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REGULATION (EEC)No2915/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of18November1974
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forcertainpetroleumproductsfallingwithinChapter27oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,refinedinSpain
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityandinparticularArticle
113thereof;Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsby
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfrom
Spainoftheproductsconcerned :
1971 1972 1973
Germany 19-8034-60 49-0
Benelux 25-40 9-1015-3
France 13-00 8-4011-2
Italy 41-8047-90 24-5HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandSpain,signedatLuxem­
bourgon29June1970,providesinArticle2(1),
togetherwithArticle3ofAnnexI,fortheopening
bytheCommunityofanannualtotalCommunity
tariffquotaof1200000metrictonsofcertain
petroleumproductsfallingwithinChapter27ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,refinedinSpain;whereas,
pursuanttoArticle2ofthesaidAnnex,thequota
dutyisequalto40%oftheCommonCustomsTariff
dutieseffectivelyappliedinthisyearinrespectof
theproductconcerned;Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsoftheforeseeable
development ofthemarketfortheproductsin
questionandinparticularoftheestimatessubmitted
bycertainMemberStates,initialquotasharesmay
befixedapproximately atthefollowingpercentages :
WhereastheCommunitytariffquotainquestion
shouldbeopenedfortheyear1975;andwhereas,
however,becauseofthepossibilityofimplementing
afterpreferentialarrangements asaresultofanew
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCom­
munityandSpain,itisnecessarytolimitthequota
periodtothedatethenewAgreemententersinto
force.Germany
Benelux
France
Italy39
17
11
33
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsin
thevariousMemberStatesoftheproductunder
consideration ,thetotalquotavolumeshouldbe
dividedintotwotranches,thefirstbeingshared
amongtheMemberStatesandthesecond
heldasareservetocoveratalaterdatetherequire­
mentsofthoseMemberStateshavinguseduptheir
initialshare;whereas,togiveMemberStateimporters
somecertainty,thefirsttrancheoftheCommunity
quotamightbefixedat80%ofthequotavolume;Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotato
allimportsoftheproductconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,
theCommunitynatureofthequotacanberespected
byallocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,torepresentascloselyas
possibletheactualdevelopmentofthemarketinthe
productsinquestion,theallocationshouldfollow
proportionately therequirement oftheMember
Statescalculatedfrombothstatisticsofimportsfrom
Spainduringarepresentative periodandthe
economicoutlookforthetariffperiodinquestion;WhereastheinitialsharesofMemberStatesmay
beusedupmoreorlessquickly;whereas,therefore,
toavoiddisruptionofsuppliesanyMemberState
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EconomicUnionanymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthesharesallocatedtothat
EconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneof
itsmembers,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1asupplementary sharefromthereserve;whereasthis
mustbedonebyeachMemberStateaseachoneof
itssupplementary sharesisalmostusedup,andas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial
andsupplementary sharesmustbevaliduntiltheend
ofthequotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministra­
tionrequiresclosecollaborationbetweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission ,andtheCommission
mustbeinapositiontofollowtheextenttowhich
thequotavolumehasbeenusedupandinformthe
MemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityoftheinitialshareisleftover
inaMemberState,itisessentialthateachState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve
topreventapartoftheCommunityquotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgarejointlyrepresentedbytheBeneluxFrom1January1975untilthedateofentryinto
forceofanewAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandSpainbutnotlaterthan
31December1975andsubjecttothemeasureswhich
mightbetakenpursuanttoArticle3(2)and(4)of
AnnexItotheAgreementbetweentheCommunity
andSpain,theCommonCustomsTariffdutiesin
respectoftheproductsrefinedinSpainandlisted
belowshallbesuspendedpartiallyatthelevels
indicatedforeachofthem,withinthelimitsofa
globalCommunitytariffquotaof1200000metric
tons:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionRateofduty
%
27.10Petroleumoilsandoilsobtainedfrombituminousminerals,
otherthancrude;preparationsnotelsewherespecifiedor
included,containingnotlessthan70%byweightofpetroleum
oilsorofoilsobtainedfrombituminousminerals,theseoils
beingthebasicconstituentsofthepreparations :
A.Lightoils:
III.Forotherpurposes 2-4
B.Mediumoils:
III.Forotherpurposes 2-4
C.Heavyoils:
I.Gasoil:
c)Forotherpurposes 1-4
II.Fueloil:
c)Forotherpurposes 1-4
III.Lubricatingoils;otheroils:
c)Tobemixedinaccordancewiththetermsof
AdditionalNote7tothisChapter(a) 1-6
d)Forotherpurposes 2-4
27.11 Petroleumgasesandothergaseoushydrocarbons :
B.Other:
I.Commercialpropaneandcommercialbutane:
c)Forotherpurposes 0-6
(a)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttoconditionstobedeterminedbythecompetentauthorities.

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CCT
heading
NoDescriptionRateofduty
%
27.12 Petroleumjelly:
A.Crude:
III.Forotherpurposes 0-8
B.Other 2-8
27.13 Paraffinwax,micro-crystalline wax,slackwax,ozokerite,
lignitewax,peatwaxandothermineralwaxes,whetheror
notcoloured :
B.Other:
I.Crude:
c)Forotherpurposes 0-8
II.Other 2-4
27.14 Petroleumbitumen,petroleumcokeandotherresiduesof
petroleumoilsorofoilsobtainedfrombituminousminerals:
C.Other:
II.Other 0-8
equalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupto
thenextunitwherenecessary,totheextentpermitted
bytheamountofthereserve.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallinaccord­
ancewiththesameconditions,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserve
isusedup.
4.Byderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,the
MemberStatesmayproceedtodrawsharessmaller
thanthosefixedtherein,ifthereisreasontobelieve
thatthosesharesmightnotbeusedup.Theyshall
informtheCommission ofthereasonswhichled
themtoapplythisparagraph.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntiltheendoftheperiodstipulatedin
Article1.Article2
1.Thefirsttranche,amountingto1000000metric
tonsoftheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoin
Article1,shallbeallocatedamongtheMember
States;therespectiveshareswhich,subjectto
Article5,shallbevaliduntiltheendoftheperiod
stipulatedinArticle1shallconsistofthefollowing
amounts :
Germany 390000metrictons
Benelux 170000metrictons
France 110000metrictons
Italy 330000metrictons
2.Thesecondtranche,amountingto200000metric
tons,shallconstituteareserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitial
shareasspecifiedinArticle2(1),orofthat
shareminustheportionreturnedtothereservewhere
Article5isapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshallwithoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommis­
sion,drawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitial
share,roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit,
totheextentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,
bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawathirdshareArticle5
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exceeding20%oftheinitialamount.Itmayreturn
agreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatitmaynotbeusedup.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October1975,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
saidgoodsimporteduptoandincluding15Septem­
ber1975andchargedagainsttheappropriateCom­
munitytariffquotaandanyquantitiesoftheinitial
sharereturnedtothereserve.Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawnpursuant
toArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythatimports
maybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesintheCommunitytariffquotas.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefree
accesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhensuchgoods
areenteredforhomeuse.
Article8
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsofthesaidproduct
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegula­
tionisobserved .
Article10
ThisRegulation ,shallenterintoforceon1January
1975.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserves
havebeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStatesnotlaterthan
15October1975oftheamountsstillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupa
reserveislimitedtothebalanceavailableandto
thisendshallspecifytheamountthereoftothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18November1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
Ch.BONNET