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COMMISSION  OF THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 
Proposal  for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 
opening,  allocating  and providing  for the administration  of a Community 
tariff quota for new potatoes,  falling  within  subheading  07.01 A II b) 
of the Common  Customs  Tariff,  originating  in Cyprus (1983) COM(83) 76 final 
Brussels,  22 February  1983 
(submitted  to the  Council by the  Commission) 
COM(83) 76 final 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 
Article 2 of Council Regulation  (EEC) No  3746/81  laying  down the  arrange­
ments applicable  to trade with  the Republic  of Cyprus  beyond  31 December 
1981, the validity  of which is extended  to 30 June 1983,  provides  for the 
period 16 May to  30 June 1983 for the  opening  of a Community  tariff  quota 
for the importation into  the Community  of 60,000  tonnes of new  potatoes 
originating  in Cyprus,  falling  within  subheading  07.01 A II b) of the 
Common Customs  Tariff. 
The Customs  duty applicable within  the limits of this quota is equal to 
45% of the  duty actually applied  to third countries. 
Accordingly  the tariff quota in question  has to be  opened. 
The provisions  of the  Regulation  lay down  that the quota volume  shall be 
divided  into two instalments,  the first to be  allocated  among the Member 
States and the  second to constitute  the Community  reserve. 
As regards  the allocation  of the  volume of the  first instalment  of the 
tariff quota,  it should be pointed  out that this was carried  out on the 
basis of the  rules generally applied  so far. Thus the sum of the  imports 
by each Member  State during  the period from 1980 to 1982 was  proportional 
to the Community  imports  over the same  period.  The percentages  resulting 
from this were applied  - per Member  State - to the  volume of this initial 
quota by rounding  up the  last figures  expressed  in tonnes. 
As the method of administration  to be  applied  by all Member  States,  the 
Commission  proposes  the "greyhound"  system. 
This is the  subject  of the  proposal  annexed  hereto. 
Annex: 1 proposal  for a  Regulation  (EEC) of the  Council. 

Proposal  for a 
COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EEC) 
opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff 
quota for new  potatoes  falling within subheading 07.01 A II b) of the Common 
Customs  Tariff  and originating in  Cyprus  (1983 
THE COUNCIL  OF  THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having  regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic  Community, and in particular Article 113 
thereof,-''  ' 
" Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas Article  2 of Council  Regulation (EEC) No 
3746/81  of 21 December  1981,  laying down the 
arrangements applicable to trade with  Cyprus  beyond 
31 December  1981 (') as amended  by Regulation  (EEC)NO  3532/82(2) 
provides for the opening of a 
Community  tariff quota of  60 000  tonnes  of new pota­
toes,  originating in  Cyprus  and falling within sub­
heading  07. 01  A II b) of the Common Customs  Tariff, 
at a rate of  customs  duty equal to  45 %  of the  customs 
duty in the Common Customs Tatiff, for the period  16 
May to 30 June 19y  ; whereas  it is  necessary  to open 
this Community tariff quota for the period in ques­
tion ; 
(1) 0J No L  374, 30.12.1981,  p.4 
(2) OJ No L  371, 30.12.1982,  p.2 

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Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure for all 
Community  importers equal and uninterrupted access 
to the abovementioned quota and uninterrupted 
application  of the  rates  laid  down for  that  quota to all 
imports of the products concerned into all Member 
States  until  the quota has been used up; whereas, having 
regard to the above principles, the Community  nature 
of the quota can be respected by allocating the 
Community  tariff  quota among the Member States; 
whereas, in order to reflect as accurately as possible the 
true trend of the market in the products in question, 
such  allocation should be in proportion to the 
requirements of the Member States, calculated by 
reference to the statistics for imports  from  Cyprus over 
a representative reference period and also to the 
economic  outlook for the quota period in question; 
Whereas, during the last  three  years for  which  statistics 
are available, the corresponding imports by each of the 
Member  States  represent the  following  percentages of 
the imports into the Community  from  Cyprus of the 
products concerned: 
• Member  States 1980 1981 1582 
Benelux 1 -2 3.7 4.2 
Denmark — — — 
Germany 1.1 3.2 4,7 
Greece — — — 
France — — -
Ireland 6.2 0,1 -
Italy — — — , 
United  Kingdom 91,5 93,Q 91,1 
Whereas, in  view  of these  factors of market forecasts for 
the products in question and in particular of the 
estimates submitted by certain Member States,  initial 
quota  shares  may be  fixed  approximately at the 
following  percentages:' 
Benelux  ' 5.5 
Denmark 0.9 
Germany 6.5 
Greece 0.9 
France 0.9 
Ireland 0.9 
Italy 0.9 
United  Kingdom 83.5 

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Whereas, in order to take into account import trends 
for the products concerned in the various Member 
States, the quota amount should be  divided  into two 
instalments, the first being shared among the Member 
States  and the second constituting a reserve to cover at a 
later  date  the requirements of the Member  States  which 
have  iised  up their  initial  quota shares; whereas, in 
order to give importers in each Member State a certain 
degree of security, the first instalment of the 
Community  quota should under the circumstances be 
fixed  at 90% of the quota volume; 
Whereas the Member States'  initial  shares  may be used 
up at different times; whereas, in order to take this fact 
into account and  avoid  any break in continuity, any 
Member  State  which  has almost used up its  initial  quota 
share  should draw an additional  share  from  the 
corresponding  reserve; whereas this must be done by 
each Member State as and when each of its additional 
shares  is almost used up, and repeated as many times as 
the reserve  allows;  whereas the  initial  and additional 
shares  must be  valid  until  the end of the quota period; 
whereas this method of administration requires close 
cooperation  between the Member  States  and the 
Commission,  and the latter must be in a position to 
monitor  the extent to  which  the quota volume has been 
used up and to  inform  the Member  States  thereof; 
Whereas if, at a given  date  in the quota period, a 
substantial quantity remains unused in any Member 
State, it is essential  that that  Member State should 
return a significant proportion to the reserve to prevent 
a part of any  tariff  quota  from  remaining unused in one 
Member  State when it  could  be used in others; 
Whereas, since the  Kingdom  of Belgium,  the  Kingdom 
of the Netherlands and the Grand  Duchy  of 
Luxembourg  are united  within  and  jointly  represented 
by the Benelux Economic  Union,  any operation relating 
to the administration of the quota  shares  allocated to 
that economic union may be carried out by any of its 
members, 

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HAS ADOPTED  THIS REGULATION  : 
Article  1 
1. From  16 May to 30 June 198 3, the Common Customs  Tariff duty for new potatoes  falling within subheading  07.01 A II b) of the Common  Customs Tariff and originating  in Cyprus  shall be suspended  at 9-4% trjthftf the limits of a Community  tariff quota of 60 000 tonnes. 
apply the customs  duties calculated  in accordar.ee  v.'ith 
-T. - —L * :„  .I. 1  N-RN A „c A  kill. iVikvaill  piuVlOlUlia  111 tllw ± I i».fc.b wi A ikb.ddlVIl and the Protocol  of Adaptation. 
The protocol  on the definition  of the concept  of 'origi­nating products'  and on methods  of administrative cooperation  (% annexed  to the Additional  Protocol  to the Agreement  between  the European  Economic Community  and Cyprus,  shall be applicable. 
(1) 0J No L 339, 28.12.1977,  p. 19 

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Article  2 
1. The Community  tariff quota  referred to in Article 1 
shall be divided  into two instalments. 
54 000 
2. A first instalment amounting to  tonnes  shall be 
allocated among the Member States; the respective 
shares,  which subject to Article 5 shall  be valid until 
30 June 1982  shall  be as follows: 
( tonnes) 
Benelux  ' 3 000-
Denmark 500 
Germany  3 500 
Greece  500 
France  500 
Ireland 
Italy 
United  Kingdom 500 
500 
45 000 
6 000 
3. The second  instalment of  tonnes  shall constitute 
the reserve. 
Article  3 
1. If 90 % or more of a Member  State's  initial  share  as 
specified  in Article  2 (2) or  90 % of that share minus 
the portion returned to the  reserve  where  Article  5 has 
been applied, has been used up, then, to the extent 
permitted by the amount of the  reserve,  that Member 
State shall  forthwith,  by notifying the Commission, 
draw a second  share  equal  to 15 % of its initial  share, 
rounded  up where  necessary  to the next unit. 
2. If, after its initial  share  has been used up, 90 % or 
more of the second  share  drawn  by a Member  State has 
been used up, then, to the extent permitted by 
the amount of the reserve,  that Member State  shall, 
in accordance  with the conditions laid down in 
paragraph 1, draw  a third  share equal  to 7-5 % of its 
initial share,  rounded up where  necessary  to the next 
unit. 

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3. If, after its  second  share  has been used up, 90 % or 
more of the third share  drawn by  a Member  State has 
been used up, that Member State  shall, in accordance 
wkfe-the conditionsJaid down in paragraph 1, draw  a 
fourth  share  equal  to the third. 
This process  shall continue  until the reserve  is used up. 
4. —By way of derogation  from paragraphs  1, 2 and 3, a 
Member  State may draw shares  smaller  than those  fixed 
in those paragraphs  if there is reason  to believe  that 
they might  not be  used up. It  shall  inform  the 
Commission  of its reasons  for applying  this paragraph. 
Article  4 
The additional  shares  drawn  pursuant to Article  3 shall 
be valid until 30 June  1983. It shall inform  the Member  States,  not later than 20 June  1983  > °^ t'le  amount  in the  reserve after 
quantities have been returned  thereto  pursuant  to 
Article 5. >-· 
It shall ensure  that the  drawing which exhausts  the 
reserve  does not exceed  the balance  available  and, to this 
end, notify  the amount  of that balance  to the Member 
State making  the last drawing. 
Article  7 
1. The Member  States  shall take all measures  necessary 
to ensure  that additional shares drawn pursuant  to 
Article  3 are opened  in such a way that imports  may be 
charged  without  interruption  against their accumulated 
shares  of the tariff quota. 
2. The Member'  States  shall ensure  that importers  of 
the products  in question 
have free access  to the shares  allocated  to them. 
Article  5 
The Member  States  shall return  to the reserve,  not later 
than 15 June  1983such  unused  portion  of their 
initial share  as, on 10 June  1983-,  is in excess  of 
20 % of thé initial  volume.  They  may return  a larger 
quantity  if there are grounds  for believing dial  this 
quantity  may not be used. 
The Member States shall  notify the  Commission,  not 
. later than '1 5 June  1933of  the total quantities  of the 
products  in question  imported  up to 10 June  1983 
and charged  against  the tariff quota  and of any quantity 
of the initial  shares  returned  to the  reserve. 
Article  6 
The Commission shall keep an account  of the shares 
operifd  by the  Member States pursuant  to Articles  2 
and 3 and, as soon  as it is notified, shall  inform  each 
Member State  of the extent  to which  the reserve has 
been used up. 3. The Member  States  shall charge  the imports  of the 
products  concerned  against  their shares  as and when  the 
products arc entered  with customs authorities  for free 
circulation. 
4. The extent  to which  a Member  State has used up its 
shares  shall be determined on the  basis of the imports 
charged  in accordance  with paragraph  3. 
Article  8 
At the  Commission's  request, the Member  States  shall 
inform  it of imports of  the products  concerned  actually 
charged  against their  shares. 
Article  9 
The Member  States  and the Commission  shall cooperate 
closely  to ensure  that this Regulation  is complied with. 
Article  10 
This Regulation shall enter  into force on  1ft May 
198 3. 
This Regulation  shall be binding  in its entirety  and directly  applicable  in all Member  States. 
Done at Brussels, 
For the Council 
The President