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REGULATION (EEC)No355/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of4February1974
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forotherwovenfabricsofcottonfallingwithinheadingNo55.09oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginSpain
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
»Whereas,duringthepastthreeyearsforwhichsta­
tisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsby
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfrom
Spainoftheproductsconcerned:HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityandinparticularAr­
ticle113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission :1970 1971 1972
Benelux 1-42-22-8
France 75-475-778-0
Germany 4-05-26-4
Italy 19-216-912-8
Whereas,inviewofthesefactors,oftheforeseeable
developmentduring1974ofthemarketforthepro­
ductsinquestionandinparticularoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEco­
nomicCommunityandSpain,signedatLuxembourg
on29June1970,providesinArticle2(1)together
withArticle4ofAnnexI,fortheopeningbythe
CommunityofanannualCommunitytariffquota
of1800metrictonsofotherwovenfabricsofcotton
fallingwithinheadingNo55.09oftheCommon
CustomsTarifforiginatinginSpain;whereas,pur­
suanttoArticle2ofthesaidAnnexthequotadq.ty
isequalto40%oftheCommonCustomsTariff
dutyinrespectoftheproductconcerned;whereasthe
Communitytariffquotacontainsquotadutiesof
5-2%,5-6'"/o,5-6%»and6°/ofortheproductsfalling
withinsubheadingNos55.09AI,AII,BIandBII;Benelux 2-2
France 756
Germany 5-9
Italy 16-3
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotato
allimportsoftheproductconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereastorepresentascloselyas
possibletheactualdevelopmentofthemarketin
theproductsinquestiontheallocationshouldfollow
proportionately therequirements oftheMember
Statescalculatedfrombothstatisticsofimportsfrom
Spainduringarepresentative periodandtheecono­
micoutlookforthetariffperiodinquestion;Whereastotakeaccountoffuturetrendsofimports
oftheproductunderconsideration ,thetotalquota
volumeshouldbedividedintotwotranches,the
firstbeingsharedamongtheMemberStatesandthe
secondheldasareservetocoveratalaterdatethe
requirementsofthoseMemberStateshavingusedup
theirinitialshare;whereastogiveMemberState
importerssomecertainty,thefirstoftheCommunity
quotamightbefixedat75%ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheinitialsharesofMemberStatesmaybe
usedupmoreorlessquickly;whereas,therefore,to
avoiddisruptionofsuppliesanyMemberStatewhich
hasalmostusedupitsinitialshare,mustdrawa
supplementary sharefromthereserve;whereasthis
mustbedonebyeachMemberStateaseachoneof
itssupplementary sharesisalmostusedup,andas

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WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgarejointlyrepresentedbytheBeneluxEco­
nomicUnionanymeasureconcerningtheadmini­
strationofthesharesallocatedtothateconomic
unionmaybecarriedoutbyoneofitsmembers,manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial
andsupplementary sharesmustbevaliduntiltheend
ofthequotaperiod;whereasthisformofadmini­
strationrequiresclosecollaboration betweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,andtheCom­
missionmustbeinapositiontofollowtheextentto
whichthequotavolumehasbeenusedupandinform
theMemberStatesthereof; HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityoftheinitialshareisleftover
inaMemberState,itisessentialthateachstate
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve,
topreventapartoftheCommunityqUotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcould
beusedinothers;Until31December1974,theCommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesinrespectoftheproductsoriginatingin
Spainandlistedbelowshallbepartiallysuspended
atthelevelsindicatedforeachofthemwithinthe
limitsofaglobalCommunitytariffquotaof1800
mertictons:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionRate
ofduty
%
55.09Otherwovenfabricsofcotton:
A.Containing85%ormorebyweightofcotton:
LOfawidthoflessthan85cm 5-2
II.Other 5-6
B.Other:
I.Ofawidthoflessthan85cm 5-6
II.Other 6
Article2 sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,where
theprovisionsofArticle5havebeenappliedhas
beenexhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todraw
asecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,to
theextentthattheamountinthereserveallows.1.Afirsttrancheamountingto1350metrictons
oftheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1,
shallbeallocatedamongtheMemberStates;the
sharewhich,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil
31December1974shallbeasfollows:
Benelux 30metrictons
France 1020metrictons
Germany 80metrictons
Italy 220metrictons
2.Thesecondtranche,of450metrictons,consti­
tutesareserve.2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todraw
athirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,tothe
extentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
Article33.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallinaccor­
dancewiththesameconditions,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%ofthat

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TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,forthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthere­
oftotheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinal
drawing.Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraphs 1,
2and3,theMemberStatesmayproceedtodraw
sharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs,
ifthereisreasontobelievethatthosesharesmight
notbeusedup.TheyshallinformtheCommission
ofthereasonswhichledthemtoapplythis
paragraph.Article7
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1974.1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemade,withoutinterruption,againsttheiraccu­
mulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoods
areenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.Article5
If,by15September1974,aMemberStatehasnot
usedupitsinitialshare,itshall,notlaterthan10Oc­
tober1974,returntothereservetheunusedportion
ofthisshareinexcessof20%oftheinitialamount.
Itmayreturnalargerquantityiftherearereasons
forconsideringthatsuchquantitymightnotbe
used.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October
1974,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcernedeffectedupto15September
1974inclusive,andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaand,whereappropriate,theproportionoftheir
initialsharethatisbeingreturnedtothereserve.Article8
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommissionatregu­
larintervalsofimportsofthesaidproductactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
Article6TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallco­
operatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulation
isobserved.
Article10TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan15October
1974,notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthe
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuantto
Article5.ThetariffquotalaiddowninthisRegulationshall
beopenedfor1974.
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4February1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
W.SCHEEL