26.11.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL.315/25
REGULATION (EEC)No2922/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of18November1974
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforcertain
textilefibresfallingwithinheadingNo56.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating
inCyprus
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,Whereas,asregardstheCommunityasoriginally
constituted :
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle
113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereastheAgreement (1)establishinganassoci­
ationbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andtheRepublicofCyprus,hereinaftercalledthe
'Agreement',andtheProtocol(2)layingdown
certainprovisionsconcerningthatAgreementasa
resultoftheaccessionofnewMemberStatestothe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,hereinaftercalled
the'Protocol',providefortheopeningofanannual
Communitytariffquotaof100metrictonsofman­
madefibres(discontinuous orwaste),carded,combed
orotherwisepreparedforspinning,fallingwithin
headingNo56.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginCyprus;whereas,pursuanttothejoint
declarationinArticle2oftheProtocol,thetariff
quotashouldbeallocatedamongtheMemberStates
asfollows:70metrictonsfortheCommunityas
originallyconstitutedand30metrictonsforthe
newMemberStates;whereasAnnex1totheAgree­
mentprovidesthatthedutiesapplicabletothequota
shallbeequalto30%oftheCommonCustoms
Tariffduties;whereasasregardstheduties
applicabletogoodswithinthelimitsofthequotaby
thenewMemberStates,thespecialprovisionsof
theProtocolandoftheActofAccession (3)should
beobserved;whereastocomplywiththespecial
provisionsoftheProtocol,separatearrangements
shouldbemadefortheMemberStatesofthe
Communityasoriginallyconstitutedontheonehand
andforthenewMemberStatesontheotherhand;—itisnecessarytoensuretoallimportersequal
anduninterrupted accesstothequotaand
uninterrupted applicationoftherateslaiddown
forthisquotatoallimportsoftheproducts
concerneduntilthequotahasbeenusedup;
—inthelightoftheprincipleselicitedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotamaybebest
preservedbyanarrangementallocatingitamong
theMemberStates;whereasinordertoreflect
moreaccuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthe
marketintheproductconcerned,suchallocation
shouldbeinproportiontotheneedsoftheMem­
berStates,assessedbyreferencetobothstatistics
ofeachState'simportsofthesaidimportsofthe
saidproductsoriginatinginCyprusoverarepre­
sentativereferenceperiodandtheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodconcerned;
—however,asduringthelastthreeyearsnosuch
productsoriginatinginCyprushavebeen
importedandasnoforecastcanbemadefor
1975,asignificativeandbalancedparticipation
byeachoftheseStatesonthisquotawould
ensurefairdistributionamongthem;
—inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrendsfor
theproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedinto
twotranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocated
amongtheMemberStatesandthesecondforming
areserveintendedultimatelytocovertherequire­
mentsofthoseMemberStateswhichhaveused
uptheirinitialshares;whereas,inordertoensure
acertaindegreeofsecuritytoimportersineach
MemberState,thefirsttrancheofthequota
shouldbedeterminedatalevelwhich,under
presentcircumstances ,maybeapproximately
75%;(')OJNoL133,21.5.1973,p.1.
(2)OJNoL133,21.5.1973,p.88.
(3)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.

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equallyamongthenewMemberStatesinthe
sameway;
—thequotadutiesaretobecalculatedbythenew
MemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles3,4,
5,6and7oftheProtocol;
—itisnecessarytoensuretoallimportersequal
anduninterrupted accesstothequotaand
uninterrupted applicationoftherateslaiddown
forthisquotatoallimportsoftheproducts
concerneduntilthequotahasbeenusedup,—theinitialshareoftheMemberStatesmaybe
usedupmoreorlessquickly;whereas,inorder
totakethisfactintoaccountandtoavoidany
breakincontinuity,itisimportantthatany
MemberStatehavingalmostusedupitsinitial
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
reserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
sharesisalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeated
asmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereasthe
initialandadditionalsharesofthequotamust
beavailableforuseuntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthismethodofadministration
callsforclosecooperationbetweenMember
StatesandtheCommission ,whichmust,in
particular,beabletoobservetheextenttowhich
thequotaamountisusedandinformMember
Statesthereof;
—if,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable balanceremainsinoneorother
MemberState,itisessentialthatthatMember
Statepaysalargeamountofitbackintothe
reserveinordertopreventapartofthe
Communityquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
—sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedinandjointlyrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactions
concerningtheadministration ofsharesgranted
totheabovementioned EconomicUnionmaybe
carriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
From1Januaryto31December1975atariffquota
of100metrictonsshallbeopenedwithinthe
Community inrespectofman-madefibres
(discontinuous orwaste),carded,combedor
otherwisepreparedforspinning,fallingwithin
headingNo56.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginCyprus.Thisquotashallbeallocated
andadministered inaccordancewiththefollowing
provisions .
SECTION I
WhereasasregardsthenewMemberStates:
—pursuanttotheProtocol,agrossamountof
30metrictonsisallocatedtothenewMember
States;whereas,forthepurposesoftheallocation
ofthisamountamongthem,boththepastand
theprospectivefuturesituationsarethesameas
thosewhichfacedtheoriginalMemberStates;
whereas,therefore,thequotashouldbeallocatedProvisionsapplicabletotheCommunity
asoriginallyconstituted
Article2
TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesshallbepartially
suspendedattheratesindicatedbelowinrespectof
70metrictonsofthequotareferredtoinArticle1:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionRateofduty
%
56.04 Man-madefibres(discontinuous orwaste),carded,combedor
otherwisepreparedforspinning:
A.Synthetictextilefibres 2-5
B.Regeneratedtextilefibres 3-0

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Article3 Article6
1.Afirsttrancheof52metrictonsoftheamount
specifiedinArticle2shallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStates;theshareswhich,subjecttoArticle6,
arevaliduntil31December1975shallbeasfollows:
14metrictons
10metrictons
15metrictons
13metrictonsGermany
Benelux
France
ItalvIf,by15September1975,aMemberStatehasnot
usedupitsinitialshare,itshall'notlaterthan
10October1975returntothereservetheunused
portionofthisshareinexcessof20%oftheinitial
amount.Itmayreturnalargerquantityifthereis
reasontobelievethatsuchquantitymightnotbe
used.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October
1975,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimports
ofthesaidgoodseffecteduptoandincluding
15September1975andchargedagainsttheCom­
munityquotaand,whereappropriate ,theproportion
oftheirinitialsharethatisbeingreturnedtothe
reserve .2.Thesecondtrancheof18metrictonsshall
constitutethereserve.
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
3and4andshallinformeachStateoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedupassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommission shall,notlaterthan15October
1975,notifytheMemberStatesoftheamountin
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle6.
TheCommission shallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
availableandforthispurposeshallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
makesthelastdrawing.Article4
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
StatelaiddowninArticle3(1),or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereservewhere
theprovisionsofArticle6havebeenapplied,has
beenexhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todraw
asecondshare,equalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnupbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninpara­
graph1,todrawathirdshare,equalto7-5%ofits
initialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate ,totheextentthatthereserveissufficient.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall
proceed,inthesameway,todrawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserve
exhausted .Article8
TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatwhenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle4itispossibleforcharges
tobemade,withoutinterruption ,againsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,the
MemberStatesmayproceedtodrawsharessmaller
thanthosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreason
tobelievethattheymightnotbeusedup.They
shallinformtheCommission ofthereasonswhich
ledthemtoapplythisparagraph.SECTION II
ProvisionsapplicabletothenewMemberStates
Article9
Withinthelimitsofthetariffquotareferredtoin
Article1,thenewMemberStatesshallapplythe
dutieslaiddownintherelevantprovisionsofthe
ActofAccession,theAgreementandtheProtocol,Article5
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article4shallbevaliduntil31December1975.

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3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph2.
Article12
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsofthesaidproducts
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article13
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed.Article10
Withinthequota,30metrictonsshallbeallocated
tothenewMemberStatesasfollows:
Denmark 10metrictons
Ireland 8metrictons
UnitedKingdom 12metrictons
SECTION III
Generalprovisions
Article11
1.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefree
accesstotheshareallocatedtothem.
2.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoods
areenteredforhomeuse.Article14
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1975.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18November1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
Ch.BONNET