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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)82 Final .
Brussels ,17March 1977
Proposal fora
, COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC ) ■
opening ,allocating andproviding for theadministration
ofaCommunity tariff quota forapricot pulp falling within
subheading ex20,06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommon Customs
Tariff ,originating inTurkey
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
CGM(77 )82final

Exolanatory mémorandum
1.Article13ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No.../77of 1977
ontheirriDortsintotheCommunityofcertainagricultural products
1originating inTurkey,whichwillprobablyenterintoforceon1May
1977,providesfortheopening,forapricotpulpfallingwithinsub­
headingex20.06BII1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating
inTurkey,ofanannualCommunitytariffquotaof90tonnes,atarateof
dutycorresponding to70%ofthecustomsdutiesactuallyappliedin
respectofnon-member countries.
UnderArticle2oftheInterimAgreementconcludedpendingtheentry
2intoforceoftheAdditional ProtocolsignedatAnkaraon30June1973,
theratestowhichthenewMemberStatesaretoapplythereductions are
thosewhichtheyapplyatanygivenmomentinrespectofnon-member countries.
2.Thepurposeofthisproposalistoopenthequotainquestionforthe
periodfrom1Mayto31December1977,foravolumewhich,aprorata
temporisclause,corresponds totwothirdsoftheannualvolume,namely
60metrictons.
3.Itshouldbepointedoutthattheallocation ofthequotavolumeamong
theMemberStatesmust,inaccordance withtheprinciples normallyapplied,
bebasedonpastandforeseeable importsoftheMemberStates,originating
inorcomingfromTurkey.
ImportsoftheseproductsfromTurkeyhave,however,beennegligible
ornon-existent inrecentyears.Furthermore,theMemberStatescannot
provideanyforecastsfor1977.
Consequently ,inordertoavoidexcessivefragmentation ofthequota
volume,theCommission considersthattheentirequotavolumeshouldbe
heldinaCommunityreserveandthatprovisionshouldbemadeforMember
Statestodrawfromthisreservethequantities neededtomeetrequirements
whicharise.
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Inordertoensurebetteruseofthequotaandasuniform
application aspossibleoftheCommonCustomsTariff,itisproposed
thatitshouldbecompulsorytoreturntothereserve,atagivenmoment,
thatpartofaquotasharedrawnfromthereservewhichisfoundtoexceed
requirements .
4.Inaddition,inordertofacilitate thecheckswhichtheCommission
musteffectunderthetreaties,Article9oftheproposalrequiresMember
StatestoforwardtotheCommissionwithinacertainperioddetermined
bytheCommission acopyorphotocopyoftheprovisions whichtheyhave
madeconcerningthistariffmeasure.

Proposaifor
COUNQLREGULATION (EEC)"
opening,allocatingandprovidingtortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forapricotpulpfallingipitHnsubheadingex20.06BSc)1aa)ofdieCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginTurkey
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtorheTreatyestablishing theEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles
43and113thereof,
Havingregari"totheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionofrheEuropean
Parliament,
WhereasArticle13ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No...177of 1977
onimportsintotheCommunityofcertainagricultural productsoriginating
1inTurkeyprovidesfortheopeningbytheCommunityofanannualCommunity
tariffquotaof90tonnesforapricotpulpfallingwithinsubheading ex20.06
BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating inTurkey;whereas
thecustomsdutiesapplicablewithinthelimitsofthattariffquotacorrespond
to70%ofthecustomsdutiesactuallyappliedinrespectofnon-member countries
whereasthetariffquotainquestionshouldtherefore beopened,foravolume
fortheperiod1Mayto31December1977of60tons;whereas,withregard
tothenewMemberStates,itshouldbenotedthatArticle2oftheInterim
AgreementconcludedpendingtheentryintoforceoftheAdditional Protocol
2signedatAnkaraon30June1973laysdownthatthereductions incustoms
dutieswhichareprovidedforpursuanttotheAssociation Agreementshall
beapplicableinthenewMemberStates,inaccordancewiththepercentages
andtimetablelaiddown,upontheentryintoforceofthatAgreement;
whereastheratestowhichthenewMemberStatesshallapplythosereductions
shallbethosewhichtheyapplyatanygivenmomenttonon-membercountries;
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Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoguaranteeall
importersofrheCommunity equalanduninter­
ruptedaccesstothequotaanduninterruptedappli­
cationoftherat<®laiddownforthatquotatoallim­
portsofrheproductinquestionintotheMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas
havingregardtotheaboveprinciplestheCommunity
natureofthequotacanberespectedbyallocating
rhetariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;whereas,
toreflectmostaccuratelyrheactualdevelopmentof
themarkerintheproductsinquestion,suchallo­
cationshouldbeinproportiontotherequirementsof
rheMemberStates,assessedbyreferencebothtothe
statisticsrelatingtoimportsfromTurkey°vera
representativereferenceperiodandtotheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodconcerned;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichsta­
tisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsof
eachMemberStatefromTurkeyhavebeennegligible ornon-existent ;
whereasthosedatacannottherefore beconsidered asrepresentative
toserveasabasisforallocationofthequotavolumeamongthe
MemberStates;whereasitisdifficulttoestimateimportsbyMember
Statesfor1977becauseoftheabsenceoftrulyrepresentative figures
forpreviousyears;whereasowingtothesmallvolumeofthetariff
quota,theallocationthereofamongtheMemberStateswouldresultin
thefixingofsuchsmallquotasharesthattheywouldnotbeconsidered as
commercially viable;whereas,consequently ,theonlysolutionseemstobe
allocatetheentirequotavolumetotheCommunityreserveandtomake
provisionforMemberStatestomeetrequirements theymayhavebydrawing
appropriate quantities fromthatreserve;whereasquotasharesthusdrawn
fromthereservemustbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
Whereas thisformofadministration requires
closecollaboration betweenMemberStatesandthe
Commission,andtheCommissionmustbeinaposi­
tiontofollowtheextenttowhichthetariffquotas
have'beenusedupandinformtheMemberStates'
thereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,acon­
siderablequantityofaquotashareremainsinany
MemberTitate,itisessentialthatchatStateshould
returnasignificantproportiontothereserveinorder
toavoidpartoftheCommunityquotaremainingun­
usedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedin
orhers;
Whereas,sinceeheKingdomofBelgium,theKing­
domoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerning
theadministration ofthequotasharesallocatedto
thateconomicunionmaycarriedoutbyanyofits
members,

HASADOPTEDTHUSREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Mayuntil31December1977,aCom­
munitytariffquotaof60metrictonsshallbe
openedintheCommunityforapricotpulpfailing
withinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginTurkey.
2.Wirhinthelimitsofthistariffquota,theCommon
Custi.TisTariffdutyapplicabletotheseproducts
shallbetemporarily reducedto(suspension )
toarateof11.9%.
3.Wirhinthelimitsofthistariffquota,dienew
MemberStatesshallapplydutiescalculatedinac­
cordancewiththerelevantprovisions ofthe
ActofAccession,theInterimAgreement
andRegulation (EEC)No.../77.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle
shallbeallocatedtotheCommunityreserve
2.IfaneedarisesinaMemberStatefor
theseproducts,thatMemberStateshalldra
anappropriate quotasharefromthereserve
thusconstituted,insofarastheamountof
thereservepermits.
Article3
Anyquota sharesdrawnpursuantto
Article2shallbevaliduntil31December1977.
Article4
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1977,returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheir
quotasharewhich,on15September1977,is
inexcessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbe­
lievingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
TheMemberStatesshall,not'laterthan1October
1977,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimports
oftheproductsconcernedeffectedundertheCom­
munityquotauptcandincluding15September1977,
andwhereappropriate,theproportionoftheir
quotasharesthattheyarereturningtothereserve.

Article5
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheC|UOt3shares
opened'byrhcMemberStatesinaccordancewith
Articles2andshallinformeachofthemofthe
extenttowhichthereservehasbeenused-assoonas
itreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterchanJOctober1977,
notifydieMemberStatesofrhestateofthereserve
afterthereturnofquotasharespursuanttoArticle4.
TheCommissionshallensurechatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
availableand,forthispurpose,shall"specifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
thefinaldrawing.'
Article6
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures
necessarytoensurethatthequotasharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle2areopenedinsuchawaythat
chargesmaybemadewithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulativesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidproductsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefree
accesstothequotasharesallocatedtothem.
•3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirquotasharesasandwhensuch
goodsareenteredforhomeuseundercoverofa
declarationthatrheyhave'beenmadeavailablefor
consumption .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupitSquota
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article7
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission,Mem­
berStatesshallinformitofimportsactuallycharged
againsttheirquotashares.
Articleg
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallco­
operatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegu­
lationisobserved. -.

Article9
TheMemberStatesshallforwardtotheCommission ,,
withinthe45daysfollowingthepublication of
thisRegulationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities,acopyoraphotocopyof
theprovisions theyhavemadeinordertoapply
thisRegulation .
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1May1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectly
applicable inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCounciI
ThePresident