CELEX: 31979R0575
Language: en
Date: 1979-03-26 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 575/79 of 26 March 1979 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

No L 77/4                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             29 . 3 . 79
                                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 575 /79
                                                      of 26 March 1979
               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
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 1 April to 15 May 1979, the Common
                                                                  Customs Tariff duty for carrots falling within
                                                                  subheading ex 07.01 G II of the Common Customs
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                Tariff, originating in Cyprus, shall be suspended at
                                                                  6-8 % within the limits of a Community tariff quota
Whereas Article 2 of the Protocol laying down certain             of 2 300 tonnes .
provisions relating to trade in agricultural products
between the European Economic Community and the                   2. The volume of the tariff quota referred to in para­
Republic of Cyprus (') provides, for the period of 1              graph 1 shall constitute a reserve.
April to 15 May 1979, for the opening of a Commu­
nity tariff quota of 2 300 tonnes of carrots falling              3.    If the need should arise for the products in ques­
within subheading ex 07.01 G II of the Common                     tion in a Member State, the latter shall draw an appro­
Customs Tariff, originating in Cyprus, at a rate of               priate share from the reserve, providing that the size
customs duty equal to 40 % of the customs duty in                 of the reserve so permits.
the Common Customs Tariff ; whereas the Commu­
nity tariff quota should therefore be opened for this             4. The shares drawn pursuant to paragraph 3 shall
period ;
                                                                  be valid until 15 May 1979 .
Whereas it is necessary in particular to ensure to all
Community importers equal and uninterrupted access                                       Article 2
to the abovementioned quota, and uninterrupted appli­
cation of the rates laid down for that quota to all               1.    The Member States shall take all measures neces­
imports of the products concerned into all Member                 sary to ensure that additional shares drawn pursuant to
States until the quota has been used up ; whereas,                Article 1 are opened in such a way that imports may
however, since the tariff quota involved is of a rela­            be charged without interruption against their accumu­
tively low volume and the period of application is very           lated shares of the Community quota.
short, it seems possible to allocate the whole quota
volume to the Community reserve and to provide for
the possibility of those Member States in which needs             2. The Member States shall ensure that importers
 might arise drawing appropriate quantities from that             of the products in question established in their terri­
 reserve ; whereas the shares thus drawn from the                 tory have free access to the shares allocated to them .
 reserve must be valid until the end of the quota
 period ; whereas this method of management requires              3 . The Member States shall charge imports of the
 close cooperation between the Member States and the              said goods against their shares as and when the goods
 Commission and the latter must in particular be able             are entered with the customs authorities for home use .
 to monitor the rate at which the quota is used up and
 inform the Member States thereof ;                               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 the conditions set
Whereas since the Kingdom of Belgium, the
                                                                  out in paragraph 3 .
 Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the Grand Duchy
 of Luxembourg are united in and represented by the
 Benelux Economic Union, any operation concerning
 the administration of the quota shares allocated to                                      Article 3
 that economic union may be carried out by any of its
 members,                                                         At the request of the Commission, Member States
                                                                   shall inform it of imports actually charged against
 i 1 ) OJ No L 172, 28 . 6. 1978 , p. 10 .                         their shares .
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                       Article 4                                                  Article 5
The Member States and the Commission shall coop­
erate closely in order to ensure compliance with this       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April
Regulation .                                                1979 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
              Done at Brussels, 26 March 1979 .
                                                                       For the Council
                                                                         The President
                                                                      P. MEHAIGNERIE