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REGULATION (EEC)No2920/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of18November1974
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
formen'sandboys'outergarmentsfallingwithinheadingNo61.01oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginMalta
theincreaseshouldbeallocatedtoallMember
States;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted
accesstotheabovementioned quotaanduninter­
ruptedapplicationoftheratelaiddownforthat
quotatoallimportsoftheproductconcernedinto
allMemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;
whereas,havingregardtotheprinciplesmentioned
above,theCommunitynatureofthequotamaybe
respectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquota
amongtheMemberStates;whereas,inorderto
reflectmoreaccuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthe
marketintheproductconcerned,suchallocation
shouldbeinproportiontotheneedsoftheMember
States,assessedbyreferencetoboththestatisticsof
eachState'simportsofthesaidgoodsfromMalta
overarepresentative periodandtheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodconcerned;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle
113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandMalta,signedatValetta
on5December1970,providesinArticle3(1),
togetherwithArticle2ofAnnexI,fortheopening
bytheCommunityofanannualCommunitytariff
quotaof300metrictonsofmen'sandboys'outer
garmentsfallingwithinheadingNo61.01ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginMalta;
whereas,pursuanttoArticle1ofthesaidAnnex,
thequotadutyisequalto30%oftheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyinrespectoftheproduct
concerned;whereas,withaviewtograntingMalta
atreatmentnotlessfavourablethanthatenjoyedby
countrieseligibleforthegeneralizedsystemof
preferences,theabovementioned volumeshouldbe
increasedby50%andthedutiestotallysuspended;
whereas,asregardstheallocationofthistariffquota,
thequotavolumelaiddownintheAgreementshould
beconfinedtotheoriginalMemberStatesandthe
additionalvolumeof150metrictonsresultingfromWhereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsby
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfrom
Maltaoftheproductsconcerned :
1971 1972 1973
Germany 42-724-855-543-431-019-4
Benelux 44-626-027-321-435-122-0
France 7-14-211-7 9-211-9 7·4
Italy 5-63-25-54-222-0 13-7
Denmark 11-7 7-6 29-0
Ireland 0-3 0-2 0-2
UnitedKingdom 29-8 14-0 8-3

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administration ofsharesgrantedtotheabove
mentionedEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutby
anyoneofitsmembers,Whereasinviewofthesefactorsoftheforeseeable
developmentduring1975ofthemarketforthe
productsinquestionandinparticularofthe
estimatessubmittedbycertainMemberStates,
initialquotasharesmayconsequently befixed
approximately asfollows:
Benelux 12-8
Denmark 13-9
Germany 47-6
France 9-5
Ireland 0-3
Italy 3-2
UnitedKingdom 12-7HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1975,aCom­
munitytariffquotaof450metrictonsshallbe
openedintheCommunityformen'sandboys'outer
garmentsfromMaltafallingwithinheadingNo61.01
oftheCommonCustomsTariff.
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquotathe
CommunityCommonCustomsTariffdutiesshall
betotallysuspended.
Thissuspensionshallbefullyappliedinthenew
MemberStates.
Article2
1.Afirsttrancheamountingto315metrictonsof
theCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;the
proportionswhich,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevalid
until31December1975shallconsistofthefollowing
amounts :
Benelux 40metrictons
Denmark 55metrictons
France 30metrictons
Germany 150metrictons
Ireland 1metricton
Italy 10metrictons
UnitedKingdom 29metrictonsWhereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
tranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondformingareserve
intendedultimatelytocovertherequirementsofthe
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialquota
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegree
ofsecuritytoimportersineachMemberState,the
firsttrancheoftheCommunityquotashouldbe
determinedatalevelwhich,underpresent
circumstances ,maybe65%ofthequotaamount;
WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmay
beusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorderto
takethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,itisimportantthatanyMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereas,thismustbedonebyeachMemberStateas
andwheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmost
entirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
quotasharesmustbeavailableforuseuntiltheend
ofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodofadminis­
trationcallsforclosecooperationbetweenMember
StatesandtheCommission ,whichmust,in
particular,beabletoobservetheextenttowhichthe
quotaamountisusedandinformMemberStates
thereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,
aconsiderable balanceremainsinoneorother
MemberStateitisessentialthatthatMemberState
paysalargeamountofitbackintothereserveto
preventapartoftheCommunityquotafromremain­
ingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbe
usedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedinandrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerningthe2.Thesecondtrancheof135metrictonsshall
constitutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,
wheretheprovisionsofArticle5havebeenapplied,
hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todraw
asecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,to
theextentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninpara­
graph1,proceedtodrawathirdshareequalto7-5%
ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate,totheextentthattheamountinthe
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3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,in
thesameway,todrawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraphs 1,
2and3,theMemberStatemayproceedtodraw
sharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs,
ifthereisreasontobelievethattheymightnotbe
usedup.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthe
reasonswhichledthemtoapplythisparagraph .
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1975.
Article5
If,by15September1975,aMemberStatehasnot
usedupitsinitialshare,itshall,notlaterthan
10Ocotber1975,returntothereservetheunused
portionofthisshareinexcessof20%oftheinitial
amount.Itmayreturnalargerquantityifthereis
reasontobelievethatsuchquantitymightnotbe
used.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October
1975,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductconcernedeffectedupto15September
1975inclusiveandchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaand,whereappropriate ,theproportionoftheir
initialsharethatisbeingreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan15October
1975,notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthe
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuantto
Article5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
availableand,forthispurpose,shallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
thefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemadewithoutinterruption againsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductconcernedestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirshareasandwhenthegoods
areenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegu­
lationisobserved .
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1975.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18November1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
Ch.BONNET