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REGULATION (EEC)No367/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of4February1974
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forcertaintextilefibresfallingwithinheadingNo56.04oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginCyprus
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,Whereas,asregardstheCommunityasoriginally
constituted :
itisnecessarytoensuretoallimportersequaland
uninterrupted accesstothequotaanduninterrup­
tedapplicationoftherateslaiddownforthisquota
toallimportsoftheproductsconcerneduntilthe
quotahasbeenusedup;
—inthelightoftheprincipleselicitedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotamaybebest
preservedbyanarrangementallocatingitamong
theMemberStates;whereasinordertoreflect
moreaccuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthe
marketintheproductconcerned,suchallocation
shouldbeinproportiontotheneedsoftheMember
States,assessedbyreferencetobothstatistics
ofeachState'simportsofthesaidimportsofthe
saidproductsoriginatinginCyprusoverarepre­
sentativereferenceperiodandtheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodconcerned;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandinparticularArticle113
thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereastheAgreement(*)establishinganAssociation
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
RepublicofCyprus,hereinaftercalled'theAgreement',
andtheProtocol(a)layingdowncertainprovisions
concerningthatAgreementasaresultoftheAccession
ofnewMemberStatestotheEuropeanEconomic
Community,hereinaftercalled'theProtocol',provide
fortheopeningofanannualCommunitytariffquota
of100metrictonsofman-madefibres(discontinuous
orwaste),carded,combedorotherwisepreparedfor
spinning,fallingwithinheadingNo56.04ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginCyprus;
whereas,pursuanttothejointdeclarationinArticle2
oftheProtocolthetariffquotashouldbeallocated
amongtheMemberStatesasfollows:70metrictons
fortheCommunityasoriginallyconstitutedand30
metrictonsforthenewMemberStates;whereas
Annex1totheAgreementprovidesthattheduties
applicabletothequotashallbeequalto30%ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffduties;whereasasregards
thedutiesapplicabletogoodswithinthelimitsofthe
quotabythenewMemberStates,thespecialpro­
visionsoftheProtocolandoftheActofAccession (3)
shouldbeobserved;whereastocomplywiththespecial
provisionsoftheProtocol,separatearrangements
shouldbemadefortheMemberStatesoftheCom­
munityasoriginallyconstitutedonthehandandfor
thenewMemberStatesontheotherhand;—however,asduringthepastthreeyearsnosuch
productsoriginatinginCyprushavebeenimported
andasnoforecastcanbemadefor1974,aninitial
sharepercentageof25%allocatedtoeachof
theMemberStatesconcernedwouldensurea
fairdistributionamongthem;
—inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrendsfor
theproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedinto
twotranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocated
amongtheMemberStatesandthesecondforming
areserveintendedultimatelytocovertherequire­
mentsofthoseMemberStateswhichhaveused
uptheirinitialshares;whereas,inordertoensure
acertaindegreeofsecuritytoimportersineach
MemberState,thefirsttrancheofthequota(*)OJNoL133,21.5.1973,p.1.
(2)OJNoL133,21.5.1973,p.88.
(8)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.

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shouldbedeterminedatalevelwhich,under
presentcircumstances ,maybeapproximately 75%;itisnecessarytoensuretoallimportersequaland
uninterrupted accesstothequotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthisquota
toallimportsoftheproductsconcerneduntil
thequotahasbeenusedup,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1—theinitialshareoftheMemberStatesmaybe
usedupmoreorlessquickly;whereas,inorder
totakethisfactintoaccountandtoavoidany
breakincontinuity,itisimportantthatany
MemberStatehavingalmostusedupitsinitial
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
reserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
sharesisalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeated
asmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereasthe
initialandadditionalsharesofthequotamustbe
availableforuseuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthismethodofadministration callsfor
closecooperationbetweenMemberStatesand
theCommissionwhichmust,inparticular,be
abletoobservetheextenttowhichthequota
amountisusedandinformMemberStatesthereof;Until31December1974atariffquotaof100metric
tonsshallbeopenedwithintheCommunityinrespect
ofman-madefibres(discontinuousorwaste),carded,
combedorotherwisepreparedforspinning,falling
withinheadingNo56.04oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginCyprus.Thisquotashallbe
allocatedandadministered inaccordancewiththe
followingprovisions .
SECTION I
—if,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,acon­
siderablebalanceremainsinoneorotherMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStatepays
alargeamountofitbackintothereserveinorder
toavoidapartoroneorotheroftheCommunity
quotasremainingunusedinoneMemberState
whenitcouldbeusedinothers;ProvisionsapplicabletotheCommunity
asoriginallyconstituted
Article2
TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesshallbepartially
suspendedattheratesindicatedbelowinrespectof
70metrictonsofthequotareferredtoinArticle1:—sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedinandjointlyrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcern­
ingtheadministration ofsharesgrantedtothe
abovementioned EconomicUnionmaybecarried
outbyanyofitsmembers;CCT
heading
NoDescriptionRate
ofduty
%
56.04Man-madefibres(discontinuous or
waste),carded,combedorother­
wisepreparedforspinning:
A.Synthetictextilefibres 2-5
B.Regeneratedtextilefibres 3-0WhereasasregardsthenewMemberStates:
Article3pursuanttotheProtocol,agrossamountof
30metrictonsisallocatedtothenewMember
States;whereas,forthepurposesoftheallocationof
thisamountamongthem,boththepastandthe
prospectivefuturesituationsarethesameasthose
whichfacedtheoriginalMemberStates;whereas,
therefore,thequotashouldbeallocatedequally
amongthenewMemberStates;1.Afirsttrancheof52metrictonsoftheamount
specifiedinArticle2shallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStates;theshareswhich,subjecttoArticle6,
arevaliduntil31December1974,shallbeasfollows:
Benelux
Germany
France
Italy13metrictons
13metrictons
13metrictons
13metrictonsthequotadutiesaretobecalculatedbythenew
MemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles3,4,5,
6and7oftheProtocol;

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2.Thesecondtranche,of18metrictonsshall
constitutethereserve.September1974,andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaand,whereappropriate ,theproportionof
theirinitialsharethatisbeingreturnedtothereserve.
Article4
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewith
Articles3and4andshallinformeachStateofthe
extenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedupassoon
asitreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommission shall,notlaterthan15October
1974,notifytheMemberStatesoftheamountin
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle6.
TheCommission shallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
availableandforthispurposeshallspecifytheamount
thereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakesthelast
drawing.1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
StatelaiddowninArticle3(1),or90%ofthatshare
lesstheamountreturnedintothereservewherethe
provisionsofArticle6havebeenapplied,hasbeen
exhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceedwithout
delay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todrawasecond
share,equalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedup
tothenextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnupbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninpara­
graph1,todrawathirdshare,equalto7-5%ofits
initialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate ,totheextentthatthereserveissufficient.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,in
thesamewayfourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs1,2and3,theMem­
berStatesmayproceedtodrawsharessmallerthan
thosefixedin•thoseparagraphsifthereisreasonto
believethattheymightnotbeusedup.Theyshall
informtheCommission ofthereasonswhichled
themtoapplythisparagraph.Article8
TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethatwhenadditionalsharesaredrawn
pursuanttoArticle4itispossibleforchargestobe
made,withoutinterruption ,againsttheiraccumulated
sharesoftheCommunityquota.
SECTION II
ProvisionsapplicabletothenewMemberStates
Article5
Article9 Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article4shallbevaliduntil31December1974.
Withinthelimitsofthetariffquotareferredtoin
Article1,thenewMemberStatesshallapplythe
dutieslaiddownintherelevantprovisionsofthe
ActofAccession,theAgreementandtheProtocol.Article6
Article10If,by15September1974,aMemberStatehasnot
usedupitsinitialshare,itshallnotlaterthan10
October1974returntothereservetheunusedportion
ofthisshareinexcessof20%oftheinitialamount.
Itmayreturnalargerquantityifthereisreasonto
believethatsuchquantitymightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October
1974,notifytotheCommissionofthetotalimports
ofthesaidgoodseffecteduptoandincluding15Withinthequota,30metrictonsshallbeallocatedto
thenewMemberStatesasfollows:
Denmark 10metrictons
Ireland 10metrictons
UnitedKingdom10metrictons

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SECTIONIII Article12
GeneralprovisionsMemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsofthesaid^products
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article11 Article13
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed.
Article141.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefree
accesstotheshareallocatedtothem.
2.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoodsare
enteredforhomeuse.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph2.ThetariffquotalaiddowninthisRegulationshallbe
openedfor1974.
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4February1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
W.SCHEEL