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REGULATION (EEC)No2918/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of18November1974
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forman-madefibres(discontinuous orwaste),carded,combedorotherwiseprepared
forspinningfallingwithinheadingNo56.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating
inMalta
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Article113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCom­
mission;
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandMalta,signedatValetta
on5December1970,providesinArticle3(1),
togetherwithArticle2ofAnnexI,fortheopening
bytheCommunityofanannualCommunitytariff
quotaof600metrictonsofman-madefibres
(discontinuous orwaste),carded,combed,orother­
wisepreparedforspinningfallingwithinheading
No56.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginMalta;whereas,pursuanttoArticle1
ofthesaidAnnex,thequotadutyisequalto30%
oftheCommonCustomsTariffdutyinrespectof
theproductconcerned;whereas,withaviewto
grantingMaltaatreatmentnotlessfavourablethan
generalizedsystemofpreferences,theabove­
mentionedvolumeshouldbeincreasedby50%and
thedutiestotallysuspended;whereas,asregards
andthedutiestotallysuspended;whereas,asregards
theallocationofthistariffquota,thequotavolumelaiddownintheAgreementshouldbeconfinedto
theoriginalMemberStatesandtheadditional
volumeof300metrictonsresultingfromtheincrease
shouldbeallocatedtoallMemberStates;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureto
allCommunityimportersequalanduninterrupted
accesstotheabovementioned quotaanduninter­
ruptedapplicationoftheratelaiddownforthat
quotatoallimportsoftheproductconcernedinto
allMemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenused
up;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
Cermany— — — — — —
Benelux 7-7 1.-7— — — —
France— — — — —
Italy 92-3 20-3 10066·8— —
Denmark— — — —
Ireland 10-4 15-5— —
UnitedKingdom 67-6 17-7— —

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BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofsharesgrantedtothe
abovementioned EconomicUnionmaybecarriedout
byanyoneofitsmembers,Whereas,boththesepercentagesandtheestimates
fromcertainMemberStatesaswellasthepractical
needtoensurethattheobligationscontractedunder
theAgreementconcernedareallocatedfairlyamong
alltheMemberStates;whereas,initialquotashares
mayconsequentlybefixedapproximately asfollows:
Benelux 10-0
Denmark 3-3
France 13-3
Germany 10-0
Ireland 5-0
■Italy 41-8
UnitedKingdom 16-6HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1975,aCom­
munitytariffquotaof900metrictonsshallbe
openedintheCommunityforman-madefibres
(discontinuous orwaste),carded,combedor
otherwisepreparedforspinningfallingwithin
headingNo56.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginMalta.
2.WithinthelimitsofthistariffquotatheCom­
munityCommonCustomsTariffdutiesshallbe
totallysuspended.
Thissuspensionshallbefullyappliedinthenew
MemberStates.
Article2
1.Afirsttrancheof575metrictonsoftheCom­
munitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
sharedamongtheMemberStates;theproportions
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil
31December1975shallconsistofthefollowing
amounts :Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
tranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondformingareserve
intendedultimatelytocovertherequirementsofthe
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegree
ofsecuritytoimportersineachMemberState,the
firsttrancheoftheCommunityquotashouldbe
determinedatalevelwhich,underpresentcircum­
stances,maybeapproximately 65%ofthequota
amount;
WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmay
beusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorderto
takethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,itisimportantthatanyMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereas,thismustbedonebyeachMemberStateas
andwheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmost
entirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesmustbeavailableforuseuntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration callsforclosecooperationbetween
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,whichmust,in
particular,beabletoobservetheextenttowhich
thequotaamountisusedandinformMemberStates
thereof;Benelux 60metrictons
Denmark 20metrictons
France 80metrictons
Germany 60metrictons
Ireland 30metrictons
Italy 250metrictons
UnitedKingdom 75metrictons
2.Thesecondtrancheof325metrictonsshall
constitutethereserve.
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,
aconsiderable balanceremainsinoneorother
MemberStateitisessentialthatthatMemberState
paysalargeamountofitbackintothereserveto
preventapartoftheCommunityquotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenit
couldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKing­
domoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunitedinandrepresentedbvtheArticle3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,
wheretheprovisionsofArticle5havebeenapplied,
hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todraw
asecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,to
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2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordance withtheconditionslaiddownin
paragraph 1,procee4todrawathirdshareequal
to7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenext
unitwhereappropriate ,totheextentthattheamount
inthereserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall
proceed,inthesameway,todrawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
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,notifytheCommissionofthetotal
importsoftheproductinquestioneffectedupto
andincluding15September1975andcharged
againsttheCommunityquotaand,whereappro­
priate,theproportionoftheirinitialsharethatis
beingreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles2and3andshallinformeachofthemofthe
extenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedassoon
asitreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommission shall,notlaterthan
15October1975,notifyMemberStatesofthe
amountinthereserveafterthereturnofshares
pursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommission shallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
availableand,forthispurpose,shallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
thefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductconcernedestablishedintheir
territoryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedto
them.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
goodsareenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisof
theimportschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthis
Regulationisobserved.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
1January1975.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18November1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
Ch.BONNET