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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)604 final
Brussels ,24October 1980
Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andproviding fortheadministration ofa
Communitytariffquottaforsweetpeppersfallingwithinsub-\.lI'll'fheading No07.01-^Vfth^CommonCustomsTariff,originating/*en«inCyprus /s?]/ «inCyprus
."gx\
^ HP,^W- co=tc
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
C0M(80)604final

EXPLANATORY
.Article 3oft.ne Transition alProtocol oftheAgreement EEC/Cyprus of
1973 ,.completed bytheProtocol ofAdaptation totake account oftheaccession
.ofGreece tothe Community ,provides theopening ofanannual Community tariff
quota for250tonnes sweet peppers,' falling under subheading
07.01 SoftheCCT,oriqinating inCyprus ,ataduty rate of *
;4.5%. . ...//..rV'"- .:... -'V. '; '
Theprovisions oftheTransitional Protocol totheAgreement EEC/Cyprus
will lapse on31December 1980 .Pending theentry into force ofanew pro­
tocol itisnecessary toextend thearrangements that the Community applies
totrade with the Republic ofCyprus within the context ofthe Association
with that country . '
^ThisRegulation provide forthesplitting upofthe.jjMot ^.u
volume into twoparts /pfwhich thefirst will beallocated i
among theMember -States quota .reandthesecond :will be .
"kept asareserve.' v
' • , . v -'•.v. w' -'-r , :
Intheabsence ofCommunity statistics ,foraperiod -suffi­
ciently representative /theinitial quota shares have been ; ,7
calculated onthebasis ofthepossible demand onthemarkets
ofthevarious Member .,States andonthebasis offopscasts .
made bysome ofthem ." -v :,; :- ; 4
<•'Asthemethod of ,admini stration to,.be applied by -allMember
' ' . ν· - *V λ:· " "
•States /theCommi ssiont propose the"greyhound 'system ;;"..
"This isthesubject oftheproposal .;annexed hereto .

propexciL4.OY<x
COUNCILREGULATION .(EEC)
opening,allocatingendprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
sweetpeppers,fallingwithinsubheading07.01SoftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginCyprus(1981)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereastheprovisionsof.ther?ansit1.onal
ProtocolIDtheAgreementestablishing anAs­
sociationbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andtheRepublicofCyprus(1)willlapse
on31December1980y
Whereaspending$heentryintoforceofanew
Protocolitisnecessarytoextendthearrange­
mentsthat.theCommunityappliesto.tradewiththe
RepublicpfCyprusundertheAssocia­
tionwiththatcountry;
Whereastheabovementioned Transitional Protocol,supple­
mentedby.theProtocolofAdaptationtotake
accountoftheaccessionoftheHellenicRepublic
tothe.Community(2^providesfortheopeningof
anannualCommunitytariffquotaof250tonnesof
'sweetpeppers,fallingwithinsubheading07.01Softhe•
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginCyprus,at
arateofcustomsdutyequalto50%ofthecustoms
dutyintheCommonCustomsTariff;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimporter?equalanduninterruptedaccess
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoail
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having
regardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunitynature
of.thequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectasaccuratelyaspossiblethe
truetrendofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,
suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirementsoftheMemberStates,calculatedby
referencetothestatisticsforimportsfromCyprusover
arepresentative reference'period-andalsotothe
economicoutlooktorthequotaperiodinquestion;
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Whereas,however,neitherCommunitynornational-
statistics , fortheproductsin
questionfireavailableandnoreliableestimatesof
futureimpqrticanbemade;whereas,inthese
circumstances,' thequotavolumeshouldbeallocatedin
initialshares,totakeintoaccountdemandforthese
produftsonthemarketsofthevariousMemberStates;
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
States.andthesecondconstitutingareservetocoverata
laterdatetherequirementsoftheMemberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,in
ordertogiveimportersineachMemberStateacertain
degreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotashouldunderthecircumstances be
fixedat75%ofthequotavolume;
I'■
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeused
upatdifferenttimes;whereas,'inorder.totakethisfact
intoaccountand^voidanybreakincontinuity,any
MemberStatewhichJigsalmostusedupitsinitialquota
shareshouldcjrawanadditionalsharefromthe
reserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeachMember
Stateasandjvheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmost
usedup;andrepeatedasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesmust
bevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthis
methodofadministration requiresclosecooperation
betweentheMemberStatesandtheCommission,and
thelattermustbeinapositiontomonitortheextentto
whichthequotavolumeshavebeenusedupandto
informtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshould
returnasignificantproportiontothereservetoprevent
apartofanytariffquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members, .
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :

Article1
January
From1to31December1981,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyforsweetpeppers,fallingwithin
Subheading .07.01SoftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginCyprus,shallbepartiallysuspendedat
4-5%withinthelimitsoftheCommunitytariffquota
°f25gtonnes.
WithintheLimitsofthistariffquota,Greec
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordance
withtherelevantprovisionsintheActofAc
cessionandtheProtocolofAdaptation.
Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbedividedintot>voinstalments.
2.Afirstinstalment^mountingto\S5onnesshallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;therespective
-shares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil
,31December1981,shallbeasfollows:
Benelux
Denmark
GermanyFranceGreece
Ireland
Italy•
UnitedKingdom•tonnes
„7tonnes1S5tonnes
1ronne
tonnes
146tonne
-.tonnes
3..Thesecondinstalment,amountingtotonnes,shallconstitutethereserve. '
Article3*
1.If90%ormoreo£aMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle,2(2),or90%ofthatshareminus
theportionreturnedtothecorrespondingreservewhere
Article5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,to
theextentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve,that
MemberStateshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commission,draw,asecondshareequalto15%ofits
iniiialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit. ;'•

2.■If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,then,totheextentpermittedbythe
amountofthe'reserve,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninparagraph
1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofits.initialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withtheconditionslaidflowninparagraph1,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed
tothoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
theymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1981..
ArticleS
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1981suchunusedportionoftheir
initialshareas,on15September1981,,isin.excessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthis
quantitymaynotbeused..
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission,not
laterthan1October1981,ofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionimportedupto15September1981
andchargedagainstthetariffquotaandofanyquantity
oftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.''.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeachState
oftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5October198T.,oftheamountinthereserveafter
quantitieshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.

-5-
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhaustsany
reservedocsnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to
thi^end,notifytheamountofth?tbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesofthetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares. '•
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate-
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofthe
productsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfree'
circulation.••Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1981. .'
ThisRegulationshallbebindingjijitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels.1980,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident