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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(75)232 final .
Brussels .29May1975
Proposal for a
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening ofatariff quota fornewpotatoes falling
within subheading 07.01 AIIoftheCommon Customs Tariff
for1975 »originating inCyprus
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM(75 )232final .

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Bytheterms oftheAgreement establishing anassociation
between theEuropean Economic Community and theRepublic ofCyprus ,
inconjunction with theProtocol laying down certain provisions
with respect thereto byreason oftheaccession ofnewMember
States totheCommunity ,Cyprus istobeentitled from
1January 197^to30June 1977 toannual duty-free quotas forthe
importation into Britain ofnewpotatoes (sub-heading 07*01 AII
oftheCommon Customs Tariff )originating inCyprus ,theannual
amount ofthequota totake account oftraditional imports by
Britain originating inCyprus *
From thestatistics tohand onBritish imports ofthe
products concerned itappears that thequota for1976 canbefixed at
110.000 long tons *This quota should aooordingly beopened asindi­
cated above *
This isthepurpose oftheannexed proposal *

REGULATION (EEC)No../?50FTHECOUNCIL ANNEX
of••••••••••••
ontheopeningofatariffquotafornewpotatoesfallingwithinsubheading07.01AII
oftheCommonCustomsTarifffor1975,originatinginCyprus
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Articles43and113thereof:.Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandquotaduties
should'beappliedconsistentlytoallimportsofthe
productinquestionuntilthequotaisusedup,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
HavingregardtoproposalfromtheCommission ; Article1
Adutyfreetariffquotaof110000longtonsshallbe
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanopenedintheUnitedKingdom'fortheperiod
Parliament; 1Januaryto31December1975inrespectofnew
■potatoesfallingwithinsubheading07.01AIIofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginCyprus.
WhereastheProtocollayingdowncertainpro­
visionsrelatingtotheAgreement(')establishingan
associationbetweentheEuropeanEconomic Article2
CommunityandtheRepublicofCyprusconsequent
ontheaccessionofnewMemberStatestothe1.TheUnitedKingdomsihallensurethatimporters
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,providesthatoftheproductinquestionestablishedinitsterritory
duringtheperiodfrom1January1974-to30June'havefreeaccesstothetariffquota.
1977theRepublicofCyprusshallbeentitledto
annualtariffquotas,freeofcustomsduties,inrespect2.Theextenttowhichthetariffquotaisusedup
ofimportsintotheUnitedKingdomofnewpotatoesshallbebasedonthequantitiesoftheimported
fallingwitninsubheading07.01AIIoftheCommonproductinquestionenteredforhomeuse.
CustomsTariff,originatinginCyprus;whereastthe
annualtariffquotamusttakeintoaccountthe
traditionalUnitedKingdomimportsfromCyprus; Article3
whereastakingthiselementintoaccountitis
advisabletofixthetariffquotafortheyear1975ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
at110000longtons; ,1975!
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
, ThePrésident
(«)OJNoL133,21.5.1973,p.88.