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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)474 final
Brussels.14September 1981
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Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofa
Communitytariffquotaforapricotpulp,fallingwithinsubheading
•x20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginating
inIsrael r"
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.TheAgreement betweentheEuropean Economic Community andtheStateof
Israelcompleted bytheProtocol totheAgreement betweentheEECand
Israel/provides inArticle 10ofProtocol No1annexedtheretofor
theopeningofanannualCommunitytariffquotafortheimportation
intotheCommunity of150metrictonsofapricotpulp,originating
inIsrael,fallingwithinsubheading ex20.06BIIc)1aa)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff.
Thecustomsdutiesapplicable withinthelimitsofthisquotaare
equalto70%ofthedutiesactually appliedtonon-member countries ..
Accordingly thetariffquotainquestion hastobeopenedfor1982.
2.Theproposal foraRegulation openingthistariffquotaprovides/as
iscustomary /forthedivision ofthequotavolumeintotwoinstalments /
thefirstbeingallocated amongtheMemberStatesasquota.shares/the
secondbeingheldasareserve.
Itdoesnotseempossible/inthiscase,tobasetheallocation of
thefirsttranche ontherulesgenerally applied/thatis/torelate
thetotalimportsbyeachMemberStateduringthepastthreeyears
totheCommunity importsoverthesameperiodandtoapplyforeach
MemberStatetheresulting percentages tothevolumeofthefirst
tranche.AsoverthecourseofthelasttenyearstheMemberStates
haveimported thegoodsonly,occasionally ifatall/anallocation
scalebasedonestimates putforwardbysomeMemberStatesandonthe
needtoallocate thequotavolumefairlyamongtheMemberStatesappears
suitable . -
3.Itisproposedthattheproposal foraCouncilRegulation openingthe
Community tariffquotadescribed inparagraph 1abovebeapproved.
ANNEX:1proposal foraRegulation (EEC).oftheCouncil.

Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity tariffquotafor
apricotpulpfallingwithinsubheading ex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustoms
Tariffandoriginating inIsrael(1982)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN arepresentative referenceperiodandalsotothe
COMMUNITIES economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing the
European Economic Community ,andinparticular
Article!13thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,Whereas ,duringthe'lastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsby
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentages oftotalimportsoftheproductin
question,originating inIsrael:
Whereas theAgreement betweentheEuropean
Economic Community andtheStateofIsrael('),
assupplemented bytheProtocol ^theretohereinafter referred toasthe"Protocol 1
provides inArticle 10ofProtocol 1an-'
nexedtothesaid ---
Agreement,for tjjeopeningbythe
Community ofanannualCommunity tariffquotaof
150tonnesofapricotpulpfallingwithinsubheading
ex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariff
andoriginating inIsrael;whereasthecustomsduties
applicable tothequotaareequalto70%ofthe
customsdutiesactuallyappliedtonon-member
countries ;whereastheCommunity tariffquotain
questionshouldthereforebeopenedfor198£;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Community importersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
application oftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcerned intoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheaboveprinciples ,theCommunity
natureofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
Community tariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectasaccurately aspossible
thetruetrendofthemarketintheproducts in
question,suchallocation shouldbeinproportion to
therequirements oftheMemberStates,calculated by
referencetothestatisticsforimportsfromIsraelover
(')OJNoL136,28.5.1975,p.3.
(2)0JNo.....MemberSutes 1978 19791980
Benelux ¿ 13
Denmark ■– – -
GermanyGreece ,
France .1 -77 / –
Ireland – 10
Italy – – -
UnitedKingdom 10 90100(=4t )
Whereasthesedatacannotbeconsidered asrepre­
sentativetoserveasabasisforallocationofthequota
volumeamongtheMemberStates;whereasitis
difficulttoestimateimportsbyMemberStatesfor
1982becauseoftheabsenceofanypatternin
previousyears;whereastoallocatethequotavolume
onafairbasis,theapproximate percentage ^ofinitial
quotasharesmaybefixedasfollows:
Benelux 12
Denmark 5
Germany . 25Greece IFrance 7
Ireland 6
Italy 6
UnitedKingdom 36
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcerned inthevariousMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo

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instalments ,thefirstbeingiharedAmongtheMember
Stnteiandthelecondconstituting areservetocover
at'alaterdatetherequirements oftheMemberStates'
whichhaveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;
whereas,inordertogiveimporters ineachMember
Stateacertaindegreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalment
oftheCommunity quotashouldunderthecircum­
stancesbefixedat50%ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybe
usedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotake
thisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity ,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostused
upitsinitialquotashareshoulddrawanadditional
sharefromthereserve;whereasthismusthedoneby
eachMemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
sharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereas theinitialand
additional sharemustbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthismethodofadministration
requiresclosecooperation betweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission ,andthelattermustbein
apositiontomonitortheextenttowhichthequota
volumehasbeenusedupandtoinformtheMember
Statesthereof; *Article2
1.Afirstinstalment of75tonnesofthe
Community tariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shall
beallocatedamongtheMemberStates;therespective
shares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil
31December 1982shallbeasfollows :
Bénélux
Denmark
GermanyteeCe
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom(tonnes)
9
3
19
3
5
4
4.
28
2.Asecondinstalment of75tonnes shallconstitute
thereserve.
Article3
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod *a
substantial quantityremainsunusedinanyMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshould
returnasignificant proportion tothereserveto
preventapartofanytariffquotafromremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedin
others; '
Whereas,sincetheKingdom ofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourg areunitedwithinandjointly
represented bytheBeneluxEconomic Union,any
operationrelatingtotheadministration ofthequota
sharesallocatedtothateconomic unionmaybe
carriedoutbyanyofitsmembers, V
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From 1Januaryto31December 1982a
Community tariffquotaof150tonnesshallbe
openedintheCommunity forapricotpulp
fallingwithinsubheading ex20.06BIIc)1aa)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffanjJoriginating inIsrael.
2.WithinthelimitsofthistariffquotatHe
Common CustomsTariffdutyapplicable tothese
productsshallbesuspendedatarateof11-9u/o.
Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,
Greeceshallapplyduties calculated in
accordance withtherelevant provisions
TfY^979ActofAccession andinthe
Protocol .1.If90%ormoreofaMember State'sinitial
shareasspecifiedinArticle2(1),or90%ofthat
shareminustheportionreturnedtothereservewhere
Article5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,to
theextentpermittedbythe.amountofthereserve,
thatMemberStateshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commission ,drawasecondshareequalto15%of
itsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextunit.
V .
2.If,afteroneofitsinitialshareshasbeenused
up,90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenusedup,then,totheextent
permittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshall,inaccordance withtheconditions laid
downinparagraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto
7•5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhere
necessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteroneofitssecondshareshasbeenused
up,90%ormoreofthethirdshared^awnbya
MemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shall,inaccordance withtheconditions laiddownin
paragraph 1,drawafourthshareeqCialtothethird.
This,processshallcontinueuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogation fromparagraphs 1,2and
3,aMemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthan
.thosefixedinthoseparagraphs ifthereisreasonto
believethattheymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinform
theCommission ofitsreasonsforapplyingthis
paragraph . '.

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Article4
Eachoftheadditional sharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil3!December 1982*
Article5
ù>
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1982suchunusedportionof
theirinitialshareas,on15September 1982,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturn
alargerquantityiftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthisquantitymaynotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,not
laterthan1October1982,ofthetotalquantitiesof
theproductsinquestionimportedupto15September
1982andchargedagainstthetariffquotaandofany
quantityoftheinitalsharesreturnedtothereserve .
Article6
TheCommission shallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeach
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenused
up.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
October 1982ortheamountinthereserveafter
quantities havebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5. (
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupthe~
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to
thisend,notifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing .Article7
1.TheMember Statesshalliai»eallmeasures
necessary toensurethatadditional sharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithovtinterruption against
theiraccumulated sharesofthetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproducts inquestionestablished intheir
territoryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedto
them.
3.TheMemberSlatesshallchargetheimportsof
theproductsconcerned againsttheirsharesasand
whentheproductsareenteredwithcustomsauth-
orisesforfreecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMember Statehasused
upitsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordance withparagraph 3.
Article8
AttheCommission 'srequesttheMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
1
Article9
TheMember StatesandtheCommission shall
cooperate closelytoensurethatthisRegulation is
<£>mpiiedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon1January
1982.
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
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DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident