NoL317/52 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 8.12.75
REGULATION (EEC)No3153/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of24November1975
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
formen'sandboys'outergarmentsfallingwithinheadingNo61.01oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginMalta(1976)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,countrieseligibleforthegeneralizedpreferences
system,theabovementioned volumeshouldbe
increasedto473metrictonsandthedutiestotally
suspended;whereas,asregardstheallocationof
thistariffquota,thequotavolumelaiddowninthe
Agreementshouldbeconfinedtotheoriginal
MemberStatesandthenewMemberStatesshould
participateinthesupplementary volume;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureto
allCommunityimportersequalanduninterrupted
accesstotheabovementioned quotaanduninter­
ruptedapplicationoftheratelaiddownforthat
quotatoallimportsoftheproductsconcernedinto
allMemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenused
up;whereas,havingregardtotheprinciples
mentionedabove,theCommunitynatureofthe
quotamayberespectedbyallocatingtheCommunity
tariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;whereas,in
ordertoreflectmoreaccuratelytheactual
developmentofthemarketintheproductconcerned,
suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontotheneeds
oftheMemberStates,assessedbyreferencetoboth
thestatisticsofeachState'simportsofthesaid
goodsfromMaltaoverarepresentative periodand
theeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiod
concerned;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding imports
byeachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthe
followingpercentagesoftheimportsintotheCom­
munityfromMaltaoftheproductsconcerned :HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandMalta,signedatValetta
on5December1970,providesinArticle3(1)
togetherwithArticle2ofAnnexIfortheopening
bytheCommunityofanannualCommunitytariff
quotaof300metrictonsofmen'sandboys'outer
garments,fallingwithinheadingNo61.01ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginMalta;
whereasthefirststageoftheAgreementendson
31March1976and,pursuanttoArticle6ofAnnexI,
theproratatemporisclausewouldapplytothe
volumeofthequota;whereastheCommunity
intendstomaintainitstradingrelationswithMalta;
whereastheprovisionsgoverningthesecondstage
shouldnotbelessfavourablethanthoselaiddown
forthefirst;whereasinordernottodisrupttrading
patternsfortheproductsinquestion,theCommunity
tariffquotashouldbeopenedforthewholeof1976;
whereas,pursuanttoArticle1ofthesaidAnnex,
thequotadutyisequalto30%oftheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyinrespectoftheproduct
concerned;whereas,withaviewtograntingMalta
treatmentnotlessfavourablethanthatenjoyedby
1972 1973 1974
Germany
Benelux
France
Italy55-5
27-3
11-7
5-543-4
21-4
9-2
4-231-0
35-1
11-9
22-019-4
22-0
7-4
13-716-2
45-5
22-9
15-47-7
21-6
10-9
7-4
Denmark
Ireland
UnitedKingdom7-6
0-2
14-029-0
0-2
8-331-9
0-4
20-1

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theadministration ofthequotasharesallocatedto
thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyof
itsmembers,Whereasinviewofthesefactors,oftheforeseeable
developmentduring1976ofthemarketforthe
productsinquestionandinparticularofthe
estimatessubmittedbycertainMemberStates,initial
quotasharesmayconsequently befixed
approximately ,asfollows: HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Benelux
Denmark
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom12-7
17-5
9-5
47-6
0-3
3-2
9-2Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1976aCom­
munitytariffquotaof473metrictonsshallbe
openedintheCommunityformen'sandboys'outer
garmentsfromMalta,fallingwithinheadingNo
61.01oftheCommonCustomsTariff.
2.WithinthelimitsofthistariffquotatheCommon
CustomsTariffdutiesshallbetotallysuspended.
Thissuspensionshallbefullyappliedinthenew
MemberStates.
Article2
1.Afirstinstalment,amountingto315metrictons
oftheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1,
shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;the
shares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil
31December1976,shallconsistofthefollowing
amounts :Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedinto
twoinstalments ,thefirstinstalmentbeingallocated
amongtheMemberStates,andthesecondforming
areserveintendedultimatelytocoverthe
requirements oftheMemberStateswhichhaveused
uptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,inorderto
ensureacertaindegreeofsecuritytoimportersin
eachMemberState,thefirstinstalmentoftheCom­
munityquotashouldbedeterminedatalevelwhich,
underpresentcircumstances ,maybe67%ofthe
quotaamount;
WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStates
maybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorder
totakethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,itisimportantthatanyMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereas,thismustbedonebyeachMemberState
asandwheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmost
entirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
quotasharesmustbeavailableforuseuntiltheend
ofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration callsforclosecooperationbetween
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,whichmust,in
particular,beabletoobservetheextenttowhichthe
quotaamountisusedandinformMemberStates
thereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,
aconsiderable balanceremainsinoneorother
MemberStateitisessentialthatthatMemberState
paysalargeamountofitbackintothereserve,in
ordertoavoidapartoftheCommunityquota
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;Benelux
Denmark
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom40metrictons,
55metrictons,
30metrictons,
150metrictons,
1metricton,
10metrictons,
29metrictons.
2.Thesecondinstalmentof158metrictonsshall
constitutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,
wheretheprovisionsofArticle5havebeenapplied,
hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todraw
asecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitial'share,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate ,to
theextentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKing­
domoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerning2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall,in
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paragraph1,proceedtodrawathirdshareequal
to7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenext
unitwhereappropriate,totheextentthattheamount
inthereserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
inthesamewaytodrawafourthshareequalto
thethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraphs 1,
2and3,aMemberStatemayproceedtodraw
sharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs,
ifthereisreasontobelievethattheymightnotbe
usedup.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthe
reasonswhichledthemtoapplythisparagraph .
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1976.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1976,theunusedportionof
theirinitialsharewhich,on15September1976,is
inexcessof20%oftheirinitialamount.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1976,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductconcernedeffecteduptoandincluding
15September1976,andchargedagainsttheCom­
munityquotaand,whereappropriate,theproportion
oftheirinitialsharethatisbeingreturnedtothe
reserve .
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewith
Articles2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedas
soonasitreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5October1976,
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
availableandforthispurposeshallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
thelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemadewithoutinterruption againsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductconcernedestablishedintheir
territoryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedto
them.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirshareasandwhenthe
goodsareenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission ,
MemberStatesshallinformitofimportsactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthis
Regulationisobserved.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
1January1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24November1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.VISENTINI