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of20December 1977
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforotherwovenfabricsofcottonfallingwithinheadingNo55.09ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginSpain(1978)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,inquestion,theallocationshouldfollowproportio­
natelytherequirements oftheMemberStatescalcu­
latedfrombothstatisticsofimportsoftheproductsin
questionfromSpainduringarepresentative period
andtheeconomicoutlookforthetariffperiodinques­
tion:HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatis­
ticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsbyeach
oftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercen­
tagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfromSpain
oftheproductsconcerned :
MemberStates 1974 1975 1976
Benelux 18-512-718-7
Denmark 000000
Germany 3-66-74-4
France 56-970-968-8
Ireland 3-1 1-20-5
Italy 5-75-25-8
UnitedKingdom 12-2 3-3 1-8WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandSpain(!)providesin
Article2(1)togetherwithArticle4ofAnnexIforthe
openingbytheCommunityofanannualCommunity
tariffquotaof1800tonnesofotherwovenfabricsof
cottonfallingwithinheadingNo55.09ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginSpain;
whereas,pursuanttoArticle2ofthesaidAnnex,the
quotadutyisequalto40%oftheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyinrespectoftheproductsconcerned ;
whereastheCommunitytariffquotacontainsquota
dutiesof5-2,5-6,5-6and6%fortheproductsfalling
withinsubheadings55.09AI,AII,BIandBII
respectively ;whereasthispreferentialarrangement
hasbeenprovidedonlyforimportsoftheseproducts
intotheMemberStatesoftheCommunityinitsorig­
inalcomposition ;whereas,pursuanttotheActof
Accession,importsoftheseproductsintothethree
newMemberStatesaresubjecttotheratesofdutyof
theCommonCustomsTarifffrom1July1977;
whereastheimportarrangements relatingtothese
productsshouldbeuniformthroughouttheCommu­
nity;whereastheaforementioned annualquota
volumeshouldbeincreasedto1900tonnes;whereas
thisCommunitytariffquotashouldbeopenedfor
1978;Whereas,inviewofthesefactors,oftheforeseeable
development ofthemarketfortheproductsinques­
tionandinparticularoftheestimatessubmittedby
certainMemberStates,initialquotasharesmaybe
fixedapproximately atthefollowingpercentages :
Benelux 6-15
Denmark 0-39
Germany 615
France 70-77
Ireland 1-54
Italy 13-08
UnitedKingdom 1-92;Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted appli­
cationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereastorepresentascloselyas
possibletheactualtrendofthemarketintheproductsWhereastotakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsin
thevariousMemberStatesoftheproductunder
consideration ,thetotalquotavolumeshouldbe
dividedintotwotranches,thefirstbeingshared
amongtheMemberStatesandthesecondheldasa
reservetocoveratalaterdatetherequirements of
thoseMemberStateshavinguseduptheirinitial
share;whereastogiveMemberStateimporterssome
certainty,thefirstoftheCommunityquotamightbe
fixedat68%ofthequotavolume; (!)OJNoL182,16.8.1970,p.2.

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WhereastheinitialsharesofMemberStatesmaybe
usedupmoreorlessquickly;whereas,therefore,to
avoiddisruptionofsuppliesanyMemberStatewhich
hasalmostusedupitsinitialshare,mustdrawa
supplementary sharefromthereserve;whereasthis
mustbedonebyeachMemberStateaseachoneofits
supplementary sharesisalmostusedup,andasmany
timesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
supplementary sharesmustbevaliduntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaboration betweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission ,andtheCommission
mustbeinapositiontofollowtheextenttowhich
thequotavolumehasbeenusedupandinformthe
MemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityoftheinitialshareisleftoverin
aMemberState,itisessentialthateachStateshould
returnasignificantproportiontothereserve,to
preventapartoftheCommunityquotafromremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcould
beusedinothers;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnionanymeasureconcerning
theadministration ofthesharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1Januaryuntil31December1978,the
CommonCustomsTariffdutiesinrespectofthe
productsoriginatinginSpainandlistedbelowshallbe
partiallysuspendedatthelevelsindicatedforeachof
themwithinthelimitsofaglobalCommunitytariff
quotaof1900tonnes:
CCTheadingNo DescriptionRateofduty
%
55.09 Otherwovenfabricsofcotton:
A.Containing85%ormorebyweightofcotton:
I.Ofawidthoflessthan85cm
II.Other
B.Other:
I.Ofawidthoflessthan85cm
II.Other5-2
5-6
5-6
60
sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,where
theprovisionsofArticle5havebeenappliedhasbeen
exhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceedwithout
delay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todrawasecond
shareequalto15%ofitsshare,roundeduptothe
nextunitwhereappropriate,totheextentthatthe
amountinthereserveallows.Article2
1.Afirsttrancheamountingto1300tonnesofthe
CommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1,shall
beallocatedamongtheMemberStates;theshare
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil31
December1978,shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)
Benelux 80
Denmark 5
Germany 80
France 920
Ireland 20
Italy 170
UnitedKingdom 25;2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall
proceedwithoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,
todrawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitial
share,roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,
totheextentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
2.Thesecondtranche,of600tonnes,shallconsti­
tutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%ofthat3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallin
accordancewiththesameconditions,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.

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Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraphs 1,
2and3,theMemberStatesmayproceedtodraw
sharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs,if
thereisreasontobelievethatthosesharesmightnot
beusedup.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthe
reasonswhichledthemtoapplythisparagraph.
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1978.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1978,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September1978,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturn
agreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1978,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcernedeffectedupto15September
1978inclusive,andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaand,whereappropriate ,theproportionoftheir
initialsharethatisbeingreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5October1978,
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,forthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemade,withoutinterruption ,againsttheiraccu­
mulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoods
areenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission ,
MemberStatesshallinformitofimportsactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselyinordert:oensurethatthisRegulationis
observed .
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20December1977
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
H.SIMONET