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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)86final
Brussels,6March1981
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration
ofaCommunitytariffquotaforfreshtablegrapesfalling
withinsubheading ex08.04AIoftheCommonCustoms
Tariffandoriginating inCyprus(1981)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(81)86final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article2ofRegulation (EEC)j^o^.^80layingdownthearrangements
applicable totradewiththeRepublicofCyprusbeyond31December
,1980togetherwithArticle2oftheProtocolconcerning thearrange­
mentstobeappliedduring1981,:intheframeworkofthedecision-
adoptedbytheAssociation Councilon24November1980establishing
.theprocessintothesecondstageoftheAssociation Agreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity andtheRepublicofCyprus,
providesforacertainperiodof1981fortheopeningofa.^Community
tariffquotafortheimportation intotheCommunityof7000tonnes
offreshtablegrapes,originating inCyprus,fallingwithinsubhea­
dingsex08.04Ala)andb)oftheCommonCustomsTariff.
Thecustomsdutiesapplicablewithinthelimitsof.thisQuotaare
equalto40Aofthedutiesactuallyappliedto,thirdcountries.-
Accordinglythetariffquotainquestionhastobeopened.
'' ' ', 1 ■·
Asthemethodofadministration tobeappliedbyallMemberStates,
theCommissionproposesthe"greyhound"system.-
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Thisisthesubjectoftheproposalannexedhereto.
ANNEX:1proposalforaRegulation (EEC)oftheCouncil.
'j'
1Explanatory note:Iftheabovementioned Protocolisalreadyinforce
thedaywhentheCounciladoptstheproposedregulation,thereference
toRegulation (EEC)No3497/80hastobecancelled.
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Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)' .•'
.,i •
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
freshtablegrapes,fallingwithinsubheadingex08.04AIoftheCommonCustomsTariff
andoriginatinginCyprus(1981)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES :
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
'EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
,'
HayingfregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission/ ^
WhereasArticle2ofRegulation(EEC)No^??"/80layingdownthe'
arrangements applicabletotradewiththeRepublicofCyprus
beyond31December1980.(1),togetherwithArticle2oftheProtocol
concerningthearrangements tobeappliedduring1981,intheframe­
workofthedecisionadoptedbytheAssociation Councilon24November
1980establishing theprocessintothesecondstageoftheAssociation
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublic s
OfCyprus(2) providesfor
.theopeningofanannualCommunitytariffquotaof
7000tonnesoffreshtablegrapes,fallingwithin
subheadingsex08.04AIa)andb)oftheCommon '
CustomsTariffandoriginatinginCyprus,atratesof
customsdutyequalto40%ofthecustomsdutyinthe
CommonCustomsTariff,fortheperiod8Juneto
31July1981;whereastheCommunitytariffquota '
shouldbeopenedfortheperiodinquestion;',. ' -
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterruptedaccess
tothe,abovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having
regardtothe^aboveprinciples,theCommunitynature
ofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectasaccuratelyaspossiblethe
truetrendofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,
suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirementsoftheMemberStates,calculatedby
referencetothestatisticsforimportsfromCyprusover
arepresentative referenceperiodandalsotothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
(1)0JNoL..367/80,31.12.1930/p.1.
(2)0JNoL....%
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Whereas,however,neitherCommunitynornational
statisticsshowingthebreakdownfortheproductsin
questionareavailableandnoreliableestimatesof
futureimportscanbemade;whereas,inthese
circumstances ,thequotavolumesshouldbeallocatedin
initialshares,totakeintoaccountdemandforthese
productsonthemarketsofthevariousMemberStates;
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstitutingareservetocoverata
laterdatetherequirementsoftheMemberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,in
ordertogiveimportersineachMemberStateacertain
degreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotashouldunderthecircumstances be
fixedat93%oft)iequotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeused
upatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfact
intoaccountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquota
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
reserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeachMember
Stateasandwheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmost
usedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesmust
bevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthe
methodofadministration requiresclosecooperation
betweentheMemberStatesandtheCommission ,and'
thelattermustbeinapositiontomonitortheextentto
whichthequotavolumeshavebeenusedupandto
informtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityoftheinitialshareremainsunused
inanyMemberState,itisessentialthatthatMember
Stateshouldreturnasignificantproportiontothe
reservetopreventapartofanytariffquotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the'Kingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourg
areunitedinandrepresentedbytheBeneluxEconomic
Union,anyoperationrelatingtotheadministration of
thequotasharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmay
becarriedoutbyanyofitsmembers,

HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From8Juneto31July1981theCommonCustomsTariffdutiesfortheproductslisted
below,originatinginCyprus,shallbepartiallysuspendedatthelevelsshownbelow,within
thelimitsofaCommunitytariffquotaof7000tonnes:
cor
heading Description Raceofduty
No
08.04Grapes,freshordried:
A.Fresh:
1.Tabicgrapes:
,a)From1Novemberto14July:--
ex2..Other:
–From8.Juneto14July- 7-2%
exb)From15Julyto31October:.'>
–From15Julyto31July 8-8%
Withinthelimitsofthis -tariffquota;"Greeceshallapplycustoms
dutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththerelevantprovisionsin
Regulation(EEC)Notytfr&OandintheProtocolconcerningthearran­
gementstobeappliedduring1981,intheframeworkofthedecision
adoptedbytheAssociation Councilon'24November1980establishing
theprocessintothesecondstageoftheAssociationAgreementbetween
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublicofCyprus.

Article2 1*
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoin"Article1•
shallbedividedintotwotranches.
2.Thefirsttranche,amountingto650^tonnes,shall
beallocatedamongtheMemberStates;theshares,
whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil31July
1980,shallbeasfollows:
200tonnes
200tonnes
200tonnes
2,tonnasi.tonnes
200tonnes.
2tonnes
5700tonnes
3.Thesecondtranche,amountingto494tonnes,shall
constitutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshare'as
specifiedinArticle2(2),or90%ofthatshareminus
theportionreturnedtothecorresponding reservewhere
Article5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,to
theextentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve,that
MemberStateshall,forthwith,bynotifying.theCommission,drawasecondshareequalto15%ofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
unit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,then,totheextentpermittedbythe
amountofthereserve,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordance withtheconditionslaiddownin
paragraph1,drawathirdsshareequalto7-5%ofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
unit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
more,ofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMertiberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withtheconditionslaiddowninparagraph1,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
theymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31July1981.-.Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France Greece
'Ireland
ltaly
UnitedKingdom

ArticleS
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than15July1981,suchunusedportionoftheirinitial
shareas,on10July198"},isinexcessof20%ofthe
initialvolume.Theymayreturnalargerquantityif
therearegroundsforbelievingthatthisquantitymay
notbeused.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission,not
laterthan15July1981ofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionimportedupto10July1981and
chargedagainstthetariffquotaandofanyquantityof
theinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
*
,:»VArticle6'
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedby(theMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and■
3find,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeachState
oftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan20July'
1981oftheamountinthereserveafterquantitieshave
beenreturnedtheretopursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhausts .'any
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to
thisend,notifytheamountofthatbalancetothe•„
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated •
sharesofthetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofthe
productsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation.,
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedontheb,a.stsof.theimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3"."*
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b:
■Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares. '
Article9.'
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon8June1981•
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,. i
FortheCouncil
ThePresident