NoL285/48 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 12.10.73
REGULATION (EEC)No2778/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of11October1973
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforother
wovenfabricsofcottonfallingwithinheadingNo55.09oftheCommonCustoms
TarifforiginatingintheArabRepublicofEgypt
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,shouldbeappliedconsistentlytoallimportsof
theproductsinquestionuntilthequotaisused
up;
—inthelightoftheprinciplessetoutabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotamaybestbe
preservedbyanarrangementallocatingitamong
thoseMemberStates;whereasinordertoreflect
mostaccuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthe
marketintheproductsinquestion,suchalloca­
tionshouldbeproportionatetotherequirements
oftheMemberStates,calculatedbothfromthe
statisticsofeachMemberState'simportsfrom
theArabRepublicofEgyptoverarepresen­
tativereferenceperiodandfromtheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
—duringthepastthreeyearsforwhichstatis­
ticsareavailable,thefollowingpercentages
representtherespectiveimportsoftheMember
Statesconcernedinrelationtoimportsofthe
productsinquestionfromtheArabRepublicof
EgyptintotheCommunityasoriginallyconstitu­
ted:HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommis­
sion;
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheArabRepublicof
Egypt(*),hereinaftercalled'theAgreement',andthe
Protocollayingdowncertainprovisionsconcerning
theAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheArabRepublicofEgyptin
consequence oftheAccessionofnewMember
StatestotheEuropeanEconomicCommunity (2),
hereinaftercalled'theProtocol',providesforthe
openingofanannualCommunitytariffquotaof
3250metrictonsofotherwovenfabricsofcotton
fallingwithinheadingNo55.09oftheCommon
CustomsTarifforiginatingintheArabRepublicof
Egypt;whereas,ifthedateofentryintoforceof
theAgreementshouldnotfallatthebeginningof
thecalendaryear,thequotashouldbeopenedpro
ratatemporis;whereasundertheProtocolthetariff
quotashouldbeallocatedamongtheMember
Statesasfollows:2500metrictonsfortheMember
StatesoftheCommunityasoriginallyconstituted,
90metrictonsforDenmark,10metrictonsfor
Irelandand650metrictonsfortheUnited
Kingdom;whereasAnnexItotheAgreement
providesthatthedutiesapplicabletothequota
shallbeequalto55°/oofthedutiesofthe
CommonCustomsTariff;whereasasregardsthe
dutiestobeappliedtothequotabythenew
MemberStates,thespecialprovisionsofthe
ProtocolandoftheActofAccession (3)shouldbe
observed;whereasaCommunitytariffquotaof
542metrictonsshouldthereforebeopenedfor
thoseproducts;whereastocomplywiththespecial
provisionsoftheProtocol,separatearrangements
shouldbemadefortheMemberStatesofthe
Community asoriginallyconstitutedontheone
handandforthenewMemberStatesontheother;
WhereasasregardsinparticulartheMemberStates
oftheCommunityasoriginallyconstituted :
—equalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashould
beensuredforallimportersandquotaduties1969 1970 1971
Germany 5-16 6-953-0
Benelux 37-33 10-7127-19
France 6-705-561-17
Italy 50-8176-7868-64
inviewofthosefactsandoftheforecastsmade
bycertainMemberStates,theinitialpercentage
sharesofthatquotashouldbeallocatedapproxi­
matelyasfollows:
Germany 15
Benelux 22
France 15
Italy 48
(»)OINoL251,7.9.1973,p.2.
(2)OJNoL251,7.9.1973,p.87.
(3)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.—inordertotakeaccountofimporttrendsforthe
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EconomicUnionanymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedto
thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyone
ofitsmembers;
Whereas,asregardsinparticularthenewMember
States:
—thequotadutiesaretobecalculatedbythenew
MemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles3
and4oftheProtocol;
—equalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashould
beensuredforallimportersandquotaduties
shouldbeappliedconsistentlytoallimportsof
thesaidproductsuntilthequotaisusedup,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :concerned,thequotaamountshouldbedivided
intotwotranches,thefirsttranchebeingallo­
catedamongthesameMemberStates,the
secondtrancheconstitutingareserveintendedto
coverthelaterrequirements ofthoseMember
Stateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialquota
shares;whereasinordertoensureacertain
degreeofsecuritytoimportersineachofthose
MemberStates,thefirsttrancheofthequota
shouldbefixedinthiscaseatapproximately
65°/o;
—theinitialquotasharesmaybeusedupat
differentrates;whereas,therefore,toavoid
disruptionofsupplies,anyMemberStatewhich
hasalmostusedupitsinitialquotasharemust
drawanadditionalquotasharefromthe
reserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateaseachoneofitsadditional
quotasharesisalmostusedup,andasmany
timesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial
andadditionalquotasharesmustbevaliduntil
theendofthequotaperiod;whereasthisform
ofadministration requiresclosecollaboration
betweentheMemberStatesconcernedandthe
Commission ,andtheCommissionmustbeina
positiontofollowtheextenttowhichthequota
volumehasbeenusedupandinformthe
MemberStatesthereof;
—if,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,aconsid­
erablequantityoftheinitialquotashareisleft
overinaMemberState,itisessentialthatthat
Stateshouldreturnasignificantproportionto
thereservetopreventapartofthequotaallo­
catedtotheMemberStatesoftheCommunity
asoriginallyconstitutedfromremainingunused
inoneMemberStatewhileitcouldbeusedin
others;
—sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgarejointlyrepresentedbytheBeneluxArticle1
ACommunitytariffquotaof542metrictonsis
openedfortheperiodfrom1Novemberto31
December1973inrespectofotherwovenfabricsof
cottonfallingwithinheadingNo55.09ofthe
CommonCustomsTarifforiginatingintheArab
RepublicofEgypt.
Thisquotashallbeallocatedandadministered in
accordancewiththeprovisionssetoutbelow.
ProvisionsapplicabletotheMemberStatesofthe
Communityasoriginallyconstituted
Article2
TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesarepartially
suspendedattheratesindicatedbelowinrespectof
417metrictonsofthequotareferredtoinArticle
1:
CCT
beading
NoDescriptionofgoodsRateof
duty»/«
55.09 Otherwovenfabricsofcotton
A.Containing85%ormorebyweightofcotton:
I.Ofawidthoflessthan85cm 7-1
II.Other 7-7
B.Other:
I.Ofawidthoflessthan85cm 7-7
II.Other 8-2

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Article3 unusedportionexceeding20%>oftheinitial
amount.Itmayreturnagreaterportionifthereare
groundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbeusedup.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10December
1973,notifytotheCommissionthetotalquantities
oftheproductsinquestionimporteduptoand
including1December1973andchargedagainstthe
Communitytariffquotaandanyquantitiesreturned
tothereserve.1.Afirsttrancheof272metrictonsofthe
amountmentionedinArticle2isallocatedamong
thoseMemberStates;theshareswhich,subjectto
Article6,arevaliduntil31December1973areas
follows:
Germany 42metrictons
Benelux 60metrictons
France 42metrictons
Italy 128metrictons
2.Thesecondtranche,amountingto145metric
tons,constitutesthereserve.Article7
Article4TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountofthequota
sharesopenedbytheMemberStatespursuantto
Articles3and4andshall,assoonasinformation
reachesit,informeachStateoftheextenttowhich
thereservehasbeenusedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan15December1973,inform
theMemberStatesoftheamountstillinreserve
afterreturnshavebeenmadepursuanttoArticle6.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupthe
reserveislimitedtothebalanceavailableandto
thisendshallspecifytheamountthereoftothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article81.If90%>ormoreofaMemberState'sinitial
quotashareasspecifiedinArticle3(1),orofthat
shareminustheportionreturnedtothereserve
whereArticle6isapplied,hasbeenusedup,that
MemberStateshallwithoutdelay,bynotifyingthe
Commission ,drawasecondquotashare,tothe
extentthatthereserveissufficient,equalto15°/o
ofitsinitialquotashare,roundedupwhereneces­
sarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialquotasharehasbeenused
up,90°/oormoreofthesecondquotasharedrawn
byaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshallwithoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommis­
sion,drawathirdquotashare,totheextentthat
thereserveissufficient,equalto7-5%ofitsinitial
quotashare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextunit.
3.If,afteritssecondquotasharehasbeenused
up,90%>ormoreofthethirdquotasharedrawn
byaMemberStatehasalsobeenusedup,that
MemberStateshall,inaccordancewithparagraph2,
drawafourthquotashareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessiscontinueduntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1to3,aMember
Statemaydrawquotashareslowerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosefixedmaynotbeusedup.It
shallinformtheCommission ofitsreasonsfor
applyingthisparagraph .MemberStatesshalltakeallnecessarymeasuresto
ensurethattheadditionalsharestakenupunder
Article4aresodrawnastoallowforuninterrupted
chargesagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesofthe
Communityquota.
ProvisionsapplicabletothenewMemberStates
Article9
Aquantityof125metrictonsofthequotareferred
toinArticle1isallocatedamongthenewMember
Statesasfollows:
Denmark 15metrictons
Ireland 2metrictons
UnitedKingdom 108metrictons.Article5
AdditionalquotasharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle
4arevaliduntil31December1973.
Article10
Article6
AMemberStatewhichon1December1973has
notusedupitsinitialquotashareshallreturnto
thereservenotlaterthan10December1973theThenewMemberStatesshallapplyquotaduties
whichconformwiththerelevantprovisionsofthe
AgreementoftheProtocolandoftheActofAcces­
sion.

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Article12 ProvisionsapplicabletoallMemberStates
Article11MemberStatesshallregularlyinformtheCommis­
sionofimportsofthesaidproductsoriginatingin
theArabRepublicofEgyptactuallychargedagainst
theirquotashares.
Article131.MemberStatesshallensurethatthequota
sharesallocatedtothemarefreelyaccessibleto
importersoftheproductsinquestionestablishedin
theirterritory.
2.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productsinquestionagainsttheirquotasharesas
theproductsarepresentedforcustomsclearance
underdeclarationsofentryforconsumption .
3.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStatesshares
havebeenusedupshallbeascertainedfromthe
importschargedunderparagraph2.MemberStatesandtheCommission shallcolla­
boratecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegula­
tionisobserved.
Article14
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1
November1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBnussells,11October1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
I.NØRGAARD