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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1641/76
of29June1976
amendingRegulations (EEC)No3152/75and(EEC)No3153/75opening,allo­
catingandprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariffquotasfor
outergarmentsfallingwithinheadingNos60.05and61.01oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginMalta(1976)
andMalta(5),signedon4March1976,thetariff
quotasinquestionhavebeenincreasedto190metric
tonsand730metrictonsrespectivelyfortheabove­
mentionedproducts,i.e.,tolevelshigherthanthose
forthecurrentyear;whereas,inaddition,the
ContractingPartiestotheabovementioned Agree­
ment,agreedinaJointDeclarationthat,underthe
tariffquotasof190metrictonsand730metrictons,
quantitiesof90metrictonsand430metrictons
shouldbeallocatedtothenewMemberStates;
Whereastherespectivequantitiesallocatedtothenew
MemberStates,whensharesinthetariffquotas
openedfor1976weredistributed ,arelessthan90
metrictonsand430metrictons;whereas,therefore,
thedifference ,betweenthepresentquotasof165
metrictonsand496metrictonsandthenewquotas
of190metrictonsand730metrictons,shouldbeallo­
catedtotheinitialsharesofthenewMemberStates;
whereasitisthereforenecessarytoamendRegulations
(EEC)No3152/75and(EEC)No3153/75,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereastheAgreementof5December1970between
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandMalta(')
providesfortheopeningbytheCommunityofannual
Communitytariffquotasfortheimportationintothe
Community ,asoriginallyconstituted ,of100metric
tonsofoutergarmentsandotherarticles,knittedor
crocheted,notelasticorrubberized ,fallingwithin
headingNo60.05,and300metrictonsofmen'sand
boys'outergarments,fallingwithinheadingNo
61.01;whereas,atitsmeetingon4and5ofJune
1973,theCouncilagreedthatfrom1January1974
Maltashouldenjoytreatmentnotlessfavourablethan
thataccordedtocountrieseligibleforgeneralizedpref­
erences;whereas,onthatbasisandbyRegulations
(EEC)No3152/75(2)and(EEC)No3153/75(3),as
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1051/76(4),the
Communityopened,for1976,tariffquotasof165
metrictonsand496metrictonsrespectivelyfor
productsfallingwithintariffheadingNos60.05and
61.01inwhich,followingtheDecisionof4and5
June1975,thenewMemberStatesparticipatebythe
allocationofinitialquotasharesandbythepossibility
ofusingtheCommunityreserveswhichweresetup;
WhereasundertheProtocollayingdowncertainprovi­
sionsrelatingtotheAgreementestablishinganAssoci­
ationbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.ThequotasprovidedforinArticle1ofRegula­
tions(EEC)No3152/75and(EEC)No3153/75,shall
beincreasedrespectivelyto190metrictonsand730
metrictons.
2.TheinitialsharesprovidedforinArticle2(1)of
thesaidRegulationsforDenmark,Irelandandthe
UnitedKingdomshallbeamendedasfollows:(')OJNoL61,14.3.1971,p.3.
(2)OJNoL317,8.12.1975,p.49.
(})OJNoL317,8.12.197.5,p.52.
4)OJNoL120,7.5.1976,p.5. (5)OJNoL111,28.4.1976,p.3.

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Article2 Regulation(EEC)No3152/75:
Denmark
Ireland
UnitedKingdom
Regulation(EEC)No3153/75:
Denmark
Ireland
UnitedKingdom9metrictons,
9metrictons,
38metrictons;
210metrictons,
3metrictons,
110metrictons.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheseventh
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,29June1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.THORN