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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)443 final
Brussels,9September 1981
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULAIION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration
ofaCommunitytariffquotaforfreshordriedhazel­
nuts,shelledornot,fallingwithinsubheading
ex08.05GoftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originating inTurkey(1982)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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COM(81)443final •

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
CouncilRegulation (EEC)N°562/81of20January1981onthe
reductionofcustomsdutiesonimportsintotheCommunityof
certainagricultural productsoriginating inTurkey(1)provides
fortheopeningforfreshordriedhazelnuts,shelledorother­
wise,fallingwithinsubheading ex08.05GoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,ofanannualCommunityduty-freetariffquotaof25,000
tonnes. ''
Theaim-ofthisproposalistoopenthequotaconcernedforthe
periodfrom1Januaryto31December1982.
Thetariffquotaconcerned maybemodifiedinthelightofcurrent
negotiations ,withthecontracting countryfortheconclusionof
anAdaptationProtocoltotheabovementionedAgreement.Pending
theoutcome,theproposedRegulationenablestheengagements
contracted bytheCommunitytoberespected.
TheCommissionthereforereservestherighttomodifytheproposal
inthecourseoftheproceedings inordertoadaptit,asnecessary,
totheAdaptationProtocol.
Itshouldbenotedthattheeconomicinformation onthebasisof
whichtheproposedallocationwillbedrawnupshouldbebased,
inparticular,onpastandestimatedfutureimportsintoMember
States,specificallyoriginatinginorcomingfrom Turkey.This
information hasbeenobtainedbyallMemberStatesfortheyear
1978to1980iThepercentageofallocationcontainedinthis
proposalforaregulationcorrespondstothecriterianormally
appliedinthisfield,thatis,importsoverthelastthreeyears
andtheforecastsfor1982. *
Asregardsadministration ofthisquota,itisproposedthatthese
shouldbean.initialallocation amongMemberStatesofalarge
partofthequota,thebalancerepresenting areservetowhich ■'•he
surplusfromshareswhichexceedMemberStates'needswillbe
returnedandfromwhichthoseStatesstillinneedmaydraw
additionalshares.
(1)0JN®L65of11.3.1981,p.1.

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
freshordriedhazelnuts,shelledornot,fallingwithinsubheadingex08.05Gofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginTurkey(1982).
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommis­
sion,
WhereastheAnnextoCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No562/81of20January1981
onthereductionofcustomsduties
onimportsintotheCommunityof
certainagricultural productsorigin­
atinginTurkey(1)providesthat
freshordriedhazelnuts,shelledor
not,fallingwithinsubheading ex08.05
GoftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originating inTurkeyareadmittedon
importation intotheCommunityat
zeroduty,withinthelimitofa
Communitytariffquotaof25000
tonnes;whereas-theCommunitytariff
quotaconcernedshouldtherefore
beopenedfor1982;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle119ofthe1979
ActofAccession,theCommunityadoptedCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No3555/80of16December1980
determiningthearrangementstobeappliedwith
regardtoimportsintoGreeceoriginatinginAlgeria,
Israel,Malta,Morocco,Portugal,Syria,TunisiaorTurkey)-whereasthisRegulationtherefore
appliestotheCommunityofNine;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted
accesstotheabovementioned quotaanduninter­
ruptedapplicationoftheratelaiddownforthat
quotatoallimportsoftheproductsconcernedinto
allMemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;
whereas,havingregardtotheaboveprinciples,the
Communitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectasaccur­
atelyaspossible-thetruetrendofthemarketinthe
productsinquestion,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotherequirementsoftheMember
States,calculatedbyreferencetothestatisticsfor
importsfromTurkeyoverarepresentative reference
periodandalsototheeconomicoutlookforthe
quotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,onthebasisofthestatisticsatpresent
available,importsintotheMemberStatesin1978
1979and198Ooftheproductconcerned,originating
inTurkey,havedeveloped 1asfollowsandrepresent
thefollowingpercentagesoftotalimportsintothe
Community :
-1978 1979 1980
Tonnes %•Tonnes %Tonnes %
Benelux 61028.1245506.2151067.45
Denmark 1277'1.70 13051.781202.81.75
Germany. 5009666.664930667.364484465.40
France 970612.911065714.56923013.46
Iceland 1320.18 .11%0.16 400.06
Italy 24363.24 ;20672.823808.35.55
UnitedKingdom 54057.1952047.1143376.33
75154 73203 68568.1
(1)0JNoL65of11.3.1981,p.1.
(2)0JNoL382,-31.12.1980,p.1.

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whereas,takingintoaccountthesefiguresandthe
foreseeabledevelopmentoftheproductconcerned
during1982and,inparticular,theforecastsmadeby
someMemberStates,theinitialsharesmaybefixed
approximately atthefollowingpercentages :ofLuxembourgareunitedvirhin?ndjointlyrepre­
sentedbytheBeneluxEconomic'Jnion,-;nyopera­
tionrelatingtotheEdminir:"tio'-~>fthequota
sharesallocatedt_>'.atEconomi *Unionmaybe
carriedoutbyanyofit?membcs.
Benelux' 7.38
Denmark 1.79
Germany 63.42
France \(13.52
Ireland •0.23
Italy 3.93
UnitedKingdom 9.73HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductconcernedinthevariousMember
States,thequota'amountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingshared,amongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondconstitutingareserve
tocoveratalaterdatetherequirementsofthose
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
quotashare;whereas,inordertogiveimportersin
eachMemberStateacertaindegreeofsecurity,the
firstinstalmentoftheCommunityquotamight
underthecircumstances beFixedat80%ofthe
quotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybe
usedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotake>
thisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakincontin­
uity,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedup
itsinitialquotashare,shoulddrawanadditional
sharefromthereserve;whereasthismustbedone'
byeachMemberStateasandwheneachofitsaddi­
tionalsharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedasL
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial
andadditionalsharesmustbevaliduntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;whereasthismethodofadmini­
strationrequiresclosecooperation •betweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,andthelatter
mustbeinapositiontomonitortheextenttowhich
thequotavolumehasbeenusedupandtoinform
theMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunused,itisessential
thatthatMemberStateshouldreturnasignificant
proportiontothereservetopreventapartofany
tariffquotafromremainingunusedinoneMember
Statewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;whereas,,
takingintoaccounttheseasonalnatureofimports,
itseemsappropriatetofixthetransferlimitat40%
oftheinitialshare;1.Duringtheperiod1Januaryto31December
1982aCommunitytariffquotaof25000tonnes
shallbeopenedintheCommunityofNineforfresh
ordriedhazelnuts,shelledornot,fallingwithin
subheadingex08.05GoftheCommonCustoms
TariffandoriginatinginTurkey.
2.Withinthistariffquota,theCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyshallbetotallysuspended .
3.Importsoftheproductinquestionbenefiting
fromthesameorlowercustomsdutiesunderother
preferentialarrangements shallnotbecharged
againstthistariffquota.,,
4.Thistariffquotashallbeallocatedandadmini­
steredinaccordancewiththefollowingprovisions.
,"Article2
*
1.ThetariffqueareferredtoinArticle1(1)shall
bedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.The.firstinstalment,amountingto20000
tonnes,shallbesharedamongsttheMemberStates;
theshareswhich,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevalid
until31December !982shallbeasfollows:
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
.France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKinri?.
2
ioni476tonnes
358tonnes
684tonnes
704tonnes
46tonnes
7g6tonnes
9t;nnes
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchy3.Thesejndinstalment,amountingto5000
tonnes,shanconr'itutethereserve.

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Article3
1.If90%ormoreofanyMemberState'sinitial
shareasspecifiedinArticled(2),or90%ofthat
shareminustheportionreturnedtothereserve
whereArticle5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenusedup,
then,totheextentpermittedbytheamountofthe
reserve,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,bynoti­
fyingtheCommission,drawasecondshareequalto
15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhereneces­
sarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbetrusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrewnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,then,toiheextentpermitted
bytheamountofthereserve,thatMemberState
snail,inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddown
inparagraph!,drawathirdshareequallo7*5%of
itsiritialshare.
3.If,aftersecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofttthirdsharedrawnupbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMerrberSfateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninpara­
graphI,drawafourthshareequalthethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntil<bsreserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfrompolygraphs I,2and
3,aMemberStatemaydrawsnaressmallerthan
thosefixerinthoseparagraphsifiereisreasonto
believethat'heymightnotbeusedup.Itshall
informtheCommissionofitsir.esonsforapplying
thisparagraph.
Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
sha'lbevaliduntil31December'982.
Articles
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
'aterthan1October1982suchunusedportionof
theirinitialsharesas,on15September1982isin
excessof40%oftheinitialvolume.Theymay
returnalargerquantityiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthisquantitymaynotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,
notlaterthan1October1982ofthetotalquantities
oftheproductsinquestionimportedupto15September1982,and chargedagainstthetariff
quotasandofanyquantityoftheinitialshares
returnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3ard,assoonasitisnotified,informeach
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereserveshavebeen
usedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5October1982oftheamountineachreserveafter
quantitieshr.vebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
I*,shallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhaustsany
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,
tothisend,notifytheamountofthatbalanceto'the
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures
necessarytoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
in?portsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulatedsharesofthetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductsinquestionestablishedintheirterri-
tOiyhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsof
theproductsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasand
whentheproductsareenteredwithcustomsauthori­
tiesforfreecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedundertheconditionssetinpara­
graph3.
Article8
<
AttheCommission srequest,tneMemberStates
shallinformitofimportractuallychargedagainst
theirshares.

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Article9 Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission ,shallco-ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
operatecloselytoensurethatthisRegulation^.1January1982.
compliedwith.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginits'entiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States. , ,
DoneatBrussels,
/For(heCouncil
ThePresident