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REGULATION (EEC)No1251/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of14May1973
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaformen's
andboys'outergarmentsfallingwithinheadingNo61.01oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatingintheRepublicofCyprus
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandinparticular
Article113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereastheAgreement(*)establishing an
Association betweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheRepublicofCyprus,hereinafter
called'theAgreement',andtheProtocol(2)laying
downcertainprovisionsconcerningthatAgreement
asaresultoftheaccessionofnewMemberStalesto
theEuropeanEconomicCommunity ,hereinafter
called'theProtocol',providefortheopeningofan
annualCommunitytariffquotaof500metrictonsof
men'sandboys'outergarmentsfallingwithin
headingNo61.01oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginCyprus;whereaspursuanttothejoint
declarationonArticle2oftheProtocolthetariff
quotashouldbeallocatedamongtheMemberStates
asfollows:100tonsfortheCommunityasoriginally
constitutedand400tonsforthenewMemberStates;
whereasArticle1ofAnnexItotheAgreement
providesthatthedutiesapplicabletothequotashall
beequalto30%oftheCommonCustomsTariff
duties;whereas,asregardsthedutiesapplicableto
goodswithinthelimitsofthequotabythenew
MemberStates,thespecialprovisionsoftheProtocol
andoftheActofAccession(3)shouldbeobserved;
whereasaCommunitytariffquotaof500metrictons
shouldbeopenedinrespectoftheabovementioned
products;whereastocomplywiththespecial
provisionsoftheProtocol,separatearrangements
shouldbemadefortheMemberStatesofthe
Communityasoriginallyconstitutedontheonehand
andforthenewMemberStatesontheotherhand;
WhereasasregardsinparticulartheCommunityas
originallyconstituted :—equalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashould
beensuredforallimportersandquotaduties
shouldbeappliedconsistentlytoallimportsof
thegoodsinquestionuntilthequotaisusedup;
—inthelightoftheprincipleselicitedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotamaybestbe
preservedbyanarrangementallocatingitamong
theMemberStates;whereasinordertoreflect
mostaccuratelytheactualdevelopment ofthe
marketinthesaidgoods,suchallocationshould
beproportionate totherequirements ofthe
MemberStates,calculatedbothfromstatisticsof
eachState'simportsofthesaidproducts
originatingintheRepublicofCyprusovera
representative referenceperiodandfromthe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiod
concerned;
—-however,inviewofthefactthatduringthelast
threeyearsnosuchproductsoriginatingin
Cyprushavebeenimportedandnoforecastcan
bemadefor1973,aninitialsharepercentageof
25%allocatedtoeachoftheMemberStates
concernedwouldensureafairdistributionamong
them;
—inordertotakeintoaccounttrendsinimportsof
thesaidgoodsintheMemberStatesconcerned,
thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
parts,thefirstpartbeingallocatedamongthose
MemberStatesandthesecondformingareserve
intendedtocoverthelaterrequirements ofthe
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
shareofthequota;inordertoensureacertain
degreeofsecuritytoimportersineachMember
State,thefirstpartofthequotashouldbefixed,
inthiscase,atapproximately 75%;
—theinitialshareofthequotaoftheMember
Statesconcernedmaybeusedupatdifferent
rates;whereas,inordertotakethisintoaccount
andtoavoidanybreakincontinuity,aMember
Statewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshareof
thequotashoulddrawanadditionalsharefrom
thereserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach(x)Seep.2ofthisOfficialJournal.
('-)Seep.88ofthisOfficialJournal.
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shouldbeappliedconsistentlytoallimportsof
thesaidgoodsuntilthequotaisusedup.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1MemberStateaseachofitsadditionalsharesof
thequotaisalmostusedup,andrepeatedas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereasthe
initialandadditionalquotasharesmustbevalid
untiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthis
methodofadministration callsforclose
cooperationbetweenMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,whichmust,inparticular,beableto
observetheextenttowhichthequotaamountis
usedandinformMemberStatesthereof;
—if,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityoftheinitialquotashareis
leftoverinaMemberState,thatMemberState
musttransferasignificantproportionofitback
intothereservetopreventpartofthequota
allocatedtotheCommunity asoriginally
constitutedfromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
—sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofsharesgranted
tothatEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutby
anyoneofitsmembers;ACommunitytariffquotaof500metrictonsis
openedwithintheCommunityfortheperiod1
Juneto31December1973inrespectofmen'sand
boys'outergarmentsfallingwithinheadingNo61.01
oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginCyprus.
Thisquotashallbeallocatedandadministered in
accordancewiththeprovisionssetoutbelow.
ProvisionsapplicabletotheCommunityasoriginally
constituted
Article2
TheCommonCustomsTariffdutyispartially
suspendedattherateof5-1%inrespectof100metric
tonsofthequotareferredtoinArticle1.
Article3Whereas,asregardsinparticularthenewMember
States:
—pursuanttotheProtocolagrossamountof400
metrictonsisallocatedtothenewMember
States;whereasthesamegeneralcriteriafor
allocationasthoseusedfortheMemberStatesof
theCommunityasoriginallyconstitutedshould
beapplied;whereas,however,theUnitedKingdom
hasbeenthesoleimporterofsuchgoodsfrom
Cyprustothetuneof78700u.a.in1970and
211700u.a.in1971;whereasinviewofthese
factorsandtheneedtoensureafairallocation
amongthoseMemberStatesofthe400metric
tonsinquestion,thepercentagesharesofthat
quantitycanbeestablishedasfollows:1.Afirstpartamountingto72metrictonsofthe
amountspecifiedinArticle2isallocatedamongthe
MemberStates;theshareswhich,subjecttoArticle6,
arevaliduntil31December1973areasfollows:
Benelux 18metrictons
Germany 18metrictons
France 18metrictons
Italy 18metrictons.
2.Thesecondpart,amountingto28metrictons,
constitutesthereserve.
—Denmark :15
Article4 —Ireland:15
—UnitedKingdom:70;1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofa
MemberStatelaiddowninArticle3(1),or90%of
thatsharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve
wheretheprovisionsofArticle6havebeenapplied,
hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todraw
asecondshare,equalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate ,to
theextentthatthereserveissufficient .—thequotadutiesaretobecalculatedbythenew
MemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles3,4,5,
6and7oftheProtocol;
—equalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashould
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inreserveafterthereturnofsharespursuantto
Article6.
TheCommission shallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
availableandforthispurposeshallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
thelastdrawing.
Article82.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall
proceedwithoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,
todrawathirdshare,equalto7-5%ofitsinitial
share,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate,totheextentthatthereserveis
sufficient .
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
pursuanttotheprovisionsofparagraph2,todrawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.Thisprocessshallbe
applieduntilthereserveisexhausted.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemayproceedtodrawsharessmaller
thanthosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreason
tobelievethatthosesharesmightnotbeusedup.
TheyshallinformtheCommission ofthereasons
whichledthemtoapplythisparagraph .TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatwhenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle4itispossibleforchanges
tobemadewithoutinterruption againsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
Article9
Article51.TheMemberStatesguaranteetoimportersof
thesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryfreeaccess
totheshareallocatedtothem.
2.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirshareaccordinglyasthe
goodsarepresentedforcustomsclearanceunder
coverofdeclarationsthattheyhavebeenmade
availableforconsumption .
3.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStates'shares
havebeenusedupshallberecordedonthebasisof
theimportschargedintheconditionslaiddownin
paragraph2.TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle4
shallbevaliduntil31December1973.
Article6
Article10
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsofthesaidproducts
originatingintheRepublicofCyprusactually
chargedagainsttheirquota-shares .If,by15September1973,aMemberStatehasnot
usedupitsinitialshare,itshall,notlaterthan10
October1973,returntothereservetheunused
portionofthisshareinexcessof20%oftheinitial
amount.Itmayreturnalargerquantityifthereare
reasonstoconsiderthatsuchquantitymightnotbe
used.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October
1973,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
thesaidgoodseffecteduptoandincluding15
September1973andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaand,whereappropriate ,theproportionoftheir
initialsharethatisbeingreturnedtothereserve.Article11
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthe
provisionsofthisRegulationareobserved.
ProvisionsapplicabletothenewMemberStatesArticle7
Article12TheCommission shallkeepanaccountofthe
quota-shares openedbytheMemberStatesin
accordancewithArticles3and4andshallinform
eachstateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedupassoonasitreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommission shall,notlaterthan15October
1973,notifytheMemberStatesoftheamountstillThenewMemberStatesshallapplydutiesapplicable
togoodswithinthelimitsofthequotawhich
conformwiththerelevantprovisionsofthe
AgreementoftheProtocolandoftheActof
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Article13 Article14
Articles9,10and11shallapplytothenewMember
States.Atotalamountof400metrictonsofthequota
referredtoinArticle1isallocatedamongthenew
MemberStatesasfollows:
Article15
Denmark
Ireland
UnitedKingdom60metrictons
60metrictons
280metrictons.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,14May1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
R.VANELSLANDE