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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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COM(79)472 final
Brussels,10September1979
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC?
opening/allocating andprovidingfortheadministration
ofaCommunitytariffquotaforapricotpulpfalling
withinsubheading ex20.06BII(c)(1)<aa)ofthe
CommonCustomsTarrif,originating inIsrael(1980)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(79)472final

V.,»LAMT.WME^OPANDUM
..Th«AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheSt*te
ofIsraelprovidesinArticle10ofProtocolN°1annexedthereto
fortheopeningofanannualCommunitytariffquotafortheimpor­
tationintotheCommunityof150metrictonsofapricotpulp,origi­
natinginIsrael,fallingwithinsubheadingex20.068IIc)1aa)
oftheCommonCustomsTariff.
Thecustomsdutiesapplicablewithinthelimitsofthisquotaare
*equalto70%ofthedutiesactuallyappliedtonon^rnembercountries.
Accordinglythetariffquotainquestionhastobeopenedfor1980.
2.TheproposalforaRegulationopeningthistariffquotaprovides,
?sis.customary,forthedivisionofthequotavolumeintotwo•
instalments,thefirstbeingallocatedamongtheMemberStatesas
quofAchares,thesecondbeingheldasareserve.
Itdoesnotseempossible,inthiscase,tobasetheallocationof
th«»firsttrancheoritherulesgenerallyapplied,thatis,torelate
th®totalimportsbyeachMemberStateduringthepastthreeyearsto
tb'CommunityimportsoverthesameperiodandtoapplyforeachMember
Si-iletheresultingpercentagestothevolumeofthefirsttranche.
AsoverthecourseofthelasttenyearstheMemberStateshave
importedthegoodsonlyoccasionallyifatall,anallocationscale
basedonestimatesputforwardbysomeMemberStatesandontheneed
toallocatethequotavolumefairlyamongtheMemberStatesappears
suitable. '
3'.ItisproposedthattheproposalforaCouncilRegulationopening
theCommunitytariffquotadescribedinparagraph 1abovebeapproved.
I I
_ANN£Xs1proposalforaRegulation(EEC)oftheCouncil®

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
apricotpulp,fallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustoms
TariffandoriginatinginIsrael(1980)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,.
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheStateofIsrael(*),signed
on11May1975,provides,inProtocol1annexed
thereto,fortheopeningbytheCommunityofanannual
Communitytariffquotaof150tonnesofapricotpulp,
fallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginIsrael;
whereasthecustomsdutiesapplicabletothequotaare
equalto70%ofthecustomsdudesactuallyappliedto
non-membercountries;whereastheCommunitytariff
quotainquestionshouldthereforebeopenedfor1980/
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having
regardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunitynature
ofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectasaccuratelyaspossiblethe
truetrendofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,
suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirementsoftheMemberStates,calculatedby
referencetothestatisticsforimportsfromIsraelovera
representativereferenceperiodandalsototheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
(')OJNoL136,28.5.1975,p.3.Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatistics
areavailable,thecorresponding importsbyeachofthe
MemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercentagesof
totalimportsoftheproductinquestion,originatingin
Israel:
MemberStates I 197?* 197*0
Bénélux 1.45.612.9
Denmark
Germany 57.13.5β77.3
France 41.5
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom 90.99.8
Whereasthesedatacannotbeconsidered as
representativetoserveasabasisforallocationofthe
quotavolumeamongtheMemberStates;whereasitis
difficulttoestimateimportsbyMemberStatesfor1979
becauseoftheabsenceofanypatterninpreviousyears;
whereastoallocatethequotavolumeonafairbasis,the
initialquotasharesmaybefixedapproximately as
follows:
Bénélux 12%
Denmark 5%
Germany 25%
France 7%
Ireland 6%
Italy 6%
UnitedKingdom 40%
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstitutingareservetocoverata
laterdatetherequirementsoftheMemberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,in
ordertogiveimportersineachMemberStateacertain
degreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotashouldunderthecircumstancesbe
fixedat80%ofthequotavolume;

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WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeused
upatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfact
intoaccountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquota
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateasand
wheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmostusedup,
andrepeatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;
whereastheinitialandadditionalsharemustbevalid
untiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethod
ofadministration requiresclosecooperationbetween
theMemberStatesandtheCommission ,andthelatter
mustbeinapositiontomonitortheextenttowhichthe
quotavolumehasbeenusedupandtoinformthe
MemberStatesthereof;subjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil31December
1960shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)
Bénélux 14
Denmark (,
Germany 30
France 8
Ireland $
Italy 6
UnitedKingdom 50
2.Thesecondinstalmentamountingto30tonnesshall
constitutethereserve.
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshould
returnasignificantproportiontothereservetoprevent
apartofanytariffquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
WTiereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryuntil31December1980a
Communitytariffquotaof150tonnesshallbeopened
intheCommunityforapricotpulp,fallingwithin
subheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginatinginIsrael.
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyapplicabletotheseproductsshall
besuspendedatarateof11-9%
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentof120tonnesoftheCommunity
tariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates;therespectiveshares,whichArticle3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(1),or90%ofthatshareminus
theportionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextent
permittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission,
drawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteroneofitsinitialshareshasbeenusedup,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,then,totheextentpermittedby
theamountofthereserve,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninparagraph
1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.,
3.If,afteroneofitssecondshareshasbeenusedup,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninparagraph
1,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethatthey
mightnotbeusedup.ItshallinformtheCommissionof
itsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawainpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1980

Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1980suchunusedportionsoftheir
initialshareas,on15September1980isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthis
quantitymaynotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,not
laterthan1October1980ofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionimportedupto15September1980
andchargedagainstthetariffquotaandofanyquantity
oftheinitalsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeachState
oftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
October1980°ftheamountinthereserveafter
quantitieshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupthe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to
thisend,notifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesofthetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofthe
productsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
productsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforhome
use.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article7 Article10
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary This.Regulationshallenterintoforceon1January
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto1980.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
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DoneatBrussels,_ *
FortheCouncil
, ThePresident