NoL356/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 27.12.73
REGULATION (EEC)No3462/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of17December1973
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforyarn
spunentirelyfromsilkwasteotherthannoil,notputupforretailsale,fallingwithin
headingNoex50.05oftheCommonCustomsTarifffor1974
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,productsbeingsubjectedtoaconsiderablecustoms
chargewhileproductsmanufactured fromsilkyarn
facepowerfulcompetitionfromsimilarproducts
manufactured fromothermaterial;whereasan
insufficiency ofsupplywithintheCommunity,
addedtocompetitionatfinishedproductlevel,might
haveadverseresultsfortheCommunity'sprocessing
industries; NHavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Article28thereof;
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ;
WhereasthedutyundertheCommonCustomsTariff
applicableonimportsofthesilkwasteyarnin
questionis3-5%;whereaswhenfixingthequota
dutyitisappropriatetotakeintoaccount,ontheone
hand,thesituationoftheCommunityindustry
producingyarnspunfromwastesilkand,onthe
other,thatoftheindustriesprocessingyarnspun
fromwastesilkwithregardtotheirobtaining
suppliesonfavourableterms;whereasaquotaduty
of1-5%couldbestsatisfytheabovementioned
requirements ;Whereas,inaccordancewiththeresolutionpassedat
itsmeetingof29to31May1967,theCouncil,byits
Regulation (EEC)No323/70(1),reintroduceduntil
31December1976the7%autonomousdutyofthe
CommonCustomsTariffforyarnspunentirelyfrom
silkwasteotherthannoil,notputupforretailsale
fallingwithinheadingNoex50.05;whereasthe
conventionaldutyforthatproductis3-5%;
Whereastheaforesaidresolutionfurtherprovidesfor
theopeninginrespectofthatperiodandforsuch
yarnofanannualCommunitytariffquotawith
reduceddutyornildutywhereachangeinthe
sourcesofsupplyoraninsufficientsupplywithinthe
Communitymighthaveadverseresultsforthe
processingindustriesintheMemberStates;Whereasthetrendinimportsduringthelastfew
yearsandthefirstmonthsof1972suggestthat
Communityimportrequirements oftheyarnsin
questionmightbeintheregionof190metrictonsfor
1974;whereastheopeningofaCommunitytariff
quotaofthatvolumeisunlikelytoharmCommunity
production ;
Whereasyarnspunfromwastesilkisproducedinthe
Community ;whereasalthoughthatproductionshould
coveralltheCommunityrequirements byreasonof
itsoverallvolume,thisdoesnotapplywithregardto
yarnentirelyspunfromwastesilk;whereasthereis,
asaresult,aninsufficiency ofsupplyinthe
Community ;Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandtherateof
levyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistentlytoallimportsoftheproductinquestion
untilthequotaisusedup;whereasutilizationofthe
Communitytariffquotabasedonanallocation
betweentheMemberStatesconcernedwouldinthe
lightoftheprinciplesoutlinedaboveappear
consistentwiththeCommunitynatureofthequota;
whereastorepresentascloselyaspossibletheactual
trendofthemarketintheproductinquestionthe
allocationshouldfollowproportionally the
requirements oftheMemberStatescalculatedboth
fromstatisticsofimportsduringarepresentative
referenceperiodandfromtheeconomicoutlookfor
thetariffyearinquestion;WhereasconsequentlyCommunitysupplyforthose
qualitiesofyarndependstoaconsiderableextenton
imports;whereasfullapplicationofthedutyunder
theCommonCustomsTariffwouldresultinthose
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Whereastheimportsoftheproductsfallingwithin
theheadingNo50.05ofeachoftheMemberStates
concernedduringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
completestatisticsareavailablerepresentthe
followingpercentagesoftotalCommunityimportsof
theseproducts:Commissionmustbeinapositiontofollowthe
extenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeenusedup
andinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atgivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityisleftoverinaMemberState,
itisessentialthatsuchStateshouldreturna
substantialproportiontothereserve,topreventpart
ofthetotalquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhileitcouldbeusedinothers;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg ,arejointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnionanymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthesharesallocatedtothat
EconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyoneofits
members,Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom1970
0.8
0
43.0
7.4
0
36.6
12.21971
0.5
0.1
39.2
5.0
0
47.0
8.21972
0.1
0.1
41.0
10.8
0.6
38.7
8.7
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Whereasinviewofthesefactorsandoftheforecasts
whichitispossibletomaketheinitialpercentage,
sharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressed
approximately asfollows:Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1974the
autonomousdutyoftheCommonCustomsTarifffor
yarnspunentirelyfromsilkwasteotherthannoil,
notputupforretailsale,fallingwithinheadingNo
ex50.05,shallbesuspendedat1%inrespectofa
Communitytariffquotaof220metrictons.
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,thenew
MemberStatesshallapplythedutiescalculatedin
accordancewiththerelevantprovisionsoftheActof
Accession (x).Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom0.5
0.5
42.1
8.9
0.5
34.3
13.2
Article2
1.Afirsttrancheof190metrictonsofthis
Communitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStates;thesharesshall,subjecttoArticle5,
bevaliduntil31December1974andshallbeas
follows:Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsfor
theproductunderconsideration ,thetotalquota
volumeshouldbedividedintotwotranches,thefirst
xbeingallocatedandthesecondheldasareserveto
coveratalaterdatetherequirements ofMember
Stateswhohaveuseduptheirinitialshare;whereas
togiveimporterssomedegreeofcertaintythefirst
trancheoftheCommunityquotashouldbefixedat
85%ofthetotalquota;
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupmoreor
lessquickly;whereas,therefore,toavoiddisruption
ofsuppliesanyMemberStatewhichhasalmostused
upitsinitialshare,mustdrawasupplementary share
fromthereserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateaseachoneofitssupplementary
sharesisalmostusedup,andasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialand
supplementary sharesmustbevaliduntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;whereasthisformof
administration requiresclosecollaboration between
theMemberStatesandtheCommission ,andtheBenelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom1metricton
1metricton
80metrictons
17metrictons
1metricton
65metrictons
25metrictons
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2.Thesecondtranche,of30metrictons,shallbe
heldinreserve.TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October
1974,notifytotheCommissionthetotalquantitiesof
yarnfromsilkwasteimporteduptoandincluding15
September1974andchargedagainsttheCommunity
tariffquotaandanyfractionsoftheinitialshare
returnedtothereserve.Article3
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStatesnotlaterthan15
October1974oftheamountheldinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichfinallyusesup
thereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailableandto
thisendshallspecifytheamountthereoftothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitial
sharespecifiedinArticle2(1)orofthatshareminis
theportionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5is
applied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawa
secondshare,totheextentthatthereserveis
sufficient,equalto1Q%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
upwherenecessarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,by
notifyingtheCommission ,drawathirdshare,tothe
extentthatthereserveissufficient,equalto5%of
itsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextunit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewithparagraph2,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplybyanalogyuntilthereserve
isusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,theMemberStatesmaydrawshareslowerthan
thosefixedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegrounds
forconsideringthatthosefixedmaynotbeusedup.
TheyshallinformtheCommissionoftheirreasons
forapplyingthisparagraph.Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
chargesmaybemade,withoutinterruption ,against
theircumulativesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidproductestablishedinitsterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtoit.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeagainsttheir
sharesimportsoftheproductinquestion,whenthe
productisenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.Article4
Supplementary sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1974.
Article5
Article8AMemberStatewhichon15September1974has
notusedupitsinitialshareshallreturntothereserve
notlaterthan10October1974theunusedportion
exceeding20%oftheinitialamount.Itmayreturna
greaterportioniftherearegroundsforconsidering
thatitmaynotbeusedup.TheMemberStatesshallregularlyinformthe
Commissionofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.

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Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed.Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1974.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17December1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
I.NØRGAARD