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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)51 final
Brussels,15February1982
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening-allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunityI»I*tariffquotafornewpotatoes/fallingwithinsubheading 07.01AIIb)
/< .■*.".oftheCommon.;CustomsTariff,originatinginCyprus(1982)
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COM(82)51final

.EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No/81layingdown
thearrangements applicable totradewiththeRepublicofCyprus
beyond31December1981providesfortheperiod16Mayto30June
1982fortheopeningofaCommunitytariffquotafortheimpor­
tationintotheCommunityof60,000tonnesofnewpotatoesori­
ginatinginCyprus,fallingwithinsubheading 07.01AIIb)'ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff.
TheCustomsdutyapplicablewithinthelimitsofthisquotais
equalto45Xofthedutyactuallyappliedtothirdcountries.
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Accordingly thetariffquotainquestionhastobeopened.
Asthemethodofadministration tobeappliedbyallMemberStates
theCommission proposesthe"greyhound"system .
Thisisthesubjectoftheproposalannexedhereto.
ANNEX:1proposalforaRegulation (EEC)oftheCouncil.

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotafornewpotatoesfallingwithinsubheading07.01AIIb)oftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginatinginCyprus(1982)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
/81 layingdownthe
arrangementsapplicabletotradewithCyprusbeyond
31December1981(')providesfortheopeningofa
Communitytariffquotaof60000tonnesofnew
potatoes,originatinginCyprusandfallingwithin •
subheading07.01AIIb)oftheCommonCustoms •
Tariff,atarateofcustomsdutyequalto45%ofthe
customsdutyintheCommonCustomsTariff,forthe
period16Mayto30June1981;whereasitisneces­
sarytoopenthisCommunitytariffquotaforthe_
periodinquestion;
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Whereasitisnecessary,in1particular,toensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quota,anduninterrupted appli­
cationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
however,sincetheperiodofapplicationforthetariff
quotainvolvedisveryshort,itseemspossibletoalio-j
catethewholequotavolumetotheCommunity !
reserveandtoprovideforthepossibilityofthose
MemberStatesinwhichneedsmightarisedrawing
appropriatequantitiesfromthatreserve;whereasthe
sharesthusdrawnfromthereservemustbevaliduntil
theendofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodofj
managementrequiresclosecooperationbetweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission andthelatter
mustinparticularbeabletomonitortherateat
whichthequotaisusedupandinformtheMember
Statesthereof;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicU"ion,alltransactions
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,
(')OJNoLHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From-16Mayto30June198Jk.theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyfornewpotatoesfallingwithin
subheading07.01AIIb)oftheCommonCustoms
TariffandoriginatinginCyprusshallbesuspendedat
9-4%withinthelimitsofaCommunitytariffquota
of60000tonnes.
Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,Greeceshall
applythecustomsdutiescalculatedinaccordance
withtherelevantprovisions -jnthe1979Actof
AccessionandtheProtocolofAdapta­
tion.
TheProtocolonthedefinitionoftheconceptof'origi­
natingproducts'"andonmethodsofadministrative
cooperation (2),annexedtotheAdditionalProtocolto
theAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandCyprus,shallbeapplicable.
2.Thevolumeofthetariffquotareferredtoinpara­
graph1shallconstituteareserve.
3.Iftheneedshouldarisefortheproductsinques­
tioninaMemberState,thelattershalldrawanappro-",
priatesharefromthereserve,providingthatthesize
ofthereservesopermits.
4.Thesharesdrawnpursuanttoparagraph3shall
beivaliduntil30June1982.
Article2
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article1areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmay
bechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheircumula­
tiveportionsoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidgoodsestablishedinitsterritoryhavefreeaccess
tothesharesallocatedtoit.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoodsare
enteredforfreecirculation .
(2)OJNoL339,28.12.1977,p.19.
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4,TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article3
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.Anidt4
MemberStatesandtheCommission shallcollaborate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed .
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon16May
1982.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember'
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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