CELEX: 51982PC0051
Language: en
Date: 1982-02-15
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for new potatoes falling within subheading 07.01 A II b) of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Cyprus (1982) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                       COM(82)51 final
                                                       Brussels , 15 February 1982
                                        Proposal for a
                              COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
 opening - allocating and providing for the administration of a Community
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 tariff quota for new potatoes / falling within subheading 07.01 A II b )
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            of the Common.;Customs Tariff, originating in Cyprus ( 1982 )
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                   ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
 COM ( 82 ) 51 final
 ---pagebreak---               . EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article 2 of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No       / 81 laying down
the arrangements applicable to trade with the Republic of Cyprus
beyond 31 December 1981 provides for the period 16 May to 30 June
1982 for the opening of a Community    tariff quota for the impor­
tation into the Community of 60,000 tonnes of new potatoes ori­
ginating in Cyprus , falling within subheading 07.01 A II b)'of the
Common Customs Tariff .
The Customs duty applicable within the limits of this quota is
equal to 45 X of the duty actually applied to third countries .
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Accordingly the tariff quota in question has to be opened .
As the method of administration to be applied by all Member States
the Commission proposes the " greyhound"system .
This is the subject of the proposal annexed hereto .
ANNEX : 1 proposal for a Regulation ( EEC ) of the Council .
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                                   COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC)
               opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff
               quota for new potatoes falling within subheading 07.01 A II b) of the Common
                                    Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus ( 1982 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                     Article 1
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 113
thereof,                                                      1.   From- 16 May to 30 June 198Jk .the Common
                                                             Customs Tariff duty for new potatoes falling within
                                                             subheading 07.01 A II b) of the Common Customs
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,          Tariff and originating in Cyprus shall be suspended at
                                                             9-4 % within the limits of a Community tariff quota
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No             of 60 000 tonnes.
         /8 1                          laying down the
arrangements applicable to trade with Cyprus beyond          Within the limits of this tariff quota, Greece shall
31 December 1981 ( ') provides for the opening of a          apply the customs duties calculated in accordance
Community tariff quota of 60 000 tonnes of new               with the relevant provisions -j n the 1979 Act of
potatoes, originating in Cyprus and falling within •         Accession and the Protocol of Adapta­
subheading 07.01 A II b) of the Common Customs •             tion .
Tariff, at a rate of customs duty equal to 45 % of the
customs duty in the Common Customs Tariff, for the
period 16 May to 30 June 1981 ; whereas it is neces­         The Protocol on the definition of the concept of 'origi­
sary to open this Community tariff quota for the _           nating products'" and on methods of administrative
period in question ;                                         cooperation (2), annexed to the Additional Protocol to
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                                                             the Agreement between the European Economic
Whereas it is necessary, in1 particular, to ensure for all   Community and Cyprus, shall be applicable.
Community importers equal and uninterrupted access
to the abovementioned quota, and uninterrupted appli­        2.    The volume of the tariff quota referred to in para­
cation of the rates laid down for that quota to all          graph 1 shall constitute a reserve.
imports of the products concerned into all Member
States until the quota has been used up ; whereas,           3. If the need should arise for the products in ques­
however, since the period of application for the tariff      tion in a Member State, the latter shall draw an appro-" ,
quota involved is very short, it seems possible to alio- j   priate share from the reserve, providing that the size
cate the whole quota volume to the Community !               of the reserve so permits.
reserve and to provide for the possibility of those
Member States in which needs might arise drawing             4. The shares drawn pursuant to paragraph 3 shall
appropriate quantities from that reserve ; whereas the       bei valid until 30 June 1982 .
shares thus drawn from the reserve must be valid until
the end of the quota period ; whereas this method of j
management requires close cooperation between the                                    Article 2
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              1.   Member     States  shall    take  all  appropriate
States thereof ;                                             measures to ensure that shares drawn pursuant to
                                                             Article 1 are opened in such a way that imports may
                                                             be charged without interruption against their cumula­
Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the                   tive portions of the Community quota.
Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg are united within and jointly represented         2. Member States shall ensure that importers of the
by the Benelux Economic U"ion, all transactions              said goods established in its territory have free access
concerning the administration of the shares allocated        to the shares allocated to it.
to that economic union may be carried out by any
one of its members,                                          3. Member States shall charge imports of the said
                                                             goods against their shares as and when the goods are
( ' ) OJ No L                                                entered for free circulation .
                                                             (2) OJ No L 339, 28. 12. 1977, p. 19.
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4,    The extent to which a Member State has used up                               A nidt 4
its share shall be determined on the basis of the
                                                             Member States and the Commission shall collaborate
imports charged in accordance with paragraph 3.              closely in order to ensure that this Regulation is
                                                             observed .
                      Article 3
                                                                                   Article 5
At the request of the Commission, Member States
shall inform it of imports actually charged against          This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 May
their shares.                                                1982 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member'
              States.
              Done at Brussels,
                                                                        For the Council
                                                                         The President
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