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REGULATION (EEC)No2919/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of18November1974
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
foroutergarmentsandotherarticles,knittedorcrocheted,notelasticorrubberized,
fallingwithinheadingNo60.05oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginMalta
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing the
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Article113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandMalta,signedatValetta
on5December1970,providesinArticle3(1),
togetherwithArticle2ofAnnexI,fortheopening
bytheCommunityofanannualCommunitytariff
quotaof100metrictonsofoutergarmentsand
otherarticles,knittedorcrocheted,notelasticor
rubberized,fallingwithinheadingNo60.05ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginMalta;
whereas,pursuanttoArticle1ofthesaidAnnex,
thequotadutyisequalto30%oftheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyinrespectoftheproduct
concerned;whereas,withaviewtograntingMalta
atreatmentnotlessfavourablethanthatenjoyed
bycountrieseligibleforthegeneralizedsystemof
preferences ,theabovementioned volumeshouldbe
increasedby50%andthedutiestotallysuspended;
whereas,asregardstheallocationofthistariffquota,
thequotavolumelaiddownintheAgreementshouldbeconfinedtotheoriginalMemberStatesandthe
additionalvolumeof50metrictonsresultingfrom
theincreaseshouldbeallocatedtoallMember
States;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted
accesstotheabovementioned quotaand
uninterrupted applicationoftheratelaiddownfor
thatquotatoallimportsoftheproductconcerned
intoallMemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeen
usedup;whereas,havingregardtotheprinciples
mentionedabove,theCommunitynatureofthe
quotacanberespectedbyallocatingtheCommunity
tariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;whereas,in
ordertoreflectmoreaccuratelytheactualdevelop­
mentofthemarketintheproductconcerned,such
allocationshouldbeinproportiontotheneedsof
theMemberStates,assessedbyreferencetoboththe
statisticsofeachState'simportsofthesaidgoods
fromMaltaoverarepresentative periodandthe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodconcerned ;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsby
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfrom
Maltaoftheproductsconcerned :
1971 1972 1973
Germany 12-5M 4-30-8— —
Benelux — — — — — —
France 75-0 6-693-6 17-194-652-0
Italy 12-5M 2-10-4 5-4 2-9
Denmark— — 0-6
Ireland 1-1 0-1 2-9
UnitedKingdom 90-1 81-6 41-0

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BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofsharesgrantedtothe
abovementioned EconomicUnionmaybecarriedout
byanyoneofitsmembers,Whereasboththesepercentagesandtheestimates
fromcertainMemberStatesaswellasthepractical
needtoensurethattheobligationscontractedunder
theAgreementconcernedareallocatedfairlyamong
alltheMemberStates;whereasinitialquotashares
mayconsequently befixedapproximately as
follows: HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1975,aCom­
munitytariffquotaof150metrictonsshallbe
openedintheCommunityforoutergarmentsand
otherarticles,knittedorcrocheted,notelasticor
rubberized,fallingwithinheadingNo60.05ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginMalta.Benelux 8-3
Denmark 4-2
France 41-2
Germany 12-5
Ireland 4-2
Italy 12-5
UnitedKingdom 16-6
2.WithinthelimitsofthistariffquotatheCom­
munityCommonCustomsTariffdutiesshallbe
totallysuspended .
Thissuspensionshallbefullyappliedinthenew
MemberStates.
Article2
1.Afirsttrancheof120metrictonsoftheCom­
munitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
sharedamongtheMemberStates;theproportions
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil
31December1975shallconsistofthefollowing
amounts :Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedinto
twotranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocatedamong
theMemberStatesandthesecondformingareserve
intendedultimatelytocovertherequirementsofthe
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
quotashares;whereas,inordertoensureacertain
degreeofsecuritytoimportersineachMember
State,thefirsttrancheoftheCommunityquota
shouldbedeterminedatalevelwhich,underpresent
circumstances ,maybe80%ofthequotaamount;
WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmay
beusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorderto
takethisfactintoaccountandavoid'anybreakin
continuity,itisimportantthatanyMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberState
asandwheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmost
entirelyusedupandrepeatedasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesmustbeavailableforuseuntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration callsforclosecooperationbetween
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,whichmust,
inparticular,beabletoobservetheextenttowhich
thequotaamountisusedandinformMemberStates
thereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,
aconsiderable balanceremainsinoneorother
MemberStateitisessentialthatthatMemberState
paysalargeamountofitbackintothereserveto
preventapartoftheCommunityquotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenit
couldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKing­
domoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbytheBenelifx
Denmark
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom10metrictons
5metrictons
50metrictons
15metrictons
5metrictons
15metrictons
20metrictons
2.Thesecondtrancheof30metrictonsshall
constitutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2,or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,
wheretheprovisionsofArticle5havebeenapplied,
hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberStateshall
proccedwithoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCom­
mission,todrawasecondshareequalto15%of
itsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate ,totheextentthattheamountinthe
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2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordance withtheconditionslaiddownin
paragraph 1,proceedtodrawathirdshareequal
to7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenext
unitwhereappropriate,totheextentthattheamount
inthereserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
inthesameway,todrawafourthshareequalto
thethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraphs 1,
2and3,theMemberStatesmayproceedtodraw
sharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs
ifthereisreasontobelievethattheymightnotbe
usedup.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthe
reasonswhichledthemtoapplythisparagraph .
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1975.
Article5
If,by15September1975,aMemberStatehasnot
usedupitsinitialshare,itshall,notlaterthan
10October1975,returntothereservetheunused
portionofthisshareinexcessof20%oftheinitial
amount.Itmayreturnalargerquantityifthere
isreasontobelievethatsuchquantitymightnotbe
used.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan
10October1975,notifytheCommission ofthe
totalimportsoftheproductconcernedeffectedupto
15September1975inclusiveandchargedagainstthe
Communityquotaand,whereappropriate,the
proportionoftheirinitialsharethatisbeingreturned
tothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles2and3andshallinformeachofthemof
theextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedassoon
asitreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommission shall,notlaterthan
15October1975,notifyMemberStatesofthe
amountinthereserveafterthereturnofshares
pursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommission shallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
availableand,forthispurpose,shallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
thefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossiblefor
chargestobemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductconcernedestablishedintheir
territoryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedto
them.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirshareasandwhenthegoods
areenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthis
Regulationisobserved.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
1January1975.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18November1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
Ch.BONNET