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REGULATION (EEC)No1250/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of14May1973
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforcertain
textilefibresfallingwithinheadingNo56.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatingintheRepublicofCyprus
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,handandforthenewMemberStatesontheother
hand;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandinparticular
Article113thereof:
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereastheAgreement (1)establishing an
Association betweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheRepublicofCyprus,hereinafter
calledtheAgreement,andtheProtocol (2)laying
downcertainprovisionsconcerningthatAgreement
asaresultoftheAccessionofnewMemberStatesto
theEuropeanEconomicCommunity ,hereinafter
calledtheProtocol,providefortheopeningofan
annualCommunitytariffquotaof100metrictonsof
man-madefibres(discontinuous orwaste),carded,
combedorotherwisepreparedforspinning,falling
withinheadingNo56.04oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginCyprus;whereas,pursuantto
thejointdeclarationinArticle2oftheProtocolthe
tariffquotashouldbeallocatedamongtheMember
Statesasfollows:70tonsfortheCommunity as
originallyconstitutedand30tonsforthenew
MemberStates;whereasAnnex1totheAgreement
providesthatthedutiesapplicabletothequotashall
beequalto30%oftheCommonCustomsTariff
duties;whereasasregardsthedutiesapplicableto
goodswithinthelimitsofthequotabythenew
MemberStates,thespecialprovisionsoftheProtocol
andoftheActofAccession (3)shouldbeobserved;
whereasaCommunitytariffquotaof100metrictons
shouldbeopenedinrespectoftheabovementioned
products;whereastocomplywiththespecial
provisionsoftheProtocol,separatearrangements
shouldbemadefortheMemberStatesofthe
Community asoriginallyconstitutedontheoneWhereas,asregardsinparticulartheCommunityas
originallyconstituted :
—equalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashould
beensuredforallimportersandquotaduties
shouldbeappliedconsistentlytoallimportsof
thegoodsinquestionuntilthequotaisusedup;
—inthelightoftheprincipleselicitedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotamaybestbe
preservedbyanarrangementallocatingitamong
theMemberStates;whereasinordertoreflect
mostaccuratelytheactualdevelopment ofthe
marketinthesaidgoods,suchallocationshould
beproportionate totherequirements ofthe
MemberStates,calculatedbothfromstatisticsof
eachState'simportsofthesaidproducts
originatingintheRepublicofCyprusovera
representative referenceperiodandfromthe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiod
concerned ;
—however,inviewofthefactthatduringthelast
threeyearsnosuchproductsoriginatinginCyprus
havebeenimportedandnoforecastcanbemade
for1973,aninitialsharepercentageof25%
allocatedtoeachoftheMemberStatesconcerned
wouldensureafairdistributionamongthem;
—inordertotakeaccountofimporttrendsofthe
saidgoodsintheMemberStatesconcerned,the
quotaamountshouldbedividedintotwoparts,
thefirstpartbeingallocatedamongthose
MemberStates,andthesecondformingareserve
intendedtocoverthelaterrequirements ofthe
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
shareofthequota;whereas,inordertoensurea
certaindegreeeofsecuritytoimportersineach
MemberState,thefirstpartofthequotashould
befixed,inthiscase,atapproximately 75%;0)Seep.2ofthisOfficialJournal.
(2)Seep.88ofthisOfficialJournal.
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HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
ACommunitytariffquotaof100metrictonsis
openedwithintheCommunityfortheperiod1
Juneto31December1973inrespectofman-made
fibres(discontinuous orwaste),carded,combedor
otherwisepreparedforspinning,fallingwithin
headingNo56.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginCyprus.Thisquotashallbeallocated
andadministered inaccordancewiththefollowing
provisions .
ProvisionsapplicabletotheCommunityasoriginally
constituted—theinitialshareofthequotaoftheMember
Statesconcernedmaybeusedupatdifferent
rates;whereas,inordertotakethisintoaccount
andtoavoidanybreakincontinuity,aMember
Statewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshareof
thequotashoulddrawanadditionalsharefrom
thereserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateaseachofitsadditionalsharesof
thequotaisalmostusedup,andrepeatedas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereasthe
initialandadditionalsharesofthequotamustbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereas
thismethodofadministration callsforclose
cooperationbetweenMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,whichmust,inparticular,beableto
observetheextenttowhichthequotaamountis
usedandinformMemberStatesthereof;
—if,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityoftheinitialshareofthe
quotaisleftoverinaMemberState,that
MemberStatemusttransferasignificantportion
ofitbackintothereserve,topreventpartofthe
quotaallocatedtotheCommunityasoriginally
constitutedfromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
—sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasures
concerningtheadministration ofsharesgranted
tothatEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutby
anyoneofitsmembers;Article2
TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesarepartially
suspendedattheratesindicatedbelowinrespectof
70metrictonsofthequotareferredtoinArticle1:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionRateof
duty
%
56.04Man-madefibres(discon­
tinuousorwaste),carded,
combedorotherwisepre­
paredforspinning:
A.Producedbypolymeri­
zationorcondensation
oforganicmonomers 2-5
B.Producedbychemical
transformation ofnatu­
ralorganicpolymers 3-0WhereasasregardsinparticularthenewMember
States:
—pursuanttotheProtocol,agrossamountof30
metrictonsisallocatedtothenewMember
States;whereas,forthepurposesoftheallocation
ofthisamountamongthem,thepastand
foreseeablesituationsarecomparabletothose
facingtheMemberStatesoftheCommunityas
originallyconstituted ;whereas,therefore,the
quotashouldalsobeallocatedamongthenew
MemberStatesinequalshares;Article3
1.Afirstpartamountingto52metrictonsofthe
amountspecifiedinArticle2isallocatedamongthe
MemberStates;theshareswhich,subjecttoArticle6,
arevaliduntil31December1973areasfollows:
thequotadutiesaretobecalculatedbythenew
MemberStatesinaccordanceinparticularwith
Articles3,4,5,6and7oftheProtocol;Benelux
Germany
France
Italy13tons
13tons
13tons
13tons.equalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashould
beensuredforallimportersandquotaduties
shouldbeappliedconsistentlytoallimportsof
thesaidgoodsuntilthequotaisusedup;2.Thesecondpart,amountingto18metrictons,
constitutesthereserve.

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Article4 Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
3and4andshallinformeachStateoftheextentto
whichthereservehasbeenusedupassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommission shall,notlaterthan15October
1973,notifytheMemberStatesoftheamountstillin
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuantto
Article6.
TheCommission shallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
availableandforthispurposeshallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
thelastdrawing.1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofa
MemberStatelaiddowninArticle3(1),or90%of
thatsharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve
wheretheprovisionsofArticle6havebeenapplied,
hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todraw
asecondshare,equalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,to
theextentthatthereserveissufficient .
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnupbya
MemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall
proceedwithoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,
todrawathirdshare,equalto7-5%ofitsinitial
share,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate ,totheextentthatthereserveis
sufficient.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
pursuanttotheprovisionsofparagraph2,todrawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,the
MemberStatesmayproceedtodrawsharessmaller
thanthosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreason
tobelievethatthosesharesmightnotbeusedup.
TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthereasons
whichledthemtoapplythisparagraph .Article8
TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatwhenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle4,itispossibleforcharges
tobemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
Article9
1.MemberStatesshallguaranteetoimportersof
thesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryfreeaccess
totheshareallocatedtothem.
2.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesaccordinglyasthegoods
arepresentedforcustomsclearanceundercoverof
declarationsthattheyhavebeenmadeavailablefor
consumption .
3.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStates'shares
havebeenusedupshallberecordedonthebasisof
theimportschargedintheconditionslaiddownin
paragraph2.Article5
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle4
shallbevaliduntil31December1973.
Article6
Article10
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsofthesaidproducts
originatingintheRepublicofCyprusactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.If,by15September1973,aMemberStatehasnot
usedupitsinitialshare,itshallnotlaterthan10
October1973returntothereservetheunused
portionofthisshareinexcessof20%oftheinital
amount.Itmayreturnalargerquantityifthereare
reasonstoconsiderthatsuchquantitymightnotbe
used.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October
1973,notifytotheCommissionofthetotalimports
ofthesaidgoodseffecteduptoandincluding15
September1973,andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaand,whereappropriate,theproportionoftheir
initialsharethatisbeingreturnedtothereserve.Article11
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurethattheprovisionsofthis
Regulationareobserved.

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ProvisionsapplicabletothenewMemberStates Denmark 10metrictons
Ireland 10metrictons
UnitedKingdom 10metrictons.Article12
Article14ThenewMemberStatesshallapplydutiesapplicable
togoodswithinthelimitsofthequotawhich
conformwiththerelevantprovisionsofthe
AgreementoftheProtocolandoftheActof
Accession .Articles9,10and11shallapplytothenewMember
States.
Article13 Article15
Atotalamountof30metrictonsofthequota
referredtoinArticle1isallocatedamongthenew
MemberStatesasfollows:ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,14May1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
R.VANELSLANDE