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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
COM(73)1799 final
Brussels,30October1973
PROPOSAL FORA
REGULATION(EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
opening,allocating ,andprovidingfortheadministration ofa
Communitytariffquotaforfreshordriedhazelnuts,shelledornot,<
fallingwithinsubheadingex08.05GoftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginTurkey
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
00TT(73)1799final

EXPLûirATOPY m-IOR/iUDUE!
*Regulation(EEC)lfo/73of1973ontheimportation
intotheCommunityofcertainagricultural productsoriginating
inTurkey,adoptedbytheCounciltotakeaccountinteraliaof
theneedtoamendthe ■EEC–TiirkeyAssociation Agreementand
thoAdditionalProtocolwithoutdelay,followingtheaccession
ofnewMemberStatestotheCommunity,provided,inparticular,
forareductionby37•5°1°ofthecustomsdutyonfreshordried
hazelnuts,shelledornotsfallingijithintariffsubheading
ex08.05^oftheCommonCustomsTariff,withinthelicitofa
Communitytariffquotaof21700metrictons.Asaresult,
therateof4A"enteredintheCommonCustomsTariffwould "be
reducedto2.57°intheCommunityasoriginallyconstituted.
AsregardsthenewMemberStates,paragraphs 1and3ofArticle2
oftheInterimAgreementbringingintoforce,inadvanceofthe
datelaiddown,certainprovisionsoftheSupplementary Protocol
ontradeingoodsprovide:
(a)thatthereductionsofcustomsdutiespursuanttothe
Association AgreementaretobeappliedbythenewMember
StatesfromtheentryintoforceoftheInterimAgreementin
theproportions andaccordingtothetimelimitslaiddown;
(b)thattheratesonwhichthenewMemberStatesaretobase
thesereductionsarethosewhichtheyapplyatanygivenmoment
tonon-membercountries;
(c)thatasregardstheproductslisted,inparticularin
AnnexVItotheAdditionalProtocol-whichincludehazelnuts -–
theratesfixedasaresultofthoreductions mayinnocase
bolowerthanthoseappliedbythenewMemberStateswith
referencetotheCommunityasoriginallyconstituted .
Consequently ,thereductiontobeappliedbythenewMember
Stateswithintheframeworkofthetariffquotaconcerned
A
must,mcertaincases,notexceed20)°.

m
2.Itshould "bepointed outthat theeconomic data onwhioh
theproposed scale ofdistribution istohe "based must refer
inparticular tothose past andforeseeable imports by -Member
States specifically originating inorcoming from Turkey .:
Ithas "been possible toobtain 'such data from alltheMember
States only inrespect of1972 andthefirst fewmonths of
1973 *Forthis reason andinview ofthedifficulties of
giving well-founded forecasts ,thescale adopted inthe
proposal foraregulation has'been drawn uponthebasis simply
ofthis data andtheforecasts putforward bysome Member States
iinrespect ofthequota period under consideration .
Asregards themethod ofadministering thequota ,itis
proposed that initially alarge part cfthequota volume be
divided between theMember States ,andthat thebalance should
constitute areserve towhich Member States could return any
part oftheir share which proved tobeinexcess andfrom which
those Member States which hadfurther requirements tomeet could
draw additional shares .
4.Asinthepast ,"theproposition foraregulation annexed
hereto provides forallMember States toapply the "asandwhen "
method ofadministration .Similarly ,tptake account of'the
seasonal nature ofimports ,theproposed limit forrepayments
tothereserve isA0f°oftheinitial share .
/

. Proposal for -
REGULATION (EEC)0?THECOUNCIL
,opening f-allocating ,andproviding for 1theadministration
ofaCommunity tariff quota forfresh ordried hazelnuts ,
shelled ornot ,falling within subheading ex08.05 Gof
theCommon Customs Tariff ,originating inTurkey
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN jpaMMLTNITIES
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic
Community ,andinparticular Articles 43and113thereof ?
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;■:
Having regard totheOpinion oftheEuropean Parliament ;
Whereas under Article 1ofRegulation (EEC)Ho /73^of
1973 concerning theimportation into thoCommittee ofcertain
agricultural products ,originating inTuirkey theCommunity must ,
from 1November 1973 »reduce by37•5$ "theduty applied tothe
import offresh ordried hazelnuts ,shelled ornot ,falling ?
within subheading ex08.05 ®°f "theCommon Customs Tariff ,
within thelimit ofaCommunity tariff quota of21700metric ?
tons ;
whereas this quota results from theadaptation ,totake account of
theaccession ofthenewMember States ,oftheCommunity tariff
quota of18700metric tons laid down fortheCommunity as
originally constituted ,intheAgreement establishing anAssociation
between theEuropean Economic Community andTjrkey andinthe
Additional Protocol ;whereas ,this being so, :theCommunity
tariff quota concerned should beopened for 1974r whereas the'
application ofa37 reduction totheCommon Customs Tariff
duty would result inaquota duty of2.5% fortheCommunity .
10JHoL 1973 ,p.

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asoriginally constituted ;whereas ,asregards thenewMember
States ,itshould bepointed outthat paragraphs 1and3of
Article 2oftheInterim Agreement bringing into force certain
provisions oftheSupplementary Protoool signed inAnkara on
30June 1973 pre/idethat thereductions ofCustoms duties
pursuant totheAssociation Agreement aretobeapplied by
thenewMember States from theentry into force ofthe
Interim Agreement intheproportions andaccording tothe
time-limits laid down ,that therates onwhich thenewMember
States aretpbase these reductions arethose which they apply
atanygiven moment tonon-member countries andthat therates
fixed asaresult ofthereductions regarding theproducts
listed ,in'particular ,inAnnex VItotheAdditional Protocol -
endwhich include hazelnuts –may innocase belower than those
applied bythenewMember States *ri.threference totheCommunity
asoriginally constituted ;whereas thereduction tobeapplied
bythenewMember States within theframework ofthetariff
quota under consideration must therefore ,incertain cases ,not
exceed 20 .
Whereas itisinparticular necessary toensure toallimporters
ofthose Member States equal anduninterrupted access tothe
abovementiohed quota anduninterrupted application oftherate
laid down forthat quota toallimports oftheproducts concerned
into allMember States until thequota hasbeen used up;whereas
having regard totheprinciples mentioned above ,theCommunity
nature ofthequota canberespected byallocating theCommunity
tariff quota among theMember States ;whereas ,inorder to
reflect most accurately theactual development ofthemarket in
theproducts concerned ,such allocation should beinproportion
totheneeds oftheMember States ,assessed byreference both
tothestatistics relating toimports from Turkey over a
representative period ,andto -theeconomic outlook forthe
quota period concerned ;

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Whereasonthe"basisofthestatisticsatpresentavailable,
which,referonlyto1972andthefirstfewmonthsof1973,
importsintotheMemberStatesoftheproductconcerned,-
originatinginTurkey,during1972representthefollowing
percentagesoftotalimportstotheCommunityjwhereasif■
thestatisticsforthefirst.fewmonthsof1973wereextrapolated
thepercentagesforthewholeyearwouldheasfollows:
Extrapolation
ãziz ■ mà
Germany 70*6 60.83
Bénélux 10.02 18.57
France 9*42 , 11.02
Italy O.38 0.28
Denmark 1.52 '1.88
Ireland - -0.80 '1.10
UnitedKingdom 7.26 • 6.30
Whereas,talcingintoaccountthesefiguresandtheforeseeable
developmentoftheproductconcernedduring1974and,in
particular,theforecastsmade"bysomeMemberStates,the
initialsharesmaybefixedapproximately at"the.following
percentagesî
Germany 68.5
Bénélux ,12
Prance 10
Italy 0.2
Eenmark 1.6
Ireland ■ 1
UnitedKingdom 6.7

Whereas ,inorder totake into account theimport trends for
theproduct concerred intheMember States ,thequota volume
should "bedivided into twoinstalments ,thefirst instalment
"being allocated totheMernber States ,andthesecond forming
areserve intended ultimately tocover therequirements cf
these Member States incase their initial shares areused up;
whereas ,inorder toensure acertain degree ofsecurity to
importers ,thefirst instalment oftheCommunity quota should
hedetermined atarelatively high level ,which ,under present
circumstances ,maybe80/»ofthequota volume ;
Whereas theinitial shares maybeused upsooner orlater J
whereas ,inorder totake this fact into account andtoavoid
anybreak incontinuity ,itisimportant that anyMember State
which hasused upalmost all itsinitial share should draw an
additional share from thereserve ;whereas this must bedone
asandwhen each ofitsadditional shares inthequota is
almost entirely used up,andrepeated asoften asthereserve
allows ;whereas theinitial and -additional shares must be
available foruseuntil theendofthequota period ;whereas
this method ofadministration calls forclose cooperation
between theMember States andtheCommission ,which must ,
inparticular ,beable toobserve theextent towhich thequota
volume isused upandinform theMember States thereof ;
Hhereas if,ataspecified date inthequota period ,aconsiderable
balance remains inanyMember State ,itisessential that the
Member State should return acertain proportion thereof tothe
reserve ,inorder toavoid part oftheCommunity quota remaining
unused inoneMember State when itcould beused inothers ;
whereas ,taking into account theseasonal nature ofimports ,
itseems adequate tolaydown thetransfer limit of40%of
the initial share .■

Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedinandrepresented bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,
alltransactions concerningtheadministration oftheshares
IgrantedtotheabovenentionedEconomicunionmaybecarried
outbyoneofitsmembers;-
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
tm, I«
1.Duringtheperiodfrom1Januaryto31December1974
aCommunitytariffquotaof21700metrictonsshallbe
openedintheCommunityforfreshordriedhazelnuts,
shelledornot,fallingwithinsubheadinge::08,05G,
originatinginTurkey.
2.t'ithinthistariffquota,theCommonCustomsTariffduty
issuspendedat2.5f°» 1
3.WithotxtprejudicetotherightofMemberStatesto
acceleratealignment,asprovidedforinArticle59(4)
ofthe'ActofAccession,thecustomsdutiesappliedto
thesehazelnutsbythenewMemberStateswithintheframework
ofthisCommunitytariffquotashallbethoseshowninthe
followingtable?
Denmark Ireland UnitedKingdom
M<mii«>INIW )i–»mm immmrnirntmum mimmm n–IBHIWIHiummmwiri nrnir~~mr ■*!
0t$fo 0.5io IHazelnuts,
"7 shelled0.5%
IIOther8%
4»Thistariffquotashallbeallocatedandadministered in
accordancewiththefollowingprovisions.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1'(l)shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .

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2»Thefirst instalment ,amounting to17360metric tons ,
shall "beshared amongst theMember States ;theshares
which ,subject toArticle 5,shall bevalid until 31December
1974 *shall beasfollows ?
Germany 11892metric tons
Benelux 2083metric tons
France 1736metric tons
Italy 35metric tons
Denmark 278metric tons
Ireland 173metric tons
United Kingdom 1163metric tons
3.Thesecond instalment ,amounting to4340metric tons ,
shall constitute the reserve .
Article 3
1.If30/oormore ofanyMember State 'sinitial share ,as
laid down inArticle 2(2),or90%ofthat share less the
amount returned into thereserve ,where theprovisions of
Article 5have been applied ,liasbeen exhausted ,that Member
State shall without delay ,bynotifying theCommission ,draw
asecond share inthequota equal to15$ofitsinitial share ,
rounded uptothenext unit where appropriate ,tothoextent
that the amoitnt inthe reserve allows .
2»Ifafter itsinitial share hasbeen exhausted 90%ormore
ofthesecond share drawn byaMember State hasbeen used ,
that Member State shall ,inthemanner provided forin
paragraph 1,drawathird share equal to7*5/^ofitsinitial
share . ,
3.Ifafter itssecond share hasbeen exhausted 90$ormore
ofthethird share drawn bythat Member State hasbeen used ,
.itshall ,inthemanner provided forinparagraph 1,draw a
fourth share equal tothethird .

Thisprocessshall "beappliedin;like,manneruntil,the
reserveisexhausted.
4»Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraphs 1,2and
3,'HenborStatesmaydrat;smallersharesthanthosefixed
inthose •paragraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
thosesharesmightnot'heusedup.Theyshallinformthe
Commissionoftheirreasons'forapplyingthisparagraph *
Article4-
AdditionalsharesdrampursuanttoArticle3shall "bo
validuntil31December1974*
Ar+ice *5
Ifiby15October1974»aI-enberStatehasnotusedupits
initialshare,itshall,notlaterthan31October1974»
returntothereservetheunusodportionofthisshare
inexcess-of40%oftheinitialamount# 1Itmayreturna
largerquantityiftherearereasonstoconsiderthat
suchquantitymaynotbeused.
TheMember 'Statesshall,notlaterthan31October1974*
notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsoftheproducts
concernedeffectedundertheCommunityquotaupto
15October1974inclusiveand,where'appropriate,the
proportionoftheirinitialsharesthattheyarereturning
tothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountofthesharesopenedby
MemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles2and3,andshall
informeachofthemoftheextenttowhichthereservehas
beenusedassoonasitreceivesthenotifications ..

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TheCommission shall ,notlater than 5November 1974 »
notify theMember States ofthestate ofthereserve after
thereturn ofshares pursuant toArticle 5»TheConuuission
shall ensure that anydrawing which uses upthereserve is
limited tothebalance available and ,forthis purpose ,
she'llspecify theamount thereof totheMember State which
makes the final drawing .
Article 7
1. TheMember States shall take allmeasures necessary
toensure that ,when additional shares aredrawn pursuant
toArticle 3,itispossible forimports tobecounted
without interruption against their accumulated shares of
theCommunity tariff quota .
2. TheMember States shall ensure forimporters ofthe
products concerned established intheir territory free
access tothe shares allocated tothem ordrawn from the
reserve . . .
3. TheMember States shall count imports oftheproducts
concerned against their shares asandwhen such products are
presented forcustoms clearance under cover ofdeclarations
forconsumption .
4. Theextent towhich .Member States' shares have been
used upshall berecorded onthebasis ofimports charged
asprovided for inparagraph 3*
Article 8
Member States shall inform theCommission atregular intervals
ofimports oftheproducts concerned actually counted against
their shares .

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Arti cle9
TheMember States andtheCommission shall cooperate
closely inorder toensure that theforegoing provisions
are observed .
Article 10
This Regulation shall enter into force on1January 1974 ,
This Regulation shall "bebinding initsentirety and
directly applicable inallMember States *
Done atBrussels , FortheCouncil
The President