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REGULATION (EEC)No2923/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of18November1974
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
formen'sandboys'outergarmentsfallingwithinheadingNo61.01oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginCyprus
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,allimportsoftheproductconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,
theCommunitynatureofthequotacanberespected
byallocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectmore
accuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthemarketin
theproductconcerned,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotheneedsoftheMemberStates,asses­
sedbyreferencetoboththestatisticsofeachState's
importsofthesaidgoodsfromCyprusoverarep­
resentativeperiodandtheeconomicoutlooksforthe
quotaperiodconcerned;
However,asduringthepastthreeyearsnosuch
productsoriginatinginCyprushavebeenimported
intotheCommunity asoriginallyconstitutedand
whereasaminimalamounthasbeenimportedinto
onlyoneofthenewMemberStates;whereasno
forecastcanbemadefor1975;whereas,toensure
fairdistributionofthetwoquotaamountsbetween
theMemberStatesconcerned,eachMemberState
shouldmakeasignificativecontribution tothe
relevantquotaamount;whereassuchcontributions
mayapproximately correspondtothefollowing
percentages :HavingregardtotheTreaty,establishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Article113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereastheAgreement(')establishinganassoci­
ationbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andtheRepublicofCyprus,hereinaftercalledthe
'Agreement',andtheProtocol(2)layingdowncertain
provisionsconcerningthatAgreementasaresultof
theaccessionofnewMemberStatestotheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,hereinaftercalledthe'Proto­
col',providefortheopeningofanannualCommunity
tariffquotaof500metrictonsofmen'sandboys'
outergarmentsfallingwithinheadingNo61.01of
theCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginCyprus;
whereaspursuanttothejointdeclarationonArticle2
oftheProtocolthetariffquotashouldbeallocated
amongtheMemberStatesasfollows:100metric
tonsfortheCommunityasoriginallyconstitutedand
400metrictonsforthenewMemberStates;whereas
Article1ofAnnexItotheAgreementprovides
thatthedutiesapplicabletothequotashallbeequal
to30%oftheCommonCustomsTariffduties;
whereas,asregardsthedutiesapplicabletogoods
withinthelimitsofthequotabythenewMember
States,thespecialprovisionsoftheProtocolandof
theActofAccession (3)shouldbeobserved;whereas,
tocomplywiththespecialprovisionsoftheProtocol,
separatearrangements shouldbemadefortheMem­
berStatesoftheCommunityasoriginallyconstituted
ontheonehandandforthenewMemberStateson
theotherhand;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoBenelux 27-8
Germany 19-4
France 27-8
Italy 25-0
Denmark 45-0
Ireland 5-0
UnitedKingdom 50-0
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,eachoftheseamountsshouldbedividedinto
twotranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocatedamong
theMemberStatesandthesecondformingreserves
intendedultimatelytocovertherequirements ofthe
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialquota
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegree
ofsecuritytoimportersineachMemberState,the
firsttrancheoftheCommunityquotashouldbeI1)OJNoL133,21.5.1973,p.1.
(2)OJNoL133,21.5.1973,p.88.
(3)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.

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2.Withinthelimitsof400metrictonsofthetariff
quotareferredtoinArticle1,thenewMember
Statesshallapplythedutieslaiddownintherelevant
provisionsoftheActofAccession,theAgreement
andtheProtocol.determinedatalevelwhich,underpresentcircum­
stances,maybeapproximately 75%and50%ofthe
quotaamountrespectively ;
"WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmay
beusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorderto
takethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,itisimportantthatanyMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromtherelevant
reserve;whereas,thismustbedonebyeachMember
Stateasandwheneachofitsadditionalsharesis
almostentirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimes
asthereservesallow;whereastheinitialandad­
ditionalsharesmustbeavailableforuseuntilthe
endofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration callsforclosecooperationbetween
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,whichmust,in
particular,beabletoobservetheextenttowhich
thequotaamountsareusedandinformMember
Statesthereof;Article3
1.Afirsttrancheof72metrictonsoftheamount
specifiedinArticle2(1)shallbeallocatedamong
theMemberStatesoftheCommunityasoriginally
constituted ;theshareswhich,subjecttoArticle6,
arevaliduntil31December1975shallbeasfollows:
Germany
Benelux
France
Italy20metrictons
14metrictons
20metrictons
18metrictons
Thesecondtrancheof28metrictonsshallconstitute
therelevantreserve.
2.Afirsttrancheof200metrictonsoftheamount
mentionedinArticle2(2)shallbedistributedbe­
tweenthenewMemberStates;theshares,which
subjecttoArticle6arevaliduntil31December1975,
shallbeasfollows:Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,
aconsiderable balanceremainsinoneorother
MemberState,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
paysalargeamountofitbackintothereserve,in
ordertopreventapartofthetariffquotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;Denmark
Ireland
UnitedKingdom90metrictons
5metrictons
105metrictons Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedinandrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerningthe
administration ofsharesgrantedtotheabovemen­
tionedEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,Thesecondtrancheof200metrictonsshallconstitute
therelevantreserve.
Article4
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
From1Januaryto31December1975atariffquota
of500metrictonsshallbeopenedwithintheCom­
munityinrespectofmen'sandboys'outergarments
fallingwithinheadingNo61.01oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginCyprus.Thisquota
shallbeallocatedandadministered inaccordance
withtheprovisionssetoutbelow.1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
StatelaiddowninArticle3,or90%ofthatshare
lesstheamountreturnedintotherelevantreserve
wheretheprovisionsofArticle6havebeenapplied,
hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todraw
asecondshare,equalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate ,to
theextentthattherelevantreserveissufficient.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninpara­
graph1,todrawathirdshare,equalto7-5%ofits
initialshare,roundeduptothenextunit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,inArticle2
1.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutyshallbepar­
tiallysuspendedattherateof5-1%inrespectof
100metrictonsofthequotareferredtoinArticle1.

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thesameway,todrawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntiltherelevantreserve
isexhausted .
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3aMember
Statemayproceedtodrawsharessmallerthanthose
fixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelieve
thattheymightnotbeusedup.Theyshallinform
theCommission ofthereasonswhichledthemto
applythisparagraph.
Article5
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article4shallbevaliduntil31December1975.TheCommission shall,notlaterthan15October
1975,notifytheMemberStatesoftheamountsin
thereservesafterthereturnofsharespursuantto
Article6.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesuponeortheotherreserveislimitedtothe
balanceavailableandforthispurposeshallspecify
theamountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
thelastdrawing.
Article8
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatwhenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle4itispossibleforchanges
tobemadewithoutinterruption againsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstotheshareallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirshareasandwhenthegoods
areenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStateusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article9
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsofthesaidproducts
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallco­
operatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegu­
lationisobserved.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
1January1975.Article6
If,by15September1975,aMemberStatehasnot
usedupitsinitialshare,itshall,notlaterthan10Oc­
tober1975,returntothereservetheunusedportion
ofthisshareinexcessof20%oftheinitialamount.
Itmayreturnalargerquantityifthereisreasonto
believethatsuchquantitymightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October
1975,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
thesaidgoodseffecteduptoandincluding15Sep­
tember1975andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaand,whereappropriate ,theproportionoftheir
initialsharethatisbeingreturnedtotherelevant
reserve.
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatesinaccordancewith
Articles3and4andshalbinformeachStateofthe
extenttowhichthereserveshavebeenusedupas
soonasitreceivesthenotifications .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18November1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
Ch.BONNET