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REGULATION (EEC)No2661/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of15October1974
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforcertainplywoodsofconiferousspecies,fallingwithinheadingNoex
44.15oftheCommonCustomsTariff(1975)
incubicmetres THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom75000
85000
110000
25000
25000
22000
300000;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles28
and113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereas,underProtocolNo11totheActofAcces­
sion('),theCommunity isrequiredtoopeneachyear
nildutyCommunitytariffquotasforcertainplywoods
ofconiferousspeciesfallingwithinheadingNoex
44.15oftheCommonCustomsTariff,thevolume
thereoftobedecidedannuallywhenitisestablished
thatallpossibilitiesofsupplyontheinternalmarket
oftheCommunityhavebeenexhaustedduringthe
periodforwhichthequotasareopen;whereas,having
regardtotheaforesaidpossibilitiesofsupplyandon
thebasisofforecastsofrequirements madebythe
MemberStates,thetariffquotatobeopenedfor1975
maybefixedat652000m3;whereastheopeningof
theaforementioned tariffquotaalsocoversthe
commitment contractedbytheCommunitywithin
theGATTtograntinrespectoftheseproductsan
annualduty-freetariffquotaof400000m3;whereas
therequirements mentionedabovedonotinclude
importstowhichotherpreferentialtarifftreatment
mayapply,inparticularunderfreetradeagreements ;
whereasinviewoftherelativelysmallquantities
producedintheCommunity ,itisnotnecessaryto
apportionthisamountbetweenthecategoriesof
plywoodspecifiedintheabovementioned Protocol
No11;WhereasMemberStatesmayexhausttheirinitial
sharesatdifferentrates;whereastoprovideforthis
eventualityandtoavoiddisruptionofsuppliesany
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitial
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
reserve;whereaseachtimeitsadditionalshareis
almostexhausted aMemberStateshoulddrawa
furthershare,andsoonasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalshares
shouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
collaboration betweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,whichlattermustbeinapositionto
keepaccountoftheextenttowhichthequotahas
beenusedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesaccord­
ingly;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunuseditisessential,topreventapartofthe
quotafromremainingunusedinoneMemberState
whileitcouldbeusedinothers,thatsuchState
shouldreturnasignificantproportionthereoftothe
reserve;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anytransactionin
respectoftheadministration ofthesharesallocatedto
thatEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyanyone
ofitsmembers,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATIONWhereas,totakemorepreciseaccountofimport
trendsfortheproductsconcerned,thequotashould
bedividedintotwotranches,thefirstbeingallocated
amongalltheMemberStatesandthesecondheldasa
reservetocoversubsequently therequirements of
MemberStateswhichhaveexhaustedtheirinitial
shares;whereas,togiveimporterssomedegreeof
certainty,thefirsttrancheofthequotashouldbe
fixedatarelativelyhighlevel,orabout98%ofits
fullamount;whereas,onthe^asisofMemberStates'
estimatesoftheirneeds,theinitialsharesmaybe
fixedasfollows :/1rticlc1
1.Duringtheperiodfrom 1Januaryto31
December1975aCommunity tariffquotaof.
652000m3shallbeopenedforthefollowing
productsfallingwithinheadingNoex44.15ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff: (')OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.170.

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4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,Member
Statesmaydrawlessersharesthanthosespecifiedin
thoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.They
shallinformtheCommission oftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisprovision.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1975.(a)plywoodofconiferousspecies,withouttheaddi­
tionofothersubstances,ofathicknessgreater
than9mm,thefacesofwhicharenotfurther
preparedthanthepeelingprocess;
(b)plywoodofconiferousspecies,withouttheaddi­
tionofothersubstances ,sanded,andofathick­
nessgreaterthan18-5mm.
2.Importsoftheproductsinquestionmaynotbe
chargedagainstthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfree
ofcustomsdutiesunderpreferentialtreatmentapplied
bycertainMemberStates,inparticularunderfree
tradeagreements .
3.NewMemberStatesshallapplydutiescalculated
inaccordancewiththerelevantprovisionsoftheAct
ofAccessiontoimportswithinthelimitsoftheabove
quota.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1(1)shall
bedividedintotwotranches.
2.Afirsttrancheof642000m3shallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates.MemberStates'shares,
whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil31
December1975,shallbeasfollows:
incubicmetresArticle5
A.MemberStatewhichon15September1975hasnot
usedupitsinitialshareshallreturntothereservenot
laterthan10October1975anyunusedportionin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Itmayreturna
greaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
itmaynotbeusedup.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October1975,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
September1975andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialshares
returnedtothereserve.
75000
85000
110000
25000
25000
22000
300000.Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdomArticle6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan15
October1975,oftheamountstillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatwhenaquantityexhaustingthe
reserveisdrawn,theamountsodrawndoesnot
exceedthebalanceavailable,andtothisendshall
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulatedshareoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
treeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productsinquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhen3.Thesecondtranche,of10000m3,shallconsti­
tutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshare
asfixedinArticle2(2),orofthatminustheportion
returnedtothereservewhereArticle5hasbeen
applied,itshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommis­
sion,drawasecondshare,totheextentthatthe
reservesopermits,equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
2.Ifafteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted ,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,ThatMemberStateshall,inthe
mannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraph 1,
drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitialshare.
3.Ifafteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted ,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
themannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraph 1,
drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveis
exhausted .

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Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.theproductsareenteredwiththecustomsauthorities
forhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofimports
chargedagainstthatshareinaccordancewithpara­
graph3.
Article8
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommissionatregular
intervalsofimportsagainsttheirshares.Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1975.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,15October1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.DESTREMAU