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PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
OPENING,ALLOCATING ANDPROVIDING FORTHE
ADMINISTRATION OFACOMMUNITY TARIFFQUOTA
FORAPRICOTPULPFALLINGWITHINSUBHEADING
EX20.06BIIc)1aa)OFTHECOMMONCUSTOMS
TARIFF/ORIGINATING INTURKEY
(presented bytheCommission totheCouncil)
C0M(79)140final

Explanatory memorandum
1.Article13ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1180/77of17May1977
onimportsintotheCommunityofcertainagricultural productsorigina-
1tinginTurkeyprovidesfortheopening,witheffectfrom1July1977,
ofanannualCommunitytariffquotaof90tonnes,forapricotpulp
fallingwithinsubheading ex20.068IIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originating inTurkey,atadutycorresponding to70%ofthe
customsdutiesactuallyappliedinrespectofnon-member countries.
Suchaquotawasopenedfortheperiodfrom1July1978to30June
1979byRegulation (EEC)No1132/78of22May1978*.
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2.Theaimofthisproposalistoopenthequotaconcernedforthe
periodfrom1July1979to30June1980.
3.Inaccordance withtheprinciples normallyfollowed,theallocation
ofthequotavolumeamongtheMemberStatesshouldbebasedonprevious
andforeseeable importsbytheMemberStates,specifically thoseorigina­
tinginorcomingfromTurkey.ImportsoftheseproductsfromTurkey
havebeennegligible ornon-existent inrecentyears.Furthermore,
theMemberStatescannotmakeforecastsforthequotaperiodunder
consideration .
Consequently ,pendingamoreCommunity-based administration of
thisquota,basedontheexperience acquiredoverthetwoyears,the
Commission considersthatitcanproposetheextensionofthesystem
adoptedbytheCouncilforthecurrentquotaperiod,namelytheallo­
cationofalargeportionofthequotavolumetotheCommunityreserve
andtheallocation ofequalinitialquota-shares ,corresponding to
one-seventh oftheremainderofthequota,totheMemberStates®
0JNoL142,9June1977,p.10
20JNoL142,30May1978,p.41.

PropoMlfor•
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
apricotpulpfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)Iaa)oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginTurkey
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,Turkeyoverarepresentativereferenceperiodandtothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodconcerned;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle
113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasArticle13ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1180/77of17May1977onimportsintotheCommun­
ityofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatinginTurkey
(1)providesfortheopeningbytheCommunity,with
effectfrom1July1977,ofanannualCommunitytariff
quotaof90tonnesforapricotpulpfallingwithinsub­
headingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginTurkey;whereasthecustoms
dutiesapplicablewithinthelimitsofthattariffquota
correspondto70%ofthecustomsdutiesactuallyap­
pliedinrespectofnon-membercountries;whereasthe
tariffquotainquestionshouldthereforebeopenedfor
theabovcmcntioned volumefortheperiod1July1979
to30June1980;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoguaranteeall
importersoftheCommunityequalanduninterrupted
accesstothequotaanduninterruptedapplicationofthe
rateslaiddownforthatquotatoallimportsofthe
productinquestionintotheMemberStatesuntilthe
quotahasbeenusedup;whereashavingregardtothe
aboveprinciplestheCommunitynatureofthequota
canberespectedbyallocatingthetariffquotaamong
theMemberStates;whereas,toreflectmostaccurately
theactualdevelopmentofthemarketintheproductsin
question,suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirementsoftheMemberStates,assessedbyrefer­
encebothtothestatisticsrelatingtoimportsfrom
(1)OJNoL142,9.6.1977,p.10.Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatistics
areavailable,thecorresponding importsofeach
MemberStatefromTurkeyhavebeennegligibleor
non-existent ;whereasthosedatacannotthereforebe
consideredasrepresentativetoserveasabasisforallo­
cationofthequotavolumeamongtheMemberStates;
whereasitisdifficulttoestimateimportsbyMember
Statesbecauseoftheabsenceoftrulyrepresentative
figuresforpreviousyears;whereas,consequently,the
onlysolutionseemstobetoallocatepartofthequota
volumetotheCommunityreserveandtoallocateone
seventhofthebalancetotheBeneluxcountries,Den­
mark,Germany,France,Ireland,ItalyandtheUnited
Kingdom;
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupfairlyquick­
ly;whereas,therefore,toavoiddisruptionofsupplies
anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitial
shareshalldrawasupplementary sharefromthe
Communityreserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateaseachoneofitssupplementary sharesis
almostusedup,andasmanytimesasthereserveal­
lows;whereastheinitialandsupplementary sharesmust
bevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthis
formofadministration requiresclosecollaboration
betweentheMemberStatesandtheCommission,and
theCommissionmustbeinapositiontofollowthe
extenttowhichthetariffquotahasbeenusedupand
informtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperiodacon­
siderablequantityofashareremainsinanyMember
State,itisessentialthatthatStateshouldreturnasig­
nificantproportiontothereserveinordertoavoidpart
oftheCommunityquotaremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthesharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,

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HASADOPTKD11!ISREGUUTIONi
Article1
1.From1July1979until30June198Cp»Community
tariffquotaof90tonnesshallbeopenedintheCom­
munityforapricotpulpfallingwithinsubheadingex
20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginTurkey.
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyapplicabletotheseproductsshall
bepartiallysuspendedatarateof11-9%.
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentof70tonnesshallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates;therespectivesharesofthe
MemberStateswhich,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevalid
from1July197^to30June198Qshallbeasfollows:
(intonnes)
Bénélux 10
Dcnmark 10
Germany 10
France 10
Ireland 10
Italy 10
UnitedKingdom 10
2.Thesecondinstalmentof20tonnesshallbeheldas
theCommunityreserve.withthegamecondition*,drawafourthahareequalto
thethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserveis
usedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1.to3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosefixedmaynotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.
•Article4
Supplementary sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil30June1980.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1April1580,theunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15March1S80,isinexcessof20%of
theinitialamount.Theymayreturnalargerquantityif
therearereasonstobelievethatsuchquantitymightnot
beused.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1April1980,notify
theCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthesaidgoods
importeduptoandincluding15March1980and
chargedagainsttheCommunitytariffquotaandany
quantitiesoftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5isap­
plied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallwith­
outdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission,drawasecond
shareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedup
wherenecessarytothenextunit,totheextentpermitted
bytheamountofthereserve.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withtheconditionsimposedbyparagraph1,drawa
thirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
upwherenecessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordanceArticle6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,informeach
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenused
up.
ItshallinformtheMemberStatesnotlaterthan5April
1980oftheamountstillinreserveafteramountshave
beenreturnedtheretopursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupthere­
serveislimitedtothebalanceavailableandtothisend
shallspecifytheamountthereoftotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessaryto
ensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawnpursuantto

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Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesintheCommunitytariffquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe•
saidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefreeaccess
tothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhensuchgoodsare
enteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsoftheproductsconcernedactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationisob­
served. -
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1979.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinaltMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
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ThePresident