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// - FROM 1 JANUARY TO 31 MARCH // 60 //
// EX S . SWEET PEPPERS : //
// - FROM 1 JANUARY TO 31 MARCH // 50 ( A ) //
( A ) WITHIN THE LIMITS OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF 65 TONNES .
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ARTICLE 3
1 . ( A ) PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 2 , THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTY FOR SWEET PEPPERS FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 07.01 S OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , ORIGINATING IN CYPRUS , SHALL BE SUSPENDED AT 4.5 % FOR THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY TO 31 MARCH 1980 WITHIN THE LIMITS OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF 65 TONNES .
( B ) THE VOLUME OF THE TARIFF QUOTA REFERRED TO IN ( A ) SHALL CONSTITUTE A RESERVE .
( C ) IF THE NEED SHOULD ARISE FOR THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION IN A MEMBER STATE , THE LATTER SHALL DRAW AN APPROPRIATE SHARE FROM THE RESERVE , PROVIDING THAT THE SIZE OF THE RESERVE SO PERMITS .
( D ) THE SHARES DRAWN PURSUANT TO ( C ) SHALL BE VALID UNTIL 31 MARCH 1980 .
2 . ( A ) THE MEMBER STATES SHALL TAKE ALL MEASURES NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT ADDITIONAL SHARES DRAWN PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH 1 ARE OPENED IN SUCH A WAY THAT IMPORTS MAY BE CHARGED WITHOUT INTERRUPTION AGAINST THE ACCUMULATED SHARES OF THE COMMUNITY QUOTA .
( B ) THE MEMBER STATES SHALL ENSURE THAT IMPORTERS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ESTABLISHED IN THEIR TERRITORY HAVE FREE ACCESS TO THE SHARES ALLOCATED TO THEM .
( C ) THE MEMBER STATES SHALL CHARGE IMPORTS OF THE SAID GOODS AGAINST THEIR SHARES AS AND WHEN THE GOODS ARE ENTERED WITH THE CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES FOR FREE CIRCULATION .
( D ) THE EXTENT TO WHICH A MEMBER STATE HAS USED UP ITS SHARE SHALL BE DETERMINED ON THE BASIS OF THE IMPORTS CHARGED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS SET OUT IN ( C ).
3 . AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION , MEMBER STATES SHALL INFORM IT OF IMPORTS ACTUALLY CHARGED AGAINST THEIR SHARES .
4 . THE MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION SHALL COOPERATE CLOSELY IN ORDER TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THIS ARTICLE .
ARTICLE 4
THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .
IT SHALL APPLY WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JANUARY 1980 .
THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .
DONE AT BRUSSELS , 26 MARCH 1980 .
FOR THE COUNCIL
THE PRESIDENT
G . MARCORA