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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Brussels -11th November 1980
PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
OPENING /.ALLOCATING ANDPROVIDING FORTHEADMINISTRATION OFA
COMMUNITY TARIFF ,QUOTA FORFRESH ORDRIED HAZELNUTS ,SHELLED
Νν
.ORNOT,FALLING' WITHIN SUBHEADING EX08.05 GOFTHECOMMON
CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING INTURKEY (1981 )
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■" R,. <>•>>'•-M/
(presented bythe'Commission totheCouncil )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1..CouncilRegulation (EEC)N°of concerning the
importation intotheCommunityofcertainagricultural products
originating inTurkey(1)providesfortheopeningforfresh
ordriedhazelnuts,shelledorotherwise/fallingwithinsubheading
ex08.05GoftheCommonCustomsTariff,ofanannualCommunityduty-
freetariffquotaof25,000tonnes,
2.Itshouldbenotedthattheeconomicinformation onthebasisof
whichtheproposedallocationwillbedrawnupshouldbebased,
inparticular,onpastandestimatedfutureimportsintoMember
Ν
States,specifically originating inorcomingfromTurkey.This
information hasbeenobtainedbyallMemberStatesfortheyear
«
1977to1979.Thepercentage ofallocation containedinthisproposal
foraregulation corresponds tothecriterianormallyappliedin
thisfield,thatis,importsoverthelastthreeyearsandthe
forecastsfor1981.- *
3.Asregardsadministration ofthisquota,itisproposedthatthese
shouldbeaninitialallocation amongMemberStatesofalargepart
ofthequota,thebalancerepresenting areservetowhichthesurplus
fromshareswhichexceedMemberStates'needs willbereturned and
fromwhichthoseStatesstillinneedmaydrawadditional shares.
4.Asinthepast,theproposalforaRegulation annexedheretoprovides
thattheuniformmethodofadministration tobeappliedbyall
MemberStatesshouldbethe"asandwhen"method.Similarly,totake
account *oftheseasonalnatureoftheimportsconcerned,,theproposed
thresholdforreturnstothereserveis40%oftheinitialshare.
(1)0JN°L■of,p.

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
freshordriedhazelnuts,shelledornot,failingwithinsubheadingex08.05Gofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginTurkey(1981)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasunderArticleofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)Noof onimportsintothe
Communityofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginating
inTurkey(*),freshordriedhazelnuts,shelledornot,
fallingwithinsubheadingex08.05GoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginTurkeyareadmittedon
importationintotheCommunity anilduty,
withinthelimitofaCommunitytariffquotaof25000
tonnes;whereastheCommunitytariffquotaconcerned
shouldthereforebeopenedfor1981;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted accesstotheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having
regardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunitynature
ofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingtheCom­
munitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;whereas,
inordertoreflectasaccuratelyaspossiblethetrue
trendofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,such
allocationshouldbeinproportiontotherequirements
oftheMemberStates,calculatedbyreferencetothe
statisticsforimportsfromTurkeyoverarepresentative
referenceperiodandalsototheeconomicoutlookfor
thequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,onthebasisofthestatisticsatpresent
available,importsintotheMemberStatesin1977,
1978and1979oftheproductconcerned
originating inturkeyhavedeveloped
asfollowsand-representthefollowing
percentages oftotalimportsintothe
Community :
1977 1978 1979
MemberStatesI
I
Tonnesi
%Tonnes y
I
!Tonnes %
Bénélux 6618l
7.7661021
i
8.12 !4550I6.21
Denmark 12741.49 J1277 !1.70j13051.78
Germany 54568 I63.93 j5009666.66 j49306 ,67.36
Greece 590.07 00 00
France 1090312.77 970612.911065714.56
Ireland ' 1470.17 1320.18 1140.16
Italy 54706.412436j3.242067|2.82
UnitedKingdom 63207.40 54057.19 52047.11
85359 75154 73203

Whereas,takingintoaccountthesefiguresandthe':
foreseeabledevelopmentoftheproductconcerned
.during1581and,inparticular,theforecastsmadeby
someMemberStates,theinitialsharesmaybefixed•
approximatelyatthefollowingpercentages:
Bénélux
Denmark (
Germany
Greece
I•
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom6.68
1.70
67.08
0.01
13.52
0.24
2.19
/
8.58
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
.instalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
.Statesandthesecondconstitutinga"reservetocoverata
laterdatetherequirementsoftheMemberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialquotashare;whereas,inorder
togiveimportersineachMemberStateacertaindegree
ofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunityquota
mightunderthe.circumstances befixedat
80%ofthequotavolume,.
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeused
'upatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfact
intoaccountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupits-initialquota
share,shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
correspondingreserve;whereasthismustbedoneby
eachMemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
sharesisalmostusetiup,andrepeatedasmanytimesas
thereserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional ,
sharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthismethodofadministrationrequiresclose
cooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission,andthelattermustbeinapositionto
monitortheextenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeen.
usedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendate1nthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantity,^remainsunused,itisessentialthat
thatMemberStateshouldreturnasignificant
proportiontothecorrespondingreservetopreventa
partofanytariffquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;whereas
takingintoaccounttheseasonalnatureofimports,it
seemsappropriatetbfixthetransferlimitof40%of.theinitialshare;
Wherpas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
ottheNetherlandS)andtheGrandDuchyof'
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administrationofthequotasharesallocatedtothat-
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofitsmembers,,. .HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION ;
,ArticleÎ*
1.Duringtheperiod1Januaryto31December1981
Communitytariffquotaof25000tonnesshallbe
openedintheCommunityforfreshor
dried ,hazelnuts,shelledornot,
fallingwithinsubheadingex08.05G
oftheCommonCustomsTariffandori­
ginatinginTurkey.-
2.,Withinthistariffquota,the
CommonCustomsTariffdutyshallbe
totallysuspended.Withinthelimits
ofthistariffquota,Greeceshall
applydutiescalculatedinaccordance
withtherelevantprovisionsinthe
ActofAccession (1).
3.Importsoftheproductinquestionbenefitingfrom~
thesameorlowercustomsdutiesunderother
preferentialarrangementsshallnotbechargedagainst
thistariff,quota. ,
4.Thistariffquotashallbeallocatedandadministered i
inaccordancewiththefollowingprovisions.
.'Ì--III:-- :,.
Article2
|1;ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1(1)shallbe
dividedilritotwoinstalments.,
2.:Thefirstinstalment,amountingto209CCtonnes,
shallbesharedamongsttheMemberStates;theshares
which*;subjecttoArticle5Sshall■validuntil
31December1981shallbeasfolio',-"
(1)ÇMN°L291
v!1s9.11.1979,p.17

Tonnes
Bénélux1336
Denmarfc3-''-C
Germany 1316
Greece2
France2704
Ireland48
Italy 438
UnitedKingdom 1716
.Thesecondinstalment,amountingto5000tonnes
shallconstitutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90jormoreofanyMemberState'sinitialshare
asspecifiedinArticle2(2),or90%ofthatshareminus
theportionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextent
permittedbytheamount.ofthereserve,thatMember
tateshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission,drawasecondshareequal'to15%ofitsinitialshare
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,then,totheextentpermittedbythe
amountofthereserve,thatMemberStateshall,m
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninparagraph
1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare.
3.If,afteroneofitssecondshareshasbeenusedup,^/oormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,~in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddownmparagraph
1,drawaiourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
a'M^bpJs0/^0®3^11fr°mparagraPhs^2and3,
fixedh-irhmaySharessmal]erthanthosef!af'thoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethattheymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commissionof,tsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.Article5
than1Oaober1981;etrt0rCSerVe'notia*r
initmlsharesas.on15 °ftheir
40%oftheinitialvolume^Jy°f
quantityifthereareboundsforf/£quantitymaynotbeused CV,"gtHatth,s
nun°tifytheCommission,notQctober1981,ofrhemml -iproduct„eriV"°fthetotalquantitiesofthe-dchargedTgZrrtS ^
quantityoftheinitialsharesreturnedtorh.?!!
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountofthe
3anda7"^PUrSUanctoArtid«exreitoT'hV"n°tified'inf°rmea<*Statet0Wh,chthereserveshavebeenusedup.
s,aM'"»•'««
quantitieshavebeenreZed"£^^Article5.returnedtheretopursuantto
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhaustsany
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to
IT*Trn°tlfytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article4
eadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbevaliduntil31December1981.Article7
\
1.TheMemberStatesshailtakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesofthetariffquota.
'2TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.theMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofthe
productsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
4TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
»ha.'.esshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
ciargedundertheconditionssetinparagraph3.

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-iArtide8
'<i1•''■• :
«,AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
inform|itofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir.shares.)*
. Article9
.,TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
'closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
ii,.•,•',Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1981.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
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