RESERVE AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE POSSIBILITY THAT THOSE MEMBER STATES IN WHICH NEEDS MIGHT ARISE SHOULD DRAW APPROPRIATE QUANTITIES FROM THE 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 ; WHEREAS 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 , ANY OPERATION RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SHARES ALLOCATED TO THAT ECONOMIC UNION MAY BE CARRIED OUT BY ANY ONE OF ITS MEMBERS ;
WHEREAS THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR FRUIT AND VEGETABLES HAS NOT DELIVERED AN OPINION WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT IMPOSED BY ITS CHAIRMAN ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ARTICLE 1
1 . FOR THE PERIOD 15 NOVEMBER 1980 TO 30 APRIL 1981 A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF 2 000 TONNES SHALL BE OPENED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR FRESH OR CHILLED TOMATOES , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 07.01 M I OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING IN THE AFRICAN , CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC STATES .
WITHIN THIS TARIFF QUOTA , THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTY APPLICABLE TO THE PRODUCTS SHALL BE SUSPENDED AT 4.4 % WITH A MINIMUM CHARGE OF 0.8 EUROPEAN UNITS OF ACCOUNT PER 100 KILOGRAMS NET WEIGHT .
WITHIN THIS TARIFF QUOTA , GREECE SHALL APPLY , AS FROM 1 JANUARY 1981 , DUTIES CALCULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS IN THE ACT OF ACCESSION .
2 . THE VOLUME OF THE TARIFF QUOTA REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 SHALL CONSTITUTE A RESERVE .
3 . IF THE NEED SHOULD ARISE FOR THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION IN A MEMBER STATE - INCLUDING GREECE AS FROM 1 JANUARY 1981 - THE LATTER SHALL DRAW AN APPROPRIATE SHARE FROM THE RESERVE , PROVIDING THAT THE SIZE OF THE RESERVE SO PERMITS .
4 . THE SHARES DRAWN PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH 3 SHALL BE VALID UNTIL 30 APRIL 1981 .
ARTICLE 2
1 . THE MEMBER STATES SHALL TAKE ALL MEASURES NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT SHARES DRAWN PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 1 ARE OPENED IN SUCH A WAY THAT CHANGES MAY BE MADE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION AGAINST THEIR SHARES OF THE COMMUNITY QUOTA .
2 . MEMBER STATES SHALL ENSURE THAT IMPORTERS OF THE SAID PRODUCTS ESTABLISHED IN THEIR TERRITORY HAVE FREE ACCESS TO THE SHARES ALLOCATED TO THEM .
3 . THE MEMBER STATES SHALL CHARGE IMPORTS OF THE SAID GOODS AGAINST THEIR SHARES AS AND WHEN THE GOODS ARE ENTERED WITH CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES FOR FREE CIRCULATION .
4 . 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 PARAGRAPH 3 .