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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)187 final
Brussels,10thApril1979
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
OPENING,,ALLOCATING ANDPROVIDING FORTHE
ADMINISTRATION OFACOMMUNITY TARIFFQUOTAFORFRESHOR
CHILLEDTOMATOESFALLINGWITHINSUBHEADING
EX07.01MOFTHECOMMONCUSTOMSTARIFF,.
ORIGINATING INTHEAFRICAN,CARIBBEAN AND
PACIFIC-STATES ANDINTHEOVERSEAS
COUNTRIES ANDTERRITORIES (1979/80)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
'£-i-
-.5-
C0M(79)187final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
On28February 1978 ,theCouncil defined inRegulation (EEC)n430/78
(OJn°L59of1.3.1978 ,p.48)thetariff treatment applicable to
fresh orchilled tomatoes falling within subheading ex07.01 Mof
theCCT ,originating intheACP States and theOCT .
Article 1ofthat Regulation provides fortheopening of-aCommunity
tariff quota of1.000 tonnes oftheproduct inquestion atduties equal
to40%oftheCCTduties ,with aminimum charge of2u,a/100kg,for
theperiod from 15November to15April .Bythis article ,theapplica -*-
bility ofthis provision ends on29February 1980 .Consequently for
thevolume ofthequota tobefixed^for theperiod of15November 1979
to29February 1980 theprorata temporis clause isapplicable (=7/10
ofthequota ). ."
Itistherefore necessary toopen atariff quota of700tonnes forthe
period concerned ,bymeans oftheproposal inannex .
TheCommission proposes the"grey hound system "asform ofadministration

PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
ZlTfr7OCKtmS-,a?,dfrOVkli!:8fortheadministration ofaCommunisu-iUquotaforfreshordulledtomatoesfallingwithinsubheading 07OiTfJflhlCommonC„s«om,T.riH,origin.,i„g/„tll<!A!rie„„,c^bb.»V°'Sc
*nd,M*"icoverseascountriesandterritories(/979/80"'
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,,andinparticularArticles43
and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment('),
WhereasArticle1ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
430/78(2)providesfor^heopeningbytheCommu­
nityofaCommunity tariffquotaof1000tonnesof
freshorchilledtomatoesfallingwithinsubheadingex
07.01MIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating
intheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStatesandinthe
overseascountriesandterritories ;whereasthequota
periodrunsfrom15November to15;Aprilt
whereasthecustomsdutyapplicableto,the''
quotaissetat4-4%,withaminimumchargeoftwo
unitsofaccountper100kilogramsnetweight;
Whereasth1S-Regulation"is;validoruyuntU 29February1980;whereAs,'t'h^for-
theproratatemporlsclauseIsapplicableforthefixingofthequotavolumefor
the.period15November1979to29February1930;„hereasaCommunitytariffqu„ta
of700tonnesshouldthereforebeopenedfort;iep;eriodinquestion
Whereasitisnecessaryinparticular Wensuretoall
Community importersequalanduninterrupted ,access
totheabovementioned quota,anduninterrupted appli­
cationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoallim­
portsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMemberStates
untilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,however,,
sincethetariffquotainvolvedisofarelativelyiow
volumeandtheperiodofapplication isveryshort,it
seemspossibletoallocatethewholequotavolumeto
theCommunity reserveandtoprovideforthepossibil­
ityofthoseMemberStatesinwhichneedsmightarise
drawingappropriate quantitiesfromthatreserve;
whereasthesharesthusdrawnfromthereservemustbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthis1methodofmanagement requiresctosccooperation
jbetweentheMemberStaresandtheCommission and
;thelattermustinparticularbeabletomonitortherate
!atwhichthequotaisusedupandinformtheMember
(Statesthereof;

-2
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgarcunitedinand •represented bvthe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperation rela­
tingtotheadministration oftheshares
allocated tothat .
economicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofits
members , s
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION ;
ArticleÎ
t.Fortheperiod15November 197gto15Feb-.
19g0,aCommunity tariffquotaof700tonnesshall
beopenedintheCommunity forfreshorchilled
tomatoesfallingwithinsubheading ex07.01MIof
theCommon CustomsTariff,originating inthe
African,Caribbean andPacificStatesandintheover­
seascountries andterritories .
WithinthistariffquotatheCommon Customs
,Tariffdutyapplicable totheproductsshallbe
suspended at4-4%withaminimumchargeoftwo
unitsofaccountper100kilogramsnetweight.
2.Thevolumeofthetariffquotareferredtoinpara­graph1shallconstitute areserve.
.Iftheneedshouldarisefortheproductsinquestion
inaMemberState,thelattershalldrawanappropriate
sharefromthereserve,providingthatthesizeofthe
reservesopermits.
4.Thesharesdrawnpursuanttoparagraph3shallbe
validuntil29February i980,

Article2 Article
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures neces­
sarytoensurethat sharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle 1areopenedinsuchawaythat
changesmaybemadewithoutinterruption against
theiraccumulatedshares oftheCommunity quota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimporters ofthe
saidproductsestablished intheirterritoryhavefree
accesstothesharesallocated tothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoods
areenteredwithcustoms authorities forhomeuse.
A.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordance withparagraph 3.
Arliclt 3
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.TheMemberStalesandthe-Cemwissien shallee=
operatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulation
>scomplied with.
Article 5
Therulesoforiginapplicable totheproducts
importedunderthisRegulation shallbe,respectively ,
thoseofProtocol iannexed totheACP-EEC Conven­
tionofLomeconcerning thedefinition oftheconcept
of'originating products'andthemethodsofadminis­
trativecooperation ,andthoseofAnnexIItoCouncil
Decision76/568/EECof29June1976ontheassocia­
tionoftheoverseascountries andterritories withthe
European Economic Community (').
Articleg
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublication intheOfficialJournalof
theEuropean Communities .
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
Doneat
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
(')OJNoL176,1.7.1976,p.8.