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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIE
COM(80)526 final
Brussels/23September1980
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration of
aCommunitytariffquotaforauberginesfallingwithinsub­
headingex07.01ToftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating
inCyprus(1980)
(submittedtatheCouncilbytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article3oftheTransitional ProtocoltotheAgreement
EEC/Cyprusof1973providesfor1980fortheopeningof
anCommunity -tariffquotafortheimportation intothe
Communityof250tonnesofauberginesoriginating in
Cyprus,fallingwithinsubheading ex07.01Tofthe
CommonCustomsTariff..
Thecustomsdutiesapplicablewithinthelimitsofthis
quotaareequalto40%ofthedutiesactuallyappliedto
thirdcountries .
Accordingly thetariffquotainquestionhastobeopened.
Asthemethodofadministration tobeappliedbyall
MemberStates,theCommission proposesthe"greyhund"
system..
Thisisthesubjectoftheproposalannexedhereto.
ANNEX:1proposalforaRegulation (EEC):oftheCouncil.
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Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforaubergines,fallingwithinsubheadingex07.01ToftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginCyprus(1980)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN '.
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeari
EconomicCommunity ,a'ndinparticularArticle113.
thereof, . .•
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasArticle3oftheTransitional Protocol
totheAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
RepublicofCyprus(')providesfortheopening,in
respectoftheperiod1Octoberto30November1980
ofaCommunitytariffquotaof250tonnesofauber­
gines,fallingwithinsubheadingex07.01Tofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginCyprus,
atarateofcustomsdutyequalto40%ofthe
customsdutyintheCommonCustomsTariff;
whereastheCommunitytariffquotashouldbe
openedforthisperiod; .
Whereasitisnecessaryinparticulartoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted appli­
cationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
however,sincethetariffquotainvolvedisofarela­
tivelylowvolumeandtheperiodofapplicationisvery
short,itseemspossibletoallocatethewholequota
volumetotheCommunityreserveandtoprovidefor
thepossibilityofthoseMemberStatesinwhichneeds
mightarisedrawingappropriatequantitiesfromthat
1reserve;whereasthesharesthusdrawnfromthe
reservemustbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
'period;whereasthismethodofmanagementrequires
closecooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commissionandthelattermustinparticularbeable
tomonitortherateatwhichthequotais.usedupand
informtheMemberStatesthereof;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
(')OJNoL84,28.3.80,p.2.Luxembourg areunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofsharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.'From1Octoberto30November1980the
CommonCustomsTariffdutyforaubergines,falling
withinsubheadingex07.01ToftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginatinginCyprus,shallbe
partiallysuspendedat6-4%withinthe.limitsofa
Communitytariffqbdtaof250tonnes.-
2.Thevolumeofthetariffquotareferredtoinpara­
graph1shallconstituteareserve..
3.,Iftheneedshouldarisefortheproductsinques­
tioninaMemberState,thelattershalldrawanappro­
priatesharefromthereserve,providingthatthesize
ofthereserveso.permits.
4.Thesharesdrawnpursuanttoparagraph3shall
bevaliduntil30November1980.
Article2
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatsharesdrawnpursuantto
jArticle1areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmay
bechargedwithoutinterruption -againsttheiraccumu­
latedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedinitsterritoryhavefree
accesstothesharesallocatedtoit.
3..MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoodsare
entered4orcirc^Lation.' .

'4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Artide3
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.Article4
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission' shallcolla­
boratecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulation
iscompliedwith.
Artide5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1October
1980.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States. .
DoneatLuxembourg ,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident