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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)241 final
Brussels .8June 1977
PROPOSAL FOR A
REGULATION (EEC )OFTHECOUNCIL
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration
ofaCommunity tariff quota forfresh ordried hazelnuts ,
shelled orotherwise ,falling within subheading ex08.05 G
oftheCommon Customs Tariff ,originating inTurkey (1978 )
/
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM(77 )241final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Article 5(1)ofCouncil Regulation (EEC)No..../ 77of 1977
concerning theimportation into theCommunity ofcertain agricultural
1products originating inTurkey provides fortheopening forfresh
ordried hazelnuts ,shelled orotherwise ,falling within subheading
ex08.05 GoftheCommon Customs Tariff ,ofanannual Community
tariff quota of25000tonnes ataduty rate of2.5% .
2.Itshould benoted that the economic information onthe basis of
which theproposed allocation will bedrawn upshould bebased ,
inparticular ,onpast andestimated future imports into Member
States ,specifically originating inorcoming from Turkey .
This information hasbeen obtained byallMember States forthe
year 1974 to1976 .Thepercentage allocation contained inthis
proposal for aregulation isinfact identical tothat used for
1977 ,because itcorresponds tothecriteria normally applied
inthis field .
3.TheMember States' experts whoparticipated intheconsultative
meeting ofthe "Economic Tariff Problems "Group (13/14April 1977 )
expressed agreement inprinciple tothe scheme forallocation
ofshares proposed bytheCommission .
4.Asregards administration ofthis quota ,itisproposed that
there should beaninitial allocation among Member States of
alarge part ofthequota ,thebalance representing areserve
towhich thesurplus from shares which exceed Member States *
needs will bereturned and from which those States still in
need maydraw additional shares .
•••/•••
NoL of

Asinthepast,theproposalforaRegulationannexedhereto
providesthattheuniformmethodofadministration tobe
appliedbyallMemberStatesshouldbethe"asandwhen"method.
Similarly,totakeaccountoftheseasonalnatureoftheimports
concerned,theproposedthresholdforreturnstothereserveis
40%oftheinitialshare.
Inordertofacilitatetheverification forwhichtheCommission
isresponsible undertheTreaties,moreover,ithasbeenstipulated
inArticle10oftheproposalthatMemberStatesmustforwardto
theCommissionwithinaspecificperiodtheprovisionstheyhave
adoptedwithaviewtotheapplicationofthetariffmeasure.

Proposal for a
COUNCILRF.GULATION (EEC)No77
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forfreshordriedhazelnuts,shelledorotherwise,fallingwithinsubheadingex08.05G
oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginTurkey(1978)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Articles43and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropean |
Parliament (')," '
Whereas under Article 5(1 )ofCouncil
Regulation (EEC )No.../77of
1977 concerning theimportation into
theCommunity ofcertain agricultural
products originating inTurkey (1),
fresh ordried hazelnuts ,shelled or
otherwise ,falling within subheading
ex08.05 Gofthe Common Customs
Tariff ,originating inTurkey are
admitted onimportation into the
Community ataduty rate of2.5% ,
within thelimit ofaCommunity tariff
quota of25000tonnes ;whereas
theCommunity tariff quota concerned
should therefore beopened for1978 ;Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
importerserftheMemberStatesequalanduninter­
ruptedaccesstothesaidquotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotato
allimportsoftheproductsconcernedintoall
MemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;
whereashavingregardtotfheabovepiinciples,the
Communitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,toreflectmostaccurately
theactualdevelopmentofthemarketintheproducts
concerned,suchallocation mustke*nproportion
totheneedsoftheMemberStates,assessedby
referencebothtotfhestatisticsrelatingtoimports
fromTurkeyoverarepresentative period,andtothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodconcerned;
Whereas,onthebasisofthestatisticsatpresent
available,importsintotheMemberStatesin1974,
1975and197^oftheproductconcernedoriginating
idTurkeyhavedevelopedasfollowsandrepresent
thefollowingpercentagesoftotalimportsintothe
Community :
(1)0JNoL345,15.12.1973 ,p.1.

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1974,1975I1976
tonnes%tonres %tonnes %
Germany 34515I
i64-2935154I
j65-4743936 64.15
Bénélux 145008-38|52849-845662 8.27
France 5680I10-58608411-339543 13.93
Italy 24734-61 1653-53-082065 3.02
Denmark 8751-63899 1671161 1.70
Ireland 6191-15 300-06140 0.20
UnitedKingdom i50269-3645908-555978 8.73
53688 53694-51
68485
L* ll
LikelyWhereas,takingintoaccountthesefiguresandthe/trendonthemarketoftheproductconcerned
during1978and,inparticular,tflis.forecastsmadeby/quotasomeMemberStates,theinitial/sharesmaybefixed
approximately atthefollowingpercentages :
Germany
Bénélux
France
Italy
Denmark
Ireland
UnitedKingdom65-93
1014
8-20
025
2-67
166
11-15
Whereasinordertotakeintoaccounttheimport
trendsforthe.productconcernedintheMember
States,thequotavolumeshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstinstalmentbeingallocatedtothe
MemberStatesandthe.secondformingareserve
intendedJse^therequirementsofthe
MemberStatesshouldohminitialsharebeusedup;
whereas,inorderto_ensureacertaindegreeof/insecuritytoimporters/thefirstinstalmentoftheCorn­
eachmunityquotashouldbedeterminedatarelatively
Member level,whichunderpresentcircumstances could
beapproximately 80%ofthequotavolume;
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupsooneror
later;whereas,inordertotakethisfactintoaccount
andtoavoidanybreakincontinuity,itisimportant
thatanyMemberStatewhich'hasusedupallmostall
itsinitialshareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefrom
thereserve;whereasthismustbedoneasandwhen
eachofitsadditionalsharesinthequotaisalmost
entirelyusedup,andrepeatedasoftena9thereserve
allows;whereasPheinitialandaddiriona'Isharesmustbeavailaibieforuseuntilsheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthismethodofadministration callsforclose
cooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission,whichmustinparticularbeableto
observetheextenttowhichthequotavolumeisused
upandinformtheMerrtberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddate.inthequotaperiod,
aconsiderablebalanceremainsinanyMemberState,
itisessentialtthattheMemberStateshouldreturn
acertainproportionthereoftothereserve,inorder
toavoidpartoftheCommunityquotaremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeu<;ed
inothers;whereas,takingintoaccounttheseasonal
natureofimports,itseemsappropriatetofixthe
transfer.at40%oftheinitialshare;
threshold
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedinandrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryuntil31December197'3aCom­
munitytariffquotaof250C0tonnesshallbe
openedintheCommunityforfreshordriedlu/el-
nuts,shelledorotherwise,fallingwithinsubheading
<

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ex08.05GofcheCommonCustom#Tariff,
'originatinginTurkey.
■ •
,2.WithintnistariffquotatheCommonCustoms
:Tariffdutyissuspendedat2-5%.3.Ifafteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted90%
ormoreofthenhirdsharedrawnbythatMember
Statehasbeenused,itshall,inthemannerprovided
forinparagraph1,drawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveis
exhausted.
31Thistariffquotashallbeallocatedand
administered inaccordancewithshefollowing
provisions.4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraphs 1,
2and3,MemberStatesmaydrawsmallershares
thanthosefixedinthoseparagraphsrfthereisreason
to'believethatthosesharesmightnotbeusedup.
TheyshallinformtheCommissionoftheirreasons
forapplyingthisparagraph.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1(1)shall
bedividedintotwoinstallments .
_2.Afirstinstalment,amountingto20000tonnesallocated shallbe/sKaredamongtheMemberStates;the
shares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallhevaliduntil
31December197&shallfeeasfollows:Article4
Eachoftheaoditionadsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December197g
Germany
Bénélux •
France
Italy
Deranark
Ireland
UnitedKingdomv13186tonnes
2028tonnes
1640tonnes
50tonnes
534tonnes
332tonnes
2230tonnes»
3.Thesecondinstalmentof5000tonnesshall
constitutethereserve.*Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1978>theunusedportionoftheir
initialdharewhich,on15September1978,isin
excessof40%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturn
agreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
TheMemberStatesshaiH,notlaterthan1October
1978,^notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcernedeffectedundertheCom­
munityquotaupto15September1978inclusive
and,whereappropriate,theproportionoftheirinitial
sharesthattheyarereturningtothereserve.
Article3Article6
1.If90%ormoreofanyMemberState'sinitial
^hare,aslaiddowninArticle2(2),or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,where
Article5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenexhausted,that
MemberStateshallwithoutdelay,bynotifyingthe
Commission,drawasecondshareinthequotaequaJ
to15%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenext
unitWhereappropriate,totheextentthattheamount.
inthereserveallows.The'Commission shallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3,andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommission sihall,notlaterthan5October197&
notifytheMemberStatesofthestateofthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
2.Ifafteritsinitialshartliasbeenexhausted90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshaft,inthe
mannerprovidedforinparagraph1,drawathird
shareequalto75%ofitsinitialshare.TheCommissionshall!ensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupdhereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,forthispurpose,shallspecifyoheamountthere­
oftotheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinal
drawing.

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Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures
necessaryroensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
theymaybecounted,withoutabreak
incontinuity,aspartoftheir
aggregateshareoftheCommunity
quota.
–2-T"eMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters'ifloftheproducts/fcstabllshedintheirterritoryhavequestion *reeaccesstor^esharesallocatedtothemordrawn
fromthereserve.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftheSaid
productsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoods-areenteredforhomeuse.
.4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshalli>edeterminedonthe-basisofthe
•importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.Article8
U""'fr™Commission,MemberStatesshallinformitofimportsofthe
productsmquestionactuallychargedagainstits
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethecorrectapplicationofthisRegulation.
Article10
TheMemberStatesshallforwardtot
Commissionwithin45daysofthe
publicationofthisRegulationin
theOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities,theprovisionsthey
haveadoptedwithaviewtoits
application .th-
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1978.
ThisReguUtionshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
DoneatBrussels,
V­I. FortheCouncil
f ThePrésident

FINANCIAL STATEMENTDate :™ 1977
1.Budget line concerned :Ch.12Art .120
2.Legal basis :Art.43and113
3.Title ofthetariff measure :Proposal for aregulation (EEC)ofthe
Council opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration of
aCommunity tariff quota forfresh ordried hazelnuts ,shelled or
otherwise ,falling within subheading ex08.05 Gof-theCommon
Customs Tariff .'originating inTurkey (1978 )
4.Objectives :Respect ofobligations contracted inrelation toTurkey ,
5.Method ofcalculation :
-NoofCCT :ex08.05 G
~Quota volume î25,000 tonnes
-Quota duty rate ï2.5%
-Duty rate CCT :4%
6.Loss ofreceipts :510,000 EUR