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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
OPENING ,ALLOCATING ANDPROVIDING FORTHEADMINISTRATION
OFACOMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FORAPRICOT PULP ,FALLING
WITHIN SUBHEADING EX20.06 BIIc)1aa)OFTHE
COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING INISRAEL (1981 )
(presented bytheCommission totheCouncil )
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,.V#.•ThfAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheStat*
;v'ii/ofIsraelprovidesInArticle10OfProtocol .N?;-1.'annexedthereto i
1:v> ' : ..'i-' •../.« ' ■.i•^<U:fortheopeningofanannualCommunitytariffquotaforthe1mpbr--.
;:ki.tatlonintotheCommunity'of•130'Petrictonsof.apricotpulp/oHgi4"
,>>?*natinginIsraSl,fallingwithinsubheading ex2Q«66BHc)lea).
'.'V-^^of'theCommonCustoms'Tariff'*'.' : ■■■.•...i' '.
«v»»>. - *- . v •
'•Thecustomsdutiesapplicablewithinthelimitsofthisquotaare,.-/..ν . ■. .·
-.-v*,'equalto70%oftheduties/actually/appliedtonon~membercountries.
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Accordingly thetariffquotainquestionh^stobeopenedfor1981,&•,
V»Λ.'·· ΑΛ >'Χ.«·-!»' '»-έ>'1· ·*V'.'''.»«■ «I>»V,2».Theproposalforaftegulation !openingthistariff'quotaprovides;;^?£asif.customary;,for-thc/divi'sion.ofthe.quotavolumeintotwo.*•'
instalments,the-'firstbeing ■al-leejaiedamongth£NembsrStates'as.
*:.^'quot$shares,thesecond'belrigv'lield asreserve•
» ''ι;.<!'ί''''>-.·· ■*-
.Itdoesnotseempossible#inthiscase*tobasetheallocationof
VJ;,'th#'"firsttrancheorttherulesgenerallyapplied,thatis,torelate
thetotalimports'by*eachMember *State'during.the'pastthree'yearsto'.-.
-V'-,th?(CommunityimportsoverthesameperiodandtoapplyforeachKemfrir'
i^St?itetheresultingpercentages tothevolumeofthefirsttranche.'
As'over'thecourse',ofthe.last'teivyears'the;,Hember.'States .have'■•.V-
importedthegoodsor»lyoccasionalIj'ifatall;aWallocationse^le
..^•y^base^on-estimates'put.-forward:|>y.'sowsMeteber' -'State's.andon'-theneed*
•T..f:to'allocate ,thequotavolumefairlyamoha'.the^ewber -'Statesappears\
j
suitable.y-
3;..lt"1s'proposedthat;.the.,proposal SouriciC'Regulatltoh','dpe'ningt-
th©..;^»un^ty :ipota-.d^scr^d.-lnparajiif^h'i/lb®apprcw<f»'
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ThetariffQuotasconcernedmigutbemodified 1nthecontextofthe
presentnegotiation ;-withthecontracting countryinviewofthe
conclusionofanAdaptationProtocoltotheabovementioned Agreement.
Awaitingtheresults,theproposedRegulations permittherespectof
theengagements contracted bytheCommunity.
TheCommission reservesthepossibility ofmodifyingtheproposal
duringtheprocedure ^,ifnecessary,toadapt1ttetheAdaptation
Protocol.

ANNEX
^r-§pfe§itpts
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffq?io<aforapricotpulp,fallingwithinsubheadingex20,06B0c)1aa)oftheCommonCustomsTariff
•andoriginatingInIsrael(i98l/) .
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticleIB"
thereof,-
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheiAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheStateofIsrael(*)signed
th<MHatjsfgjts AeftProtocol1annexed
~tnereto,fortheopeningbytheCommunityofanannual
^;Communitytariffquotaof150tonnesofapricotpulp
|fallingwithinsubheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginIsrael;whereas
;thecustomsdutiesapplicabletothequotaareequalto
70%ofthecustomsdutiesactuallyappliedto
•non-membercountries;whereastheCommunitytair.ff
-quotainquestionshouldthereforebeopenedfor1981•
"Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensurelorall
Communityimportersequalanduninterruptedaccess
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterntpted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoaliMember
■Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having
regardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunitynature
>ofthequotaicanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquctaamongtheMemberStates;
;whereas,inordertoreflectasaccuratelyaspossiblethe
^truetrendofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,
suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirementsoftheMemberStates,calculatedby
referencetothestatisticsforimportsfromIsraelovera
representativereferenceperiodandalsototheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatistics
areavailable,thecorrespondingimportsbyeadiofthe
MemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercentagesof
totalimportsoftheproductinquestion,originatinginIsrael:
(')OjNoL136,7e.5.1975,p.3.MemberStates
Benelux
Denmark ?
Germany ,
'. '•<■7
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
unitedKingdom..s19771978
2713
•S
*
.i17771979
561010
90
^Whereasthesedata,cannotbeconsideredas
representativetoserveasabasisforallocationofthe
IquotavolumeamongtheMemberStates;whereasitis
difficulttoestimateimportsbyMemberStatesfor1981
becauseoftheabsenceofanypatterninpreviousyears;
whereastoallocatethequotavolumeonafairbasis,the
approximatepercentagesofinitialquotasharesmaybe
fixedasfollows:.',.
Benelux
Denmark
1Germany
'Greece '
France
Ireland
ItaJv
UnitedKingdom12
5
25
2
7"
6
6
38
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
StatesandtheSecondconstitutingareservetocoverata
laterdatetherequirementsoftheMemberStateswhich,
haveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,in
•ordertogiveimportersineachMemberSt*reacertain
degreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotashouldunderthecircumstancesbe
fixedat80%ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeused'
upatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfact
intoaccount:andavoidanybreakincontinuity,any
MemberStartwhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquota
share,:.hou!ddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
whereasthismustbeda?>.ebyeachMember

ANrtÊX
Stateasandwheneachofitsadditions'sharesisalmost
usedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalsharemustbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthis
methodofadministration requiresclosecooperation
betweentheMemberStatesandtheCommission ,and
thelattermustbeinapositiontomonitortheextentto
whichthequotavolumehasbeenusee.upandtoinform
theMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMember
State,.itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshould
returnasignificantproportiontothereservetoprevent
apartofanytariffquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1Article3
1,If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(1),or90%ofthatshareminus
the'portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5h^s
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextent
permittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,
drawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
2,If,afteroneofitsinitialshareshasbeenusedup,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,then,totheextentpermittedby
theamountofthereserve,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninparagraph
1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteroneofitssecondshareshasbeenusedup,
90%,ormoreofthethird.sharedrawnbyaMember
Stat£hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninparagraph
)1,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
theymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Comrtiissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.1.From1Januaryto31December1981,a ,
Communitytariffquotaof150tonnesshallbeopened wa^°derogationfromparagraphs1,2and3,a
intheCommunityforapricotpulp,fallingwithinMemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed
subheadingex20.06BIIc)1aa)oftheCommon,nthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobehevethat
,CustomsTariff,originatinginIsrael.^might"otbeuscdUP-ltsha11>nformthe
Comrtiissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.
2.WithinthelimitsofthistariffquotatheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyapplicabletotheseproductsshall
besuspendedatarateof11-9%. i
Withinthe;limitsofthistariffquota,;-Article4
Greeceshallapplydutiescalculated ' ,
inaccordancewiththerelevantpro-Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuant^oArticlevisionsintheActofAccession „3shallbevaliduntil31December1981.
>
Article2
14Afirstinstalmentof120tonnesoftheCommunity
tariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates;therespectiveshareswhich,
subjecttoArticle,5,shallbevaliduntil31December
198]shallbeasfollows:
Bénélux
Denm.irk
Germany
Greece
4*1*2nce
Ireland
Iialy '*
UnitedKingdomtonnes
14
6
'30
2
v'8
6
6
48i Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1981.suchunusedportionsoftheir
initialshareas,on15September1981,isinexcessof
20°/ooftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthis
quantitymaynotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission,not
'laterthan1October ,olthe.totalquantitiesc-fthe
productsinquestionimportedupto15Septen.ber3981
andchasgcdagainstthetariffquotatiridofanyqns..otky
ofthesharesretwrrwdtothereserve.
Ain-:::;!-'Kitci'10 'corìt;i-'uìt
r^erve.

-3- ANNEX-
Article6 'tj.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsofthe
' 'productsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
'TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountofthesharesproducts ,areenteredwithcustomsaudionci.esforfree
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2andcalculation,
i3and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeachState
■oftheextenttoWhichthereservehasbeenusedup.4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
,shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
October1981,oftheamountinthereserveafter .
quantitieshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto■■' 1■_
.Article5. .»• '."
V ' ■ - -l Article8
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupthe•
rreservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to^t^ieCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
Ithisend,notifytheamountofthat,balancetothe^informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir'
i.MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing. shares.
i* ,Article7 Article9
'!1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary,.'The:MemberStatesanddieCommissionshallcoopers
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto:t0ensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe , . .
chargedwithoutjinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated ^sharesofthetariffquota. • 1
-,j' Article10
2..TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
,theproductsinquestion .establishedintheirterritory 'misRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem. 198'.. - ''
'I '.· .·.
f-'...-ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.'
.DoneatBntssels, '"i-i-y■' . »-, ■;
t,4 '• .FortheCouncil
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