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REGULATION (EEC)No3292/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of19December 1974
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity tariffquota
fordriedfigsfallingwithinsubheading ex08.03BoftheCommon CustomsTariff,
originating inSpain
allocation shouldbeinproportion totheneedsof
theMemberStates,assessedbyreferencetoboththe
statisticsofeachState'simportsofthesaidgoods
fromSpainoverarepresentative periodandthe
economic outlookforthequotaperiodconcerned ;
Whereas ,duringthepastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailable ,thecorresponding importsby
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentages oftheimportsintotheCommunity from
Spainoftheproductsconcerned :THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing the
European Economic Community ,andinparticular
Articles43and113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinion oftheEuropean
Parliament ;
1971 1972 1973
Germany— — —
Benelux 100=five
metric
tons" "
France — — —
Italy— — —Whereas theAgreement betweentheEuropean
Economic Community andSpain,signedatLuxem­
bourgon29June1970,providesinArticle2(1)
togetherwithArticle9ofAnnexIfortheopening
bytheCommunity ofanannualCommunity tariff
quotaof200metrictonsofdriedfigsfallingwithin
subheading ex08.03BoftheCommon Customs
Tariff,originating inSpainandimported in
immediate packingsofanetcapacityof15kgorless;
whereas,pursuanttoArticle9ofthesaidAnnex,the
quotadutyisequalto30%oftheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyinrespectoftheproductconcerned ;
WhereastheCommunity tariffquotainquestion
shouldbeopenedfortheyear1975;andwhereas,
however ,becauseofthepossibility ofimplementing
otherpreferential arrangements asaresultofanew
Agreement betweentheEuropean Economic Com­
munityandSpain,itisnecessarytolimitthequota
periodtothedateonwhichthenewAgreement
entersintoforce;Whereas ,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submitted bycertainMemberStatesaswellasthe
practical needtoensurethattheobligations
contracted undertheAgreement concerned are
allocatedfairlyamongalltheMemberStates,initial
quotasharesmaybefixedapproximately atthe
followingpercentages :
Germany 25
Benelux 25
France 25
Italy 25
Whereas ,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcerned inthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
tranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStates,andthesecondformingareserve
intendedultimately tocovertherequirements ofthe
Member Stateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegree
ofsecuritytoimporters ineachMemberState,the
firsttrancheoftheCommunity quotashouldbe
determined atalevelwhich,underpresentcircum­
stances,maybe80%ofthequotaamount;Whereasitisinparticular necessarytoensuretoall
Community importers equalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
application oftheratelaiddownforthatquota
toallimportsoftheproductconcerned intoall
Member Statesuntilthequotahasbeenused
up;whereas,havingregardtotheprinciples
mentioned above,theCommunity natureofthe
quotacanberespectedbyallocating theCommunity
tariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;whereas,in
ordertoreflectmoreaccurately theactualdevelop­
mentofthemarketintheproductconcerned ,such

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Germany
Benelux
France
Italy40metrictons,
40metrictons,
40metrictons,
40metrictons.
2.Thesecondtranche of40metrictonsshall
constitute thereserve .Whereas ,theinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmay
beusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorderto
takethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity ,itisimportant thatanyMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialshare
sfhoulddrawanadditional sharefromthereserve;
whereas ,thismustbedonebyeachMemberState
asandwheneachofitsadditional sharesisalmost
entirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesmustbeavailable foruseuntiltheendof
thequotaperiod,whereasthismethodofadmin­
istrationcallsforclosecooperation betweenMember
StatesandtheCommission ,whichmust,inparticular ,
beabletoobservetheextenttowhichthequota
amountisusedandinformMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,
aconsiderable balanceremains inoneorother
MemberStateitisessentialthatthatMemberState
paysalargeamountofitbackintothereserve,in
ordertoavoidapartoftheCommunity quotas
remaining unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas ,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedinandrepresented bytheBenelux
Economic Union,alltransactions concerning the
administration ofsharesgrantedtotheabovemen­
tionedEconomic Unionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers ,Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintoreserve,where
theprovisions ofArticle5havebeenapplied,has
beenexhausted ,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todraw
asecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate ,to
theextentthattheamountinthereserveallows .
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted ,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,inaccordance withtheconditions laid
downinparagraph 1,todrawathirdshareequalto
7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunit
whereappropriate ,totheextentthattheamountin
thereserveallows .
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted ,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,in
thesameway,todrawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article 1
4.Notwithstanding theprovisions ofparagraphs 1,
2and3,theMemberStatesmayproceedtodraw
sharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs ,
ifthereisreasontobelievethatthosesharesmight
notbeusedup.Theyshallinform (theCommission
ofthereasonswhichledthemtoapplythis
paragraph .From1January1975untilthedateofentryinto
forceofanewAgreement betweentheEuropean
Economic Community andSpainbutnotlaterthan
31December 1975,theCommonCustomsTariffduty
inrespectofdriedfigsfallingwithinsubheading
ex08.03B,originating inSpainandimported in
immediate packingsofanetcapacitynotexceeding
15kgshallbepartiallysuspended at3%withinthe
limitsofaCommunity tariffquotaof200metric
tons. Article4
Theadditional sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntiltheendoftheperiodstipulated
inArticle1.Article2
1.Afirsttranche,amounting to160metrictonsof
theCommunity tariffquotareferredtoinArticle1,
shallbesharedamongtheMember States;the
proportions which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevalid
from1Januaryuntiltheendoftheperiodspecified
inArticle1,shallbeasfollows :Article5
If,by15September 1975,aMemberStatehasnot
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drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossiblefor
chargestobemadewithoutinterruption against
theiraccumulated sharesoftheCommunity quota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablished intheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocated tothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productconcerned againsttheirsharesasandwhen
thegoodsareenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMember Statehasused
upitsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordance withparagraph 3.10October1975,returntothereservetheunused
portionofthisshareinexcessof20%oftheinitial
amount .Itmayreturnalargerquantityifthereis
reasontobelievethatsuchquantitymightnotbe
used.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October
1975,notifytheCommission ofthetotalimportsof
theproductconcerned effectedupto15September
1975inclusive ,andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaand,whereappropriate ,theproportion oftheir
initialsharethatisbeingreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommission shallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMember Statesinaccordance with
Articles2and3andshallinformeachofthemof
theextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedas
soonasitreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommission shall,notlaterthan15October
1975,notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthe
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuant to
Article5.
TheCommission shallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
available and,forthispurpose,shallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMember Statewhichmakes
thefinaldrawing .
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measures toensurethat,whenadditional sharesareArticle8
Member StatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article9
TheMember StatesandtheCommission shall
cooperate closelyinordertoensurethatthis
Regulation isobserved .
Article10
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon
1January1975.
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels ,19December 1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.P.FOURCADE