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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)609final
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Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforcertaindriedgrapes,fallingwithinsubheading 08.04
BIoftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginating inCyprus(1981)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(80)609final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Article4oftheSupplementary ProtocoltotheAgreement EEC/Cyprusof
1973,completedbytheProtocolofAdaptationtotakeaccountofthe
accessionofGreecetotheCommunity,providesfortheopeningofan
annual .duty-free Communitytariffquotaof500tonnesofdriedgrapes,
inimmediatecontainersofanetcapacityof15Kgorless,falling
withinsubheading OS.04BIoftheCCTandoriginating inCyprus.
Theprovisionsofthe'Transitional Protocol (EEC)Cypruswilllapseon
31December1980.Pendingtheentryintoforceofanewprotocolitis
necessarytoextendthearrangements thattheCommunityappliesto
tradewiththeRepublicofCypruswithinthecontextoftheAssociation
withthatcountry;
2.TheRegulation providesforthesplitting upofthequotavolumeinto
twoparts,ofwhichthefirstwillbeallocated amongtheMemberStates
asquotashareandthesecondwillbekeptasaCommunityreserve._
Theallocationofthefirstpartofthequotahasbeenundertaken according
totherulesgenerallyappliedhitherto.ThetotalimportsofeachMember
Statefor1977to1979havebeenexpressed asaproportionoftotalCom­
munity .importsoverthesameperiod.Theresultingpercentages havebeen
appliedStatebyStatetothevolumeofthefirstpart,thelastdigit
ofthenumberofmetrictonsbeingroundedoff.
IntheabsenceofCommunitystatistics,foraperiodsufficient .
*tlyrepresentative ,theinitialquotashareshavebeencal­
culatedonthebasisofthepossibledemandonthemarketsof
thevariousMemberStatesandonthebasisofforecasts madeby
someofthem. 'r
3.Asthemethodofadministration tobeappliedbyallMemberSta­
tes,theCommissionproposesthe"greyhound"system.,;-I
4.Thisisthesubjectoftheproposalannexedhereto..'i

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)'
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
certaindriedgrapes,fallingwithinsubheading08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariff
andoriginatinginCyprus(1981)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheprovisionsoftheSupplementary Protocoltothe
Agreementestablishing anAssociationbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheRepublicofCyprus(1)willlapse
on31December1980;
Whereaspendingtheentryintoforceofanewprotocolitis
necessarytoextendthearrangements thattheCommunityapplies
totradewiththeRepublicofCypruswithinthecontextof
association withthatcountry;
Whereastheabovementioned Supplementary Protocol,assupplemented
bytheProtocolofAdaptation (2)totakeaccountoftheaccession
oftheHellenicRepublictotheCommunity,providesfortheopeningofanannual
duty-freeCommunitytariffquotaof500tonnesof
certaindriedgrapes,fallingwithinsubheading
08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginCyprus;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having
regardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunitynature
ofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectasaccuratelyaspossiblethe
truetrendofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,
suchallocationshould,beinproportiontothe
requirementsoftheMemberStates,calculatedby
referencetothestatisticsforimportsfromCyprusover
arepresentative referenceperiodandalsotothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
(')OJNoL172,28.6.1978,p.2.
(2)0JNOL

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Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatistics
areavailable,thecorrespondingimportsbyeachofthe
MemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercentagesof
theimportsintotheCommunityfromCypruS>fthe
productsconcerned:_•.
μ– 197719781979
Bcnclux ~ 1 2
Denmark
Germany ^ ~ ~
Greece -
France ~ –
Ireland
Italy –– ~
UnitedKingdom 1009998
Whereas,inviewofthesefactors,ofmarketforecasts
fortheproductsinquestionandinparticularofthe
estimatessubmittedbycertainMemberStates,initial
quotasharesmaybefixedapproximatelyatthe
followingpercentages :
Bénélux 2*8
Denmark- 2.8
Germany 6.0
Greece 0.7
France 2.8
Ireland 2.8
Italy '<°-7
,UnitedKingdon^ G1.4
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,thequotaamount,shouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstitutingareservetocoverat
alaterdatetherequirementsoftheMemberStates
whichhaveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,
inordertogiveimportersineachMemberStatea
certaindegreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotashouldunderthecircumstances be
fixedat75%ofthequotavolume;

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WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeused
upatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfact
intoaccountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquota
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
corresponding reserve;whereasthismustbedoneby
eachMemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
sharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesas
thereserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthismethodofadministration requiresclose
cooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission,andthelattermustbeinapositionto
monitortheextentto.whichthequotavolumehasbeen
usedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMember
State,iti$essentialthatthatMemberStateshould
returnasignificantproportiontothereservetoprevent
-apartofanytariffquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
econorrticunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
January .From1to31December198I,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyfordriedgrapes,inimmediatecontainers
ofanetcapacityof15kgorless,fallingwithinsub­
heading08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariffandori­
ginatinginCyprus,shallbetotallysuspendedwithin
thelimits»ofaCommunitytariffquotaof500tonnes.
Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,Greeceshall
applydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththerelevant
provisionsintheActofAccessionandtheProtocolof
Adaptation.

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Article2 ^
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentamountingtotonnesshallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;therespective
shares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil
31December1981,shallbeasfollows: ,
iutonnes
10tonnes
22tonnes
3tonnes
10
1utonnes
10-tonnes
3tonnes
"307 tonnes
125 . ,„3.Thesecondinstalmentoftonnesshallconstitute
thereserve,Bénélux 10
'Denmark 10
Germany ,22Greece .' 3
France 10
Ireland 10
Italy .- 3
United Kingdom -307

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Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberStare'sinitialshareas
specified'inArticle2(2),or90%ofthatshareminus
theportionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextent
permittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission,
drawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
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
withtheconditionslaiddowninparagraph1,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup-.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshares'smallerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
theymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.
Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December1981.
ArticleS
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October19S1-,suchunusedportionoftheir
initialshareas,on15September1981,isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthis
quantitymaynotbe-used.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,not
laterthan1October1981,ofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionimportedupto15September1981
andchargedagainstthetariffquotaandofanyquantity
oftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.

Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeachState
oftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5October198-1,Qftheamountinthereserveafter
quantitieshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
ArticleS.,_'■
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to
thisend,notifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
'Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesofthetariffquota. '
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestion ,establishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofthe
productsconcernedagainsttheirsharesa£andwhenthe
productsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation .-
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
sharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsoftheproductsconcernedactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January+98.
ThisRegulationsnailbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablejnallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident