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COMMISSION orTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)528 final
Brussels,25October1977
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingCouncilRegulations (EEC)Nos3050/76and
3051/76opening,allocating andprovidingforthe
administration ofCommunitytariffquotasforcertain
textilefibresandformen'sandboys'outergarments
fallingwithinheadingsNos56.04and61.01ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originating inCyprus(1977)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
COM(77)528final
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Under Article 2ofAnnex ItotheAgreement establishing anassociation
between theEECandtheRepublic ofCyprus ,andtherelated arrangements
provided for intheProtocol laying down certain provisions concerning
that Agreement asaresult oftheaccession ofnewMember States to
theEuropean Economic Community ,theCommunity opened ,pursuant to
Regulations (EEC)Nos3050 /76and3051 /76,twoCommunity tariff quotas
for1977 ,namely :
(i)aquota of100tonnes carrying duties of2.5% and3%inrespect
ofcertain textile fibres falling within Tariff heading No56.04 ;
(ii)aquota of500tonnes carrying aduty of5.1% forcertain garments
falling within Tariff heading No61.01 .
Each quota issplit into twoinstalments ,oneallocated totheoriginal
Member States and the other tothe new Member States .
2.TheAdditional Protocol totheabove Agreement ,which wassinged on
15September 1977 ,provides forthesame tariff quotas tobeopened
upon itsentry into force (probably 1December 1977 ),albeit with
thefollowing differences :
(i)imports ofthese products will beexempt from customs duties ,
and
(ii)there will nolonger beseparate instalments fortheoriginal
and the new Member States .
Inaddition ,these quotas aretobeopened prorata temporis .
3.TheCommunity should ,therefore ,cancel thequotas mentioned in1.
above andopen twonewquotas valid forthemonth ofDecember 1977 .
However ,inview ofthevery short period ofvalidity ofthese
quotas andparticularly since thevolume ofimports oftheproducts
inquestion originating inCyprus istraditionally negligible ,

itwouldappearth<ntsuchanarrangement wouldbeneitherbeneficial
norprejudicial totheCommunityorCyprus.
Accordingly/theCommunitywouldseemjustifiedinmaintaining in
forceRegulations (EEC)Nos3050/76and3051/76mentionedabove
providedittotallysuspends/bywayofregulation/theduties
applicable asof1December19771nrespectofthesetwotariff
quotas.
Thisisthepurposeoftheproposalannexedhereto.

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingCouncilRegulations (EEC)Nos3050/76and3051/76
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration of
Communitytariffquotasforcertaintextilefibresandfor
men'sandboys'outergarmentsfallingwithinheadingsNos
56.04and61.01oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating
inCyprus(1977)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereas,undertheAgreementestablishing anassociation betweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity andtheRepublicofCyprus(1),andthe
Protocollayingdowncertainprovisions concerningthatAgreement as
aresultoftheaccessionofnewMemberStatestotheEuropeanEconomic
Community (2),theCommission opened,for1977,pursuanttoRegulations
(EEC)Nos3050/76(3)and3051/76(4):
aCommunitytariffquotaof100tonnescarryingdutiesof2.5%and
3%inrespectofman-madefibres(discontinuous orwaste),carded,
combedorotherwisepreparedforspinning,fallingwithinheading
No56.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating inCyprus,and
aCommunitytariffquotaof500tonnescarryingadutyof5.1%
inrespectofmen'sandboys'outergarmentsfallingwithinheading
No61.01oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating inCyprus;
(1)0JNoL133,21.5.1973,P.2.
(2)0JNoL133,21.5.1973,p.88.
(3)0JNoL350,20.12.1976,p.92.
(4)0JNoL350,20.12.1976,p.96.

WhereastheAdditionalProtocoltotheAgreementestablishing an
associationbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublic
ofCyprus(1)providedthat,,asofitsentryintoforce,thesetariff
□uotasshallbeexemptfromcustomsdutiesandhenceshallnotcarry^ ... only
thedutiesspecifiedabove;whereasthisprovisionisactually/appTicable
proratatemporis,thatisforatwelfthoftheannualvolumes;whereasit
seemscertain,however/thattheimportsofthesegoodswillnot^
exceedsuchafractionofthesevolumesinDecember;whereasitis
necessary,therefore,toamendRegulations(EEC)Nos3050/76and
3051/76accordingly,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
Witheffectfrom1December1977,goodsimportedundertheCommunity
tariffquotasopenedbyRegulations (EEC)Nos3050/76and3051/76
shall,bywayofderogationfromArticle2(1)and(2)thereof,be
exemptfromcustomsduties.
Article2
JhisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowing
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itspublication intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyand
idirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
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