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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2748/77
of5December 1977
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforrawsilk(notthrown)fallingwithinheadingNo50.02oftheCommon
CustomsTariff(1978)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,Whereas,inviewofthesefactors,theinitialpercen­
tagesharesinthequotavolumefor1978canbe
expressedapproximately asfollows:
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,Benelux 0·14
Denmark 0·14
Germany 5·86
France 29·30
Ireland 014
Italy 58·56
UnitedKingdom 5·86
whereas,totakeaccountoffuturetrendsinimports
oftheproductinquestioninalltheMemberStates,
thequotashouldbedividedintotwotranches,the
firstbeingdistributedamongtheMemberStatesand
thesecondtoformareserveintendedtocoverany
subsequentrequirements ofMemberStateswhohave
useduptheirinitialshares;whereas,inorderto
ensureacertaindegreeofsecurityforimportersof
eachMemberState,thefirsttrancheshouldinthis
casebefixedat78%ofthetotalquota;HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ,
WhereasCommunityproductionofrawsilk(not
thrown)fallingwithinheadingNo50.02ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffdoesnotcovertheneedsof
theuserindustries ;whereasthesupplyofthelatter
thereforedependstoagreatextentonimportsfrom
non-member countries;whereasitisintheinterests
oftheCommunitytosuspendtotallytheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyontheproductinquestion,
withinthelimitsofaCommunitytariffquota,the
volumeofwhichcouldbesetprovisionally at4400
tonnesfor1978;
Whereasitisdesirableatthepresenttimetoavoid
finalmeasuresthatcouldleadtothehaltingofaction
takeninthesectoroveranumberofyearstoincrease
Communityproduction ;whereas,undersuchcondi­
tions,itisadvisabletoextendthesysteminforcein
1977;
WhereasCommunityproductiondoesnotappearto
havechangedconsiderably whencomparedwith
1977;whereas,takingaccountofthisproductionand
oftheforecastsfor1978,theimportsneededtosatisfy
consumptionwithintheCommunitycanbeestimated
at4400tonnes;whereasthefixingofthequota
amountatthisleveldoesnotprecludeanadjustment
withinthequotaperiod;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersand
theratelaiddownforthetariffquotashouldbe
appliedconsistentlytoallimportsoftheproductin
questionuntilthequotaisusedup;whereasasystem
ofutilizationoftheCommunitytariffquota,basedon
anallocationbetweentheMemberStatesconcerned ,
would,inthelightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,
appearconsistentwiththeCommunitynatureofthe
quota;Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
rates;whereas,toprovideforthiseventualityandto
avoiddisruptionofsupplies,anyMemberStatewhich
hasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawan
additionalsharefromthereserve;whereasthisshould
bedonebyeachMemberStatewheneachofitsaddi­
tionalshareshasbeenalmostusedup,andsoonas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial
andadditionalsharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaboration betweenMemberStates
andtheCommission ,whichlattermust,inparticular,
beabletokeeparecordoftheextenttowhichthe
quotahasbeenusedupandtoinformtheMember
Statesaccordingly ;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityoftheinitialshareisleftoverin
aMemberState,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve,
soastoavoidapartofthequotaremainingunusedin
oneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;

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Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1Januaryto31December1978,theauto­
nomousdutyoftheCommonCustomsTariffforraw
silk"(notthrown)fallingwithinheadingNo50.02,
shallbetotallysuspendedwithinaCommunitytariff
quotaof4400tonnes.
Article2
1.Afirsttrancheof3415tonnesofthisCommu­
nitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongtheMember
States.MemberStates'shares,which,subjecttoArticle
5,shallbevaliduntil31December1978,shallbeas
follows:
(tonties)Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,MemberStatesmaydrawlessersharesthanthose
specifiedthereiniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.They
shallinformtheCommission oftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisparagraph .
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1978.
Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1978,theunusedportionsoftheir
initialshareswhich,on15September1978,arein
excessof30%oftheinitialamounts.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedup.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1October1978,ofthetotalquantitiesoftheraw
silkimporteduptoandincluding15September1978
andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotaandofany
portionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3and,assoonasithasbeennotified,shallinform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
October1978,oftheamountstillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andto
thisendshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraggregatesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.Benelux 5
Denmark 5
Germany 200
France 1000
Ireland 5
Italy 2000
UnitedKingdom 200
2.Thesecondtrancheof985tonnesshallconsti­
tutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshare
asfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminusany
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawa
secondshare,totheextentthatthereservesopermits,
equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupasneces­
sarytothenextwholenumber.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
inthemannerandtotheextentprovidedinpara­
graph1,drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitial
share.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
inaccordancewiththesameconditions ,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.

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Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productinquestionagainsttheirsharesastheproduct
isenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedeterminedaccordingtothecondi­
tionsinparagraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,5December1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.HUMBLET