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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)576 final
Brussels/21September 1982
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforfreshordriedhazelnuts,shelledornot,fallingwithin
subheading ex08.05GoftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginating
inTurkey(1983)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.CouncilRegulation (EEC)N°562/81of20January1981onthe
reductionofcustomsdutiesonimportsintotheCommunityof
certainagricultural productsoriginating inTurkey(1)provides
fortheopeningforfreshordriedhazelnuts,shelledorothei–
wise,fallingwithinsubheading ex08.05GoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,ofanannualCommunityduty-freetariffquotaof25,000
tonnes.
2.Theaimofthisproposalistoopenthequotaconcernedforthe
periodfrom1Januaryto31December 1983.
3.Thetariffquotaconcerned maybemodifiedinthelightofcurrent
negotiation ^withthecontracting countryfortheconclusion of
anAdaptationProtocoltotheabovementionedAgreement .Pending
theoutcome,theproposedRegulation enablestheengagements
contracted bytheCommunitytoberespected .
TheCommission thereforereservestherighttomodifytheproposal
inthecourseoftheproceedings inordertoadaptit,asnecessary,
totheAdaptation Protocol.
A.Itshouldbenotedthattheeconomicinformation onthebasisof
whichtheproposedallocationwillbedrawnupshou-ldbebased,
inparticular,onpastandestimatedfutureimportsintoMember
States,specifically originating inorcomingfromTurkey.This
information hasbeenobtainedbyallMemberStatesfortheyear
1979to1981.Thepercentageofallocation containedinthis
proposalforaregulation arethesameasthoseadoptedwithinthe
frameworkofthequotarelatingtotheyear1982.
5.Asregardsadministration ofthisquota,itisproposedthatthese
shouldbeaninitialallocation amongMemberStatesofalarge
partofthequota,thebalancerepresenting areservetowhichthe
surplusfromshareswhichexceedMemberStates'needswillbe
returnedandfromwhichthoseStatesstillinneedmaydraw
additional shares.
(1)0JN°L65of11.3.1981,p.1.

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
freshordriedhazelnuts,shelledornot,fallingwithinsubheadingex08.05Gofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginTurkey(1983)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheAnnextoCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No562/81of20January1981onthereductionof
customsdutiesonimportsintotheCommunityof
certainagriculturalproductsoriginatinginTurkeyt1)
providesthatfreshordriedhazelnuts,shelledornot,
fallingwithinsubheadingex08.05GoftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginatinginTurkeyareadmitted
onimportationintotheCommunityatzeroduty,
withinthelimitofaCommunitytariffquotaof25000
tonnes;whereastheCommunitytariffquotaconcerned
shouldthereforebeopenedfor1983.Malta,Morocco,Portugal,Syria,TunisiaorTurkey(2);
whereasthisRegulationthereforeappliestothe
CommunityofNine;
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,inaccordancewithArticle119ofthe1979
ActofAccession,theCommunityadoptedCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No3555/80of16December1980
determiningthearrangementstobeappliedwithregard
toimportsintoGreeceoriginatinginAlgeria,Israel,Whereas,onthebasisofthestatisticsatpresent
available,importsintotheMemberStatesin1979
1980and1981oftheproductconcerned,originatingin
Turkey,havedevelopedasfollowsandrepresentthe
followingpercentagesoftotalimportsintothe
Community :
•
1979 1980 1981
MemberStates
tonnes %tonnes %tonnes %
Benelux 45506-2151067-4553747.95
Denmark 13051-781202-81-75784.71.16
Germany 4930667-364484465-4047779.6 70.71
France 1065714-56923013-468889.213.15
Ireland 1140-16 400-0691.50.14!
Italy
UnitedKingdom2067
52042-82
7-113808-3
43375-55
6-33823.2
38331.22
5.67
Total 73203 68568-1 67575.2
(')OJNoL65,11.3.1981,p.1. (2)OJNoL382,31.12.1980,p.1.

Whereas,takingintoaccountthesefiguresandthe
foreseeabledevelopmentoftheproductconcerned
during1983an<i,inparticular,theforecastsmadeby
someMemberStates,theinitialsharesmaybefixed
approximately atthefollowingpercentages :
Benelux 7-38
Denmark 2-24
Germany 6315
France 13-52
Ireland 0-23
Italy 3-75
UnitedKingdom 9-73
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductconcernedinthevariousMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstitutingareservetocoverata
laterdatetherequirementsofthoseMemberStates
whichhaveuseduptheirinitialquotashare;whereas,
inordertogiveimportersineachMemberStatea
certaindegreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotamightunderthecircumstances be
fixedat80%ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeused
upatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfact
intoaccountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquota
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
reserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeachMember
Stateasandwheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmost
usedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesmust
bevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthis
methodofadministration requiresclosecooperation
betweentheMemberStatesandtheCommission ,and
thelattermustbeinapositiontomonitortheextentto
whichthequotavolumehasbeenusedupandtoinform
theMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunused,itisessentialthat
thatMemberStateshouldreturnasignificant
proportion-tothereservetopreventapartofanytariff
quotafromremainingunusedinoneMemberState
whenitcouldbeusedinothers;whereas,takinginto
accounttheseasonalnatureofimports,itseems
appropriatetofixthetransferlimitat40%ofthe
initialshare;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelating
totheadministration ofthequotasharesallocatedto
thatEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Duringtheperiod1Januaryto31December1983a
Communitytariffquotaof25000tonnesshallbe
openedintheCommunityofNineforfreshordried
hazelnuts,shelledornot,fallingwithinsubheading
ex08.05GoftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginTurkey.
2.Withinthistariffquota,theCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyshallbetotallysuspended.
3.Importsoftheproductinquestionbenefitingfrom
thesameorlowercustomsdutiesunderpreferential
arrangements shallnotbechargedagainstthistariff
quota.
4.Thistariffquotashallbeallocatedandadministered
inaccordancewiththefollowingprovisions.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1(1)shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Thefirstinstalment,amountingto20000tonnes,
shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;theshares
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil
31December1983shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)
Benelux 1476
Denmark 448
Germany 12630
France 2704
Ireland 46
Italy 750
UnitedKingdom 1946
3.Thesecondinstalment,amountingto5000tonnes,
shallconstitutethereserve.

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Article3
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
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,then,totheextentpermittedby
theamountofthereserve,thatMemberStateshall,
inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddownin
paragraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofits
initialshare.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnupbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,
inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddownin
paragraph1,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
theymightnotbeusedup.ItshallinformtheCom­
missionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.
Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December1983.
ArticleS
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1983,suchunusedportionoftheir
initialsharesas,on15September1983'sinexcessof
40%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthis
quantitymaynotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,not
laterthan1October.l983ofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionimportedupto15September
1983andchargedagainstthetariffquotasandofany
quantityoftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3and,assoonasitisnotified,informeach
MemberStateoftheextenttowhichthereserveshave
beenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5October1983oftheamountinthereserveafter
quantitieshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhaustsany
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to
thisend,notifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesofthetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestion
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofthe
productsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
sharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedundertheconditionssetinparagraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission ,shall
cooperatecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1983.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident