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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)271 final
Brussels.27May1981
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforapricotpulpfallingwithinsubheading ex20.06BIIc)
1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginating inTurkey
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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-EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Article13ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)N°562/81of20January1981on
thereductionofcustomsdutiesonimportsintotheCommunityof
certainagriculturalproductsoriginatinginTurkey^providesforthe
opening,wifheffectfrom1January1981to31December1982ofan
annualCommunitytariffquotaof90tonnesatarateof8.3%,for
apricotpulpfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginTurkey. ,
»
Suchaquotawasopenedfortheperiodfrom1July1980to30June1981
byRegulation (EEC),N°1639/80of24June1980amendedby
-Regulation(EEC)N°564/81of20January1981(3).
2.Theaimofthisproposalistoopenthequotaconcernedfortheperiod
from1July1981to30June1982.•
3.Thetariffquotaconcernedmaybemodifiedinthelightofcurrent
.negotiations withthecontractingcountryfortheconclusionofan
AdaptationProtocoltotheabovementioned Agreement.Pendingthe
outcome,theproposedRegulationenablestheengagementscontracted
bytheCommunitytoberespected.
TheCommissionthereforereservestherighttomodifytheproposalin
thecourseoftheproceedingsinordertoadaptit,asnecessary,tothe
AdaptationProtocol.,'
4.Inaccordancewiththeprinciplesnormallyfollowed,theallocationof
thequotavolumeamongtheMemberStatesshouldbebasedonprevious
andforeseeableimportsbytheMemberStates,specificallythoseorigi­
natinginorcomingfromTurkey.ImportsoftheseproductsfromTurkey
havebeennegligibleornon-existent inrecentyears.Furthermore ,the
MemberStatescannotmakeforecastsforthequotaperiodunder
consideration .
(1)OJN*L65,11.03.1981,p.1
(2)OJN°L163,28.06.1980,p.7
(3)OJN°L65,11.03.1981,p.46

Cor.^cq:.iently ,pendingamoreCommunity-based administration ofthis
quoto,basedontheexperienceacquired,theCommissionconsidersthat
ifce>proposetheextensionofthesystemadoptedbytheCouncilfor
tiec^rentquotaperiod,namelytheallocationofalargeportionofthe
quotavolumototheCommunityreserveandtheallocationofequal
ini.'dlquota-shares ,corresponding toone-seventh oftheremainderof
t:>equota,totheMemberStates.

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
oeefting.sUeeaeingandprevidingfetSh«administration ofaComsriunity^riif
quotaforapricotpulpfallingwithinsubheadingex20,0*5BU©)\ftft)91
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginTurkey
S
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
I(
\
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113 ,
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
V
'WhereastheAnnextoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
562/81of20January1981onthereductionof
customsduties .'•..un
■onimportsintotheCommu­
nityofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatingin
Turkey(')providesfortheopeningbytheCommu­
nity,witheffectfrom
1January1981,ofanannualCommunitytariff
quotaof90tonnesatarateof8.3%forapricotpulpfalling
withinsubheading ex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originating inTurkey;whereassuchaquotahasbeen
openedfortheperiodupto30.June1981byRegulation (EEC)
N°1639/80(2),amendedbyRegulation (EEC)N°564/81(3);
whereasthetariffquotainques­
tionshouldthereforebeopenedfortheabovemen-_
tionedvolumefortheperiod,1July1981to30June
1982; ■-
Whereas,sinceaProtocolasprovidedforinArticle118ofthe
1979ActofAccessiondoesnotexist,theCommunityhasadopted
themeasuresenvisagedinArticle119ofthatActinCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No3555/80(A)determining thearrangements to
beappliedtoimportsintoGreeceoriginatinginTurkey;whereas
thetariffmeasureconcernedwill,therefore,applytothe
CommunityofNine;<
(1)OJN°L65,11.3.1981,p.1.
-(2)0JN°L163,28.6.1980,p.7
(3)0JN°L65,11.3.1981,p.46
(4)0JN°L382,31.12.1980,p.1

herc-iS;tisinparticularnecessarytoguaranteeall
importersoftheCommunityequalanduninterrupted
accesstothequotaanduninterrupted applicationof
therateslaiddownforthatquotatoallimportsofthe
productinquestionintotheMemberStatesuntilthe
quotahasbeenusedup;whereashavingregardtothe
aboveprinciplestheCommunitynatureofthequota
canberespectedbyallocatingthetariffquotaamong
theMemberStates;whereas,toreflectmostaccurately
theactualdevelopmentofthemarketintheproducts
inquestion,suchallocationshouldbeinproportion
totherequirementsoftheMemberStates,assessedby
referencebothtothestatisticsrelatingtoimports
fromTurkeyoverarepresentativereferenceperiod
andtotheeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiod
concerned :
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatis­
ticsareavailable,thecorrespondingimportsofeach
MemberStatefromTurkeyhavebeennegligible'or
non-existent ;whereasthosedatacannotthereforebe
consideredasrepresentative toserveasabasisforallo­
cationofthequotavolumeamongtheMember
States;whereasitisdifficulttoestimateimportsby
MemberStatesbecauseoftheabsenceoftrulyrepre­
sentativefiguresforpreviousyears;whereas,
consequently ,theonlysolutionseemstobetoallo­
catepartofthequotavolumetotheCommunity
reserveandtoallocateoneseventhofthebalanceto
theBeneluxcountries,Denmark,Germany,France,
Ireland,ItalyandtheUnitedKingdom;
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupfairly
quickly;whereas,therefore,toavoiddisruptionof
suppliesanyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedup
itsinitialshare,shalldrawasupplementary sharefrom
theCommunityreserve;whereasthismustbedone
byeachMemberStateaseachoneofitssupplemen­
tarysharesisalmostusedup,andasmanytimesas
thereserveallows;whereastheinitialandsupplemen­
tarysharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthisformofadministration requires
closecollaboration betweentheMemberStatesand
theCommission ,andtheCommission mustbeina
positiontofollowtheextenttowhichthetariffquota
hasbeenusedupandinformtheMemberStates
thereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityofashareremainsinany
MemberState,itisessentialthatthatStateshould
returnasignificantproportiontothereserveinorder
toavoidpartoftheCommunityquotaremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedin
others;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
ArticLe1
1.From1July1981until30June1982aCommunitytariffquota
of90tonnesshallbeopenedintheCommunityofNinefor
apricotpulpfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)
oftneCommonCustomsTariffandoriginating inTurkey.
,«
2.Withinthelimitsofthis^tariffquotathe-
CommonCustomsTariffdutyapplicabletothese
productsshallbepartiallysuspendedatarateof
8.3%.
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentof70tonnesshallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates;theres'pectivesharesof
theMemberStates,which,subjecttoArticle5,shall
bevalidfrom1July1981to30June1982shallbeas
follows:
.(tonnes)
Bénélux 10
Denmark 10
Germany 10
France 10
Ireland 1 10
Italy TO
UnitedKingdom 10
2.Thesecondinstalmentof20tonnesshallbe
heldastheCommunityreserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshare
asspecifiedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5is
applied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawa
secondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit,toth£
extentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccor­
dancewith-theconditionsimposedbyparagraph 1,
drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.

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3.-If,afteritssecondshareha:«b,-cnusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccor­
dancewiththesameconditions,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserve
isusedup. . ,
«
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthose
fixedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosefixedmaynotbeusedup.Itshall
informtheCommissionofitsreasonsforapplying
thisparagraph.
Article4
Supplementary sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil30June1982
Article3
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1April1982theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15March1982isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearereasonstobelievethatsuchquan­
titymightnotbeused.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1April1982
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
saidgoodsimporteduptoandincluding15March
1982andchargedagainsttheCommunitytariffquota
andanyquantitiesoftheinitialsharereturnedtothe
reserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStatesnotlaterthan5
April1982oftheamountstillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupthe
reserveislimitedtothebalanceavailableandtothis
endshallspecifytheamountthereoftotheMember
Statemakingthelastdrawing.

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Article7
!
1MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatsupplementaryshares
toArticle3areopenedinsuchaway*at
maybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiaccumulatedfharesintheCommunitytariffquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethat'mportersofthe
saidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefree
accesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhensuchgoods
enteredforfreecirculation.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup Article9
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3. MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
Article8 observed ",
AttherequestoftheCommission,Member'States Article10
shallinformitofimportsoftheproductsconcerned ■
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares. ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July198\
/
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
Doneat
FortheCouncil
ThePresident