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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)72 final
. Brussels,25February1980
/
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration
ofaCommunitytariffquotaforsweetpeppersfalling
withinsubheading No07.01SoftheCommonCustomsTariff/
originating inCyprus(1980)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Article3oftheTransitional ProtocoTto theAgreement EEC/Cyprus
of1973,provides .fortheopeningofanannualCommunitytariff
quotafor250tonnesswee,tpeppers,fallingundersubheadina
07.01SoftheCCT,oriqinating inCyprus,atadutyrate1of
4.5%. •
ν
TheCommunity has,however,alreadyopenedaCommunitytariff.
quotaof65tonnesfortheperiod1,Januaryto31March1980.
Therefore,thequotatobeopenedfortherestoftheyear1980
mustamountto185tonnes.
Consequently,theCommunitytariffquotashownaboveshould
beopenedfortheperiodfrom1Aprilto31December1980.
2.ThisRegulationprovidesforthesplittingupOfthe^nota..
volumeintotwoparts,ofwhichthefirstwiltbeallocated
amongtheMemberStatesasquotashareandthesecondwillbe
keptasareserve.. -
IntheabsenceofCommunitystatistics,foraperiodsuffi­
cientlyrepresentative ,theinitialquotashareshavebeen
calculated onthebasisofthepossibledemandonthemarkets
ofthevariousMemberStatesandonthebasisofforecasts
madebysomeofthem.
3.Asthemethodofadministration tobeappliedbyaltMember
States,theCommission ?proposethe"greyhound"system*-r
4.Thisisthesubjectpftheproposalannexedhereto.

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
sweetpeppers,fallingwithinsubheading07.01SoftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginCyprus(198U)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thciaof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasArticle3oftheTransitionalProtocol
totheAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
Cyprus(l)providesfortheopeningofanannual
Communitytariffquotaof250tonnesofsweetpeppers,
fallingwithinsubheading07.01SoftheCommon ,
CustomsTariffandoriginatinginCyprus,atarateof
customsdutyequalto50%ofthecustomsdutyinthe
CommonCustomsTariff:whereastheCommu­
nityhasbyPequlation(EEC)No*../8Q(2>
alreadyopenedatariffquotaof65tonnes
fortheperiod1Januaryto31March
1980;whereas,therefore,atariff
quotaof185tonnesshouldbeopenedfor
theperiod1Aprilto31December1980;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterruptedaccessto'theabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having
regardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunitynature
ofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectasaccuratelyaspossiblethe
truetrendofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,.
suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirementsoftheMemberStates,calculatedby
referencetothestatisticsforimportsfromCyprusover
arepresentativereferenceperiodandalsotothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,hovever,neitherCommunitynoi"national
statisticsshewing .thebreakdownfc-rtheproductsincircumstances,thequotavolumesshouldbeallocatedin
initialshares,totakeintoaccountdemandforthese
productsonthemarketsofthevariousMemberStates;
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstitutingareservetocoverata
laterdatetherequirementsoftheMemberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;^whereas,in
ordertogiveimportersineachMemberStateacertain
degreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotashouldunderthecircumstancesbe
fixedat75%ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeused
upatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfact
intoaccountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitial
quotashare,shoulddrawanadditionalsharefrom'the
reserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeachMember
Stateasandwheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmost
usedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesipust
bevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthis
methodofadministration requiresclosecooperation
betweentheMemberStatesandtheCommission,and
thelattermustbeinapositiontomonitortheextentto
whichthequotavolumeshavebeenusedupandto
informtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshould
returnasignificantproportiontothereservetoprevent
apartofanytariffquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinand.representedbythe'
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtothe

•u^rntfitetrarfctft ofthe
eco('jmic.ufronmay
members.-e
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byan/orits'accordant#\:t:h >*»*<.■■■■** ■;*>
1,drawathudshareequallks.:!.niti:i-:
ro'indedup.whcenecessarytothe•!•>?%:•unit
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
ArticleÎ
From1ApriUntil31December198QtheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyforsweetpeppers,fallingwithin
subheading07.01SoftheCommonCustomsTariffand_
originatinginCyprus,shallbepartiallysuspendedat
4-5%withinthelimitsoftheCommunitytariffquotaof
185tonnes.' *3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup-or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberNiruelias
Beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,ina-.tordance
withtheconditionslaiddowninparagraph I,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthantlvr-efixed
inthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
theymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph .
Article2.
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentamountingto140tonnesshallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;therespective
shares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil
31December198(1shallbeasfollows:.
v !(tonnes)
Bénélux -,5
Dcnmark - 5
Germany 4 1I
France '
Ireland 5
Italy 1
UnitedKingdom 112
3.Thesecondinstalment^amounting to4-5tonnesshall–
constitutethereserve,towhichanyremainders ,
existingon31March1980oftheshares
giventoMemberStatesbyRegulation
<EEC)No.../80.andofthereserve
constituted underthesame,Requlation .
shaLLbeadded.
Article3 " '!
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(2),or90%ofthatshareminus
theportionreturnedtothecorresponding reservewhere-
Article5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,toj
theextentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve,that
MemberStateshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commission ,drawasecondshareequalto15%ofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
unit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,then,totheextentpermittedbythe
amountofthereserve,thatMemberStateshall,inArticle4
EachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle
3shallbevaliduntil3)December1980.
ArticleS
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater.
than1October1980,suchunusedportionoltheir
initialshareas,on15September 1980,isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthis
quantitymaynotJbeused.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,not
laterthan1OctoberI'KO^ofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsihquestionimportedupto15September1980
andchargedagainstthetariffquotaandofanyquantity
oftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeachState
oftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusee]up.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
October1980,oftheamountinthereserveafter
quantitieshavebeenreturnedthereto.pursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhaustsany
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableami,to
thisend,notifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.

-3-
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesofthetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3..TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofthe
projectsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation ._
*
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident