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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)49 final
Brussels,15February1982
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingforthe.administration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforcarrotsfallingwithinsubheading ex07.01GIIofthe
/•v ."'A
CommonCustomsTariff,originating in,Cyprus(1982)
■j
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
COM(82)49final

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No/81layingdownthe
arrangements applicabletotradewiththeRepublicofCyprus
beyond31December1981providesfortheperiod1.4.to15.5.1982
fortheopeningofaCommunitytariffquotafortheimportation
intotheCommunityof2300tonnesofcarrots,originating in
Cyprus,fallingwithinsubheading ex07.01GIIoftheCommon
CustomsTariff.
Thecustomsdutyapplicablewithinthelimitsofthisquota
isequalto40%ofthedutyactuallyappliedtothirdcountries.
Accordingly thetariffquotainquestionshouldbeopened.
Asforthemethodofadministration tobeappliedbyallMember
States,theCommissionproposesthe"greyhound"system.
Thisisthesubject-matter oftheproposalannexedhereto.
ANNEX:1proposalforaRegulation (EEC)oftheCouncil.

ANNEX
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
Î
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforcarrotsfallingwithinsubheadingex07.01GIIoftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginatinginCyprusC1982)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasArticle2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
../81 . layingdownthe
arrangementsapplicabletotradewithCyprusbeyond
31December198*](')provides,fortheperiod1April
to15May1982,fortheopeningofaCommunity
tariffquotaof2300tonnesofcarrots,fallingwithin
subheadingex07.01GIIoftheCommonCustoms
TariffandoriginatinginCyprus,atarateofcustoms
dutyequalto40%ofthecustomsdutyinthe
CommonCustomsTariff;whereastheCommunity
tariffquotashouldthereforebeopenedforthis
period;
Whereasitisnecessary,inparticular,toensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quota,anduninterruptedappli­
cationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
however,sincethetariffquotainvolvedisofarela­
tivelylowvolumeandtheperiodofapplicationisvery'
short,itseemspossibletoallocatethewholequota
volumetotheCommunityreserveandtoprovidefor
thepossibilityofthoseMemberStatesinwhichneeds
mightarisedrawingappropriatequantitiesfromthat
reserve;whereasthesharesthusdrawnfromthe
reservemustbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthismethodofmanagementrequires
closecooperatioiibetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commissionandthelattermust,inparticular,beable
tomonitortherateatwhichthequotaisusedupand
informtheMemberStatesthereof;Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlands ,andtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepre­
sentedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anyopera­
tionconcerningtheadministration ofthequotashares
allocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarriedout
byanyofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
ArticleV
1.FromIAprilto'15May1982,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyforcarrotsfallingwithin
subheadingex07.01GIIoftheCommonCustoms
TariffandoriginatinginCyprusshallbesuspendedat
6-8%withinthelimitsofaCommunitytariffquota
of2300tonnes.■, t
Withinthelimitsofrthistariffquota,Greeceshall
applythecustomscitiescalculatedinaccordance
withtherelevantprovisionsinthe1979Act
ofAccessionandtheProtocolof
Adaptation .
TheProtocolonthedefinitionoftheconceptof
'originatingproducts'andonmethodsofadministra­
tivecooperation (2),annexedtotheAdditional
ProtocoltotheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandCyprus,shallbeappli­
cable.
2.Thevolumeofthetariffquotareferredtoinpara­
graph1shallconstituteareserve.
3.Iftheneedshouldarisefortheproductsinques­
tioninaMemberState,thelattershalldrawanappro­
priatesharefromthereserve,providingthatthesize
ofthereservesopermits.
(')OJNoL (2)OJNoL339,28.12.1977,p.19.

-2- JPMt*
4,ThesharesdrawnpursuanttoparagraphSshall
bevaliduntil15May1982. i
Article2
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresneces­
sarytoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article1areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmay
bechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumu­
latedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductsinquestionestablishedintheirterri­
toryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoods
areenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfreecircu­
lation.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisoftheimportschargedinaccordancewiththeconditionsset
outinparagraph3.
Article3
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article4.
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallco­
operatecloselyinordertoensurecompliancewith
thisRegulation.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April
1982. .•
ThisRegulationshall,bebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States. .
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident