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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)461final
Brussels.22September1978
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration
ofaCommunitytariffquotaforsweetpeppersfalling
withinsubheading No07.01SoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originating inCyprus(1979)
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration
ofaCommunitytariffquotaforcertaindriedgrapesfall­
ingwithinsubheading No08.04BIoftheCommonCustoms
•Tariff,originatinginCyprus(1979)...
/si-n
[,:<!;, ;.
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
C0M(78)461final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article4ofthesupplementary ProtocolandArticle2ofthe
Protocollayingdowncertainprovisionsrelatingtotradein
agricultural productsbetweentheEECandCyprus,tobe
annexedtotheAgreement EEC/Cyprusof1973,providefor
theopeningofannualCommunitytariffquotasfortheproducts
listedbeloworiginating inCyprus:
a)Sweetpeppers,subheading 07.01SoftheCCT,250tonnes
ataduty,rateof5,5%,
b)Driedgrapes,inimmediatecontainersofanetcapacity
of15kgorless>subheading 08.04BIoftheCCT,
500tonnes,dutyfree.
Consequently ,theCommunitytariffquotasshownaboveshould
beopenedfortheperiodfrom1Januaryto31December1979.
TheseRegulationsprovideforthesplittingupofthequota,
volumesintotwoparts,ofwhichthefirstwillbeallocated
amongtheMemberStatesasquotashareandthesecondwillbe
keptasareserve.
IntheabsenceofCommunitystatistics,foraperiodsuffi­
cientlyrepresentative ,theinitialquotashareshavebeen
calculated onthebasisofthepossibledemandonthemarkets
ofthevariousMemberStatesandonthebasisofforecasts
madebysomeofthem.
Asthemethodofadministration tobeappliedby-allMember
States,theCommission proposethe"greyhound"system;
Thisisthesubjectoftheproposalsannexedhereto.

ANNEXA
PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
sweetpeppersfallingwithinsubheading07.01SoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginCyprus(1979) >
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
,·-I
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof, ■N .
' y
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Λ
WhereasArticle2oftheProtocollayingdowncertainprovisions
relatingtotradeinagricultural productsbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandCyprus(1)providefortheopeningofan
annualCommunitytariffquotaof250tonnesofsweetpeppers
fallingwithinsubheading07.01SoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originating inCyprus,atarateofcustomsdutyequalto50%
ofthecustomsdutyintheCommonCustomsTariff;whereasthis
Communitytariffquotashouldbeopenedfortheyear1979;
WhereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforallCommunity
importersequalanduninterrupted accesstotheabovementioned
quotaanduninterrupted applicationoftherateslaiddownfor
thatquotatoallimportsoftheproductsconcernedintoall
MemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having
regardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunitynatureofthequota
canberespectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariff.quotaamong
theMemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectasaccurately
aspossiblethetruetrendofthemarketintheproductsin
question,suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontotherequi-.
rementsoftheMemberStates,calculatedbyreferencetothe
statisticsforimportsfromCyprusoverarepresentative reference
periodandalsototheeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiod
concerned; '^
(1)0JN°L172of28.6.1978,p.10.

2- ANNEXA
Whereas,however^neitherCommunitynornationalstatisticsshowingthe
breakdownfortheproductsinquestionareavailableandnoreliable
estimatesoffutureimportscanbemade;whereas,inthesecircums-
i -–'
tances,thequotashouldbeallocatedininitialshares,onthelikely
demand,fortheseproductsonthemarketsofthevariousMemberStates
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrendsfortheproducts
concernedinthevariousMemberStates,thequotavolumeshouldbe
dividedintotwoinstalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstituting areservetocoveratalaterdate
therequirements ofMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
quotashares;whereas,inordertogiveimportersineachMember
Stateacertaindegreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquota *should,underthepresentcircumstances ,befixed
at75%ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initial sharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
times;whereas,inordertotakethisfactintoaccountandavoid
anybreakincontinuity,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedup
I'
itsinitialshare,shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateasandwheneachof
itsadditionalsharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditionalshares.
mustbevaliduntiltheendofthequota-period;whereasthis
methodofadministration requiresclosecooperation betweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission,andthelattermustbein|
positiontomonitortheextenttowhichthequotavolumehas
beenusedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,asubstantial '
quantityofaninitialshareremainsunusedinanyMemberState,
itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshouldreturnasignificant
proportiontothereserve,topreventapartofanyCommunityquota
fromremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedin
others;

ANNEXA
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomofNetherlands
andtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgareunitedinandrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion/anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
From1Januaryto31December1979,theCommonCustomsTariffduty
forsweetpeppersfallingwithinsubheadingex07.01Softhe
CommonCustomsTariff,originating inCyprus,shallbepartially
suspendedat4,5%withinthelimitsofaCommunitytariffquota
of250tonnes.
Artide2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbedividedintotwoinstalments*
2.Thefirstinstalment,amountingto250tonnes,shallbe
sharedamongtheMemberStates;therespectiveshares
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil31
December1970,shallbeasfollows:
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom 1^0tonnes
3.Thesecondinstalaent,aeountingto63tonnesshall
constitutethereserve.7tonnes
7tonnes
14tonnes
1tonne
7tonnes
1tonne
150tonnes

ANNEXA
Article3
y"
If90%or,moreofaMemberStates'initial shareasspecified
inArticle2(2)/or90%ofthatshareminustheportionreturned
tothereservewhereArticle5isapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,
totheextentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission,drawasecond
shareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessary
tothenextunit.
If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%ormore"
ofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,then,
totheextentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshall,inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninpara­
graph1,drawathirdshareequalto7,5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
If,afterits,secondsharehasbeenusedup,90%ormoreofthe
thirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshall,inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninpara-%
graph1,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
••
Bywayofderogationfromparagraph 1to3,aMemberStatemay
drawsharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphsif
thereisreasontobelievethatthosemightnotbeusedup.
ItshallinformtheCommissionofitsreasonsforapplying
thisparagraph.

-5- ANNEXA
/
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbevaliduntil
31December1979.
'1 >\
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater*than
1October1979,suchunusedportionoftheirinitialshare^s,
on15September1979,isinexcessof20%oftheinitialvolume.
Theymayreturnalargerquantityiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatitmaynotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1979,notify'
theCommissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproductsinquestion<r
upto15September1979andchargedagainsttheCommunityquota,
andofanyquantitiesoftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
ι *
Article6 -
< «
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountofthesharesopenedbythe
\ ' x
MemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3andshall,assoonas
itisnotified,informeachMemberStateoftheextenttowhich
thereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5October1979,
oftheamountinthereserveafterquantitieshave'beenreturned ■
pursuanttoArticle5.' .
« >
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhichusesupthe
reserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable,andtothisend
shallindicatetheamountthereoftotheMemberStatewhich
makessuchlastdrawing. ,

ANNEXA
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessarytoensure
thatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3areopened
■ iinsuchawaythatimportsmaybechargedwithoutinterruption
againsttheiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
\
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersoftheproducts
inquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhavefreeaccess ,
tothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftheproductsin
questionontheirsharesasaridwhentheproductsareentered
withthecustomsauthorities forhomeuse. .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupitsshareshall
bedetermined onthebasisoftheimportschargedinaccordance
withparagraph3.
Article8
_/
AttherequestoftheCommission,theMemberStatesshallinformit'
ofimportsoftheproductsconcernedactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperatecloselyin
ordertoensurecompliancewiththisRegulation.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1979..
. • /
ThisRegulationshallbe'bindinginitsentirety
anddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
ThePresident

ANNEXB
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)_~_
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
..certaindriedgrapesfallingwithinsubheading08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginCyprus(1979)-
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof, •
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasArticle4oftheSupplementary ProtocoltotheAgreement
establishing anAssociation betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity "
•< - {
andtheRepublicofCyprus(1)providesfor*theopeningofanannual
duty-freeCommunitytariffquotaof500tonnesofcertaindriedgrapes
fallingwithinsubheading08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originating inCyprus;whereasthisCommunitytariffquotashould
beopenedfortheyear1979;
WhereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforallCommunity
importersequalanduninterrupted accesstotheabovementioned qupta
anduninterrupted application oftherateslaiddownforthatquota
toallimportsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntil
thequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,havingregardtotheaboveprin­
ciples,theCommunitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby:alloca­
tingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;whereas,in
ordertoreflect'asaccuratelyaspossiblethetrue.trendofthemarket
intheproductsinquestion,suchallocationshouldbeinproportion
totherequirements oftheMemberStates,calculatedbyreferenceto
thestatisticsforimportsfrom o'verarepresentative reference
periodandalsototheeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiodconcerned
<1>0JN°L172of28.6.1978,p.2

-2- ANNEXB
Whereas,however,neitherCommunitynornationalstatisticsshowing
thebreakdownfortheproductsinquestionareavailableandno•
reliableestimatesoffutureimportscanbemade;whereas,in
thesecircumstances,thequotashouldbeallocatedininitial
shares,onthelikelydemandfortheseproductsonthemarkets
ofthevariousMemberStates;
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrendsforthe
productsconcernedinthevariousMemberStates,thequota.
volumeshouldbedividedintotwoinstalments,thefirst
beingsharedamongtheMemberStatesandthesecondconstitu-.
tingareservetocoveratalaterdatetherequirementsof'
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;
whereas,inordertogiveimportersineachMemberStatea
certaindegreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotashould,underthepresentcircumstances,be
fixedat75%ofthequotavolume;
Whereasthe'MemberStates*initialsharesmaybeusedupat
differenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfactinto
accountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,anyMemberState
whichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshare,shoulddrawan
additionalsharefromthereserve;whereasthismustbedone
byeachMemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditionalshares
isalmostusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesmustbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethod
ofadministration requiresclosecooperation betweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission,andthelattermustbeinapositipn
tomonitortheextenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeenusedup
andtoinformtheMemberStatesthereof; '
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,,asubstantial
quantityofaninitialshareremainsunusedinanyMemberState,
itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshouldreturnasignifi­
cantproportiontothereserve,topreventapartofanyCommunity
quotafromremainingunusedinoneMember.Statewhenitcouldbe
Νusedinothers;'

ANNEXB
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomoftheNetherlands
andtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgareunitedinandrepresented by
theBeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtotheadministra­
tionofthequotasharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybe
carriedoutbyanyofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1Januaryto31December1979,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyforthefollowingproducts
originatinginCyprusshallbetotallysuspendedwithin
thelimitsofaCommunitytariffquotaof500tonnes.
ccr
heading
NoDescription
08.04Grapes,freshordried:
B.Dried:
I.Inimmediatecontainersofanet
capacityof15kilogramsorless
Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbedividedintotwoinstalments. ■
2.Thefirstinstalment,amountingto375tonnes,shallbe
sharedamongtheMemberStates;therespectiveshares
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil31,
December1979shallbeasfollows:
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom10tonnes
10tonnesi
20tonnes
10tonnes
10tonnes
2.tonnes
313tonnes
3.Thesecondtrancheof125tonnesshallconstituteth6
reserve.

-L- ANNEXB
Article3
If90%ormoreofaMemberStates'initialsharea,sspecified
inArticle2(2),or90%ofthatshareminustheportion
returnedtothereservewhereArticle5isapplied,hasbeen
usedup,then,totheextentpermittedbytheamountofthe
reserve,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,bynotifying
theCommission,drawasecondshareequalto15%ofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothisnextunit.
If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90V,<.?
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeen
usedup,then,totheextentpermittedbytheamountofthe
reserve,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordancewiththe
conditionslaiddowninparagraph 1,drawathirdshare
equalto7,5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhere
necessarytothenextunit.
If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%ormore
ofthethirdsharedrawn-byaMemberStatehasbeenused
up,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordancewiththecondi­
tionslaiddowninparagraph 1,drawafourthshareequal
tothethird. x
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3,aMemberState
maydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs
ifthereisreasontobelievethatthosemightnotbeusedup
ItshallinformtheCommissionofitsreasonsfor.applying
thisparagraph.

-
-5- ANNEXB
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbevaliduntil
31December1979. ;
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlaterthan
1October1979,suchunusedportionoftheirinitialshareas,
on15September1979,isinexcessof20%oftheinitialvolume.
Theymayreturnalargerquantityiftherearegroundsforbelie­
vingthatitmaynotbeused. v
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October .1979,notify
.ι
theCommissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproductsin
question\upto15September1979andchargedagainstthe
Communityquota,andofanyquantitiesoftheinitialshares
returnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountofthesharesopenedby
theMemberStatespursuanttoArticle2and3andshall,as
soonasitisnotified,informeachMemberStateoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5October1979,
oftheamountinthereserveafterquantitieshavebeenreturned
pursuanttoArticle5.
« i
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhichusesupthe
reserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable,andtothisend
shallindicatetheamountthereofto»theMemberStatewhich
makessuchlastdrawing.

-6- ANNEXB
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessarytoensure
thatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3areopened
insuchawaythatimportsmaybechargedwithoutinterruption
againsttheiraccumulated sharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshall'ensurethatimportersoftheproducts
inquestionestablished intheirterritoryhavefreeaccess
tothesharesallocatedtothem.
/
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftheproducts-:i
questionontheirsharesasandwhentheproductsareentered
withthecustomsauthorities forhomeuse.
4.„TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupitsshareshall
bedetermined onthebasisoftheimportschargedinaccordance
withparagraph3.
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission^theMemberStatesshallinformit
ofimportsoftheproductsconcernedactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperatecloselyin
ordertoensurecompliancewiththisRegulation.'
Article10 '•
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1979..
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyand
directlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels. FortheCouncil
ThePresident