9.8.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL218/1
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REGULATION (EEC)No2087/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of2August1974
increasingtheCommunitytariffquotaopenedfor1974byRegulation (EEC)No
3593/73forcertainplywoodsofconiferousspeciesfallingwithinheadingNoex
44.15oftheCommonCustomsTariff
shoulddrawafurthershare,andsoonasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandad­
ditionalsharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaboration betweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission ,andtheCommission
mustbeinapositiontokeepaccountoftheextentto
whichthequotashavebeenusedupandtoinform
theMemberStatesaccordingly ;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunuseditisessential,topreventapartofa
quotafromremainingunusedinoneMemberState
whileitcouldbeusedinothers,thatsuchState
shouldreturnasignificantproportionthereoftothe
reserve,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandinparticularArticle28
thereof;
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ;
Whereas,forcertainplywoodsofconiferousspecies
fallingwithinheadingNoex44.15.oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,aduty-freeCommunitytariffquota,
theamountofwhichhasbeenfixedataninitiallevel
of500000cubicmetres,hasbeenopenedbythe
CouncilandallocatedamongtheMemberStatesby
Regulation (EEC)No3593/73(');
Whereastheeconomicdatarelativetotheconsump­
tionandproductionoftheseproductsdonotyet
permitCommunityrequirements ofimportsfrom
non-member countriestobeevaluatedwithabsolute
certainty ;whereasitappearsthatcertainMember
Stateshaveadditionalrequirementswhichcannotbe
metbyCommunityproduction ;whereasthetariff
quotaconcernedshouldthereforebeincreasedbyan
appropriateamount,approximately 100000cubic
metres;
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsfor
theproductsconcernedowingtotheuncertaintyof
theadditionalrequirements ofMemberStates,a
Communityreserveequaltotheproposedincrease
shouldbesetup;
WhereastheinitialsharesallocatedtoMemberStates
maybeexhaustedatdifferentrates;whereastoavoid
disruptionofsuppliesonthisaccountitshouldbe
providedthatanyMemberStatewhichhasalmost
usedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawanadditional
sharefromthereserve;whereaseachtimeitsad­
ditionalshareisalmost^exhausted aMemberStateHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.ThevolumeoftheCommunity tariffquota
openedbyRegulation (EEC)No3593/73forcertain
plywoodsofconiferousspeciesfallingwithinheading
Noex44.15oftheCommonCustomsTariffishereby
increasedfrom500000to600000cubicmetres.
2.Thisincreaseof100000cubicmetresshall
constitute areserve.
Article2
1.AssoonasaMemberStatehasused90%or
moreofitsshareasfixedinArticle2ofRegulation
(EEC)No3593/73,orthatshareminusanyportion
returnedtothereservepursuanttoArticle4hereof,it
shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawa
secondshare,totheextentthatthereservesopermits
equalto10%ofitsinitialshareroundedupasneces­
sarytothenextwholenumber. (')OJNoL365,31.12.1973,p.45.

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theproductsinquestionimporteduptoand
including15October1974andchargedagainstthe
quotaandofanyportionoftheirsharesreturnedto
thereserve.
Article5
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticle2of
Regulation (EEC)No3593/73andArticle2ofthis
Regulationandshall,assoonastheinformation
reachesit,informeachStateoftheextenttowhich
thereserveshavebeenusedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan10November1974,informthe
MemberStateoftheamountsstillinreservefollowing
anyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle4.
Itshallensurethatwhenanamountexhaustingthe
reserveisdrawntheamountsodrawndoesnotexceed
thebalanceavailable,andtothisendshallnotifythe
amountofthatbalancetotheMemberStatemaking
thelastdrawing.2.AssoonasaMemberState,afterexhaustingits
initialshare,hasused90%ormoreofthesecond
sharedrawnbyit,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
inthemannerandtotheextentprovidedinpara­
graph1,drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitial
share.
3.AssoonasaMemberState,afterexhaustingits
secondshare,hasused90%ormoreofthethird
sharedrawnbyit,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
andinaccordancewiththesameconditionsandto
theextentprovidedinparagraph 1,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Itshalhcontinue inthisfashionuntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,theMemberStatesmaydrawshareslowerthan
thosespecifiedinthoseparagraphsifthereare
groundsforbelievingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbe
usedinfull.AnyMemberStateapplyingthispara­
graphshallinformtheCommissionofitsgroundsfor
sodoing.
Article3
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle2shallbe
validuntil31December1974.
Article4
AnyMemberStatewhichon15October1974hasnot
exhausteditsshareallocatedpursuanttoArticle2of
Regulation (EEC)No3593/73shall,notlaterthan10
November1974,returntothereservetheunused
portioninexcessof20%oftheinitialamount.It
mayreturnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10November
1974,notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofArticle6
1.EveryMemberStateshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle2areopenedinsuchawaythat
importations maybechargedwithoutinterruption
againstitsaccumulatedshareoftherelevantquota.
2.Theadministration oftheadditionalsharesshall
becarriedoutinaccordancewithArticle3ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No3593/73.
Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheseventh
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2August1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.DESTREMAU