8.12.75 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL317/71
REGULATION (EEC)No3158/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of24November1975
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forcertaintextilefibres,fallingwithinheadingNo56.04oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginCyprus(1976)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,Whereas,asregardstheCommunityasoriginally
constituted :
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article113thereof;—equalanduninterrupted accesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandquota
dutiesappliedcontinuouslytoallimportsofthe
saidproductsuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;—inthelightoftheaboveprinciples,the
Communitynatureofthequotamaybestbe
preservedbyanarrangementallocatingitamong
theseMemberStates;whereasinordertoprovide
themostaccuratereflectionofactualmarket
trendsforthesaidproducts,suchallocation
shouldbeproportionate totheneedsofthese
MemberStates,calculatedbothfromthe
statisticsforeachMemberState'simportsfrom
Cyprusoverarepresentative referenceperiodand
fromeconomicprospectsforthequotaperiodin
question;WhereastheAgreement(*)establishinganassociation
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
theRepublicofCyprus,hereinaftercalled'the
Agreement',andtheProtocol(2)layingdown
certainprovisionsconcerningthatAgreementasa
resultoftheaccessionofnewMemberStatestothe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,hereinaftercalled
'theProtocol',providefortheopeningofanannual
Communitytariffquotaof100metrictonsofman­
madefibres(discontinuous orwaste),carded,combed
orotherwisepreparedforspinning,fallingwithin
headingNo56.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginCyprus;whereas,pursuanttotheJoint
DeclarationinArticle2oftheProtocol,thetariff
quotashouldbeallocatedamongtheMemberStates
asfollows:70metrictonsfortheCommunityas
originallyconstitutedand30metrictonsforthenew
MemberStates;whereasAnnexItotheAgreement
providesthatthedutiesapplicabletothequotashall
beequalto30%oftheCommonCustomsTariff
duties;whereasasregardsthedutiesapplicableto
goodswithinthelimitsofthequotabythenew
MemberStates,thespecialprovisionsoftheProtocol
andoftheActofAccession (3)shouldbeobserved;
whereastocomplywiththespecialprovisionsof
theProtocol,separatearrangementsshouldbemade
fortheMemberStatesoftheCommunity as
originallyconstitutedontheonehand,andforthe
newMemberStatesontheother;—however,asduringthepastthreeyearsnosuch
productsoriginatinginCyprushavebeen
importedandasnoforecastcanbemadefor
1976,asignificativeandbalancedparticipation
byeachoftheseStatesonthisquotawould
ensurefairdistributionamongthem;
—inordertotakeaccountofimporttrendsfor
theproductsinquestionintheMemberStates
concerned,thequotaamountshouldbedivided
intotwoinstalments,thefirstinstalmentbeing
allocatedamongthesameMemberStates,the
secondinstalmentconstitutingareserveintended
tocoverthelaterrequirementsofMemberStates
whichhaveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;
whereasinordertoensureacertaindegreeof
securitytoimportersineachMemberState,the
firstinstalmentofthequotashouldbefixedin
thiscaseatapproximately 75%;
(!)OJNoL133,21.5.1973,p.1.
(2)OJNoL133,21.5.1973,p.88.
(3)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.—theinitialquotasharesmaybeusedupat
differenttimes;whereas,therefore,toavoid

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : disruptionofsupplies,anyMemberStatewhich
hasalmostusedupitsinitialquotashare,shall
drawanadditionalquotasharefromthereserve;
whereasthisshallbedonebyeachMemberState
wheneveroneofitsadditionalquotashareshas
beenalmostusedup,andasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
quotasharesshallbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaboration betweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission ,andtheCommission
mustbeinapositiontofollowtheextentto
whichthequotavolumehasbeenusedupand
informtheMemberStatesthereof;Article1
From1Januaryto31December1976atariffquota
of100metrictonsshallbeopenedwithinthe
Community inrespectofman-madefibres
(discontinuous orwaste),carded,combedorother­
wisepreparedforspinning,fallingwithinheading
No56.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginCyprus.Thisquotashallbeallocated
andadministeredinaccordancewiththefollowing
provisions .
SECTION I
ProvisionsapplicabletotheCommunityasoriginally
constitutedif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityoftheinitialquotashare
isleftoverinoneoftheMemberStates
concerned,itisessentialthatthatStateshould
returnasignificantproportiontothereserveto
preventapartofthequotaallocatedtothe
Community asoriginallyconstitutedfrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenit
couldbeusedinothers;Article2
TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesshallbepartially
suspendedattherateindicatedbelowfor70metric
tonsofthequotareferredtoinArticle1: sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedby
theBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthequota
sharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybe
carriedoutbyanyofitsmembers;CCT
headingNo DescriptionRateofduty
(%)
56.04Man-madefibres(discon­
tinuousorwaste),carded,
combedorotherwisepre­
paredforspinning:
A.Synthetictextilefibres
B.Regeneratedtextile
fibres2-5
3-0Whereas,asregardsthenewMemberStates:
pursuanttotheProtocol,agrossamountof
30metrictonsisallocatedtothenewMember
States;whereas,forthepurposesoftheallocation
ofthisamountamongthem,boththepastand
theprospectivefuturesituationsarethesameas
thosewhichfacedtheoriginalMemberStates;
whereas,therefore,thequotashouldbeallocated
equallyamongthenewMemberStatesinthe
sameway;Article3
1.Afirstinstalment,amountingto52metrictons
oftheamountspecifiedinArticle2,shallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates;theshares,whichsubject
toArticle6arevaliduntil31December1976,shall
beasfollows:thequotadutiesshallbecalculatedbythenew
MemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles3,4,
5,6and7oftheProtocol;14metrictons,
10metrictons,
15metrictons,
13metrictons.Germany
Benelux
France
Italy—equalanduninterrupted accesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandquota
dutiesappliedcontinuouslytoallimportsofthe
productsinquestionuntilthequotahasbeen
usedup,2.Thesecondinstalmentof18metrictonsshall
constitutethereserve.

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Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewith
Articles3and4andshallinformeachStateofthe
extenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedupas
soonasitreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5October
1976,notifytheMemberStatesoftheamountin
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle
6.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
andforthispurposeshallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthelastdrawing.
Article8
TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatwhenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle4itispossibleforcharges
tobemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.Article4
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
StatelaiddowninArticle3(1),or90%ofthatshare
lesstheamountreturnedintothereservewherethe
provisionsofArticle6havebeenapplied,hasbeen
exhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceedwithout
delay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todrawa
secondshare,equalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnupbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddownin
paragraph1,todrawathirdshare,equalto7-5%of
itsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate,totheextentthatthereserveissufficient.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,in
thesamewaytodrawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,the
MemberStatesmayproceedtodrawsharessmaller
thanthosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreason
tobelievethattheymightnotbeusedup.Theyshall
informtheCommission ofthereasonswhichled
themtoapplythisparagraph .SECTIONII
ProvisionsapplicabletothenewMemberStates
Article9
Withinthelimitsofthetariffquotareferredtoin
Article1,thenewMemberStatesshallapplythe
dutieslaiddownintherelevantprovisionsofthe
ActofAccession,theAgreementandtheProtocol.
Article10
WithinthequotareferredtoinArticle1,30metric
tonsshallbeallocatedtothenewMemberStates
asfollows:Article5
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article4shallbevaliduntil31December1976.
Denmark
Ireland
UnitedKingdom10metrictons,
8metrictons,
12metrictons.Article6
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1976,theunusedportionof
theirinitialsharewhich,on15September1976,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturn
agreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1976,notifytotheCommissionofthetotalimports
ofthesaidgoodseffecteduptoandincluding
15September1976,andchargedagainstthe
Communityquotaand,whereappropriate,the
proportionoftheirinitialsharethatisbeing
returnedtothereserve.SECTIONIII
Generalprovisions
Article11
1.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefree
accesstotheshareallocatedtothem.

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Article13
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthis
Regulationisobserved.2.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoods
areenteredforhomeuse.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph2.
Article12
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission ,
MemberStatesshallinformitofimportsactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.Article14
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24November1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.VISENTINI