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NoL298/40 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.12.72
REGULATION (EEC)No2833/72OFTHECOUNCIL
of28December1972
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
quotaforcottonyarn,notputupforretailsale,andotherwovenfabricsof
cottonfallingwithinsubheadings55.05and55.09oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,comingfromTurkey
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNI­
TIES,regardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotascanbe
respectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariff
quotasamongtheMemberStates;whereas,in
ordertoreflectmostaccuratelytheactual
development ofthemarketintheproduct
concerned,suchallocationshallbeinpropor­
tiontotheneedsoftheMemberStates,assessed
byreferencebothtothestatisticsofeach
State'simportsfromTurkeyoverarepresenta­
tiveperiodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthe
quotaperiodconcerned;whereas,inspiteofthe
littleneedforimportsfromTurkeyofthe
importsconcerned,asshownbythestatistical
dataforthemajorityoftheMemberStates,
theCommunitycharacterofthetariffquotas
concernedshouldbesafeguardedbymaking
provisionstocoverneedswhichmightarise
intheMemberStates;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsarecompletelyavailable,thecor­
respondingimportsbyeachoftheMember
States,comingfromTurkey,havedevelopedas
indicatedbelow;
(inmetrictons)HavingregarctotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandin
particularArticle113thereof;
Havingregardtotheproposalfromthe
Commission ;
WhereasunderArticle1ofAnnexNo2ofthe
AdditionalProtocollayingdowntheconditions,
proceduresandtimetablesforimplementingthe
transitionalstagepursuanttoArticle4ofthe
Agreementestablishinganassociationbetween
theEuropear.EconomicCommunityand
Turkey,theCommunitymustmake,asfrom
theentryintororceofthesaidProtocol,a75%
reductionoftheCommonCustomsTariff
duties,withinthelimitofannualCommunity
tariffquotasof300metrictonsforcottonyarn,
notputupforretailsale,fallingwithintariff
subheading5505,andof1000metrictonsfor
otherwovenfabricsofcottonfallingwithin
tariffsubheading55.09;whereasmoreoverit
seemsnecessarytolaydownprovisionally an
adjustmenttothetariffbenefitsconsistingof
theestablishment ,forthetwoCommunity
tariffquotasinquestion,ofazeroquotaduty
andofanincreaseinthequotavolumefrom
300metrictonsto500metrictonsforcotton
yarn,notputupforretailsale;whereasthe
abovementioned Protocolentersintoforce
on1January71973andwhereastheCommunity
tariffquotasshouldthereforebeopenedfor
1973undertheconditionsmentionedabove;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureto
allCommunityimportersequalanduninter­
ruptedaccesstotheabovementioned quotas
anduninterrupted applicationoftheratelaid
downforthosequotastoallimportsofthe
productconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntil
thequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having1969 1970 1971
Cottonyarn
Germany 34684167 8458
Benelux —20714626
France 281 244 242
Italy 37154553867
Otherwovenfabrics
ofcotton
Germany 491 419 371
Benelux— 207 848
France 821449 603
Italy 951002 830

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seempossibletoputforwardclearpercentages
ofhowthetwocategoriesofproductsconcerned
areallocated;whereas,takingaccountofthese
factors,thequotasconcernedshouldstillbe
allocated,forthequotaperiodinquestion,
accordingtothepercentagesindicatedbelow:
Germany42%
Benelux11%
France35%
Italy12%
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequota
period,aconsiderablebalanceremainsinone
orotherMemberStateitisessentialthatthat
MemberStatepaysapercentageofitbackinto
thecorresponding reserve,inordertoavoida
partofoneorotheroftheCommunityquotas
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenit
couldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrand
DuchyofLuxembourg areunitedinand
representedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,
alltransactionsconcerningtheadministration
ofsharesgrantedtotheabovementioned
EconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyanyone
ofitsmembers;
Whereas,sincethetariffquotasconcernedare
tobevaliduntil31December1973,thesystem
thuslaiddownmaybemodifiedinorderto
takeaccountoftheaccessionofnewMember
States,Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimport
trendsfortheproductsconcernedinthe
differentMemberStates,thequotaamounts
shouldbedividedintotwoinstalments ,the
firstinstalmentbeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStates,andthesecondforminga
reserveintendedultimatelytocovertherequire­
mentsoftheMemberStateswhichhaveused
uptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,inorder
toensureacertaindegreeofsecuritytoim­
portersineachMemberState,thefirstinstal­
mentoftheCommunityquotashouldbe
determinedatalevelwhich,underpresent
circumstances ,maybe80%ofthequota
amount;
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMember
Statesmaybeusedupatdifferenttimes;
whereas,inordertotakethisfactintoaccount
andavoidanybreakincontinuity,itisimpor­
tantthatanyMemberState,havingusedup
almostthewholeofoneofitsinitialquota
sharesshoulddrawanadditionalquotashare
fromthecorresponding reserve;whereas,this
mustbedonebyeachMemberStateasand
wheneachofitsadditionalquotasharesis
almostentirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmany
timesaseachofthereservesallows;whereas
eachoftheinitialandadditionalquotashares
mustbeavailableforuseuntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthismethodofadminis­
trationcallsforclosecooperationbetween
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,which
must,inparticular,beabletoobservetheextent
towhichthequotaamountisusedandinform
MemberStatesthereof;
Whereasthesedataindicatethatimportsof
thoseproductsareratherirregularandwhereas,
asaresult,thecalculationofthepercentages
whichtheyrepresentinrelationtotheimports
intotheCommunityofthesameproducts
comingfromTurkeywouldnotbemeaningful;
whereasmoreoveritwasnotpossibletocollect,
foralltheMemberStates,datarelatingto
importsoftheproductsconcerned,inparticular
fromTurkey,forthestartof1972;whereasitis
thereforenotpossibletocorrectthisestimate
inthelightofmorerecentexperience;
Whereastheestimationofimportsintoeachof
theMemberStates,forthequotaperiod
envisaged,provesdifficultasaresultofthe
considerable variationswhichhaveoccurred
duringthepreviousyears;whereasthefore­
seeableimportfiguressubmittedbytheMember
Statestakeintoaccountthissituationgiven
that,asawhole,theyimplyanoverallestimate
ofthesituation,i.e.theycoverboththeproducts
fallingundersubheading55.05andsubheading
55.09;whereas,inthissituation,itdoesnotyetHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom1January1973anduntil31December
1973,theCommonCustomsTariffdutiesin
respectoftheproducts,alistofwhichfollows,
comingfromTurkey,shallbetotallysuspended
withintheframeworkofoverallCommunity
tariffquotasindicatedinrespectofeachof
them:
Quota
CCT Descriptionofgoods volumes
headingNo (inmetric
tons)
55.05Cottonyarn,notputupfor
retailsale 500
55.09Otherwovenfabricsofcotton 1000

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Article2 Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofpara­
graphs1,2and3,theMemberStatesmay
proceedtodrawsharessmallerthanthose
fixedinthoseparagraphs,ifthereisreasonto
believethatthosesharesmightnotbeusedup.
TheyshallinformtheCommission ofthe
reasonswhichledthemtoapplythisparagraph.1.ThequotaslaiddowninArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Thefirstinstalmentofeachquotashallbe
sharedamong:heMemberStates;thepropor­
tionswhich,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevalid
until31December1973,shallconsistofthe
followingamounts:
(mmetrictons)
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1973.CCTheadingNo
55.05 55.09
Germany 168 336
Benelux 44 88
France 140 280
Italy 48 96
Total 400 800Article5
If,by15September1973,aMemberStatehas
notuseduponeorotherofitsinitialshares,it
shall,notlaterthan10October1973,returnto
thereservetheunusedportionofthissharein
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Itmay
returnalargerquantityiftherearereasonsto
considerthatsuchquantitymightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan
10October1973,notifytheCommissionofthe
totalimportsoftheproductconcernedeffected
upto15September1973inclusive,andcharged
againsttheCommunityquotasand,where
appropriate,theproportionofeachoftheir
initialsharesthatisbeingreturnedtoeachof
thereserves.3.Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,i.e.
100metrictonsand200metrictonsrespectively,
shallmakeupthereserve.
Article3
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountofthe
sharesopenedbyMemberStatesinaccordance
withArticles2and3andshallinformeachof
themoftheextenttowhichthereserveshave
beenusedassoonasitreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommission shall,notlaterthan
15October1973,notifyMemberStatesofthe
stateofeachofthereservesafterthereturnof
sharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveislimitedtothe
balanceavailableand,forthispurpose,shall
specifytheamountthereoftotheMember
Statewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.1.If90%o_moreoftheinitialshareofa
MemberState,aslaiddowninArticle2(1),
or90%ofthatsharelesstheamountreturned
intothecorresponding reserve,wherethe
provisionsofArticle5havebeenapplied,has
beenexhausted,thatMemberStateshall
proceedwithoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCom­
mission,todrawasecondshareequalto15%
ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunit
whereappropriate,totheextentthatthe
amountinthereserveallows.
2.If,aftercneorotherofitsinitialshares
hasbeenexhausted,90%ormoreofthesecond
sharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenused,
thatMemberStateshallproceedwithoutdelay,
bynotifyingtheCommission ,todrawathird
shareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
uptothenextunitwhereappropriate,tothe
extentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
3.If,aftero_ieorotherofthesecondshares
hasbeenexhausted,90%ormoreofthethird
sharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenused,
thatMemberStateshallproceed,pursuantto
theprovisionsofparagraph2,todrawafourth
shareequalto"hethird.Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures
necessarytoensurethat,whenadditional
sharesaredrawnpursuanttoArticle3,itis

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atregularintervalsoftheimportsofthe
productsconcernedactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthe
provisionsofthisRegulationareobserved.possibleforchargestobemadewithoutinter­
ruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesofthe
Communityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures
necessarytoguaranteetoimportersofthe
productsconcernedestablishedintheirterritory
freeaccesstotheshareallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimports
oftheproductconcernedagainsttheirshares
insofarastheproducthasbeenpresentedfor
Customsclearanceundercoverofdeclarations
thatithasbeenmadeavailableforconsump­
tion.
4.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStates'
shareshavebeenusedupshallberecordedon
thebasisoftheimportschargedinthecon­
ditionslaiddowninparagraph3.Article10
Theaforegoingprovisionsmaybemodifiedin
ordertotakeaccountofthesituationarising
fromtheaccessionofnewMemberStates.
Article11
Article8
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
1January1973. MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinall
MemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,28December1972.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
T.WESTERTERP