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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)152 final
Brussels,26March1982
/S
V-'■ ,\V"Proposalfor
COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration of
aCommunitytariffquotaforfreshtablegrapesfalling
withinsubheading ex08.04AIoftheCommonCustomsTariff
andoriginating inCyprus(1982)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(82)152finalι

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1„Article 2ofRegulation (EEC)3746layingdownthearrangements
applicable totradewithCyprusbeyond31December 1981provides
fortheperiod8to30June1982fortheopeningofaCommunity
tariffquotafortheimportation intotheCommunity of2980
tonnesoffreshtablegrapes,originating inCyprus,falling
withinsubheading ex08»04AIa)oftheCommonCustomsTariffs
Thecustomsdutyapplicable withinthelimitsofthisquotais
equalto40%ofthedutyactuallyappliedtothirdcountries .
Accordingly thetariffquotainquestion hastobeopened.
2cInthiscaseitis^thequestion ofatariffquotaofavery
shouldbeallocated totheCommunity reserveandthereshould
beprovided forthepossibility ofthoseMemberStatesin
whichfieldsmightarisedrawingapprqcriate quantities from
thatreserve,„Inthiscaseit^/theques
shortperiodo'"fapplication Therefore thewholequotavolume
3=Thisisthesubject CTtheproposal annexedhereto
4
s1proposal for3Regulation .

Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULAT ION(EEC;
opening,allocating andproviding fortirsadministration of
aCommunity tariffquotaforfreshtablegrapesfalling wi­
thinsubheading' ex08.04AIoftheCommonCustomsTariff
andoriginating inCyprus(1982)
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
.Economic Community ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
*
WhereasArticle 2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3746/81of21December 1981
layingdownthearrangements applicable totradewithCyprusbeyond31December
1981(1)provides,fortheperiod8to30June1982,fortheopening
ofaCommunity tariffquotaof2980tonnesoffreshtablegrapes,
fallingwithinsubheading ex08.04AIa)oftheCommonCustoms
Tariffandoriginating inCyprus,atarateofcustomsdutyequal
to40%ofthecustomsdutyintheCommonCustomsTariff;whereas
theCommunitytariffquotashouldtherefore beopenedforthis
period; .
Whereasitisnecessary ,inparticular ,toensureforall
Community importers equalanduninterrupted access
totheabovemcntioned quota,anduninterrupted appli­
cationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcerned intoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
however,sincethetariffquotainvolvedisofarela­
tivelylowvolumeandtheperiodofapplication isvery
short,itseemspossibletoallocatethewholequota
volumetotheCommunity reserveandtoprovidefor-
thepossibility ofthoseMemberStatesinwhichneeds
mightarisedrawingappropriate quantities fromthat
reserve;whereasthesharesthusdrawnfromthe
reservemustbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthismethodofmanagement requires
closecooperation betweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission andthelattermust,inparticular ,beable
tomonitortherateatwhichthequotaisusedupand
informtheMemberStatesthereof ;
(1)0JNoL374,31=12.1981 ,p.4.

Whereas ,sincetheKingdom ofBelgium ,the
Kingdom oftheNetherlands ,andtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourg areunitedwithinandjointlyrepre­
sentedbytheBeneluxEconomic Union,anyopera­
tionconcerning theadministration ofthequotashares
allocatedtothateconomic unionmaybecarriedout
byanyofitsmembers ,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article 1
1.From8Juneto30June1982,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyforfreshtablegrapesfallingwithin
subheading ex08.04 AIa)2oftheCommonCustoms
Tariffandoriginating inCyprusshallbesuspended at
7.2%withinthelimitsofaCommunity tariffquota
of2980tonnes.
Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,Greeceshall
applythecustomsdutiescalculated inaccordance
withtherelevantprovisions oftheProtocol totheAgreement establishing an
Association betweenftheEuropean Economic Community andtheRepublic
ofCyprusconsequent ontheaccession oftheHellenic Republic tothe
Community (1).
TheProtocolonthedefinition oftheconceptof
'originating products'andonmethodsofadministra­
tivecooperation (2),annexed /totheAdditional
ProtocoltotheAgreement^JfetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunity anfl^Cyprus ,shallbeappli­
cable. ,
2.Thevolumeofthetariffquotareferredtoinpara­
graphIshallconstitute areserve.
3.Iftheneedshouldarisefortheproductsinques­
tioninaMemberState,thelattershalldrawanappro­
priatesharefromthereserve,providingthatthesize
ofthereservesopermits.
(1)OJNoL174,30.6.81,p.2
<J)OJNoL339,28.12.1977,p.19.

4.Tiieshsi'esHrawnpurmanttepangsaj;=';3snai!
bevaiiduntiiJÙoune1?o2»
Arricie 2
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures neces­
sarytoensurethatadditional sharesdrawnpursuantto
Articleiareopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmay
bechargedwithoutinterruption againsttheiraccumu­
latedsharesoftheCommunity quota.
2.TheMember Stp.tesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductsinquestionestablished intheirterri­
toryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoods
areenteredwiththecustomsauthorities forfreecircu­
lation. 1
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined -onthebasisoftheiriporj :ciwgedinaccordance withtheconditioiset
outinparagraph 3.
Article3
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.•
Article4
TheMemben StatesandtheCommission shallco­
operatecloselyinordertoensurecompliance with
thisRegulation .
ArticleJ
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon8June
1982.
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States. (
DoneatBrussels, '
FortheCouncil
ThePresident