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of18October1977
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
rosin,including'braisresineux',fallingwithinsubheading 38.08Aofthe
CommonCustomsTariff(1978)
Whereas,inviewofthenegligiblesizeofsuchaquota
incomparisonwiththeCommunity'srequirements ,a
systemofutilizationshould,withoutderogatingfrom
theCommunitynatureofthetariffquota,be
provided,basedonasingleallocationbetweenthe
MemberStates;whereasthisallocationshouldbe
calculatedbythesamemethodasisusedtoestablish
atotalquotaof25%oftheimportsofeachMember
Statefromthesamethirdcountries;whereas,calcu­
latedinsuchamanner,thisallocationshouldbeas
setoutinArticle2;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ,
WhereastheproductionintheCommunityandin
Greeceofrosinfallingwithinsubheading38.08Aof
theCommonCustomsTariffiscurrentlyinsufficient
tomeettherequirementsoftheprocessingindustries
intheCommunity ;whereas,consequently ,Commu­
nitysuppliesofproductsofthistypecurrentlydepend
toaconsiderableextentonimportsfromthirdcoun­
tries;
Whereas,underDecisionNo1/75oftheAssociation
Councilontheapplicationofparagraph3ofProtocol
10totheAgreementestablishinganAssociation
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
Greece,theCommunitymayopenautonomoustariff
quotasforrosinprovidedthat,fortheCommunityas
awhole,theannualquotasdonotexceed25%ofthe
Community'simportsfromthirdcountriesnotassoci­
atedwithorlinkedtoitbyapreferentialagreement
duringthelastyearforwhichstatisticsareavailable;
whereasthemosturgentCommunityrequirements
fortheproductsinquestionshouldbemetimmedi­
atelyonthemostfavourableterms;whereasanilduty
Communitytariffquotashouldthereforebeopened
withinthelimitsoftheaboveamount;
Whereas,in1976,theimportsofrosinfromthird
countriesnotassociatedwithorlinkedtotheCommu­
nitybyapreferentialagreementwereasfollows:
(tonnes)HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Fortheperiod1Januaryto31December1978,the
CommonCustomsTariffdutyforrosin,including
'braisresineux',fallingwithinsubheading38.08A
shallbetotallysuspendedwithinthelimitsofa
Communitytariffquotaof21013tonnes.
Article2
TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbeallocatedasfollowsamongtheMember
States:Benelux 15961
Denmark 259
Germany 26443
France 9767
Ireland 214
Italy 10206
UnitedKingdom 21199
Total84049(tonnes)
Benelux 3990
Denmark 65
Germany 6611
France 2442
Ireland 54
Italy 2551
UnitedKingdom 5300Whereas25%ofthistotalrepresents21013tonnes;

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Article5
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.Article3
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatimportersoftheproductin
questionestablishedintheirterritoryhavefreeaccess
tothesharesallocatedtothem.
2.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductinquestionenteredwiththe
customsauthoritiesforhomeuse.
Article4
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,18October1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
H.SIMONET