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REGULATION (EEC)No3418/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of30December 1975
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration ofaCommunity tariff
quotafordriedfigsfallingwithinsubheading ex08.03BoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originating inSpain(1976)
whereas ,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatis­
ticsareavailable ,thecorresponding importsbyeach
oftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercen­
tagesoftheimportsintotheCommunity fromSpain
oftheproductsconcerned :
1972 1973 1974
Germany
Benelux — — —
France 100Il (=1llll metric\llIl ton)
Italy— — —THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,andinparticular Articles43
and113thereof ;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean Parlia­
ment(J);
Whereas theAgreement betweentheEuropean
Economic Community andSpain,signedatLuxem­
bourgon29June1970,providesinArticle2(1)
togetherwithArticle9ofAnnexIfortheopeningby
theCommunity ofanannualCommunity tariffquota
of200metrictonsofdriedfigsfallingwithin
subheading ex08.03BoftheCommon Customs «
Tariff,originating inSpainandimportedinimmed­
iatepackings ofanetcapacityof15kgorless;
whereas,pursuanttoArticle9ofthesaidAnnex,the
quotadutyisequalto30%oftheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyinrespectoftheproductconcerned ;
WhereastheCommunity tariffquotainquestion
shouldbeopenedfortheyear1976;whereas,
however,becauseofthepossibility ofimplementing
otherpreferential arrangements asaresultofanew
Agreement betweentheEuropeanEconomic Commu­
nityandSpain,itisnecessary tolimitthequota
periodtothedateonwhichthenewAgreement
entersintoforce;
Whereasitisinparticular necessary toensuretoall
Community importers equalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted appli­
cationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductconcerned intoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciples mentioned above,the
Community natureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocating theCommunity tariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas ,inordertoreflectmoreaccu­
ratelytheactualdevelopment ofthemarketinthe
productconcerned ,suchallocation shouldbein
proportion totheneedsoftheMember States,
assessedbyreference toboththestatisticsofeach
State'simportsofthesaidgoodsfromSpainovera
representative periodandtheeconomic outlookfor
thequotaperiodconcerned ;Whereas ,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submitted bycertainMemberStatesaswellasthe
practical needtoensurethattheobligations
contracted undertheAgreement concerned areallo­
catedfairlyamongalltheMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
Germany
Benelux
France
Italy25
25
25
25
Whereas ,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcerned inthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
tranches ,thefirsttranchebeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStates,andthesecondforming areserve
intendedultimately tocovertherequirements ofthe
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegreeof
securitytoimporters ineachMemberState,thefirst
trancheoftheCommunity quotashouldbedeter­
minedatalevelwhich,underpresentcircumstances ,
maybe80%ofthequotaamount ;
Whereas ,theinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmay
beusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorderto
takethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin(')Opiniondeliveredon19.12.1975(notyetpublished in
theOfficialJournal).

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continuity ,itisimportant thatanyMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditional sharefromthereserve ;
whereas,thismustbedonebyeachMemberStateas
andwheneachofitsadditional sharesisalmost
entirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows ;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesmustbeavailable foruseuntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthismethodofadministration
callsforclosecooperation betweenMemberStatesand
theCommission ,whichmust,inparticular ,beableto
observetheextenttowhichthequotaamountisused
andinformMemberStatesthereof ;
Whereas if,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable balanceremainsinoneorotherMember
StateitisessentialthatthatMemberStatepaysalarge
amountofitbackintothereserve,inordertoavoida
partoftheCommunity quotasremaining unusedin
oneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas ,sincetheKingdom ofBelgium ,the
Kingdom oftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunitedinandrepresented bythe
BeneluxEconomic Union,alltransactions concerning
theadministration ofsharesgrantedtotheabovemen­
tionedEconomic Unionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers ,Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2(1),on90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,where
theprovisions ofArticle5havebeenapplied,has
beenexhausted ,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todrawa
secondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate ,tothe
extentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted ,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall
proceedwithoutdelay,inaccordance withthecondi­
tionslaiddowninparagraph 1,todrawathirdshare
equalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothe
nextunitwhereappropriate ,totheextentthatthe
amountinthereserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted ,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
inthesameway,todrawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding theprovisions ofparagraphs 1,
2and3,theMemberStatesmayproceedtodraw
sharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs ,if
thereisreasontobelievethatthosesharesmightnot
beusedup.TheyshallinformtheCommission ofthe
reasonswhichledthemtoapplythisparagraph .
Article4
Theadditional sharesdrawnpursuant toArticle3
shallbevaliduntiltheendoftheperiodstipulated in
Article 1.HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :,
Article 1
From1January1976untilthedateofentryintoforce
ofanewAgreement betweentheEuropeanEconomic
Community andSpainbutnotlaterthan31
December 1976,theCommonCustomsTariffdutyin
respectofdriedfigsfallingwithinsubheading ex
08.03B,originating inSpainandimportedinimmed­
iatepackingsofanetcapacitynotexceeding 15kg
shallbepartiallysuspended at3%withinthelimits
ofaCommunity tariffquotaof200metrictons.
Article 2
1.Afirsttranche,amounting to160metrictonsof
theCommunity tariffquotareferredtoinArticle 1,
shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;thepropor­
tionswhich,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevalidfrom1
Januaryuntiltheendoftheperiodspecified in
Article 1,shallbeasfollows :Article 5
TheMember Statesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1976,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September 1976,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theyshall
returnalargerquantityifthereisreasontobelieve
thatsuchquantitymightnotbeused.
TheMember Statesshall,notlaterthan1October
1976,notifytheCommission ofthetotalimportsof
theproductconcerned effectedupto15September
1976inclusive ,andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaand,whereappropriate ,theproportion oftheir
initialsharethatisbeingreturnedtothereserve.Germany
Benelux
France
Italy40
40
40
40
2.Thesecondtranche of40metrictonsshall
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Article6
TheCommission shallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordance withArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommission shall,notlaterthan5October1976,
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommission shallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,forthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing .
Article 7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measures toensurethat,whenadditional sharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemadewithoutinterruption againsttheiraccumu­
latedsharesoftheCommunity quota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablished intheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocated tothem.3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productconcerned againsttheirsharesasandwhen
thegoodsareenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordance withparagraph 3.
Article8
Member StatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article 9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulation is
observed .
Article10
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon1January
1976.
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels ,30December 1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
M.TOROS