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REGULATION (EEC)No3159/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of24November1975
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
formen'sandboys'outergarments,fallingwithinheadingNo61.01oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginCyprus(1976)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,accesstotheabovementioned quotaanduninter­
ruptedapplicationoftheratelaiddownfor
thatquotatoallimportsoftheproductconcerned
intoallMemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeen
usedup;whereas,havingregardtotheprinciples
mentionedabove,theCommunitynatureofthe
quotacanberespectedbyallocatingtheCommunity
tariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;whereas,in
ordertoreflectmoreaccuratelytheactualdevelop­
mentofthemarketintheproductconcerned,such
allocationshouldbeinproportiontotheneedsof
theMemberStates,assessedbyreferencetoboththe
statisticsofeachState'simportsofthesaidgoods
fromCyprusoverarepresentative periodandthe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodconcerned;
Whereasduringthepastthreeyearsnosuchproducts
originatinginCyprushavebeenimportedintothe
Communityasoriginallyconstitutedandwhereas
aminimalamounthasbeenimportedintoonlyone
ofthenewMemberStates;whereasnoforecastcan
bemadefor1976;whereastoensurefairdistribution
ofthetwoquotaamountsbetweentheMember
StatesconcernedeachMemberStateshouldmake
asignificativecontributiontotherelevantquota
amount;whereassuchcontributions may
approximately correspond tothefollowing
percentages :HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Article113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereastheAgreement (1)establishinganassoci­
ationbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andtheRepublicofCyprus,hereinaftercalled'the
Agreement',andtheProtocol(2)layingdowncertain
provisionsconcerningthatAgreementasaresult
oftheaccessionofnewMemberStatestothe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,hereinaftercalled
'theProtocol',providefortheopeningofanannual
Communitytariffquotaof500metrictonsofmen's
andboys'outergarments,fallingwithinheading
No61.01oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originat­
inginCyprus;whereaspursuanttotheJoint
Declaration onArticle2oftheProtocolthetariff
quotashouldbeallocatedamongtheMemberStates
asfollows:100metrictonsfortheCommunityas
originallyconstitutedand400metrictonsforthe
newMemberStates;whereasAnnexItothe
Agreementprovidesthatthedutiesapplicable
tothequotashallbeequalto30%oftheCommon
CustomsTariffduties;whereas,asregardstheduties
applicabletogoodswithinthelimitsofthequota
bythenewMemberStates,thespecialprovisionsof
theProtocolandoftheActofAccession (3)should
beobserved;whereastocomplywiththespecial
provisionsoftheProtocol,separatearrangements
shouldbemadefortheMemberStatesofthe
Communityasoriginallyconstitutedontheonehand,
andforthenewMemberStatesontheother;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureto
allCommunityimportersequalanduninterruptedBenelux
Germany
France
Italy
Denmark
Ireland
UnitedKingdom28
19
28
25
45
5
50
Whereas,inordertotakeaccountofimporttrends
fortheproductsinquestionintheMemberStates
concerned,thequotaamountshouldbedivided
intotwoinstalments ,thefirstinstalmentbeing
allocatedamongthesameMemberStates,thesecond
instalmentconstitutingareserveintendedtocover
thelaterrequirementsofMemberStateswhichhave
useduptheirinitialquotashares;whereasinorder(!)OJNoL133,21.5.1973,p.1.
(2)OJNoL133,21.5.1973,p.88.
(3)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.

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2.Withinthelimitsof400metrictonsthetariff
quotareferredtoinArticle1,thenewMember
Statesshallapplythedutieslaiddownintherelevant
provisionsoftheActofAccession,theAgreement
andtheProtocol.toensureacertaindegreeofsecuritytoimporters
ineachMemberState,thefirstinstalmentofthe
quotashouldbefixedinthiscaseatapproximately
75and50%respectively ;
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMember
Statesmaybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,
inordertotakethisfactintoaccountandavoidany
breakincontinuity,itisimportantthatanyMember
Statehavingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitial
quotashareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefrom
thereserve;whereas,thismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
quotasharesisalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeated
asmanytimesasthereservesallow;whereasthe
initialandadditionalquotasharesmustbeavailable
foruseuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereas
thismethodofadministration callsforclose
cooperationbetweenMemberStatesandtheCom­
mission,whichmust,inparticular,beabletoobserve
theextenttowhichthequotaamountsareused
andinformMemberStatesthereof;Article3
1.Afirstinstalment,amountingto72metrictons
oftheamountspecifiedinArticle2(1),shallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStatesoftheCom­
munityasoriginallyconstituted;theshares,which
subjecttoArticle6arevaliduntil31December1976,
shallbeasfollows:
Germany
Benelux
France
Italy20metrictons,
14metrictons,
20metrictons,
18metrictons.
Thesecondinstalmentof28metrictonsshall
constitutetherelevantreserve.
2.Afirstinstalment,amountingto200metrictons
oftheamountmentionedinArticle2(2),shallbe
distributedbetweenthenewMemberStates;the
shares,whichsubjecttoArticle6arevaliduntil
31December1976,shallbeasfollows:Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,
aconsiderable balanceremainsinoneorother
MemberState,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
paysalargeamountofitbackintothereserve,in
ordertoavoidapartoftheCommunitytariffquotas
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKing­
domoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerning
theadministration ofthequotasharesallocatedto
thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyof
itsmembers,90metrictons,
5metrictons,
105metrictons.Denmark
Ireland
UnitedKingdom
Thesecondinstalmentof200metrictonsshall
constitutetherelevantreserve.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article4
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle3,or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintotherelevant
reservewheretheprovisionsofArticle6havebeen
applied,hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberStateshall
proceedwithoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,
todrawasecondshare,equalto15%ofitsinitial
share,roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,
totheextentthattherelevantreserveissufficient.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddownin
paragraph1",todrawathirdshareequalto7-5%of
itsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunit.Article1
From1Januaryto31December1976atariffquota
of500metrictonsshallbeopenedwithintheCom­
munityinrespectofmen'sandboys'outergarments,
fallingwithinheadingNo61.01oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginCyprus.Thisquota
shallbeallocatedandadministered inaccordance
withtheprovisionssetoutbelow.
Article2
1.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutyshallbe
partiallysuspendedattherateof5-1%inrespectof
100metrictonsofthequotareferredtoinArticle1.

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3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
inthesameway,todrawafourthshareequalto
thethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntiltherelevant
reserveisexhausted .
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3aMember
Statemayproceedtodrawsharessmallerthanthose
fixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelieve
thattheymightnotbeusedup.Theyshallinform
theCommission ofthe.feasonswhichledthemto
applythisparagraph .
Article5
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article4shallbevaliduntil31December1976.
Article6
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1976,theunusedportionof
theirinitialsharewhich,on15September1976,is
inexcessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1976,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimports
ofthesaidgoodseffecteduptoandincluding15
September1976,andchargedagainsttheCom­
munityquotaand,whereappropriate,theproportion
oftheirinitialsharethatisbeingreturnedtothe
relevantreserve.
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
3and4andshallinformeachStateoftheextentto
whichthereserveshavebeenusedupassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5October1976,
notifytheMemberStatesoftheamountsinthe
reservesafterthereturnofsharespursuantto
Article6.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesuponeortheotherreserveislimitedtothe
balanceavailableandforthispurposeshallspecify
theamountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
thelastdrawing.
Article8
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatwhenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle4itispossibleforchanges
tobemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
thesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefree
accesstotheshareallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirshareasandwhenthegoods
areenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStateusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article9
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission ,
MemberStatesshallinformitofimportsactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthis
Regulationisobserved.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24November1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.VISENTINI