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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(75)final
Brussels,5June1975
PROPOSAL FORA
REGULATION(EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofa
Communitytariffquotaforfreshordriedhazelnuts,shelledorotherwise,
fallingwithinsubheadingex08.05G
oftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginating inTurkey
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COMC75 )246final

EXPLANA'POHY KEi^Oïl AKDUi :
1« _cicle 4ofCouncil Regulation (EEC)No3375/73of10December 1973
onthe importation into theCommunity ofcertain agricultural products
originating inTurkey provides forthe opening forfresh ordried
hazelnuts ,shelled orotherwise ,falling within subheading ex08.05 G
oftheCommon Customs Tariff ofanannual Community tariff quota of
21700metric tons ataduty rate of2.5%
2. Itisnot atpresent possible toknow whether thetariff measure laid
down bythis regulation infavour ofTurkey will beagreed ,fortheyear
1976 ,onthebasis oftheSupplementary Protocol concluded arising from
theaccession ofnewMember States orwhether thevalidity oftheinterim
agreement will beextended .
Theproposal foraregulation annexed hereto isbased ontheSupplementary
Protoool and would have tobemodified ifthis did not come into force on
1January 1976 .
3* Asregards thenewMember States ,
oneresult ofArticle 9isthat thereduction tobeapplied bythenew
Member States within thetariff quota inquestion must belimited tothe
reduction granted bysuch States with reference totheCommunity as
originally constituted .
4. Itshould benoted that theeconomic information onthebasis of
ofwhich theproposed allocation will bedrawn upshould bebased ,
inparticular ,onpast andfuture imports into Member States ,
speoifioally originating inorooming from Turkey .This
information hasbeen obtained byallMember States for1971 to1973 *
Theallocation contained inthis proposal foraRegulation wasthus
drawn uponthebasis ofpast andfuture figures supplied bythe
Member States forthequota period inquestion .
5» Asregards administration ofthis quota ,itisproposed that there
should beaninitial allocation among Member States ofalarge
part ofthequota ,thebalance representing part ofthereservo
1OJNoL345 »15December 1973 »P»1»

containingreturned ,shareswhichexoeededMemberStates*needsand
fromwhichthoseStatesstillinneedmaydrawadditionalshares.
J ■.t.. \
Asinthepast,theproposalforaRegulationannexedhereto
providesthatwhentheuniformmethodofadministration to"be
applied "byallMemberStatesshouldbethe"asandwhen"method.
However,totakeaooountoftheseasonalnatureoftheimports
oonoerned,theproposedthresholdforreturnstothereserveis
40$oftheinitialshare*

Proposaifora
♦ REGULATION (EEC}OFTESCOUITCIL
ontheopeningjallocationandadministration
* ofaCommunitytariffquotaforfreshordried.
hazelnuts,shelledorotherwise,fallingwithin
subheadingex08.05GoftheCommonCustomsTariff
andoriginatinginTrukey
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROFEANCOMMUMTIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEoonomioCommunity,
andinpartioularArticles43and113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament ;
WhereasunderArtiole1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3375/73^of
10December1973ooncerningtheimportationintotheCommunityofcertain
agricultural productsoriginatinginTurkey,theCommunitymustsuspend
thedutyappliedtoimportsoffreshordriedhazelnutsto2.5f°tshelled
orotherwise,fallingwithinsubheadingex08.05GoftheCommonCustoms
TariffofTurkishorigin,withinthelimitofaCommunitytariffquota
of21700metrictons;whereas,theCommunitytariffquotaconcerned
shouldthereforebeopenedfor1976;whereas,asregardsthenewMember
States,itshouldbenotedthatArticle9oftheSupplementary Protocol
signedinAnkaraon30June1973providesthatthereductionsofcustoms
OJïïoL345»15Deoember1973»p«1»

dutiesrequiredbytheAssociation Agreementshallbeappliedbythenew
MemberStatesfromtheentryintoforoeoftheSupplementary Protocolinthe
proportionsandaocordingtothetimelimitslaiddown,thattherateson
whichthenewMemberStatesshallbasethosereductionsshallbethose
whiohtheyapplytoanygivenmomenttonon-memberoountriesandthat
theratesfixedasaresultofthereduotionsregardingtheproduotslisted)
inparticular,inAnnex6totheAdditionalProtocol–whichinolude
hazelnuts–mayinnocasebelowerthanthoseappliedbythenewMember
StateswithreferenoetotheCommunityasoriginallyconstituted }whereas
thereductiontobeappliedbythenewMemberStateswithinthetariff
quotaunderconsideration musttherefore,incertainoases,belimitedto60
Whereasequalandcontinuousacoesstothequotashouldbeensuredforall
Communityimportersandtherateofdutyforthetariffquotashouldbe
appliedconsistently toallimportsoftheproduotinquestionuntilthe
quotaisexhausted;whereasinthelightoftheseprinciples,arrangements
fortheutilization oftheCommunitytariffquotabasedonanallocation
amongMemberStateswouldseemtobeconsistent withtheCommunitynature
ofthequota;whereas,inorderthatitmaycorrespondasoloselyas
possibletotheactualtrendofthemarketintheproductioninquestion,
allocationofthequotashouldbeinproportiontotherequirements ofthe
MemberStatesascalculatedbyreferencetostatisticsofimportsfrom
Turkeyduringarepresentative referenceperiodandtotheeoonomiooutlook
forthequotaperiodinquestion;
«
Whereas,onthebasisofthestatisticsatpresentavailable,importsinto
theMemberStatesin1972,1973and1974of.theproductoonoerned ,
originatinginTurkeyhavedeveloppedasfollowsandrepresentsthe
followingperoentagesoftotalimportsintotheCommunity;....i•
../•

*•3'
'.ISIS
metriotonsin%metriotons"in%±214
metrictonsin%
t.
Bénélux 5220^10.02.3323•5.96 4500 8.38
Denmark•^'4ί;>ν'.795.1.53 975
./»♦'••1.75 875 1.63
uermany 36776;,70.5939133.70.1634515 64.29
Franoe 49069.42617011.06 568010.58
Irelanài424v0.81 201
;f0.36 619 1.15
Italy 1970.382.062.3.70 2473 4.61
UnitedKLngdom 3777 -7.2539107.01 5026 9.36
152095 ■55774 53868
Whereas,takingintoaooountthesefiguresandtheforeseeabledevelopment
ofthemarketfortheproduotconcernedduring1976and,inparticular,the,
forecastsmadebysomeMemberStates,theinitialsharesmaybefixed
approximately atthefollowingpercentages !
Bénélux 10.14
Denmark-,2.67
Germany 65.93
.«•, tFrance 8.20
Ireland 1.66
Italy 0.25
UnitedKingdom 11.15
Whereas,totakeaooountoffutureimporttrendsfortheproduotooncerned
intotheMemberStates,thequotashouldbedividedintotwotranches,the
firstbeingallooatedbetweentheMemberStatesandtheseoondheldasa
reserve .tocoversubsequently therequirements ofMemberStateswhichhave
exhaustedtheirinitialshares}whereastogiveimporterssomedegreeof
Koertainty,thefirsttrancheofthequotashouldbefixedatabout80%of
itsfullamount: ''
r

Whereasinitialsharesmaybeexhaustedatdifferentrates;whereastoavoid
disruptionofsuppliesonthisaccountitshouldbeprovidedthatany
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawnan
additionalsharefromthereserve;whereaseaohtimeanadditionalshare
isalmostexhaustedafurthershareshouldbedrawn,andsoonasmany
timesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditionalshares
shouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthisformof
administration requiresclosecollaboration betweentheMemberStatesand
theCommission,andtheCommissionmustbeinapositiontokeepaooount
oftheextenttowhichthequotahasbeenusedupandtoinformthe
MemberStatesaccordingly ;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperiodaconsiderable quantityof
aMemberState'sinitialshareremainsunuseditisessential,toprevent
apartofaquotafromremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcould
beusedinanother,thatsuohStateshouldreturnaoertainproportion
thereoftothereserve;whereasgiventheseasonalnatureoftheimports
ooncerned,itseemsappropriatetofixthethresholdforsuohreturnsat
40/boftheinitialshare;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium^theKingdomoftheNetherlandsand
theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedby
theBeneluxEoonomioUnion,anytransactioninrespectofiheadministration
ofthesharesallocatedtothatEoonomioUnionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers;

HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION »
Artiole1
1.Thereshall "beopenedwithintheCommunityfortheperiod1January
to31December1976aCommunitytariffquotaof21700motriotors
offreshorfriedhazelnuts,shelledorothervri.se,fallingwithin
subheadingex08*050oftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginating
inTurkey.
2,VfiiMnthistariffquota,theCommonCustomsTariffdutyshall "bo
suspendedat2.5/k
3»NewMemberStatesshallapplyinrespeotofimportations underthe
saidquotadutiescalculatedinacoordanoewiththerelevant
provisionsoftheActofAooession,theSupplementary Protocoland
Regulation(EEC)No3375/73.
4.Thistariffquotashallbeallocatedandadministered inaccordance
withthefollowingprovisions.
Artide2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArtiole1(1)shallbedividedinto
twotranohes.
2.Afirsttranoheof17700metrictonsshallbeallooatedamongthe
MemberStates;theshares,whiohsubjecttoArticle5shallbe
validuntil31December1976/shallbeasfollows*
Bénélux 1795metriotons
Denmark 472metrictons
Germany 11669metriotons
Prance 1451metriotons
Ireland 294metrictons
Italy 45metriotons
UnitedKingdom 1974metrictons

Theseoondtranoheof4000metriotcrisshalloonstituteareserve.
Article3
AssoonasaMemberStatehasused$0%ormoreofitsinitialshare
asfixedinArticle2(2)orofthatshareminusanyportionreturned
tothereservepursuanttoArtioleitshallforthwith,"by
notifyingtheCommission,drawasecondshare,totheextentthat
thereservesopermits,equalto15$ofitsinitialshare,rounded
up,wherenecessarytothenextwholenumber.
AssoonasaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitialshare,has
used90%ormoreoftheseoondsharedrawnbyit,thatMemberState
shallforthwith,inthemannerandtotheextentprovidedin
paragraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto7.5$ofitsinitialshare.
AssooriasaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecondshare,has
used90foormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyit,thatMemberState
shall,inthemannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraph 1,
drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Itshallcontinueinthisfashionuntilthereserveisexhausted.
Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,aMemberState
maydrawshareslowerthanthosespeoifiedinthoseparagraphsif
therearegroundsforbelievingthattko3espeoifiedmaynotbe
usedinfull.AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshall
informtheCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.

Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArtiole3shallbevaliduntil
31December1976.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlaterthan 1October197oi
theunusedportionoftheirinitialsharewhicfyon15September 197<5»i*1
excessof20/£oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturnagreaterportionif
therearegroundsforbelievingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1Ootober1976,notifythe
Commissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproduotsinquestion
importeduptoandincluding15Septembei<l976 andohargedagainst
theCommunityquotaandofanyportionsoftheirinitialshares
returnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaooountofthesharesopenedbythe
MemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3andshall,assoonas
theinformationreachesit,informeachStateoftheextentto
whiohthereserveshavebeenusedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan5October1976,informtheMemberStates
oftheamountsstillinreservefollowinganyreturnofshares
pursuanttoArtiole5*
Itshallensurethatwhenanamountexhaustingthereserveisdrawn
theamountsodrawndoesnotexoeedthebalanceavailable,andto
thisendshallnotifytheamountofthatbalanoe .to-theMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.

mmQmm
•Article7
1.EveryMemberStateshalltakeallappropriate measurestoensure
thatadditionalBharesdrawnpursuanttoArtiole3areopenedin
suohawaythatimportations may"beohargedwithoutinterruption
againstitsaccumulated shareoftherelevantCommunityquota,
2.EveryMemberStateshallensurethatimportersoftheproducts
inquestionestablishedinitsterritoryhavefreeaocesstothe
sharesallooatedtoit.
3.EveryMemberStateshallohargeimportations oftheproduotsin
questionagainstitssharesasandwhentheproduotsareentered
wi'ththeoustomsauthorities forhomeuse.
4*TheextenttowhiohaMemberStatehasusedupitssharesshallbe
determinedonthebasisoftheimportations sharedagainstthose
sharesinaooordanoewithparagraph3.
Article8
EveryMemberStateshallnotifytheCommissionatregularintervals
oftheimportations oftheproductsinquestionohargedagainstits
6haras.
•1.:1Artide9 -
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission,theMemberStatesshall
notifyitoftheimportations oftheproductsinquestioncharges
....againstitsshare?. , 'V
-Artide10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforoeon1January1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddireotly
applicableinallMemberStates.
I
Doneat-Brusselsj FertheCounoil
ThePrésident1.
2.