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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2750/77
of5December 1977
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforyarn,spunentirelyfromsilkwasteotherthannoil,notputupfor
retailsale,fallingwithinsubheading50.05AoftheCommonCustomsTariff
(1978)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandtheratelaid
downforthetariffquotashouldbeappliedconsist­
entlytoallimportsoftheproductinquestionuntil
thequotaisusedup;whereasasystemofutilization
oftheCommunitytariffquota,basedonanallocation
betweentheMemberStatesconcerned,would,inthe
lightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,appear
consistentwiththeCommunitynatureofthequota;
whereas,torepresentascloselyaspossibletheactual
markettrendsintheproductinquestion,thealloca­
tionshouldbeproportionate totherequirementsof
theMemberStatescalculatedwithreferencetostatis­
ticaldataonimportsduringarepresentative reference
periodandtotheeconomicprospectsforthequota
periodinquestion;HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ,
Whereasyarnspunfromwastesilkisproducedinthe
Community ;whereas,althoughthatproduction
shouldcoveralltheCommunityrequirements by
reasonofitsoverallvolume,thisdoesnotapplywith
regardtoyarnentirelyspunfromwastesilk;whereas
thereis,asaresult,aninsufficientsupplyinthe
Community ;
whereastheimportsoftheproductsfallingwithin
headingNo50.05ofeachoftheMemberStates
concernedduringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
completestatisticsareavailable,representthe
followingpercentagesoftotalCommunityimportsof
theseproducts:
197419751976Whereas,consequently ,Communitysuppliesofthose
qualitiesofyarndependtoaconsiderableextenton
imports;whereasfullapplicationoftheCommon
CustomsTariffdutywouldresultinthoseproducts
beingsubjectedtoaconsiderablecustomscharge
whileproductsmanufactured fromsilkyarnface
powerfulcompetitionfromsimilarproductsmanufac­
turedfromothermaterial;whereasaninsufficient
supply,addedtocompetitionatfinishedproductlevel,
mighthaveadverseresultsfortheCommunity's
processingindustries;
WhereastheCommonCustomsTariffdutyapplicable
toimportsoftheyarnspunfromwastesilkinques­
tionis3-5%;whereas,whenfixingthequotaduty,it
isappropriatetotakeintoaccount,ontheonehand,
thesituationoftheCommunityindustryproducing
yarnspunfromwastesilkand,ontheother,thatof
theindustriesprocessingyarnspunfromwastesilk
withregardtotheirsuppliesonfavourableterms;
whereasaquotadutyof1%couldbestmeetthe
abovementioned requirements ;Benelux 100
Denmark 000
Germany 5056·61·16
France 1018·511·54
Ireland 000
Italy 3314·96215
UnitedKingdom 61025·15
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheforecasts
whichitispossibletomake,theinitialpercentage
sharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressedapproxi­
matelyasfollows:
Whereasthetrendsinimportsinrecentyearssuggest
thatCommunityimportrequirements fortheyarnsin
questionmightbeintheregionof200tonnesfor
1978;whereastheopeningofaCommunitytariff
quotaofthatvolumeisunlikelytoharmCommunity
production ;Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom0·6
0·6
24·5
12·3
0·6
30·7
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States.MemberStatesshareswhich,subjecttoArticle
5,shallbevaliduntil31December1978,shallbeas
follows:
(tonnes)
Benelux 1
Denmark 1
Germany 40
France 20
Ireland 1
Italy 50
UnitedKingdom 50
2.Thesecondtrancheof37tonnesshallconstitute
thereserve.Whereas,totakeaccountoffuturetrendsinimports
oftheproductinquestioninthevariousMember
States,thequotashouldbedividedintotwotranches,
thefirstbeingdistributedamongtheMemberStates
andthesecondtoformareserveintendedtocover
anysubsequentrequirements ofMemberStateswho
haveuseduptheirinitialshares;whereasinorderto
ensureacertaindegreeofsecurityforimportersof
eachMemberState,thefirsttrancheshouldbefixed
at82%ofthetotalquota;
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
rates;whereas,toprovideforthiseventualityandto
avoiddisruptionofsupplies,anyMemberStatewhich
hasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawan
additionalsharefromthereserve;whereasthisshould
bedonebyeachMemberStatewheneachofitsaddi­
tionalshareshasbeenalmostusedup,andsoonas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial
andadditionalsharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaboration betweenMemberStates
andtheCommission ,whichlattermustbeableto
keeparecordoftheextenttowhichthequotahas
beenusedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesaccord­
ingly;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityoftheinitialshareisleftoverin
aMemberState,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve,
soastoavoidapartofthequotaremainingunusedin
oneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshare
asfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminusany
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawa
secondshare,totheextentthatthereservesopermits,
equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupasneces­
sarytothenextwholenumber.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
inthemannerandtotheextentprovidedinpara­
graph1,drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitial
share.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
inaccordancewiththesameconditions ,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,MemberStatesmaydrawlessersharesthanthose
specifiedthereiniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.They
shallinformtheCommission oftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisparagraph .HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
From1Januaryto31December1978,theauto­
nomousdutyoftheCommonCustomsTariffforyarn,
spunentirelyfromsilkwasteotherthannoil,notput
forretailsale,fallingwithinsubheading50.05A,shall
besuspendedat1%withinaCommunitytariffquota
of200tonnes.
Article2
1.Afirsttrancheof163tonnesofthisCommunity
tariffquotashallbeallocatedamongtheMemberArticle4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
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pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraggregatesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeagainsttheirshares
importsoftheproductinquestionasandwhenthe
productisenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesfor
homeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsacutallychargedagainsttheir
shares.Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1978,theunusedportionsoftheir
initialshareswhich,on15September1978,arein
excessof20%oftheinitialamounts.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedup.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1October1978,ofthetotalquantitiesofyarn
spunentirelyfromsilkwasteimporteduptoand
including15September1978andchargedagainstthe
Communityquotaandofanyportionsoftheirinitial
sharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3and,assoonasithasbeennotified,shallinform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,nolaterthan5
October1978,oftheamountstillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andto
thisendshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnArticle9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article10
ThisRegulationshalenterintoforceon1January
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,5December1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.HUMBLET