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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No3054/76
of9December1976
opening,allocating,andprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariffquotas
forcertaintextileproductsfallingwithinheadingNos55.05and55.09andsubheading
ex58.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff,comingfromTurkey(1977)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,—forwovenfabricsofcotton:
HavingregardtocheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereas,pendingtheentryintoforceoftheSup­
plementaryProtocolsignedinAnkaraon30June
1973containingtheadjustmentstobemadetothe
AgreementestablishinganAssociationbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandTurkeyandto
theAdditionalProtocol(*)consequentonthe
accessionofnewMemberStates,theCommunity
hasundertaken,inanInterimAgreement(2)which
runsonlyfortheperiodpriortotheentryinto
forceofthisSupplementary Protocolwhichis
applicableuntil31December1974butwhichhas
beenextendedfor1977inaccordancewiththeterms
laiddowninArticle13thereof,toimplementcertain
provisionsoftheSuppilementary Protocolrelating
totradeingoods;whereas,underArticle6ofthis
InterimAgreementamendingArticle1ofAnnex2to
theAdditionalProtocol,theCommunitymustreduce
by75%thecustomsdutiesonimportsfromTurkey
ofcertaintextileproductsfallingwithinheading
Nos55.05and55.09oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
withinthelimitofannualCommunitytariffquotas
of390metrictonsforcottonyarnand1390metric
tonsforwovenfabricsofcotton;whereasthe
abovementioned Article6allocatestheseCommunity
tariffquotasasfollows:1000metrictonstotheCommunityasoriginally
constituted,
20metrictonstoDenmark,10metrictonsto
Irelandand360metrictonstotheUnited
Kingdom;
Whereas,moreover,itappearsdesirabletoprovide
foraprovisionaladjustmentofthetariffadvantages
forthesegoods:
—fortheCommunityasoriginallyconstitutedby
atotalsuspensionofthecustomsdutiesofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,andanincreaseinthe
volumesofthequotasallocatedtotheseMember
States,
—forthenewMemberStates,byatotalsuspension
ofthedutiesapplicablewithinthelimitsofthe
quotasfixedabove,increasedinthesame
proportions ;
Whereasthevolumesofthequotastobeopened
for1977aretherefore1026metrictonsforcotton
yarnand2415metrictonsforotherwovenfabrics
ofcotton;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle1ofAnnex2tothe
AdditionalProtocoltogetherwithArticle2ofthe
InterimAgreement,forthedurationof1977in
particular,tiheCommunitymustpartiallyreducethe
dutiesapplicableinrespectofthirdcountriesto
carpets,carpetingandrugs,knotted(madeupor
not)ofwooloroffineanimalhair(excludinghand­
madecarpets,carpetingandrugs)importedfrom
Turkey;whereasitalsoappearsadvisabletoimprove
thistariffadvantageprovisionallybymeansofa
totalsuspensionofthedutiesapplicabletothe
productsinquestionwithinaCommunitytariff
quotafixedataprovisionallevelof185metrictons
for1977andallocatedinaccordancewiththesame
percentagesasthoseadoptedfor1976;
Whereas,inordertocomplywiththespecial
provisionsoftheInterimAgreement,different
systemsshouldbeprovidedfortheMemberStatesof
theCommunityasoriginallyconstitutedandforthe
newMemberStates;—forcottonyarn:
300metrictonstotheCommunityasoriginally
constituted,
40metrictonstoDenmark,10metrictonsto
Irelandand40metrictonstotheUnitedKing­
dom,
(»)OJNoL293,29.12.1972,p.4.
(*)OJNoL277,3.10.1973,p.2.

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Whereas,asregardstheCommunityasoriginally
constituted :concerned,suchallocationshallbeinproportion
totheneedsoftheMemberStates,assessedby
referencebothtothestatisticsofeachState's
importsfromTurkeyoverarepresentative
periodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodconcerned;whereas,inspiteofthelimited
needforimportsfromTurkeyoftheproducts
concerned,asshownbythestatisticsforthe
majorityoftheMemberStatestheCommunity
characterofthetariffquotasconcernedshould
besafeguardedbymakingprovisionstocover
needswhichmightariseintheseMemberStates;—itisnecessarytoguaranteetoallCommunity
importersequalanduninterrupted accesstothe
abovementioned quotasanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthosequotas
toallimportsoftheproductconcernedintoall
MemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup,
—inthelightoftheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotascanbestbe
respectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariff
quotasamongtheMemberStates;whereas,in
ordertoreflectmostaccuratelytheactual
development ofthemarketintheproductimportsintothevariousMemberStatesfrom
Turkeywereasfollowsduringthelastthreeyears
forwhichcompletestatisticsareavailable:
1973 1974 1975
metrictons%metrictons%metrictons%
Cottonyarn
Germany 1073442-56633329-011419651-63
Benelux 679526-95700032-07425515-48
France 1620-6418068-2710443-80
Italy 1Sil29-85669030-657998-629-09
Otherwovenfabricsof
cotton:
Germany 87730-62 45624-52 15110-50
Benelux 95333-27 100053-76 94865-91
France 41214-39 19410-43 956-61
Italy 62221-72 21011-29244-216-98
inviewofthesefiguresandforeseeablemarket
trendsfortheproductsconcernedduring1977,
theinitialsharesmaybefixedapproximately at
thefollowingpercentages :
cottonyarnotherwoven
fabricsofcotton—inordertotakeintoaccounttheuncertaintyof
theimporttrendsfortheproductsconcernedin
theMemberStates,thequotavolumesshouldbe
dividedintotwoinstalments,thefirstinstalment
beingallocatedtotheMemberStatesandtihe
secondheldasareserveintendedultimatelyto
covertherequirements ofthoseMemberStates
whichhaveuseduptheirinitialshares;whereas,
inordertoensureacertaindegreeofsecurity
toimporters,thefirstinstalmentshouldbe
determinedatarelativelyhighlevel,which,under
presentcircumstances ,maybeabout73%ofeach
quotavolume,Germany
Benelux
France
Italy44-7
20-0
5-3
30-023-1
30-8
34-6
11-5

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concerningtheadministration ofthequotashares
allocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarried
outbyanyofitsmembers;
WhereasasregardsthenewMemberStatesin
particular:
—thequotavolumestobeallocatedtothosenew
MemberStatesunderArticle6oftheInterim
Agreementaswellasthedutiestobeappliedin
choseMemberStatesforthepurposesofthese
quotasdeterminedinaccordancewithArticle2
ofthesaidAgreement,mustbeadjustedasset
outabove,
—equalanduninterrupted accesstothequotas
shouldbeensuredtoallimportersandtheduties
shouldbeappliedwithoutinterruptiontoall
importsoftheproductsconcerneduntilthe
quotashavebeenusedup,—theinitialquotasharesoftheMemberStates
maybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,in
ordertotakethisfactintoaccountandavoid
anybreakincontinuity,itisimportantthatany
MemberStatehavingusedupalmostthewhole
ofoneofitsinitialquotasharessihoulddraw
anadditionalquotasharefromthecorresponding
reserve;whereas,thismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
quotasharesisalmostentirelyusedup,and
repeatedasmanytimesaseachofthereserves
allows;whereaseachoftheinitialandadditional
quotasharesmustbeavailableforuseuntilthe
endofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethod
ofadministration callsforcloseco-operation
betweenMemberStatesandtheCommission ,
whichmust,inparticular,beabletoobservethe
extenttowhichthequotaamountisusedand
informMemberStatesthereof,
—if,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable balanceremainsinoneorother
MemberStateitisessentialthatthatMember
Statepaysapercentageofitbackintothe
corresponding reserve,inordertopreventapart
ofoneorotheroftheCommunityquotasfrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenit
couldbeusedinothers,
—sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedby
theBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasureHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryuntil31December1977,Com­
munitytariffquotasshallbeopenedforthe
followingproductscomingfromTurkeyasshown
below:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionQuota
(metrictons)
55.05Cottonyarn,notputupforretailsale 1026
55.09Otherwovenfabricsofcotton 2415
58.01Carpets,carpetingandrugs(madeupornot):
exA.Ofwooloroffineanimalhairexcludinghandmade
carpets,carpetingandrugs 185
2.Thequotasshallibeallocatedandadministered in
accordancewiththefollowingprovisions.suspendedwithinthelimitof870metrictonsfor
cottonyarnnotputupforretailsale,1737metric
tonsforotherwovenfabricsofcotton,and128
metrictonsforcarpetsmadeofwoolorfineanimal
hair.SECTIONI
ProvisionsrelatingtotheCommunityasoriginally
constituted
Article3
Article2
Withinthe.quotareferredtoinArticle1,the
CommonCustomsTariffdutiesshallbetotally1.ThequotasreferredtoinArticle2shallbe
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ArticleS 2.Thefirstinstalmentofeachofthesequotasshall
besharedamongtheMemberStates;theshares,
whichsubjecttoArticle6shallbevaliduntil
31December1977,shallbeasfollows:Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article4shallbevaliduntil31December1977.
(inmetricton(s
Article6
CCTheadingNo
55.05 55.09ex58.01A
Germany 2S4 29336
Benelux 128 39114
France 3443926
Italy 190 14618
636 126994TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1977,theunusedportionof
theirinitialsharewhich,on15September1977,is
inexcessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1977,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsofthe
productsconcernedeffectedundertheCommunity
quotasuptoandincluding15September1977and,
whereappropriate,theproportionofeachoftheir
initialsharesthattheyarereturningtoeachofthe
reserves . Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,amountingto
234,468and34metrictonsrespectively,shall
constitutethecorresponding reserve.,
Article7
Article4 TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticle
3and4andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereserveshavebeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
Itshall,notlaterthan5October1977,notifythe
MemberStatesofthestateofeachofthereserves
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle6.
Itshallensurechatanydrawingwhichusesupa
reserveislimitedtothebalanceavailableand,for
thispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthereofto
theMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.
Article81.If90%ormoreofoneofanyMemberState's
initialshares,as(laiddowninArticle3(2)or90%
ofthatsharelesstheamountreturnedintothe
corresponding reserve,whereArticle6hasbeen
applied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission,draw
asecondshareinthequotaequalto15%ofits
initialsihare,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate,totheextentthattheamountinthe
reserveallows.
2.If,afteroneorotherofitsinitialshareshas
beenusedup,90%ormoreofthesecondshare
drawnbyoneoftheMemberStateshasbeenused
up,thatMemberStateshall,inthemannerprovided
forinparagraph1,drawathirdshareequalto
7-5%ofitsinitialshare.
3.If,afteroneorotherofitssecondshareshas
beenusedup,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawn
byaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thelattershall,
inthesamemanner,drawafourthshareequalto
thethird.
Thisprocedureshallbefolloweduntilthereserve
hasbeenexhausted.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs1,2and3,Member
Statesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthosefixedin
thoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
thosesharesmightnotbeusedup.Theyshallinform
theCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplyingthis
paragraph.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessaryto
ensurethat,whenadditionalsharesaredrawn
pursuanttoArticle4,itispossibleforimportsto
becountedwithoutinterruption againsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunitytariffquotas.
SECTION II
ProvisionsapplicabletothenewMemberStates
Article9
1.WithinthetariffquotasreferredtoinArticle1,
thefollowingsharesshallbeallocatedtothenew
MemberStates:

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(inmetrictons)2.MemlberStatesshallcountimportsoiftheprod­
uctsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhensuch
productsarepresentedforcustomsclearanceunder
coverofadeclarationthattheyhavebeenmade
availableforconsumption .
3.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStates'shares
havebeenusedupshallbeestablishedonthebasis
ofimportscountedinaccordancewithparagraph2.CCTheadingNo
55.05 55.09ex58.01A
Denmark 693514
Ireland 18182
UnitedKingdom 6962541
15667857
Article11
2.Withinthelimitsofthesequotas,thenew
MemberStatesshallapplyzerodutiesforthetextile
productsconcerned.OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission,
MemlberStatesshallinformitofimportsoftheprod­
uctsconcernedactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article12SECTIONIII
Generalprovisions
Article10TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensuretihatthis
Regulationisobserved.
Article13 1.MemlberStatesshallltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensureforimportersoftheproductsconcerned
establishedintheirterritoryfreeaccesstotheshares
allocatedtothem.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9December1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
P.J.J.MERTENS