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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No3041/76
of9December1976
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forcottonyarnfallingwithinheadingNo55.05oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginMalta(1977)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,dutyinrespectoftheiproduotsconcerned;whereas
tocomplywiththespecialprovisionsofthesaid
Protocol,separatearrangementsshouldbemadefor
MemberStatesoftheCommunityasoriginallycon­
stitutedontheonehand,andforthenewMember
Statesontheother;Havingregandto"theTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle
113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEco­
nomicCommunityandMalta(*),signedon5Decem­
ber1970,andtheProtocolilayingdowncertainpro­
visionsconcerningthatAgreementasaresultofthe
accessionofnewMemberStatestotheEuropean
EconomicCommunity (2),providefortheopening
bytheCommunityofanannuailCommunitytariff
quotaof910metrictonsofcottonyarn,notputup
forretailsale,fallingwithinheadingNo55.05ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginMalta;
whereas,pursuanttoiflhejointdeclarationannexed
tothisProtocol,thetariffquotashouldbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates'asfollows:750metrictons
fortheCommunityasoriginallyconstitutedand
160metrictonsforthenewMemberStates;whereas
thefirststageoftheAgreementendson30June1977
and,pursuanttoAnnexItotheAgreement,thepro
ratatemporisakusewouldapplytothevolumeof
thequota;whereastheCommunityintendstomain­
tainitstradingrelationswithMa'lta;whereasthe
provisionsgoverningthesecondstageshouldnotbe
lessfavourablethanthoselaiddownforthefirst;
whereasinordernottodisrupttradingpatternsfor
theproductsinquestion,theCommunitytariffquota
shouldbeopenedforthewholeof1977;whereas,
pursuanttoAnnexItothesaidAgreement,thequota
dutyisequalto30%oftheCommonCustomsTariffWhereas,since1January1974,Maltahasbeen
grantedtreatmentnolessfavourablethanthaten­
joyedbycountrieseligibleforthegeneralizedtariff
preferences;whereastothisendthereforecustoms
dutiesshould'betotallysuspendedandthequota
volumeincreasedto1079metrictonsfor1977;
whereas,however,theCommunityhasalready
openedaduty-freetariffquotaof1240metrictons
fortheproductsinquestionfor1976;whereas
thereforethequotavolumeshouldbeheldatthis
levelandthedifferencebetweenthesevolumes
shouldbeallocatedtothetwogroupsofMember
States;
Whereas,itisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotato
allimportsoftheproductconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotacanberespected
byallocating 'theCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectmore
accuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthemarketin
theproductconcerned,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotheneedsoftheMemberStates,as­
sessed'byreferencetoboththestatisticsofeach
State'simportsofthesaidgoodsfromMaltaover
arepresentative periodandtheeconomicoutlook
forthequotaperiodconcerned;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatis­
ticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsbyeach
oftheMember "Statesrepresentthefollowingper­
centagesoftheimportsintotheCommunity,frooi
Malta,oftheproductsconcerned:(*)OJNoL61,14.3.1971,p.2.
(*)OJNoL111,28.4.1976,p.3.

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1973 1974 1975
Germany 45-530-113-7
Benelux 34-839-754-7
France 8-023-714-0
Italy 11-7 6-517-6
Denmark—0-3 —
Ireland 1-02-712-5
UnitedKingdom 99-097-087-5whichmust,inparticular,beatbletoobservetheex­
tenttowhichthequotaamountisusedandinform
MemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,
aconsiderablebalanceremainsinoneorotherMem­
berStateitisessentialthatthatMemberStatepays
alargeamountofitbackintothereserve,inorder
toavoidapartoftheCommunityquotaremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeused
inothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedinandrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningthead­
ministrationofthequotasharesallocatedtochat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,Whereasinviewofthesefactorsoftheforeseeable
developmentduring1977ofthemarketfortheprod­
uctsinquestionandinparticularoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmayconsequentlybefixedapproximately as
follows:
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Germany 56-5
Benelux 25-5
France 7-0
Italy 11-0
Denmark 1-0
Ireland 11-0
UnitedKingdom 88-0Article1
1.From1Januaryuntil31December1977,atariff
quotaof1240metrictonsshallbeopenedinthe
Communityforcottonyarn,notputupforretailt
sale,fallingwithinheadingNo55.05oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginMalta.
2.WithinthelimitsofthistariffquotatheCommon
CustomsTariffdutiesshallbetotallysuspended.
Thissuspensionshall(befullyappliedinthenew
MemberStates.
3.Anamountof1046metrictonsshallbeallocated
totheMemberStatesoftheCommunityasoriginally
constituted .
4.Anamountof194metrictonsshallbeallocated
tothenewMemberStates.Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountsshouldbedividedinto
twoinstalments,thefirstinstalmentsfeeingallocated
amongtheMemberStatesandthesecondforming
reservesintendedultimatelytocovertherequire­
mentsoftheMemiberStateswhichhaveusedup
theirinitialquotashares;whereas,inordertoensure
acertaindegreeofsecurityforimportersineach
MemberState,thefirstinstalmentsofthequotas
shouldbedeterminedatalevelwhich,underpresent
circumstances ,maybeapproximately 70%ofthe
quotaamounts;
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMemberStates
maybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorder
totakethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,itisimportantthatanyMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialquota
shareshoulddrawanadditionalquotashiarefrom
thereserve;Whereas,thismustbedionebyeach
MemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
quotasharesisalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeated
asmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereasthe
initialandadditionalquotasharesmustbeavailable
foruseuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereas
thismethodofadministration callsforclosecooper­
ationbetweenMemberStates,andtheCommission,Article2
1.Afirstinstalment,amountingto730metrictons
oftheamountspecifiedinArticle1(3),shallbeallo­
catedamongtheMemberStatesoftheCommunity
asoriginallyconstituted;theshares,Whichsubjectto
Article5arevaliduntil31December1977,shallbe
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Germany 413metrictons, Article4
Benelux 186metrictons,
France 51metrictons,Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Italy 80metrictons.Article3shallibevaliduntil31December1977.
Article5Thesecondinstalmentof316metrictonsshallcon­
stitutetherelevantreserve.
2.Afirstinstalment,amountingto140metrictons
oftheamountmentionedinArticle1(4),shallbe
allocatedamongthenewMemberStates;theshares,
whichsubjecttoArticle5arevaliduntil31Decem­
ber1977,shallbeasfollows:
Denmark 2metrictons,
Ireland 15metrictons,
UnitedKingdom 123metrictons.
Thesecondinstalmentof54metrictonsshallcon­
stitutetherelevantreserve.MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1977,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September1977,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayre­
turnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbe­
lievingthatsuchquantitymaynot'beusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1977,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsofthe
productconcernedeffectedupto15September1977
inclusive,andchargedagainsttheCommunityquota
and,whereappropriate,theproportionoftheirini­
tialsharethatisbeingreturnedtothereserve.
Article3
Article6
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2,or90%ofthatshare
lesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,wherethe
provisionsofArticle5havebeenapplied,hasbeen
exhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceedwithout
delay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todrawasecond
shareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
uptothenextunitwhereappropriate,totheextent
thattheamountintherelevantreserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninpara­
graph1,proceedwithoutdelaytodrawathird
shareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedup
tothenextunitwhereappropriate,totheextent
thattheamountinthereserveallowis.TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereserveshavebeenusedassoonasit
receivedthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5October
1977,notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthe
reservesafterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle
5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupanyreserveislimitedtothebalance
availableand,forthispurpose,shallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
thefinaldrawing.
Article73.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,in
thesameway,todrawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereservesare
exhausted.
4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraphs1,
2and3,theMemberStatesmayproceedtodraw
sharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs,
ifthereisreasontobelievethattheymightnotbe
usedup.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthe
reasonswhichledthemtoapplythis(paragraph.1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethat,whenadditionalsharesaredrawn
pursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforchargestobe
madewithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
sharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductconcernedestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemlberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirshareasandwhenthegoodsare
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Article9 4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthis
Regulationisobserved.
Article8
Article10
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission,Mem­
berStatesshallinformitofimportsactuallycharged
againsttheirshaires.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9December1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
P.J.J.MERTENS