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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)171 final
Brussels.6thApril1979
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION
OPENING,ALLOCATING ANDPROVIDING FORTHE
ADMINISTRATION OFACOMMUNITY TARIFFQUOTAFOR
AUBERGINES FALLINGWITHINSUBHEADING EX07.01T
OFTHECOMMONCUSTOMSTARIFF.ORIGINATING INCYPRUS(1979)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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...EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
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Article 2oftheProtocol laying down certain provisions relating
totrade inagricultural products between theEuropean Economic
Community andCyprus ,tobeannexed totheAgreement EEC/Cyprus
. • • •
of1973 provides for1979 fortheopening of'anCommunity tariff
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quota fortheimportation into theCommunity of-."0 ^tonnes ofaube
gines .originating InCyprus ,'falling within subheading ex07.01
T .!ofthe Common Customs Tariff . ....
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The customs duties applicable within the limits ofthis quota ,
are equal' to40%oftheduties actually applied tothird countries .
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Accordingly thetariff quota inquestioh hastobeopened .
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Asthemethod ofadministration tobeapplied byallMember States ,
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theCommission proposes the"greyhund "system . ,f
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This isthesubject oftheproposal annexed hereto .
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■ANNEX :1proposal foraRegulation (EEiC ).oftheCouncil .

PROPOSAL FOR
COUNCILREGULATION
I
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
auberginesfallingwithinsubheadingex07.01.ToftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginCypnis(1979)
fHF.COUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyc>fits
members,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle 113
thereof,HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasArticle2oftheProtocollay­
ingdowncertainprovisionsrelatingtoi
tradeinagricultural productsbetween
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
RepublicofCyprus(1)providesforthe >
openinginrespectoftheperiod1October ;
to30November1979ofaCommunitytariff
quotaof250tonnesofauberginesfal­
lingwithinsubheadingex07.01Tof
theCommonCustomstariff,originating
inCyprus,atarateofcustomsduty
equalto40%ofthecustomsdutyinthe
CommonCustomsTariff;whereastheCom­
munitytariffquotashouldbeopened
forthisperiod.
Whereasitisnecessaryinparticulartoensuretoall.
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access-
totheabovemenfiooed quota,anduninterruptedappli­
cationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoallim­
portsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMemberStates
untilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,however,
sincethetariffquotainvolvedisofarelativelylow
volumeandtheperiodofapplicationisveryshort,it
seemspossibletoallocatethewholequotavolumeto
theCommunityreserveandtoprovideforthepossibil­
ityofthoseMemberStatesinwhichneedsmightarise
drawingappropriatequantitiesfromthatreserve;
whereasthesharesthusdrawnfromthereservemustbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthis
methodofmanagement requiresclosecooperation
betweentheMemberStatesandtheCommission and
thelattermustinparticularbeabletomonitortherate
atwhichthequotaisusedupandinformtheMember
Statesthereof;ArticleÎ
1.From1Octoberto30Novembc'979t]lcCom­
monCustomTariffdutyforauberginesfallingwithin
subheadingex07.01ToftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginCyprus,shallbepartiallysus­
pendedat6-4%withinthelimitsofaCommunitytariff
quotaof250tonnes.
2.Thevolumeofthetariffquotareferredtoinpara­
graph1shallconstituteareserve.
3.Iftheneedshouldarisefortheproductsinquestion
inaMemberState,thelattershalldrawanappropriate
sharefromthereserve,providingthatthesizeofthe
reservesopermits.
4.Thesharesdrawnpursuanttoparagraph3shallbe
validuntil30November1979.
Article2
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethatsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle1arc
•openedinsuch.1waythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated shares
oftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidgoodsestablishedinitsterritoryhavefreeaccessto
thesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoodsare
enteredwithcustomsauthorities forhome
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgarcunitedinand'representedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrela-.
tingtotheadministrationofthesharesallocatedtothatuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
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Article3
The
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStatesshall'
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir Article5
shares. ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatLuxembourg ,
FortheCouncil
ThePresidentArticle4
MemberStatesandtheCommission shallcollaborate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
complied with .
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1October1979.