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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)535 final
Brussels,15September1982
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforapricotpulp,fallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)
1aa)oftheCommonCustoms-Tariffandoriginating inMorocco(1983)
1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariffandor
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v.Proposâtfora!
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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandproviding\fortheadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforapricotpulp,fallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BII
c1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginating inTunisia(1983)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(82)535final
I

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.The.ooperation Agreements concluded betweentheEuropeanEconomic
Community ontheonehandi.ndtheKingdomofMorocco ,andciieRepublic
ofTunisiaontheother'handprovide.for theopeningofannualCommunity
tariffquotasfortheImportation IntotheCommunityof8.250orA.300
metrictonsofapricotpulp,-originating 1nthesecountries/falling
withinsubheading ex20.06BIIc)1aa)of1^-2CommonCustomsTariff."
Thecustomsdutiesapplicablewithinthelimitsofthisquotaare
equalto70Xofthedutiesactuallyappliedtonci-member countries.
Accordingly thetariffquotainquestionhastobeopenedfor1983.
2.Theproposalsforregulations openingthesetariffquotasprovide-.
asiscustomary-forthedivisionofeachofthequota-volumesinto
twoinstalments,thefirstbeingallocated amongtheMemberStates
asquotashares,thesecondbeingheldasareserve.
Theallocation ofthevolumeofthefirstinstalment ofthequota
shouldbebasedontherulesgenerallyapplied.Theseinvolvecal­
culatingeachMemberState'stotalimportsoyerthelastthreeyears
asaproportion oftotalCommunityimportsduringthesameperiod
andapplying,foreachMemberState,thepercentages thusobtained
tothevolumeofthef^rstinstalment . •
However,inthisprocessaccountwastakenonthefactthatcertain
MemberStateseffectednooronlyoccasional importsduringthese
years.Inviewofthenecessityofallocatingthequotavolumein
anequitablemannertheseMemberStatesweregrantedsmallpercen­
tagesrepresenting commercially exploitable scares.
3.ItisproposedthattheproposalsforCouncilregulations opening
theCommunitytariffquotasdescribedabovebeapproved.
annex:2proposalsforRegulations (EEC)ofth;-.CounciU .

ANNEXA
.PROPOSALFOR_A
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
apricotpulpfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariff
andoriginatinginMorocco(1983)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof.
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheCooperationAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheKingdomof
Morocco,signedon27April1976('),assupplemented
byCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3511/81of
3December1981fixingthearrangementsapplicable
fortradebetweenGreeceandMorocco(2),pro­
videsfortheopeningbytheCommunityofanannual
Communitytariffquotaof8250tonnesofapricotpulp
fnilingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginMorocco;
whereasthecustomsdutiesapplicabletothequotaare
equalto70%ofthecustomsdutiesactuallyappliedto
non-membercountries;whereastheCommunitytariff
quotainquestionshouldthereforebeopenedfor1983•
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterruptedaccess
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having
regardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunitynature
ofthequotrc„,iberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectasaccuratelyaspossiblethe
truetrendoff';cmarketintheproductsinquestion,
sucha-Vciy,:shouldbeinproportiontothe
rcqiiirernrsof,heMemberStaves,calculatedby
roicrcncctor(•-ftisttcsforimportsfromMorocco
overafcpresc.irati ,'c;eferenceperiodandalsotothe
"o...ins•11.1rthequotaperiodinquestion;require!?-.-nrsof,he
referencetoti•-<t
overarcprcse.itati .t
""C...-nn ■Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatistics
areavailable,thecorrespondingimportsofeach
MemberStaterepresentthefollowingpercentagesof
importsintotheCommunityfromMoroccoofthe
productsconcerned:
MemberStates 11979l'i8011981;
Benelux 0-7 3I
6I
Denmark – –_ ι
Germany 19-8 1528j
Greece – – I
France 79-58266'
Ireland – – ;
Italy - –~ !
UnitedKingdom – -
Whereas,boththesepercentagesandtheestimatesfrom
certainMemberStatesshouldbetakenintoaccountas
wellastheneedtoensurethat,inthecircumstances,the
obligationscontractedundertheAgreementconcerned
areallocatedfairlyamongalltheMemberStates;
whereastheapproximatepercentagesoftheinitial
quotasharesmaythereforebefixedasfollows-
Benelux8-5
Denmark1-8
Germany 341
Greece0-2
France38-1
Ireland1-0
Italy 1-0
UnitedKingdom 15-3
'.!'V8,,
.2.198'/Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstitutingareservetocoverata
laterdatetherequirementsoftheMemberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,in
ordertogiveimportersineachMemberStateacertain

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degreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotashouldunderthecircumstances be
fixedat70%ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeused
upatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfact
intoaccountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateasand
wheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmostusedup,
andrepeatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;
whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesmustbevalid
untiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethod
ofadministration requiresclosecooperationbetween
theMemberStatesandtheCommission ,andthelatter
mustbeinapositiontomonitortheextenttowhichthe
quotavolumehasbeenusedupandtoinformthe
MemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMember
StateitisessentialthatthatMemberStateshouldreturn
asignificantproportiontothecorresponding reserveto
preventapartoftheCommunityquotafromremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedin
others;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,
HASADOl'TKDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1983a
Communitytariffquotaof8250tonnesshallbe
openedintheCommunityforapricotpulp,falling
withinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginMorocco.
2.WithinthelimitsofthistariffquotatheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyapplicabletotheseproductsshall
besuspendedatarateof11-9%
Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,Greeceshallapply
dutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththerelevant
provisionsinthe1979ActofAccessionandin
Regulation (F.F.C)No3511/81.Article1
1.Afirstinstalme:amountingto5860tonnesofthe
CommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticleIshallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;theshares,which
subjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil31December
1983,shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)
Benelux 500
Denmark 110
Germany 2000
Greece 10
France 2220
Ireland 60
Italy 60
UnitedKingdom 900
2.Thesecondinstalmentamountingto2390tonnes
shallconstitutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(1),or90%ofthatshareminus
theportionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextent
permittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,
drawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thenthatMemberStateshall,
inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddownin
paragraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofits
initialshare.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withtheconditionslaiddowninparagraph1,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallo:;inueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemayuiawsharessmallert'.ianthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsifihfreisreasontobelievethat
theymightnotbeuseeup.Itshallinformthe
Commissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.

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Article4 Article7
HnchoftiicadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle
3shalll»evaliduntil31December1983.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1983,suchunusedportionoftheir
initialsharesas,on15September1983,isinexcessof
20%ottheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthis
quantitymaynotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission,not
laterthan1October1983,ofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionimportedupto15September1983
andchargedagainstthetariffquotaandofanyquantity
oftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesofthetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestion
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofthe
productsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesunder
coverofdeclarationsforfreecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article6 Article8
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
andiand,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeach
MemberStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehas
beenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5October1983.,oftheamountinthereserveafter
quantitieshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to
thisend,shallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1983.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,»«.•••1982.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

ANNEXB
PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)~
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
apricotpulpfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheO■mmonCustomsTariff
andoriginatinginTunisia(198-ri
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,referencetothestatisticsforimportsfromTunisiaover
arepresentative referenceperiodandalsotothe
economicoudookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,Whereas,duringhelastthreeyearsforwhichstatistics
areavailable,tiecorresponding importsofeach
MemberStaterere:,.r~rthefollowingpercentagesof
importsintotheC..i.nityfromTunisiaofthe
productsconcerned :
WhereastheCooperationAgreementbetweenthe.
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublicof
Tunisia(J),signedon25April1976,providesforthe
openingbytheCommunityofanannualCommunity
tariffquotaof4300tonnesofapricotpulpfalling
withinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)ofthe
CommonCustomsTarifforiginatinginTunisia;
whereasthecustomsdutiesapplicabletothequotaare
equalto70%ofthecustomsdutiesactuallyappliedto
non-membercountries;whereastheCommunitytariff
quotainquestionshouldthereforebeopenedfor1983•MemberStates 197919801981
Benelux 28-3 43
Denmark – – -
Germany 15-5–~1
France 54-19695
Ireland – ––
Italy 2-1 –-
UnitedKingdom– –
Whereas,sinceaProtocolasprovidedforinArticle118
ofthe1979ActofAccessiondoesnotexist,the
Communitymustadoptthemeasuresreferredtoin
Article119oftheAct;whereasthequotaconcerned
will,therefore,applytotheCommunityofNine;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having
regardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunitynature
ofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectasaccuratelyaspossiblethe
truetrendofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,
suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirementsoftheMemberStates,calculatedby
(*)OJNoL265,27.9.1978,p.2.Whereasboththesepercentagesandtheestimatesfrom
certainMemberStatesshouldbetakenintoaccountas
wellastheneedtoensurethat,inthecircumstances ,the
obligationscontractsiundertheAgreementconcerned
areallocatedfairlyamongalltheMemberStates;
whereastheapproximatepercentagesoftheinitial
quotasharesmaythereforebefixedasfollows:
Bénélux 28-7
Denmark 3-5
Germany 4-8
France 54-9
Ireland 1*8
Italy l-8
UnitedKinrdom 4-5
Whereas,inordeitotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductscernedinthevariousMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstituting ?revetocoverata
laterdatetherequii>jcftheWorr!erStatesA'hich

-2- ANNEXB
ri-',usedwthirinitialquotashares;whereas,in
OldertogiveimportersineachMemberStateacertain
degreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Comrrunityquotashouldunderthecircumstances be
fixed,?t73%ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeused
upatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfact
intoaccountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquota
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateasand
wheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmostusedup,
andrepeatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;
whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesmustbevalid
untiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethod
ofadministration requiresclosecooperationbetween
theMemberStatesandtheCommission,andthelatter
mustbeinapositiontomonitortheextenttowhichthe
quotavolumehasbeenusedupandtoinformthe
MemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshould
returnasignificantproportiontothereservetoprevent
apartofanytariffquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1983a
Communitytariffquotaof4300tonnesshallbe
open-JIntheCommunityofNineforapricotpulp,
fallingwithinsubi.adingex20.06BIIc)1aa)ofthe
CommonGloomsTariff,originatinginTunisia.
2.W:?Vnth:h>cfthistariffquotatheCommon
C".>•;'".vtnapplicabletotheseproductsshall
b<sv•.r:areor11-9%.Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentamountingto3190tonnesofthe
CommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1,shallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;theshares,which
subjecttoArticle5shallbe.validuntil31December
1983,>shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)
Benelux 900
Denmark 110
Germany 150
France 1780
Ireland 55
Italy 55
UnitedKingdom 140
2.Thesecondinstalmentamountingto1110tonnes
shallconstitutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(1),or90%ofthatshareminus
theportionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextent
permittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission,
drawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thenthatMemberStateshall,
inaccordance withtheconditionslaiddownin
paragraph1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofits
initialshare.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withtheconditionslaiddowninparagraph1,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
theymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.
Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December1983.

ANNEXB
ArticleS
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October198.3,suchunusedportionoftheir
initialshareas,on15September198'i>sinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthis
quantitymaynotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission,not
laterthan1October19&3,ofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionimportedupto15September
1983.andchargedagainstthetariffquotaandofany
quantityoftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserves.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeach
MemberStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehas
beenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5October1983,oftheamountinthereserveafter
quantitieshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to
thisend,notifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesofthetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestion ~–
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofthe
productsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation .
4.Theextenttow'lichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedetenaincJ thebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancev*ragraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1983.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,....... 1982.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident