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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)49final
Brussels,13thFebruary1981
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofa
Communitytariffquotafornewpotatoes,fallingwithin
subheading 07.01AIIb)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originating inCyprus(1981)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article 2ofCouncil Regulation (EEC )N° '/ laying down the
arrangements applicable totrade with theRepublic ofCyprus beyond
the date ofexpiry ofthe first stage oftheAgreement EEC/Cyprus
of1973 provides for theperiod 16May to30June 1981 for the
opening ofaCommunity tariff quota for the importation into the
Community of60,000 tonnes ofnewpotatoes originating inCyprus ,
falling within subheading 07.01 AIIb)ofthe Common Customs
Tariff .
The Customs riiitips applicable within the limits ofthis quota
areequal to45%oftheduties actually applied tothird coun­
tries .
Accordingly thetariff quota inquestione hastobeopened .
Asthemethod ofadministration tobeapplied byallMember States
theCommission proposes the"greyhound "system .
This isthesubject oftheproposal annexed hereto .
ANNEX : 1proposal foraRegulation (EEC)oftheCouncil .

Proposalfor
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No/81
of
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
-quotafornewpotatoesfallingwithiiisubheading 07.01AIIb)oftheCommon
CustomsTarifforiginatinginCyprus(1981)
THECOUNCIL OFTHEF.UROPFAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing'heEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andmparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission , '' >
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)N°/layingdown
thearrangements applicabletotradewiththeRepublicofCyprus
beyondthedateofexpiryofthefirststageoftheAgreement
establishing anassociation betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andtheRepublicof-Cyprus(1)providesfortheopeningofaCommunity
tanttquotaof60000tonnesofnewpotatoesorigi­
natinginCyprus,fallingwithinsubheading07.01AII
b)oftheCommonCustomsTariffatarateofcustoms
dutyequalto4.S%ofthecustomsdutyinthe
CommonCustomsTariff,fortheperiod16Mayto30
June198i;whereasitisnecessarytoopenthis
Communitytariffquotafor,theperiodinquestion;
Whereasitisnecessaryinparticulartoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quota,anduninterrupted appli­
cationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
however,sincetheperiodofapplicationforthetariff
quotainvolvedisveryshort,itseemspossibletoallo­
catethewholequotavolumetotheCommunity
reserveandtoprovideforthepossibilityofthose
MemberStatesinwhichneedsmightarisedrawing
appropriatequantitiesfromthatreserve;whereasthe
sharesthusdrawnfromthereservemustbevaliduntil
theendofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
management requiresclosecooperation betweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission andthelatter
mustinparticularbeabletomonitortherateat
whichthequotaisusedupandinformtheMember
Statesthereof;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdoriioftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyof
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Luxembourgareumtrdwifhm..ijjointlyrepresented
bytheBc-nouxiwu,-i!..*><■,.alltransactions
concerning ;<ieadinimsifarion ithesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1
1.From16Mayto30June1981theCommon
Customsianlidutyfornewpotatoesfallingwithin
subheading07.01AIIb)oftheCommonCustoms
TariffeliminatinginCyprusshallbesuspendedat
9-4%wKi.niriiclimitsotaCommunitytariffquota
of60000tonnes.
Within the limits ofthis tariff quota -Greece shall apply duties
^calculated inaccordance with therelevant provisions inRegula­
tion(EEC)N°/.
TheProtocolonthedefinitionoftheconceptof'origi­
natingproducts'andonmethodsofadministrative
cooperation (I)annexedtotheAdditionalProtocolto
theAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandCyprusshallbeapplicable .
2.Thevolumeofthetariffquotareferredtoinpara­
graph1shallconstituteareserve.
3.Iftheneedshouldarisefortheproductsinques­
tioninaMemberState,thelattershalldrawanappro­
priatesharefromthereserve,providingthatthesize
ofthereservesopermits.
4.Thesharesdrawnpursuanttoparagraph3shall
bevaliduntil3l)June1981.
Article2
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article1areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmay '
bechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheircumula­
tiveportionsoftheCommunityquota. •
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2.MemberStatessh.illensurethatimportersofthe
'saidgoodsestablishedir^itsterritorytuve(teeaccess
tothesharesallocatedtoit.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoodsare
enteredforfreecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbe(ii'tiinmu'donthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginits
States.
DoneatBrussels,Article3
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article4
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcollaborate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon16May
19#1.
entiretyanddirectlyapplicable *inallMember
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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