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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No3131/85
of22October1985
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforother
wovenfabricsofcottonfallingwithinheadingNo55.09oftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginSpain(1986)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
MemberState 1982 19831984
1,8
0,3
5,3
63,5
22,3
3,2
3,60,7
0,1
4.1
1,1
58,2
27,8
4.2
3,87.2
2,9
11,9
1.3
39,4
13,9
10,8
12,6Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom
Whereas,inviewofthesefactors,andofmarketforecasts
fortheproductsinquestionandinparticularofthe
estimatessubmittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom4,7
3,5
5,9
0,6
55,6
22,0
4,7
3,0HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasanAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandSpain(*)wasconcludedon29June1970
andsupplemented bytheProtocoltotheAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandSpain
consequentontheaccessionoftheHellenicRepublictothe
Community (2);
WhereastheCommunitycommitteditself,underthis
Agreement,toopeninganannualtotalCommunitytariff
quotaof2013tonnesofotherwovenfabricsofcotton,
fallingwithinheadingNo55.09oftheCommonCustoms
TariffandoriginatinginSpain;whereas,thequotadutyis
equalto40%oftheCommonCustomsTariffdutyin
respectoftheproductsconcerned;whereasthis
Communitytariffquotashouldbeopenedfor1986;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted accessto
theabovementioned quotaanduninterruptedapplication
oftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoallimportsofthe
productsconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntilthequota
hasbeenusedup;whereas,havingregardtotheprinciples
mentionedabove,theCommunitynatureofthequotacan
berespectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquota
amongtheMemberStates;whereas,toreflectasaccurately
aspossiblethetruetrendofthemarketoftheproductsin
question,suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirementsoftheMemberStatescalculatedbyreference
tothestatisticsofimportsfromSpainoverarepresentative
periodandalsototheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodconcerned;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsare
available,thecorresponding importsbyeachofthe
MemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercentagesofthe
importsintotheCommunityfromSpainoftheproducts
concerned :Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrendsfor
theproductsconcernedinthevariousMemberStates,the
quotavolumeshouldbedividedintotwoinstalments,the
firstbeingsharedamongtheMemberStatesandthesecond
constituting areservetocoveratalaterdatethe
requirementsofthoseMemberStateshavinguseduptheir
initialquotashares;whereasinordertogiveimportersin
eachMemberStateacertaindegreeofsecurity,thefirst
instalmentoftheCommunityquotashouldunderpresent
circumstances befixedat85%ofthequota;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeusedup
atdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfactinto
accountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,anyMember
Statewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddraw
anadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereasthismustbe
donebyeachMemberStateasandwheneachofits
additionalsharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedasmany
timesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additionalsharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthismethodofadministration requires
closecooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,andthelattermustbeinapositionto0)OJNoL182,16.8.1970,p.1.
(2)OJNoL326,13.11.1981,p.1.

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economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :monitortheextenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeen
usedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityofaninitialshareremainsunusedina
MemberState,itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshould
returnasignificantproportiontothereserve,topreventa
partofanyCommunityquotafromremainingunusedin
oneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anyoperationconcerningthe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothatArticle1
From1Januaryuntil31December1986theCommon
CustomsTariffdutiesinrespectoftheproductsoriginating
inSpainandlistedbelowshallbepartiallysuspendedatthe
levelsindicatedforeachofthemwithinthelimitsofa
globalCommunitytariffquotaof2013tonnes:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionRateof
duty
%)
55.09Otherwovenfabricsofcotton:
A.Containing85%ormorebyweightofcotton:
I.Ofawidthoflessthan85cm
II.Other
B.Other:
I.Ofawidthoflessthan85cm
II.Other4,2
4,2
4.2
4.3
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentamountingto1700tonnesofthe
CommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;therespectiveshares,
whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil31December
1986,shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordancewith
theconditionslaiddowninparagraph1,drawathird
shareequalto7,5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhere
necessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeen
usedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordancewiththe
sameconditions,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixedin
thoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethatthese
mightnotbeusedup.ItshallinformtheCommissionofits
reasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.Benelux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom80
60
100
10
945
375
80
50
2.Thesecondinstalmentof313tonnesshallconstitute
thereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(1),or90%ofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5isapplied,
hasbeenusedup,then,totheextentpermittedbythe
amountofthereserve,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
bynotifyingtheCommisison ,drawasecondshareequaltoArticle4
EachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1986.

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ArticleS
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1986,suchunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15September1986,isinexcessof20%
oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalargerquantityif
therearegroundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1986,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionupto15September1986andcharged
againstthetariffquotaandofanyquantitiesoftheinitial
sharesreturnedtothereserve.Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessaryto
ensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybecharged
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesof
theCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocated
tothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoodsare
enteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsoftheproductsconcernedactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurecompliancewiththis
Regulation.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1986.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasitisnotified,informeach
MemberStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5October
1986,oftheamountinthereserveafterquantitieshave
beenreturnedpursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
exhauststhereservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable
and,tothisend,shallnotifytheamountofthatbalanceto
theMemberStatewhichmakessuchlastdrawing.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,22October1985.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.F.POOS