ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DELACOMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEEDES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM(77)243
Vol.1977/0087

Disclaimer
Conformément aurèglement(CEE,Euratom)n°354/83duConseildu1erfévrier1983
concernantl'ouvertureaupublicdesarchiveshistoriquesdelaCommunauté économique
européenne etdelaCommunauté européenne del'énergieatomique(JOL43du15.2.1983,
p.1),telquemodifiéparlerèglement(CE,Euratom)n°1700/2003du22septembre2003
(JOL243du27.9.2003,p.1),cedossierestouvertaupublic.Lecaséchéant,lesdocuments
classifiésprésentsdanscedossierontétédéclassifiés conformément àl'article5dudit
règlement.
Inaccordance withCouncilRegulation(EEC,Euratom)No354/83of1February1983
concerningtheopeningtothepublicofthehistoricalarchivesoftheEuropeanEconomic
Community andtheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity (OJL43,15.2.1983,p.1),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC,Euratom)No1700/2003of22September2003(OJL243,
27.9.2003,p.1),thisfileisopentothepublic.Wherenecessary,classifieddocuments inthis
filehavebeendeclassified inconformitywithArticle5oftheaforementioned regulation.
InÜbereinstimmung mitderVerordnung(EWG,Euratom)Nr.354/83desRatesvom1.
Februar1983überdieFreigabederhistorischen ArchivederEuropäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft undderEuropäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI.L43vom15.2.1983,
S.1),geändertdurchdieVerordnung (EG,Euratom)Nr.1700/2003vom22.September2003
(ABI.L243vom27.9.2003,S.1),istdieseDateiderÖffentlichkeit zugänglich.Soweit
erforderlich,wurdendieVerschlusssachen indieserDateiinÜbereinstimmung mitArtikel5
dergenanntenVerordnungfreigegeben.

COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)243 final
i Brussels .8June 1977
' , I
' '' . L .
I .
:' ι ' ■1 ''\ ' ' :· ' ' ...
;/
V
Proposal fora
:REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration of
aCommunity tariff quota forapricot pulp falling within
subheading ex20.06 BIIo)1)aa)oftheCommon Customs
Tariff ,originating inIsrael (year 1978 )v
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
/•
I
COK(77 )243final

Explanatory memorandum
1.TheAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community and theState of
Israel provides inArticle 10ofProtocol No1annexed thereto for the
opening ofanannual Community tariff quota fortheimportation into
theCommunity of150metric tons ofapricot pulp ,originating in
Israel ,falling within subheading ex20.06 BIIc)1aa)oftheCommon
Customs Tariff .
Thecustoms duties applicable within thelimits ofthis quota are
equal to70%oftheduties actually applied tonon-member countries .
Accordingly thetariff quota inquestion has tobeopened for 1978 .
2.Theproposal for aRegulation opening this tariff quota makes
provision ,asisusual ,for thedivision ofthequota volume into two
tranches ,thefirst ofwhich isallocated byshares totheMember
State ,while thesecond constitutes areserve .
Itdoes notseem possible ,inthis case ,tobase theallocation ofthe
first tranche ontherules generally applied ,that is,torelate the
total imports byeach Member State during thepast three years tothe
Community imports over thesame period and toapply foreach Member
State theresulting percentages tothevolume ofthefirst tranche .
Asover thecourse ofthe last tenyears theMember States have
imported thegoods only occasionally ifatall ,anallocation scale
based onestimates putforward bysome Member States andontheneed
toallocate thequota volume fairly among theMember States appears
suitable .
3.Theform ofadministration tobeapplied byall theMember States is
the"grey -hound -system".
4.TheMember States' experts whoparticipated intheconsultative
meeting ofthe "Economic Tariff problems "Group (13/14April 1977 )
expressed agreement inprinciple tothescheme forallocation of
shares proposed bytheCommission intheframework oftheregulation
annexed .
5.Itisproposed that theproposal foraCouncil Regulation opening the
Community tariff quota described inparagraph 1above beapproved .
ANNEX :
1proposal foraRegulation (EEC)oftheCouncil .

i
Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity tariffquota
forapricotpulpfallingwithinsubheading ex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originating inIsrael(1978)
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,representative referenceperiodandtotheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodconcerned ;
HavingregardtorheTreatyestablishing theEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles
43and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropean
Parliament ('),
WhereastheAgreement betweentheEuropean Econ-'
omicCommunity andrheStateofIsrael(*),signed
on11May1975provides,inArticle10ofProtocol 1
annexedthereto,fortheopeningbytheCommunity
ofanannualCommunity tariffquotaof150metric
tonsofapricotpulpfallingwithinsubheading ex
20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originating inIsrael;whereasthecustomsduties
applicable tothequotaareequalto70%ofthe
customsdutiesactuallyappliedtonon-member
countries ;whereastheCommunity tariffquotain
questionshouldthereforebeopenedfor1978;Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichsta­
tisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsof
eachMemberStaterepresentthefollowing percent­
agesasagainsttheimportsintorheCommunity from
Israeloftheproductsconcerned :
1974 1975 1976
Bénélux 100
(=2.5•)1*4
Denmark
Germany '57.1
France 41.5
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom
nmetrictons.
Whereasitisinparticular necessarytoensuretoall
importers ofrheMemberStatesequalanduninter­
ruptedaccesstothequotaanduninterrupted appli­
cationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoallim­
portsofrheproductinquestionintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas
havingregardtotheaboveprinciples theCommunity
natureofthequotacanberespected byallocating
thetariffquotaamongrheMemberStates;whereas,
toreflectmostaccurately theactualdevelopment of
themarkerintheproductsinquestion,suchallo­
cationshouldbeinproportion totherequirements of
rheMemberStates,assessedbyreferencebothtothe
statisticsrelatingtoimportsfromIsraeloveraWhereasthesedatacannotbeconsidered asrepresen­
tativetoserveasabasisforallocation ofthequota
volumeamongtheMemberStates;whereaskis
difficulttoestimateimportsbyMemberStatesfor
1978becauseoftheabsenceofanypatterninpre­
viousyears;whereastoallocatethequotavolumeon
afairbasis,rheinitialquotasharesmaybefixed
approximately atthefollowingpercentages :
(')OJNo
(')OJNoL136,28.5.1975,p.3.Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland t
Italy
UnitedKingdom7-5
42
41-6
8-3
4-2
4-2
300;

-2-
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsin
thevariousMemberStatesfortheproductscon­
cerned,thequotavolumeshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments ,thefirstinstalment beingallocated
amongtheMemberStatesandthesecondheldas
areserveintendedtocoveratalaterdatetherequire­
mentsofMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheir
initialshare;whereas,inordertoensureacertain
degreeofsecuritytoimporters ofeachMember
State,thefirstinstalment ofrheCommunity tariff
quotacouldbefixedat80%ofthequotavolumes;withinsubheading ex20.06BIIc)1aa)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originating inIsrael.
2.Withinrhelimitsofthistariffquota,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyapplicable totheseproducts
shallbesuspended atarateof11-9%.
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupsooneror
later;whereas,inordertotakethisfactintoaccount
andtoavoidanybreakincontinuity ,itisimportant
thatanyMemberStatewhichhasusedupalmostall
ofitsinitialshareshoulddrawasupplementary
sharefromthereserve;whereasthismustbedone
byeachMemberStateifeachofitssupplementary
sharesisalmostusedup,andasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereaseachinitialandsupplemen­
tarysharemustbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthisformofadministration requires
closecollaboration betweenMember Statesandthe
Commission ,andrheCommission mustbeinaposi­
tiontofollowtheextenttowhichthetariffquotas
have'beenusedupandinformtheMemberStates
thereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,acon­
siderablequantityoftheinitialshareremainsinany
MemberState,itisessentialthatthatStateshould
returnasignificant proportion tothereserveinorder
toavoidpartoftheCommunity quotaremaining un­
usedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould -beusedin
others;
Whereas ,sincefiheKingdom ofBelgium,theKing­
domoftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunitedinandrepresented bythe
BeneluxEconomic Union,anymeasureconcerning
theadministration ofthequotasharesallocatedto
thateconomic unionmaycarriedoutbyanyofits
members ,Article2
1.Afirstinstalment ,amounting to120metrictons
oftheCommunity tariffquotareferredtoinArticle1,
shallbeallocatedamongtheMemberStates;the
shares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil
31December 197&shallbeasfollows:
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom9metrictons,
5metrictons,
50metrictons,
10metrictons,
5metrictons,
5metrictons,
36metrictons.
2.Thesecondinstalment of30metrictonsshall
constitute thereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofanyMemberState'sinitial
shareaslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,
whereArticle5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenexhausted ,
thatMemberStateshall'withoutdelay,bynotifying
rheCommission ,drawasecondshareinthequota
equalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptodie
nextunit,whereappropriate ,totheextentthatthe
amountinthereserveallows.
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted ,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStareshall,in
accordance withrheconditions laiddowninpara­
graph1,drawathirdshareequalto75%ofits
initialshare.
.Article 1
1.From1Januaryuntil31December 197qaCom­
munitytariffquotaof150metrictonsshallbe
openedintheCommunity forapricotpulpfalling3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted ,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall,inaccord­
ancewiththesameconditions ,drawafourthshare
equaltorhethird.

-3-
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exh«u»te<J.
4Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraphs1
to3MemberStatesmaydrawsmallersharesthan
thosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreasonto
believerhatthesesharesmightnotbeusedup.They
shallinformtheCommissionoftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisparagraph.
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1978.
ArticleS
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1978returntothereservetheunusedportionof
theirinitialshareWhich,on15September1978,is
inexcessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbe­
lievingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
TheMemberStatesshall,not'laterthan1October
1978,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimports
oftheproductsconcernedeffectedundertheCom­
munityquotauptoandincluding15September1978,
andwhereappropriate,theproportionoftheir
initialsharesthattheyarereturningtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatesinaccordancewith
Articles2and3andshallinformeachofthemofthe
extenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonas
itreceivesthenotifications .
The-Commissionshall,notlaterdhan5October1978,
notifytheMemberStatesofthestateofthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.TheCommission shallensurethatanydrawing
whiehusesupthereserveitlimitedtothebalance
availableand,forthispurpose,shallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
thefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures
necessarytoensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
chargesmaybemadewithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulativesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidproductsestablishedinrheirterritoryhavefree
accesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhensuch
goodsareenteredforhomeuseundercoverofa
declarationthattheyhave.beenmadeavailablefor
consumption .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesihallbedetermined onthebasisofth;
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3./
Article8
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission ,Mem­
berStatesshallinformitofimportsactuallycharged
againsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallco­
operatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegu­
lationisobserved.
Article10
TheMemberStatesshallforwardtothe
Commission,withinthe45daysfollowing
thepublication ofthisRegulation in
theOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities,acopyoraphotocopyof
theprovisions theyhavemadeinorder
toapplythisRegulation.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1978. .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
1.Budget line concerned :Ch.12Art .120
2.Legal basis :Articles 43and113
3.Title ofthetariff measure :Proposal for aRegulation (EEC)ofthe
Council opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration of
aCommunity tariff quota forapricot pulp falling within subheading
ex20.06 BIIc)1aa)oftheCommon Customs Tariff ,originating in
Israel (year 1978 ).
4.Objectives :Execution ofcontractual obligation -Agreement EEC/Israel -
5.Method ofcalculation :
-NoofCCT :ex20.06 BIIc)1aa)
-Quota volume : '50tonnes
-Quota duty rate :11.9%
-Duty rate CCT :17%
6.Loss ofreceipts :'900UAto2400UAaccording totheuse .ofthe
quota (estimate ).