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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2459/78
of16October1978
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforfreshorchilledtomatoesfallingwithinsubheadingex07.01MIofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacific
Statesandintheoverseascountries ,andterritories(1978/79)
availableandnoreliableestimatesoffutureimports
canbemade;whereas,inthesecircumstances ,the
quotavolumeshouldbeallocatedininitialshares,
whichtakeintoaccountdemandfortheseproducts
onthemarketsofthevariousMemberStates:THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticles43
and113thereof,-
whereas,totakeintoaccountimporttrendsforthe
productsconcernedinthevariousMemberStates,the
quotaamountshouldbedividedintotwoinstalments,
thefirstbeingallocatedamongtheMemberStatesand
thesecondheldasareserveintendedtocoverata
laterdatetherequirements ofMemberStateswho
haveuseduptheirinitialshare;whereas,inorderto
guaranteesomedegreeofsecuritytoimportersin
eachMemberState,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotasshouldbefixedatalevelwhich
could,inthepresentcircumstances ,be60%ofthe
quotavolume;HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(x),
WhereasArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
430/78(2)providesfortheopeningbytheCommu­
nityofaCommunitytariffquotaof1000tonnesof
freshorchilledtomatoesfallingwithinsubheadingex
07.01MIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating
intheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStatesandinthe
overseascountriesandterritories;whereasthequota
periodrunsfrom15November1978to15April
1979;whereasthecustomsdutyapplicabletothe
quotaissetat4-4%,withaminimumchargeoftwo
unitsofaccountper100kilogramsnetweight;
whereastheCommunitytariffquotainquestion
shouldthereforebeopened;
Whereasitisnecessaryinparticulartoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterruptedappli­
cationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsinquestionintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas
havingregardtotheaboveprinciplestheCommunity
natureofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
tariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;whereas,to
reflectmostaccuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthe
marketintheproductsinquestion,suchallocation
shouldbeinproportiontotherequirements ofthe
MemberStates,assessedbyreferencebothtothestatis­
ticsrelatingtoimportsofthesaidproductsfromthe
countriesinquestionoverarepresentative reference
periodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodconcerned ;
Whereasinthiscase,however,neitherCommunity
nornationalstatisticsfortheproductsinquestionareWhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmay
notbeusedupatthesamerate;whereas,inorderto
takethisinto'accountandtoavoiddisruption,any
MemberStatewhichhasusedupalmostthewholeof
itsinitialshareshoulddrawasupplementary share
fromthereserve;whereasthisshouldbedoneby
eachMemberStateeachtimeoneofitssupplemen­
tarysharesisalmostusedup,andsoonasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
supplementary sharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaboration betweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission ,andtheCommission
mustbeinapositiontofollowtheextenttowhich
thequotavolumehasbeenusedupandinformthe
MemberStatesthereof;
Whereas,ifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
MemberStatehasaconsiderablequantityofitsinitial
shareleftover,itisessentialthatitshouldreturna
significantproportionthereoftothereserve,to
preventapartoftheCommunityquotaremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedin
others;(')Opiniondeliveredon13October1978(notyetpublished
intheOfficialJournal).
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Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactions
concerningtheadministration ofsharesallocatedto
thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyone
ofitsmembers,MemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall,
inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninpara­
graph1,drawathirdshare,equalto7-5%ofits
initialshare.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall,inaccor­
dancewiththesameconditions,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,MemberStatesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthose
fixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelieve
thatthosesharesmightnotbeusedup.Theyshall
informtheCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplying
thisparagraph.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Fortheperiod15November1978to15April
1979aCommunitytariffquotaof1000tonnesshall
beopenedintheCommunityforfreshorchilled
tomatoesfallingwithinsubheadingex07.01MIof
theCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginthe
African,CaribbeanandPacificStatesandintheover­
seascountriesandterritories .
2.WithinthistariffquotatheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyapplicabletotheproductsshallbe
suspendedat4-4%withaminimumchargeoftwo
unitsofaccountper100kilogramsnetweight.
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentof600tonnesoftheCommu­
nitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbeallo­
catedamongtheMemberStates;theshareswhich,
subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil15April1979,
shallbeasfollows(intonnes):Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil15April1979.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1March1979,
returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitial
shareswhich,on15February1979,isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturnagreater
portioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatsuch
portionmaynotbeusedinfull.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1March1979,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsofthe
productsconcernedeffectedundertheCommunity
quotaupto15February1979inclusive,and,where
appropriate,theproportionoftheirinitialsharesthat
theyare.returningtothereserve.Benelux :
Denmark :
Germany:
France:
Ireland:
Italy:
UnitedKingdom :50
30
50
380
30
30
30
2.Asecondinstalmentof400tonnesshallconsti­
tutethereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatesinaccordancewithArti­
cles2and3andshallinformeachofthemofthe
extenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlater,than5March1979,
notifytheMemberStatesofthestateofthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,forthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.Article3
1.If90%ormoreofanyMemberState'sinitial
shareaslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,where
Article5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenexhausted,that
MemberStateshallwithoutdelay,bynotifyingthe
Commission ,drawasecondshareinthequotaequal
to15%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenext
unit,whereappropriate,totheextentthattheamount
inthereserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya

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Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresneces­
sarytoensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
changesmaybemadewithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulativesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidproductsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefree
accesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoods
areenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStates'
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainstv
theirshares.Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallco­
operatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulation
isobserved.
Article10
Therulesoforiginapplicabletotheproducts
importedunderthisRegulationshallbe,respectively,
thoseofProtocol 1annexedtotheACP-EECConven­
tionofLomeconcerningthedefinitionoftheconcept
of'originatingproducts'andthemethodsofadminis­
trativecooperation,andthoseofAnnexIItoCouncil
Decision76/568/EECof29June1976ontheassocia­
tionoftheoverseascountriesandterritorieswiththe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity (1).
Article11
v
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,16October1978.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
K.vonDOHNANYI
0)OJNoL176,1.7.1976,p.8.