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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)481 final
Brussels,14September 1981
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULAIION(EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration
ofaCommunitytariffquotaforsweetpeppers
fallingwithinsubheading No07.01Softhe
CommonCustomsTariff,originating in
Cyprus(1982)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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C0M(81)481final

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
I
1.Article2oftheProtocolconcerningthearrangements tobeapplied
during-1981intheframeworkoftheDecisionadoptedbytheAssociation
Councilon24November1980establishing theprocessintothesecond
stageoftheAssociation Agreementbetween,theEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheRepublicofCyprus,assupplemented bytheProtocolof
AdaptationtothatAgreementtotakeaccountoftheaccessionofthe
HellenicRepublic,providesfor1982forthe,openingofanannualCommunity
tariffquotafor.250tonnessweetpeppers,fallingundersubheading
07.01SoftheCCT,originating inCyprus,atadutyrateof4.5%„
ThisProtocolalsolaysdownthatthecontractingpartiesshallenterinto
negotiations earlyin1981forthepurposeofestablishing thetrade
arrangements tobeappliedin1982and1983.
Pendingtheconclusionofthesenegotiations andtheentryin*oforceof»
thetradearrangements tobeappliedin1982,itisimportanttoextendthe
validityofthearrangements laiddownintheabovementioned Protocol.
Inconsequence,itisadvisabletoopenthe,Communitytariffquota
describedabovefortheperiodfrom1Januaryto31December1982.
2.,ThisRegulationprovidesforthesplittingupofthequotavolumeinto
twoparts,ofwhichthefirstwillbeallocatedamongtheMemberStates
asquotashareandthesecondwillbekeptasareserve.
IntheabsenceofCommunitystatistics,foraperiodsufficiently
representative,theinitialquotasharesvhavebeencalculatedonthe
basisofthepossibledemand,onthemarketsofthevariousMemberStates
andonthebasisofforecastsmadebysomeofthem.
3.Asthemethodofadministration tobeappliedbyallMemberStates,
theCommissionproposesthe"greyhound"system.
4.Thisisthesubjectoftheproposalannexedhereto.
5.Thetariffquotainquestionisstilllikelytobemodifiedinthe
%•.llightoftheresultsofthecurrentnegotiations .Untiltheseresultsare
available,theRegulationproposedwillbeth#instrumentw^chwillmake
itpossibletofulfilthecommitmententeredintobytheCommunity.
TheCommissionthusreservestherighttoamenditsproposalwhileiti°s
stillgoingthroughchannelsinordertoadaptit,ifnecessary,tothe
newarrangements .•

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
*
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotefor
sweetpeppersfallingwithinsubheading07.01SoftheCommonCustomsTariffand
.originatinginCyprus(1982)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN Whereas,pendingtheestablishment
COMMUNITIES , ofsucharrangements itis
advisabletoextendprovisionally
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing/thefor1982theperiodofvaIidityofthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticulararranQ^rocntSapplicablein1981,
Article113thereof, '
Whereastheabovementioned
,..„Communitytartffquotashouldbe
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheComm.ss.on,openedfoftheperiodfrom
^ 1Januaryto31December1982;
WhereasArticle2oftheProtocol
concerningthearrangements tobe
appliedduring1981intheframework
oftheDecisionadoptedbytheAssoci- '
ationCouncilon24November1980
establishing theprocessintothe,
secondstageoftheAssociation Agree­
mentbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheRepublicofCyprus(1)>
assupplemented bytheProtocol(2) jadaptingthatAgreementtotake ^
accountoftheaccessionofthe
HellenicRepublic providesfor
1981fortheopeningofanannual
Communitytariffquotaof250tonnes
ofsweetpeppers,fallingwithinsub­
heading07.01SoftheCommonCustoms
Tariffandoriginating inCyprus,
atarateofcustomsdutyequalto
50%ofthecustomsdutyintheCommon
CustomsTariff;whereasthisProtocol
alsolaysdownthatthecontracting
partiesshallenterintonegotiations
earlyin1981forthepurposeof
establishing thetradearrangements
tobeappliedin1982and1983;
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Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterruptedaccess
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunity
natureofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectasaccuratelyaspossible
thetruetrendofthemarketintheproductsin
question,suchallocationshouidbe-inproportionto'•Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
IStates,thequotaamo-intshouldbedividedintotwo
Iinstalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstitutingareservetocover
atalaterdatetherequirementsottheMemberStates
whichhaveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;,
whereas,inordertogiveimportersine?xhMember
Stateacertaindegreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalment
oftheCommunityquotashouldunderthecircum­
stancesbefixedat75%ofthequotavolume;
therequirementsoftheMemberStates,calculatedby
referencetothestatisticsforimportsfromCyprus
overarepresentativereferenceperiodandalsotothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,however,neitherCommunitynornational
statisticsfortheproductsinquestionareavailable
andnoreliableestimatesoffutureimportscanbe
made;whereas,inthesecircumstances ,thequota
volumeshouldbeallocatedininitialshares,totake
intoaccountdemandfortheseproductsonthe
marketsofthevariousMemberStates:WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybt
uSedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotake
thisfactintoaccountandp.voidanybreakin
continuity,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusci
upitsinitialquotashareshoulddrawanadditional
sharefromthereserve;whereasthismustbedoneby
eachMemberStateasandwheneachofItsaddition-1
rsharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedasmanytirrtes
as-thereserveallows;whe-eastheinitialand
additionalsharesmustbevalidunti!theendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthismethodofadministration
requiresclosecooperationbetweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission ,andthelattermustbein
apositiontomonitortheextenttowhichthequota
volumeshavebeenusedupandtoinformthe
rMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
'SubstantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMember

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State,itisessentialthatthaiMemberStateshould
returnasignificantproportiontothereserveto
preventapartofanytariffquotafromremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedin
others;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourg areunitedwithinandjointly
representedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,any
operationrelatingtotheadministration ofthequota
sharesallocated-tothateconomicunionmaybe
carriedoutbyanyofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From!Januaryto31December1982theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyforsweetpeppers,fallingwithin
subheading07.01SoftheCommonCustomsTariff
andoriginating inCyprus;shallbepartially
suspendedat4-5%withinthelimitsofthej
Communitytariffquotaof250tonnes.
Withinthelimitsofthetariffquota,',Greeceshall•
applycustomsdutiescalculatedinaccordancewith
therelevantprovisionsinthe1979ActofAccession
andtheProtocolofAdaptation .
Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoin
Article1shallbedividedintotwoinstalments .
\
2.Afirstinstalmentamountingto185tonnesshall
beallocatedamongtheMemberStates;therespective
shares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbe'validuntil
31December1982shallbeasfollows:
.(tonnes)
Bénélux-' #7
Denmark 7
Germany 15
Greece « 1
France '1
Ireland 7
Italy. 1
UnitedKingdom 146
3.Thesecondinstalment,amountingto65tonnes,
shallconstitutethereserve.
V'Articlé3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberStale'sinitial
shareasspecifiedinArticle2(2),or90%ofthat
shareminustheportionreturnedtothe
corresponding reservewhereArticle5hasbeen
applied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextent
permittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,
drawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,then,totheextentpermitted
bytheamountofthereserve,thatMemberState
shall,inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddownin
paragraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
unit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90°/o
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshalL>in
accordance withtheconditions laiddov/nin
paragraph 1,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
■3,aMemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthan
thosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreasonto
believethattheymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinform
theCommissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthis
paragraph . •
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1982.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1982suchunusedportionof
theirinitialshareas,on15Septemberl982's'n
excessof20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturn
£largerquantityiftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthisquantitymaynotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission,not
laterthan1October1982ofthetotalquantitiesof
theproductsinquestionimportedupto15September

\
1982andchargedagainstthetariffquotaandofany
quantityoftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeach
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenused
up.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5October1982oftheamouCitinthereserveafter
quantitieshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5. '•
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhaustsany
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to
thisend,notifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.territoryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedto
them. r
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsof
theproductsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasand
whentheproductsareenteredwithcustoms
authoritiesforfreecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upit?shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftho
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
•i •
AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
,Article9
Article7
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasurescooperatecloselytoensure;thatthisRegulationis
necessarytoensurethatadditional'sharesdrawncompliedwith.
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat ,
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst ■■ .
theiraccumulatedsharesofthetariffquota. J 'Article10
j[:'
2.TheMemberStatessnailensurethatimporters ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
oftheproductsinquestionestablishedintheir1982
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels.
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FortheCouncil
jy.-y "y,-.; ThePresident