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of20December 1977
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
quotasforpreparedorpreservedsardinesfallingwithinsubheading16.04Dof
theCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginMorocco(1978)
oftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercen­
tagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfrom
Moroccooftheproductsconcerned :
MemberState 1974 1975 1976
Benelux 100110 11-3
Denmark 0-20-30-3
Germany 11-310-623-3
France 62-255-7561
Ireland 010-50-5
Italy 30 1-40-2
UnitedKingdom 13-220-5 8-3
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles43
and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(*),
Whereason20December1977theCouncildecided
toopentwoCommunitytariffquotasforpreparedor
preservedsardinesfallingwithinsubheading16.04D
oftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatingin
Morocco;whereastherespectivequotavolumesand
dutiesarefixedat14000tonnesfreeofdutyand
6000tonnesatadutyrateof10%;whereasthese
tariffquotasaretoapplyfrom1January1978until
theconclusionoftheexchangeoflettersprovidedfor
inArticle19oftheCooperationAgreementbetween
theCommunityandMorocco,untilsuchtimeas
Communityarrangements forimportsoftheproducts
inquestionareapplied,oruntil31December1978,
whichevershallbetheearliest;whereastheseCommu­
nitytariffquotasshouldthereforebeopened;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotasanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthesequotasto
allimportsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotashavebeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotascanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotasamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectmostaccu­
ratelytheactualdevelopment ofthemarketinthe
productsconcerned,suchallocationwouldbein
proportiontotheneedsoftheMemberStates,
assessedbyreferencebothtothestatisticsofeach
State'simportsfromMoroccooverarepresentative
periodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodconcerned ;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatis­
ticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsbyeachMemberStateOfthequota
of
14000tonnesOfthequota
of
6000tonnes
Benelux 13-49 9-54
Denmark 0-28 0-28
Germany 13-33 13-33
France 59-52 42-59
Ireland 0-36 0-37
Italy 0-64 1-48
UnitedKingdom 12-38 32-41
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,eachofthequotaamountsshouldbedivided
intotwoinstalments ,thefirstinstalmentbeingallo­
catedamongtheMemberStatesandthesecond
formingareserveintendedultimatelytocoverthe
requirements oftheMemberStateswhichhaveused
uptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,inorderto
ensureacertaindegreeofsecurityforimportersin
eachMemberState,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotasshouldbedeterminedatalevel
which,underpresentcircumstances ,maybe90%of
eachofthequotaamounts;
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMemberStates
maybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorder
totakethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,anyMemberStatehavingusedupalmost
thewholeofanyoneofitsinitialquotasharesshould (•)OJNoC299,12.12.1977,p.60.

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2.Afirstinstalmentofeachquotashallbeshared
amongtheMemberStates;therespectiveshares
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntiltheend
oftheperiodspecifiedinArticle1,shallbeas
follows:
(tonnes)
MemberState Article1(2)
Benelux 1700 515
Denmark 35 15
Germany 1680 720
France 7500 2300
Ireland 45 20
Italy 80 80
UnitedKingdom1560 1750
Total 12600 5400drawanadditionalquotasharefromthecorres­
pondingreserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStatewheneachofitsadditionalquotashares
isalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandaddi­
tionalquotasharesmustbeavailableforuseuntilthe
endofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration callsforclosecooperationbetween
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,whichmust,in
particular,beabletoobservetheextenttowhichthe
quotaamountsareusedandinformMemberStates
thereof;
Whereas,if,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityoftheinitialshareremainsin
anyMemberState,itisessentialthatthatStateshould
returnasignificantproportiontothereserveinorder
toavoidpartoftheCommunityquotaremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedin
others;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxemburgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthequotasharesallo­
catedtothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutby
anyoneofitsmembers,3.Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,1400
tonnesand600tonnesrespectively ,shallconstitute
thecorresponding reserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofoneoftheinitialsharesofa
MemberState,aslaiddowninArticle2(2),or90%
ormoreofthatsharelesstheamountreturnedinto
thecorresponding reserve,wheretheprovisionsof
Article5havebeenapplied,hasbeenexhausted,that
MemberStateshallproceedwithoutdelay,bynoti­
fyingtheCommission ,todrawasecondshareequal
to10%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenext
unitwhereappropriate ,totheextentthattheamount
inthereserveallows.
2.If,afteroneorotherofitsinitialshareshasbeen
exhausted,90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawn
byaMemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberState
shallproceedinthemannerspecifiedinparagraph 1
todrawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate ,tothe
extentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
3.If,afteroneofitssecondshareshasbeen
exhausted,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnby
aMemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberState
shallproceedinthemannerspecifiedinparagraph 1,
todrawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Bywayofderogationtoparagraphs 1,2and3,
theMemberStatesmayproceedtodrawshares
smallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereis
anyreasontobelievethatthosesharesmightnotbe
usedup.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthe
reasonswhichledthemtoapplythisparagraph.HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1January1978untiltheconclusionofthe
exchangeoflettersreferredtoinArticle19ofthe
CooperationAgreementbetweentheCommunityand
Morocco,untilsuchtimeasCommunityimportarran­
gementsareappliedoruntil31December1978,
whichevershallbetheearliest,aduty-freeCommu­
nitytariffquotaof14000tonnesshallbeopenedfor
importsintotheCommunityofpreparedorpreserved
sardinesfallingwithinsubheading16.04Dofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginMorocco.
2.From1January1978untiltheconclusionofthe
exchangeoflettersreferredtoinArticle19ofthe
CooperationAgreementbetweentheCommunityand
Morocco,untilsuchtimeasCommunityimportarran­
gementsareappliedoruntil31December1978,
whichevershallbetheearliest,aCommunitytariff
quotaof6000tonnesatadutyrateof10%shallbe
openedforimportsintotheCommunityofprepared
orpreservedsardinesfallingwithinsubheading16.04
DoftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatingin
Morocco.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotaslaiddowninArticle1shallbe
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andforthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatwhenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3itispossibleforcharges
tobemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumu­
latedsharesoftheCommunitytariffquotas.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofimports
oftheproductsinquestionoriginatinginMorocco
whenenteredforhomeuse.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequestMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsoftheproductsconcernedactu­
allychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1978.Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntiltheendoftheperiod
definedinArticle1.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1978,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September1978,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturn
alargerquantityiftherearereasonstobelievethat
suchquantitymightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1978,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcernedeffectedupto15September
1978inclusiveandchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotasand,whereappropriate,theproportionoftheir
initialshareswhichisbeingreturnedtoeachreserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereserveshavebeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5October1978,
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountineachreserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupanyreserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20December1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
H.SIMONET