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REGULATION (EEC)No3154/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of24November1975
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forotherwovenfabricsofcotton,fallingwithinheadingNo55.09oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginSpain(1976)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle
113thereof;possibletheactualtrendofthemarketintheproducts
inquestion,theallocationshouldfollowproportion­
atelytherequirementsoftheMemberStatescalcu­
latedfrombothstatisticsofimportsfromSpain
duringarepresentative periodandtheeconomic
outlookforthetariffperiodinquestion;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsby
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfrom
Spainoftheproductsconcerned :HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEcon­
omicCommunityandSpain,signedatLuxembourg
on29June1970,providesinArticle2(1)together
withArticle4ofAnnexIfortheopeningbythe
CommunityofanannualCommunitytariffquotaof
1800metrictonsofotherwovenfabricsofcotton,
fallingwithinheadingNo55.09oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginSpain;whereas,pur­
suanttoArticle2ofthesaidAnnex,thequotaduty
isequalto40%oftheCommonCustomsTariffduty
inrespectoftheproductconcerned;whereasthe
Communitytariffquotacontainsquotadutiesof5-2,
5-6,5-6and6%fortheproductsfallingwithinsub­
headings55.09AI,AII,BIandBII;1972 1973 1974
Germany 6-42-44-2
Benelux 2-89-821-8
France 78-047-167-2
Italy 12-840-7 6-8
WhereastheCommunitytariffquotainquestion
shouldbeopenedfortheyear1976;whereas,how­
ever,becauseofthepossibilityofimplementingother
preferentialarrangements asaresultofanewAgree­
mentbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andSpain,itisnecessarytolimitthequotaperiod
tothedateonwhichthenewAgreemententersinto
force;Whereas,inviewofthesefactors,oftheforeseeable
development ofthemarketfortheproductsin
questionandinparticularoftheestimatessubmitted
bycertainMemberStates,initialquotasharesmay
befixedapproximately atthefollowingpercentages :
Germany 6
Benelux 6
France 68
Italy 20
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereastorepresentascloselyasWhereastotakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsin
thevariousMemberStatesoftheproductunder
consideration ,thetotalquotavolumeshouldbe
dividedintotwoinstalments,thefirstbeingshared
amongtheMemberStatesandthesecondheldas
areservetocoveratalaterdatetherequirementsof
thoseMemberStateshavinguseduptheirinitial
share;whereastogiveMemberStateimporterssome

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Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKing­
domoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerning
theadministration ofthequotasharesallocatedto
thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyof
itsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :certainty,thefirstoftheCommunityquotamightbe
fixedat75%ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheinitialsharesofMemberStatesmaybe
usedupmoreorlessquickly;whereas,therefore,to
avoiddisruptionofsuppliesanyMemberStatewhich
hasalmostusedupitsinitialshare,mustdrawa
supplementary sharefromthereserve;whereasthis
mustbedonebyeachMemberStateaseachoneof
itssupplementary sharesisalmostusedup,andas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial
andsupplementary sharesmustbevaliduntiltheend
ofthequotaperiod;whereasthisformof
administration requiresclosecollaboration between
theMemberStatesandtheCommission ,andthe
Commissionmustbeinapositiontofollowthe
extenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeenusedup
andinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityoftheinitialshareisleftover
inaMemberState,itisessentialthateachState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve,
topreventapartoftheCommunityquotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcould
beusedinothers;Article1
From1January1976untilthedateofentryinto
forceofanewAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandSpain,butnotlaterthan
31December1976,theCommonCustomsTariff
dutiesinrespectoftheproductsoriginatinginSpain
andlistedbelowshallbepartiallysuspendedatthe
levelsindicatedforeachofthemwithinthelimitsof
aglobalCommunitytariffquotaof1800metric
tons:
CCT
headingNo DescriptionRateofduty
%
55.09 Otherwovenfabricsofcotton:
A.Containing85%ormorebyweightofcotton:
I,Ofawidthoflessthan85cm
II.Other
B.Other:
I.Ofawidthoflessthan85cm
II.Other5-2
5-6
5-6
6-0
Article3 Article2
1.Afirstinstalment,amountingto1350metric
tonsoftheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoin
Article1,shallbeallocatedamongtheMember
States;theshare,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbe
validuntiltheendoftheperiodspecifiedinArticle1,
shallbeasfollows:1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,
wheretheprovisionsofArticle5'havebeenapplied,
hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todraw
asecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate ,to
theextentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todraw
athirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,Benelux
France
Germany
Italy80metrictons,
920metrictons,
80metrictons,
270metrictons.
2.Thesecondinstalmentof450metrictonsshall
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TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5October1976,
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
andforthispurposeshallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
thesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefree
accesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirsharesasAidwhenthegoods
areenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,to
theextentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemoerState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallinaccordance
withthesameconditions,drawafourthshareequal
tothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraphs 1,
2and3,aMemberStatemayproceedtodrawshares
smallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs,ifthere
isreasontobelievethatthosesharesmightnotbe
usedup.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthe
reasonswhichledthemtoapplythisparagraph.
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntiltheendoftheperiod
stipulatedinArticle1.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1976,theunusedportionof
theirinitialsharewhich,on15September1976,isin
excessof20%oftheirinitialamount.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1976,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimports
oftheproductsconcernedeffecteduptoand
including15September1976,andchargedagainst
theCommunityquotaand,whereappropriate,the
proportionoftheirinitialsharethatisbeingreturned
tothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .Article8
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission ,Mem­
berStatesshallinformitofimportsactuallycharged
againsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthis
Regulationisobserved.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
1January1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24November1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.VISENTINI