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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)48 final
Brussels,13February1981
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC?
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforcarrotsfallingwithinsubheadingex07.01GIIofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originating inCyprus<1981)
(submittedtotheCouncilbythe_Commission)
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COM(81)43final

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article2ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)N°/layingdownthe
arrangementsapplicabletotradewiththeRepublicofCyprus
beyondthedateofexpiryofthefirststageoftheAssociation
AgreementEEC/Cyprusof1973providesfor1981fortheopeningof
aCommunitytariffquotafortheimportationintotheCommunityof^
'"'2300tonnesofcarrots,originatinginCyprus,fallingwithin
subheadingex07.01GIIoftheCommonCustomsTariff..
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Thecustomsdutiesapplicablewithinthelimitsofthis,quota
areequalto40%,ofthedutiesactuallyappliedtothirdcountries."
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Accordinglythetariffquotainquestionshouldbeopened.
Asforthemethod ,ofadministrati ontobeappliedbyallMember
States,theCommissionproposesthe"greyhound'^system .^
This..Js„thesubject-matter_oftheproposalannexedhereto.^•■'
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ANNEX5.1'proposalfora.Regulation i<EECroJjhe__CouncU . ^^_,c

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC):
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
carrots,fallingwithinsubheadingcx07.01GIIoftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginCyprus(1981),.
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
\
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)N°/
layingdownthearrangements totradewiththeRepublicof
Cyprusbeyondthedateofexpiryofthefirststageofthe
Agreementestablishing anassociation betweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheRepublicofCyprus(1)provides,
fortheperiod1Aprilto15May1981,forthe
openingofaCommunitytariffquotaof2300tonnesof
carrots,fallingwithinsubheadingex07.01GIIofthe
•'/CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginCyprus,at
arateofcustomsdutyequalto40%ofthecustoms
dutyintheCommonCustomsTariff;whereasthe-
Communitytariffquotashouldthereforebeopenedfor-■
thisperiod;
Whereasitisnecessaryinparticulartoensuretoall
■-Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
;totheabovementioned quota,anduninterrupted
\applicationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
however,sincethetariffquotainvolvedisofarelatively
lowvolumeandtheperiodofapplicationisveryshort,
itseemspossibletoallocatethewholequotavolumeto.
theCommunityreserveandtoprovideforthe
possibilityofthoseMemberStatesinwhichneedsmight
arisedrawingappropriatequantitiesfromthatreserve;
whereasthesharesthusdrawnfromthereservemustbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthis
methodofmanagementrequiresdoseCO–Operation
betweentheMemberStatesandtheCommissionand
thelattermustinparticularbeabletomonitortherate
atwhichthequotaisusedupandinformtheMember
'Statesthereof; ..
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Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationconcerningthe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmay.becarriedoutbyanyofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Aprilto15May1981,theCommon
CustomsTariffduryforcarrots,falling.within
subheadingex07.01GiloftheCommonCustoms
TariffandoriginatingimCyprus,shallbesuspendedat
6-8%withinthelimitsofaCommunitytariffquotaof
2300tonnes.
Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,Greeceshallapplycustoms
dutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththerelevantprovisionsof
Regulation (EEC)No
TheProtocolonthedefinitionoftheconceptof'origi­
natingproducts'andonmethodsofadministrative
cooperation(2)annexedtotheAdditionalProtocolto^.
theAgreementestablishing anassoci­ationbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandCyprusshallbeapplicable *
2.Thevolumeofthetariffquotareferredtoin
paragraph1shallconstituteareserve. -
3.iftheneedshouldarisefortheproductsinquestion
inaMemberState,thelattershalldrawanappropriate
sharefromthereserve,providingthatthesizeofthe
reservesopermits.
4.Thesharesdrawnpursuanttoparagraph3shallbe
validuntil15May1981.
Article2
1MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article1areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesoftheCommunityquota. .
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.^
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3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoodsare
enteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewiththeconditions ,setoutin
paragraph3.
Article3
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
.Article4 ArticleS
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallCO-Operate"TWsRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April1981.
closelyinordertoensurecompliancewiththis
Regulation.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident