CELEX: 51982PC0049
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Date: 1982-02-15
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for carrots falling within subheading ex 07.01 G II of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Cyprus (1982) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                         COM(82)49    final
                                                         Brussels , 15 February 1982
                                    Proposal for a
                              COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
 opening , allocating and providing for the . administration of a Community
 tariff quota for carrots falling within subheading ex 07.01 G II of the
                                  /• v              ."'A
                Common Customs Tariff , originating in, Cyprus ( 1982 )
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                   ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
 COM ( 82 ) 49 final
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                           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 1.4 . to 15.5.1982
for the opening of a Community tariff quota for the importation
into the Community of 2 300 tonnes of carrots , originating in
Cyprus , falling within subheading ex 07.01 G II of the Common
Customs Tariff .
The customs duty applicable within the limits of this quota
is equal to 40% of the duty actually applied to third countries .
Accordingly the tariff quota in question should be opened .
As for the method of administration to be applied by all Member
States , the Commission proposes the "greyhound " system .
This is the subject-matter of the proposal annexed hereto .
ANNEX :   1 proposal for a Regulation ( EEC ) of the Council .
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                                              Proposal for a
                                   COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC)
                                          Î
              opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff
              quota for carrots falling within subheading ex 07.01 G II of the Common
                                     Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus C1982 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the
COMMUNITIES,                                                Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the Grand Duchy
                                                           of Luxembourg are united within and jointly repre­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European      sented by the Benelux Economic Union, any opera­
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 113          tion concerning the administration of the quota shares
thereof,                                                   allocated to that economic union may be carried out
                                                           by any of its members,
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    . ./ 81           .                 laying down the
arrangements applicable to trade with Cyprus beyond
31 December 198 *] ( ' ) provides, for the period 1 April                            Article V
to 15 May 1982, for the opening of a Community
tariff quota of 2 300 tonnes of carrots, falling within
subheading ex 07.01 G II of the Common Customs              1.    From I April to' 15 May 1982 , the Common
Tariff and originating in Cyprus, at a rate of customs     Customs Tariff duty          for carrots falling within
duty equal to 40 % of the customs duty in the              subheading ex 07.01 G       II of the Common Customs
Common Customs Tariff ; whereas the Community              Tariff and originating in   Cyprus shall be suspended at
tariff quota should therefore be opened for this           6-8 % within the limits     of a Community tariff quota
period ;                                                   of 2 300 tonnes.       ■,                                 t
Whereas it is necessary, in particular, to ensure for all  Within the limits ofr this tariff quota, Greece shall
Community importers equal and uninterrupted access         apply the customs cities calculated in accordance
to the abovementioned quota, and uninterrupted appli­      with the relevant provisions       in the 1979 Act
                                                           of Accession and the Protocol of
cation of the rates laid down for that quota to all
imports of the products concerned into all Member          Adaptation .
States until the quota has been used up ; whereas,         The Protocol on the definition of the concept of
however, since the tariff quota involved is of a rela­     'originating products' and on methods of administra­
tively low volume and the period of application is very'   tive cooperation (2), annexed to the Additional
short, it seems possible to allocate the whole quota       Protocol to the Agreement between the European
volume to the Community reserve and to provide for          Economic Community and Cyprus, shall be appli­
                                                           cable.
the possibility of those Member States in which needs
might arise drawing appropriate quantities from that
reserve ; whereas the shares thus drawn from the           2.    The volume of the tariff quota referred to in para­
reserve must be valid until the end of the quota           graph 1 shall constitute a reserve.
period ; whereas this method of management requires
close cooperatioii between the Member States and the       3. If the need should arise for the products in ques­
Commission and the latter must, in particular, be able     tion in a Member State, the latter shall draw an appro­
to monitor the rate at which the quota is used up and      priate share from the reserve, providing that the size
inform the Member States thereof ;                         of the reserve so permits.
( ' ) OJ No L                                              (2) OJ No L 339, 28 . 12. 1977, p. 19.
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4,    The shares drawn pursuant to paragraph S shall         imports charged in accordance with the conditions set
be valid until 15 May 1982 .              i                  out in paragraph 3.
                       Article 2
                                                                                    Article 3
1.    The Member States shall take all measures neces­
sary to ensure that additional shares drawn pursuant to      At the request of the Commission, Member States
Article 1 are opened in such a way that imports may          shall inform it of imports actually charged against
                                                             their shares.
be charged without interruption against their accumu­
lated shares of the Community quota.
2. The Member States shall ensure that importers                                    Article 4 .
of the products in question established in their terri­
                                                             The Member States and the Commission shall co­
tory have free access to the shares allocated to them.
                                                             operate closely in order to ensure compliance with
3. The Member States shall charge imports of the             this Regulation.
said goods against their shares as and when the goods
are entered with the customs authorities for free circu­
lation .                                                                            Article 5
4.    The extent to which a Member State has used up         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April
its share shall be determined on the basis of the             1982 .                            . •
             This Regulation shall, be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.                                                           .
             Done at Brussels,
                                                                         For the Council
                                                                           The President