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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)341final.
Brussels.20July1978
Proposalfora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofa
Communitytariffquotaforfreshorchilledtomatoesfalling
withinsubheadingex07.01MoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacific-States and
intheoverseascountriesandterritories(1978/79)
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
COM(78)341final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
On28February1978,the.CounciIdefinedinRegulation (EEC)N°430/78
(OJN°L59of.1.3.1978,p.48)thetarifftreatmentapplicableto
freshorchiliedtomatoesfallingwithinsubheading exG7.01Mof
theCCT,originating intheACPStatesantftheOCT.
Article1ofthatRegulationprovidesfortheopeningofaCommunity
tariffquotaof1.000tonnesoftheproductinquestionatdutiesequal
to40%oftheCCTduties,withaminimumchargeof2u.a/100kg,for
theperiodfrom15November1978to15"April1979.
Itisthereforenecessarytoopenthetariffquotainquestion,by
meansoftheproposalinannex. •
TheRegulationprovides "forthequotavolumetobedevidedintotwo,
instalments,thefirstbeingallocated amongtheMemberStatesand
thesecondheldasaCommunityreserve.
IntheabsenceofCommunitystatistics covering asufficiently represen
tativeperiod,the-initialshareshavebeenfixedonthebasisofeach
MemberState1?capacitytoabsorbtheproductin.question,andthe
forecastssuppliedbyanumberofthem. *
•TheCommissionproposesthe"greyhoundsystem"asformofadministra­
tion.

ProposaIfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
*
opening,allocating andprovidingforthe-administration ,
ofaCommunitytariffquotaforfreshorchilledtomatoes
fallingwithinsubheading ex07.01M"oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacific-
Statesandintheoverseascountries andterritories
(1978/79)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,and
inpart+cularArticlesA3and113thereof/
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,.
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParliament,
(1)WhereasArticle 1ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)N°430/78providesforthe
openingbytheCommunityofaCommunitytariffquotaof1.000tonnesoffresh
orchiLledtomatoesfallingWithinsubheading ex07.01MIoftheCommbnCustoms
Tariff,originating intheAfrican,Caribbean andPacificStatesorintheoverseas
countries andterritories ;whereasthequotaperiodrunsfrom15November1978to
15April1979;whereasthecustomsdutyapplicabletathequotaissetat4,4%,
withaminimumchargeoftwounitsofaccountper100kilogramsnetweight;
whereasitisthereforenecessarytoopentheCommunitytariffquotainquestion;
WhereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoallimportersoftheMember
Statesequalanduninterrupted accesstothequotaanduninterrupted application
oftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoallimportsOftheproduct'inquestion
intoallMemberStatesuntiI.thequotahasbeenusedup;whereashavingregard
totheaboveprinciplestheCommunitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingthetariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;whereas,toreflectmost
accuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,
suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontotherequirementsoftheMemberStates,
(1)0JN°L59of1.3.1978,p.48.

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assessedbyreferencebothtothestatisticsrelatingtoimportsfromthe
countriesinquestionoverarepresentative referenceperiodandtotheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodconcerned;
Whereasinthis-case,however,neitherCommunitynornationalstatisticsfor
thegoodsinquestionareavailableandnoreliableestimatesoffutureimports
canbemade;whereas,inthesecircumstances,thequotavolumeshouldbe
allocatedininitialshares,takingintoaccountdemandforthesegoodson
themarketsofthevariousMemberStates;
\

Whereas,totakeintoaccountimporttrendsforthe
productsconcernedinthevariousMemberStates,
eachofthequotaamountsshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStatesandtheSecondheldas.areserve
intendedtocoveratalaterdatetherequirementsof
MemberStateswhohaveuseduptheirinitialshare;
whereas,inordertoguaranteesomedegreeofsecurity
toimportersineachMemberState,thefirst-instal­
mentoftheCommunityquotasshouldbefixedata
levelwhichcould,inthepresentcircumstances ,be
60£ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmay
notbeusedupatthesamerate;whereas,inorderto
•takethisintoaccountandtoavoiddisruption,any
MemberStatewhichhasusedupalmosttheshole.
itsinitialshareshoulddrawasupplementary share
fromtherelevantreserve;whereasthisshouldbe
donebyeachMemberStateeachtime'oneofits
^supplementary sharesisalmostusedup,andsoonas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial,
andsupplementary sharesshouldbevaliduntilthe
endofthequotaperiod;whereasthisformofadminis­
trationrequiresclosecollaboration betweenthe
•MemberStatesandtheCommission ,andtheCommis­
sionmustbeinapositiontofollowtheextentto
which,thequotavolumehasbeenusedupand
informtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereas,ifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
MemberStatehasaconsiderablequantityofMs
initialshare:leftover,itisessentialthatitshould
returnasignificantproportionthereoftothe""levant
reserve,topreventapart"of.the
CommunityquotaremainingunusedinoneMember
Statewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof'
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresented -bythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofsharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofits
members, -
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :

Article1
1.From15November1978to15April1S79,aCommunity
tariffquotaof1.000tonnesshallbeopenedinthe
Cosaunityforfreshorchilledtomatoesfalling
withinsubheadingex07.01MIoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatingintheAfrican,Caribbeanand
PacificStatesorintheoverseascountriesand
territories.
2.WithinthistariffquotatheConoonCustoos
Tariffdutyapplicabletotheproductsshallbe
suspendedat4,$withalimnmchargeoftwo
unitsofaccountper100kilogransnetveight.
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentof"00tonnesoftheCom­
munitytariffquotareferredto.inArticle1shallbeal­
locatedamongtheMemberStates;theshareswhich,
subjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil15April
1S7S,shallbeasfollows:
Bénélux 50tonnes,
Denmark 30tonnes,
Germany 50tonnes,
France 380tonnes,
Ireland 30"tonnes,
Italy 30'tonnes,
UnitedKingdom 30tonnes.
2.Asecondinstalmentof400tonnesshallconsti­
tutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofanyMemberState'sinitial
shareaslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,
whereArticle5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenexhausted,
thatMemberStateshallwithoutdelay,bynotifying
theCommission,drawasecondshareinthequota
equalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothe
nextunit,whereappropriate,totheextentthatthe
amountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMem­
berStatehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninpara­
graph1,drawathirdshare,equalto7-5%ofits
initialshare.,

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3.Ifafteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall,inac­
cordancewiththesameconditions,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntil-thereserveisex­
hausted.
4.Notwithstanding theprovisionso'fparagraphs1
to3,MemberStatesmaydrawsmallersharesthan
thosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreasonto
belitvethatthesesharesmightnotbeusedup.They
shallinformtheCommissionoftheirreasonsforap­
plyingthisparagraph.
' Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil1$April1S79.■
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Article5
TheMemberStatesshallnotlaterthan1March
1979,returntothereservetheunusedportionsof
theirinitialshareswhich,on15February1979isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthat.suchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1March
1S79notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
the"productsconcernedeffectedundertheCom­
munityquotaupto15February1S79inclusive,and
whereappropriate,theproportionoftheirinitial
sharesthattheyarcreturningtothereserve. -_
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares i
openedbytheMemberStatesinaccordancewith
Articles2and3,andshallinformeachofthemofthe
extenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonas
itreceivesthenotifications ^
TheCommissonshall,notlaterthan5March-1979,^
notifytheMemberStatesofthestateofthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.,
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
availableand,forthispurpose,shallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichrryikes
thefinaldrawing.

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Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnec-' .
essarytoensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
changesmaybemadewithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulative sharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
thesaidproductsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
goodsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforhome
use.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshnreshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3."
Article8 .
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission ,Mem­
berStatesshallinformitofimportsactuallycharged
againsttheirshares.
Article94'
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission -shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegula-.
tionisobserved. «-
Article'Û
i
Therulesoforiginapplicabletotheproducts
importedunderthisRegulationshallbe,respectively,•
thoseofProtocol 1annexedtotheACP-EECConven­
tionofLomeconcerningthedefinitionoftheconcept
of'originatingproducts'andthemethodsofadminis­
trativecooperation ,andthoseofAnnexIItoCouncil
Decision76/568/EECof29June1976ontheassocia­
tionoftheoverseascountriesandterritorieswiththe.
EuropeanEconomicCommunity(*),
Article11.
i
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCowiunities.'.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallBeober
States.
Dor,eatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
•1
ThePresident