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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofa
Communitytariffquotaforfreshtablegrapesfallingwithin
subheading ex08.04AIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originating inCyprus
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article2oftheProtocollayingdowncertainprovisionsrelating
totradeinagricultural productsbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
Community andtheRepublicofCyprus,tobeannexedtotheAgreement
EEC/Cyprusof1973providesforacertainperiodof1979forthe
openingofanCommunitytariffquotafortheimportation into
theCommunityof7000tonnesoffreshtablegrapes,originating
inCyprus,fallingwithinsubheadings ex08.04Ala)andb)of
theCommonCustomsTariff.
Thecustomsdutiesapplicablewithinthelimitsofthisquotaare
equalto40%ofthedutiesactuallyappliedtothirdcountries.
Accordingly thetariffquotainquestionhastobeopened.
Asthemethodofadministration tobeappliedbyallMemberStates,
theCommission proposesthe"greyhound"system.-
Thisisthesubjectoftheproposalannexedhereto.
Annex:1proposalforaRegulation (EEC)oftheCouncil.

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotaforfreshtablegrapesfallingwithinsubheading ~-flftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginCyprus(19708.04AI
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticles43
and113thereof.
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Havingregardtotheopinionofthe
EuropeanParliament.circumstances ,thequotavolumesshouldbeallocatedHI
initialshares,totakeintoaccountdem.uiJto;tixv
productsonthemarketsofthevariousMimherSI.IK-.-;
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimport'.,k
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMeuib.T
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtin-Memirr
Statesandthesecondconstitutingareser\etocover.11,i
laterdatetherequirementsoftheMemberStateswin,i,
haveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas.m
ordertogiveimportersineachMemberState:icertain
degreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalment >.lrl\.WhereasArticle2oftheProtocollayingdowncertainordertogiveimportersineachMemberState:icertaii
provisionsrelatingtotradeinagriculturalproducts degreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentolrl\.
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheCommunityquotashouldunderthecircumsr.inces !•><
Republic^Cyprus(')providesfortheopeningofanannualfixedat93%ofthequotavolume;
granesCommunitytariffquotaof7000tonnesof;:frush IrapesCommunitytanHquotaof7000tonnesof;fresh
table)fallingwithinsubheadings ex08.04AI
a)andb)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,ori~.
ginatinginCyprus,atratesofcustomsduty
equalto40%ofthecustomsdutyinthe
CommonCustomsTariff,fortheperiod8June
to31July1979;whereastheCommunitytariffquotashouldbeopenedforthe
periodinquestion;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensurefora!'
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having
regardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunitynature'
ofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectasaccuratelyaspossiblethe
truetrendofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,
suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirementsoftheMemberStates,calculatedby
referencetothestatisticsforimportsfromCyprusover
arepresentative referenceperiodandalsotothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,however,neitherCommunitynornational
statisticsshowingthebreakdownfortheproductsin
questionareavailableandnoreliableestimatesof
futureimportscanbemade;whereas,intheseWhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmavbeu...!
upatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakeibisfur
intoaccountandavoidanybreakintontinuirv,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsiniii.il
quotashare,shoulddrawanadditionalsh.irefromthe
reserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeaihMember
Stateasandwheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmost
usedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesastin-r
allows;whereastheinitialandaddition^tgr^i^^
bevaliduntiltheendofthequn:--;-;^whereas
methodofadministration ,rt^uircscloseco<ijK'ranu::
betweentheMrrni.ciStatesandtheCommission ,in.I
thelattermustbeinapositiontomonitortheextenti<>
whichthequotavolumeshavebeenusedupandto
informtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequot>period.:•
substantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMcttilvi
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshuu'ui
returnasignificantproportiontothereservetoprevent
apartofanytariffquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers:
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,thekingdom
oftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchvof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtotin-
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtoth.it
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofus
members.
(')OJNoL172,28.6.1978,p.10.

HASADOFFEDTHISREGULATION :
Articlet
From8Jureto31Jutyl979theCommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesfortheproductslistedbelow,originating
inCyprus,shallbepartiallysuspendedatthelevels
shownbelow,withinthelimitsofaCommunitytariff
quotaof7000tonnes:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionRate
ofdatjr
08.04Grapes,freshordried:
1A.fresh:
0I.Tablegrapes:
exa)From1Novemberto14July:–From8Jlid?to14July 7-2%
exb)From15Julyto31October:–From15Julyto31July 88%
Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbedividedintotwotranches.
2.Thefirsttranche,amountingto6504tonnes,shall
besharedamongtheMemberStates;theproportions
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil
I,y1979,shallbeasfollows:
Bénélux 200tonnes
Dcnmark 200tonnes
Germany 200tonnes
France 2tonnes
Ireland 200tonnes
Italy 2tonnes
UnitedKingdom 5700tonnes
3.Thesecondtranche,amountingto496tonnes,shall
constitutethereserve*

-3-
Article.?
1.If907oormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(2),or90%ofthatshareminus
theportionreturnedtothecorresponding reservewhere
Article5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,to
theextentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve,that
MemberStateshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commission,drawasecondshareequalto1.5%ofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
unit.
t
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,then,totheextentpermittedbythe
amountofthereserve,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninparagraph *"
1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withtheconditionslaiddowninparagraph L,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
theymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.
Article4
EachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle
3shallbevaliduntil31July1979.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than15July1979,suchunusedportionoftheir
initialshareas,on10July1979,isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthis
quantitymaynotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission,not
laterthan15July1979,ofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionimportedupto10July1979
andchargedagainstthetariffquotaandof.anyquantity
oftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.

Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeachState
oftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan20
July1979,oftheamountinthereserveafter
quantitieshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhaustsany
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to
thisend,notifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3arcopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesofthetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofthe
productsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforhome
use.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon8June
1979.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident