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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No3030/76
of9December1976
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forotherwovenfabricsofcottonfallingwithinheadingNo55.09oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginSpain(1977)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,themarketintheproductsinquestion,theallocation
shouldfollowproportionately therequirements of
theMemberStatescalculatedfrombothstatisticsof
importsfromSpainduringarepresentative period
andtheeconomicoutlookfor(thetariffperiodin
question;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Article113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsby
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfrom
Spainoftheproductsconcerned:"WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunity andSpain,signedat
Luxembourgon29June1970,providesinArticle2
(1)togetherwithArticle4ofAnnexIforthe
openingbytheCommunityofanannualCommunity
tariffquotaof1800metrictonsofotherwoven
fabricsofcottonfallingwithinheadingNo55.09of
theCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginSpain;
whereas,pursuanttoArticle2ofthesaidAnnex,
thequotadutyisequalto40%oftheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyinrespectoftheproduct
concerned;whereastheCommunitytariffquota
containsquotadutiesof5-2,5-6,5-6and6%forthe
productsfallingwithinsubheadings55.09AI,AII,
BIandBII;whereastheCommunitytariffquota
inquestionshouldbeopenedfortheyear1977;1973 1974 1975
Germany 2-44-27-0,
Benelux 9·821-813-3
France 47-167-274-2
Italy 40-7 6-8 '5-5
"Whereas,inviewofthesefactors,oftheforeseeable
development ofthemarketfortheproductsin
questionandinparticularoftheestimatessubmitted
bycertainMemberStates,initialquotasharesmay
befixedapproximatelyatthefollowingpercentages:Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureto
allCommunityimportersequalanduninterrupted
accesstotheabovementioned quotaanduninter­
ruptedapplicationoftheratelaiddownforthat
quotatoallimportsoftheproductconcernedinto
allMemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenused
up;whereas,havingregardtotheprinciples
mentionedabove,theCommunitynatureofthe
quotacanberespectedbyallocatingtheCommunity
tariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;whereasto
representascloselyaspossibletheactualtrendofGermany
Benelux
France
Italy6
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Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsin
thevariousMemberStatesoftheproductunder
consideration ,thetotalquotavolumeshouldbe
dividedintotwoinstalments,thefirstbeingshared
amongtheMemberStatesandthesecondheldas
areservetocoveratalaterdatetherequirements
ofthoseMemberStateshavinguseduptheirinitial
share;whereastogiveMemberStateimporterssome
certainty,thefirstoftheCommunityquotamightbe
fixedat75%ofthequotavolume;Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,
aconsiderablequantityoftheinitialshareisleft
overinaMemberState,itisessentialthateach
Stateshouldreturnasignificantproportiontothe
reservetopreventapartoftheCommunityquota
fromremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhile
itcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKing­
domoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerning
theadministration ofthequotasharesallocatedto
thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyof
itsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1WhereastheinitialsharesofMemberStatesmaybe
usedupmoreorlessquickly;whereas,therefore,to
avoiddisruptionofsuppliesanyMemberStatewhich
hasalmostusedupitsinitialshare,mustdrawa
supplementary sharefromthereserve;whereasthis
mustbedonebyeachMemberStateaseachoneof
itssupplementary sharesisalmostusedup,andas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial
andsupplementary sharesmustbevaliduntilthe
endofthequotaperiod;whereasthisformof
administration requiresclosecollaborationbetween
theMemberStatesandtheCommission ,andthe
Commissionmustbeinapositiontofollowthe
extenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeenused
upandinformtheMemberStatesthereof;From1Januaryuntil31December1977,the
CommonCustomsTariffdutiesinrespectofthe
productsoriginatinginSpainandlistedbelowshall
bepartiallysuspendedatthelevelsindicatedforeach
ofthemwithinthelimitsofaglobalCommunity
tariffquotaof1800metrictons:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionRateofduty
(%)
55.09 Otherwovenfabricsofcotton:
A.Containing85%ormorebyweightofcotton:
I.Ofawidthoflessthan85cm 5-2
II.Other 5-6
B.Other:
I.Ofawidthoflessthan85cm 5-6
II.Other 6
Article2 2.Thesecondinstalmentof450metrictonsshall
constitutethereserve.
1.Afirstinstalment,amountingto1350metric
tonsoftheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoin
Article1,shallbeallocatedamongtheMember
States;therespectiveshares,whichsubjectto
Article5shallbevaliduntil31December1977,
shallbeasfollows:Article3
Germany
Benelux
France
Italy80metrictons,
80metrictons,
920metrictons,
270metrictons.1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
StatelaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%ofthatshare
lesstheamountreturnedintothereservewherethe
provisionsofArticle5havebeenapplied,hasbeen
exhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceedwithout
delay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todrawa

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Articles2and3andshallinformeachofthemofthe
extenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedassoon
asitreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5October1977,
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
availableand,forthispurpose,shallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
thelastdrawing.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,thatMemberStateshallproceedin
thesamewaytodrawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,the
MemberStatesmayproceedtodrawsharessmaller
thanthosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreason
tobelievethattheymightnotbeusedup.Theyshall
informtheCommission ofthereasonswhichled
themtoapplythisparagraph.Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoods
areenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1977.
Article5
Article8
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission,
MemberStatesshallinformitofimportsactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1977,theunusedportionof
theirinitialsharewhich,on15September1977,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturn
agreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1977,notifytotheCommissionofthetotalimports
ofthesaidgoodseffecteduptoandincluding
15September1977,andchargedagainsttheCom­
munityquotaand,whereappropriate,theproportion
oftheirinitialsharethatisbeingreturnedtothe
reserve.Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthis
Regulationisobserved.
Article10 Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9December1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
P.J.J.MERTENS