NoL317/22 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 8.12.75
REGULATION (EEC)No3145/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of24November1975
opening,allocating,andprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariffquotas
forcertaintextileproducts,fallingwithinheadingNos55.05and55.09andsubheading
ex58.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff,comingfromTurkey(1976)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle
113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereas,pendingtheentryintoforceoftheSup­
plementaryProtocol,signedinAnkaraon30June
1973,containingtheadjustmentstobemadetothe
Agreementestablishinganassociationbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandTurkeyandto
theAdditionalProtocol(x)consequentontheaccession
ofnewMemberStates,theCommunityhasunder­
taken,inanInterimAgreement (2)whichrunsonly
fortheperiodpriortotheentryintoforceofthis
Supplementary Protocolwhichisapplicableuntil
31December1974,butwhichhasbeenextendedfor
1976inaccordancewiththetermslaiddownin
Article13thereof,toimplementcertainprovisionsof
the-Supplementary Protocolrelatingtotradein
goods;whereas,underArticle6ofthisInterim
AgreementamendingArticle1ofAnnex2tothe
AdditionalProtocol,theCommunitymustreduceby
75%thecustomsdutiesonimportsfromTurkeyof
certaintextileproducts,fallingwithinheadingNos
55.05and55.09oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
withinthelimitofannualCommunitytariffquotas
of390metrictonsforcottonyarnand1390metric
tonsforwovenfabricsofcotton;whereastheabove­
mentionedArticle6allocatestheseCommunitytariff
quotasasfollows:
—forcottonyarn:
300metrictonstotheCommunityasoriginally
constituted ,
40metrictonstoDenmark,10metrictonstoIre­
landand40metrictonstotheUnitedKingdom,—forwovenfabricsofcotton:
1000metrictonstotheCommunityasoriginally
constituted ,
20metrictonstoDenmark,10metrictonsto
Irelandand360metrictonstotheUnitedKing­
dom;
Whereas,moreover,itappearsdesirabletoprovide
foraninitialprovisionaladjustmentofthetariff
advantagesforthesegoods:
—fortheCommunityasoriginallyconstitutedby
atotalsuspensionofthecustomsdutiesofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,andanincreaseof50%
andthenof5%inthevolumeofthequotas
allocatedtotheseMemberStates,
—forthenewMemberStates,byatotalsuspension
ofthedutiesapplicablewithinthelimitsofthe
quotasfixedabove,increasedinthesame
proportions ;
Whereastheseadjustmentsmay,ifnecessary,be
reviewedduringthequotayear;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle1ofAnnex2tothe
Supplementary ProtocoltogetherwithArticle2ofthe
InterimAgreement,forthedurationof1976inparti­
cular,theCommunitymustreduceby25%theduties
applicableinrespectofthirdcountriestocarpets,
carpetingandrugs,knotted(madeupornot)ofwool
oroffineanimalhair,(excludinghand-madecarpets,
carpetingandrugs)importedfromTurkey;whereas
italsoappearsadvisabletoimprovethistariff
advantageprovisionallybymeansofatotalsuspen­
sionofthedutiesapplicabletotheproductsin
questionwithinaCommunitytariffquotainitially
fixedataprovisionallevelof168metrictonsand
allocatedinaccordancewiththesamepercentagesas
thoseadoptedfor1975underthegeneralizedtariff
preferences ;
Whereas,inordertocomplywiththespecial
provisionsoftheInterimAgreement,different
systemsshouldbeprovidedfortheMemberStates
oftheCommunityasoriginallyconstitutedandfor
thenewMemberStates;(!)OJNoL293,29.12.1972,p.4.
(2)OJNoL277,3.10.1973,p.2.

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Whereas,asregardstheCommunityasoriginally
constituted :
—itisnecessarytoguaranteetoallCommunity
importersequalanduninterrupted accesstothe
abovementioned quotasanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthosequotas
toallimportsoftheproductconcernedintoall
MemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;
—inthelightoftheprinciplesmentionedabove,
theCommunitynatureofthequotascanbestbe
respectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariff
quotasamongtheMemberStates;whereas,in
ordertoreflectmostaccuratelytheactualdevelopment ofthemarketintheproduct
concerned,suchallocationshallbeinproportion
totheneedsoftheMemberStates,assessedby
referencebothtothestatisticsofeachState's
importsfromTurkeyoverarepresentative period
andtotheeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiod
concerned;whereas,inspiteofthelimitedneed
forimportsfromTurkeyoftheproducts
concerned,asshownbythestatisticsforthe
majorityoftheMemberStatestheCommunity
characterofthetariffquotasconcernedshould
besafeguardedbymakingprovisionstocover
needswhichmightariseintheseMemberStates;
—importsintothevariousMemberStatesfrom
Turkeywereasfollowsduringthelastthree
yearsforwhichcompletestatisticsareavailable:
1972 1973 1974\metrictons%metrictons%metrictons%
Cottonyarn:
Germany
Benelux
France
Italy11736
6144
412
598248-35
25-31
1-70
24-6410734
6795
162
752742-56
26-95
0-64
29-856333
7000
1806
669029-01
32-07
8-27
30-65
Otherwovenfabricsofcotton:
Germany
Benelux
France
Italy570
995
747
'38021-17
36-96
27-75
14-12877
953
412
62230-62
33-27
14-39
21-72456
1000
194
21024-52
53-76
10-43
11-29
inviewofthesefiguresandforeseeablemarket
trendsfortheproductsconcernedduring1976,
theinitialsharesmaybefixedapproximately at
thefollowingpercentages :whichhaveuseduptheirinitialshares;whereas,
inordertoensureacertaindegreeofsecurityto
importers,thefirstinstalmentshouldbe
determinedatarelativelyhighlevel,which,under
presentcircumstances ,maybeabout80%ofeach
quotavolume;cottonyarnotherwoven
fabricsofcotton
Germany
Benelux
France
Italy44-7
20-0
5-3
30-023-1
30-8
34-6
11-5theinitialquotasharesoftheMemberStatesmay
beusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorder
totakethisfactintoaccountandavoidany
breakincontinuity,itisimportantthatany
MemberStatehavingusedupalmostthewhole
ofoneofitsinitialquotasharesshoulddrawan
additionalquotasharefromthecorresponding
reserve;whereas,thismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
quotasharesisalmostentirelyusedup,and
repeatedasmanytimesaseachofthereserves
,allows;whereaseachoftheinitialandadditional
quotasharesmustbeavailableforuseuntilthe
endofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration callsforclosecooperationinordertotakeintoaccounttheuncertaintyof
theimporttrendsfortheproductsconcernedin
theMemberStates,thequotavolumesshouldbe
dividedintotwoinstalments,thefirstinstalment
beingallocatedtotheMemberStates,andthe
secondheldasareserveintendedultimatelyto
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—thequotavolumestobeallocatedtothosenew
MemberStatesunderArticle6oftheInterim
Agreementaswellasthedutiestobeappliedin
thoseMemberStatesforthepurposesofthese
quotasdeterminedinaccordancewithArticle2
ofthesaidAgreement,aretobeadjustedasset
'outbelow;
—equalanduninterrupted accesstothequotas
shouldbeensuredtoallimportersandtheduties
shouldbeappliedwithoutinterruptiontoall
importsoftheproductsconcerneduntilthe
quotashavebeenusedup,betweenMemberStatesandtheCommission ,
whichmust,inparticular,beabletoobservethe
extenttowhichthequotaamountisusedand
informMemberStatesthereof;
—if,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable balanceremainsinoneorother
MemberStateitisessentialthatthatMember
Statepaysapercentageofitbackintothe
corresponding reserve,inordertopreventapart
ofoneorotheroftheCommunityquotasfrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenit
couldbeusedinothers;
—sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedby
theBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthequotashares
allocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarried
outbyanyofitsmembers;
WhereasasregardsthenewMemberStatesin
particular :HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1976Community
tariffquotasshallbeopenedforthefollowing
productscomingfromTurkeyasshownbelow:
CCT
headingNoDescriptionQuota
(metrictons)
930
219055.05
55.09
58.01Cottonyarn,notputupforretailsale
Otherwovenfabricsofcotton
Carpets,carpetingandrugs(madeupornot):
exA.Ofwooloroffineanimalhair,excludinghand-made
carpets,carpetingandrugs 168
2.Afirstinstalmentofeachofthesequotasshall
besharedamongtheMemberStates;theshares,
whichsubjecttoArticle6shallbevaliduntil
31December1976,shallbeasfollows:
(inmetrictons)
CCTheadingNo2.Thequotasshallbeallocatedandadministered
inaccordancewiththefollowingprovisions.
SECTION I
ProvisionsrelatingtotheCommunityasoriginally
constituted
Article2
1.Withinthequota,CommonCustomsTariff
dutiesshallbetotallysuspendedwithinthelimitof:
788metrictonsforcottonyarnnotputupforretail
sale,1575metrictonsforotherwovenfabricsof
cotton,and117metrictonsforcarpetsmadeofwool
orfineanimalhair.
Article3
1.ThequotasreferredtoinArticle2shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .\55.05 55.09ex58.01A
Germany 25224034-7
Benelux 11332012-9
France 3036024-4
Italy 17012018-0
Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,amountingto
223,1040and27metrictonsrespectively,shall
constitutethecorresponding reserve.

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Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewith
Articles3and4andshallinformeachStateofthe
extenttowhichthereserveshavebeenusedupas
soonasitreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5October
1976,notifytheMemberStatesoftheamountin
eachofthereservesafterthereturnofshares
pursuanttoArticle6.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupareserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
andforthispurposeshallspecifytheamount
thereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakesthelast
drawing.
Article8
TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatwhenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle4itispossibleforimports
tobecountedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunitytariffquotas.
SECTIONII
ProvisionsrelatingtothenewMemberStates
Article9
1.WithinthetariffquotasreferredtoinArticle1,
thefollowingsharesshallbeallocatedtothenew
MemberStates:Article4
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
StatelaiddowninArticle3(2),or90%ofthatshare
lesstheamountreturnedintothereservewherethe
provisionsofArticle6havebeenapplied,hasbeen
exhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceedwithout
delay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todrawasecond
share,equalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedup
tothenextunitwhereappropriate,totheextentthat
theamountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteroneorotherofitsinitialshareshasbeen
usedup,90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnby
oneoftheMemberStateshasbeenused,that
MemberStateshallproceed,inaccordancewiththe
conditionslaiddowninparagraph1,todrawathird
shareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare.
3.If,afteroneorotherofitssecondshareshasbeen
exhausted,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnby
aMemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberState
shallproceed,inthesameway,todrawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,the
MemberStatesmayproceedtodrawsmallershares
thanthosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreason
tobelievethattheymightnotbeusedup.Theyshall
informtheCommission ofthereasonswhichled
themtoapplythisparagraph.
(inmetrictons)
Article5
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article4shallbevaliduntil31December1976.CCT
headingNo\55.05 55.09ex58.01A
Denmark 63 3212
Ireland 16 16 2
UnitedKingdom 63567 37
Article6
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1976,theunusedportionof
theirinitialsharewhich,on15September1976,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1976,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcernedeffectedundertheCommunity
quotasuptoandincluding15September1976and,
whereappropriatetheproportionofeachoftheir
initialsharesthattheyarereturningtoeachofthe
reserves .2.Withinthelimitsofthesequotas,thenew
MemberStatesshallapplyzerodutiesforthetextile
productsconcerned.
SECTIONIII
Generalprovisions
Article10
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensureforimportersoftheproductsconcerned
establishedintheirterritoryfreeaccesstotheshares
allocatedtothem.

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2.MemberStatesshallcountimportsofthe
productsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhen
suchproductsarepresentedforcustomsclearance
undercoverofadeclarationthattheyhavebeen
madeavailableforconsumption .
3.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStates'shares
havebeenusedupshallbeestablishedonthebasis
ofimportscountedinaccordancewithparagraph2.
Article11
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission ,
MemberStatesshallinformitofimportsoftheproductsconcernedactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article12
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthis
Regulationisobserved.
Article13
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24November1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.VISENTINI