Council Regulation (EEC) No 2642/79 of 20 November 1979 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for apricot pulp, falling within subheading ex 20.06 B II c) 1 aa) of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Israel (1980)
Official Journal L 306 , 03/12/1979 P. 0032 - 0034
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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2642/79
OF 20 NOVEMBER 1979
OPENING , ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR APRICOT PULP , WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 20.06 B II C ) 1 AA ) OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING IN ISRAEL ( 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 THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE STATE OF ISRAEL ( 1 ) SIGNED ON 11 MAY 1975 PROVIDES , IN PROTOCOL 1 ANNEXED THERETO , FOR THE OPENING BY THE COMMUNITY OF AN ANNUAL COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF 150 TONNES OF APRICOT PULP FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 20.06 B II C ) 1 AA ) OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , ORIGINATING IN ISRAEL ; WHEREAS THE CUSTOMS DUTIES APPLICABLE TO THE QUOTA ARE EQUAL TO 70 % OF THE CUSTOMS DUTIES ACTUALLY APPLIED TO NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES ; WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA IN QUESTION SHOULD THEREFORE BE OPENED FOR 1980 ;
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 ISRAEL 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 TOTAL IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION , ORIGINATING IN ISRAEL :
MEMBER STATES*1976*1977*1978*
BENELUX*1,4*5,6*12,9*
DENMARK* - * - * - *
GERMANY*57,1*3,5*77,3*
FRANCE*41,5* - * - *
IRELAND* - * - * - *
ITALY* - * - * - *
UNITED KINGDOM* - *90,9*9,8*
WHEREAS THESE DATA CANNOT BE CONSIDERED AS REPRESENTATIVE TO SERVE AS A BASIS FOR ALLOCATION OF THE QUOTA VOLUME AMONG THE MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS IT IS DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE IMPORTS BY MEMBER STATES FOR 1980 BECAUSE OF