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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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COM(79)488final.
Brussels,20September 1979
,Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforfreshordriedhazelnuts,shelledorotherwise,falling
withinsubheading ex08.05GoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originating inTurkey(1980)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
Â-
C0M(79)488fiinal.

EXPLANATORY' MEMORANDUM
1.Article5(1)ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)N°1180/77of17.5.1977
concerning theimportation intotheCommunityofcertainagricultural
productsoriginating inTurkey(1)providesfortheopeningforfresh
ordriedhezelnuts,shelledorotherwise,fallingwithinsubheading
ex08.05GoftheCommonCustomsTariff,ofanannualCommunitytariff
quotaof25,000tonsatadutyrateof2,5
2.Itshouldbenotedthattheeconomicinformation onthebasisofwhich
theproposedallocationwillbedrawnupshouldbebased,inparticular,
onpastandestimatedfutureimportsintoMemberStates,specifically
originating inorcomingfromTurkey.Thisinformation hasbeenobtained
byallMemberStatesfortheyear1976to1978.Thepercentage ofallocation
containedinthisproposalfor.aregulationisinfactidenticaltothat
usedfor1979,becauseitcorresponds tothecriterianormallyapplied
inthisfield.
3.Asregard^administration ofthisquota,itisproposedthatthese
shouldbeaninitialallocation amongMemberStatesofalargepart
ofthequota,thebalancerepresenting areservetowhichthesurplus
fromshareswhichexceedMemberStates'needs willbereturned andfrom
whichthoseStatesstillinneedmaydrawadditional shares.
4.Asinthepast,theproposalforaRegulation annexedheretoprovides
thattheuniformmethodofadministration tobeappliedbyallMember
Statesshouldbethe"asandwhen"method.Similarly,totakeaccountof
theseasonalnatureoftheimportsconcerned,theproposedthresholdfor
returnstothereserveis40%oftheinitialshare.
(1)0JN°L142of9.6.1977,p.10.

PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
freshordriedhazelnuts,shelledorotherwise,fallingwithinsubheadingex08.05Gofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginTurkey(1980)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereas,underArticle5(1)ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1180/77of17May1977ontheimportation
intotheCommunityofcertainagriculturalproducts
originatinginTurkey('),freshordriedhazelnuts,
shelledorotherwise,fallingwithinsubheadingex08.05
GoftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatingin
Turkey,areadmittedonimportationintothe
Communityatadutyof2-5%,withinthelimitofa
Communitytariffquotaof25000tonnes;whereasthe
Communitytariffquotaconcernedshouldthereforebe
openedfor1980;Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having
regardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunitynature
*"ofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectasaccuratelyaspossiblethe
truetrendofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,
suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirementsoftheMemberStates,calculatedby
referencetothestatisticsforimportsfromTurkeyover
arepresentative referenceperiodandalsotothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,onthebasisorthestatisticsatpresent
available,importsintotheMemberStatesin1976,1977and1978oftheproductconcernedoriginatingin
Turkeyhavedevelopedasfollowsandrepresentthe
followingpercentagesoftotalimportsintothe
Community :
MemberStates |1976' 19771978
tonnes ■'% tonnes%!tonnes '//•
Germany 4393664-15 .5456863.9750096.2 66.66
Bénélux 56628-2766187-766102 8-12
France 954313-931090312-789706 12.91
Italy 20653-0254706-412436.1 3.24
Denmark 1161|1-701274 1-491277 1.70
Ireland 140 .0-20I
1470-17.132.25 0.18
UnitedKingdom 59788-736320!7-425405 7.19
Total
i68485 85300 |75154.55
i
(1)0JNoL142,9.6.1977,p.,10.

Whereas,takingintoaccountthesefiguresandthe
foreseeabledevelopmentoftheproductconcernedduring
1980and,inparticular,theforecastsmadebysome
MemberStates,theinitialsharesmaybefixed
approximatelyatthefollowingpercentages :Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedinthat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,
Bcnclux
Dcnmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom1014%
2-67%
65-93%
8-20%
1-66%
0-25%
11-15%
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstitutingareservetocoverata
laterdatetherequirementsoftheMemberStateswhich,
haveuseduptheirinitialquotashare;whereas,inorder
togiveimportersineachMemberStateacertaindegree
ofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunityquota
mightunderthecircumstances befixedatapproxi­
mately80%ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeused
upatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfact
intoaccountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquota
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
correspondingreserve;whereasthismustbedoneby
eachMemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
sharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesas
thereserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthismethodofadministration requiresclose
cooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission,andthelattermustbemapositionto
monitortheextenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeen
usedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunused,itisessentialthat
thatMemberStateshouldreturnasignificant
proportiontothecorresponding reservetopreventa
partofanytariffquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;whereas,
takingintoaccounttheseasonalnatureofimports,it
seemsappropriatetofixthetransferlimitof40%ofthe
initialshare;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryuntil31December1980,.a
Communitytariffquotaof25000tonnesshallbe
openedintheCommunityforfreshordriedhazelnuts,
shelledorotherwise,fallingwithinsubheadingex08.05
Go.ftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatingin
Turkey.
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyapplicabletotheseproductsshall
besuspendedatarateof2-5%.
"3.Importsoftheproductxnquestxon
benefitting fromthesameorlowercustoms
dutiesunderotherpreferential arrangements
shallnotbechargedagainstthistariff
quota.
4*Thistariffquotashallbeallocatedandadministered
inaccordancewiththefollowingprovisions.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1(1)shallbe.
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentamountingto20000tonnesshall
besharedamongtheMemberStates;theshares,which
subjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil31December1930shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)
Bénélux 2028'
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom2028-
534
13186
1640
332
50
2230
3.Thesecondinstalmentamountingto5000tonnes
shallconstitutethereserve.
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrand,DuchyofArticle3
1.If90%ormoreofanyMemberState'sinitialshare
asspecifiedinArticle2(2),or90%ofthatshareminus
theportionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextent
permittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,
drawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.

2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or.
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMcmb.erStatehas
beenusedup,then,totheextentpermittedbythe
amountofthereserve,thatMemberState,shall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninparagraph
1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare.
3.If,afteroneofitssecondshareshasbeenusedup,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninparagraph
1,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
theymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.
Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December -1980.ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5October1980,Qftheamountineachreserveafter
quantitieshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhaustsany
reservedoe,snotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to
thisend,notifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
-■chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesofthetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofthe
productsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforhome
use.
ArticleS
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1980 ,suchunusedportionoftheir
initialsharesas,on15September1980.isinexcessof
40%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthis
quantitymaynotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission,not
laterthan1October198Qofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionimportedupto15September1980
andchargedagainstthetariffquotasandofany
quantityoftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeachState
oftheextenttowhichthereserveshavebeenusedup.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginits4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
sharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedundertheconditionssetinparagraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1980.
anddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident