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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(74)1641final
Brussels.15October1974
Proposalfora ,
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
ontheopeningofatariffquotafornewpotatoesfalling
withinsubheading No07.01AIIoftheCommonCustomsTariff
for1975originatinginCyprus
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
C0M(74)1641final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Bytheterms oftheAgreement establishing anassociation
between theEuropean Economic Community andtheRepublic ofCyprus ,
inconjunction with theProtocol laying down certain provisions
with respeot thereto byreason oftheaccession ofnewMember States
totheCommunity ,Cyprus istobeentitled from 1January 1974 "to
30June 1977 "toannual duty-free quotas forthe importation into
Britain ofnewpotatoes (sub-heading 07.01AIIoftheCommon Customs
Tariff )originating inCyprus ,theannual amount ofthequota totake
aocount oftraditional imports byBritain originating inCyprus .
Prom thestatistics tohand onBritish imports oftheproducts
ooncerned itappears that thequota for1975 canbefixed at110.000
long tons .This quota should accordingly beopened asindicated above .
This isthepurpose oftheannexed proposal .

ÀNUKX.
Proposalof
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
ontheopeningofatariffquotafornewpotatoesfallingwithinsubheadingNo07.01
AIIoftheCommonCustomsTarifffor1975"originatinginCyprus
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,■
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandinparticular
Articles43and.113thereof;
Havingregard,totheproposalfromtheCommission
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament ;
"WhereastheProtocollayingdowncertainprovisions
relatingto'theAgreement(')establishingan
AssociationbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheRepublicofCyprusconsequent
ontheAccessionofnewMemberStatestothe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityprovidesthat
duringtheperiodfrom1January1974to30June.
1977theRepublicofCyprusshallbeentitledto-
annualtariffquotas,freeofcustomsduties,in
respectofimportsintotheUnitedKingdomofnew
potatoesfallingwithinsubheadingNo07.01AIIof
theCommonCustomsTarifforiginatinginCyprus;
whereastheannualtariffquotamusttakeinto
accountthetraditionalUnitedKingdomimports
fromCyprus;whereastakingthiselementinto
accountitisadvisabletofixthetariffquotaforthe
year19/SatllO.CDOong tons;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandquotadutiesshouldbeappliedconsistentlytoallimportsofthe
productinquestionuntilthequotaisusedup?
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
I
Article1
AdutyfreetariffquotaofHO«00Qongtonsshall
beopenedintheUnitedKingdomfortheperiod
1Januaryto31December1975"inrespectofnew
potatoesfallingwithinsubheadingNo07.01AIIof
theCommonCustomsTarifforiginatinginCyprus.
Article2
1.TheUnitedKingdomshallensurethat
importersoftheproductinquestionestablishedin
itsterritoryhavefreeaccesstothetariffquota.
2.Theextenttowhichthetariffquotaisusedup
shallbebasedonthequantitiesoftheimported
productinquestionenteredforhomeuse.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1975".
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,'
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
(')OJNoL133,21.5.1973,p.88.