CELEX: 51981PC0049
Language: en
Date: 1981-02-13
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 (1981) (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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                  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 ( 1981 )
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 ---pagebreak---                         EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article 2 of Council Regulation ( EEC ) N° ' /     laying down the
arrangements applicable to trade with the Republic of Cyprus beyond
the date of expiry of the first stage of the Agreement EEC / Cyprus
of 1973 provides for the period 16 May to 30 June 1981 for the
opening of a Community tariff quota for the importation into the
Community of 60,000 tonnes of new potatoes originating in Cyprus ,
falling within subheading 07.01 A II b ) of the Common Customs
Tariff .
 The Customs riiitips applicable within the limits of this quota
 are equal to 45 % of the duties actually applied to third coun­
 tries .
 Accordingly the tariff quota in questione 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) No                        / 81
                                                   of
            opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff
          - quota for new potatoes falling withiii subheading 07.01 A II b) of the Common
                                    Customs Tariff originating in Cyprus ( 1981 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE F.UROPFAN
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing 'he European
Economic Community, and m particular Article 113
thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                                  ' '    >
 Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation ( EEC ) N°                             /       laying down
 the arrangements applicable to trade with the Republic of Cyprus
 beyond the date of expiry of the first stage of the Agreement
 establishing an association between the European Economic Community
 and the Republic          of - Cyprus ( 1 ) provides for the opening of a Community
                                       tantt quota of 60 000 tonnes of new potatoes origi­
                                       nating in Cyprus, falling within subheading 07.01 A II
                                       b) of the Common Customs Tariff at a rate of customs
                                       duty equal to 4.S % of the customs duty in the
                                       Common Customs Tariff, for the period 16 May to 30
                                        June 198i ; whereas it is necessary to open this
                                       Community tariff quota for , the period in question ;
                                       Whereas it is necessary in particular to ensure to all
                                       Community importers equal and uninterrupted access
                                       to the abovementioned quota, and uninterrupted appli­
                                       cation 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 period of application for the tariff
                                      quota involved is very short, it seems possible to allo­
                                      cate 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
                                      Kingdorii of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of
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   Luxembourg are umtrd wifhm .. ij jointly represented
  by the Bc-noux iwu ,-           i !..*><■,. all transactions
  concerning ;< ie adinimsifarion i the shares allocated
  to that economic union may be carried out by any
 one of its members,
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                          Article 1
               1
 1.     From 16 May to 30 June 1981 the Common
 Customs ianli duty for new potatoes falling within
 subheading 07.0 1 A II b) of the Common Customs
 Tariff eliminating in Cyprus shall be suspended at
 9-4 % wKi.ni riic limits ot a Community tariff quota
 of 60 000 tonnes .
 Within the limits of this tariff quota - Greece shall apply duties
^calculated in accordance with the relevant provisions in Regula­
 tion ( EEC ) N°                /    .
   The Protocol on the definition of the concept of 'origi­
   nating products' and on methods of administrative
   cooperation (I ) annexed to the Additional Protocol to
   the Agreement between the European Economic
   Community and Cyprus shall be applicable .
   2. The volume of the tariff quota referred to in para­
   graph 1 shall constitute a reserve.
   3.    If the need should arise for the products in ques­
   tion in a Member State, the latter shall draw an appro­
   priate 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 3l) June 1981 .
                           Article 2
    1.   Member States shall take all appropriate
    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
   tive portions of the Community quota.                         •
   0) OJ No L 339, 13. 12. 1977, p. 19.
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                                                                                      Article 3
  2.    Member States sh.ill ensure that importers of the
' said goods established ir^ its territory tuve (tee access    At the request of the Commission, Member States
  to the shares allocated to it.                               shall inform it of imports actually charged against
                                                               their shares.
                                                                                      Article 4
  3.    Member States shall charge imports of the said
  goods against their shares as and when the goods are         Member States and the Commission shall collaborate
   entered for free circulation .                              closely in order to ensure that this Regulation is
                                                               observed.
                                                                                       Article 5
   4. The extent to which a Member State has used up
   its share shall be (ii'tiinmu'd on the basis of the          This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 May
                                                                19#1 .
   imports charged in accordance with paragraph 3.
                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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