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I.
< Proposaifora
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
: , -
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration
foraCommunitytariffquotaforapricotpulpfalling
withinsubheadingex'20.06BIIc)1)aa)fortheCommon
,CustomsTariff,originating inMoroccoandTunisia
(year1977) I
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission ).
ccri(70'>62final

Explanatory memorandum
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1.The/Agreements concluded between theEuropean Economic Community onthe
onehand and theKingdom ofMorocco andtheRepublic ofTunisia ontheother hand
provide inArticles 15and 14for theopening ofannual Community tariff
quotas fortheimportation into theCommunity ofrespectively 8,250 or
4,300 metric tons ofapricot pulp ,originating inthese countries ,
falling within subheading ex20.06 BIIc)1aa)oftheCommon Customs
Tariff .
Thecustoms duties applicable within thelimits ofthis quota areequal
to70%oftheduties actually applied tonon-member countries .
Accordingly thetariff quota inquestion has tobeopened for 1977-
2.Theproposals forRegulations opening these tariff quotas make provision ,
asisusual ,for thedivision ofeach ofthequota volumes into twotranches ,
thefirst ofwhich isallocated byshare totheMember States ,while the
second constitutes areserve .
Theallocation ofthefirst tranche should bebased ontherules generally
applied ,that is,itshould berelated tothetotal imports byeach Member
State during thepast three years totheCommunity imports over thesame
period andforeach Member State theresulting percentages should beapplied
tothe volume ofthe first tranche .
However ,inthis process account was taken onthefact that certain Member
States effected nooronly occasional imports during these years .Inview
ofthenecessity ofallocating thequota volume inanequitable manner these
Member States were granted small percentages representing commercially
exploitable shares .

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3.Theform ofadministration tobeapplied byall theMember States isthe
"grey -^heund -systero" .
4.Itisproposed that theproposals forCouncil Regulations opening the
Community tariff quotas described above beapproved .
ANNEX :
2proposals forRegulations (EEC)oftheCouncil .

ANNEXA
Proposalofa
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No
orttheopoiiiiigiallocationnndntltrinisii'ntionofaCommiinitytnt'ffquotatorapricot
pulp,fallingwithinsubheadingcx20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginTunisia(1977)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Articles43and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanPar­
liament('),
WhereastheInterimAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublic
ofTunisia,/signedon25April1976,providesin
Article14fortheopeningbytheCommunityof
anannualCommunitytariffquotaof4300metric
tonsofapricotpulpfallingwithinsubheading
ex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustoms
TarifforiginatinginTunisia;whereasthecustoms
dutiesapplicabletothequotaareequalto70%of
thecustomsdutiesactuallyappliedtonon-member
countries;J
whereastheproratatemporisclause
shallapply;whereastheCommunitytariffquotain
questionshouldthereforebeopenedfortheyear
1977;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureequal
anduninterrupted accessforallimportersinthe
MemberStatestothequotaanduninterrupted appli­
cationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductinquestionintoallMember
Statesuntilthesaidquotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunity
natureofthequotacanberespectedbyallocating
thetariffquotaamongtheMemberStates:whereas,
(»)0JNo -
HOJNoL141,28.5.1976,p.195.toreflectmostaccuratelytheactualdevelopment
ofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,such
allocationshouldbeinproportiontotherequire­
mentsoftheMemberStates,assessedbyreference
bothtothestatisticsrelatingtoimportsofthesaid
productfromTunisiaoverarepresentative reference
periodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodconcerned;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsof
eachMemberStaterepresentthefollowingpercen­
tagesofimportsintotheCommunityfromTunisia
oftheproductsconcerned:
(m•/#)
1973 1974
Bénélux 15-8 3-4
Dcnmark
Germany 10-2 2-5
France 74-094-1
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom
Whereasboththesepercentagesandtheestimates
fromcertainMemberStatesshouldbetakeninto
accountaswellastheneedtoensurethat,inthe
circumstances ,theobligationscontractedunderthe
Agreementconcernedareallocatedfairlyamongall
theMemberStates;whereastheapproximateper­
centagesoftheinitialquotasharesmaytherefore
befixedasfollows:
Bénélux 10%,
Dcnmark 5%,
Germany 10%,
France 62'*r
Ireland
Italy 5%,
UnitedKingdom 5%;

ANNEXA
Whereas,inordertotake.accountoffuturetrends
irlimportsintothevariousMemberStatesofthe
productconcerned,ihuquotagluniMliedividedIniti
twoinstalments;thefirsttobeallocatedamongall
theMemberStatesandthesecondtoformareserve
intendedtocoveranysubsequentrequirementsof
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegree
ofsecurityforimportersineachMemberState,
thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunitytariffquota
shouldbesetat66%ofthequota;2.WithinthelimitsofthistariffquotatheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyapplicabletotheseproducts
shdjibssuspendedatarateofli'9%,
anduntil30June1977
3.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota/thenew
MemberStatesshallapplydutiescalculatedin
accordancewiththe/AgreementbetweentheCom­
munityandTunisiaAndtheActofAccession.
/interim
Article2
WhereasMemberStatesmayuseuptheirinitial
sharesatdifferentrates;whereas,toprovidefor
thiseventualityandtoavoiddisruptionofsupplies,
anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupits
initialshareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefrom
thereserve;whereasthisshouldbedonebyeach
MemberStatewheneachofitsadditionalshareshas
beenalmostusedup,andsoonasmanyrimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthisformofadministration requires
closecollaboration betweenMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,andtheCommissionmustbeina
positiontokeeparecordoftheextenttowhichthe
quotahasbeenusedupandtoinformtheMember
Statesaccordingly ;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitial
shareremainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMem­
berStateshouldreturnasignificantproportionto
thereservesoastopreventapartofthequotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenit
couldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedby
theBeneluxEconomicUnionanymeasureconcern­
ingtheadministration ofthesharesallocatedto
thatEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyanyone
ofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :1.Afirstinstalmentofc.84frnetrictonsofthe
CommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1,
shallbeallocatedamongtheMemberStates;the
shares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil
31December1977shallbeasfollows:
Bcnelux
Dcnmark
Germany
rrance
Ireland
Italy280metrictons,
140metrictons,
280metrictons,
■760metrictons,
100metrictons,
140metrictons,
UnitedKingdom 149metrictons.
1.460
2.Thesecondinstalmentof/metrictonsshall
constitutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofanyMemberState'sinitial
shareasfixedinArticle2(1),or90%ofthatshare
lessanyportionreturnedtothereserve,where
Article5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenusedupthat
MemberStateshallforthwith *bynotifyingthe
Commission ,drawasecondshareequalto15%of
itsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextwholenumber,totheextentthatthereserve
sopermits.
2.Ifafteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninpara­
graph1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofits
initialshare.
Article1
January
1.Fortheperiod1/toDecember1977a
Communitytariffquotaof4300/netrictonsshallbe
openedintheCommunityforapricotpulp,falling
withinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginTunisia."3.Ifafteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththesameconditions,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveisused
up.

ANNEX A
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2,and3,Member
Statesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthosespecified
thereiniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthose
specifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.Theyshallinform
theCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplyingthis
paragraph.Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedocsnotexceedthebalanceavailableand
tothisendshallspecifytheamountthereoftothe
MemberStatemakingthefinaldrawing.
Article7
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December1977.1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmay
bechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraggre­
gatesharesoftheCommunityquota.
ArticleS
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than15November1977,theunusedportionsof
theirinitialshareswhich,on1November1977,are
inexcessof20%oftheinitialamounts.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionsmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,not
laterthan15November1977,ofthetotalquantity
oftheproductinquestionimporteduptoand
including1November1977andchargedagainstthe
Communityquotaandofanyportionoftheirinitial
sharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article62.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
productsagainsttheirsharesasandwhentheprod­
uctinquestionisenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3and,assoonasithasbeennotified,shall
informeachMemberStateoftheextenttowhich
thereservehasbeenusedup.Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallco­
operatecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
20November197/ofthestateofthereserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
-ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresidentArticle10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
1January 1977.

ProposalofaANNEXB
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No
ohtheopeningflllntatiof)ttiidfidminiitratiort ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
apricotpulp,fallingwithinsubheadingcx20.06BIIc)Iaa)oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginMorocco(1977)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Articles43and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,Communitynatureofthequotacanberespected'
byallocatingthetariffquotaamongtheMember
States;whereas,toreflectmostaccuratelytheactual
development ofthemarketintheproductsin
question,suchallocationshouldbeinproportion
totherequirements oftheMemberStates,assessed
byreferencebothtothestatisticsrelatingtoimports
ofthesaidproductfromMoroccooverarepresen­
tativereferenceperiodandtotheeconomicoutlook
forthequotaperiodconcerned;
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropean
Parliament ('),
WhereasrheInterimAgreementbetweenrhe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheKingdom
ofMorocco,Signedon27April1976,providesin
Article15fortheopeningbytheCommunityofan
annualCommunitytariffquotaof8250metrictons
ofapricotpulpfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BII
c)1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTarifforiginating
inMorocco;whereasthecustomsdutiesapplicable
tothequotaarcequalto70%ofthecustomsduties
actuallyappliedtonon-membercountries;Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsof
eachMemberStaterepresentthefollowingpercent­
agesofimportsintotheCommunityfromMorocco
oftheproductsconcerned:
(inpercentages)
1973 19741975
Bcnclux I0-7I0-80.6
Dcnmark 0-60-3
Germany 46-245-5
France i50-751-391.3
Ireland
Italy 0-52.1
UnitedKingdom ,1-81-66.0
whereastheCommunitytariffquotainquestion
shouldthereforebeopenedfortheyear1977;
Whereasitis,inparticular,necessarytoensureequal
anduninterrupted accessforallimportersinthe
MemberStatestothequotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotato
allimportsofrheproductinquestionintoallMember
Statesuntilthesaidquotahasbeenusedup;
whereashavingregardtotheaboveprinciplesthe
')ÛJNo
(»)OJNoL141,28:5.1976;p.98.Whereas,boththesepercentagesandtheestimates
fromcertainMemberStatesshouldbetakeninto
accountaswellastheneedtoensurethat,inthe
circumstances ,theobligationscontractedunderthe
Agreementconcernedareallocatedfairlyamongall
theMemberStates;whereastheapproximate
percentagesoftheinitialquotasharesmaytherefore
befixedasfollows:
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom3%,
3%,
36%,
41%,
2%,
5%,
10%:

L.
V.-2-ANNEX B
Whereas,inordertotakeaccountoffuturetrendsin
importsintothevariousMember Statesofthe
productconcerned ,thequotashouldbedividedinto
twoinstalments ,rhefirsttobeallocatedamongall
theMember Statesandthesecondtoformareserve
intendedtoCoveranysubsequent requirements of
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
Shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegree
ofsecurityforimporters ineachMemberState,the
firstinstalment oftheCommunity tariffquotashould
besetat66%ofthequota:,:• •v\;;
2.Withinthelimitsofthis'tstriffquotatheCoirimon
CustomsTariffdutyapplicable ..{ft,.these..products-Z-
shallbesuspended ataratepfT.l-9%/V'v '/.'J.'-'r
'..-and'untiC30June
3.Withinthelimitsof.thijrtariff .quota/thenew
Member Statesshallapply :duties.ValeuJated' ,In.
accordance withthe'»Agteementt^etween.' the'''l-:y.
Community andMoroccoandthe'Act:pfAccessicJiji ".■'/Interim
.Article.21977
WhereasMemberStatesmayuseuptheirinitial
Sharesatdifferentrates;whereas,toprovideforthis
eventuality andtoavoiddisruption ofsupplies,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitial
shareshoulddrawanadditional sharefromthe
reserve;whereas thisshouldbedonebyeach
Member Statewheneachofitsadditional shareshas
beenalmostusedup,andsoonasmanytimesas
thereserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthisformofadministration requires
closecollaboration betweenMember Statesandthe
fcommission ,andtheCommission -mustbeina
positiontokeeparecordoftheextenttowhichthe
cjuotahasbeenusedupandtoinformtheMember
Statesaccordingly ;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable quantityofaMember State'sinitial
shareremains unused,itisessential thatthat
MemberStateshouldreturnasignificant proportion
torhereservesoastopreventapartofthequota
fromremaining unusedinoneMemberStatewhen
itcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyo£Luxem­
bourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented by
theBenelux Economic Union,anymeasure
concerning theadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothatEconomic Unionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers ,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
'■'January
1.Fortheperiod1/to31December 1977a
Community tariffquotaof8250metrictonsshall
beopenedintheCommunity forapricotpulp,
fallingwithinsubheading ex20.06BIIc)1aa)of
theCommonCustomsTariff,originating inMorocco .1.Afirstinstalment of5440rttetrictons1of.the
Community tariffquotareferredtomArticle 1,shall
beallocatedamongtheMemberStates;theshares,'
whichsubjecttoArticle5,shallbe.validuntil31
December 1976,shallbeasfollows:-
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
rrance
Ireland
Italy'V
UnitedKingdom .160
160
1.'960
3.200 =
120
'280'
56Q•metn-eronSy
•metric .tons*
metrictons,.
metrictons,■■>.
fnetrrctons<,
inptrictdhs,'
metrictons.
2.Thesecondinstalmentof2gKjnetnefpjisshall
constitute thereserve! '-i
ArUcle3 >*tif
1.If90%ormoreofanyMernbprState's,initial„
shareasfixedinArticle1-(1),or90%.'ofthatshare •
lessanyportionreturnedto,thereserve,where
Article5hasbeenapplied,'has■been-used-up'riiati .A
MemberStateshallforthwith ,>by.notifying' ,thea
Commission ,drawasecondshare,equaltO-45%pf ■;
itsinitialshare,roundedup.wherenecessary to.the
nextwholenumber,totheextentthatthereserveso
permits. , t..
....',·<■>.·* "·.···'·'.:ν'
2.Ifafteritsinitialsharehasbeen-tisedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondshare.'drawn/by^,Member ;
Statehasbeenusedup^.that*.^^n^;T : in
accordance with.the.-conditions .■■•laid.;'d^vvnin.,■
paragraph 1,drawa.thirdshareequalto7-5%of
itsinitialshare.
3.Ifafteritssecoiidsharelips ; •£•.
ormoreofthethirdshare;drawn'byaMember V
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMejnberStateshall,in•
accordance withthesameconditions ,!drawafourth ,
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocedure shallapply-untilthereserveisused •
up. " '
?•

-3- ANNEX B
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2find3»Member
Statesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthosespecified
rhcrciniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthose
specifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.Theyshallinform
theCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplyingthis
paragraph.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawapursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December1977
ArticleS
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than15November1977,theunusedportionsof
theirinitialshareswhich,on1November197/,are
inexcessof20%oftheinitialamounts.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionsmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than15November1977,ofthetotalquantityofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding
1November1977andchargedagainstthe
Communityquotaandofanyportionoftheirinitial
sharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles
2and3and,assoonasithasbeennotified,shall
informeachMemberStateoftheextenttowhich
thereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
20November1977ofthestateofthereserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailablyandto
thisendshallspecifytheamountthereoftothe
MemberStatemakingthefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmay
bechargedwithoutinterruption againsttheir
aggregatesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatessfhal1ensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
productsagainsttheirsharesasandwhentheproduct
inquestionisenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe-
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
1January 1977..
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident