COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN CQMVIUNITIES 
C0MC91) 343 final 
Brussels, 19 September 1991 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
opening and providing for the administration af a Community 
tariff quota for fresh or dried hazelnuts, shelled or not, 
originating In Turkey 
(1992) 
(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. Council Regulation (EEC) No 3721/84 of 18 December 1984 on Imports 
Into the Community of agricultural products originating in Turkey 
provides for the opening of an annual Community tariff quota of 
25 000 tonnes at zero duty for fresh and dried hazelnuts, shelled 
or not, falling within the CN codes No 0802 21 00 or 0802 22 00. 
2. Within the limits of this tariff quota, Spain and Portugal shall 
apply the customs duty calculated according to the Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 2573/87 of 11 August 1987 laying down the 
arrangements for trade between Spain and Portugal on the one hand 
and Turkey on the other. 
Therefore, this tariff quota should be opened for 1992. 
3. As regards the method of administration of this quota it is 
proposed that the entire quota volume be held as a Community 
reserve to which all Member States will have access in accordance 
with the procedure provided for in Article 3 of the proposal for a 
Regulation. 
This is the purpose of the attached proposal. 
Annex: proposal for a Regulation 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 
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opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for 
fresh or dried hazelnuts, shelled or not, originating in Turkey (1992} 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No 
3721/84 of 18 December 1984 on imports into the 
Community of agricultural products originating in 
Turkey ('), provides that fresh or dried hazelnuts, shelled 
or not and originating in Turkey shall be admitted on 
importation into the Community at zero duty within the 
limits of a Community tariff quota of 25 000 tonnes ; 
whereas the Community tariff quota concerned should 
therefore be opened for 199^; 
Whereas, however, within the limits of this tariff quota 
the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall 
apply customs duties calculated in accordance with the 
relevant provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 
2573/87 of 11 August 1987 laying down the arrangements 
for trade between Spain and Portugal on the one hand 
and Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia and Turkey 
on the other (2) ; 
Whereas equal and continuous access to the quota should 
be ensured for all Community importers and the rate laid 
down for the quota should be applied consistently to all imports of the products in question into the Member 
States until the quota is exhausted ; 
Whereas, it is appropriate to take the necessary measures 
to ensure efficient Community administration of this 
tariff quota while offering the Member States the opportu­
nity to draw from the quota volume the necessary quanti­
ties corresponding to actual imports ; whereas this 
method of administration required close cooperation 
between the Member States and the Commission ; 
Whereas since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of 
the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg 
are united within and jointly represented by the Benelux 
Economic Union, any operation concerning the adminis­
tration of the quota may be carried out by any one of its 
members, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION 
Article 1 
1. From 1 January to 31 December 1992 the customs 
duty applicable to imports into the Community of the 
following products originating in Turkey shall be 
suspended at the level indicated and within the limits of a 
Community tariff quota as shown below : 
Order No 
09.0201 CN code 
0802 21 00 
0802 22 00 Description 
Fresh or dried hazelnuts, shelled or not. Amount 
of quota 
(in tonnes) 
25 000 rate of 
quota duty 
(%) 
0 
Within the limits of this tariff quota the Kingdom of 
Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall apply customs 
duties calculated in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 
2573/87. 
2. Imports of the products in question may not be 
charged against this tariff quota if they already qualify for 
the same customs duties under other preferential tariff 
arrangements. 
Article 2 
The tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall be adminis­
tered by the Commission, which may take any appro­
priate measure with a view to ensuring the efficient admi­
nistration thereof. 
(') OJ No L 343, 31. 12. 1984, p. 6. 
(2) OJ No L 250, 1. 9. 1987, p. 1. Article 3 
If an importer presents in a Member State a declaration of 
entry into free circulation including a request for prefe­
rential benefit for a product covered by this Regulation 
and if this declaration is accepted by the customs authori­
ties, the Member State concerned shall draw, from the 
tariff quota, by\ means of notification to the Commission, 
a quantity corresponding to these needs. 
The requests for drawing, with the indication of the date 
of acceptance of the said declaration, must be communi­
cated to the Commission without delay. 
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The drawings are granted by the Commission on the basis 
of the date of acceptance of the declaration of entry into 
free circulation by the customs authorities of the Member 
State concerned, to the extent that the available balance 
so permits. 
If a Member State does not use the quantities drawn, it 
shall return them as soon as possible to the tariff quota. 
If the quantities requested are greater than the available 
balance of the quota, allocation shall be made on a pro 
rata basis with respect to the requests. Member States shall 
be informed by the Commission of the drawings made. the quota for such time that the residual balance of the 
quota volume permits. 
Article 5 
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate 
closely in order to ensure that this Regulation is complied 
with. 
Article 4 
Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the 
product concerned have equal and continuous access to Article 6 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1992-
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States. 
Done at Brussels, 
For the Council 
FICHE FINANCIERE 
1. Liane budgétaire concernée : Chap. 12 art. 120 
2. Base juridique : art. 113 du traité. 
3. Intitulé de la mesure tarifaire : Proposition de règlement du 
Conseil portant ouverture et mode de gestion d'un contingent 
tarifaire communautaire pour les noisettes fratches ou sèches, môme 
sans leurs coques ou décortiquées, originaires de turqule (année 
1992). 
4. Oblectif : respect des engagements de la Communauté vis-à-vis de la 
Turquie. 
5. Mode de calcul : 
Codes N.C. 
Volume du contingent 
Droit à appliquer 
Droit normal 
Prix moyen 0802 21 00 et 0802 22 00 
25 000 tonnes 
0 % 
4 X 
2 511 écus/t 
6. Perte de recettes 
Valeur d'une tonne 
Valeur de 25 000 tonnes 
Perte totale 2 511 écus 
62 775 000 écus 
2 511 000 écus 
En 1991 une perte de recettes de 2 988 366 écus a été inscrite 
(prix 0 : 2 986 écus). 

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