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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)477 final
Brussels,29September 1981
Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andproviding fortheadministration
ofaCommunity tariffquotafordriedfigs,
fallingwithinsubheading ex08.03B
oftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginating inSpain(1982)
Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andproviding fortheadministration
ofaCommunity tariffquotafordriedgrapes
fallingwithinsubheading 08.04BIofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginating inSpain(1982)
/. ■
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
χ
C0M(81)477final

CowjVj
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.TheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanCommunityandSpain,•completedby
theProtocoltothisAgreementconsequent ontheaccessionofGreece,
providesfortheopeningofCommunitytariffquotasfortheimporta­
tionintotheCommunityofthefollowingproducts,originating in
Spain,atthequotadutiesspecifiedbelow:
CCTHeadingN°Product AnnualVolume QuotaDuty
ex08.03ΒCertaindriedfigs 200t30%oftheCCTduty
08.04ΒI
ICertaindriedgrapes 1700t Exempt
2.From1July1977thequotavolumefordriedgrapeshasbeenincreased
1900tonnes. -
3.TheRegulations provide,intheusualway,forthesplitting upofthe~
tariffvolumesintotwoparts,thefirstofwhichwillbeallocated
'amongtheMemberStatesasquotasharesandthesecondwillbekept
asareserve.' v -. -
4.The.allocation ofthefirstpartsofthequotashasbeenundertaken
accordingtotherulesgenerallyappliedhitherto.. v*.
5.TheproposedRegulationprovideforasinglemethodofadministration
tobeappliedbyallMemberStates •namelythe"asandwhen"method.
Annexes:-2proposalsforregulations oftheCouncil.

ANNEX A
Proposalfora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
driedfigsfallingwithinsubheading ex03.03BoftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originating inSpain(1982s
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing the
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Article 113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas anAgreement betweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunity andSpainwas^yncludedon
29June1970(')andaProtocolannexedto
thisAgreement consequent ontheacce­
ssionoftheHellenicRepublictothe
Community .herinafter referredto
asthe"Protocol ";
WhereastheCommunity committed itself,underthis
Agreement ,toopeninganannualCommunity tariff
quotaof^00tonnesofdriedfigsfallingwithinsub­
headingex08.03BoftheCommonCustomsTariff
andoriginating inSpainandimportedinimmediate
packingsofanetcapacityof15kilogramsorless;
whereasthedutytobeappliedunderthequotahas
beenfixedat30%oftheCommon CustomsTariff
duty;whereasthisCommunity tariffquotashouldbe
openedfor1982;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall »
Community importersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
application oftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcerned intoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheaboveprinciples ,theCommunity
natureofthequota'can berespectedbyallocatingthe
Community tariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectasaccurately aspossible
thetruetrendofthemarketintheproducts in
question,suchallocation shouldbeinproportion to
therequirements oftheMemberStates,calculated by
referencetothestatisticsforimportsfromSpainover
arepresentative reference periodandalsotothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion ;
(')OJNoL182,16.8.1970,p.2.
(2)0JNOL

-1-ANNEX A
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsarcavailable,thecorresponding importsby
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentages oftheimportsintotheCommunity from
Spainoftheproductsconcerned :
MemberStates 1978 1979 1980
Benelux 8-0
Denmark – – ..
Germany 96-7 86-0100(=32
Greece – – -
France 3-3 '6-0
Ireland – –-
Italy ~ – –_
UnitedKingdom – –
Whereas ,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submitted bycertainMemberStatesaswellasthe
practical needtoensurethattheobligations
contracted undertheAgreement concerned are
allocatedfairlyamongtheMemberStates,initial
quotasharesmaybefixedapproximately atthe
followingpercentages :
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom6-7
6-7
46-7
3-3
20-0-
3-3
3-3
10-0
Whereas ,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcerned inthevariousMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments ,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstituting areservetocover
atalaterdatetherequirements oftheMemberStates
whichhaveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;

-3- ANNEX A
whereas,inordertogiveimporters ineachMember
Stateacertainsecurity,thefirstinstalment ofthe
Community quotashouldunderthecircumstances be
fixedat75%ofthequotavolume; ■.
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharemaybeused
upatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethis
factintoaccountandavoidanybreakincontinuity ,
anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitial
quotashare,shoulddrawanadditional sharefrom
thereserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
sharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additional sharesmustbe^validuntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthismethodofadministration
requiresclosecooperation betweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission ,andthelattermustbein
apositiontomonitortheextenttowhichthequota
volumehasbeenusedupandtoinformtheMember
Statesthereof;Article2
\
1.Afirstinstalment ,amounting to150tonnesof
theCommunity tariffquotareferredtoinArticle 1,
shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates,tbe
respective shares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbe
validuntil31December 1982,shallbeasfollows:
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany \
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom(tonnes)
10
10
70
5
30
5
5
15
2.Thesecondinstalment of50tonnesshall
constitute thereserve.
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantial quantityremainsunusedinanyMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshould
returnasignificant proportion tothereserveto
preventapartofanytariffquotafromremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedin
others;
Whereas,sincetheKingdom ofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourg areunitedwithinandjointly
represented bytheBeneluxEconomic Union,any
operationrelatingtotheadministration ofthequota
sharesallocatedtothateconomic unionmaybe
carriedoutbyanyofitsmembers,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMember State'sinitial
shareasspecifiedinArticle2(1),or90%ofthat
shareminustheportionreturnedtothereservewhere
Article5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,to
theextentpermitted bytheamountofthereserve,
thatMemberStateshallforthwith ,bynotifyingthe
Commission ,drawasecondshareequalto15%of-
itsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextunit. ,
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thenthatMemberStateshall,
inaccordance withtheconditions laiddownin
paragraph ,1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
unit.
Article1
From1Januaryto31December 1982Common
CustomsTariffdutyinrespectofdriedfigsfalling
withinsubheading ex08.03Bandoriginating inSpain
andimportedinimmediate packingsofanetcapacity
notexceeding 15kilograms shallbepartially
suspended at3%withinthe,limitsofaCommunity
tariffquotaof200tonnes.
Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,Greeceshall
applycustomsdutiescalculated inaccordance with
therelevantprovision inthe1979ActofAccession
andintheProtocol3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,•thatMemberStateshall,in
accordance withtheconditions laiddownin
paragraph 1,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogation fromparagraphs 1,2and
3,aMemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthan
thosefixedinthoseparagraphs ifthereisreasonto
believethattheymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinform
theCommission ofitsreasonsforapplyingthis
paragraph .

-4-ANNEX A
Article4 Article7
Theadditional sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December 198?.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1982,suchunusedportionof
theirinitialsharesas,on15September 1982;isin
excessof20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturn
alargerquantityiftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthisquantitymaynotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,not
laterthan1October1982,ofthetotalquantitiesof
theproductsinquestionimportedupto15September
1982andchargedagainstthetariffquotaandofany
quantityoftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserves .1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures
necessary toensurethatadditional sharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruption against
theiraccumulated sharesofthetariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproducts inquestionestablished intheir
territoryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedto
them.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsof
theproductsconcerned againsttheirsharesasand
whentheproductsareenteredwithcustomsauth­
oritiesforfreecirculation .-
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordance withparagraph 3.
Article6
TheCommission shallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeach
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenused
up. -
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
October1982,t^leamr'jntinthereserveafter
quantities havebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhaustsany
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to
thisend,notifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.Article8 .
AttheCommission 'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMember StatesandtheCommission shall
cooperate closelytoensurethatthisRegulation is
compliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegualtion shallenterintoforceon1January
1982,.
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States. -v
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

ANNEX B
Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity tariffquotafor
driedgrapesfallingwithinsubheading 08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originating i»Spain(19S2)
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN -
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing the
EuropeanEconomic Community ,andinparticular
Article 113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas anAgreement betweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunity andSpain(')w^concluded
on29June1970,andaProtocol annexedto
thisAgreement consequent ontheacce­
ssionoftheHellenic Republic tothe
Community,herinafter referredto
asthe"Protocol";
WhereastheCommunity committed itself,underthis
Agreement ,toopeninganannualCommunity tariff
quotaof1900tonnesofdriedgrapesfallingwithin
subheading 08.04BIoftheCommonCustomsTariff -
andoriginating inSpainandimported inimmediate
packingsofanetcapacityof15kilogramsorless;whereasthisCommunitytariffquota
shouldbeopenedfor,1982; .
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Community importersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
application oftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcerned intoallMember ■'
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheaboveprinciples ,theCommunity
natureofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
Community tariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectasaccurately aspossible
thetruetiendofthemarketintheproducts in
question,suchallocation shouldbeinproportion to'.
therequirements oftheMemberStates,calculated by
referencetothestatisticsforimportsfromSpainover
arepresentative reference periodandalsotothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion ;
Whereas ,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailable,the'corresponding importsby
(')OJNoL182,16.8.1970,p.2.
(2)0JNoL:....

-2- ANNEX B
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentages oftheimportsintotheCommunity from
Spainoftheproductsconcerned :
Member States 1978 19791980
Benelux 4 35
Denmark – 1 1
Germany 7 2 1
Greece – --
France 52 58 86
Ireland 32 21 2
Italy 4 92
UnitedKingdom 1 63,
Whereas ,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submitted bycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
Bénélux ,-9-9
Denmark 1-0
Germany 3*6
Greece 0*6
France 42-1
Ireland " 0-6
Italy 8-0
UnitedKingdom 34-2
Whereas ,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcerned inthevariousMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments ,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstituting areservetocover
atalaterdatetherequirements oftheMemberStates
whichhaveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;
whereas,inordertogiveimporters ineachMember
Stateacertaindegreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalment
oftheCommunity quotamightunderthecircum­
stancesbefixedat80%.ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybe
usedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotake

-3- ANNEX B
thisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity ,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostused
upitsinitialquotashare,shoulddrawanadditional
sharefromthereserve;whereasthismustbedoneby
eachMemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
sharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimes
as.thereserveallows;whereas theinitialand
additional sharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthismethodof'administration
requiresclosecooperation betweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission ,andthelattermustbein
apositiontomonitortheextenttowhichthequota
volumehasbeenusedupandtoinformtheMember
Statesthereof;respective shareswhich,subjecttoArticle5shallbe
validuntil31December 1982,shallbeasfollows :
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom(tonnes)
150
15
•55
10
,640
10
120
520
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantial quantityremainsunusedinanyMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshould
returnasignificant proportion tothereserveto
preventapartofanytariffquotafromremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedin
others; ?' I
Whereas,sincetheKingdom ofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourg areunitedwithinandjointly
represented bytheBeneluxEconomic Union,any
operationrelatingtotheadministration ofthequota
sharesallocatedtothateconomic unionmaybe
carriedoutbyanyofitsmembers,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
From1Januaryto31December 1982theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyinrespectofdriedgrapesfalling
withinsubheading 08.04BIandoriginating inSpain
andimported inimmediate containers ofanet
capacitynotexceeding 15kilograms shallbeentirely
suspended withinthelimitsofaCommunity tariff
quotaof1900tonnes.2.Thesecondinstalment of380tonnesshall
constitute thereserve .
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMember State'sinitial
shareasspecifiedinArticle2(1),or90%ofthat
shareminustheportionreturnedtothereservewhere
Article5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,to
theextentpermitted bytheamountofthereserve,
thatMemberStateshallforthwith ,bynotifyingthe
Commission ,drawasecondshareequalto15%of
itsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessary tothe
nextunit.
2..If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thenthatMemberStateshall,
inaccordance withtheconditions laiddownin
paragraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
unit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordance withtheconditions laiddownin
paragraph 1,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisused
up.
Withinthelimitsofthista-iffquota,Greeceshail
applycustoiisdutiescalculated inaccordance with
therelevantprovisions inthe1979ActofAccession
andintheProtocol4.Bywayofderogation fromparagraphs 1,2and
3,aMemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthan
thosefixedinthoseparagraphs ifthereisreasonto
believethattheymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinform
theCommission ofitsreasonsforapplying this
paragraph .
Article2
1.Afirstinstalment amounting to1520tonnesof
theCommunity tariffquotareferredtoinArticle 1
shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;theArticle4
Theadditional sharesdrawnpursuant
shallbevaliduntil31December 1982.toArticle3

-4-ANNEX B
Article5
TheMemberStates"shallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1OctoberlvS2,suchunusedportionof
theirinitialshareas,on15September 1982,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturn
alargerquantityiftherear~groundsforbelieving
thatthisquantitymaynot
TheMemberStatesshallnoi. i.mission,not
laterthan1October1982,°*tiletoI;a'quantities of
theproductsinquestionimportedupto15September
1982andchargedagainstthetariffquotaandofany
quantityoftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserves.
Article6
TheCommission shallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeach
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenused
up.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
October 1982,oftheamountinthereserveaft6r
quantities havebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to
thisend,notifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing .
Article7
1.TheMember Statesshalltakeallmeasures
necessary toensurethatadditional sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruption against
theiraccumulated sharesoftheCommunity tariff
quota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproducts inquestionestablished intheir
territoryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedto
them.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsof
theproductsconcerned againsttheirsharesasand
whentheproductsareenteredwithcustomsauth­
oritiesforfreecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitssharesshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordance withparagraph 3.
Article8
AttheCommission 'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMember StatesandtheCommission shall
cooperate closelytoensurethatthisRegulation is
compliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon1January
1982. V'
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States. • ^ •
DoneatBrussels,
,FortheCouncil
ThePresident