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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)475 final
Brussels,24September 1981
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration
ofaCommunitytariffquotaforapricotpulp,falling
withinsubheading ex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginating inMorocco(1982)
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration
ofaCommunitytariffquotaforapricotpulp,falling
withinsubheading ex20.06BIIc)aa)oftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginating inTunisia(1982)
(presented bytheCommission totheCouncil)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The.ooperationAgreementsconcludedbetweentheEuropeanEconomic-
CommunityontheonehandandtheKingdomofMorocco,andtheRepublic
ofTunisiaontheotherhandprovide,fortheopeningofannualCommunity
tariffquotasfortheimportationintotheCommunityof8.250or4.300
metrictonsofapricotpulp,originatinginthesecountries,falling
withinsubheadingex20.068IIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariff.*
Thecustomsdutiesapplicablewithinthelimitsofthisquotaare.
equalto70Xofthedutiesactuallyappliedtonon-membercountries.
Accordinglythetariffquotainquestionhastobeopenedfor1982.»'
Theproposalsforregulations openingthesetariffquotasprovide-
asiscustomarytforthedivisionofeachofthequota-volumesinto
twoinstalments,thefirstbeingallocatedamongtheMemberStates>
asquotashares,thesecondbeingheldasareserve.,*
Theallocationofthevolumeofthefirstinstalmentofthequota
shouldbebasedontherulesgenerallyapplied.Theseinvolvecal­
culatingeachMemberState'stotalimportsoyerthelastthreeyears
as.aproportionoftotalCommunityimportsduring'thesameperiod
andapplying,foreachMemberState,thepercentagesthusobtained
tothevolumeofthefirstinstalment., .
However,inthisprocessaccountwastakenonthefactthatcertain
MemberStateseffectednooronlyoccasionalimportsduringthese
years.Inviewofthenecessityofallocatingthequotavolumein•
anequitablemannerthese-Member Statesweregrantedsmallpercen­
tagesrepresenting commercially exploitableshares.-
ItisproposedthattheproposalsforCouncilRegulationsopening ,
theCommunitytariffquotasdescribedabovebeapproved../.:
ANNEX:2proposalsforRegulations(EEC)oftheCouncil.1

AnnexA
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
apricotpulpfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustoms
TariffandoriginatinginMorocco(1982),
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article113thereof,overarepresentativereferenceperiodandalsotothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,duringthe"lastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsof
eachMemberStaterepresentthefollowingper­
centagesofimportsintotheCommunityfrom
Moroccooftheproductsconcerned:
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheCooperation Agreement j
betweentheEuropeanEconomic i
CommunityandtheKingdomof j
Morocco,signedon27Atjril1976.(1),
assupplementedbytheProtocol^?forits!adaptationconsequentontheaccessionofthe
HellenicRepublictotheEuropean
EconomicCommunity provides
fortheopeningbytheCommunity ;
ofanannualCommunitytariff
quotaof8250tonnesofapricot
pulpfallingwithinsubheading '
ex20.06BIIc)1aa)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandorig­
inatinginMorocco;whereasthe
customsdutiesapplicabletothe :
quotaareequalto70%ofthe
customsdutiesactuallyapplied
tonon-membercountries;whereas
theCommunitytariffquotain
questionshouldthereforebe
openedfor1982;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoail
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunity
natureofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
Communitytariffquotaamongthe'MemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectasaccuratelyaspossible
thetruetrendofthemarketintheproductsin
question,suchallocationshouldbeinproportionto
therequirementsoftheMemberStates,calculatedby
referencetothestatisticsforimportsfromMoroccoMemberStates197819791980
Benelux –0.73
Denmark--.-
GermanyGreece
France17.9
66.419.8
79.515
82
Ireland- - -
Italy- - -
UnitedKingdom 15.7--"
Whereas,boththepercentagesandtheestimatesfrom
certainMemberStatesshouldbetakenintoaccount
aswellastheneedtoensurethat,inthecircum­
stances,theobligationscontractedunderthe
Agreementconcernedareallocatedfairlyamongall
theMemberStates;whereastheapproximateper­
centagesoftheinitialquotasharesmaythereforebe
fixedasfollows: .
Bénélux
Denmark
GermanyGreecéFrance
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom8
2
341
38
1
i
15
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstitutingareservetocover
atalaterdatetherequirementsoftheMemberStates
whichhaveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;
(1)0JNoL264,27.9.1978,p.2
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whereas,inordertogiveimportersineachMember
Stateacertainde^re?ofsecurity,thefirstinstalment
oftheCommunityquotashouldunderthecircum­
stancesbefixeda:70%ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybe
usedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotake
thisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostused
upitsinitialshare,shoulddrawanadditionalshare
fromthereserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
sharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additionalsharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthismethodofadministration
requiresclosecooperationbetweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission ,andthelattermustbein
apositiontomonitortheextenttowhichthequota
volumehasbeenusedupandtoinformtheMember
Statesthereof;AnnexA
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentamountingto5860tonnesof
theCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbeallocatedamongtheMemberStates;the
shares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil
31December198^shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)
Benelux 470
Denmark 110
GermanyGreece 20£ô
France 2220
Ireland 60
Italy 60
UnitedKingdom 880
2.Thesecondinstalmentamountingto2390
tonnesshallconstitutethereserve.
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMember
StateitisessentialthatthatMemberStateshould
returnasignificantproportiontothecorresponding
reservetopreventapartoftheCommunityquota
fromremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenit
couldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourg areunitedwithinandjointly
representedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,any
operationrelatingtotheadministration ofthequota
sharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybe
carriedoutbyanyofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1982a
Communitytariffquotaof8250tonnesshallbe
openedintheCommunity forapricotpulp
fallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatingin
Morocco .
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquotathe
CommonCustoms ■Tariffdutyapplicabletothese
productsshallbesuspendedatarateof11-9°/o.
WithintheLimitsofthistariffquot
Greeceshallapplydutiescalculated
inaccordance withtherelevant
provisions inthe1979ActofAccessi
andtheadaotinaProtocol.Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitial
shareasspecifiedinArticle2(1),or90°/oofthat
shareminustheportionreturnedtothereservewhere
Article5hasbeenappljed,hasbeenusedup,then,to
theextentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve,
thatMemberStateshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commission ,drawasecondshareequalto15%of
itsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thenthatMemberStateshall,
inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddownin
paragraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto7•5%ofits
initialshare.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordance withtheconditionslaiddownin
paragraph 1,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,aMemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthan
thosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreasonto
believethattheymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinform
theCommissionofits_reasonsforapplyingthis
paragraph.

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Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December 19S2.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1982,suchunusedportionof
theirinitialsharesas,on15September1982,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturn
alargerquantityiftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthisquantitymaynotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,not
laterthan1October1982ofthetotalquantitiesof
theproductsinquestionimportedupto15September
1982,andchargedagainstthetariffquotaandofany
quantityoftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeach
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenused
"P-
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5October1982,oftheamountinthereserveafter
quantitieshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to
thisend,shallnotifytheamountofthatbalanceto
theMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.AnnexA
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures
necessarytoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulatedsharesofthetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductsinquestionestablishedintheir
territoryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedto
them.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsof
theproductsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasand
whentheproductsareenteredwithcustomsauth­
oritiesforfreecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1982.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

AnnexB
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC).
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
apricotpulpfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommon .Customs
TariffandoriginatinginTunisia(1982)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN overarepresentativereferenceperiodandalsotothe
COMMUNITIES , economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article113thereof,Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsof
eachMemberStaterepresentthefollowingper7
centagesofimportsintotheCommunityfromTunisia
oftheproductsconcerned :
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheCooperation Agreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheRepublicofTunisia,
signedon25Apri.L.1976,(1),assup­
plementedbytheProtocolforitsadaptation
consequent ontheaccessionoftheHellenic
RepublictotheEuropeanEconomic
Community 'providesforthe
openingbytheCommunityofanannual
Communitytariffquotaof4300tonnes
ofapricotpulpfallingwithinsub­
headingex20.06BIIc)1aa)ofthe
CommonCustomsTarifforiginating
inTunisia;whereasthecustoms
dutiesapplicabletothequotaare
equalto70%ofthecustomsduties
actuallyappliedtonon-member
countries;whereastheCommunity
tariffquotainquestionshould
thereforebeopenedfor1982;_
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quota'anduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunity
natureofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectasaccuratelyaspossible
thetruetrendofthemarketin.theproductsin
question,suchallocationshouldbeinproportionto
therequirementsoftheMemberStates,calculatedby
referencetothestatisticsforimportsfromTunisiaMemberStates197819791980
Benelux 19.128.3-4
Denmark- - -
GermanyGreece
France14.4
62Tó15.5
54?196
Ireland- - -
Italy3.92.1 -
UnitedKingdom- - -
Whereasboththesepercentagesandtheestimates
fromcertainMemberStatesshouldbetakeninto
accountaswellastheneedto.ensurethat,inthe
circumstances ,theobligationscontractedunderthe
Agreementconcernedareallocatedfairlyamongall
theMemberStates;whereastheapproximateper­
centagesoftheinitialquotasharesmaythereforebe
fixedasfollows:
Bénélux
Denmark
GermanyGreecéFrance
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom28-7
3-5
4-81.853.1
1-8
1-8
4-5
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstitutingareservetocover
atalaterdatetherequirementsoftheMemberStates
(1)OJNoL265,27.9.1978,p.2.
(2)0J

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whichhaveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;
whereas,inordertogiveimportersineachMember
Stateacertaindegreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalment
oftheCommunityquotashouldunderthecircum­
stancesbefixedat73%ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybe
usedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotake
thisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostused
upitsinitialquotashareshoulddrawanadditional
sharefromthereserve;whereasthismustbedoneby
eachMemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
sharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimes
asthe'reserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additionalsharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthismethodofadministration
requiresclosecooperationbetweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission ,andthelattermustbein
apositiontomonitortheextenttowhichthequota
volumehasbeenusedupandtoinformtheMember
Statesthereof;AnnexB
Article2
I.Afirstinstalmentamountingto3190tonnesof
theCommunitytariffquotarefe^r-dtoinArticle1,
shallbeallocatedamongtheMemberStates;the
shares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil
31December1982shallbeasfollows:
Bénélux
Denmark
GermanyGreece
rrance
Ireland
Italy.
UnitedKingdom(tonnes)
900
110-
55
55
140
2.Thesecondinstalmentamountingto1110
tonnesshallconstitutethereserve.
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshould
returnasignificantproportiontothereserveto
preventapartofanytariffquotafromremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedin
others;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsaretheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperation
relatingtotheadministrationofthequotashares
allocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarriedout
byanyofitsmembers,Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitial
shareasspecifiedinArticle2(1),or90%ofthat
shareminustheportionreturnedtothereservewhere
Article5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,to
theextentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve,
thatMemberStateshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commission,drawasecondshareequalto15%of
itsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thenthatMemberStateshall,
inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddownin
paragraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofits
initialshare.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1982a
Communitytariffquotaof4300tonnesshallbe
openedintheCommunity forapricotpulp
fallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginTunisia.
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquotathe
CommonCustomsTariffdutyapplicabletothese
productsshallbesuspendedatarateof11-9%.
WithintheLimitsofthistariff
quota,Greeceshallapplyduties
calculated inaccordanceuiththe
relevantprovisionsinthe1979Actof
AccessionandtheadaptingProtocol.3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordance withtheconditionslaiddownin
paragraph 1,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,aMemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthan
thosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreasonto
believethattheymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinform
theCommissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthis
paragraph.

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Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1982.
Artide5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1982,suchunusedportionof
theirinitialshareas,on15September1982,,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturn
alargerquantityiftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthisquantitymaynotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,not
laterthan1October1982ofthetotalquantitiesof
theproductsinquestionimportedupto15September
1982andchargedagainstthetariffquotaandofany
quantityoftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserves.
- Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeach
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenused
"P-
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5October1982,of theamountinthereserveafter
quantitieshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to
thisend,notifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.AnnexB
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures
necessarytoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulatedsharesofthetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductsinquestionestablishedintheir
territoryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedto
them.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsof
tjieproductsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasand
whentheproductsareenteredwithcustomsauth­
oritiesforfreecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall.
cooperatecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1982.
\
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States. 4
DoneatBrussels, .
FortheCouncil
ThePresident