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REGULATION (EEC)No2916/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of18November1974
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forotherwovenfabricsofcottonfallingwithinheadingNo55.09oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginIsrael
requirementsoftheMemberStatescalculatedfrom
bothstatisticsofimportsfromIsraelduringarep­
resentativereferenceperiodandtheeconomic
outlookforthetariffperiodinquestion;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding imports
byeachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfrom
Israeloftheproductsconcerned :
1971 1972 1973
Germany 89-994-5 89·8
Benelux — 0-50-1
France 2-52-54-6
Italy 7-62-55-5THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle
113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheStateofIsrael,signed
atLuxembourg on29June1970,providesin
Article2(1),togetherwithArticle3ofAnnexI,
fortheopeningbytheCommunityfortheperiod
from1January1975to30September1975ofa
Communitytariffquotaof225metrictonsofother
wovenfabricsofcottonfallingwithinheading
No55.09oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginIsrael;whereas,pursuanttoArticle1
ofthesaidAnnex,thequotadutyisequalto50%
oftheCommonCustomsTariffdutyinrespectof
theproductconcerned;whereas,therefore,aCom­
munitytariffquotaof225metrictonsatdutyrates
of6-5%,7%,7%and7-5%forproductsfalling
withinsubheadings55.09AI,AII,BIandBII
respectivelyshouldbeopened;
WhereastheCommunitytariffquotainquestion
shouldbeopenedfortheyear1975;andwhereas,
however,becauseofthepossibilityofimplementing
otherpreferentialarrangements asaresultofanew
agreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommu­
nityandtheStateofIsrael,itisnecessarytolimit
thequotaperiodtothedatethenewAgreement
entersintoforce.Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquotas
maybefixedapproximately atthefollowingpercen­
tages:
Germany 88-9
Benelux 1-3
France 4-5
Italy 5-3
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersand
therateoflevyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistentlytoallimportsoftheproductinquestion
untilthequotaisusedup;whereasaCommunity
tariffarrangementbasedonanallocationbetween
theMemberStateswouldseemtopreservethe
Communitynatureofthequota;whereas,to
representascloselyaspossibletheactualdevelop­
mentofthemarketintheproductinquestion,
theallocationshouldfollowproportionately theWhereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsin
thevariousMemberStatesfortheproductscon­
cerned,eachquotavolumeshouldbedividedinto
twotranches,thefirstbeingallocatedamongstthe
MemberStatesandthesecondheldasareserveto
coveratalaterdatetherequirements ofMember
Stateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialshare;whereas,
togiveimporterssomecertainty,thefirsttranche
ofeachCommunitytariffquotacouldbefixedat
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Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgarejointlyrepresentedbytheBeneluxEcon­
omicUnion,anymeasureconcerningtheadminis­
trationofthesharesallocatedtothatEconomicUnion
maybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupmoreor
lessquickly;whereas,therefore,toavoiddisruption
ofsupplies,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostused
upitsinitialsharemustdrawasupplementary share
fromthereserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateaseachoneofitssupplementary shares
isalmostusedup,andasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereaseachinitialandsupplementary share
mustbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
collaboration betweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,andtheCommissionmustbeinapos­
itiontofollowtheextenttowhichthetariffquotas
havebeenusedupandinformtheMemberStates
thereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityoftheinitialshareisleftover
inaMemberState,itisessentialthateachState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve
topreventapartoftheCommunityquotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;Article1
From1January1975untilthedateofentryinto
forceofanewAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheStateofIsraelbut
notlaterthan30September1975,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutiesinrespectoftheproducts
originatinginIsraelsetoutinthetablebelowshall
bepartiallysuspendedattheratesindicatedforeach
ofthem,withinthelimitsofanoverallCommunity
tariffquotaof225metrictons:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionRateofduty
%
55.09 Otherwovenfabricsofcotton:
A.Containing85%ormorebyweightofcotton:
I.Ofawidthoflessthan85cm 6-5
II.Other 7-0
B.Other:
I.Ofawidthoflessthan85cm 7-0
II.Other 7-5
Article2 Article3
1.Afirsttrancheof169metrictonsoftheCom­
munitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;theshares
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntilthe
endoftheperiodstipulatedinArticle1shallbeas
follows:1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshare
asspecifiedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminus
theportionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5is
applied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,draw
asecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunittothe
extentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve.150metrictons
2metrictons
8metrictons
9metrictonsGermany
Benelux
France
Italy2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccord­
ancewiththeconditionsimposedbyparagraph1,
drawathirdshare,equalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.2.Asecondtrancheof56metrictonsshallconsti­
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3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccord­
ancewiththesameconditions,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserve
isusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3,
aMemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthose
fixedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthattheymaynotbeusedup.Itshall
informtheCommissionofitsreasonsforapplying
thisparagraph .
Article4
Supplementary sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntiltheendoftheperiodstipulated
inArticle1.
Article5
AMemberStatewhichon15July1975hasnotused
upitsinitialshareshallreturntothereservenot
laterthan1August1975theunusedportionexceed­
ing20%oftheinitialamount.Itmayreturnagreater
portioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatitmay
notbeusedup.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1August1975,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
saidgoodsimporteduptoandincluding15July1975
andchargedagainsttheCommunitytariffquotaand
anyquantitiesoftheinitialsharereturnedtothe
reserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,
informeachstateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5August1975,oftheamountstillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupthe
reserveislimitedtothebalanceavailableandtothis
endshallspecifytheamountthereoftotheMember
Statemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawnpursuant
toArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythatimports
maybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesintheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefree
accesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhensuchgoods
areenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisof
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommissionatregu­
larintervalsofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallco­
operatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulation
isobserved.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
1January1975.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18November1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
Ch.BONNET