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REGULATION (EEC)No354/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of4February1974
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariffquotas
forcertaintextileproductsfallingwithinheadingNos55.05and55.09andsubheading
Noex58.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff(1974),comingfromTurkey
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,—forwovenfabricsofcotton:
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle
113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereas,pendingtheentryintoforceoftheSupple­
mentaryProtocolsignedinAnkaraon30June1973
containingtheadjustmentstobemadetotheAgree­
mentestablishinganAssociationbetweentheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityandTurkeyandtothe
AdditionalProtocol(*)consequentontheAccession
ofnewMemberStates,theCommunityhasunder­
taken,inanInterimAgreement (2)whichrunsonly
fortheperiodpriortotheentryintoforceofthis
Supplementary Protocolbutwhich,inanycase,may
notextendbeyond31December1974,toim­
plementcertainprovisionsoftheSupplementary
Protocolrelatingtotradeingoods;whereas,under
Article6ofthisInterimAgreementamendingArticle
1ofAnnex2totheAdditionalProtocol,theCom­
munitymust,asfrom1January1974,reduceby75%
thecustomsdutiesonimportsfromTurkeyofcertain
textileproductsfallingwithinheadingNos55.05
and55.09oftheCommonCustomsTariff,within
thelimitofannualCommunitytariffquotasof390
metrictonsforcottonyarnand1390metrictons
forwovenfabricsofcotton,whereastheabove­
mentionedArticle6allocatestheseCommunitytariff
quotasasfollows:1000metrictonstotheCommunityasoriginally
constituted,20metrictonstoDenmark,10metric
tonstoIrelandand360metrictonstotheUnited
Kingdom;
Whereas,moreover,itappearsdesirabletoprovide
foraprovisionaladjustmentofthetariffadvantages
forthesegoods:
—fortheCommunityasoriginallyconstitutedby
atotalsuspensionofthecustomsdutiesofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,andanincreaseof
50%ofthevolumeofquotasallocatedtothese
MemberStates;
—forthenewMemberStatesbyatotalsuspension
ofthedutiesapplicablewithinthelimitsofthe
quotasfixedabove,increasedby50%;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle1ofAnnexNo2to
theSupplementary ProtocoltogetherwithArticle
2oftheInterimAgreement,forthedurationof1974
inparticular,theCommunitymustreduceby25%
thedutiesapplicableinrespectofthirdcountriesto
carpets,carpetingandrugs,knotted(madeupor
not)ofwooloroffineanimalhair,(withtheex­
ceptionofhand-madecarpets)importedfromTur­
key;whereasitalsoappearsadvisabletoimprove
thistariffadvantageprovisionallybymeansofatotal
suspensionofthedutiesapplicabletotheproductsin
questionwithinaCommunitytariffquotaof160
metrictonsallocatedinaccordancewiththesame
percentagesasthoseadoptedunderthegeneralized
tariffpreferences;
Whereas,inordertocomplywiththespecialpro­
visionsoftheInterimAgreement,differentsystems
shouldbeprovidedfortheMemberStatesofthe
Communityasoriginallyconstitutedandforthenew
MemberStates;
Whereas,asregardstheCommunityasoriginally
constituted :—forcottonvarn:
300metrictonstotheCommunityasoriginally
constituted,40metrictonstoDenmark,10metric
tonstoIrelandand40metrictonstotheUnited
Kingdom;
(*)OJNoL293,29.12.1972,p.4.
(2)OJNoL277,3.10.1973,p.2.—itisnecessarytoguaranteetoallCommunity
importersequalanduninterrupted accesstothe

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abovementioned quotasanduninterruptedappli­
cationoftheratelaiddownforthosequotasto
allimportsoftheproductconcernedintoall
MemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenused
up;bothtothestatisticsofeachState'simportsfrom
Turkeyoverarepresentative periodandtothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodcon­
cerned;whereas,inspiteofthelimitedneedfor
importsfromTurkeyoftheproductsconcerned,
asshownbythestatisticsforthemajorityofthe
MemberStatestheCommunitycharacterofthe
tariffquotasconcernedshouldbesafeguardedby
makingprovisionstocoverneedswhichmight
ariseintheseMemberStates;—inthelightoftheprinciplesmentionedabove,
theCommunitynatureofthequotascanbestbe
respectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariff
quotasamongtheMemberStates;whereas,in
ordertoreflectmostaccuratelytheactualde­
velopmentofthemarketintheproductconcerned,
suchallocationshallbeinproportiontothe
needsoftheMemberStates,assessedbyreference—importsintothevariousMemberStatesfrom
Turkeywereasfollowsduringthepastthree
yearsforwhichcompletestatisticsareavailable:
1970 1971 1972
metrictons%metrictons%metrictons%
Cottonyarn
Germany 416734-91 845849-191173648-35
Benelux 207117-35462626-90 614425-31
France 2442-04 2421-41 4121-70
Italy 545545-70386722-50598224-64
Otherwovenfabricsof
cotton
Germany 41920-17 37113-99 57021-17
Benelux 2079-97 84831-97 99536-96
France 44921-62 60322-74 74727-75
Italy100248-24 83031-30 38014-12
inviewofthesefiguresandforeseeablemarket
trendsfortheproductsconcernedduring1974,
theinitialsharesmaybefixedapproximately at
thefollowingpercentages :secondheldasareserveintendedultimatelyto
covertherequirementsofthoseMemberStates
whichhaveuseduptheirinitialshares;whereas,
inordertoensureacertaindegreeofsecurityto
importers,thefirstinstalmentshouldbedeter­
minedatarelativelyhighlevel,which,under
presentcircumstances ,maybeabout80%of
eachquotavolume;Otherwovenfabrics
ofcottonCottonyarn
Germany43-8
Benelux19-7
France 5-2
Italy31-323-1
30-8
34-6
11-5theinititalquotasharesoftheMemberStates
maybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,in
ordertotakethisfactintoaccountandavoid
anybreakincontinuity,itisimportantthatany
MemberStateshavingusedupalmostthewhole
ofoneofitsintitialquotasharesshoulddrawan
additionalquotasharefromthecorresponding
reserve;whereas,thismustbedonebyeach
MemberStatesasandwheneachofitsadditional
quotasharesisalmostentirelyusedup,andre­
peatedasmanytimesaseachofthereserves
allows;whereaseachoftheinitialandadditionalinordertotakeintoaccounttheuncertaintyof
theimporttrendsfortheproductsconcernedin
theMemberStates,thequotavolumesshouldbe
dividedintotwoinstalments,thefirstinstalment
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quotasharesmustbeavailableforuseuntilthe
endofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration callsforclosecooperationbetween
MemberStatesandtheCommission,whichmust,
inparticular,beableto.observetheextentto
whichthequotaamountisusedandinform
MemberStatesthereof;CCT
heading
NoDescription Quota
55.05Cottonyarn,notputupfor
retailsale 885metrictons
55.09Otherwovenfabricsof
cotton 2085metrictons
58.01Carpets,carpetingandrugs
(madeupornot):
exA.Ofwooloroffine
animalhairwiththe
exclusionofhand­
madecarpets 160metrictons—if,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,acon­
siderablebalanceremainsinoneorotherMem­
berStateitisessentialthatthatMemberState
paysapercentageofitbackintothecorrespond­
ingreserve,inordertoavoidapartofoneor
otheroftheCommunityquotasremainingunused
inoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedin
others;
2.Thequotasshallbeallocatedandadministeredin
accordancewiththefollowingprovisions.
SECTIONI—sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedinandrepresentedbytheBene­
luxUnion,alltransactionsconcerningthead­
ministrationofsharesgrantedtotheabove­
mentionedEconomicUnionmaybecarriedout
byanyoneofitsmembers;ProvisionsrelatingtotheCommunity
asoriginallyconstituted
Article2 WhereasasregardsthenewMemberStatesinpar­
ticular:
1.WithinthequotaCustomsTariffdutiesshallbe
totallysuspendedwithinthelimitof750metrictons
forcottonyarnnotputupforretailsale,1500
metrictonsforotherwovenfabricsofcotton,and
112metrictonsforcarpetsmadeofwoolorfine
animalhair.—thequotavolumestobeallocatedtothosenew
MemberStatesunderArticle6oftheInterim
Agreementaswellasthedutiestobeappliedin
thoseMemberStatesforthepurposesofthese
quotasdeterminedinaccordancewithArticle2
ofthesaidAgreement,aretobeadjustedasset
outbelow;Article3
—equalanduninterrupted accesstothequotas
shouldbeensuredtoallimportersandtheduties
shouldbeappliedwithoutinterruptiontoall
importsoftheproductsconcerneduntilthe
quotashavebeenusedup,1.ThequotasreferredtoinArticle2shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Thefirstinstalmentofeachofthesequotasshall
besharedamongsttheMemberStates;theshares
which,subjecttoArticle6,shallbevaliduntil31De­
cember1974,shallbeasfollows:
(inmetrictons)
CCTheadingNo
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article155.05 55.09ex58.01A
Germany 25224034-7
Benelux 11332012-9
France 3036024-4
Italy 18012018-01.Until31December1974,Communitytariffquotas
shallbeopenedforthefollowingproductscoming
fromTurkey,asshownbelow:

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Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,amountingto
175,460and22metrictonsrespectively,shallmake
upthecorresponding reserve.TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October
1974,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcernedeffectedundertheCommu­
nityquotasuptoandincluding15September1974
and,whereappropriatetheproportionofeachof
theirinitialsharesthattheyarereturningtoeachof
thereserves. Article4
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticle
3and4,andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereserveshavebeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
Itshall,notlaterthan15October1974,notifythe
MemberStatesofthestateofeachofthereserves
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle6.
Itshallensurethatanydrawingwhichusesupa
reserveislimitedtothebalanceavailableand,for
thispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthereoftothe
MemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.1.If90%ormoreofoneofanyMemberState's
initialshares,aslaiddowninArticle3(2)or90%
ofthatsharelesstheamountreturnedintothecor­
respondingreserve,whereArticle6hasbeenapplied,
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallwithout
delay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawasecond
shareinthequotaequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,to
theextentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteroneorotherofitsinitialshareshasbeen
usedup,90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawn
byoneoftheMemberStateshasbeenusedup,that
MemberStateshall,inthemannerprovidedforin
paragraph1,drawathirdshareequalto75%of
itsinitialshare.
3.If,afteroneorotherofitssecondshareshasbeen
usedup,90°/oormoreofthethirdsharedrawn
byaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thelattershall,
inthesamemanner,drawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocedureshallbefolloweduntilthereserve
hasbeenexhausted .
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,Mem­
berStatesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
thosesharesmightnotbeusedup.Theyshallinform
theCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplyingthis
paragraph .Article8
TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethat,whenadditionalsharesaredrawn
pursuanttoArticle4,itispossibleforimportstobe
countedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumu­
latedsharesoftheCommunitytariffquotas.
SECTIONII
ProvisionsrelatingtothenewMemberStates
Article9
Article51.WithinthetariffquotasreferredtoinArticle1,
thefollowingsharesshallbeallocatedtothenew
MemberStates:
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1974.(mmetrictons)
Article655.05 55.09ex58.01A
Denmark 60 3011-2
Ireland 15 151-6
UnitedKingdom 6054035-2 If,on15September1974,aMemberStatehasnot
useduponeorotherofitsinitialshares,itshall,
notlaterthan10October1974,returntothereserve
theunusedportionofthisshareinexcessof20"Voof
theinitialamount.Itmayreturnalargerquantityif
therearereasonstoconsiderthatthismaynotbe
used.2.Withinthelimitsofthesequotas,thenewMem­
berStatesshallapplyzerodutiesforthetextilepro­
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Article11 SECTIONIII
Generalprovisions
Article10MemberStatesshallinformtheCommissionatregu­
larintervalsofimportsoftheproductsconcerned
actuallycountedagainsttheirshares.
Article12
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallco­
operatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulation
isrespected.
Article131.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecess­
arytoensureforimportersoftheproductscon­
cernedestablishedintheirterritoryfreeaccesstothe
sharesallocatedtothem.
2.TheMemberStatesshallcountimportsofthe
productsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhen
suchproductsarepresentedforcustomsclearance
undercoverofadeclarationthattheyhavebeen
madeavailableforconsumption .
3.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStates'shares
havebeenusedupshallbeestablishedonthebasis
ofimportscountedinaccordancewithparagraph2.ThetariffquotaslaiddowninthisRegulationshall
beopenedfor1974.
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4February1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
W.SCHEEL