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of9December1976
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
formen'sandboys'outergarmentsfallingwithinheadingNo61.01oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginMalta(1977)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,mentsshouldbemadeforMemberStatesofthe
Communityasoriginallyconstitutedontheone
hand,andforthenewMemberStatesontheother:
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle
113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,Whereas,since1January1974,Maltahasbeen
grantedtreatmentnolessfavourablethanthat
enjoyedbycountrieseligibleforthegeneralizedtariff
preferences;whereastothisendthereforetheduty
ratesshouldbetotallysuspendedandthequota
volumeincreasedto815metrictonsfortheyear
1977,ofwhich364metrictonsshouldbeallocated
totheMemberStatesoftheCommunityasoriginally
constitutedand451metrictonstothenewMember
States;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensurefor
allCommunityimportersequalanduninterrupted
accesstotheabovementioned quotaanduninter­
ruptedapplicationoftheratelaiddownforthat
quotatoallimportsoftheproductsconcernedinto
allMemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;
whereas,havingregardtotheprinciplesmentioned
above,theCommunitynatureofthequotamaybe
respectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquota
amongtheMemberStates;whereas,inorderto
reflectmoreaccuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthe
marketintheproductsconcerned,suchallocation
shouldbeinproportiontotheneedsoftheMember
States,assessedbyreferencetoboththestatistics
ofeachState'simportsofthesaidgoodsfromMalta
overarepresentative referenceperiodandthe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodconcerned;WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandMalta(x),signedon
5December1970,andtheProtocollayingdown
certainprovisionsconcerningthatAgreementasa
resultoftheaccessionofnewMemberStatestothe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity (2),provideforthe
openingbytheCommunityofanannualCommunity
tariffquotaof730metrictonsofmen'sandboys'
outergarmentsfallingwithinheadingNo61.01of
theCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginMalta;
whereas,pursuanttothejointdeclarationannexed
tothisProtocol,thetariffquotashouldbeallocated
amongtheMemberStatesasfollows:300metric
tonsfortheCommunityasoriginallyconstituted
and430metrictonsforthenewMember
States;whereasthefirststageoftheAgreementends
on30June1977and,pursuanttoAnnexItothe
Agreementtheproratatemporisclausewouldapply
tothevolumeofthequota;whereastheCommunity
intendstomaintainitstradingrelationswithMalta;
whereastheprovisionsgoverningthesecondstage
shouldnotbelessfavourablethanthoselaiddown
forthefirst;whereasinordernottodisrupttrading
patternsfortheproductsinquestion,theCom­
munitytariffquotashouldbeopenedforthewhole
of1977;whereas,pursuanttoAnnexItothesaid
Agreement,thequotadutyisequalto30%ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffdutyinrespectoftheprod­
uctsconcerned;whereastocomplywiththespecial
provisionsofthesaidProtocol,separatearrange­Whereasduringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstat­
isticsareavailable,thecorrespondingimportsbyeach
oftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfrom
Maltaoftheproductsconcerned:
HOJNoL61,14.3.1971,p.2.
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1973 1974 1975
Germany 31-016-242-9
Benelux 35-145-512-1
France 11-922-938-8
Italy 22-015-4 6-2
Denmark 77-460-945-4
Ireland 0-50-7 2*3
UnitedKingdom 22-138-452-3StatesandtheCommission ,whichmust,in
particular,beabletoobservetheextenttowhichthe
quotaamountisusedandinformMemberStates
thereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,
aconsiderable balanceremainsinoneorother
MemberStateitisessentialthatthatMemberState
paysalargeamountofitbackintothereserve,
inordertoavoidapartoftheCommunityquota
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenit
couldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerning
theadministration ofthequotasharesallocatedto
thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,Whereasinviewofthesefactors,oftheforeseeable
developmentduring1977ofthemarketforthe
productsinquestionandinparticularoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialpercentage
sharesinthequotavolumesmayconsequently be
fixedapproximately asfollows:
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Germany 65
Benelux 18
France 13
Italy 4
Denmark 35
Ireland 1
UnitedKingdom 64Article1
1.From1Januaryuntil31December1977,atariff
quotaof815metrictonssha'llibeopenedinthe
Communityformen'sandboys'outergarments
fromMaltafallingwithinheadingNo61.01ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff.
2.WithinthelimitsofthistariffquotatheCom­
munitycustomsTariffdutiesshalllbetotally
suspended.
Thissuspensionshallbefullyappliedinthenew
MemberStates.
3.Anamountof364metrictonsshallibeallocated
totheMemberStatesoftheCommunityasoriginally
constituted .
4.Anamountof451metrictonsshalilbeallocated
tothenewMemberStates.Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountsshouldbedividedinto
twoinstalments,thefirstinstalmentsbeingallocated
amongtheMemberStatesandthesecondforming
reservesintendedultimatelytocovertherequirements
oftheMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheir
initialquotashares;whereas,inordertoensurea
certaindegreeofsecurityforimportersineach
MemberState,thefirstinstalmentsofthequotas
shouldbedeterminedatlevelswhich,underpresent
circumstances ,maybeapproximately 67%ofthe
quotaamounts;
WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmay
beusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorderto
takethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,itisimportantthatanyMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereas,thismustbedonebyeachMemberState
asandwheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmost
entirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
quotasharesmustbeavailableforuseuntiltheend
ofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodofadmin­
istrationcallsforclosecooperationbetweenMemberArticle2
1.Afirstinstalment,amountingto243metrictons
oftheamountspecifiedinArticle1(3),shallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStatesolftheCom­
munityasoriginallyconstituted;theshares,which
subjecttoArtide5arevaliduntil31December1977,
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44metrictons,usedup.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthe
reasonswhichledthemtoapplythisparagraph.158metrictons,Benelux
Germany
France
ItaSy31metrictons,
10metrictons. Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1977.Thesecondinstalmentof121metrictonsshall
constitutetherelevantreserve.
2.Afirstinstallment,amountingto300metrictons
oftheamountmentionedinArticle1(4),shallbe
allocatedamongthenewMemberStates;theshares,
whichsubjecttoArticle5arevaliduntil
31December1977,sha'llbeasfollows:
Denmark 105metrictons,
Ireland 3metrictons,Article5
UnitedKingdom 192metrictons.MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1977,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September1977,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionmaynotfeeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1977,
notifytheCommission offthetotalimportsofthe
productconcernedeffectedupto15September1977
inclusive,andchargedagainsttheCommunityquota
and,whereappropriate,theproportionoftheirinitial
sharethatisbeingreturnedtothereserve.Thesecondinstalmentof151metrictonsshall
constitutetherelevantreserve.
Article3
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewith
Articles2and3andshallinformeachofthemofthe
extenttowhichthereserveshavebeenusedassoon
asitreceives'thenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5October1977,
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthereserves
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
uses>upanyreserveislimitedtothebalance
availableand,forthispurpose,shallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
thefinaldrawing.1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,as'laiddowninArticle2,or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,where
theprovisionsofArticle5havebeenapplied,has
beenexhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todraw
asecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,to
theextentthattheamountintherelevantreserve
allows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninpara­
graph1,proceedtodrawathirdshareequalto
7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenext
unitwhereappropriate,totheextentthattheamount
inthereserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
has'beenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,in
thesamewaytodrawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereservesare
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraphs 1,
2and3,theMemberStatesmayproceedtodraw
sharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs,
ifthereisreasonto'believethatthey.mightnotbeArticle7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethat,whenadditionalsharesaredrawn
pursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforchargestobe
madewithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productconcernedestablishedintheirterritoryhave
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Article9 3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirshareasandwhenthegoods
areenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhidhaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinortdertoensurethatthis
Regulationisobserved.
Article8Article10
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission,
MemberStatesshallinformitofimportsactually
chargedagainstttheirshares.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
1January1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9December1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
P.J.J.MERTENS