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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)37final
Brussels,8February1978
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration
ofaCommunitytariffquotaforapricotpulp,falling
withinsubheadingex20.06BII(c)1(aa)oftheComnon
CustomsTariff,originating inTurkey
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
C0M(78)37final

Explanatory memorandum
1.Article13ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1180/77of17May1977
onimportsintotheCommunityofcertainagricultural productsorigina-
1tinginTurkeyprovidesfortheopening,witheffectfrom1July1977,
ofanannualCommunitytariffquotaof90tonnes,forapricotpulp
fallingwithinsubheading ex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originating inTurkey,atadutycorresponding to70%ofthe
customsdutiesactuallyappliedinrespectofnon-membercountries.
Suchaquotawasopenedfortheperiodfrom1July1977to30June
1978byRegulation(EEC)No1181/77of17May19772.
/
2.Theaimofthisproposalistoopenthequotaconcernedforthe
periodfrom1July1978to30June1979.
3.Inaccordance withtheprinciplesnormallyfollowed,theallocation
ofthequotavolumeamongtheMemberStatesshouldbebasedonprevious
andforeseeable importsbytheMemberStates,specifically thoseorigina­
tinginorcomingfromTurkey.ImportsoftheseproductsfromTurkey
havebeennegligible ornon-existent inrecentyears.Furthermore,
theMemberStatescannotmakeforecastsforthequotaperiodunder
consideration .
Consequently ,pendingamoreCommunity-based administration of
thisquota,basedontheexperience acquiredoverthetwoyears,the
Commission considersthatitcanproposetheextensionofthesystem
adoptedbytheCouncilforthecurrentquotaperiod,namelytheallo­
cationofalargeportionofthequotavolumetotheCommunityreserve
andtheallocationofequalinitialquota-shares ,corresponding to
one-seventh oftheremainderofthequota,totheMemberStates.
1
0JNoL142,9June
^0JNoL142,9June1977,p.10
1977,p.27.

Proposalfor
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
apricotpulpfallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginTurkey
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticles43and
113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment,
WhereasArticle13ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1180/77of17May1977onimportsintotheCommunity
ofcertainagriculturalproductsoriginatinginTurkey(1)
providesfortheopeningbytheCommunity/ofanannual
Communitytariffquotaof90tonnesforapricotpulpfal­
lingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCom­
monCustomsTariff,originatinginTurkey;whereasthe
customsdutiesapplicablewithinthelimitsofthattariff
quotacorrespondto70%ofthecustomsdutiesactually
appliedinrespectofnon-membercountries;whereasthe
tariffquotainquestionshouldthereforebeopenedforthe
abovementioned volumefortheperiod1July197gto30
.June1979;
/witheffectfrom1July1977
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoguaranteeallim-!
portersoftheCommunityequalanduninterruptedaccess
tothequotaanduninterruptedapplicationoftherates
(>)OjNoL142-9.6.1977.p.10.laiddownforthatquotatoallimportsoftheproductin
questionintotheMemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeen
usedup;whereashavingregardtotheaboveprinciplesthe
Communitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingthetariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,toreflectmostaccuratelytheactualdevelop­
mentofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,suchallo­
cationshouldbeinproportiontotherequirementsofthe
MemberStates,assessedbyreferencebothtothestatistics
relatingtoimportsfromTurkeyoverarepresentativere­
ferenceperiodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodconcerned;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatistics
areavailable,thecorrespondingimportsofeachMember
StatefromTurkeyhavebeennegligibleornon-existent;
whereasthosedatacannotthereforebeconsideredasrep­
resentativetoserveasabasisforallocationofthequota
volumeamongtheMemberStates;whereasitisdifficult
toestimateimportsbyMemberStatesbecauseof
theabsenceoftrulyrepresentativefiguresforprevious
years;whereas,consequently,theonlysolutionseemsto
betoallocatealargepartofthequotavolumetothe
Communityreserveandtoallocateoneseventhoftheba­
lancetotheBeneluxcountries,Denmark,Germany,
France,Ireland,ItalyandtheUnitedKingdom;
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupfairlyquickly;
whereas,therefore,toavoiddisruptionofsuppliesany
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshare,
shalldrawasupplementarysharefromtheCommunity
reserve;whereasthismustbedonebye?chMembciState
aseachoneofitssupplementarysharesisalmostusedup,
andasmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheini­
tialandsupplementarysharesmustbevaliduntiltheend
ofthequotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaborationbetweentheMemberStates
andtheCommission,andtheCommissionmustbeina
positiontofollowtheextenttowhichthetariffquotahas
beenusedupandinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,acc.iiider-
ablequantityofashareremainsinanyMemberState,itis
essentialthatthatStateshouldreturnasignificantpropor-

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tiontothereserveinordertoavoidpartoftheCom­
munityquotaremainingunusedinoneMemberState
whenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedinandrepresentedbytheBeneluxEconomic
Union,anymeasureconcerningtheadministration ofthe
sharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarried
outbyanyofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
ArticleÎ
1.From1July1978until30June19/9,aCommunity
tariffquotaof90tonnesshallbeopenedintheCom­
munityforapricotpulp,fallingwithinsubheadingex
20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginTurkey.
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyapplicabletotheseproductsshallbe
partiallysuspendedatarateof11-9%.ingtheCommission,drawasecondshareequalto15%of
itsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
unit,totheextentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%ormore
ofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeen
usedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordancewiththe
conditionsimposedbyparagraph 1,drawathirdshare
equalto7*5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhereneces­
sarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeen
usedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordancewiththe
sameconditions,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserveis
usedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixedin
thoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
thosefixedmaynotbeusedup.ItshallinformtheCom­
missionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentof35tonnesshallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates;therespectivesharesofthe
MemberStates,which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevalid
from1July1978to30June1979,shallbeasfollows:
5tonnes,
5tonnes,
5tonnes,
5tonnes,
5tonnes,
5tonnes,
5tonnes.
2.Thesecondinstalmentof55tonnesshallbeheldasthe
Communityreserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialsh<ire
specifiedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminusthepor*on
returnedtothereservewhereArticle5isapplied,hasbesn
usedup,thatMemberStateshallwithoutdelay,bynotify-Article4
Supplementary sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil30June1979.
ArticleS
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1April19/9,theunusedportionoftheirinitialshare
which,on15March1979,isinexcessof20%ofthein­
itialamount.Theymayreturnalargerquantityifthereare
reasonstobelievethatsuchquantitymightnotbeused.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1April1979,notify
theCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthesaidgoods
importeduptoandincluding15March1979andcharged
againsttheCommunitytariffquotaandanyquantitiesof
theinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom

andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,informeachState
oftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStatesnotlaterthan5April
1979,oftheamountstillinreserveafteramountshave
beenreturnedtheretopursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupthereserve
islimitedtothebalanceavailableandtothisendshall
specifytheamountthereoftotheMemberStatemaking
thelastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessarytoen­
surethatsupplementary sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle
3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesin
theCommunitytariffquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthesaid
goodsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefreeaccesstothe
sharesallocatedtothem.3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaidgoods
againsttheirsharesasandwhensuchgoodsareentered
forhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofimportscharged
inaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStatesshallin­
formitofimportsoftheproductsconcernedactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationisobserved.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

Ligne budgétaire concernée :Cha^>.12arc.120 '
Base ,juridique ïArticles 43et .113
Intitulé delamesure tarifaire :
Proposition derèglement duConseil portant ouverture ,répartition etmode
degestion d'uncontingent tarifaire depulpes d'abricots ,originaires de
Turouie . .
Objectif :Assurer lerespect jleaengagements contractés parla
Communauté . ,
Mode decalcul : - »
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