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REGULATION (EEC)No1534/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of17June1974
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
polypropylene fallingwithinsubheading39.02CIVoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff
Article2
1.Afirsttrancheof2500metrictonsofthe
CommunitytariffquotasetoutinArticle1shallbe
allocatedamongMemberStatesasfollows:THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle28
thereof;
WhereasthereisatpresentintheCommunityashort­
ageofpolypropylene fallingundersubheading39.02
CIVoftheCommonCustomsTariff;
Whereasinordertofacilitatetheadaptationofunder­
takingsandtopermittheirsupplies,inthemost
urgentcases,oftheproductsinquestionunderthe
mostfavourableconditions,therearegroundsfor
openingazero-dutyCommunitytariffquotaof3500
metrictonscorresponding totherequirementswhich
cannotbemetoutofCommunityproduction ;Ireland
Germany
Benelux
Denmark
France
Italy
UnitedKingdom2490metrictons
1metricton
3metrictons
2metrictons
1metricton
1metricton
2metrictons
2.Thesecondtrancheamountingtoaquantityof
1000metrictonsshallconstitutethereserve.
Article3Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimporters;
whereas,however,inviewoftheparticularlycritical
natureofthesupplysituationincertainundertakings ,
apredominantshareofthequotainquestionshould
beprovidedforIreland,theparticipationoftheother
MemberStatesintheoperationofthequotabeing
assuredbytheprovisionoflesssubstantialinitial
sharesandbytheprovisionofareserveadequatefor
thispurpose,1.If90%ormoreoftheMemberStatesinitial
share,minus—whereArticle5isapplied—the
portionreturnedtothereserve,hasbeenusedup,the
MemberStateshall,bynotifyingtheCommission ,
drawwithoutdelayasecondshareequalto10%of
theinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextunit,totheextentpermittedbytheamountof
thereserve.
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :2.Ifafteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,theMemberStateshall,inthesame
way,drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitial
share.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,theMemberStateshall,inthesame
way,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserve
isusedup.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthosespeci­
fiedthereiniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthe
lattermaynotbeusedup.ItshallinformtheCommis­
sionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph .Article1
1.Duringtheperiod1Julyto31December1974,
aCommunitytariffquotaof3500metrictonsshall
beopenedintheCommunityforpolypropylene
fallingwithinsubheading39.02CIVoftheCommon
CustomsTariff.
2.Withinthistariffquota,theCommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesshallbetotallysuspended .
3.Withinthistariffquota,thenewMemberStates
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsoftheActofAccession .

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Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1974.
Article5
AMemberStatewhichon15September1974hasnot
usedupitsinitialshareshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan10October1974,theunusedportion
exceeding20%oftheinitialaccount.Itmayreturna
greaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
itmaynotbeusedup.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October1974,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
saidgoodsimporteduptoandincluding15
September1974andchargedagainsttheCommunity
tariffquotaandofanyquantitiesoftheinitialshare
returnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan15
October1974,oftheamountstillinreserveafterthe
returnofshares,pursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
andforthispurposeshallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthelastdrawing.Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3,areopenedinsuchawaythat
chargesmaybemadewithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulatedshareoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstotheshareallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirshareasandwhenthegoods
areenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
MemberStatesshallregularlyinformtheCommission
ofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed .
Article10'
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,17June1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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