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REGULATION (EEC)No362/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of4February1974
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forotherwovenfabricsofcottonfallingwithinheadingNo55.09oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginIsrael
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,Whereas,duringthepastthreeyearsforwhichstatistics
areavailable,thecorresponding importsbyeachof
theMemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercentages
oftheimportsintotheCommunityfromIsraelofthe
productsconcerned :
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean .
EconomicCommunityandinparticularArticle113
thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;1970 1971 1972
Germany 93-089-994-5
Benelux 0-2—0-5'
France 2-02-52-5
Italy 4-87-62-5
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquotas
maybefixedapproximately atthefollowingpercent­
ages:WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEcono­
micCommunityandtheStateofIsrael,signedat
Luxembourgon29June1970,providesinArticle2(1)
togetherwithArticle3ofAnnexI,fortheopeningby
the^Community ofanannualCommunitytariffquota
of300jnetrictonsofotherwovenfabricsofcotton
fallingwithinheadingNo55.09oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginIsrael;whereas,pursu­
anttoArticle1ofthesaidAnnex,thequotadutyis
equalto50%oftheCommonCustomsTariffduty
inrespectoftheproductconcerned;whereastherefore
aCommunitytariffquotaof300metrictonsatduty
ratesof6-5%,7%,7%and7-5%forproducts
fallingwithinsubheadingNos55.09AI,AII,BIand
BIIrespectivelyshouldbeopenedfor1974;Germany 90
Benelux 1
France 3
Italy 6
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersand
therateoflevyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistentlytoallimportsoftheproductinquestion
untilthequotaisusedup;whereas,aCommunity
tariffarrangementbasedonanallocationbetween
theMemberStateswouldseemtopreservethe
Communitynatureofthequota;whereastorepresent
ascloselyaspossibletheactualdevelopmentofthe
marketintheproductinquestiontheallocationshould
followproportionately therequirementsoftheMember
Statescalculatedfrombothstatisticsofimportsfrom
Israelduringarepresentative referenceperiodandthe
economicoutlookforthetariffperiodinquestion;Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsin
thevariousMemberStatesfortheproductsconcerned,
eachquotavolumeshouldbedividedintotwo
tranches,thefirstbeingallocatedamongsttheMember
Statesandthesecondheldasareservetocoverata
laterdatetherequirements ofMemberStateswho
haveuseduptheirinitialshares;whereastogive
importerssomecertaintythefirsttrancheofeach
Communitytariffquotacouldbefixedatabout75%
ofthequotavolumes;
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupmoreor
lessquickly;whereas,therefore,toavoiddisruption

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Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgarejointlyrepresentedbytheBeneluxEconomic
Union,anymeasureconcerningtheadministration of
thesharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybe
carriedoutbyoneofitsmembers,ofsupplies,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostused
upitsinitialsharemustdrawasupplementary share
fromthereserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateaseachoneofitssupplementary shares
isalmostusedup,andasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereaseachinitialandsupplementary share
mustbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;where­
asthisformofadministration requiresclosecollabor­
ationbetweentheMemberStatesandtheCommission ,
andtheCommissionmustbeinapositiontofollow
theextenttowhichthetariffquotashavebeenused
upandinformtheMemberStatesthereof;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityoftheinitialshareisleftover
inaMemberState,itisessentialthateachstate
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve,
topreventapartoftheCommunityquotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcould
beusedinothers;Until31December1974,theCommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesinrespectoftheproductsoriginatingin
Israelsetoutinthetablebelowshallbepartially
suspendedattheratesindicatedforeachofthem,
withinthelimitsofanoverallCommunitytariffquota
of300metrictons:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoodsRateof
duty
(%)
55.09Otherwovenfabricsofcotton:
A.Containing85%ormorebyweightofcotton:
I.Ofawidthoflessthan85cm6-5
II.Other7-0
B.Other:
I.Ofawidthoflessthan85cm 7-0
II.Other 7-5
Article2 Article3
1.Afirsttranche,of225metrictonsoftheCommunity
tariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates;theshareswhich,subject
toArticle5,shallbevaliduntil31December1974shall
beasfollows:1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshare
asspecifiedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5is
applied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawa
secondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
upwherenecessarytothenextunittotheextentper­
mittedbytheamountofthereserve.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccor­
dancewiththeconditionsimposedbyparagraph1,
drawathirdshare,equalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.Germany
Benelux
France
Italy200metrictons
2metrictons
8metrictons
15metrictons
2.Asecondtrancheof75metrictonsshallconstitute
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Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupthere­
serveislimitedtothebalanceavailableandtothis
endshallspecifytheamountthereoftotheMember
Statemakingthelastdrawing.
Article73.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withthesameconditions,drawafourthshareequal
tothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserve
isusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelieving
thattheymaynotbeusedup.ItshallinformtheCom­
missionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.
Article41.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawnpursuant
toArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythatimports
maybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesintheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefree
accesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhensuchgoods
areenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.Supplementary sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1974.
Article5
Article8AMemberStatewhichon15September1974hasnot
usedupitsinitialshareshallreturntothereservenot
laterthan10October1974theunusedportion
exceeding20%oftheinitialamount.Itmayreturna
greaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
itmaynotbeusedup.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October1974,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
saidgoodsimporteduptoandincluding15September
1974andchargedagainsttheCommunitytariffquota
andanyquantitiesoftheinitialsharereturnedtothe
reserve.MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article9
Article6TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallco­
operatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulation
isobserved.
Article10TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,inform
eachstateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
15October1974,oftheamountstillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.ThetariffquotalaiddowninthisRegulationshallbe
openedfor1974.
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4February1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
W.SCHEEL