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REGULATION (EEC)No2884/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of29October1975
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforyarn,
entirelyofsilk,otherthanyarnofnoilorotherwastesilk,notputupforretailsale,
fallingwithinheadingNoex50.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff(1976)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,CustomsTariffdutywouldresultinthoseproducts
beingsubjectedtoaconsiderablecustomscharge
whileproductsmanufactured fromsilkyarnface
powerfulcompetition fromsimilarproducts
manufactured fromothermaterial;whereasan
insufficientsupply,addedtocompetition at
finishedproductlevel,mighthaveadverseresults
fortheCommunity'sprocessingindustries;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article28thereof;
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmitted
bytheCommission ;
WhereastheCommonCustomsTariffduty
applicabletoimportsofthesilkyarninquestionis
7%;whereas,whenfixingthequotaduty,itis
appropriatetotakeintoaccount,ontheonehand,
thesituationoftheCommunitysilkyarnproducing
industryand,ontheother,thatofthesilkyarn
processingindustrieswithregardtotheirsupplies
onfavourableterms;whereasaquotadutyof2-5%
couldbestmeettheabovementioned requirements ;Whereas,inaccordancewiththeresolutionpassed
atitsmeetingfrom29to31May1967,theCouncil,
byitsRegulation (EEC)No322/70(*),reintroduced ,
until31December1976,the12%autonomousduty
oftheCommonCustomsTariffforsilkyarn,other
thanyarnofnoilorotherwastesilk,notputup
forretailsale,fallingwithinheadingNoex50.04;
whereastheconventionaldutyforthatproductis
7%;
Whereasthetrendsinimportsduring1974suggest
thattheimportrequirements fortheyarnsin
questionmightbeintheregionof60metrictons
for1976;whereastheopeningofaCommunity
tariffquotaofthatvolumeisunlikelytoharm
Communitvproduction;Whereastheaforementioned resolutionfurther
providesfortheopeninginrespectofthatperiod
andforsuchsilkyarnofanannualCommunity
tariffquotawithreducedornildutywhereachange
inthesourcesofsupplyoraninsufficientsupply
withintheCommunitymighthaveadverseresults
fortheprocessingindustriesintheMemberStates;
WhereassilkyarnisproducedintheCommunity ;
whereas,althoughthatproductioncouldcoverall
theCommunityrequirementsbyreasonofitsoverall
volume,thisdoesnotapplywithregardtoyarn
entirelyspunfromsilk;whereasthereis,asaresult,
aninsufficientsupplyintheCommunity ;Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandtherate
laiddownforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistentlytoallimportsoftheproductinquestion
untilthequotaisusedup;whereasasystemof
utilizationoftheCommunitytariffquota,basedon
anallocationbetweentheMemberStatesconcerned,
would,inthelightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,
appearconsistentwiththeCommunitynatureofthe
quota;whereas,torepresentascloselyaspossible
theactualmarkettrendsintheproductinquestion,
theallocationshouldbeproportionate tothe
requirementsoftheMemberStatescalculatedwith
referencetostatisticaldataonimportsduringa
representative referenceperiodandtotheeconomic
prospectsforthequotaperiodinquestion;WhereasconsequentlyCommunitysupplyforthose
qualitiesofyarndependstoaconsiderableextent
onimports;whereasfullapplicationoftheCommon
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Whereastheimportsoftheproductsfallingwithin
tariffheadingNo50.04ofeachoftheMember
Statesconcernedduringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
completestatisticsareavailablerepresentthe
followingpercentagesoftotalCommunityimports
oftheseproducts:Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityisleftoverinaMemberState,
itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshouldreturn
asignificantproportiontothereserve,soasto
avoidapartofthequotaremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothatEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutby
anyoneofitsmembers,197219731974
Benelux 0-705
Denmark 0-200
Germany 18-615-828
France 17-117-117
Ireland 1-407
Italy 50-052-639
UnitedKingdom 12-014-54;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheforecasts
whichitispossibletomake,theinitialpercentage
sharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressed
approximately asfollows:
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom2-1
2-1
36-4
25.5
2-1
27-7
4-3;Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1976,the
autonomousdutyoftheCommonCustomsTariff
foryarnentirelyofsilk,otherthanyarnofnoilor
otherwastesilk,notputupforretailsale,falling
withinheadingNoex50.04shallbesuspendedat
2-5%withinaCommunitytariffquotaof60metric
tons.
2.Withinthetariffquota,thenewMemberStates
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsoftheActofAccession.
Article2
1.Afirsttrancheof47metrictonsofthisCom­
munitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStates.MemberStates'shareswhich,subject
toArticle5,shallbevaliduntil31December1976,
shallbeasfollows:
inmetrictonsWhereas,totakeaccountoffuturetrendsinimports
oftheproductinquestion,thequotashouldbe
dividedintotwotranches,thefirstbeingallocated
andthesecondtoformareserveintendedtocover
anysubsequentrequirementsofMemberStateswho
haveuseduptheirinitialshares;whereas,inorder
toensureacertaindegreeofsecurityforimporters,
thefirsttrancheoftheCommunitytariffquota
shouldbefixedat78%ofthetotalquota;
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupat
differentrates;whereas,toprovideforthiseven­
tualityandtoavoiddisruptionofsupplies,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitial
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
reserve;whereasthisshouldbedonebyeachMember
Statewheneachofitsadditionalshareshasbeen
almostusedup,andsoonasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthisformofadministration requires
closecollaboration betweenMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,whichlattermust,inparticular,beable
tokeeparecordoftheextenttowhichthequota
hasbeenusedupandtoinformtheMemberStates
accordingly;Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom1
1
17
12
1
13
2.
2.Thesecondtrancheof13-metrictonsshall
constitutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshare
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portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,draw
asecondshare,totheextentthatthereserveso
permits,equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
upasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles
2and3and,assoonasithasbeennotified,shall
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5October1976,oftheamountstillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableandto
thisend,shallnotifytheamountofthatbalanceto
theMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall
forthwith,inthemannerandtotheextentprovided
inparagraph1,drawathirdshareequalto5%of
itsinitialshare.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
inaccordancewiththesameconditions,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs1,2and3,
MemberStatesmaydrawlessersharesthanthose
specifiedthereiniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.They
shallinformtheCommission oftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisparagraph.Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmay
bechargedwithoutinterruption againsttheir
aggregatesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeagainsttheirshares
importsoftheproductinquestionasandwhenthe
productisenteredwiththecustomsauthorities
forhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December1976.
Article5
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1976,theunusedportionsoftheir
initialshareswhich,on15September1976,arein
excessof20%oftheinitialamounts.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedup.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission,not
laterthan1October1976,ofthetotalquantitiesof
silkyarnimporteduptoandincluding15September
1976andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotaand
ofanyportionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedtothe
reserve.Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,29October1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.MARCORA