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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)84 final .
Brussels .3March 1982
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration ofa
Community tariff quota forapricot pulp falling within subheading
ex20.06 BIIc)1aa)ofthe Common Customs Tariff andorigina­
ting inTurkey
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.CouncilRegulation (EEC)No3825/81amendingRegulation (EEC)
No562/81of20January 1981onthereduction ofcustomsduties
onimportsintotheCommunity ofcertainagricultural products
originating inTurkey(1)(2)providesfortheopeningofan
annualCommunitytariffquotaof90tonnesatarateof8.3%,
forapricotpulpfallingwithinsubheading ex20.06BIIC)1
aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating inTurkey.
Suchaquotawasopenedfortheperiodfrom1July1981to
30June1982byRegulation (EEC)No2059/81of13July1981(3).
2.Theaimofthisproposalistoopenthequotaconcerned fortheperiod
from1July1982to30June1983.
arrangements , •-
3.Thetariff/concerned maybemodified inthelightofcurrent
negotiations withthecontracting countryfortheconclusion ofan
Adaptation Protocoltotheabovementioned Agreement .Pendingthe
outcome,theproposedRegulation enablestheengagements contracted
bytheCommunity toberespected . .*-•
TheCommission therefore reservestherighttomodifytheproposalin
\
thecourseoftheproceedings inordertoadaptit,asnecessary ,tothe ■
Adaptation Protocol. •v i
k.Inaccordance withtheprinciples normallyfollowed,theallocation of
thequotavolumeamongtheMemberStatesshouldbebasedonprevious
andforeseeable importsbythe'MemberStates,specifically thoseorigi­
natinginorcomingfromTurkey.ImportsoftheseproductsfromTurkey
havebeennegligible ornon-existent inrecentyears.Furthermore ,the
MemberStatescannotmakeforecasts forthequotaperiodunder
consideration .
(1)0JNoL388,31.12.1981 ,p
(2)0JNoL65,11.03.1981 ,p.1
(3)0JNoL202,22.7.1981,p.44.

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■Consequently ,pendingamoreCommunity-based administration ofthis
-quota,basedontheexperience acquired ,theCommission considersthat
itcanproposetheextension ofthesystemadoptedbytheCouncilfor
thecurrentquotaperiod,namelytheallocation ofalargeportionofthe
quotavolumetotheCommunity reserveand"theallocation ofequal
initialquota-shares ,corresponding toone-seventh oftheremainder of
thequota,totheMemberStates.

Proposalfora
COUNCIL REGÜLATION (EEC)"
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity tariffquotafor
apricotpulpfallingwithinsubheading ex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustoms
Tariffandoriginating inTurkey
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing the
EuropeanEconomic Community ,andinparticular
Article 113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereastheAnnextoCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No562/81of20January1981onthereductionof
customsdutiesonimportsintotheCommunity of
certainagricultural productsoriginating inTurkey('),
asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No3825-/81(2),
providesfortheopeningbytheCommunity ,
ofanannualCommunity
tariffquotaof90tonnesatarateof8-3%for
apricotpulpfallingwithinsubheading ex20.06BIIc)
1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating in
Turkey;whereassuchaquotahasbeenopenedfor
theperiodupto30June1982byRegulation (EEC)
No2059/81('),
whereasthetariffquotainquestion
shouldthereforebeopenedfortheabovementioned
volumefortheperiod.1July1982to30June1983;
Whereas,sinceaProtocolasprovidedforinArticle
118(1)ofthe1979ActofAccessiondoesnotexist,
theCommunity adoptedthemeasuresenvisaged in
Article119ofthatActinRegulation (EEC)
No3555/80(4)determining thearrangements tobe
appliedtoimportsintoGreeceoriginating ,in
particular ,inTurkey;whereasthetariffmeasure
concerned will,therefore,applytotheCommunity of
Nine:
I')OTNoL65,11.3.1981,p.1.
(')0JNoL388,31.12.1981,p
OOjNoL202,22.7.1981,p.44
OOjNoL 382,31.12.1980 ,p.1.Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoguarantee all
importersoftheCommunity equalanduninterrupted
accesstothequotaanduninterrupted application of
therateslaiddownforthatquotatoallimportsof
theproductinquestionintotheMemberStatesuntil
thequotahasbeenusedup;whereashavingregardto
theaboveprinciplestheCommunity natureofthe
quotacanberespectedbyallocatingthetariffquota
amongtheMemberStates;whereas,toreflectmost
accurately theactualdevelopment ofthemarketin
theproductsinquestion,suchallocationshouldbein
proportion totherequirements oftheMemberStates,
assessedbyreferencebothtothestatisticsrelatingto
importsfromTurkeyoverarepresentative reference
periodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodconcerned ;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsof
eachMemberStatefromTurkeyhavebeennegligible
ornon-existent ;whereasthosedatacannottherefore
beconsidered asrepresentative toserveasabasisfor
allocationofthequotavolumeamongtheMember
States;whereasitisdifficult'oestimateimportsby
MemberStatesbecauseoftheabsenceoftruly
representative figuresforpreviousyears;whereas,
consequently ,theonlysolutionseemstobeto
allocatepartofthequotavolumetotheCommunity
reserveandtoallocateoneseventhofthebalanceto
theBenelux,countries ,Denmark,Germany ,France,
Ireland,ItalyandtheUnitedKingdom ;
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupfairly
quickly;whereas,therefore ,toavoiddisruption of
supplies,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedup
itsinitialshareshalldrawasupplementary sharefrom
theCommunity reserve;whereasthismustbedoneby
eachMemberStateaseachoneofitssupplementary
sharesisalmostusedup,andasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandsupplementary
sharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthisformofadministration requires
closecollaboration betweentheMember Statesand
theCommission ,andtheCommission mustbeina
positiontofollowtheextenttowhichthetariffquota
hasbeenusedupandinformtheMemberStates
thereof;

Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
ronsiderable quantityofashareremainsinany
MemberState,itisessentialthatthatStateshould
returnasignificantproportion tothereserveinorder
toavoidpartoftheCommunity quotaremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedin
others;
Whereas,sincetheKingdom ofBelgium,the
KingdomtheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomic Union,anymeasure
concerning theadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.FromIJuly1982to30June1983aCommunity
tariffquotaof90tonnesshallbeopenedinthe
Community ofNineforapricotpulpfallingwithin
subheading ex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginating inTurkey.
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquotathe
CommonCustomsTariffdutyapplicable tothese
productsshallbepartiallysuspended atarateof
8-3% .
i■
Article2
1.Afirstinstalment of70tonnesshallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates;therespectivesharesof
theMemberStates,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbe
validfrom1July1982to30June1983.shallbeas
follows :
Bénélux :
Denmark :
Germany :
France :
Ireland :
Italy:10tonnes
10tonnes
10tonnes
.10tonnes
10tonnes
10tonnes
–1UnitedKingdom :10tonnes
2.Thesecondinstalment of20tonnesshallbeheld
astheCommunity reserve.
Article3
I.If90°/oormoreofaMemberState'sinitial
shareasspecifiedinArticle2(1),orofthatshare
minustheportionreturnedtothereservewhere
.Article5isapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshallwithoutdelay,bynotifying the
Commission ,drawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextunit,totheextentpermitted bytheamountof
thereserve .
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
StatehasUeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordance withtheconditions imposedbypara­
graph1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
unit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordance withthesameconditions ,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserve
isusedup.
4.Bywayofderogation fromparagraphs 1to3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthose
fixedinthoseparagraphs iftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosefixedmaynotbeusedup.Itshall
informtheCommission ofitsreasonsforapplying
thisparagraph .
Article4
Supplementary sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil30June19&;
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1April1983,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhichon15March1983isinexcessof
20°/ooftheinitialamount.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearereasonstobelievethatsuch
quantitymightnotbeused.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1April1983,
notifytheCommission ofthetotalquantitiesofthe
saidgoodsimporteduptoandincluding 15March
1983andchargedagainsttheCommunity tariffquota
andanyquantitiesoftheinitialsharereturnedtothe
reserve .
Article6
TheCommission shallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.

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ItshallinformtheMemberState*,notlaterthan
5April1983,oftheamountstillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupthe
reserveislimitedtothebalanceavailableandtothis
endshallspecifytheamountthereoftotheMember
Statemakingthelastdrawing .
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawnpursuant
toArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythatimports
maybechargedwithoutinterruption againsttheir
accumulated sharesintheCommunity tariffquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidgoodsestablished intheirterritoryhavefree
accesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhensuchgoods
areenteredforfreecirculation .4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStateha*uacd
upitsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisof
importschargedinaccordance withparagraph 3.
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsoftheproductsconcerned
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommission shallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulation is
observed .
Article10
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon1July1982 «
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels, ,
/FortheCouncil
ThePresident

FICHEFINANCIERE
1.Lignebudgétaire concernée :Chap.12art.120
2.Basejuridique :Art.113
3.Intitulé delamesuretarifaire :
Proposition cerèglement duConseilportantouverture,
répartition etmodedegestiond'uncontingent tarifaire
depulpesd'abricots,originaires deTurquie.
4.Objectif :
Assurerlerespectdesengagements contractés parla
Communauté .
5.Modedecalcul :
-N°duT.D.C.
-Volumedu/descontingent(s )
-Droitsàappliquer­
-Droits duT.D.C.ex20.06 BIIC)1aa)
90tonnes
8,3%
17%
6.Pertederecettes :
Valeurdesmarchandises :490Ecusx90=44.100Ecus
Pertederecettes :44.100Ecusx8,7%=3.837Ecus
Parrapport àlapériodeprécédente (1.7.1981 au30.6.1982),
augmentation despertesde308Ecus.