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of9December1976
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
formen'sandboys'outergarmentsfallingwithinheadingNo61.01oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginCyprus(1977)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Article113thereof,States;whereasAnnex1totheAgreementprovides
thatthedutiesapplicabletochequotashallbeequal
to30%oftheCommonCustomsTariffduties;
whereas,asregardsthedutiestobeappliedtothe
quotabythenewMemberStates,thespecialpro­
visionsoftheProtocolandoftheAotofAccession(3)
mustberespected;whereastocomplywiththe
specialprovisionsoftheProtocol,separatearrange­
mentsshouldbemadefortheMemberStatesofthe
Communityasoriginallyconstitutedontheone
hand,andforthenewMemberStatesontheother;HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotato
allimportsoftheproductsconcernedintoall
MemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;
whereas,havingregardtotheprinciplesmentioned
above,theCommunitynatureofthequotacanbe
respectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquota
amongtheMemberStates;whereas,inorderto
reflectmoreaccuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthe
marketintheproductsconcerned,suchallocation
shouldbeinproportiontotheneedsoftheMember
States,assessedbyreferencetoboththestatisticsof
eachState'simportsofthesaidgoodsfromCyprus
overarepresentative referenceperiodandthe
economicoutlooksforthequotaperiodconcerned;WhereastheAgreementestablishinganassociation
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
RepublicofCyprus(*),hereinaftercalled'theAgree­
ment',andtheProtocollayingdowncertainpro­
visionsconcerningthatAgreementasaresultofthe
accessionofnewMemberStatestotheEuropean
EconomicCommunity (2),hereinaftercalled'the
Protocol',providefortheopeningofanannualCom­
munitytariffquotaof500metrictonsofmen'sand
boys'outergarmentsfallingwithinheadingNo61.01
oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatingin
Cyprus;whereas,however,thefirststageofthe
Agreementendson30June1977;whereastheCom­
munityintendstomaintainitstradingrelationswith
thatcountry;whereastheprovisionsgoverningthe
secondhalfof1977shouldnotbelessfavourable
thanthoselaiddownforthefirst;whereasinorder
nottodisrupttradingpatternsfortheproductsin
question,thetariffquotashouldbeopenedforthe
wholeof1977;Whereas,however,duringthepastthreeyearsno
suchproductsoriginatinginCyprushavebeen
importedintotheCommunityasoriginallyconsti­
tuted;whereasaminimalamounthasbeenimported
intoonlyoneofthenewMemberStates;whereasno
forecastcanbemadefor1977;whereastoensure
fairdistributionofthetwoquotaamountsbetween
theMemberStatesconcernedeachMemberState
shouldmakeasignificantcontributiontotherelevant
quotaamount;whereassuchcontributions mayWhereas,pursuanttodiejointdeclarationon
Article2oftheProtocol,thetariffquotashouldbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStatesasfollows:
100metrictonsfortheCommunityasoriginally
constitutedand400metrictonsforthenewMember
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tothefollowing thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyof
itsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :approximately correspond
percentages :
Benelux
Germany
France
Italy
Denmark
Ireland
UnitedKingdom19
28
28
25
45
3
52Article1
From1Januaryuntil31December1977,atariff
quotaof500metrictonsshallbeopenedwithinthe
Communityinrespectofmen'sandboys'outer
garmentsfallingwithinheadingNo61.01ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginCyprus.This
quotashallbeallocatedandadministeredinaccord­
ancewiththeprovisionssetoutbelow.
Article2Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,eachoftheseamountsshouldbedividedinto
twoinstalments,thefirstinstalmentsbeingallocated
amongtheMemberStatesandthesecondforming
reservesintendedultimatelytocovertherequirements
oftheMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
quotashares;whereas,inordertoensureacertain
degreSofsecurityforimportersineachMember
State,thefirstinstalmentsoftheCommunityquota
shouldbedeterminedatalevelwhich,underpresent
circumstances ,maybeapproximately 72and50%of
thequotaamountrespectively;1.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutyshallbe
partiallysuspendedattherateof5-1%inrespectof
100metrictonsofthequotareferredtoinArticle1.
2.Withinthelimitsof400metrictonsofthequota
referredtoinArticle1,thenewMemberStatesshall
applythedutieslaiddownintherelevantprovisions
oftheActofAccession,theAgreementandthe
Protocol.
Article3
1.Afirstinstalment,amountingto72metrictonsof
theamountspecifiedinArticle2(1),shallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStatesoftheCom­
munityasoriginallyconstituted;theshares,which
subjecttoArticle6arevaliduntil31December1977,
shallbeasfollows:
Germany
Benelux
France
Italy20metrictons,
14metrictons,
20metrictons,
18metrictons.WhereastheinitalsharesoftheMemiberStatesmay
beusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorderto
takethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,itisimportantchatanyMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromtherelevant
reserve;whereas,thismustbedonebyeachMember
Stateasandwheneachofitsadditionalsharesis
almostentirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimes
asthereservesallow;whereastheinitialand
additionalsharesmustbeavailableforuseuntilthe
endofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration callsforclosecooperationbetween
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,whichmust,in
particular,beabletoobservetheextenttowhich
thequotaamountsareused,andinformMember
Statesthereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperioda
considerablebalanceremainsinoneorotherMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStatepaysa
largeamountofitbackintothereserve,inorder
toavoidapartofthetariffquota'sremainingunused
inoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKing­
domoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuohyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerning
theadministration ofthequotasharesallocatedtoThesecondinstalmentof28metrictonsshall
constitutetherelevantreserve.
2.Afirstinstalment,amountingto200metrictons
oftheamountspecifiedinArticle2(2),shallbe
allocatedamongthenewMemberStates;theshares,
whichsubjecttoArticle6arevaliduntil31Decem­
ber1977,shallbeasfollows:
Denmark
Ireland
UnitedKingdom90metrictons,
5metrictons,
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Thesecondinstalmentof.200metrictonsshall
constitutetherelevantreserve.TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1977,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimports
ofthesaidgoodseffecteduptoandincluding
15September1977andchargedagainsttheCom­
munityquotaand,whereappropriate,theproportion
oftheirinitialsharethatisbeingreturnedtothe
relevantreserve.Article4
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMember .Statesinaccordancewith
Articles3and4andshallinformeaohStateofthe
extenttowhichthereserveshavebeenusedupas
soonasitreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5October
1977,notifytheMemberStatesoftheamountsin
thereservesafterthereturnofsharespursuantto
Article6.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesuponeortheotherreserveislimitedto
thebalanceavailableand,forthispurpose,shallspe­
cifytheamountthereoftotheMemberStatewhich
makesthelastdrawing.1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
StatelaiddowninArticle3,or90%ofthaitsihareless
theamountreturnedintotherelevantreservewhere
theprovisionsofArticle6havebeenapplied,has
beenexhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission,todraw
asecondshare,equalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,to
theextentthattherelevantreserveissufficient.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninpara-;
graph1,todrawathirdshare,equalto7-5%ofits
initialshare,roundeduptothenextunit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,in
thesameway,todrawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntiltherelevantreserve
isexhausted.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,aMember
Statemayproceedtodrawsharessmallerthanthose
fixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreasonitobelieve
thattheymightnotbeusedup.Theyshallinform
theCommission ofthereasonswhichledthemto
applythisparagraph.Article8
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatwhenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle4itispossibleforcharges
tobemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstotheshareallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirshareasandwhenthegoods
areenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStateusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedin'accordancewithparagraph3.Article5
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article4shallbevaliduntil31December1977.
Article6
Article9 TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1977,theunusedportionof
theirinitialsharewhich,on15September1977,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturn
agreaterportioniftherefaregroundsforbelieving
thatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission,
MemberStatesshallinformitofimportsactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.

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Article10 Article11
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallco­
operatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulation
isobserved.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9December1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
P.J.J.MERTENS