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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No3011/76
of9December 1976
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
yarn,entirelyofsilk,otherthanyarnofnoilorotherwastesilk,notputupfor
retailsaie,fallingwithinheadingNoex50.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff
(1977)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,beingsubjectedtoaconsiderablecustomscharge
whileproductsmanufactured fromsilkyarnface
powerfulcompetitionfromsimilarproductsmanufac­
turedfromothermaterial;whereasaninsufficient
supply,addedtocompetitionatfinishedproductlevel,
mighthaveadverseresultsfortheCommunity's
processingindustries;
WhereastheCommonCustomsTariffdutyapplicable
toimportsofthesilkyarninquestionis7%;
whereas,whenfixingthequotaduty,itisappropriate
totakeintoaccount,ontheonehand,thesituationof
theCommunitysilkyarnproducingindustryand,on
theother,thatofthesilkyarnprocessingindustries
withregardtotheirsuppliesonfavourableterms;
whereasaquotadutyof2-5%couldbestmeetthe
abovementioned requirements ;
Whereasthetrendsinimportsduring1975suggest
thattheimportrequirementsfortheyarnsinquestion
mightbeintheregionof60metrictonsfor1977;
whereastheopeningofaCommunitytariffquotaof
thatvolumeisunlikelytoharmCommunityproduc­
tion;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ,
Whereas,inaccordancewiththeresolutionspassedat
itsmeetingfrom29to31May1967,theCouncil,by
itsRegulation(EEC)No322/70('),reintroduced ,until
31December1976,the12%autonomousdutyofthe
CommonCustomsTariffforsilkyarn,otherthanyarn
ofnoilorotherwastesilk,notputupforretailsale,
fallingwithinheadingNoex50.04;whereasthe
conventionaldutyforthatproductis7%;
Whereastheaforementioned resolutionfurther
providesfortheopening,inrespectofthatperiodand
forsuchsilkyarn,ofanannualCommunitytariff
quotawithreducedornildutyandforare-examina­
tionofthesectoralsituationin1976;whereas
however,majorinvestmentshavebeenmadeinItaly
forrawsilk,withtheassistanceoftheState,the
regionsandindividualpersons;whereastheCommu­
nityhasmadecontributions totheseeffortsinthe
formofsupplementary aid;whereasforyarnentirely
ofsilkitisappropriatetofollowapolicyanalogousto
thatwhichisproposedforrawsilk;whereas,under
suchconditions,itisadvisabletoextendthesystem
nowinforcetoenableacloseobservationtobekept
onItalianproduction ;
WhereassilkyamisproducedintheCommunity ;
whereas,althoughthatproductioncouldcoverallthe
Communityrequirements byreasonofitsoverall
volume,thisdoesnotapplywithregardtoyarn
entirelyspunfromsilk;whereasthereis,asaresult,
aninsufficientsupplyintheCommunity ;
Whereas,consequently ,Communitysupplyforthose
qualitiesofyarndependstoaconsiderableextenton
imports;whereasfullapplicationoftheCommon
CustomsTariffdutywouldresultinthoseproductsWhereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
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;
Whereastheimportsoftheproductsfallingwithin
tariffheadingNo50.04ofeachoftheMemberStates
concernedduringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
completestatisticsareavailablerepresentthe (')OJNoL43,24.2.1970,p.5.

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followingpercentagesoftotalCommunityimportsof
theseproducts:Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,197319741975
Benelux 0 50
Denmark 000
Germany 15-82843-15
France 17-11725-16
Ireland 070-05
Italy 52-63921-58
UnitedKingdom 14-5 410-06 HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheforecasts
whichitispossibletomake,theinitialpercentage
sharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressedapproxi­
matelyasfollows: 1.From1Januaryto31December1977theauto­
nomousdutyoftheCommonCustomsTariffforyarn
entirelyofsilk,otherthanyarnofnoilorotherwaste
silk,notputupforretailsale,fallingwithinheading
Noex50.04,shallbesuspendedat2-5%withina
Communitytariffquotaof60metrictons.
2.Withinthetariffquota,thenewMemberStates
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsoftheActofAccession .Benelux 2-0
Denmark 2-0
Germany 34-7
France 24-5
Ireland 2-0
Italy 26-6
UnitedKingdom 8-2
Article2Whereas,totakeaccountoffuturetrendsinimports
oftheproductinquestioninalltheMemberStates,
thequotashouldbedividedintotwotranches,the
firstbeingdistributedamongtheMemberStatesand
thesecondtoformareserveintendedtocoverany
subsequentrequirements ofMemberStateswhohave
useduptheirinitialshares;whereas,inorderto
ensureacertaindegreeofsecurityforimportersof
eachMemberState,thefirsttrancheshouldbefixed
at82%ofthetotalquota;1.Afirsttrancheof49metrictonsofthisCommu­
nitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongtheMember
States.MemberStates'shares,whichsubjecttoArticle
5shallbevaliduntil31December1977,shallbeas
follows:
(inmetrictons)
Benelux 1
Denmark 1
Germany 17
France 12
Ireland 1
Italy 13
UnitedKingdom 4
2.Thesecondtrancheof11metrictonsshall
constitutethereserve.Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
rates;whereas,toprovideforthiseventualityandto
avoiddisruptionof.supplies,anyMemberStatewhich
hasTalmostuseduf>itsinitialshareshoulddrawan
additionalsharefromthereserve;whereasthisshould
bedonebyeachMemberStatewheneachofitsaddi­
tionalshareshasbeenalmostusedup,andsoonas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial
andadditionalsharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaboration betweenMemberStates
andtheCommission ,whichlattermust,inparticular,
beabletokeeparecordoftheextenttowhichthe
quotahasbeenusedupandtoinformtheMember
Statesaccordingly ;Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberStatesinitialshare
asfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminusany
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawa
secondshare,totheextentthatthereservesopermits,
equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupasneces­
sarytothenextwholenumber.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
inthemannerandtotheextentprovidedinpara­Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityoftheinitialshareisleftoverin
aMemberState,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve,
soastoavoidapartofthequotaremainingunusedin
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ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
October1977,oftheamountstillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableandto
thisend,shallnotifytheamountofthatbalanceto
theMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.graph1,drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitial
share.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
inaccordancewiththesameconditions,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,MemberStatesmaydrawlessersharesthanthose
specifiedthereiniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.They
shallinformtheCommission oftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisparagraph.Article7
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1977.1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraggregatesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeagainsttheirshares
importsoftheproductinquestionasandwhenthe
productisenteredinwiththecustomsauthoritiesfor
homeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1977,theunusedportionsoftheir
initialshareswhich,on15September1977,arein
excessof20%oftheinitialamounts.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedup.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1October1977,ofthetotalquantitiesofsilk
yarnimporteduptoandincluding15September
1977andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotaand
ofanyportionoftheirindustrialsharesreturnedto
thereserve.Article8
AttheCommission srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
Article6MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article10TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3and,assoonasithasbeennotified,shallinform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9December1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
P.J.J.MERTENS