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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No3012/76
of9December 1976
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
yarn,spunentirelyfromsilkwasteotherthannoil,notputupforretailsale,
fallingwithinheadingNoex50.05oftheCommonCustomsTariff(1977)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,imports;whereasfullapplicationoftheCommon
CustomsTariffdutywouldresultinthoseproducts
beingsubjectedtoaconsiderablecustomscharge
whileproductsmanufactured fromsilkyarnface
powerfulcompetitionfromsimilarproductsmanufac­
turedfromothermaterial;whereasaninsufficient
supply,addedtocompetitionatfinishedproductlevel,
mighthaveadverseresultsfortheCommunity's
processingindustries;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ,
whereastheCommonCustomsTariffdutyapplicable
toimportsoftheyarnspunfromwastesilkinques­
tionis3-5%;whereas,whenfixingthequotaduty,it
isappropriatetotakeintoaccount,ontheonehand,
thesituationoftheCommunityindustryproducing
yarnspunfromwastesilkand,ontheother,thatof
theindustriesprocessingyarnspunfromwastesilk
withregardtotheirsuppliesonfavourableterms;
whereasaquotadutyof1%couldbestmeetthe
abovementioned requirements ;Whereas,inaccordancewiththeresolutionpassedat
itsmeetingfrom29to31May1967,theCouncil,by
itsRegulation(EEC)No323/70(')reintroduced ,until
31December1976,the7%autonomousdutyofthe
CommonCustomsTariffforyarn,spunentirelyfrom
silkwasteotherthannoil,notputupforretailsale,
fallingwithinheadingNoex50.05;whereasthe
conventionaldutyforthatproductis3-5%;
Whereastheaforementioned resolutionfurther
providesfortheopening,inrespectofthatperiodand
forsuchyarn,ofanannualCommunitytariffquota
withreduceddutyornilduty,andforare-examina­
tionofthesectoralsituationin1976;whereas,
however,majorinvestmentshavebeenmadeinItaly
forthispurposewiththeassistanceoftheState,the
regionsandindividualpersons;whereastheCommu­
nityhasmadecontributions totheseeffortsinthe
formofsupplementary aid;whereasforyarnspun
entirelyfromsilk,itisappropriatetofollowapolicy
analagoustothatwhichisproposedforrawsilk;
whereasundersuchconditions,itisadvisableto
extendthesystemnowinforcetoenableacloseobser­
vationtobekeptonItalianproduction ;
Whereasyarnspunfromwastesilkisproducedinthe
Community ;whereas,althoughthatproduction
shouldcoveralltheCommunityrequirements by
reasonofitsoverallvolume,thisdoesnotapplywith
regardtoyamentirelyspunfromwastesilk;whereas
thereis,asaresult,aninsufficientsupplyinthe
Community ;Whereasthetrendsinimportsduring1975suggest
thatCommunityimportrequirementsfortheyarnsin
questionmightbeintheregionof250metrictonsfor
1977;whereastheopeningofaCommunitytariff
quotaofthatvolumeisunlikelytoharmCommunity
production ;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandtheratelaid
downforthetariffquotashouldbeappliedconsist­
entlytoallimportsoftheproductinquestionuntil
thequotaisusedup;whereasasystemofutilization
oftheCommunitytariffquota,basedonanallocation
betweentheMemberStatesconcerned ,would,inthe
lightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,appear
consistentwiththeCommunitynatureofthequota;
whereas,torepresentascloselyaspossibletheactual
markettrendsintheproductinquestion,thealloca­
tionshouldbeproportionate totherequirements of
theMemberStatescalculatedwithreferencetostatis­
ticaldataonimportsduringarepresentative reference
periodandtotheeconomicprospectsforthequota
periodinquestion;Whereas,consequently ,Communitysuppliesofthose
qualitiesofyarndependtoaconsiderableextenton
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Whereastheimportsoftheproductsfallingwithin
headingNo50.05ofeachoftheMemberStates
concernedduringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
completestatisticsareavailablerepresentthe
followingpercentagesoftotalCommunityimportsof
theseproducts:aMemberState,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve,
soastoavoidapartofthequotaremainingunusedin
oneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,197319741975
Benelux 1-5 1.0
Denmark 000
Germany 43-75056-6
France 7-21018-5
Ireland 000
Italy 3603314-9
UnitedKingdom 12-6 610
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheforecasts
whichitispossibletomake,theinitialpercentage
sharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressedapproxi­
matelyasfollows:Article1
Benelux 0-5
Denmark 0-5
Germany 44-4
France 8-3
Ireland 0;3
Italy 27-9
UnitedKingdom 17-91.From1Januaryto31December1977theauto­
nomousdutyoftheCommonCustomsTariffforyarn,
spunentirelyfromsilkwasteotherthannoil,notput
upforretailsale,fallingwithinheadingNoex50.05,
shallbesuspendedat1%withinaCommunitytariff
quotaof250metrictons.
2.Withinthistariffquota,thenewMemberStates
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsoftheActofAccession .
Article2Whereas,totakeaccountoffuturetrendsinimports
oftheproductinquestioninalltheMemberStates,
thequotashouldbedividedintotwotranches,the
firstbeingdistributedamongtheMemberStatesand
thesecondtoformareserveintendedtocoverany
subsequentrequirements ofMemberStateswhohave
useduptheirinitialshares;whereasinorderto
ensureacertaindegreeofsecurityforimportersof
eachMemberState,thefirsttrancheshouldbefixed
at72%ofthetotalquota;1.Afirsttrancheof180metrictonsofthis
Communitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStates.MemberState'sshares,whichsubject
toArticle5shallbevaliduntil31December1977,
shallbeasfollows:
(inmetrictons)
Benelux 1
Denmark 1
Germany 80
France 15
Ireland 1
Italy 50
UnitedKingdom 32
2.Thesecondtrancheof70metrictonsshall
constitutethereserve.Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
rates;whereas,toprovideforthiseventualityandto
avoiddisruptionofsupplies,anyMemberStatewhich
hasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawan
additionalsharefromthereserve;whereasthisshould
bedonebyeachMemberStatewheneachofitsaddi­
tionalshareshasbeenalmostusedup,andsoonas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial
andadditionalsharesshbuldbevaliduntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaboration betweenMemberStates
andtheCommission ,whichlattermustbeableto
keeparecordoftheextenttowhichthequotahas
beenusedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesaccord­
ingly;Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberStatesinitial
shareasfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminus
anyportionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5
hasbeenapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe"Commission ,
drawasecondshare,totheextentthatthereserveso
permits,equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,roundedup
asnecessarytothenextwholenumber.Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
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eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
October1977,oftheamountstillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableandto
thisend,shallnotifytheamountofthatbalanceto
theMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
inthemannerandtotheextentprovidedinpara­
graph1,drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitial
share.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallforth­
with,inaccordancewiththesameconditions,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,MemberStatesmaydrawlessersharesthanthose
specifiedthereiniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.They
shallinformtheCommission oftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisparagraph.Article7
Article41.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraggregatesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeagainsttheirshares
importsoftheproductinquestionasandwhenthe
productisenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesfor
homeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1977.
Article5
Article8
AttheCommissions request,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1977,theunusedportionsoftheir
initialshareswhich,on15September1977,arein
excessof20%oftheinitialamounts.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedup.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1October1977,ofthetotalquantitiesofyarn
fromsilkwasteimporteduptoandincluding15
September1977andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaandofanyportionsoftheirinitialshares
returnedtothereserve.Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article6
Article10
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3and,assoonasithasbeennotified,shallinformThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9December1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
P.J.J.MERTENS