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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Proposalfor-"a
COUNCIL' -REGULATION
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofa
Communitytariffquotafornewpotatoes,fallingwithinsub­
heading07.01AIIb)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating
inCyprus(1980)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
C0M(80)165final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article 3oftheTransitional Protocol between the European
Economic Community and Cyprus ,tobeannexed tothe Agreement
EEC/Cyprus of1973 provides fortheperiod 16May to30June
1980 fortheopening ofaCommunity tariff quota forthe im­
portation into the Community of60,000 tonnes ofnew potatoes
originating inCyprus ,falling within subheading 07.01 AIIb)
ofthe Common Customs Tariff . -. ~
The Customs duties applicable Within the limits ofthis quota
areequal to457.oftheduties actually applied tothird coun­
tries .
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Accordingly the tariff quota inquestione has tobeopened .
Asthemethod ofadministration tobeapplied byallMember States
theCommission proposes the'greyhound "system .
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This isthesubject oftheproposal annexed hereto .
ANNEX : 1proposal for aRegulation (EEC)oftheCouncil .

PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,•(locatinganaprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotafornewpotatoes,fallingwithinsubheading07.01AIIb)oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginCyprus(1980)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof.Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactions
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Transitional
WhereasArticle3oftheprotocollayingdowncertain
provisionsrelatingtotradeinagriculturalproducts
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
Cyprus(')providesfortheopeningofaCommunity'
tariffquotaof60000tonnesofnewpotatoesorigi­
natinginCyprus,fallingwithinsubheading07.01AII
b)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,atarateof'
customsdutyequalto45%ofthecustomsdutyin
theCommonCustomsTariff,fortheperiod16May
to30June19£0;whereasJ'uisnecessary
toopenthisCommunitytariffquota
fortheperiodinquestion;
whereasitisnecessaryinparticulartoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quota,anduninterruptedappli­
cationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
however,sincetheperiodofapplication for
thetariffquotainvolvedisveryshort,
itseemspossibletoallocatethewholequota
volumetotheCommunityreserveandtoprovidefor
thepossibilityofthoseMemberStatesinwhichneeds
mightarisedrawingappropriatequantitiesfromthat
reserve;whereasthesharesthusdrawnfromthe
reservemustbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthismethodofmanagementrequires
closecooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commissionandthelattermustinparticularbeable
tomonitortherateatwhichthequotaisusedupand
informtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
ArticleÎ
1.From16Mayto30June198GjtheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyfornewpotatoes,fallingwithin
subheading07.01AIIb)oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginCyprus,shallbesuspendedat
9-4%withinthelimitsofaCommunitytariffquota
of60000tonnes.
TheProtocolonthedefinitionoftheconceptof'origi­
natingproducts'andonmethodsofadministrative
cooperation (2)annexedtotheAdditionalProtocolto-
theAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandCyprusshallbeapplicable.
2.Thevolumeofthe1tariffquotareferredtoinpara­
graph1shallconstituteareserve.
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3.Iftheneedshouldarisefortheproductsinques­
tioninaMemberState,thelattershalldrawnan
appropriatesharefromthereserve,providingthatthe
sizeofthereservesopermits.
4.Thesharesdrawnpursuanttoparagraph3shall
bevaliduntil30June19'8Q.
Artide2
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article1areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmay
bechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheircumula­
tiveportionsoftheCommunityquota.'
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidgoodsestablishedinitsterritoryhavefreeaccess
tothesharesallocatedtoit
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoodsare
enteredforhomeuse.
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4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Artide3
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.Article4
MemberStatesandtheCommission shallcollaborate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed .
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon.16May.
1980. '■"_
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
Doneat
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

FICHE FINANCIERE Date :
1.Ligne budgétaire concernée sChap *12art *120
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2.Base juridique : Article 113 \
3.Intitulé delamesure tarifaire : : !i
• , !
Proposition derèglement duConseil portant ouverture / ! .
répartition etmode degestion d'uncontingent tarifaire commu­
nautaire depommes deterre deprimeurs ,delasous-position 07.01 AIIb)
dutarif douanier commun ,originaires deChypres (1980);
4.Objectif :
Execution d'uneobligation contractuelle
(accord CEE/CHYPRE )
5.Mode decalcul :
-N#duT.D.C. .
-Volume du -contingent
-Droits àappliquer
-Droits duT.D.C.07.01 AIIb)
60.00(3 t
9/4% ,
21%
6.Perte derecettes :
-Prix moyen :220UCE/t;
donc perte derecettes :
220 χ60.000 χ0,094 =1.240.800 ΙΙ0Ε*
'i
-lamememesure était appliquée en1979,donc pasdeperte
derecettes supplémentaire àinscrire pour 1980 . .,