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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(75)135final
Brussels ,4April 1975
Proposal fora
REGULATION (EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration
ofaCommunity tariffquotaforapricotpulpfalling
withinsubheading ex20.06BIIc)l)aa)oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originating inIsrael.
(submitted totheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M75)135final

"xplanatory mémorandum
1.TheAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community andthe
State ofIsrael provides inArticle 10ofProtocol Ho.1annexed
thereto fortheopening ofanannual Community tariff quota for
the importation into the Comrriunity of150metric tons ofapricot
pulp ,originating inIsrael ,falling within subheading ex20.0 6
BIIc)1aa)oftheCommon Customs Tariff .
Thecustoms duties applicable within the limits ofthis quota are
equal to70%oftheduties actually applied tonon-member coun­
tries .
Ifthequota period does notcover afull calendar year ,the
tariff quota opened will beproportionate totheperiod involved .
Since theAgreement will infact enter into force on1July 1975 1
the quota volume will be75metric tons fortheremainder ofthe
year .
Accordingly thetariff quota inquestion hastobeopened .
2.Theproposal for aRegulation opening this tariff quota makes
provision ,asisusual ,forthedivision ofthequota volume
into twotranches ,thefirst ofwhich isallocated byshares to
theMember States ,while thesecond constitutes ,areserve .
Itdoes not seem possible ,inthis case ,tobase theallocation
ofthefirst tranche ontherules generally applied ,that is,
torelate the .total imports byeach Member State during the past
three years totheCommunity imports over the same period and
toapply for each Member State theresulting percentages tothe
volume ofthefirst tranche .Asonly oneMember State hasregularly
imported theproducts concerned andtheother Member States have
imported them only occasionally ifatall ,anallocation scale
based onestimates putforward bysome Member States andonthe
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needtoallocate the(juotavolumefairlyamong'theMember
Statesappearssuitable »-
3.Theformofadministration tobeappliedbyalltheMember
Statesisthe"grejr-houhd-systera"*
4.ItisproposedthattheproposalforaCouncilRegulation opening
theCommunitytariffquotadescribed inparagraph 1above
beapproved.
AM3X:
1proposaiforaRégulation (EEC)oftheCouncil

Proposalfora
Regulation (EEC)No, 75oftheCouncil
of................
opening,allocating andproviding fortheadministration
ofaCommunitytariffquotaforapricotpulpfalling .
withinsubheading ex20.06EIIc)l).aa)oftheCommon •
CustomsTariffforiginating inIsrael. .
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COIEIUNITIES ,
.HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean Economic
Community ,andinparticular Articles 43and113thereof;
Havingregardtotheproposal fromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheopnionoftheEuropean Parliament ;
WhereastheAgreement' betweentheEuropean Economic Community
andtheStateofIsrael,signedon1 1975»provides
inArticle 10oftheProtocol No.1annexedtheretoforthe
*cpeniAgbjftheCommunity -ofaannualCommunity ,tariffquotaof150
•metrictonsofapricotpulpfallingwithinsubheading ex20.06BII
.c)l)aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating inIsrael;
whereasthecustomsdutiesapplicable -tothequotaareequalto
70/?ofthedutiesactuallyappliedtonon-member countries ;-
whereasifthequotaperioddoesnotcoverafullcalendar year
thequotaopenedmustbeproportionate totheperiodinvolved ;
whereassincetheaboveAgreement willenterintoforceon
^lJuly,197^/taCommunitytariffquotaof/fhymetric "t°nsshould
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Whereasequaland.continuous accesstothequotashouldbeensured
forallCommunity importers andtherateoflevyforthetariffquota
shouldbeapplied .consistently toallimportsoftheproduct -inques­
tionuntilthequotaisusedup;whereasaCommunitytariffarrange­
mentbasedonanallocation betweentheMemberStatesvrouldseemto
preservetheCommunity natureofthequota,havingregardtothe
principles mentioned above;whereas,torepresent ascloselyas
possibletheactualdevelopment ofthemarketintheproductinques­
tion,theallocation shouldfollowproportionately therequirements
oftheMemberStatescalculated frombothstatistics ofimportsfrom
Israelduringarepresentative reference periodandtheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodinquestion ;
IJhereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatistics areavail­
able,thecorresponding importsbyeachoftheMemberStatesrepresent
thefollowing percentages oftheimportsintotheCommunity from
Israeloftheproducts concerned :.
1971 1972 1973
Benelux
penmark
Germany
France ■-
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdomy- 58.6(=58t)
- ■ 43.3(=13t)'-
• ... ./
•M
loo(=91t)56.7(-l7t)'41.4(=41t>
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Whereasthosedatacannot "beconsidered asrepresentative toserveas
abasisforallocation ofthequotavolumeamongtheMemberStates;
whereasitisdifficult toestimate importsbyMemberStatesfor'
1975becauseoftheabsenceofanypatterninprevious years;
whereastoallocate thequotavolumefairly,theinitialquota
sharesmaybofixedapproximately asfollows : ,
Bénélux 15$ - .
Denmarlc 5
.■Germany 25$ '-
France ICffc
Ireland 5$
''"'Italy '-
UnitedKin<jdom 35% '
Whereas ,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsinthevarious
MemberStatesfortheproducts concerned ,thequotavolumeshould
bodividedintotwotranches ,thefirstbeingallocated amongstthe
MemberStatesandthesecondheldasareservetocoveratalater
datetherequirements ofMemberStateswhichhavettaaduptheir
initialshare;whereas,togiveimporters somecertainty ,thefirst
trancheoftheCommunitytariffquotacouldbefixedat£Cfo•••;■
ofthequotavolumes ;
Tfhcreastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupmoreorlessquickly ;
whereas,therefore ,toavoiddisruption ofsupplies ,anyMember
.Statewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialsharemustdrawa
supplementary sharefromthereserve ;whereasthismustbedone,;,
byeachMemberStateaseach,oneofitssupplementary shares
isalmost .visedup,andasmanytimesasthereserveallows;
whereaseachinitialandsupplementary sharemustbevaliduntil

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thejendofthequotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaboration betweenMemberStatesandtheCommission ,
andthoCommission mustbeinapositiontofollowtheextentto-jhich
thetariffquotashavebeenusedupandinformtheMemberStates
thereof ;. ,
VJhercasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,aconsiderable
quantity oftheinitialshareisleftoverinaMemberState,itis
essential thatthatStateshouldreturnasignificant proportion to
thereservetopreventapartoftheCommunity quotafromremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium ,theKingdomoftheNetherlands
andtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourg arejointlyrepresented bytho
BeneluxEconomic Union,anymeasureconcerning theadministration
ofthesharesallocated tothatEconomic Unionmaybecarriedoutby
anyoneofitsmembers,
RASAD0PT3D THISBEGULATICÏÏ : ■ >. . ,
Article 1
1,Fron^lJuly'197jyto31December1975»aCommunitytariffquota
of/jJ7metrictonsshallbeopenedintheCommunityforapricot
pulp,fallingwithinsubheading ex20.06BIIc)1:aa)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originating inIsrael.
2^I'JithinthelimitsofthistariffquotatheCommonCustomsTariff
dutyapplicable totheseproductsshallbepartially suspended
atarateof11.$$.
3,UithinthelimitsofthistariffquotathenewMemberStates
shallapplydutiescalculated inaccordance withtheprovisions
ofProtocol No.1annexedtotheAgreement betweentheCommunity
andtheStateofIsraelandoftheActofAccession .
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. . , Article 2
1,Afirst tranche of^C/jnetric tons oftheCommunity tariff
quota referred toinArticle 1shall ,boallocated among the
Member States ;theshares which ,subject toArticle 5>shall
bevalid until 31December 1975 shall beasfollcvfs : '
,.« .Benelux -OJ netric tons
.. •Denmark CO metric tons
■Germany metric tons
France C3.metric tons
Ireland .£2[metric tons
Italy Cg :metric tons
United Kingdom /18/metric tons
.tranche QiZ/Q/.motric tons shall constitute areserve ,
. ._ Article 3
t. •
!•IfSOfoormore ofaMember State 'sinitial share asspecified in
Article 2(l),orofthat share minus theportion returned tothe
reserve where Article 5isapplied ,hasbeen used up,that Member
State BhaLl without delay ,bynotifying theCommission ,draw a
second share equal tc15^ofitsinitial share ,rounded upwhere
necessary tothenext unit ,totheextent permitted bytheamount
ofthe reserve .Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
United Kingdom
2.Asecond tranche of^j/.metric
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2.l"f,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90JJormoreof
thesecondsharedravmbyaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,that
MemberStateshall,inaccordance withtheconditions imposed
byparagraph 1,drawathirdshare,'equalto7»5$ofitsinitial
share,roundedupwherenecessary tothenextunit#
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,yCffcormoreofthe
thirdsharedravmbyaMemberStatehasbeenusedup;that
MemberStateshall,inaccordance withthesameconditions ,
drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Iywayofderogation fromparagraph 1to3,aMemberState
maydrawsharesloverthanthosefixedi-nthoseparagraphs
iftherearegroundsforbelieving thattheymaynotbeused
up.ItshallinformtheCommission ofitsreasonsforapplying
thisparagraph •
Article 4
Supplementary ,sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle 3shallbevalid
until31December 1975•
Article 5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlaterthan
15November 1975»"theunusedportionoftheirinitialshp,re
which,on1November 1975»isinexcessof20%oftheinitial
amount#Itmayreturnagreaterportioniftherearegrounds
forbelieving thatitmaynotbousedup.
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MemberStatesshall,.notlaterthan15November 1975»notifythe
Commission ofthetotalquantities ofthesaidgoodsimported
uptoandincluding 1November 1975and.chargedagainstthe
Community tariffquotaandanyquantities oftheinitialshare
returned tothereserve.
Article 6
TheCommission shallkeepanaccountofthesharesopenedbythe
MemberStatepursuanttoArticles 2and3andshall,assoonas
ithasbeennotified ,informeachstateoftheextenttowhichthe
reservehasbeenusedup»
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan20November 1975»
oftheamountstillinreserveafteramounts havebeenreturned
theretopursuant toArticle %
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupthereserveis
limitedtothebalanceavailable andtothisendshallspecify
theamountthereoftotheMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article 7
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1,MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures necessary to'ensurethat
supplementary sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle 3areopenedinsuch
awaythatimports maybechargedwithoutinterruption againsttheir
accumulated sharesintheCommunity quota.
2»MemberStatesshallensurethatimporters ofthesaidgoods
established intheirterritory havefreeaccesstotheshares
allocated tothem.
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3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaidgoO.dsagainsttheir
sharesasandwhensuchgoodsareenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupitsshareshall
bedetermined onthebasisofimportschargediniaccordanco
withparagraph 3, '
Article 8
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission atregularintervals
ofimportsactually chargedagainsttheirshares.
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Article 9
TheMemberStateandtheCommission shalco-operate closelyin
ordertoensurethatthisRegulation isobserved.
Article 10
TLisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentirety anddirectly
applicable inallMemberStates,
DoneatBrussels , FortheCotpicil
ThePrésident