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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)51 final
Brussels/19February1979
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening/allocating andprovidingfortheadministration
ofaCommunitytariffquotaforcarrotsfallingwithin
subheading ex07.01GIIoftheCommonCustomsTariff/
originating inCyprus
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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COM(79)51final \V
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VV.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article2oftheProtocollayingdowncertainprovisionsrelating
totradeinagricultural productsbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandCyprus;tobeannexedtotheAgreement EEC/Cyprus
of1973providesfor1979fortheopeningofanCommunitytariff
quotafortheimportationintotheCommunityof2300tonnesof
carrots,originating inCyprus,fallingwithinsubheading ex07.01'
6IIoftheCommonCustomsTariff.. •
Thecustomsdutiesapplicablewithinthelimitsofthisquota
areequalto40%ofthedutiesactuallyappliedtothirdcountries.
Accordinglythetariffquotainquestionhastobeopened.
Asthemethodofadministration tobeappliedbyallMemberStates,
theCommissionproposesthe"greyhund"system.
'' '•' V„
Thisisthesubjectoftheproposalannexedhereto.
ANNEX:.1proposalfora'Regulation (EEC)oftheCouncil.

ProposalforA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC) !
-■J'r~ ■ I
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
carrotsfailingwithinsubheadingex07.01v^ftheXlpmmonCustomsTariff,
originatinginCyprus"®
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof, -
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,' '
WhereasArticle2oftheProtocollayingdowncertainprovisionsrelating
totradeinagricultural productsbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andtheRepublicofCyprusCDprovides^fortheperiodof<Aprilto15May
1979^fortheopeningofaCommunitytariffquotaof.2300tonnesofcarrotsfallingwithinsubheadingex07.01GIIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginCyprus,atarateofcustomsdutyequalto.40%ofthecustoms
dutyintheCommonCustomsTariff;whereastheCommunitytariffquotashould
beopenedforthisperiod;
Whereasitisnecessaryinparticulartoensuretoall'
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quota,anduninterruptedappli­
cationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoailim­
portsoftheproductsconcernedintoailMemberStates'
untilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,however,
sincethetariffquotainvolvedisofarelativelylow
volumeandthe.periodofapplicationisveryshort,it
seemspossibletoallocatethewholequotavolumelo
theCommunityreserveandtoprovideforthepossibil- '
ityofthoseMemberStatesinwhichneedsmightarise .....
drawingappropriatequantitiesfromthatreserve;1 '■'■*'
whereasthesharesthusdrawnfromthereservemustbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthis
methodofmanagementrequiresclosecooperation
betweentheMemberStatesandtheCommissionand
thelattermustinparticularbeabletomonitortherate -
atwhichthequotaisusedupandinformtheMember
Statesthereof;
(1)0JN0L172,28.6.1978,p.10»

WhereassincetheKingdomofBeigium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchy-ofLuxembourg
areunitedinandrepresentedbycheBeneluxEconomic
Union,anyoperationconcerningtheadministration of
thequotasharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmay
becarriedoutbyanyofitsmembers.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1.Aprilto15May1979,1)16Com-.
monCustomTariffdutyforcarrotsfallingwithin
subheadingex07.OlGIJbftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginCyprus,shallbesuspendedat0.8tjwithinthelimitsofaCommunitytariff
quotaof22^ncs-
2.Thevolumeofthetariffquotareferredtoinpara­
graph1shallconstituteareserve.
3.Iftheneedshouldarisefortheproductsinquestion
inaMemberState,thelattershalldrawanappropriate
sharefromthereserve,providingthatthesizeofthe
reservesopermits.-
4.Thesharesdrawnpursuanttoparagraph3shallbe
validuntil15May1979.
Article2
1.TheMemberStatesshalitakeailmeasuresnecessary.
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article1areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenrhegoodsare
enteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3,

Article3 >
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article*
The'MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurecompliancewiththis
Regulation. «
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1AprilJ
1979. ■
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember:States.
DoneatBrussels,'•■
'FortheCouncil
• ThePresident