CELEX: 51980PC0526
Language: en
Date: 1980-09-23
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION 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, originating in Cyprus (1980) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                            Proposal for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION
     opening , allocating and providing for the administration of
     a Community tariff quota for aubergines falling within sub­
     heading ex 07.01 T of the Common Customs Tariff , originating
                           in Cyprus ( 1980 )
            ( submitted ta the Council by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                     EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article 3 of the Transitional Protocol to the Agreement
EEC / Cyprus of 1973 provides for 1980 for the opening of
an Community- tariff quota for the importation into the
Community of 250 tonnes of aubergines originating in
Cyprus , falling within subheading ex 07.01 T of the
Common Customs Tariff ..
The customs duties applicable within the limits of this
quota are equal to 40% of the duties actually applied to
thi rd countries .
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 " greyhund "
system .  .
This i s the subject of the proposal annexed hereto .
ANNEX : 1 proposal for a Regulation ( EEC ) : of the Council .
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 ---pagebreak---                                                   Proposal for a
                                  COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                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                       '       . Luxembourg are united in and represented by the
  COMMUNITIES,                                                Benelux Economic Union, all transactions concerning
                                                              the    administration   of   shares allocated  to  that
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Europeari      economic union may be carried out by any one of its
  Economic Community, a'nd in particular Article 113 .        members,
  thereof,                   .                    .       •
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  Whereas Article 3 of the Transitional Protocol
  to the Agreement
  between the European Economic Community and the                                     Article 1
  Republic of Cyprus ( ') provides for the opening, in
                                                              1.'    From 1 October to 30 November 1980 the
  respect of the period 1 October to 30 November 1980
  of a Community tariff quota of 250 tonnes of auber­         Common Customs Tariff duty for aubergines, falling
  gines, falling within subheading ex 07.01 T of the          within subheading ex 07.01 T of the Common
  Common Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus,            Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus, shall be
  at a rate of customs duty equal to 40 % of the              partially suspended at 6-4 % within the. limits of a
  customs duty in the Common Customs Tariff ;                 Community tariff qbdta of 250 tonnes. -
  whereas the Community tariff quota should be
                                                              2. The volume of the tariff quota referred to in para­
  opened for this period ;                      .
                                                              graph 1 shall constitute a reserve. .
  Whereas it is necessary in particular to ensure to all
  Community importers equal and uninterrupted access          3. , If the need should arise for the products in ques­
  to the abovementioned quota and uninterrupted appli­        tion in a Member State, the latter shall draw an appro­
  cation of the rates laid down for that quota to all         priate share from the reserve, providing that the size
  imports of the products concerned into all Member           of the reserve so . permits.
  States until the quota has been used up ; whereas,
  however, since the tariff quota involved is of a rela­      4.     The shares drawn pursuant to paragraph 3 shall
                                                              be valid until 30 November 1980 .
  tively 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                                   Article 2
  the possibility of those Member States in which needs
  might arise drawing appropriate quantities from that         1 . Member States shall take all appropriate
1 reserve ; whereas the shares thus drawn from the             measures to ensure that shares drawn pursuant to
  reserve must be valid until the end of the quota            jArticle 1 are opened in such a way that imports may
 'period ; whereas this method of management requires         be charged without interruption -against their accumu­
  close cooperation between the Member States and the          lated shares of the Community quota.
  Commission and the latter must in particular be able
  to monitor the rate at which the quota is .used up and       2. Each Member State shall ensure that importers
  inform the Member States thereof ;                          of the said goods established in its territory have free
                                                              access to the shares allocated to it.
  Whereas since the Kingdom of Belgium, the
  Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of            3. . Member States shall charge imports of the said
                                                              goods against their shares as and when the goods are
  (') OJ No L     84,28.3.80 , p. 2 .                          entered 4or          circ^Lation.'.
 ---pagebreak--- '4.    The extent to which a Member State has used up                                Article 4
 its share shall be determined on the basis of the
                                                             The Member States and the Commission' shall colla­
 imports charged in accordance with paragraph 3.              borate closely in order to ensure that this Regulation
                                                              is complied with.
                        Artide 3
                                                                                     Artide 5
 At the request of the Commission, Member States
 shall inform it of imports actually charged against          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October
 their shares.                                                 1980 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.                                                         .
               Done at Luxembourg,
                                                                          For the Council
                                                                           The President