Council Regulation (EEC) No 2701/80 of 20 October 1980 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for aubergines, falling within subheading ex 07.01 T of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus (1980)
Official Journal L 280 , 24/10/1980 P. 0002
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( 1 ) OJ NO L 84 , 28 . 3 . 1980 , P . 2 .
COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2701/80
OF 20 OCTOBER 1980
OPENING , ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR AUBERGINES , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 07.01 T OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING IN CYPRUS ( 1980 )
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 ARTICLE 3 OF THE TRANSITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS ( 1 ) PROVIDES FOR THE OPENING , IN RESPECT OF THE PERIOD 1 OCTOBER TO 30 NOVEMBER 1980 , OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF 250 TONNES OF AUBERGINES , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 07.01 T OF THE COMMON CUSTOM TARIFF AND ORIGINATING IN CYPRUS , AT A RATE OF CUSTOMS DUTY EQUAL TO 40 % OF THE CUSTOMS DUTY IN THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ; WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA SHOULD BE OPENED FOR THIS PERIOD ;
WHEREAS IT IS NECESSARY IN PARTICULAR TO ENSURE TO 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 , HOWEVER , SINCE THE TARIFF QUOTA INVOLVED IS OF A RELATIVELY LOW VOLUME AND THE PERIOD OF APPLICATION IS VERY SHORT , IT SEEMS POSSIBLE TO ALLOCATE THE WHOLE QUOTA VOLUME TO THE COMMUNITY RESERVE AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF THOSE MEMBER STATES IN WHICH NEEDS MIGHT ARISE DRAWING APPROPRIATE QUANTITIES FROM THAT RESERVE ; WHEREAS THE SHARES THUS DRAWN FROM THE RESERVE MUST BE VALID UNTIL THE END OF THE QUOTA PERIOD ; WHEREAS THIS METHOD OF MANAGEMENT REQUIRES CLOSE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION AND THE LATTER MUST IN PARTICULAR BE ABLE TO MONITOR THE RATE AT WHICH THE QUOTA IS USED UP AND INFORM THE MEMBER STATES THEREOF ;
WHEREAS SINCE THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM , THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS AND THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG ARE UNITED WITHIN AND JOINTLY REPRESENTED BY THE BENELUX ECONOMIC UNION , ALL TRANSACTIONS CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF SHARES ALLOCATED TO THAT ECONOMIC UNION MAY BE CARRIED OUT BY ANY ONE OF ITS MEMBERS ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ARTICLE 1
1 . UNTIL 30 NOVEMBER 1980 THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTY FOR AUBERGINES , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 07.01 T OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING