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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(73)1635final
Brussels,2October1973
PROPOSAL FORA
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL .
opening,allocating ,andprovidingfortheadministration
ofanadditional Communitytariffquotaforfreshordried
nuts,shelledornot,fallingwithinsubheadingex08.05G
oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginTurkey
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
C0M(73)1635final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Regulation(EEC)NO/73of.........1973,on"theimportationinto
theCommunityofcertainagricultural productsoriginatinginTurkey,
adoptedbytheCounoiltotakeaccountoftheneedtoamendtheEEC-Turkey
Association AgreementandtheAdditionalProtooolwithoutdelay,following
theaccessionofnewMemberStatestotheCommunity,provided,inparticular,
forareductionby37•5%ofthecustomsdutyonfreshordriedhazelnuts,
shelledornot,fallingwithintariff_subheadingex08.05GoftheCommon
CustomsTariffwithinthelimitofaCommunitytariffquotaof21700metric
tons.Asaresult,therateof4enteredintheCommonCustomsTariff
wouldbereducedto2.5$«
A
ByRegulation (EEC)No2831/72of28December1972,the,Councilopenedfor
1973andallooatedamongtheMemberStatesoftheCommunityasoriginally
constitutedaCommunitytariffquotaof18700metriotonsfortheproducts
concernedwithdutyat2.5$
ThesoleaimofthisproposedRegulationistofulfiltheCommunity's
obligations ,byadoptingaCommunitytariffquotawhosevolume,forthe
periodfrom1Novemberto31December1973,mustbeequaltoonesixth
ofthedifference,or500metriotons.Besides,inviewofthefaotthat
thesenew-tariffconcessionsaretheresultofanadjustmentofCommunity
obligationsfollowingtheacoessionofnewMemberStates,theseconcessions
oughttobeappliedtothosenewMemberStates.
0JNoL298,31Deoember 1972,p31.

Article 2oftheinterim agreement ,which "brings into force on
1November 1973 certain provisions oftheAdditional Protocol onTrade ,
provides that thereductions incustoms duties prescribed pursuant to
theAssociation Agreement should beapplied bythenewMember States in
theproportions andaccording tothetime limits laid down .The same
Article also lays down that therate ofreductions concerning ,inparticular
theproducts mentioned inAnnex VItotheAdditional Protocol (which includes
hazelnuts )mayinnocase belower than therate ofreductions applied bythe
newMember States totheCommunity asoriginally constituted .
Asprovided forinArticle 59(l)("b)oftheActofAccession ,thefirst
reduction ofcustoms duties between theCommunity asoriginally constituted
andthenewMember States does nottake place until 1January 1974 ,sothat
theduty tobeapplied toTurkey bythenewMember States until
31December 1973 inthecontext ofthis tariff quota would beequivalent to
thebasic duty ,which also applies apart from thequota .
Forthis reason noinitial share hasbeen assigned tothenewMember States
intheproposed allocation .
Inorder toretain theCommunity character ofthequota ,thenewMember
States could ,nevertheless ,draw anadequate share from theCommunity
reserves if,pursuant toArticle 59(4 )oneofthose States decided to
accelerate thealignment oftheir customs duties towards those oftheCommon
Customs Tariff .Forthat reason ,andeven though theperiod during which the
quota isapplied isrelatively short ,thequota amount of500metric tons
hasbeen divided ,asusual ,into twosuccessive amounts ,thefirst ofwhich
isallocated totheMember States oftheCommunity asoriginally constituted ,
while thesecond isheld inreserve tocover their additional requirements ,
aswell asthepossible requirements ofthenewMember States ,should they
decide toaccelerate alignment ontheCommon Customs Tariff .

Asinthepast ,andtotake account oftheseasonal nature of
these imports ,theproposed reserve istobefixed at40$ofthe
initial share .

Proposalfora
E5GULATI0N (EEC)OFTHECOUNCTL
opening,allocating,andprovidingforthe
administration ofanadditionalCommunitytariff
quotaforfreshordriednuts,Bhelled.ornot,
fallingwithinsubheadingex08.05GoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginTurkey
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticles43and113thereofj
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ^
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheAssembly^
Whereas,asprovidedforinArticle1ofRegulation(EEC)No*/73
1973,concerningtheimportationintotheCommunity
ofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatinginTurkey,theCommunitymust,
from1November1973,reduceby37*5$thedutyappliedtotheimportoffresh
ordriednuts,shelledornot,fallingwithinsubheadingex08.05GoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,withinthelimitofaCommunitytariffquotaof21700metric
tons;whereastheCommonCustomsTariffdutywouldconsequently bereducedto
a
2.5%;whereas,byRegulation(EEC)No2831/72of28December1972,theCouncil
alreadyopenedandallooatedamongtheMemberStatesoftheCommunityas
originallyconstituted,aCommunitytariffquotaforthoseproductsof18700
90JNoL , 1973,p...
0JNoL298,31December1972,p.31»

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metric tons ,atarate of2.5% ,whereas itistherefore appropriate to
open anadditional Community tariff quota amounting toonesixth ofthe
difference ,or500metric tons ,fortheperiod from 1November to
31December 1973 ;
Whereas Article 2oftheInterim Agreement tointroduce ,on1November 1973 ,
certain provisions oftheSupplementary Protocol signed inAnkara on
30June 1973 provides that thereductions ofthecustoms duties laid down
pursuant totheAssociation Agreement are tobeapplied bythenewMember
States from theentry into force oftheInterim Agreement intheproportions
andaccording tothetime limits laid down ,andthat therate fixed asa
result ofthereductions regarding theproducts listed ,inparticular ,in
Annex VItotheAdditional Protocol –andwhich include nuts -mayinno
case belower than those applied bythenewMember States with reference' to
theCommunity asoriginally constituted ;whereas ,under Article 59(^K^)
theActofAccession ,thefirst reduction ofcustoms duties between thenew
Member States andtheCommunity asoriginally constituted does nottake
place until 1January 1974 ;whereas theduty tobeapplied bythenewMember
States until that date under thetariff quota concerned would therefore be
equal tothebasic duty ,which also applies apart from thequota ;whereas ^in1he
circumstances ,theparticipation ofthenewMember States intheallocation
oftheCommunity tariff quota concerned isunlikely whereas provision must
nevertheless bemade forthepossibility that oneofthese Member States may
decide ,pursuant toArticle 59(4 )oftheActofAccession ,toaccelerate
alignment ontheCommon Customs Tariff during theperiod towhich thequota
applies ;whereas such adevelopment maybetaken into account byproviding
forthose Member States tobeable ,ifthey require it,todraw ashare
from thereserves ;
Whereas itisinparticular necessary toensure toallimporters equal
anduninterrupted access totheabove-mentioned quota anduninterrupted
application oftherate laid down forthat quota toallexports

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oftheproducts concerned ,into allMember States until thequota has "been
used up;whereas ,having regard totheprinciples mentioned above ,the
Community nature ofthequota canberespected byallocating theCommunity
tariff quota among theMember States referred toabove ;whereas ,inorder
toreflect most accurately theactual development ofthemarket inthe
products concerned ,such allocation should beinproportion totheneeds of
theMember States ,assessed byreference both tothestatistics relating to
imports from Turkey over arepresentative period ,andtotheeconomic outlook
forthequota period concerned ;
Whereas during thelast three years forwhich complete statistics areavailable
therespective imports oftheMember States oftheCommunity asoriginally
constituted amount tothefollowing percentages ofimports into theCommunity
oftheproducts inquestion originating inTurkey :
1970 im 1972
Germany 73.03 74.47 78.08
Bénélux 9-39 14.04 11.08
France 13.24 11.03 10.42
Italy 4.34 0.46 0.42
Whereas ,taking into account these figures andtheforeseeable development ofthe
market oftheproduct concerned during theperiod towhich thequota applies ,
theinitial shares maybefixed approximately atthefollowing percentages :
Germany 78.0
Bénélux 12.0
France 9*7
Italy 0.3
Whereas ,inorder totake into account theimport trends fortheproducts
concerned intheMember States ,thequota volume should bedivided into two
instalments ,thefirst instalment being allocated tothese Member States ,and

thesecond forming areserve intended ultimately tocover the
requirements ofthese Member States incase their initial shares are
used up,aswell asthepossible requirements oftheother Member States ;
whereas ,inorder toensure acertain degree ofsecruity toimporters ,
thefirst instalment oftheCommunity quota should bedetermined ata
relatively high level ,which ,under present circumstances ,maybe80$of
thequota volume ;
Whereas theinitial shares would beused upsooner orlater ;inorder to
take this fact into account and toavoid anybreak incontinuity itis
important that ifanyMember State hasused upalmost thewhole ofits
initial share itshould draw anadditional share ^from thereserve ;whereas
this must bedone asandwhen each ofitsadditional shares inthequota
isalmost entirely used up,andrepeated asoften asthereserve allows ;
whereas theinitial andadditional shares must^be available foruseuntil
theendofthequota period ;whereas this method ofadministration calls
forclose cooperation between these Member States andtheCommission ,which
must ,inparticular ,beable toobserve theextent towhich thequota
volume isused andinform theMember States thereof ;
Whereas if,ataspecified date inthequota period ,aconsiderable balance
remains inanyMember State ,itisessential that that Member State should
return acertain proportion thereof tothereserve ,inorder toavoid part
oftheCommunity quota remaining unused inoneMember State when itcould
beused inothers ;whereas ,taking into account theseasonal nature of
imports ,itseems adequate tolaydown thetransfer limit of40$ofthe
initial share ;
Whereas ,since theKingdom ofBelgium ,theKingdom oftheNetherlands and
theGrand Duchy ofLuxembourg areunited inoneandrepresented bythe
Benelux Economic Union ,alltransactions concerning theadministration of
theshares granted totheabovementioned Economic Union maybecarried out
byoneofitsMembers :

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
1.During theperiod from 1November to31December 1973 .asupplementary
Community tariff quota of500metric tons shall beopened intheCommunity
forfresh ordried nuts ,shelled ornot ,falling within subheading
ex08.05 G,originating inTurkey .
2.Within this Community tariff quota ,theCommon Customs Tariff duty
isreduced to2.5$ .
1.TheCommunity tariff quota ,referred toinArticle l(l)shall be
divided into two instalments .
2.Thefirst instalment ,amounting to400metric tons ,shall beshared
amongst theMember States ;theshares which ,subject toArticle 5»shall
bevalid until 31December 1973 ,shall beasfollows ;
3.Thesecond instalment ,amounting to100metric tons ,shall constitute
the reserve .Article 2
Germany
Bénélux
France
Italy312 metric tons
48metric tons
39metric tons
1metric ton
4-IfanyofthenewMember States should accelerate alignment ofthe
Common Customs Tariff asregards theproducts conerned ,each ofthose

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countries shall ,where necessary draw asufficient share from thereserve
totheextent that thereserve issufficient .Insuch acase ,theduty
applicable within that share shall "becalculated inaccordance the relevaunt
provisions oftheActofAccession andoftheaforementioned Regulation and
Interim Agreement .
Article 3
1.If90%ormore ofanyMember State 'sinitial share ,aslaid down in
Article 2(2),or90i°ofthat share less theamount returned into thereserve ,
where theprovisions ofArticle 5have been applied ,hasbeen exhausted ,that
Member State shall without delay ,bynotifying theCommission ,draw asecond
share inthequota equal to15$ofitsinitial share ,rounded uptothenext
unit where appropriate ,totheextent that theamount inthereserve allows .
2.Ifafter itsinitial share hasbeen exhausted ,$0%ormore ofthesecond
share drawn bythat Member State hasbeen used ,that Member State without
delay ,inthemanner provided byparagraph 1draw athird share equal tol.jfo
ofits initial share .
3«If,after itssecond share hasbeen exhausted ,$0%ormore ofthethird
share drawn bythat Member State ,itshall inthemanner provided by
paragraph 1,draw afourth share equal tothethird .
This process shall beapplied until thereserve isexhausted .
4.Notwithstanding theprovisions ofparagraphs 1,2and3,each Member
State maydraw smaller shares than those fixed inthose paragraphs ifthere is
reason tobelieve that those shares might notbeused up.Itshall inform
theCommission ofthereasons forapplying this paragraph .

Article4
Additionalsharesdrawnpursuant "toArticle3shall "bevaliduntil
31December1973.
Article5
If,by1December1973,aMemberStatehasnotusedupitsinitialshare,
itshall,notlaterthan10Deoember1973,returntothereservetheunused
portionofthisshareinexdessof40$oftheinitialamount.Itmayreturn
alargerquantityiftherearereasonstoconsiderthatsuchquantitymaynot
beused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10December1973,notifytheCommission
ofthetotalimportsoftheproductsconcernedeffectedundertheCommunityquotaupto
1December1973inclusive,and,whereappropriate,theproportionoftheir
initialsharesthattheyarereturningtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountofthesharesopenedbyMemberStatesin
accordancewithArticles2and3,andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasitreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan15December1973,notifytheMemberStates
ofthestateofthereserveafterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5«
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhichusesupthereserveislimited
tothebalanceavailableand,forthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.

Article7
TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresneoessarytoensurethat,when
additionalsharesaredrawnpursuanttoArticle2(4)orArticle3,itispossible
forchargestobemadewithoutinterruption againsttheiraccumulatedshares
oftheCommunitytariffquota.
TheMemberStatesshallensureforimportersoftheproductsconcerned
establishedintheirterritoryfreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftheproductsconcernedagainst
theirsharesasandwhensuchproductsarepresentedforCustomsclearance
undercoverofdeclarations forconsumption .
TheextenttowhichMemberStates*shareshavebeenusedupshallbereoorded
onthebasisofimportschargedasprovidedbyparagraph3.
Article8
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommissionatregularintervalsofimports
oftheproductsconcernedactuallyohargedagainsttheshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperatecloselyinordertoensure
thattheforegoingprovisionsareobserved*
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1November1973*
ThisRegulation ,shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectly
applicableinallMemberStates*
DoneatBrussels, 1973. FortheCouncil
ThePresident,