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REGULATION (EEC)No356/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of4February1974
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forcertainpetroleumproductsfallingwithinChapter27oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,refinedinSpain
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityandinparticularArticle
113thereof;1970 1971 1972
Germany 53-1119-8034-60
Benelux 21-9025-40 9-10
France 8-0513-00 8-40
Italy 16-9441-8047-90
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereas,inviewofthesefactors,oftheforeseeable
developmentduring1974ofthemarketforthepro­
ductsinquestionandinparticularoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEco­
nomicCommunityandSpain,signedatLuxembourg
on29June1970,providesinArticle2(1)together
withArticle3ofAnnexI,fortheopeningbythe
CommunityofanannualtotalCommunitytariff
quotaof1200000metrictonsofcertainpetroleum
productsfallingwithinChapter27oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,refinedinSpain;whereas,pursuant
toArticle2ofthesaidAnnex,thequotadutyis
equalto40%oftheCommonCustomsTariffduties
effectivelyappliedinthisyearinrespectofthepro­
ductconcerned;Germany
Benelux
France
Italy340
16-7
9-7
396
Whereas,totakeaccountoffuturetrendsofimports
oftheproductunderconsideration ,thetotalquota
volumeshouldbedividedintotwotranches,thefirst
beingsharedbetweenGermanyandtheBeneluxand
thesecondheldasareservetocoveratalaterdate
therequirementsoftheseMemberStates,shouldthey
useuptheirnewshare;
WhereastogiveMemberStateimporterssomecer­
tainty,thefirsttrancheoftheCommunityquota
shouldbefixedat80%ofthequotavalue;Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted ap­
plicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,torepresentascloselyas
possibletheactualdevelopmentofthemarketinthe
productsinquestion,theallocationshouldfollow
proportionately therequirementoftheMemberStates
calculatedfrombothstatisticsofimportsfromSpain
duringarepresentative periodandtheeconomicout­
lookforthetariffperiodinquestion.WhereastheinitialsharesofMemberStatesmaybe
usedupmoreorlessquickly;whereas,therefore,to
avoiddisruptionofsuppliesanyMemberStatewhich
hasalmostusedupitsinitialsharemustdrawa
supplementary sharefromthereserve;whereasthis
mustbedonebyeachMemberStateaseachoneof
itssupplementary sharesisalmostusedup,andas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial
andsupplementary sharesmustbevaliduntiltheend
ofthequotaperiod;whereasthisformofadmin­
istrationrequiresclosecollaboration betweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,andtheCom­Whereas,duringthepastthreeyearsforwhichsta­
tisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsby
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfrom
Spainoftheproductsconcerned:

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trationofthesharesallocatedtothateconomicunion
maybecarriedoutbyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1missionmustbeinapositiontofollowtheextentto
whichthequotavolumehasbeenusedupandinform
theMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,
aconsiderablequantityoftheinitialshareisleftover
inaMemberState,itisessentialthateachstate
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve
topreventapartoftheCommunityquotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcould
beusedinothers;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgarejointlyrepresentedbytheBeneluxEco­
nomicUnionanymeasureconcerningtheadminis­Until31December1974andsubjecttothemeasures
whichmightbetakenpursuanttoArticle3(2)and
(4)ofAnnexItotheAgreementbetweentheCom­
munityandSpain,theCommonCustomsTariff
dutiesinrespectoftheproductsrefinedinSpainand
listedbelowshallbesuspendedpartiallyatthelevels
indicatedforeachofthem,withinthelimitsofa
globalCommunitytariffquotaof1200000metric
tons:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionRate
ofduty
%
27.10Petroleumoilsandoilsobtainedfrombituminousminerals,otherthan
crude;preparationsnotelsewherespecifiedorincluded,containing
notlessthan70%weightofpetroleumoilsorofoilsobtainedfrom
bituminousminerals,theseoilsbeingthebasicconstituentsofthe
preparations :
A.Lightoils:
III.Forotherpurposes 2-4
B.Mediumoils:
III.Forotherpurposes 2-4
C.Heavyoils:
I.Gasoil:
c)Forotherpurposes 1*4
II.Fueloil:
c)Forotherpurposes 1*4
III.Lubricatingoils;otheroils:
c)TobemixedinaccordancewiththetermsofAdditional
Note7tothisChapter(a) 1*6
d)Forotherpurposes 2-4
27.11Petroleumgasesandothergaseoushydrocarbons :
B.Other:
I.Commercialpropaneandcommercialbutane:
c)Forotherpurposes 0*6
27.12Petroleumjelly:
A.Crude:
III.Forotherpurposes 0-8
B.Other 2-8
27.13Paraffinwax,micro-crystalline wax,slackwax,ozokerite,lignite
wax,peatwaxandothermineralwaxes,whetherornotcoloured:
B.Other:
I.Crude:
c)Forotherpurposes 0-8
II.Other 2-4
27.14Petroleumbitumen,petroleumcokeandotherresiduesofpetroleum
oilsorofoilsobtainedfrombituminousminerals :
C.Other:
II.Other 0-8
(a)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttoconditionstobedeterminedbythecompetentauthorities.

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Article2 Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December1974.1.Thefirsttranche,amountingto1000000metric
tonsoftheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoin
Article1,shallbeallocatedamongtheMember
States;therespectiveshareswhich,subjecttoArticle
5,shallbevaliduntil31December1974shallconsist
ofthefollowingamounts:
Article5
Germany 340000metrictons
Benelux 170000metrictons
France 100000metrictons
Italy 390000metrictons
2.Thesecondtranche,amountingto200000metric
tonsshallbeheldasareserve.AMemberStatewhichon15September1974has
notusedupitsinitialshareshallreturntothereserve
notlaterthan10October1974theunusedportion
exceeding20%oftheinitialamount.Itmayreturna
greaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
itmaynotbeusedup.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October1974,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
saidgoodsimporteduptoandincluding15Septem­
ber1974andchargedagainsttheappropriateCom­
munitytariffquotaandanyquantitiesoftheinitial
sharereturnedtothereserve.Article3
1.If90%ormoreofoneofaMemberState'sinitial
shareasspecifiedinArticle2(1),orofthatshare
minustheportionreturnedtothereservewhere
Article5isapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshallwithoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommis­
sion,drawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitial
share,roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit,
totheextentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserves
havebeenusedup.2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,bynoti­
fyingtheCommission,drawathirdshareequalto
7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunit
wherenecessary,totheextentpermittedbythe
amountofthereserve.ItshallinformtheMemberStatesnotlaterthan
15October1974,oftheamountsstillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallinaccord­
ancewiththesameconditions,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupa
reserveislimitedtothebalanceavailableandtothis
endshallspecifytheamountthereoftotheMember
Statemakingthelastdrawing.
Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserve
isusedup.
Article7
4.Byderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,the
MemberStatesmayproceedtodrawsharessmaller
thanthosefixedtherein,ifthereisreasontobelieve
thatthosesharesmightnotbeusedup.Theyshall
informtheCommission ofthereasonswhichled
themtoapplythisparagraph.1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawnpursuant
toArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythatimports
maybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesintheCommunitytariffquotas.

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Article9 2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefree
accesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhensuchgoods
areenteredforhomeuse.TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallco­
operatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulation
isobserved.
Article10
Article8ThetariffquotalaiddowninthisRegulationshall
beopenedfor1974.
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .MemberStatesshallinformtheCommissionatreg­
ularintervalsofimportsofthesaidproductactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4February1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
W.SCHEEL