Council Regulation (EEC) No 2855/78 of 23 November 1978 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for dried figs, falling within subheading ex 08.03 B of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Spain (1979)
Official Journal L 343 , 08/12/1978 P. 0033 - 0035
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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2855/78
OF 23 NOVEMBER 1978
OPENING , ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR DRIED FIGS , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 08.03 B OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING IN SPAIN ( 1979 )
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 THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND SPAIN ( 1 ) PROVIDES FOR THE OPENING BY THE COMMUNITY OF AN ANNUAL COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF 200 TONNES OF DRIED FIGS , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 08.03 B OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , ORIGINATING IN SPAIN AND IMPORTED IN IMMEDIATE PACKINGS OF A NET CAPACITY OF 15 KILOGRAMS OR LESS ; WHEREAS THE DUTY TO BE APPLIED UNDER THE QUOTA HAS BEEN FIXED AT 30 % OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTY ; WHEREAS THESE PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS WERE LAID DOWN ONLY FOR IMPORTS OF THESE PRODUCTS INTO THE MEMBER STATES OF THE COMMUNITY AS ORIGINALLY CONSTITUTED ; WHEREAS , UNDER THE ACT OF ACCESSION , IMPORTS OF THESE PRODUCTS INTO THE THREE NEW MEMBER STATES ARE SUBJECT TO COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JANUARY 1978 ; WHEREAS THE IMPORT ARRANGEMENTS FOR THESE PRODUCTS SHOULD BE UNIFORM THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS THIS COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA SHOULD BE OPENED FOR THE YEAR 1979 ;
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 SPAIN 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 SPAIN OF THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED :
* ( % ) *
MEMBER STATES*1975*1976*1977*
BENELUX*2*4* - *
DENMARK* - * - * - *
GERMANY*82*96*100*