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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)643 final
Brussels,15October1982
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforsweetpeppersfallingwithinsubheading No07.01SoftheCommon
CustomsTariff-originating inCyprus(1983)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Article2oftheProtocolconcerningthearrangements tobeapplied
during1981intheframeworkoftheDecisionadoptedbytheAssociation
Councilon24November1980establishing theprocessintothesecond
stageoftheAssociation AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheRepublicofCyprus,assupplemented bytheProtocolof
AdaptationtothatAgreementtotakeaccountoftheaccessionofthe
HellenicRepublic,providesfor1982forthe,openingofanannualCommunity
tariffquotafor250tonnessweetpeppers,fallingundersubheading
07.01SoftheCCT,originating inCyprus,atadutyrateof4.5%.
ThisProtocolalsolaysdownthatthecontracting partiesshallcenterinto
negotiations earlyin1981forthepurposeofestablishing thetrade
arrangements tobeappliedin1982and1983.
Pendingtheconclusionofthesenegotiations andtheentryin*oforceof
thetradearrangements tobeappliedin1983,itisimportanttoextendthe
validityofthearrangements laiddownintheabovementioned Protocol.
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Inconsequence,itisadvisabletoopentheCommunitytariffquota
describedabovefortheperiodfrom1Januaryto31December198'3.
2.ThisRegulationprovidesforthesplittingupoffthequotavolumeinto
twoparts,ofwhichthefirstwillbeallocatedamor^theMemberStates
asquotashareandthesecondwillbekeptasares^ve.
IntheabsenceofCommunitystatistics,foraperio<|sufficiently
representative ,theinitialquotashareshavebeencalculated onthe
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basisofthepossibledemandonthemarketsofthevariousMemberStates
andonthebasisofforecasts madebysomeofthem.J "'
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3.Asthemethodofadministration tobeappliedby^allMemberStates,
theCommissionproposesthe"greyhound"systiem.^
4.Thisisthesubjectoftheproposalannexedhereto.
NOTE U
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Thetariffquotainquestionisstilllikelytabemodifiedinthe
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lightoftheresultsofthe.negotiations ,iintiltheseresultsare
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available,theRegulation proposedwillbetheinstrument w^'chwillmake
itpossibletofulfilthecommitment enteredintobytheCommunity.
TheCommission thusreservestherighttoamenditsproposalwhileitis
stillgoingthroughchannelsinordertoadaptit,;^fnecessary,tothe
newarrangements .

PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
sweetpeppersfallingwithinsubheading07.01SoftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginCyprus(1983)
THKCOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasArticle2ortheProtocolconcerningthe
arrangements tobeappliedduring1981inthe
frameworkoftheDecisionadoptedbytheAssociation
Councilon24November1980establishingtheprocess
intothesecondstageoftheAssociationAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
RepublicofCyprus('),assupplemented bytheProtocol
totheAgreementestablishinganAssociationbetween
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublic
ofCyprusconsequentontheaccessionoftheHellenic
RepublictotheCommunity (J),hereinaftercalledthe
ProtocolofAdaptation,provides,for*1984,forthe
openingofanannualCommunitytariffquotaof
250tonnesofsweetpeppers,fallingwithinsubheading
07.01SoftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginating
inCyprus,atarateofcustomsdutyequalto50%of
thecustomsdutyintheCommonCustomsTariff;
whereasthisProtocolalsolaysdownthatthe
contractingpartiesshallenterintonegotiationsearlyin
1981forthepurposeofestablishingthetrade
arrangementstobeappliedin1982and1983;
Whereas,pendingtheestablishment ofsuch
arrangements ,itisadvisabletoextendprovisionallyfor
1983thetradearrangements applicablein1981;
whereastheabovementioned Communitytariffquota
shouldbeopenedfortheperiodfrom1Januaryto
31December1983^
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
(')OJNoL174,30.6.1981,p.28.
(J)OJNoL174,30.6.1981,p.2.Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having
regardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunitynature
ofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectasaccuratelyaspossiblethe
truetrendofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,
suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirementsoftheMemberStates,calculatedby
referencetothestatisticsforimportsfromCyprusover
arepresentative referenceperiodandalsotothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,however,neitherCommunitynornational
statisticsfortheproductsinquestionareavailableand
noreliableestimatesoffutureimportscanbemade;
whereas,inthesecircumstances ,thequotavolume
shouldbeallocatedininitialshares,totakeinto
accountdemandfortheseproductsonthemarketsof
thevariousMemberStates;
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstitutingareservetocoverata
laterdatetherequirementsoftheMemberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,in
ordertogiveimportsineachMemberStateacertain
degreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotashouldunderthecircumstances be
fixedat75%ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeused
upatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfact
intoaccountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquota
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateasand
wheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmostusedup,
andrepeatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;
whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesmustbevalid
untiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethod
ofadministration requiresclosecooperationbetween
theMemberStatesandtheCommission ,andthelatter
mustbeinapositiontomonitortheextenttowhichthe

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quotavolumeshavebeenusedupandtoinformthe
MemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshould
returnasignificantproportiontothereservetoprevent
apartofanytariffquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelating
totheadministration ofthequotasharesallocatedto
thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
ArticleI
From1Januaryto31December1983theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyforsweetpeppers,fallingwithin
subheading07.01SoftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginCyprus,shallbepartiallysuspendedat
4-5%withinthelimitsoftheCommunitytariffquota
of250tonnes.
Withinthelimitsofthetariffquota,Greeceshallapply
customsdutiescalculatedinaccordance withthe
relevantprovisionsinthe1979ActofAccessionandthe
ProtocolofAdaptation .
Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbedividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentamountingto185tonnesshallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;therespective
shares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil
31December1983shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)
Benelux 7
Denmark 7
Germany 15
Greece 1
France 1
Ireland 7
Italy 1
UnitedKingdom 1463.Thesecondinstalment,amountingto65tonnes,
shallconstitutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(2),or90%ofthatshareminus
theportionreturnedtothecorresponding reservewhere
Article5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,to
theextentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve,that
MemberStateshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commission ,drawasecondshareequalto15%ofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
unit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,then,totheextentpermittedby
theamountofthereserve,thatMemberState
shall,inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddownin
paragraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
unit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withtheconditionslaiddowninparagraph 1,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
theymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1983.
ArticleS
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1985,suchunusedportionoftheir
initialshareas,on15September1985,isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthis
quantitymaynotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,not
laterthan1October1983,ofthetotalquantitiesofthe

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productsinquestionimportedupto15September1983
andchargedagainstthetariffquotaandofanyquantity
oftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeach
MemberStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehas
beenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5October1983oftheamountinthereserveafter
quantitieshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhaustsany
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to
thisend,notifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
I.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesofthetariffquota.2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestion
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofthe
productsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1983.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,.....1982.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident