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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(75)230 final .
Brussels .29May 1975
Proposai fora
REGULATION (EEC )OPTHECOUNCIL
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration
ofaCommunity tariff quota forapricot pulp falling
within subheading ex20.06 BIIc)l)aa)oftheCommon
Customs Tariff ,originating inIsrael .
(year 1976 )
(submitted totheCouncil "bytheCommission )
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Explanatory mcmorc.nd.um
1,TheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
StateofIsraelprovidesinArticle10ofProtocolNo.1annexed
theretofortheopeningofanannualCommunitytariffquotafor
theimportationintotheCommunityof150metrictonsofapricot
puln,originatinginIsrael,fallingwithinsubheadingex20.06
BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariff.
Thecustomsdutiesapplicablewithinthelimitsofthisquotaaro
equalto7Q?oofthedutiesactuallyappliedtonon-membercoun­
tries. ■...
Accordinglythetariffquotainquestionhastobeopenedfor1976.
2.TheproposalforaRegulationopeningthistariffquotamakes
provision,asisusual,forthedivisionofthequotavolume
intotwotranches,thefirstofvhichisallocatedbysharesto
theK-mbcrStates,whilethesecondconstitutes areserve.
Itdocsnotseempossible,inthiscase,tobasetheallocation
ofthefirsttrancheontherulesgenerallyapplied,thatis,
torelatethetotalimportsbyeachMemberStateduringthepast
threeyearstotheCommunityimportsoverthesameperiodand
toapplyforeachMemberStatetheresultingpercentage?tothe
volumeofthefirsttranche.AsonlyoneMemberStatehasregularly
in:^ortc.dtheproductsconcernedandtheotherMemberStateshave
themonlyoccasionallyifatall,anallocationscale
basedonestimatesputforwardbysomeMemberStatesandonthe
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noedtoallocate -thequotavolumefairlyamongtheMember
Statesappearssuitable, .
3.Theformofadministration tobeappliedbyalltheMember
Statesisthe"grey-hound-system".
b.TheMemberStates'expertswhoparticipated intheconsultative
meetingofthe"EconomicTariffproblems"Group(l4/l8April
1975)expressedagreementinprincipletotheschemeforallo­
cationofsharesproposedbytheCommissionintheframework
oftheregulation annexed.---------
5-ItisproposedthattheproposalforaCouncilRegulation
openingtheCommunitytariffquotadescribedinparagraph1
abovebeapproved.
•ANFiiX:
1proposalforaRegulation(EEC)ofthoCouxioil

Proposaifora
,Regulation (EEC;Ho; 75of"theCouncil
of................
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration'
ofaCommunitytariffQuotaforapricotpulpfalling
withinsubheadingcx20.OCEIIc)l)aa)oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginIsrael.; ■-
THECOUîTCILOPTHEEUROPEMCOIMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeaniCconomic •
Community,andinparticularArticles43and113thereof;
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HavingregardtotheproposalfromthoCommission;
HavingregardtotheopnionoftheEuropeanParliament ;
WhereastheAgreementbetweenthoEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andthoStateofIsrael,signedon1 •1975Cprovides
inArticle10oftheProtocol ITo.1annexedtheretoforthe
openingbythoCommunityofaannualCommunitytariffquotaof150
metrictonsofapricotpulpfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BII
c)1")aa)of'theCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginIsrael;
whereasthecustomsdutiesapplicabletothequotaare'equalto
ICffcofthedutiesactuallyappliedtonon-membercountries;>
whereastheCommunitytariffquotainquestionshouldtherefore
beopenedfor1976;

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Whereas equal andcontinuous access tothequota should boensured
forallCommunity importers and .therate oflevy forthetariff quota
should "beapplied consistently toallimports oftheproduct -inques­
tion until thequota isused up;whereas aCommunity tariff arrange­
ment based onanallocation between theMember States would seem to .
preserve the Community nature ofthequota ,having regard tothe
principles mentioned above }whereas ,torepresent asclosely as
possible theactual development ofthemarket intheproduct inques­
tion ,theallocation should follow proportionately therequirements
ofthoMember States calculated from both statistics ofimports from
Israel during arepresentative reference period andtheeconomic
outlook forthequota period inquostion ;.
Ilhereas ,during thelast three years forwhich statistics areavail­
able ,thecorresponding imports byeach oftheMember States represent
thofollowing percentages oftheimports into thoCommunity from
Israel oftheproducts concerned : v
I1972 . 1973 197 2* .
Bénélux
Denmark
h58.6(=58 t)100(=25t )
Germany 43.3(=13.t )
France
Ireland~ ■
Italy
United Kingdom 56.T(-17 "t) 41.4(=41 t)'t
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Whereasthosedatacannotheconsideredasrepresentative to1serveas
abasisforallocationofthequotavolumepmong'theMeraherStates}
whereasitis'difficulttoestimateimportsbyMemberStatesfor-'
1976becauseoftheabsenceofanypatterninpreviousyears;'
whereastoallocatethequotavolumefairly,theinitialquota >
sharesmaybofixedapproximately asfollows:
•'Bénélux 155'a :•
Der-uark .'•5$
Germany '''25$ •''*.
1-France ' ''10$ -1
Ireland 5$
•"Italy'"-5$
UnitedKin<*do'm 35% '' >
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsinthevarious
MemberStatesfortheproductsconcerned,thequotavolumeshould
bodividedintotwotranches,thefirstbeingallocatedamongstthe
KomberStatesraidthesecondheldasareservetocoverata1later ■
datotherequirements ofMemberStateswhichhaveusaduptheir
initialshare;whereas,togiveimporterssomecertainty,thefirst
trancheoftheCommunitytariffquotacouldbefixedat66$7..•
of,thequotavolumes; "
Nlioreastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupmoreorlessquickly;
whereas,therefore,toavoiddisruptionofsupplies,anyMember
Statewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialsharemustdrawa
* ' « .supplementary sharefromthereserve;whereasthismustbedone*.-.
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byeachIlembcrStateaseachoneofitssupplementary shares
isalmostusedup,andasmanytimesasthereserveallows;
whereaseachinitialandsupplementary sharemustbevaliduntil

theendofthequotaporiodjwhereasthisformofadministration •
requiresclosecollaboration .betweenMemberStatesandtheCommission,
andtheCommissionmustbeinapositiontofollowtheextenttowhich
thetariffquotashavebeenusedupandinformtheMemberStates
thereofj•
VJhercasif,ata.givendateinthequotaperiod,aconsiderable
quantityoftheinitialshareisleftoverinaMemberState,itis
essentialthatthatStateshouldreturnasignificantproportionto
thereservetopreventapartoftheCommunityquotafromremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Wiereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomoftheNetherlands
andtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgarejointlyrepresented bythe
BenoluxEconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningtheadministration
ofthesharesallocatedtothatEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutby
anyonoofitsmembers.,■ 1 • .■
HASADCPT3DTHISEEGULATIOïî :
Article1
1,Prom1January'to31December1976,aCommunitytariffquota
> ....
v:of150metrictonsshallbeopenedintheCommunityiorapricot
pulp,fallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1:aa)ofthe
CommonCustomstariff,originatinginIsraeli
2»I'ithinthelimitsofthistariffquotatheCommonCustomsTariff
dutyapplicabletotheseproductsshallbepartiallysuspended
atarateofIl.9$»
3*WithinthelimitsofthistariffquotathenewMemberStateB
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisions
ofProtocolNo.1annexedtotheAgreementbetweentheCommunity
andtheStateofIsraelandoftheActofAccession.

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.Article2
l,rAfirsttrancheoflOOjnetrictonsoftheCommunitytariff
quotareferredtoinArticle1shallboallocatedamongthe
NumberStates;theshareswhich,subjecttoArticle5»shall
bevaliduntil31December1975shallboasfollows:
.Bénélux 15cotrictons
Denmark 5metrictons
Germany 2.5metrictons
Franco 10metrictons
.Ireland 5metrictons
Italy 5metrictons *"
UnitedKingdom •35metrictons
2•Asecondtrancheof50..metrictonsshallconstituteareserve.'
, Article3
1.IfSQffoormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareasspecifiedin
Article2(l),orofthatshareminustheportionreturnedtothe
reservewhereArticle5isapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshallwithout -delay,bynotifyingtheCommission,drawa
secondshareequalto15$ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhere
necessarytothenextunit,totheextentpermittedbytheamount
ofthereserve.
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2,If,afteritsinitialsharehas"beenused,up,ormoreof
thesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState.hasbeenusedup,that
MemberStateshall,inaccordancewiththeconditionsimposed
byparagraph1,drawathirdshare,equalto7*5$ofitsinitial
share,roimdedupvrtierenecessarytothenextunit.
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3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,$Cffcormoreofthe
thirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenusedup;that
MemberStateshall,inaccordancewiththosameconditions,
drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueto-applyuntilthereserveisused
up, .v'
4.Eywayofderogationfromparagraph1to3,aHomberState
maydrawshareslowerthanthosefixed"inthoseparagraphs
«iftherearegroundsforbelievingthattheymaynotbeused
up.ItshallinformtheCommissionofitsreasonsforapplying
thisparagraph.
Article4
Supplementary sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbevalid
until31December197^*
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlaterthan
1October1976theunusedportionoftheirinitialshare
which,on15September inexcessof2C$>oftheinitial
amount.Itmayreturnagreaterportioniftherearogrounds
forbelievingthatitmaynotbeusedup.

Member States shall ,notlater than 1October 19?6 ,.notify the
Commission ofthetotal quantities ofthesaid goods imported
uptoandincluding 15September 1976 andcharged against the
Community tariff quota andanyquantities ofthoinitial share
returned tothe reserve .
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Article 6
TheCommission shall keop anaccount ofthe shares opened bythe
Member State pursuant toArticles 2and 3andshall ,assoon as
ithasbeen notified ,inform each state oftheextent towhich the
reserve hasbeen used up.
Itshall inform theMember States ,notlater than 5October 1976 ,
ofthe amount still inreserve after amounts have been returned
thereto pursuant toArticle 5*
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It "shall ensure that thedrawing which uses upthereserve is
limited tothebalance available andtothis end shall specify ,'
theamount thereof totheMember State making thelast drawing .
. . Article 7
Member States shall take allmeasures necessary toensure that ■
supplementary shares drawn pursuant toArticle 3areopened insuch
awaythat imports maybecharged -without interruption against their
accumulated shares intheCommunity quota .
Member States shall '-ensure that importers ofthesaid goods .
established intheir territory have free access tothoshares
allocated tothem .

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3.MemberStatesshallchargeimports ,ofthesaidgod.dsagainsttheir
sharesasandwhensuchgoodsareenteredforhomeuse.
4»TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupitsshareshall
bedeterminedonthebasisof'importschargedinaccordance
withparagraph3...
Article8 *
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MemberStatesshallinformtheCommissionatregularintervals
ofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares#
Artici©9•
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TheMemberStateandtheCommissionshalco-operatecloselyin
ordertoensurethatthisRegulationisobserved*
iArticle10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Donç.atBrussels,, ,, FortheCovpicil
-' ThePrésident