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REGULATION (EEC)No2420/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of23September1974
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
yarn,spunentirelyfromsilkwasteotherthannoil,notputupforretailsale,
fallingwithinheadingNoex50.05oftheCommonCustomsTarifffor1975
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle28
thereof;
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ;WhereasthedutyundertheCommonCustomsTariff
applicableonimportsofthesilkwasteyarninques­
tionis3-5%;whereaswhenfixingthequotadutyit
isappropriatetotakeintoaccount,ontheonehand,
thesituationoftheCommunityindustryproducing
yarnspunfromwastesilkand,ontheother,thatof
theindustriesprocessingyarnspunfromwastesilk
withregardtotheirobtainingsuppliesonfavourable
terms;whereasaquotadutyof1%couldbestsatisfy
theabovementioned requirements ;
Whereasthetrendinimportsduringthepastfew
yearsandthefirstmonthsof1973suggestthat
Communityimportrequirements oftheyarnsinques­
tionmightbeintheregionof220metrictonsfor
1975;whereastheopeningofaCommunitytariff
quotaofthatvolumeisunlikelytoharmCommunity
production ;Whereas,inaccordancewiththeresolutionpassedat
itsmeetingof29to31May1967,theCouncil,byits
Regulation (EEC)No323/70('),reintroduceduntil31
December1976the7%autonomousdutyofthe
CommonCustomsTariffforyarn,spunentirelyfrom
silkwasteotherthannoil,notputupforretailsale,
fallingwithinheadingNoex50.05;whereasthe
conventionaldutyforthatproductis3-5%;
Whereastheaforesaidresolutionfurtherprovidesfor
theopeninginrespectofthatperiodandforsuch
yarnofanannualCommunitytariffquotawith
reduceddutyornildutywhereachangeinthe
sourcesofsupplyoraninsufficientsupplywithinthe
Communitymighthaveadverseresultsforthe
processingindustriesintheMemberStates;
Whereasyarnspunfromwastesilkisproducedinthe
Community ;whereasalthoughthatproduction
shouldcoveralltheCommunityrequirements by
reasonofitsoverallvolume,thisdoesnotapplywith
regardtoyarnentirelyspunfromwastesilk;whereas
thereis,asaresult,aninsufficientsupplyinthe
Community ;
WhereasconsequentlyCommunitysupplyforthose
qualitiesofyarndependstoaconsiderableextenton
imports;whereasfullapplicationofthedutyunder
theCommonCustomsTariffwouldresultinthose
productsbeingsubjectedtoaconsiderablecustoms
chargewhileproductsmanufactured fromsilkyarn
facepowerfulcompetition fromsimilarproducts
manufactured fromothermaterial;whereasaninsuffi­
cientsupplywithintheCommunity ,addedtocompe­
titionatfinishedproductlevel,mighthaveadverse
resultsfortheCommunity'sprocessingindustries ;Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandtherateof
levyforthetariffquotashouldbeappliedconsistently
toallimportsoftheproductinquestionuntilthe
quotaisusedup;whereasutilizationoftheCommu­
nitytariffquotabasedonanallocationbetweenthe
MemberStatesconcernedwouldinthelightofthe
principlesoutlinedaboveappearconsistentwiththe
Communitynatureofthequota;whereastorepresent
ascloselyaspossibletheactualtrendofthemarketin
theproductinquestiontheallocationshouldfollow
proportionally therequirements oftheMemberStates
calculatedbothfromstatisticsofimportsduringa
representative referenceperiodandfromthe
economicoutlookforthetariffyearinquestion;
Whereastheimportsoftheproductsfallingwithin
headingNo50.05ofeachoftheMemberStates
concernedduringthepastthreeyearsforwhich
completestatisticsareavailablerepresentthe
followingpercentagesoftotalCommunityimportsof
theseproducts : (')OJNoL43,24.2.1970,p.8.

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197119721973WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg arejointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningtheadmin­
istrationofthesharesallocatedtothatEconomic
Unionmaybecarriedoutbyoneofitsmembers,Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom0-5
0-1
39-2
5-0
0-0
47-0
8-201
01
41-0
10-8
0-6
38-7
8-71-5
00
43-7
7-2
00
360
12-6 HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Whereasinviewofthesefactorsandoftheforecasts
whichitispossibletomaketheinitialpercentage ,
sharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressedapproxi­
matelyasfollows:
Benelux 0-5
Denmark 0-5
Germany 42-1
France 8-9
Ireland 0-5
Italy 34-3
UnitedKingdom 13-2Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1975theauto­
nomousdutyoftheCommonCustomsTariffforyarn,
spunentirelyfromsilkwasteotherthannoil,notput
upforretailsale,fallingwithinheadingNoex50.05,
shallbesuspendedat1%inrespectofaCommunity
tariffquotaof220metrictons.
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,thenew
MemberStatesshallapplythedutiescalculatedin
accordancewiththerelevantprovisionsoftheActof
Accession .
Article2
1.Afirstsuccessiveamountof190metrictonsof
thisCommunitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamong
theMemberStates;thesharesshall,subjecttoArticle
5,bevaliduntil31December1975andshallbeas
follows:Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsfor
theproductunderconsideration ,thetotalquota
volumeshouldbedividedintotwosuccessive
amounts,thefirstbeingallocatedandthesecondheld
asareservetocoveratalaterdatetherequirements of
MemberStateswhohaveuseduptheirinitialshare;
whereastogiveimporterssomedegreeofcertaintythe
firstsuccessiveamountoftheCommunityquota
shouldbefixedat85%ofthetotalquota;Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom1metricton
1metricton
80metrictons
17metrictons
1metricton
65metrictons
25metrictons
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupmoreor
lessquickly;whereas,therefore,toavoiddisruptionof
suppliesanyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedup
itsinitialshare,mustdrawasupplementary share
fromthereserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateaseachoneofitssupplementary shares
isalmostusedup,andasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandsupplementary shares
mustbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
collaboration betweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,andtheCommissionmustbeinaposi­
tiontofollowtheextenttowhichthequotavolume
hasbeenusedupandinformtheMemberStates
thereof;2.Thesecondsuccessiveamount,of30metric
tons,shallbeheldinreserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshare
specifiedinArticle2(1)orofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5is
applied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawa
secondshare,totheextentthatthereserveissuffi­
cient,equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,roundedup
wherenecessarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallwithout
delay,undertheconditionslaiddowninparagraph 1,
drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitialshare.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallwithoutWhereasif,atgivendateinthequotaperiod,aconsid­
erablequantityisleftoverinaMemberState,itis
essentialthatsuchStateshouldreturnasubstantial
proportiontothereserve,topreventpartofthetotal
quotafromremainingunusedinoneMemberState
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delay,underthesameconditions,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,theMemberStatesmaydrawshareslowerthan
thosefixedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegrounds
forconsideringthatthosefixedmaynotbeusedup.
TheyshallinformtheCommission oftheirreasons
forapplyingthisparagraph .
Article4
Supplementary sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1975.
Article5
AMemberStatewhichon15September1975hasnot
usedupitsinitialshareshallreturntothereservenot
laterthan10October1975theunusedportion
exceeding20%oftheinitialamount.Itmayreturna
greaterportioniftherearegroundsforconsidering
thatitmaynotbeusedup.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October
1975,notifytotheCommissionthetotalquantitiesof
yarnfromsilkwasteimporteduptoandincluding15
September1975andchargedagainsttheCommunity
tariffquotaandanyfractionsoftheinitialshare
returnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStatesnotlaterthan15
October1975oftheamountheldinreserveafteramountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichfinallyusesup
thereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailableandto
thisendshallspecifytheamountthereoftothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
chargesmaybemade,withoutinterruption ,against
theircumulativesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidproductestablishedinitsterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtoit.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeagainsttheir
sharesimportsoftheproductinquestion,whenthe
productisenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
TheMemberStatesshallregularlyinformthe
Commissionofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed .
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1975.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23September1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
Ch.PONCELET