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of28November1977
opening,allocatingandproviding,fortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
formen'sandboys'outergarmentsfallingwithinheadingNo61.01oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginCyprus(1978)
Whereas,however,duringthepastthreeyearsonly
oneMemberStatehasimported,andinaninsignifi­
cantquantity,thesaidgoods;whereasnoforecastcan
bemadefor1978;whereas,toensurefairdistribution
ofthequotaamountbetweentheMemberStates,
eachMemberStateshouldmakeasignificantcon­
tributiontothequotaamount;whereassuchcon­
tributionsmayapproximately correspondtothe
followingpercentages :
Benelux 7%
Denmark 13%
Germany 15%
France 11%
Ireland 2%
Italy 9%
UnitedKingdom 43%THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle
113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheAgreementestablishinganassociation
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
RepublicofCyprus(1)andtheProtocollayingdown
certainprovisionsconcerningthatAgreementasare­
sultoftheaccessionofnewMemberStatestothe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity (2)provideforthe
openingofanannualduty-freeCommunitytariff
quotaof500tonnesofmen'sandboys'outergar­
mentsfallingwithinheadingNo61.01oftheCom­
monCustomsTariff,originatinginCyprus;whereas
thosearrangementsaremaintainedbytheAdditional
ProtocoltotheAssociationAgreementsignedon15
September1977;whereaspendingtheentryinto
forceofthatProtocol,inordertoavoidanydiscon­
tinuity,thetariffquotainquestionshouldbeopened
for1978;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotato
allimportsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMem­
berStatesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectasaccu­
ratelyaspossibletheactualdevelopmentofthemar­
ketintheproductsconcerned,suchallocationshould
beinproportiontotheneedsoftheMemberStates,
assessedbyreferencetoboththestatisticsofeach
State'simportsofthesaidgoodsfromCyprusovera
representative referenceperiodandtheeconomicout­
lookforthequotaperiodconcerned;Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstinstalmentbeingallocated
amongtheMemberStatesandthesecondinstalment
formingareserveintendedtocoverthesubsequent
requirementsoftheMemberStateswhichhaveused
uptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,inordertoen­
sureacertaindegreeofsecurityforimportersineach
MemberState,thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunity
quotashouldbedeterminedatalevelwhich,under
presentcircumstances ,maybe46%ofthequota
amount;
WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmay
beusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorderto
takethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,itisimportantthatanyMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereas,thismustbedonebyeachMemberStateas
andwheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmosten­
tirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthere­
serveallows;whereastheinitialandadditionalshares
mustbeavailableforuseuntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthismethodofadministration calls(*)OJNoL133,21.5.1973,p.1.
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forclosecooperationbetweenMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,whichmust,inparticularbeabletoob­
servetheextenttowhichthequotaamountisused,
andinformMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable balanceremainsinoneorotherMem­
berState,itisessentialthatthatMemberStatereturn
alargeamountofittothereserve,inordertopre­
ventapartofthetariffquotafromremainingunused
inoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKing­
domoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofsharesgrantedtotheabove­
mentionedeconomicunionmaybecarriedoutby
anyofitsmembers,Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMem­
berStateaslaiddowninArticle2(2),or90%of
thatsharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve
wheretheprovisionsofArticle5havebeenapplied,
hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todraw
asecondshare,equalto15%ofinitalshare,round­
eduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,totheex­
tentthatthereserveissufficient.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallpro­
ceed,inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddownin
paragraph1,todrawathirdshare,equalto7-5%of
itsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
inthesameway,todrawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveisex­
hausted.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,aMem­
berStatemayproceedtodrawsharessmallerthan
thosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreasonto
believethattheymightnotbeusedup.Theyshallin­
formtheCommission ofthereasonswhichledthem
toapplythisparagraph:HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1Januaryto31December1978theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyinrespectofmen'sandboys'
outergarmentsfallingwithinheadingNo61.01of
theCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginCyprus,
shallbeentirelysuspendedwithinthelimitsofa
Communitytariffquotaof500tonnes.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalment,amountingto230tonnes,
shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;theshares,
whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil31De­
cember1978,shallbeasfollows:Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1978.
Benelux 15tonnes,
Denmark 30tonnes,
Germany 35tonnes
France 25tonnes·
Ireland 5tonnes,
Italy 20tonnes,
UnitedKingdom 100tonnes.Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1978,theunusedportionsof
theirinitialshareswhich,on15September1978,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturn
agreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1978,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
thesaidgoodseffecteduptoandincluding15Sep­
tember1978andchargedagainsttheCommunity3.Thesecondinstalmentof270tonnesshallcon­
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quotaand,whereappropriate,theproportionoftheir
initialsharethatisbeingreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatesinaccordancewith
Articles2and3shallinformeachstateoftheextent
to,whichthereservehasbeenusedupassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5October
1978,notifytheMemberStatesoftheamountinthe
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuanttoAr­
ticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
availableandforthispurposeshallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
thelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatwhenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3itispossibleforchanges
tobemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccu­
mulatedshareoftheCommunityquota.2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoods
areenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStateusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission ,Mem­
berStatesshallinformitofimportsactuallycharged
againsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooper­
atecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28November1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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