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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)No3042/76
of9December 1976
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity tariffquota
forman-made fibresfallingwithinheadingNo56.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originating inMalta(1977)
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,tomsTariffdutyinrespectoftheproductsconcerned ;
whereastocomplywiththespecialprovisions of
thesaidProtocol,separatearrangements shouldbe
madeforMemberStatesoftheCommunity asorig­
inallyconstituted ontheonehand,andforthenew
MemberStaitesontheother;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuro­
peanEconomic Community ,andinparticular Article
113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,Whereas,since1January1974,Maltahasbeen
grantedtreatment nolessfavourable thanthaten­
joyedbycountrieseligibleforthegeneralized tariff
preferences ;whereastothisendthereforetheduty
ratesshouldbetotallysuspended andthequotavol­
umeincreasedto940metrictonsfor1977;whereas,
however,theCommunity hasalreadyopenedaduty­
freetariffquotaof992metrictonsfortheproducts
inquestionfor1976;whereasthereforethequota
volumeshouldbeheldatthisleveladdthedifference
between thesevolumes shouldbeallocated tothe
twogroupsofMemberStates;WhereastheAgreement betweentheEuropean
Economic Community andMalta(1),signedon5De­
cember1970,andtheProtocollayingdowncertain
provisions concerning thatAgreement asaresultof
theaccessionofnewMemberStatestotheEuropean
Economic Community (2),providefortheopening
bytheCommunity ofanannualCommunity tariff
quotaof800metrictonsofman-made fibres
(discontinuous orwaste),carded,combedorother­
wisepreparedforspinning,fallingwithinheading
No56.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating
inMalta;whereas,pursuanttothejointdeclaration
annexedtothisProtocol,thetariffquotashouldbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStatesasfollows:600
metrictonsfortheCommunity asoriginally consti­
tutedand200metrictonsforthenewMember
States;whereasthefirststageoftheAgreement ends
on30June1977and,pursuanttoAnnexItothe
Agreement theproratatemporisclausewouldapply
tothevolumeofthequota;whereastheCommunity
intendstomaintainitstradingrelationswithMalta;
whereastheprovisions governing thesecondstage
shouldnotbelessfavourable thanthoselaiddown
forthefirst;whereasinordernottodisrupttrading
patternsfortheproductsinquestion,theCommunity
tariffquotashouldbeopenedforthewholeof1977;
whereas,pursuanttoAnnexItothesaidAgreement ,
thequotadutyisequalto30%oftheCommonCus­W'hereasitisinparticular necessarytoensureforall
Community importersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted ap­
plicationoftherate'laiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductconcerned intoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentioned above,the
Community natureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocating theCommunity tariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectmore
accurately theactualdevelopment ofthemarketin
theproductsconcerned ,suchallocationshouldbein
proportion totheneedsoftheMemberStates,as­
sessedbyreference toboththestatisticsofeach
State'simportsofthesaiidgoodsfromMaltaover
arepresentative referenceperiodandtheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodconcerned ;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstat­
isticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsbyeach
oftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing per­
centagesoftheimportsintotheCommunity from
Maltaoftheproductsconcerned :(»)OJNoL61,14.3.1971,p.2.
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Germany— — —
Benelux — — —
France— — —
Italy 100
(=1")
Denmark— 100
(=16·)—
Ireland — — —
UnitedKingdom .—— —entirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesmustbeavailableforuseuntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthismethodofadministration
callsforclosecooperation betweenMemberStates
andtheCommission ,whichmust,inparticular ,be
abletoobservetheextenttowhichthequotaamount
isusedandinformMemberStatesthereof;
Wlhereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,
aconsiderable balanceremainsinoneorotherMem­
berStateitisessentialthatthatMemlberStatepays
alargeamountofitbackintothereserve,inorder
toavoidapartofdieCommunity quotaremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeused
inothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,tiheKing­
domoftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunitedinandrepresented bythe
BeneluxEconomic Union,anymeasureconcerning
theadministration ofthequotasharesallocatedto
thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
memlbers ,(*)metrictons.
Whereas,inconnection withtheallocation ofboth
thequotavolumesreferredtoabove,accountmust
betakenofboththesepercentages andtheestimates
fromcertainMemberStatesaswellasthepractical
needtoensurethattheobligations contracted under
theAgreement concerned areallocatedfairlyamong
alltheMemberStates;whereas,initialpercentage
sharesinthequotavolumesmayconsequently be
fixedapproximately asfollows :HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article 1Germany 13
Benelux 13
France 18
Italy 56
Denmark 16
Ireland 24
UnitedKingdom 601.From1Januaryuntil31December 1977,aCom­
munitytariffquotaof992metrictonsshallbe
openedintheCommunity forman-made fibres(dis­
continuous orwaste),carded,combedorotherwise
preparedforspinning,fallingwithinheadingNo
56.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating
inMalta.
2.WithinthelimitsofthistariffquotatheCom­
munityCustomsTariffdutiesshallbetotally
suspended .
Thissuspension shallbefullyappliedinthenew
MemberStates.
3.Anamountof771metrictonsshallbeallocated
totheMemberStateoftheCommunity asoriginally
constituted .
4.Anamountof221metrictonsshallbeallocated
tothenewMember States.Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcerned inthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountsshouldbedividedinto
twoinstalments ,thefirstinstalments beingallocated
amongtheMemberStatesandthesecondforming
reservesintendedultimately tocovertherequire­
mentsoftheMemberStateswhichhaveusedup
theirinitialshares;whereas,inordertoensurea
certaindegreeofsecurityforimportersineachMem­
berState,thefirstinstalments ofthequotasshould
bedetermined atalevelwhich,underpresentcir­
cumstances ,maybeapproximately 60%ofthequota
amounts ;
WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmay
beusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorderto
takethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity ,itisimportant thatanyMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditional sharefromthereserve;
whereas,thismustbedone'byeachMemberState
asandwheneachofitsadditional sharesisalmostArticle2
1.Afirstinstalment ,amounting to480metrictons
oftheamountspecifiedinArticle1(3),shallbealio­

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catedamongtheMemberStatesoftheCommunity
asoriginallyconstituted ;theshares,whichsubjectto
Article5arevaliduntil31December 1977,shallbe
asfollows :4.Notwithstanding theprovisions ofparagraphs 1,
2and3,theMemberStatesmayproceedtodraw
sharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs ,
ifthereisreasontobelievethattheymightnotbe
usedup.TheyshallinformtheCommission ofthe
reasonswhichledthemtoapplythisparagraph . Benelux
Germany
France
Italy63metrictons,
63metrictons,
86metrictons,
268metrictons.Article4
Thesecondinstalment of291metrictonsshallcon­
stitutetherelevantreserve .Eachoftheadditional sharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallfoevaliduntil31December 1977.
Article52.Afirstinstalment ,amounting to133metrictons
ofitheamountmentioned inArticle1(4),shallbe
allocatedamongthenewMemfoerStates;theshares,
whichsubjecttoArticle5arevaliduntil31Decem­
ber1977,shallfoeasfollows:
Denmark 21metrictons,
Ireland 32metrictons,
UnitedKingdom 80metrictons.
Thesecondtrancheof88metrictonsshallconstitute
therelevantreserve.MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1977,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September 1977,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayre­
turnalargerportioniftherearegroundsforbeliev­
ingthatsuchportionmaynotfoeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1977,
notifytheCommission ofthetotalimportsofthe
productinquestioneffectedupCoandincluding 15
September 1977andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaand,whereappropriate ,theproportion oftheir
initialsharethatisbeingreturnedtothereserve.Article3
Article6
TheCommission shallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordance withArticles
2and3andshallinformeadhofthemoftheextent
towhichthereserveshavebeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommission shall,notlaterthan5October1977,
notifyMemfoerStatesoftheamountinthereserves
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommission shaKlensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupanyreserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,forthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemfoerStatewhichmakesthefiinaldrawing .1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2,or90%ofthatshare
lesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,wherethe
provisions oifArticle5havebeenapplied,hasbeen
exhausted ,thatMemfoerStates)hallproceedwithout
delay,bynotifying theCommission ,todrawa
secondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
uptothenextunitwhereappropriate ,totheextent
thattheamountintherelevantreserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted ,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemfoer
State'hasibeenused,thatMemfoerStateshall,inac­
cordancewiththeconditions laiddowninparagraph
1,proceedtodrawathirdshareequalto7-5%of
itsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate ,totheextentthattheamountinthe
reserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted ,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemfoerState
hasbeenused,thatMemfoerStateshallproceed,in
thesamewaytodrawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereservesare
exhausted .Article7
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Article8
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission ,Mem­
berStatesshallinformitofimportsactuallycharged
againsttheirshares.
Article9pursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforchargestobe
madewithoutinterruption againsttheiraccumulated
sharesoftheCommunity quota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productconcerned established intheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoodsare
enteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemlberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordance withparagraph 3.TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallco­
operatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegu­
lationisobserved .
Article10
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon1January
1977.
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9December 1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
P.J.J.MERTENS