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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)8final
Brussels,January1980
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforfreshorchilledtomatoesfallingwithinsubheading ex
07.01MIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatingintheAfrican,
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
establishing ceilingsandCommunitysurveillance forimportsofcarrots
andonionsfallingwithinsubheading ex07.01oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originating intheACP-States (1980)Caribbean andPacificStates(1980)originatingintheAfrican,
1980)A>'/\\vAA.;.-^\i
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
A
1.Article 14oftheRegulation (EEC )N° / onthe
arrangements applicable toagricultural products andcertain
goods resulting from theprocessing ofagricultural products
originating intheAfrican ,Caribbean andPacific States
provides fortheopening ofaCommunity tariff quota of
2000tonnes fortomatoes originating intheabove States ,
atduties equal toAO%oftheCCTduties ,with aminimum
charge of0.8 EUA/100 kg,fortheperiod from 15November
to30April .This Regulation will enter into force'on
1March 1980 .Consequently forthevolume ofthequota tobe
fixed fortheperiod 1March to30April 1980 ,theprorata
temporis clause isapplicable .
Itistherefore necessary toopen atariff quota fortheperiod
concerned *
This isthesubject oftheannexed proposal .
2.Asregards theadministration ofthis quota ,theproposed text
provides that thevolume ofthetariff quota shall constitute
areserve from which Member States inwhich needs arise may
draw shares .The "gre>ohound system "isproposed astheform
ofadministration .
Β
1.The said artikel 14also provides for areduction inthe CCT
duties foronions andcarrots originating intheabove States
during certain periods oftheyear .However ,this reduction is
limited toceilings of500tonnes foreach product .Assoon as
imports have reached thes (elevels ,thecustoms duties actually
applicable tothird countries maybereimposed .
••■/■ma

-2-
•AsthisRegulationistoenterintoforceon1March1980,the
proratatemporisclausewillapplyduringtheperiodscoveredby
thesetariffmeasures.
Itisthereforenecessarytofixceilingsfortheperiodsconcerned.
2.Implementation oftheceilingsystemandthepossibility of
reintroducing customsdutiesimplytheadoptionofprecisecommon
rulestobeapplieduniformly byallMemberStates.Theserequirements
maybemetbytheestablishment ofaCommunity systemofsurveillance
ofactualimportsfromeachofthepartnercountries.
3.Asfarasapplication oftheruleonceilingsandreintroduction
ofdutiesisconcerned,theattachedproposalmakesprovision
forconferringcertainoftheCouncil'spowersontheCommission .
ANNEXES :
TwoproposalsforCouncilRegulations .

*
AnnexA
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariff
quotaforfreshorchilledtomatoesfallingwithinsubheadingex07.01MIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatingintheAfrican.CaribbeanandPacific
States(1980)
THF.COUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle
113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,tivelylowvolumeandtheperiodofapplicationisvery
short,itseemspossibletoallocatethewholequota
voiumetotheCommunityreserveandtoprovidefor
thepossibilityofthoseMemberStatesinwhichneeds
mightarisedrawingappropriatequantitiesfromthat
reserve;whereasthesharesthusdrawnfromthe
reserve'mustbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthismethodofmanagementrequires
closecooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commissionandthelattermustinparticularbeable
tomonitortherateatwhichthequotaisusedupand
informtheMemberStatesthereof;
WhereasArticle"^ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
(T)providesfortheopeningbvtheCommu­
nityotaCommunitytariffquotaof2000tonnesof
freshorchilledtomatoestailingwithinsubheadingex
07.01MIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating
intheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStates*
whereasthequota
periodrunsfrom15Novemberto30April;whereas.
thecustomsdutyapplicabletothequotaissetat
4-4%,withaminimumchargeofQ.gEuropeanUl
Accountper100kilogramsnetweight;whereasthis
Regulationonlyentersintoforceon1March
1"oO^/hereas,therefore,theproratatemporisclauseis
applicabletothequotaforthe_
period1Marchto30April1980;
whereasaCommunitytariffquotaof727tonnes
shouldthereforebeopenedfortheperiodinques­
tion;
Whereasitisnecessaryinparticulartoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterruptedaccess
totheabovementioncd quota,anduninterruptedappli­
cationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
however,sincethetariffquotainvolvedisofarela-Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingto
theadministration ofthesharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofits
members,
Umtsof
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION '
Artieie1
1.Fortheperiod1March to30
April1980,aCommunitytariffquotaof727
tonnesshallbeopenedintheCommunityforfreshor
chilledtomatoesfallingwithinsubheadingex07.01M
IoftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginthe
African,CaribbeanandPacificStatesandintheover­
seascountriesandterritories .
(')
UnitsWithinthistariffquotatheCommonCustomsTariff
dutyapplicabletotheproductsshallbesuspendedat•
4-4%withaminimumchargeof0.8F.uropean
0fAccountper100kilogramsnetweight.

-2- AnnexA
2.Thevolumeofthetariffquotareferredtoinpara­
graph1shallconstituteareserve.
3.Jftheneedshouldarisefortheproductsinques­
tioninaMemberState,thelattershalldrawanappro­
priatesharefromthereserve,providingthatthesize
ofthereservesopermits.
4.i<T|iesharesdrawnpursuanttoparagraph3shall
bevaliduntil30April1980.
Article2
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresneces­
sarytoensurethatsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle1
areopenedinsuchawaythatchangesmaybemade
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated shares
oftheCommunityquota. Th:sReg
}M.iulvfSi.iU's^ivViik-n-smvihjiimp.wts e>tthe
smd vMnbli'-lu <1inthentcmtoiyhavetree
accesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoods
areenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,
Iiirl/>cCouncilArticle3
Attherequestof'theCommission ,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article4
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1March1980.

ANNEXB
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
establishing ceilingsandCommunitysurveillance forimports
ofcarrotsandonionsfallingwithinsubheading ex07.01of
theCommonCustomsTariff-originating intheACP-States (1980)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle 113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasArticle14ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No...providesthat,
fortheperiod1Januaryto31March,carrotsfallingwithinsubheading
ex07.01GIIoftheCommonCustomsTariffand,fortheperiod15February
to15May,onionsfallingwithinsubheading ex07.01HoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originating intheAfrican,Caribbean andPacificStates,
aresubjectonimportation intotheCommunitytothereducedratesof
dutyof10.2%and4.8%respectively ;whereassuchreductionofduties
appliestoimportsonlyuptoceilingsabovewhichthecustomsduties
actuallyapplicable tothirdcountries maybereintroduced ;.whereas
thisRegulationistoenterintoforceon1March1980;whereasthe
proratatemporisclauseisthereforeapplicableforthepurposeof
determining oftheceilingsconcerned;

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Whereastheapplicationofceilings-requiresthe
Communitytoberegularlyinformedofthetrendof
importsoftherelevantproductsoriginatinginthese
countries;whereasimportsshouldthereforebemade
subjecttoasystemofsurveillance;
Whereasthisobjectivemaybeachievedbymeansofan
administrativeprocedurebasedonsettingoffimportsof
theproductsinquestionagainsttheceilingsat
Community levelasandwhent;hcseproductsare
enteredwithcustomsauthorities forfree
circulation ;whereasthisadministrative
proceduremustmakeprovisionforthe
possibility ofcustomstariffdutiesbeing
reintroduced assoonastheceilingsare
reachedatCommunitylevel;
Whereasthisadministrative procedurerequiresclose
andparticularlyrapidcooperationbetweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission andthelattermustin
particularbeabletofollowtheprogressofquantities
chargedagainsttheceilingsandkeeptheMemberStates
informed;whereasthiscooperationhastobe
particularlyclosesincetheCommissionmustbeableto
taketheappropriatemeasurestoreintroducecustoms
tariffdutiesifoneoftheceilingsisreached,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Importsoftheproductsoriginating intheAfrican,
Caribbean andPacificStateswhicharelistedinthe
AnnextothisRegulationshallbesubjecttoceilings
andtoCommunitysurveillance .
Theproductsreferredtointhefirstsubparagraph,
theirTariffheadings,thecustomsdutiesapplicable,
theperiodsofvalidityandthelevelsoftheceilings
arcsetoutinthesaidAnnex.
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ANNEXB
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2.Quantitiesshallbechargedagainsttheceilingsas
andwhenproductsareenteredwithcustomsauthorities
forfreecirculation accomoanied bya
movementcertificate .
Productsmaybechargedagainstaceiling
onlyifthemovementcertificateissubmitted
beforethedateonwhichcustomsdutiesare
reintroduced .
Theextenttowhichaceilingisusedupshallbe
determinedatCommunitylevelonthebasisofthe
importschargedagainstitasdefinedinthepreceding
subparagraphs .
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommissionatthe
intervalsandwithinthetimelimitsspecifiedin
paragraph4ofimportseffectedinaccordancewiththe
aboveprocedures.
3.Assoonasaceilinghas.beenreached,-
theCommission mayadopta–Regulation
reintroducing .,untiltheendofitsperiod
ofvalidity,thecustomsdutiesapplicable-
tothirdcountries.
4.MemberStatesshallsendtheCommission
statementsofthequantitieschargedfor
periodsoftendays,tobeforwarded
withinfivecleardaysoftheendof
eachten-dayperiod.
Article2
TheCommissionshalltakeallappropriatemeasures,in
closecooperationwiththeMemberStates,forthe
purposesofapplyingthisRegulation.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1March1980.
iiiisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

ANNEXB
ANNEX
OrderNoCCT
hcadineNoDescriptionCustomsduties
applicableLcvelof
ccilinp
(tonne»)
1 23 4 Is
I
I07.01
IVegetables,freshorchilled:
6.Carrots,turnips,salad
beetroot,salsify,celeriac,
radishes andsimilaredible
roots:
exII.Carrotsandturnips :
ACP1 -Carrots,from
1Marchto31
March
exH.Onions,shallotsand
garlic:10.17ρ/ùu
ACP2 -Onions,from1March
to15May