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REGULATION (EEC)No2917/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of18November1974
opening,allocationandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forcottonyarnfallingwithinheadingNo55.05oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating
inMalta
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,finedtotheoriginalMemberStatesandtheadditional
volumeof375metrictonsresultingfromtheincrease
shouldbeallocatedtoallMemberStates;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotato
allimportsoftheproductconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectmore
accuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthemarketin
theproductconcerned,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotheneedsoftheMemberStates,as­
sessedbyreferencetoboththestatisticsofeach
State'simportsofthesaidgoodsfromMaltaover
arepresentative periodandtheeconomicoutlookfor
thequotaperiodconcerned;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstat­
isticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsby
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentagesoftheimportsintotheCommunity ,from
Malta,oftheproductsconcerned :HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Article113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEco­
nomicCommunityandMalta,signedatValettaon
5December1970,providesinArticle3(1),together
withArticle2ofAnnexI,fortheopeningbythe
CommunityofanannualCommunitytariffquota
of750metrictonsofcottonyarnnotputupfor
retailsalefallingwithinheadingNo55.05ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginMalta;
whereas,pursuanttoArticle1ofthesaidAnnex,the
quotadutyisequalto30%oftheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyinrespectoftheproductconcerned;
whereas,withaviewtograntingMaltaatreatment
notlessfavourablethanthatenjoyedbycountries
eligibleforthegeneralizedsystemofpreferences,
theabovementioned volumeshouldbeincreasedby
50%andthedutiestotallysuspended;whereas,as
regardstheallocationofthistariffquota,thequota
volumelaiddownintheAgreementshouldbecon­
I1971
I1972 1973
Germany 41-534-5 .57-351-445-539-8
Benelux 42-0 34-828-725-7 34-830-4
France 2-1 1-75-44-8 8-07-0
Italy 14-412-0 8-67-811-7 10-2
Denmark 0-1 0-0
Ireland 5-3 3-2 0-1
UnitedKingdom 11-7 7-0 12-5

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administration ofsharesgrantedtotheabovemen­
tionedEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsoftheforeseeable
developmentduring1975ofthemarketfortheprod­
uctsinquestionandinparticularoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmayconsequently befixedapproximately as
follows:
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Benelux 21-0
Denmark 0-1
France 5-6
Germany 52-0
Ireland 1-0
Italy 9-0
UnitedKingdom 11-3Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1975atariff
quotaof1125metrictonsshallbeopenedinthe
Communityforcottonyarnnotputupforretail
sale,fallingwithinheadingNo55.05oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginMalta.
2.WithinthelimitsofthistariffquotatheCom­
munityCommonCustomsTariffdutiesshallbe
totallysuspended .
Thissuspensionshallbefullyappliedinthenew
MemberStates.
Article2
1.Afirsttranche,amountingto805metrictonsof
theCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1,
shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;the
proportionswhich,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevalid
until31December1975shallconsistofthefollowing
amounts :Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
tranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondformingareserve
intendedultimatelytocovertherequirementsofthe
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialquota
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegree
ofsecuritytoimportersineachMemberState,the
firsttrancheoftheCommunityquotashouldbe
determinedatalevelwhich,underpresentcircum­
stances,maybeapproximately 70%ofthequota
amount;
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMember
Statesmaybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,
inordertotakethisfactintoaccountandavoidany
breakincontinuity,itisimportantthatanyMember
Statehavingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitial
quotashareshoulddrawanadditionalquotashare
fromthereserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
quotasharesisalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeated
asmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereasthe
initialandadditionalquotasharesmustbeavailable
foruseuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereas
thismethodofadministration callsforclosecooper­
ationbetweenMemberStatesandtheCommission ,
whichmust,inparticular,beabletoobservethe
extenttowhichthequotaamountisusedandinform
MemberStatesthereof;Germany
Benelux
France
Italy
Denmark
Ireland
UnitedKingdom410metrictons
185metrictons
50metrictons
80metrictons
1metricton
9metrictons
70metrictons
2.Thesecondtrancheof320metrictonsshall
constitutethereserve.
Article3
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,
aconsiderable balanceremainsinoneorother
MemberState,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
paysalargeamountofitbackintothereserveto
preventapartoftheCommunityquotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedinandrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerningthe1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,where
theprovisionsofArticle5havebeenapplied,has
beenexhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todraw
asecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate ,to
theextentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
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Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninpara­
graph1,proceedwithoutdelaytodrawathirdshare
equalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothe
nextunitwhereappropriate,totheextentthatthe
amountinthereserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,in
thesameway,todrawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraphs
J,2and3,theMemberStatesmayproceedtodraw
sharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs ,
ifthereisreasontobelievethattheymightnotbe
usedup.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthe
reasonswhichledthemtoapplythisparagraph .
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1975.
Article5
If,by15September1975,aMemberStatehasnot
usedupitsinitialshare,itshall,notlaterthan10Oc­
tober1975,returntothereservetheunusedportion
ofthisshareinexcessof20%oftheinitialamount.
Itmayreturnalargerquantityifthereisreasonto
believethatsuchquantitymightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October
1975,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductconcernedeffectedupto15September
1975inclusive,andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaand,whereappropriate ,theproportionof
theirinitialsharethatisbeingreturnedtothereserve.towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivedthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan15October
1975,notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthe
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuantto
Article5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,forthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthere­
oftotheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinal
drawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheirac­
cumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductconcernedestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirshareasandwhenthegoods
areenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegu­
lationisobserved.
Article6
Article10
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticlesThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent1975.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18November1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
Ch.BONNET