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REGULATION (EEC)No360/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of4^February 1974
opening,allocating andproviding fortheadministration ofaCommunity tariffquota
fordriedfigsfallingwithinsubheading Noex08.03BoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originating inSpain
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,Whereas,duringthepastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsby
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentages oftheimportsintotheCommunity from
Spainoftheproductsconcerned :
1970 1971 1972
Germany— — —
Benelux 30 100
(=5mt)
France 70— —
Italy— — —
Whereas ,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submitted bycertainMemberStatesaswellasthe
practicalneedtoensurethattheobligations contracted
undertheAgreement concerned areallocatedfairly
amongalltheMemberStates,initialquotashares
maybefixedapproximately atthefollowingpercen­
tages:HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,andinparticular Articles43
and113j:hereof ;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament ;
WhereastheAgreement betweentheEuropeanEcono­
micCommunity andSpain,signed^atLuxembourg
on29June1970,providesinArticle2(1)togetherwith
Article9ofAnnexIfortheopeningbytheCommunity
ofanannualCommunity tariffquotaof200metric
tonsofdriedfigsfallingwithinsubheading Noex
08.03BoftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating
inSpainandimported inimmediate packingsofa
netcapacityof15kgorless;whereas,pursuantto
Article9_ofthesaidAnnex,thequotadutyisequal
to30%oftheCommon CustomsTariffdutyin
respectoftheproductconcerned ;
Whereasitisinparticular necessarytoensuretoall
Community importersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
application oftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductconcerned intoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciples mentioned above,
theCommunity natureofthequotacanberespected
byallocatingtheCommunity tariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectmore
accurately theactualdevelopment ofthemarketin
theproductconcerned ,suchallocation shouldbein
proportion totheneedsoftheMemberStates,assessed
byreferencetoboththestatisticsofeachState's
importsofthesaidgoodsfromSpainoverarepresen­
tativeperiodandtheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodconcerned ;Germany 10
Benelux 30
France 50
Italy 10
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcerned inthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
tranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStates,andthesecondformingareserve
intendedultimately tocovertherequirements ofthe
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegree
ofsecuritytoimporters ineachMemberState,the
firsttrancheoftheCommunity quotashouldbe
determined atalevelwhich,underpresentcircum­
stances,maybe80%ofthequotaamount;

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2.Thesecondtrancheof40metrictonsshallconsti­
tutethereserve .
Article3"Whereas,theinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmay
beusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorderto
takethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity ,itisimportant thatanyMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditional sharefromthereserve;
whereas,thismustbedonebyeachMemberStateas
andwheneachofitsadditional sharesisalmost
entirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesmustbeavailableforuseuntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthismethodofadministration
callsforclosecooperation betweenMemberStates
andtheCommission ,whichmust,inparticular ,be
abletoobservetheextenttowhichthequotaamount
isusedandinformMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable balanceremainsinoneorotherMember
StateitisessentialthatthatMemberStatepaysa
largeamountofitbackintothereserve,inorderto
avoidapartoftheCommunity quotasremaining
unusedinoneMember Statewhenitcouldbeused
inothers;
Whereas ,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedinandrepresented bytheBenelux
Economic Union,alltransactions concerning the
administration ofsharesgrantedtotheabovementioned
Economic Unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneof
itsmembers ,1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,
wheretheprovisions ofArticle5havebeenapplied,
hasbeenexhausted ,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifying theCommission ,to
drawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitial
share,roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate ,
totheextentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted ,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,inaccordance withtheconditions laid
downinparagraph 1,todrawathirdshareequalto
7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunit
whereappropriate ,totheextentthattheamountin
thereserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted ,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,inthe
sameway,todrawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveisex­
hausted .
4.Notwithstanding theprovisions~of paragraphs 1,
2andJS,the^Member Statesmayproceedtodraw
sharessmallerj:hanthose^fixed inthoseparagraphs ,
ifthereisreasontobelievethatthosesharesmightnot
beusedup.TheyshallinformtheCommission ofthe
reasonswhichledthemtoapplythisparagraph .HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article 1
Until31December 1974,theCommon Customs
Tariffdutyinrespectofdriedfigsfallingwithin
subheading Noex08.03B,originating inSpainand
imported inimmediate packingsofanetcapacity
notexceeding 15kgshallbepartiallysuspended at
3%withinthelimitsofaCommunity tariffquotaof
200metrictons.Article4
Theadditional sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December 1974.
Article2Article5
1.Afirsttranche,amounting to160metrictonsof
theCommunity tariffquotareferredtoinArticle1,
shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;the
proportions which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbe
validfrom1Januaryuntil31December 1974shall
consistofthefollowing amounts :If,by15September 1974,aMemberStatehasnotused
upitsinitialshare,itshall,notlaterthan10October
1974,returntothereservetheunusedportionofthis
shareinexceesof20%oftheinitialamount.Itmay
returnalargerquantityifthereisreasontobelieve
thatsuchquantitymightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October
1974,notifytheCommission ofthetotalimportsofthe
productconcerned effectedupto15September 1974Germany 16
Benelux 48
France 80
Italy 16

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inclusive ,andchargedagainsttheCommunity quota
and,whereappropriate ,theproportion oftheirinitial
sharethatisbeingreturnedtothereserve.
Article62.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters of
thesaidgoodsestablished intheirterritoryhavefree
accesstothesharesallocated tothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productconcerned againsttheirsharesasandwhen
thegoodsareenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordance withparagraph 3.
Article8TheCommission shallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordance withArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommission shall,notlaterthan15October1974,
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommission shallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,forthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthereof
oftheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing .MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission atregular
intervalsofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMember StatesandtheCommission shall
cooperate closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegu­
lationisobserved .
Article7 Article10
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate mea­
surestoensurethat,whenadditional sharesaredrawn
pursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforchargestobe
madewithoutinterruption againsttheiraccumulated
sharesoftheCommunity quota.ThetariffquotalaiddowninthisRegulation shallbe
openedfor1974.
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforcethreedays
following itspublication intheOfficialJournalofthe
European Communities .
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4February 1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
W.SCHEEL