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REGULATION (EEC)No2418/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of23September1974
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
rawsilk(notthrown),fallingwithinheadingNo50.02oftheCommonCustoms
Tarifffor1975
lightoftheprinciplesoutlinedaboveappear
consistentwiththeCommunitynatureofthequota;
Whereasinviewofthesefactorstheinitialpercentage
sharesinthequotavolumecanfor1975beexpressed
approximately asfollows:
Benelux 0-25
Denmark 0-25
Germany 10-50
France 37-50
Ireland 0-25
Italy 45-00
UnitedKingdom 6-25THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle28
thereof;
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ;
Whereas,inaccordancewiththeresolutionpassedat
itsmeetingof29to31May1967,theCouncil,byits
Regulation (EEC)No321/70('),reintroduceduntil31
December1976the10%autonomousdutyofthe
CommonCustomsTariffforrawsilk(notthrown)
fallingwithinheadingNo50.02;whereastheconven­
tionaldutyforthatproductis5%;
Whereastheresolutionaforesaidfurtherprovidesfor
theopening,inrespectofthatperiodandforthat
product,ofannualCommunitytariffquotasexempt
fromcustomsduties;whereastheamountofthose
quotasshouldcorrespondtothe.differencebetween
thetotalconsumption ofrawsilkandtheamount
producedintheCommunity ;
WhereasrawsilkisproducedintheCommunityand
whereasitisintheCommunity'sinteresttomaintain
thisproductiononitsterritory;whereasthatproduc­
tioncanbeestimatedat200metrictonsfor1975;
whereastakingaccountofthisproductionandofthe
forecastsfor1975,theimportsneededtosatisfy
consumptionwithintheCommunitycanbeestimated
at2500metrictons;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersand
therateoflevyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistentlytoallimportsoftheproductinquestion
untilthequotaisusedup;whereasutilizationofthe
Community tariffquotabasedonanallocation
betweentheMemberStatesconcernedwouldintheWhereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsfor
theproductunderconsideration ,thetotalquota
volumeshouldbedividedintotwosuccessive
amountstogiveimporterssomedegreeofcertainty,
thefirstbeingallocatedandthesecondheldasa
reservetocoveratalaterdatetherequirements of
MemberStateswhohaveuseduptheirinitialshare;
whereastogiveimporterssomedegreeofcertaintythe
firstsuccessiveamountoftheCommunitytariffquota
shouldintheeventbefixedat80%ofthetotal
quota;
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupmoreor
lessquickly;whereas,therefore,toavoiddisruptionof
suppliesanyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedup
itsinitialshare,mustdrawasupplementary share
fromthereserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateaseachoneofitssupplementary shares
isalmostusedupandasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandsupplementary shares
mustbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
collaboration betweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,andtheCommissionmustbeinaposi­
tiontofollowtheextenttowhichthequotavolume
hasbeenusedupandinformtheMemberStates
thereof; (')OJNoL43,24.2.1970,p.2.

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Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityisleftoverinaMemberState,it
isessentialthatsuchStateshouldreturnasubstantial
proportiontothereserve,topreventpartofthetotal
quotafromremainingunusedinoneMemberState
whileitcouldbeusedinothers;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg ,arejointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnionanymeasureconcerningtheadmin­
istrationofthequota-shares allocatedtothat
EconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyoneofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1975theauton­
omousdutyoftheCommonCustomsTariffforraw
silk(notthrown),fallingwithinheadingNo50.02
shallbetotallysuspendedinrespectofaCommunity
tariffquotaof2500metrictons.
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,thenew
MemberStatesshallapplythedutiescalculatedin
accordancewiththerelevantprovisionsoftheActof
Accession .
Article2
1.Afirstsuccessiveamountof2000metrictonsof
thistariffquotashallbeallocatedamongtheMember
States;sharesshall,subjecttoArticle5,bevaliduntil
31December1975andshallbeasfollows:delay,undertheconditionslaiddowninparagraph 1,
drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitialshare.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallwithout
delay,underthesameconditions,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,theMemberStatesmaydrawshareslowerthan
thosefixedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegrounds
forconsideringthatthosefixedmaynotbeusedup.
TheyshallinformtheCommission oftheirreasons
forapplyingthisparagraph .
Article4
Supplementary sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1975.
Article5
AMemberStatewhichon15September1975hasnot
usedupitsinitialshareshallreturntothereservenot
laterthan10October1975theunusedportion
exceeding30%oftheinitialamount.Itmayreturna
greaterportioniftherearegroundsforconsidering
thatitmaynotbeusedup.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October
1975notifytotheCommissionthetotalquantitiesof
therawsilkimporteduptoandincluding15
September1975andchargedagainsttheCommunity
tariffquotaandanyquantitiesoftheinitialshare
returnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan15
October1975,oftheamountheldinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuanttoArti­
cle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichfinallyusesup
thereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailableandto
thisendshallspecifytheamountthereoftothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
chargesmaybemade,withoutinterruption ,against
theircumulativesharesoftheCommunityquota.Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom5metrictons
5metrictons
210metrictons
750metrictons
5metrictons
900metrictons
125metrictons
2.Thesecondsuccessiveamount,of500metric
tons,shallbeheldinreserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshare
specifiedinArticle2(1)orofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5is
applied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawa
secondshare,totheextentthatthereserveissuffi­
cient,equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,roundedup
wherenecessarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
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Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed .2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidproductestablishedinitsterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtoit.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofquantities
oftheimportsinquestionenteredforhomeuse.
Article8
TheMemberStatesshallregularlyinformthe
Commissionofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1975.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23September1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
Ch.PONCELET