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REGULATION (EEC)No353/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of4February1974
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forcertainpetroleumproductsfallingwithinChapter27oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff(1974),refinedinTurkey
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle
113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;ment,thenewMemberStatesmustapplyzeroduties
totheproductsconcerned;
Whereasequalanddirectaccesstothesaidquotaby
allimportersandtheuninterruptedapplicationofthe
ratelaiddownforthesaidquotastoallimportsof
theproductsinquestionintoallMemberStates
shouldbeguaranteeduntilthequotasareexhausted;
whereasutilizationofthisquota,basedonallocation
betweenMemberStates,wouldappeartosafeguard
theCommunitycharacterofthesaidquotaasre­
gardstheprinciplesdescribedabove;whereasin
ordertoensurethatsuchallocationtakesasmuch
accountaspossibleoftheactualdevelopmentofthe
marketoftheproductsconcerned,theallocationof
sharesshouldbeindirectproportiontotheneeds
ofMemberStates,calculated,ontheonehand,on
thebasisofstatisticsrelatingtoimportsfromTurkey
duringagivenrepresentative periodand,onthe
other,onthebasisoftheeconomicprospectsforthe
quotaperiodconsidered;
Whereas,duringthepastthreeyearsforwhichcom­
pletestatisticsareavailable,importsoftheseprod­
uctsfromTurkeyintothevariousMemberStates
wereasfollows:Whereas,pendingtheentryintoforceoftheSup­
plementaryProtocolsignedinAnkaraon30June1973
containingtheadjustmentstobemadetotheAgree­
mentestablishinganAssociationbetweentheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityandTurkeyandtothe
AdditionalProtocol(1)consequentontheAccession
ofnewMemberStates,theCommunityhasunder­
taken,inanInterimAgreement (2)whichrunsonly
fortheperiodpriortotheentryintoforceofthis
Supplementary Protocolbutwhich,inanycase,may
notextendbeyond31December1974,toimplement
certainprovisionsoftheSupplementary Protocol
relatingtotradeingoods;whereas,underArticle
6oftheInterimAgreementamendingthefirstpara­
graphoftheSoleArticleofAnnex1totheAdditional
Protocol,theCommunitymust,asfrom1January
1974,totallysuspendthecustomsdutiesapplicable
tocertainpetroleumproductsfallingwithin
Chapter27oftheCommonCustomsTariff,refined
inTurkey,withinthelimitofanannualCommunity
tariffquotaof340000metrictons;whereas,pursuant
toArticle2oftheabovementioned InterimAgree­(metnctons)
1970 1971 1972
Germany 042304300000
Benelux 0 096222
France 0 0 0
Italy 15750 0110162
Denmark 19780-4 0 0
Ireland 0 0 0
UnitedKingdom 35350 038200 0)OJNoL293,29.12.1972,p.4.
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whereasthisinformationindicatesthatimportsof
theseproductsareveryirregularandthatthecal­
culationofthepercentageswhichtheyrepresentin
relationtothetotalimportsintotheCommunityof
thesameproductsfromTurkeywouldnottherefore
besignificant;whereasthecalculationoftheimports
fromMemberStatesinquestionforthequotaperiod
consideredprovesdifficultasaresultoftheirregu­
laritynotedinimportsduringtheforegoingyears;
whereastheforeseeableimportfiguresputforward
bytheMemberStatesforthequotaperiodconcerned
leadstothequotaconsideredbeingallocatedaccord­
ingtothepercentagesindicatedhereafter:thatthatMemberStatepayacertainpercentageof
itbackintothereserve,inordertoavoidapartofthe
CommunityquotaremainingunusedinoneMember
Statewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereasitdoesnotseempossibleforthemoment,
takingintoaccountthedifferencesstillexistinginthe
nationalprovisionsgoverningthemarketofthe
productsinquestion,tolaydownasinglemethod
ofadministration ;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedinandrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerningthead­
ministrationofsharesgrantedtotheabovementioned
EconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneof
itsmembers,Germany 42-1
Benelux 16-5
France 8-3
Italy 12-4
Denmark 4-2
Ireland 4-2
UnitedKingdom 12-3 HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Subjecttoanymeasurestakenunderparagraphs
2and4ofthesinglearticleofAnnex1totheAd­
ditionalProtocolbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandTurkey,aCommunitytariffquota
of340000metrictonsshallbeopeneduntil31De­
cember1974forthefollowingpetroleumproducts,
refinedinTurkeyandfallingwithinChapter27of
theCommonCustomsTariff:Whereastotakeintoaccounttheuncertaintyinthe
developmentofimportsofthesaidproductsinto
MemberStates,thequotavolumeshouldbedivided
intotwoportions,thefirstportionbeingallocated
betweentheMemberStates,andthesecondportion
formingareserveintendedtomeetsubsequently
theneedsoftheMemberStateswhichhaveexhausted
theiroriginalshareofthequota;whereasinorder
toensuresomesecuritytoimportersineachMember
State,thefirstportionoftheCommunityquotashould
befixedatarelativelyhighlevelwhich,underthe
circumstances ,mightamounttoapproximately 85%
ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheinitialquotasharesofthoseMember
Statesmaybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,
inordertotakethisfactintoaccountandavoidany
breakincontinuity,itisimportantthatanyMember
Statehavingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitial
quotashareshoulddrawanadditionalquotashare
fromthereserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
quotasharesisalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeated
asmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereasthe
inititalandadditionalquotasharesmustbeavailable
foruseuntiltheendofthequotaperiod,whereas
suchmethodofadministration callsforcloseco­
operationbetweenMemberStatesandtheCommis­
sion,whichmust,inparticular,beabletoobserve
theextenttowhichthequotaamountsareusedand
informMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable balanceofoneoftheinitialsharesre­
mainsinoneorotherMemberState,itisessentialCCT
heading Description
No
27.10Petroleumoilsandoilsobtainedfrombitu­
minousminerals,otherthancrude;prepara­
tionsnotelsewherespecifiedorincluded,
containingnotlessthan70%byweightof
petroleumoilsorofoilsobtainedfrom
bituminousminerals,theseoilsbeingthe
basicconstituentsofthepreparations :
A.Lightoils:
III.Forotherpurposes
B.Mediumoils:
III.Forotherpurposes
C.Heavyoils:
I.Gasoil:
c)Forotherpurposes
II.Fueloil:
c)Forotherpurposes

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theproportionswhich,subjecttoArticle5,shallbe
validuntil31December1974,shallconsistofthe
followingamounts:
Germany 122000metrictons
Benelux 48000metrictons
France 24000metrictons
Italy 36000metrictons
Denmark 12000metrictons
Ireland 12000metrictons
UnitedKingdom 36'000metrictons
3.Thesecondinstalment,amounting to50000
metrictons,shallmakeupthereserve.
Article3CCT
heading
NoDescription
27.10
(cont'd)III.Lubricatingoils;otheroils
c)Tobemixedinaccordancewith
thetermsofAdditionalNote
7toChapter27(a)
d)Forotherpurposes
27.11Petroleumgasesandothergaseoushydro­
carbons:
B.Other:
I.Commercialpropaneandcommercial
butane:
c)Forotherpurposes
27.12Petroleumjelly:
A.Crude:
III.Forotherpurposes
B.Other
27.13Paraffinwax,micro-crystalline wax,slack
wax,ozokerite,lignitewax,peatwaxand
othermineralwaxes,whetherornotcoloured:
B.Other:
I.Crude:
c)Forotherpurposes
II.Other
27.14Petroleumbitumen,petroleumcokeandother
residuesofpetroleumoilsorofoilsobtained
frombituminousminerals :
C.Other1.If90%ormoreofoneoftheinitialsharesof
aMemberState,aslaiddowninArticle2(2),or
90%ofthatsharelesstheamountreturnedintothe
reserve,wheretheprovisionsofArticle5havebeen
applied,hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberStatecon­
cernedshallproceedwithoutdelay,bynotifyingthe
Commissiontodrawasecondshareequalto20%of
itsinitialshare,whereappropriateroundedupto
thenextfigure,totheextentthattheamountin
thereserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember,
Stateshasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall
proceedundertheconditionslaiddowninparagraph
1todrawathirdshareequalto10%ofitsinitial
share,whereappropriateroundeduptothenext
figure.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
underthesameconditions,todrawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocedureshallbefolloweduntilthereserve
hasbeenexhausted .(a)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttoconditionstobedetermined
bythecompetentauthorities.
2.WithintheCommunitytariffquota,Common
CustomsTariffdutiesshallbetotallysuspended.
Withinthelimitsofthequota,thenewMember
Statesshallalsoexemptthepetroleumproducts
concernedfromduty.4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraphs 1,
2and3,MemberStatesmayproceedtodrawshares
smallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthere
isreasontobelievethatthosesharesmightnotbe
usedup.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthe
reasonswhichledthemtoapplythisparagraph . Article2
Article41.ThetariffquotareferredtoArticle1(1)shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Thefirstinstalment,amountingto290000metric
tons,shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December1974.

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Article5 pursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforchargesto
bemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheaccumulated
sharesoftheCommunitytariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecess­
arytoguaranteefreeaccesstothequotasallocated
tothembyallimportersestablishedontheirterri­
tory.
3.TheextenttowhichthequotasharesoftheMem­
berStateshavebeenusedupshallbeestablishedon
thebasisofimportsoftheproductsconcernedsub­
mittedtothecustomsauthoritiesundercoverofa
declarationthattheyhavebeenmadeavailablefor
consumption .If,on15September1974,aMemberStatehasnot
usedupitsinitialquotashare,itshall,notlaterthan
10October1974,returntothereservetheunused
portionofitsshareinexcessof20%oftheinitial
amount.Itmayreturnalargerquantityifthereare
reasonstoconsiderthatsuchquantitymightnotbe
used.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October
1974,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcernedeffecteduptoandincluding
15September1974,andchargedagainsttheCom­
munityquotaand,whereappropriate,theproportion
oftheiroriginalquotasharethatisbeingreturned
tothereserve.
Article8
Article6
TheMemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsoftheproductsin
questionactuallychargedagainsttheirquotashares.
Article9TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheinitial
shareopenedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewith
Articles2and3andshallinformeachofthemof
theextenttowhichthereserveshavebeenusedas
soonasitreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan15October
1974,notifyMemberStatesofthestateofthereserve
afterthereturnofquotasharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,forthispurposeshallspecifytheamountthere­
oftotheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinal
drawing.TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallco­
operatecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
respected.
Article10
Article7ThetariffquotalaiddowninthisRegulationshall
beopenedfor1974.
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresneces­
sarytoensurethatwhenadditionalquotasaredrawn
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4February1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
W.SCHEEL