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opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forotherwovenfabricsofcottonfallingwithinheadingNo55.09oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatingintheArabRepublicofEgypt(1977)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,however,becauseofthepossibilityofimplementing
otherpreferentialarrangementsasaresultofanew
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCom­
munityandEgypt,itisnecessarytoconfinethe
periodofvalidityofthistariffquotatosuchperiod
asisnotcoveredbythenewAgreement;
WhereasasregardstheCommunityasoriginally
constituted :
—equalanduninterrupted accesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandquota
dutiesappliedcontinuouslytoallimportsofthe
saidproductsuntilthequotahasbeenusedup,
—inthelightoftheaboveprinciples,theCom­
munitynatureofthequotamaybestbepreserved
byanarrangementallocatingitamongtheseMem­
berStates;whereasinordertoprovidethemost
accuratereflectionofactualmarkettrendsforthe
saidproducts,suchallocationshouldbepro­
portionatetotheneedsoftheseMemberStates,
calculatedbothfromthestatisticsforeachMem­
berState'simportsfromtheArabRepublicof
Egyptoverarepresentative referenceperiodand
fromeconomicprospectsforthequotaperiodin
question,
—overthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsare
available,thefollowingpercentagesrepresentthe
respectiveimportsoftheMemberStatescon­
cernedinrelationtoimportsofthesaidproducts
fromtheArabRepublicofEgyptintotheCom­
munityasoriginallyconstituted :HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle
113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEco­
nomicCommunityandtheArabRepublicofEgypt
0)andtheProtocollayingdowncertainprovisions
relatingtotheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheArabRepublicof
EgyptconsequentontheaccessionofnewMember
StatestotheEuropeanEconomicCommunity (2),
providefortheopeningofanannualCommunity
tariffquotaof3250metrictonsofotherwoven
fabricsofcottonfallingwithinheadingNo55.09of
theCommonCustomsTariff,originatingintheArab
RepublicofEgypt;whereastheProtocolprovides
chatthetariffquotashouldbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStatesasfollows:2500metrictonsforthe
Communityasoriginallyconstituted,90metrictons
forDenmark,10metrictonsforIrelandand650
metrictonsfortheUnitedKindom;whereasAnnexI
totheAgreementprovidesthatthedutiesapplicable
tothequotashallbeequalto45%ofthedutiesof<
theCommonCustomsTariff;whereasasregardsthe
dutiesapplicabletothequotabythenewMember
States,thespecialprovisionsoftheProtocolandof
theActofAccessionshouldbecompliedwith;where­
astocomplywiththespecialprovisionsoftheProto­
col,separatearrangementsshouldbemadeforthe
MemberStatesoftheCommunityasoriginallycon­
stituted,ontheonehand,andforthenewMember
States,ontheother;
WhereastheCommunitytariffquotainquestion
shouldbeopenedfortheyear1977,andwhereas,1973 1974 1975
Germany 10-4 5-73-0
Benelux 31-935-018-6
France M13-857-2
Italy 56-645-521-2
(»)OJNoL251,7.9.1973,p.2.
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—inviewofthesefactors,oftheforseeabledevelop­
mentduring1977ofthemarketfortheproducts
inquestionundinparticularoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStatesinitialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately asfollows:sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasureconcern­
ingtheadministration ofthequotasharesallo­
catedtothateconomicunionmaybecarriedout
byanyofitsmembers;
Germany 166
Benelux 24-3
France 14-6
Italy 44*5,Whereas,asregardsthenewMemberStates:
—thequotadutiesshallbecalculatedbythenew
MemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles3and
4oftheProtocol,
—equalanduninterrupted accesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandquota
dutiesappliedcontinuouslytoallimportsofthe
productsinquestionuntilthequotahasbeen
usedup,inordertotakeaccountofimporttrendsfor
theproductsinquestionintheMemberStates
concerned,thequotaamountshouldbedivided
intotwoinstalments,thefirstinstalmentbeing
allocatedamongthesameMemberStatesandthe
secondconstitutingareserveintendedtocover
thelaterrequirementsofMemberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas
inordertoensureacertaindegreeofsecurityto
importersineachMemberState,thefirstinstal­
mentofthequotashouldbefixedinthiscase
atapproximately 50%,HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ACommunitytariffquotaof3250metrictonsshall
beopenedfrom1January1977untiltheentryinto
forceofanewAgreement,oruntil31December
1976atthelatest,forotherwovenproductsofcotton
fallingwithinheadingNo55.09oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatingintheArabRepublicof
Egypt.
Thisquotashallbeallocatedandadministered in
accordancewiththeprovisionssetoutbelow.—theinitialquotasharesmaybeusedupatdiffer­
entrates;whereas,therefore,toavoiddisruption
ofsupplies,anyMemberStatewhiahhasalmost
usedupitsinitialquotashare,shalldrawanad­
ditionalquotasharefromthereserve;whereas
thisshallbedonebyeachMemberStatewhen­
everoneofitsadditionalquotashareshasbeen
almostusedup,andasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalquota
sharessihallbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthisformofadministration re­
quiresclosecollaboration betweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission ,andtheCommission
mustbeinapositiontofollowtheextentto
whichthequotavolumehasbeenusedupand
informtheMemberStatesthereof,SECTION I
ProvisionsapplicabletotheCommunityasoriginally
constituted
Article2—if,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,aconsider­
ablequantityoftheinitialquotashareisleft
overinoneoftheMemberStatesconcerned,it
isessentialthatthatStateshouldreturnasignifi­
cantproportiontothereservetopreventapartof
thequotaallocatedtothe'Communityasorig­
inallyconstitutedfromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers,TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesshallbepartially
suspendedattherateindicatedbelowfor2500
metrictonsofthequotareferredtoinArticle1:

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heading
NoDescriptionRateofduty
(%)
55.09Otherwovenabrficsofcotton:
A.Containing85%ormorebyweightofcotton:
I.Ofawidthoflessthan85cm 5-8
II.Other 6-3
B.Other:
I.Ofawidthoflessthan85cm 6-3
II.Other 6-7
Article3 thesamewaytodrawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,theMem­
berStatesmayproceedtodrawsharessmallerthan
thosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreasonto
believethattheymightnotbeusedup.Theyshall
informtheCommission ofthereasonswhichled
themtoapplythisparagraph.1.Afirstinstalment,amountingto1235metrictons
oftheamountmentionedinArticle2,shallbeallo­
catedamongtheMemberStates;theshares,which
subjecttoArticle6shallbevaliduntilthedatede­
finedinArticle1,shallbe:
Germany 205metrictons,
Benelux 300metrictons,
France 180metrictons,
Italy 550metrictons,
2.Thesecondinstalmentof1265metrictonsshall
constitutethereserve.ArticleS
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article4shallbevaliduntilthedatedefinedin
Article1.Article4
Article6 1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
StatelaiddowninArticle3(1),or90%ofthatshare
lesstheamountreturnedintothereservewherethe
provisionsofArticle6havebeenapplied,hasbeen
exhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceedwithout
delay,bynotifyingtheCommission,todrawasecond
share,equalto15%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
uptothenextunit.TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1977,theunusedportionof
theirinitialsharewhich,on15September1977,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayre­
turnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbe­
lievingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1977,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
thesaidgoodseffecteduptoandincluding15Sep­
tember1977,andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaand,whereappropriate,theproportionoftheir
initialsharethatisbeingreturnedtothereserve.2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnupbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninpara­
graph1,todrawathirdshare,equalto7-5%ofits
initialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate,totheextentthatthereserveissuffi­
cient.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,inArticle7
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
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Denmark 90metrictons,
Ireland 10metrictons,3and4andshallinformeachStateoftheextentto
whidithereservehasbeenusedupassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5October1977,
notifytheMemberStatesoftheamountinreserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle6.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
availableandforthispurposeshallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
thelastdrawing.UnitedKingdom 650metrictons.
SECTIONIII
Generalprovisions
Article11
Article81.MemberStatesshallensurethatthequotashares
allocatedtothemarefreelyaccessibletoimporters
oftheproductsinquestionestablishedintheirterri­
tory.
2.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productsinquestionagainsttheirquotasharesasthe
productsarepresentedforcustomsclearanceunder
coverofadeclarationthattheyhavebeenmade
availableforconsumption .
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph2.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeas­
urestoensurethatwhenadditionalSharesaredrawn
pursuanttoArticle4itispossibleforchargestobe
madewithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesoftheCommunityquota.
SECTIONII
ProvisionsapplicabletothenewMemberStatesArticle12
Article9OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission,
MemberStatesshallinformitofimportsofthe
saidproductsoriginatingintheArabRepublicof
Egyptactuallychargedagainsttheirquotashares.
WithinthetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1,the
newMemberStatesshallapplydutiescalculatedin
accordancewiththerelevantprovisionsoftheAct
ofAccession,theAgreementand(heProtocol.Article13
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegu­
lationisobserved.
Article10
Article14
750metrictonsofthequotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbeallocatedamongthenewMemberStates
asfollows:ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9December1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
P.J.J.MERTENS