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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)411 final
Brussels .19th July 1979
PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
OPENING ,ALLOCATING ANDPROVIDING FORTHE ADMINISTRATION OF
ACOMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FORAPRICOT PULP ,FALLING WITHIN
SUBHEADING EX20.06 BIIc)1aa)OFTHE COMMON CUSTOMS
TARIFF AND ORIGINATING INMOROCCO (1980 )
PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
OPENING ,ALLOCATING AND-PROVIDING FORTHEADMINISTRATION OF
ACOMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FORAPRICOT PULP,FALLING WITHIN
V <.y -,
SUBHEADING EX20.06 .BIIc)\>aa)OFTHECOMMON CUSTOMS
TARIFF AND'ORIGINATING' TUNISIA (1980 )
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(presented bytheCommission totheCouncil )
COM (79)411 final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Thecooperation Agreements concluded betweentheEuropean Economic
Community ontheonehandandtheKingdomofMorocco .andtheRepublic
ofTunisia ontheotherhandprovidefortheopeningofannualCommunity
tariffquotasfortheimportation intotheCommunity of8.250or4.300
metrictonsofapricotpulp,originating inthesecountries ,falling
withinsubheading ex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariff.
Thecustomsdutiesapplicable withinthelimitsofthisquotaare
equalto70%ofthedutiesactually appliedtonon-member countries .
Accordingly thetariffquotainquestion hastobeopenedfor1980.
2.Theproposals forregulations openingthesetariffquotasprovide-
asiscustomary -forthedivision ofeachofthequotavolumesinto
twoinstalments ,thefirstbeingallocated amongtheMemberStates
asquotashares,thesecondbeingheldasareserve.
Theallocation ofthevolumeofthefirstinstalment ofthequota
shouldbebasedontherulesgenerally applied.Theseinvolvecal­
culating eachMemberState'stotalimportsoverthelastthreeyears
asaproportion oftotalCommunity importsduringthesameperiod
andapplying,foreachMemberState,thepercentages thusobtained
tothevolumeofthefirstinstalment .
However,inthisprocessaccountwastakenonthefactthatcertain
MemberStateseffected nooronlyoccasional importsduringthese
years.Inviewofthenecessity ofallocating thequotavolumein
anequitable mannertheseMemberStatesweregrantedsmallpercen­
tagesrepresenting commercially exploitable shares.
3.Itisproposedthattheproposals forCouncilRegulations opening
theCommunitytariffquotasdescribed abovebeapproved.'
ANNEX:2proposals forRegulations (EEC)oftheCouncil *

ANNEX A
Proposalfora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity tariffquotafor
apricotpulp,fallingwithinsubheading ex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustoms
Tariffandoriginating inMorocco (1980)
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , importsintotheCommunity fromMoroccoofthe
productsconcerned :
Economic Community ,andinparticular Article113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas theCooperation Agreement betweenthe
European Economic Community andtheKingdomof
Morocco ,signedon27April1976,providesforthe
openingbytheCommunity ofanannualCommunity
tariffquotaof8250tonnesofapricotpulp,falling
withinsubheading ex20.06BIIc)1aa)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginating inMorocco;
whereasthecustomsdutiesapplicabletothequotaare
equalto70%ofthecustomsdutiesactuallyappliedto
non-member countries;whereastheCommunity tariff
quotainquestionshouldthereforebeopenedfor1980;
Whereasitisinparticular necessarytoensureforall
Community importers equalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
application oftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcerned intoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having
regardtotheaboveprinciples ,theCommunity nature
ofthequotascanberespected byallocating the
Community tariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectasaccurately aspossiblethe
truetrendofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,
suchallocation shouldbeinproportion tothe
requirements oftheMemberStates,calculated by
referencetothestatisticsforimportsfromMorocco
overarepresentative referenceperiodandalsotothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;<%)
MemberStates 197X197g
Bénélux 11.613.9
Denmark
Germany 0.9 I30.317.9
France 87.554.366.4
Ireland
Italy 0.9
UnitedKingdom 0.615.7
Whereasboththesepercentages andtheestimatesfrom
certainMemberStatesshouldbetakenintoaccountas
wellastheneedtoensurethat,inthecircumstances ,the
obligations contracted undertheAgreement concerned
areallocated fairlyamongalltheMemberStates;
whereastheapproximate percentages oftheinitial
quotasharesmaythereforebefixedasfollows:
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom8%
2%
34%
39%
1%
1%
15%
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcerned inthevariousMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments ,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstituting areservetocoverata
laterdatetherequirements oftheMemberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,in
ordertogiveimporters ineachMemberStateacertain
degreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalment ofthe
Community quotashouldunderthecircumstances be
fixedat70%ofthequotavolume;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatistics WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeused
arcavailable,thecorresponding importsofeachupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfact
MemberStaterepresentthefollowingpercentages of'intoaccountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,any

ANNEX A
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditional sharefromthereserve;
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateasand
wheneachofitsadditional sharesisalmostusedup,
andrepeatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;
whereastheinitialandadditional sharesmustbevalid
untiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethod
ofadministration requiresclosecooperation between
theMemberStatesandtheCommission ,andthelatter
mustbeinapositiontomonitortheextenttowhichthe
quotavolumehasbeenusedupandtoinformthe
MemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantial quantityremainsunusedinanyMember
StateitisessentialthatthatMemberStateshouldreturn
asignificantproportion tothecorresponding reserveto
preventapartofanytariffquotafromremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedin
others;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunitedinandrepresented bythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article 1
1.From1Januaryuntil31December 1980a
Community tariffquotaof8250tonnesshallbe
openedintheCommunity forapricotpulp,falling
withinsubheading ex20.06BIIc)1aa)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginating inMorocco.
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyapplicabletotheseproductsshall
besuspended atarateof11*9%.
Article2
1.Afirstinstalment amounting to5800tonnesofthe
Community tariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;theshares,which
subjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil31December
1980shallbeasfollows:Bénélux 470t
Denmark 110t
Germany 2000t
France 2220t
Ireland 60t
Italy 60t
UnitedKingdom 880t
2.Thesecondinstalment amounting to2450tonnes
shallconstitute thereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(1),or90%ofthatshareminus
theportionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextent
permitted bytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,
drawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
2;If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thenthatMemberStateshall,in
accordance withtheconditions laiddowninparagraph
1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,'90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withtheconditions laiddowninparagraph 1,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogation fromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphs ifthereisreasontobelievethat
theymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commission ofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph .
Article4
Eachoftheadditional sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle
3shallbevaliduntil31December1980*

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ANNEX A
ArticleS
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1980suchunusedportionoftheir
initialsharesas,on15September 1930isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityifthereagroundsforbelievingthatthis
quantity,maynotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,not
laterthan1October1980ofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionimportedupto15September 1980
andchargedagainstthetariffquotaandofanyquantity
oftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommission shallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeachState
oftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
October19g0of theamountinthereserveafter
quantities havebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to
thisend,shallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditional sharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruption againsttheiraccumulated
sharesofthetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestionestablished intheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocated tothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofthe
productsconcerned againsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwithcustomsauthorities forhome
use.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedetermined onthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordance withparagraph 3.
Article8
AttheCommission 'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TrieMemberStatesandtheCommission shallcooperate
closeiytoensurethatthisRegulation iscompliedwith.
, ■Article10
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon1January
1980.
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

Procesalrora
COUNCIL REGULATION ,"EEQ
opening ,allocatingandprovxlirtgfortheadministration ofaCoTntrtHiiry tariffquotafor
apricotpulp,failingvnimsubheading ex20.0£B!Ic -1aa>oftheCommonCustoms
Tariffandoneinatms inTunisia (1933)
THECOCNQL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,ifportsintotheCommunity tromTunisiaofthe
productsconcerned :
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Mcjjfaufcwii !«rG"•7-
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
Bcnruni i
Economic Community ,andinparticular Article113->1
i•••i22.8 ;■9.Ï
thereof, Dcnmark -!
Gennarrr 2.6'14,4
Francej92.974.062.6
HavineretardtotheproposalrrommeCommission ,Irrianri !
kalr -C,63.9
UnitedKingdom
i L
^ThereastheCooperation Agreement between tr>e
Eurorean Economic Community andtheRepublicof
Tunisia,signedon25Apni19"6.providesforthe
openingbrtheCommunity ofanannualCommunity
tariffquotaof4-300tonnesofapricotpuip,failing
withinsubheading ex20.Ih?BIIc)1aa!ofthe
Ccmm-rnCastorjTariffancongraatins tcTunisia:
w'nereasthecustomsducesapplicable tothequotaare
equalto"0%cithecastMasduesacraaiiyappliedto
non-roember countries ;whereastheCommunity tariff
quotainquesoooshouldthereforebeopenedfor19SO}
Thereasitisinparticular necessarytoensureforall
Community importers equalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementicwred quotaanduninterrupted
application oftherarelaiddownforthatquotatoall
reportsoftheproductsconcerned intoallMember
Staresuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having
regardtotheaboveprinciples ,theCommunity nature
ofthequotacanberespected byallocating the
Community tanffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectasaccurately aspossiblethe
rruetrendofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,
sucnallocation shouldbeinproportion tothe
requirements oftheMemberStates,calculated by
referencetothestatisticsforimportsfromTunisiaover
arepresentative reference penodandalsotothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;Tr.ereasbothtresepercentages andtheestimatsfrom
censinMember Statesshouldbetakenintoacccun.ta=
wellastheneedtoensurethat,inthedrcurnstances .the
obligations contracted undertheAgreement corrcemed
areallocated fairlyanotieailtheMjrr.-e?Stares;
whereastheapproximate percentages ortrsinitial
eraotasharesnaTtherefore befixedasfolic-' -5:
Benehix
Deomark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom2*
λ'--
Λ
4;-o
54?%
1-S%
1-8%
AS%
■Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttreno?
fortheproductsconcerned inthevariousMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments ,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstituting areservetocoverata
laterdatetherequirements oftheMemberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialquotashares:whereas,in
ordertcciveimporters ineachMemberStateacrrtain
degree xrsecurity,thefirstinstallment ofthe
Community quotashouldunderthecircumstances be
fixed?-t73%ofthequotavolume;
^nereas.duringthelastthreeyearstcrwhichstatistics
areavaua-j.e,thecorresponding importsofeach
MemberStaterepresentthefollowingpercentages r:WhereastheMemberStates*initialsharesmaybeusee,
upatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethistact
intoaccountandavoidanvbreakinconturuitv ,anv

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•ANNEXB
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquota
shareshoulddrawanadditional sharefromthereserve;
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateasand
wheneachofitsadditional sharesisalmostusedup,
andrepeatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;
whereastheinitialandadditional sharesmustbevalid
untiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethod
ofadministration requiresclosecooperation between
theMemberStatesandtheCommission ,andthelatter
mustbeinapositiontomonitortheextenttowhichthe
quotavolumehasbeenusedupandtoinformthe
MemberStatesthereof;Bénélux 900t
Denmark 110t
Germany 150t
France 1725t
Ireland 55t
Italy .55t
UnitedKingdom 140t
2.Thesecondinstalment amounting to1165tonnes
shallconstitute thereserve.
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantial quantityremainsunusedinanyMember
State;itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshould
returnasignificantproportion tothereservetoprevent
apartofanytariffquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunitedinandrepresented bythe
BeneluxEconomic Union,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economic unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article 1
•1.From1Januaryuntil31December 1980a
Community tariffquotaof4300tonnesshallbe
openedintheCommunity forapricotpulp,falling
withinsubheading ex20.06BIIc)1aa)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginating inTunisia.
1
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyapplicable totheseproductsshall
besuspendedatarateof11-9%.
Article2
1.Afirstinstalment amounting to3135tonnesofthe
Community tariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;theshares,which
subjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil31December
1980shallbeasfollows:Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(1),or90%ofthatshareminus
theportionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextent
permitted bytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshallforthwith ,bynotifyingtheCommission ,
drawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
2.If,'afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thenthatMemberStateshall,in
accordance withtheconditions laiddowninparagraph
1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshar^.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withtheconditions laiddowninparagraph 1,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogation fromparagraphs 1,2and3a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphs ifthereisreasontobelievethat
theymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commission ofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph .
Article4
Theadditional sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December 1980.
ArticleS
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1980suchunusedportionoftheir

3
initial <Jtareas.oo15Stpteii.ber IS-8Gisinexcessof
20%oftheinitialrohime.Tbeymarreetraalarger
quantityitthereirecroantkfoebriicnngdmthis
quantitymj»Dotbeased.
TbeMemberStstssfciQootrfTtbeGcumsion ,not
haterdunIOctober1960ofdietotalquantitiesofthe
productsmquestionuupmtcdopto15September 19S9
andcharged theczntfquotaandotanyquantity
ofthetauuksharesirmrwed oothemtnu.
Article(
TheComrrussjott shallkeepanacoooatofthesnares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3and.assoonasitisnootied.shallinformeachState
oftheextentn>which:thettstnthasbeesnsedop.
ItshallinformtheMemberState,notlaterthan5
Octobertq8QofAcamountmtketeserreafter
quantities havebeenicimutdihutBt^iisitanl fc>
ArDvJeX.
itshallensure-(hattbedrawingwfctchechaossdie
eeserwedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand.to
thisend.notifytheamrwinfofthatbalanceto(he
MemberScatemaking .theEastdrawing.
Artidt7
t*TheMemberStatessfcJItakeafliueasuies aecessKT
b(Bsnieibtaddftrosa!Ju«sduwawmmi*»ANVEX9
Arode3areopenedinsu«Aa»thatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutirrtermptroo againsttheiraccumulated
sharesofthetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theptodcccsinqoesdooestablished intheirtenitmy
haretreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofdie
productsconcerned agarssttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwithcustomsauthorities forhome
use.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedetermined cnthebasisoftbeimports
chargedinaccordance withparagraph 3.
Artide8
AttbeCommission 'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedapiwttheir
shares.
Artide9
TkMemberScalesaodtheCoawasswo shaftcooperate
dosehrtoeasarcthatdusRegoUtioa iscomptiedwith.
Artide10
ThisRegulation shaHeaterintofarce'on1January
«80.
TWtU'^ikooa shaltbebta£aeisfitscauittfaorfJkeuhapplicable inafiMemberStates.
DbQeatBMk -?
FortbeComtdi
-ThePrésident