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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)482 final
Brussels,14September 1981
Proposalfora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofa
Communitytariffquotaforcertaindriedgrapes,fallingwithin
subheading 08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginating
inCyprus(1982)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(81)482final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM ,
1.Article 1oftheProtocol concerning thearrangements tobeapplied
during 1981 intheframework oftheDecision adopted bytheAssociation
Council on24November 1980 establishing theprocess into thesecond
stage oftheAssociation Agreement between theEuropean Economic Community
andtheRepublic ofCyprus ,assupplemented by'the Protocol ofAdaptation
tothat Agreement totake account ofthe accession ofthe Hellenic
Republic ,lays down _
-x>ntheonehand ,that the provisions ofthe 1978 Supplementary
Protocol shall beapplicable during 1981 ,and
-ontheother hand ,that thecontracting parties shall enter into
negotiations early in1981 forthepurpose ofestablishing thetrade
arrangements tobeapplied in1982 and 1983 . ■* t/
Pending theconclusion ofthese negotiations and theentry into force
ofthetrade arrangements tobeapplied in1982 ,itisimportant toextend
thevalidity ofthearrangements laid down intheabovementioned
Supplementary Protocol .The Protocol' provides fortheopening ofan
annual duty-free Community tariff quota of500tonnes ofcertain dried
grapes inimmediate containers ofanet capacity of15kgorless ,falling
within subheading 08.04 BIofthe CCTandoriginating inCyprus .
Inconsequence ,itisadvisable toopen the Community tariff quota
described above fortheperiod from 1January to31December 1982 .
2.Theprovisions oftheRegulation laydown that thequota volume shall
bedivided into twoinstalments ,the first tobeallocated among the
Member States and the second toconstitute the Community reserve .
Asregards theallocation ofthe volume ofthe first instalment ofthe ,
tariff quota ,itshould bepointed out that this wascarried outonthe "
basis ofthe rules generally applied sofar .Thus the sumofthe imports
byeach Member State during theperiod from 1978 to1980 wasproportional
totheCommunity imports over the same period ._Thepercentages resulting
from this were applied -perMember State -tothevolume ofthis initial
quota byrounding upthe last figures expressed intonnes .
3.Asregards themethod ofadministration tobeapplied byalltheMember -
States ,theCommission proposes the "Greyhound system 1*.
4.Such isthepurpose oftheappended proposal .

-2-
5.Thetariffquotainquestionisstilllikelytobemodifiedinthe
lightoftheresultsofthecurrentnegotiations .Untiltheseresults
areavailable,theRegulation proposedwillbetheinstrument whichwill
makeitpossibletofulfilthecommitment enteredintobytheCommunity .
TheCommission thusreservestherighttoamenditsproposalwhileitis
stillgoingthroughchannelsinordertoadaptit,ifnecessary,tothe
newarrangements .

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening/allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofa
Communitytariffquotaforcertaindriedgrapesfallingwithin'
subheading 08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariffquotaand
originating inCyprus(1982)
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES .ThECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN WhereastheabovementionedSupplement
COMMUNITIES ^ ,aryProtocolprov.idesfortheopening
ofanannual ,duty-free Community '
HavingregardtotheTreaty .•tariffquotaof500tonnesofcertain
establishing theEuropeanEconomic driedgrapesfallingwithin ,sub-
Community,andinparticularArticleheading08.04BIoftheCommon.'
113thereof/ .';CustomsTariffandoriginating in
Cyprus';whereasthisCommunitytariff
HavingregardtotheproposalfromquotashouldbeopenedfortheperiodHavingregardtotheTreaty
establishing theEuropeanEconomic
Community/andinparticularArti
113thereof/ .';
theCommission/
WhereasArticle 1oftheProtocol
concerning thearrangements tobe
appliedduring1981intheframework
oftheDecisionadoptedbythe
Association Councilon24November
1980establishing theprocessinto
thesecondstageoftheAssociation
Agreement betweentheEuropean •
EconomicCommunity andtheRepublic
ofCyprus(1)/assupplemented by.th'e;
Protocol(2")adaptingthat
Agreementtotakeaccountof-the
accessionoftheHellenicRepublic *-
laysdown,ontheonehand,thatthe
provisionsoftheSupplementary
ProtocoltotheAgreementestablish-,
inganAssociation betweenthe'
EuropeanEconomicCommunity andthe
RepublicofCyprus(3)shallbe
applicablefor1981and,onthe
otherhand,thatthecontracting
partiesshallenterintonegotiations -
earlyin1981'forthepurposeof
establishing thetradearrangements '
tobeappliedin1982and1983;
Whereas,pendingtheestablishment
ofsucharrangement ^,itisadvisable
toextendprovisionally for1982
theperiodofvalidityofthearrange­
mentsapplicablein1981;"from1Januaryto31December1982.
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovcrnentioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequota-hasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunity
natureofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
•whereas,inordertoreflectasaccuratelyaspossible
thetruetrendofthemarketintheproductsin
•question,suchallocationshouldbeinproportionto
therequirementsoftheMemberStates,calculatedby
/referencetothestatisticstorimportsfromCyprus
.overarepresentative referenceperiodandalsotoihe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsare.available,thecorresponding importsby
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfrom
Cyprusoftheproductsconcerned :
(1)0JNo
(2)0JNo
(3)0JNo.
MemberStates 19781979 ■1980'
Benelux '..1■ι211.
Denmark -––"-–
Germany ,·– –
Greece. –.–..–-
•France '''. – –5..'
Ireland -'; –..–..–
Italy .– – -
UnitedKingdom 999884
L172of28June1978#p.2.

Inviewofthesefrittersofmmketforecasts
forf.Jirproductsinquestionandinparticularofthe
estimatessubmittedbycertainMemberStates,initial
quotasharesmaybefixedapproximately atthei
followingpercentages: '
Bénélux
Dcnmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom2-8
2-8
6-0
0-7
2-8
2-8
0-7
81ΆHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
!
From1Januaryto31December1932 ,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyfordriedgrapes,-inimmediate
containersofanetcapacityof15kilogramsorless,
fallingwithinsubheading08.04BIoftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginatinginCyprusshallbe
totallysuspendedwithinthelimitsofaCommunity
tariffquotaof500tonnes. '
Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,Greeceshall
applydutiescalculatedin.accordancewiththe'
relevantprovisionsinthe1979ActofAccessionand
theProtocolofAdaptation. .
Whereas,ir,ordertotakeintoaccountimporttreYids
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments ,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstitutingareservetocover
atalaterdatetherequirementsoftheMemberStates
whichhaveused.uptheirmittaiquotashares;
whereas,inordertogiveimportersineachMember
Stateacertaindegree-ofsecurity,thefirstinstalment
oftheCommunityquotashouldunderthecircum­
stancesbefixedat75%ofthequotavolume;
Whereasthe-MemberStates'initialsharesmaybe
usedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotake
thisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostused
upitsinitialquotashareshoulddrawanadditional
sharefromthecorresponding reserve;whereasthis
mustbedonebyeachMemberStateasandwhen.
eachofitsadditionalsharesisalmostusedup,and
repeatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereas
theinitialandadditionalsharesmustbevalid-until
theendofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration requiresclosecooperationbetweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,andthelatter:
mustbeinapositiontomonitortheextenttowhich'
thequotavolumehasbeenusedupandtoinformthe
MemberStatesthereof; •■
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunusedinany-Member
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshould
returnasignificantproportiontothereserveto
preventapartofanytariff'quotafromremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedin
others; •
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,'the-
K.tigdorrioftheNetherlandsandthe.GrandDuchy
ofLuxembourg arcunitedwithinsndjointly
i<Y'.-sscnicdbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,any
operationrelatingtothe?dministrationofibequota
sh.ucsallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybe
carrirdoutbyanyofitsmembers, .-.Artide2 '.■
1.-The'Communitytariffquotareferredtotn
Article 1shaiibedividedintotwoinstalments .••
2.Afirstinstalmentamountingto375tonnesshall
beallocatedamongtheMemberStates;therespective
shares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil
31December19&2shallbeasfollows:.
Benelux
"Denmark ••
Germany '
Greece :
France
Ireland
Italy' •
UnitedKingdom(tonnes)
10
10
'.22V
'3•
'10'■.
10•
3
307
3.The.secondinstalmentor125tonnesshall
constitutethereserve.
Article3 <
1.If90%,t?rmoreof^MemberState'sinitial
shareasspecifiedinArticle2(2),'or90%ofthat
shareminustheportionreturnedtothereservewhere
Article5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,..to
theextentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve,
thatMemberStateshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commission,drawasecondshareequalto15%of
itsinitialshare,roundedupwherearytothe'
.nextunit. ." ■v
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormorecfthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,then,totheextentpermitted
bytheamountofthereserve,thatMemberState
shall,inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddownin
paragraph1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofits
initialshare,roundaJupwherenecessarytothenext
unit.

3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdshiredrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddownin
paragraph 1,drawafourth'shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinuejtintilthereserveisused
"P-
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,aMemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthan
thosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreasonto
believethattheymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinform
theCommissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthis
paragraph.
Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1982.
ArticleÏ
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthanIrOctober1982suchunusedportionof
theirinitialshareas,on15September1982's'n
excessof20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturn
alargerquantityiftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthisquantitymaynotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,not
laterthan1October1982°f^tota'quantitiesof
theproductsinquestionimportedupto15September
1982andchargedagainstthetariffquotaandofany
quantityoftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5October1982oftheamountinthereserveafter
quantitieshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to
thisend,notifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastqrawing.
Article7 .
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures
necessarytoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulatedsharesofthetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductsinquestionestablishedintheir
territoryhav£freeaccesstothesharesallocatedto
them.m;•
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsof
theproductsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasand
whentheproductsareenteredwithcustomsauth­
oritiesforfreecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitof;importsoftheproductsconcerned
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares.-
'>'s
rArticle9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.'
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
'1982.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinailMember
""States.
DoneatBrussels,.
• ,M
.''* 1.FortheCouncil
I
ThePresidentArticle6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3and,assoonasitis.notified,shallinformeach
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenused
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