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of28November1977
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forcertaintextilefibresfallingwithinheadingNo56.04oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginCyprus(1978)
Whereas,however,duringthepastthreeyears,no
suchproductsoriginatinginCyprushavebeenim­
portedintotheCommunity ;whereasnoforecastcan
bemadefor1978;whereas,toensurefairdistribution
ofthequotaamountbetweentheMemberStates,
eachMemberStateshouldmakeasignificant
contributiontothequotaamount;whereassuch
contributions mayapproximately correspondtothe
followingpercentages :
Benelux 130//0
Denmark 100//o
Germany 20°//0
France 200/¡o
Ireland 80//0
Italy 17o//0
UnitedKingdom 120/./o;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle
113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereastheAgreementestablishinganassociation
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
RepublicofCyprus(1)andtheProtocollayingdown
certainprovisionsconcerningthatAgreementasare­
sultoftheaccessionofnewMemberStatestothe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity (2)provideforthe
openingofanannualduty-freeCommunitytariff
quotaof100tonnesofman-madefibres(discontinu­
ousorwaste),carded,combedorotherwisepre­
paredforspinning,fallingwithinheadingNo56.04
oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatingin
Cyprus;whereasthosearrangementsaremaintainedby
theAdditionalProtocoltotheAssociationAgreement
signedon15September1977;whereas,pendingthe
entryintoforceofthatProtocol,inordertoavoid
anydiscontinuity ,thetariffquotainquestionshould
beopenedfor1978;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheibovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotato
allimportsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMem­
berStatesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheabovementioned principles,the
Communitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectmore
accuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthemarketin
theproductsconcerned,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotheneedsoftheMemberStates,
assessedbyreferencetoboththestatisticsofeach
State'simportsofthesaidgoodsfromCyprusovera
representative referenceperiodandtheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodconcerned;Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments ,thefirstinstalmentbeingallocated
amongtheMemberStatesandthesecondinstalment
formingareserveintendedtocoverthesubsequent
requirementsoftheMemberStateswhichhaveused
uptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,inordertoen­
sureacertaindegreeofsecuritytoimportersineach
MemberState,thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunity
quotashouldbedeterminedatalevelwhich,under
presentcircumstances ,maybe60%ofthequota
amount;
WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmay
beusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorderto
takethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,itisimportantthatanyMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereas,thismustbedonebyeachMemberStateas
andwheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmosten­
tirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthere­
serveallows;whereastheinitialandadditionalshares
mustbeavailableforuseuntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthismethodofadministration calls
forclosecooperationbetweenMemberStatesandthe(^OJNoL133,21.5.1973,p.1.
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3.Thesecondinstalmentof40tonnesshallconsti­
tutethereserve.Commission ,whichmust,inparticular,beableto
observetheextenttowhichthequotaamountis
used,andinformMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable balanceremainsinoneorotherMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStatepaysa
largeamountofitbackintothereserve,inorderto
avoidapartofthetariffquota'sremainingunused
inoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKing­
domoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofsharesgrantedtotheabove­
mentionedeconomicunionmaybecarriedoutby
anyofitsmembers,Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMem­
berStateaslaiddowninArticle2(2),or90%of
thatsharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve
wheretheprovisionsofArticle5havebeenapplied,
hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todraw
asecondshare,equalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,to
theextentthatthereserveissufficient.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMem­
berStatehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallpro­
ceed,inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddownin
paragraph1,todrawathirdshare,equalto7-5%of
itsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
inthesameway,todrawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveisex­
hausted.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs1,2and3,aMem­
berStatemayproceedtodrawsharessmallerthan
thosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreasonto
believethattheymightnotbeusedup.Theyshallin­
formtheCommission ofthereasonswhichledthem
toapplythisparagraph.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1Januaryto31December1978theCommon
CustomsTariffdutiesinrespectofman-madefibres
(discontinuousorwaste),carded,combedorother­
wisepreparedforspinning,fallingwithinheadingNo
56.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatingin
Cyprus,shallbeentirelysuspendedwithinthelimits
ofaCommunitytariffquotaof100tonnes.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalment,amountingto60tonnes,
shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;theshares,
whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil31De­
cember1978,shallbeasfollows:Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1978.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1978,theunusedportionof
theirinitialshareswhich,on15September1978,are
inexcessof20%oftheinitialamounts.Theymay
returngreaterportionsiftherearegroundsforbe­
lievingthatsuchportionsmaynotbeusedinfull.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1978,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsofBenelux 8tonnes,
Denmark 6tonnes,
Germany 12tonnes,
France 12tonnes,
Ireland 5tonnes,
Italy 10tonnes,
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2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoods
areenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission ,Mem­
berStatesshallinformitofimportsactuallycharged
againsttheirshares.thesaidgoodseffecteduptoandincluding15Sep­
tember1978andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaand,whereappropriate ,theproportionsof
theirinitialsharesthatarebeingreturnedtothere­
serve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatesinaccordancewith
Articles2and3andshallinformeachStateoftheex­
tenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedupassoonas
itreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5October
1978,notifytheMemberStatesoftheamountinthe
reserveafterthe,returnofsharespursuanttoAr­
ticle5.
TheCommission shallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveinlimitedtothebalance
availableandforthispurposeshallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakesthe
lastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatwhenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3itispossibleforchanges
tobemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccu­
mulatedshareoftheCommunityquota.Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegula­
tionisobserved.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28November1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
L.OUTERS