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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
PROPOSALFORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
OPENING/ALLOCATING ANDPROVIDING FORTHEADMINISTRATION OF
ACOMMUNITY TARIFFQUOTAFORFRESHTABLEGRAPES
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FALLINGWITHINSUBHEADING EX08.04AIOFTHE
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COMMONCUSTOMSTARIFFANDORIGINATING INCYPRUS(1980)
(presentedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)COM(80)63 final
Brussels-21stFebruary1980
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C0M(80)63final

l.'XI'LANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article3oftheTransitional' Protocolof'1980totheAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublicofCy­
prusof1973providesforacertainperiodof1980fortheope­
ningofaCommunitytariffquotafortheimportationintotheCom­
munityof7000tonnesoffreshtablegrapes,originating inCyprus
fallingwithinsubheadings ex08.04Ala)andb)oftheCommon
CustomsTariff.
Thecustomsdutiesapplicablewithinthelimitsofthisquotaare
equaltoAO%ofthedutiesactuallyappliedtothirdcountries.
Accordingly thetariffquotainquestionhastobe-opened.
Asthemethodofadministration tobeappliedbyallMemberStates,
theCommissionproposesthe"greyhound"system.
Thisisthesubjectoftheproposalannexedhereto.Thecustoms
equalto40
Accordingly
Annex:1proposalforaRegulation (EEC)oftheCouncil.

PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No/80
of*1980
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforfreshtablegrapesfailingwithinsubheadingex08.04AIofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginCyprus(1980).
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES .
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle
113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasArticle3oftheTransitional Proto­
coltotheAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
RepublicofCyprus(2)providesfortheopeningofan
annualCommunitytariffquotaof7000tonnesof
freshtablegrapesfallingwithinsubheadingsex08.04
A1a)andb)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,origi­
natinginCyprus,atratesofcustomsdutyequalto
40%ofthecustomsdutyintheCommonCustoms
Tariff,fortheperiod8Juneto31July1980,whereas
theCommunitytariffquotashouldbeopenedforthe
periodinquestion;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted appli­
cationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunity
natureofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inorderto.reflectasaccuratelyaspossible
thetruetrendofthemarketintheproductsinques­
tion,suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirementsoftheMemberStates,calculatedbyrefer­
encetothestatisticsforimportsfromCyprusovera
representative referenceperiodandalsotothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,however,neitherCommunitynornational
statisticsshowingthebreakdownfortheproductsin
.questionareavailableandnoreliableestimatesof
futureimportscanbemade;whereas,inthesecircum­
stances,thequotavolumesshouldbeallocatedin
initialshares,totakeintoaccountdemandforthese
productsonthemarketsofthevariousMember
,States;
Wheteas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
(1)O.J.No.L
(2)0.J.No.LStates,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments ,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstituting areservetocoverat
alaterdatetherequirements oftheMemberStates
whichhaveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas
inordertogiveimportersineachMemberStatea
certaindegreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotashouldunderthecircumstances be
fixedat93%ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybe
usedupatdifferenttimes;whereasinordertotake
thisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakinconti­
nuity,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupits
initialquotashareshoulddrawanadditionalshare
fromthereserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
sharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandaddi­
tionalsharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthemethodofadministration
requiresclosecooperationbetweentheMemberStates
andtheCommission ,andthelattermustbeinaposi­
tiontomonitortheextenttowhichthequota
volumeshavebeenusedupandtoinformthe
MemberStatesthereof; •(
"Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityoftheinitialshareremains
unusedinanyMemberState,itisessentialthatthat
MemberStateshouldreturnasignificantproportion
tothereservetopreventapartofanytariffquota
fromremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenit
couldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingto
theadministration ofthequotasharesallocatedto
thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,
ν
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
/ArticleÍ
From8Juneto31July1980theCommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesfortheproductslistedbelow,originating
inCyprus,shallbepartiallysuspendedatthelevels
shownbelow,withinthelimitsofaCommunitytariff
quotaof7000tonnes:

,ccr
heading
NoDctcriptionRate
oíduty
08.04 Grapes,freshordried:
A.fresh: _
I.Tablegrapes:
a)From1Novemberto14July:
ex«2.Other:
–From8Juneto14July
exb)From15July'to31October:
–From15Julyto31July7-2%
8-8%
Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoin
Article 1shallbedividedintotwotranches.
2.Thefirsttranche,amountingto6504tonnes,
shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;thepropor­
tionswhich,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil
31July19oQshallbeasfollows:
200tonnes,
200tonnes,
200tonnes,
-2tonnes,
200tonnes,
2tonnes,
5700tonnes.
3.Thesecondtranche,amountingto496tonnes,
shallconstitutethereserve.
ArticleJ
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshare
asspecifiedinArticle2(2),or90%ofthatshare
minimstheportionreturnedtothecorresponding
reservewhereArticle5hasbeenapplied,hasbeen
usedup,then,totheextentpermittedbytheamount
olilu'tlv.ilMemberStateshallforthwith,by
t\oiit\M>SlivevOUUOINMON,iliawaMVOIUISHAREequal
to15%olitsinitialshaic,roundedupwhereneces­
sarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyAMemberState
,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextentpermittedbythe
amountofthereserve,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninpara­
graph1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
unit. '
.3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccor­
dancewiththeconditionslaiddowninparagraph 1,
drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,aMemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthose
fixedinthoseparagraphsifthereis'reasontobelieve
thattheymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commission ofitsreasonsforapplyingthispara­
graph.
Article4
*
Eachoftheadditionalshares.drawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31July1980.
Article5
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TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan15July1980suchunusedportionoftheir
initialshareas,on10July19ggisinexcessof20%
oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalargerquan­
tityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthisquan­
titymaynotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,not
laterthan15July1980/>fthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionimportedupto10July1980and
chargedagainstthetariffquotaandofanyquantityof
theinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3and,assoonasitisnotified ,-shallinformeach
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenused
up. '–Bénélux:
–Denmark :
–Germany:–France:
–Ireland:
–Italy:–UnitedKingdom:'

-3-
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan20
July19ISUpitheamountinthereserveafterquanti­
tieshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhaustsany
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to
thisend,notifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Artic/e7
1..TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresneces­
sarytoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmay
bechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumu­
latedsharesofthetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatiiiporters
oftheproductsinquestionestablishedinilu;rterri­
toryhavefreeAccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsof
theproductsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhentheproductsareenteredwithcustomsauthori­
ties.forfreecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusecfup
itsshareshallbedetermined .onthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttheCommissions request,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Artide9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Artide10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon8June19*80.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident