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeen
usedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMemberState,
itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshouldreturna
significantproportiontothereservetopreventapartof
anytariffquotafromremainingunusedinoneMember
Statewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,Article3
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,then,totheextentpermittedbytheamount
ofthereserve,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordancewith
theconditionslaiddowninparagraph1,drawathird
shareequalto7,5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhere
necessarytothenextunit.
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
ofTentariffquotaof150tonnesshallbeopenedinthe
Communityforapricotpulpfallingwithinsubheading
ex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariff
andoriginatinginIsrael.
2.WithinthelimitsofthistariffquotatheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyapplicabletotheseproductsshallbe
suspendedatarateof11,9%.Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil»31December1986.
Article5Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentamountingto120tonnesofthe
CommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;therespectiveshares
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil
31December1986shallbeasfollows:TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1986,suchunusedportionoftheirinitial
shareas,on15September1986,isinexcessof20%ofthe
initialvolume.Theymayreturnalargerquantityifthere
aregroundsforbelievingthatthisquantitymaynotbe
used.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1October1986,ofthetotalquantitiesoftheproducts
#inquestionimportedupto15September1986andcharged
againstthetariffquotaandofanyquantityoftheinitial
sharesreturnedtothereserve.(tonnes)
Benelux 90
Denmark 2
Germany 2
Greece 2
France 2
Ireland 2
Italy 2
UnitedKingdom 18

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3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofthe
productsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequesttheMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticle2and3
and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeachMember
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5October
1986,oftheamountinthereserveafterquantitieshave
beenreturnedtheretopursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhereserve
doesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,tothisend,
notifytheamountofthebalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessaryto
ensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesof
thetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
tothem.Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1986.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,22October1985.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.F.POOS