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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)473 final
Brussels ,7September 1979
;Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration ofCommunity
tariff quotas forprepared orpreserved sardines ,falling
within subheading 16.04 DoftheCommon Customs
Tariff andoriginating inMorocco (1980 )
■/ i;
Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration ofaCommunity
tariff quota forprepared orpreserved sardines ,falling
within subheading 16.04 DoftheCommon Customs
Tariff andoriginating inTunisia (1980 )
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM(79 )473 final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1 n■
The>1978Agreements betweentheCommunityandMoroccoandTunisia
providethatpreparedandpreservedsardinesoriginatinginthoseV
countriesmaybeadmitteddutyfreeintotheCommunityoncondition .•
thatcertainminimumpricesarerespected.Theperiodsandthetechr
nicalrulesforapplication ofthissystemmustbefixedbyexchanges
oflettersbetweenthecontractingparties.Sincetheseexchangesof'
lettershavenottakenplacethearrangements providedforir\the
Agreements werenotimplemented andthosearisingfromtheprevious 1
Association Agreements betweentheEECandMoroccoandTunisiawere:
maintainedinforceuntil31December1977.»:'?.'.V--
Theformerarrangmentsi^questionprovide-fortarifftreatmentwhich
variesfromoneMemberStatetoanother.Thistreatmentcannotbe-
extendedbeyondthatdatq,sinceit^is •incompatible withtheprinci*"
piesofthecustomsunionandtherulesofthecommoncommercial Yj
policy.'••• ■■ '■ .■'v.-
From1January1978theCommunityreplacedthesearrangements bya:
Communitytariffquotasystemwhichtakestheinterestsinvolved
intoaccountpendingthe,1conclusionofthe,exchangesofletters
whichwillenabletheprovisionsofthe1978Agreementsrelating'
topreparedandpreservedsardinestocomeintoforce.^ .
Asthesituation hasnotchangedsince theCommission
isproposing ,thattheCouncilextendthetariffquotasystemfor/"V;
1980andthereforeapprovethetwoattachedproposalsforRegulations
ontheopening,allocation andadministration ofCommunitytariff .
'quotasinrespectofpreparedandpreservedsardinesfallingwithin .
subheading16.04DoftheCommonCustomsTarifforiginating ^in
MoroccoandTunisiarespectively ;^* ■7i.eii •v'' ••
-forMoroccoi-onetariffquota,of14.000 1tonnes/fdutyfree;'
-onetariffquotaof6.000tonnesat10%i
-forTunisia:onetariffquotaof100tonnes/dutyfree.-/,ti
•
Thisisthesubjectoftheannexedproposals*

Theproposals forregulations openingthesetariffquotasprovide-
asiscustomary ~forthedivision ofeachofthequotavolumes
intotwoinstalments ,thefirstbeingallocated amongtheMember
Statesasquotashares,thesecondbeingheldasareserve.
Theallocation ofthevolumeofthefirstinstalment ofthequota
shouldbebasedontherulesgenerally applied.Theseinvolvecalcu
latingeachMemberState'stotalimportsoverthelastthreeyears
asaproportion oftotalCommunity importsduringthesameperiod
andapplying,foreachMemberStatethepercentages thusobtained
tothevolumeofthefirst'instalment .
\

I »
.IMPORTATIONS OFPREPARED ANDCONSERVED SARDINES
ORIGINATING INMOROCCOANDTUNISIA
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Proposal fora
I
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)No
of.~ >779
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunity tariffquotasfor
preparedorpreservedsardines,fallingwithinsubheading 16.04DoftheCommonCustoms
Tariffandoriginating inMorocco (1980)
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,andinparticular Article113
thereof, * !'
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas theCooperation Agreement betweenthe
Community andMoroccoprovidesthatpreparedand
preservedsardines,fallingwithinsubheading 16.04D
oftheCommon CustomsTariffandoriginating in
Morocco ,maybeimportedintotheCommunity freeof
duties;whereasthedetailedarrangements mustbefixed
byanexchangeoflettersbetweentheCommunity and
Morocco ;whereas,sincethisexchangeoflettershasnot
yettakenplace,itisadvisabletorenewfortheyear
19£0theCommunity arrangements whichwerejapplied
in1979whereasthesearrangements provideforthe
openingoftwoCommunity tariffquotasfor
importations intotheCommunity oftheproductsin
question,oneduty-freetariffquotaof14000,tonnes
andtheotherof6000tonnesatarateofdutyof10%;
whereasthesetariffquotasaretoapplyfrom1January
1980untiltheconclusion oftheexchange ofletters
provided forinArticle19oftheCooperation
Agreement betweentheCommunity andMorocSco,until
suchtimeasCommunity arrangements forimportsof
theproducts inquestionareapplied,orUntil31
December 1980whichever shallbetheearliest;
whereastheseCommunity tariffquotasshouldtherefore
beopened;
Whereasitisinparticular necessarytoensureforall
Community importersequalanduninterrupted accessto
theabovementioned quotasanduninterrupted
application oftherateslaiddownforthesequotastoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoalllylember
Statesuntilthequotashavebeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentioned ab(jve,the
Community natureofthequotascanberespected by
allocating theCommunity tariffquotasamongthe
Member States;whereas,ino^dertoreflectas
accurately aspossiblethetruetrendofthemarketinthe
products inquestion ,suchallocation shouldbeincalculated byreferencetothestatisticsforimportsfrom
Morocco overarepresentative reference neriodandalso
outlookforthequotaperiodinMoroccooverarepresentative referenceperiodandalso
totheeconomic outlookforthequotaperiodin
question;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatistics
areavailablethecorresponding importsintoeachofthe
MemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercentages of
theimportsintotheCommunity fromMoroccoofthe
productsconcerned :
MemberStates 19?£I197f,I19T3
Bénélux '11.413.211.8
Denmark i0.30.70.9
Germany '<123.3 0.414.4
France 56.365.158.2
Ireland
'0.40.40.4
Italy 0.10.20.8
UnitedKingdom i
i8.210.013.5
Whereas ,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submitted bycertainMemberStates,initialsharesmay
befixedapproximately atthefollowingpercentages :
(%)
MemberStatesofthequota
of14000tonnesofthequota
of6000tonnes .
Bénélux 13-49 9-54
Denmark 0-28 0-28
Germany 13-33 13-33
France i 59-52 42-59
Ireland 0-36 0-37
Italy 0-64 1-48
UnitedKingdom ; i
; j12-38 32-41
proportion tajjirements oftheMemberStates,Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcerned inthevariousMember
States,eachquotashouldbedividedintotwo
instalments ,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstituting areservetocoverata
laterdatetherequirements oftheMemberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,in

ANNBX A
ordertogiveimporters ineachMemberStateacertain
degreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalment iofthe
Community quotasshould,underthecircumstances ,be
fixedat90%ofthequotavolumes: 1I
Γ)
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeused
upatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfact
intoaccountandavoidanybreakincontinuity ,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquota
sharesshoulddrawanadditional sharefromthe
corresponding reserve;whereasthismustbedoneby
eachMemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
sharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesas-
thereserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthismethodofadministration requiresclose
cooperation betweentheMember'Statesiandthe
Commission ,andthelattermustbeinapositionto
monitortheextenttowhichthequotaamountshave
beenusedupandtoinformMemberStatesthereof;
I
II
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
'substantial quantityremainsunusedinanyMember
StateitisessentialthatthatMemberStateshouldreturn
asignificantproportion tothecorresponding reserve,to
preventapartofanytariffquotafromremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedin
others; li
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the'Kingdom
oftheNetherlands andtheGrand °Duchyof
Luxembourg areunitedinandrepresentee !bythe
BeneluxEconomic Union,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economic unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,
M
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : (
η
i!
;!
•Article1 j-i
i1
1.From1January1980untiltheconclusion ofthe
exchangeoflettersreferredtoinArticleIPofthe
Cooperation Agreement betweentheCommunity and
Morocco,untilsuchtimeasCommunity import
arrangements areappliedoruntil31December1980/
whichever shallbetheearliest,aduty-freeCommunity
tariffquotaof14000tonnesshallbeopenedfor
importsintotheCommunity ofpreparedorpreserved
sardines,fallingwithsubheading 16.04D1oftherCustomsTariffandoriginating ,inMorocco.2.From1January1980untiltheconclusion ofthe
exchangeoflettersreferredtoinArticle19ofthe
Cooperation Agreement betweentheCommunity and
Morocco,untilsuchtimeasCommunity import
arrangements s^reappliedoruntil31December1980,
whichever shallbetheearliest,aCommunity tariff
quotaof6000,tonnesatadutyrateof10%shallbe
openedforimportsintotheCommunity ofpreparedor
preservedsardines,fallingwithinsubheading 16.04Dof
theCommon CustomsTariffandoriginating in
Morocco .
it
1Article2
1.ThetariffquotaslaiddowninArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalment ofeachquotashallbeshared
amongtheMemberStates;therespectiveshares,which
subjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntiltheendofthe
periodspecified'in Article1,shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)
;
Member»ni Artide1(1) Artide1(2)
i
Bénélux J 1700 515
Denmark P» 35 15
Germany 1680 720
France 7500 2300
Ireland <. 45 20
Italy, 80 80
UnitedKingdom t 1560 1750
II
Total 12600 5400
3.Thesecondinstalment ofeachquotaamounting to
1400and600 1tonnesrespectively shallconstitutethe
corresponding 'reserve.
!'Article3
.
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(2),or90%ofthatshareminus
theportionreturnedtothecorresponding reservewhere
Article5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,to
theextentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve,that
Member State >shallforthwith,bynotifying the
Commission ,drawasecondshareequalto10%ofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
unit.
2.If,afteroneofitsinitialshareshasbeenusedup,
90%ofmoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeen(isedup,thenthatMemberStateshall,in
h

ΑΝΝΕΧ Α
accordance withthecondition 1;laiddowninparagraph
1,drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.V
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withtheconditions laiddowninparagraph 1,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogation fromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphs ifthereisreasontobelievethat
theymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commission ofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph .
Article4
h
Eachoftheadditional sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle
3shallbevaliduntil31December 1979.
i
ArticleS \
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1980suchunusedportionoftheir
initialshareas,on15September 1980isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthis
quantitymaynotbeused. •"
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,not
laterthan1October1980t'letotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionimportedupto15September 1980
andchargedagainstthetariffquotaandofanyquantity
oftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommission shallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticle2and
ThisRegulation shallbebindingiijitsentirety
DoneatBrussels,3and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeachState
oftheextenttowhichthereserveshavebeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
October1980oftheamountineachreserveafter
quantities havebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhaustsany
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to
thisend,shallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing .
η
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditional sharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruption againsttheiraccumulated
sharesofthetariffquota.
η
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestionestablished intheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocated tothem.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
sharessfiallbedetermined onthebasisoftheimportsof
theproductsconcerned originating inMoroccoand
enteredwithcustomsauthorities forhomeuse.
*Article8
AttheCommission 'srequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsoftheproductsconcerned actually
chargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9 «
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulation iscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon1January
i960.
ι:
anddirectlyapplicable inallMemberStates.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

ΑΝΚΡΧΒ
Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)No
ofΠ9
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity tariffquotafor
preparedorpreservedsardines,fallingwithinsubheading 16.04DoftheCommonCustoms
Tariffandoriginating inTunisia (1980)
THKCOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , arepresentative reference periodandalsotothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion ;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,andinparticular Article113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas theCooperation Agreement betweenthe
Community andTunisiaprovidesthatpreparedand
preservedsardines,fallingwithinsubheading 16.04D
oftheCommon CustomsTariffandoriginating in
Tunisia,maybeimportedintotheCommunity freeof
duties;whereasthedetailedarrangements mustbefixed
byanexchangeoflettersbetweentheCommunity and
Tunisia;whereas,sincethisexchangeoflettershasnot
yettakenplace,itisadvisable torenewfortheyear
1980theCommunity arrangements whichwereapplied
in1979;whereasthesearrangements provideforthe
openingofaCommunity tariffquotaforimportation
intotheCommunity oftheproductsinquestion ,of100
tonnesfreeofduty;whereasthesetariffquotasareto
applyfrom1January1980untiltheconclusion ofthe
exchangeoflettersprovidedforinArticle18ofthe
Cooperation Agreement betweentheCommunity and
Tunisia,untilsuchtimeasCommunity arrangements
forimportsoftheproductsinquestionareapplied,or
until31December 1980whichever shallbetheearliest;
whereastheseCommunity tariffquotasshouldtherefore
beopened;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Community importersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
application oftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcerned intoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having
regardtotheaboveprinciples ,theCommunity nature
ofthequotacanberespected byallocating the
Community tariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectasaccurately aspossiblethe
truetrendofthemarketintheproductsipquestion,
suchallocation shouldbeinproportion tothe
requirements oftheMemberStates,calculated by
referencetothestatisticsforimportsfromTunisiaoverWhereas ,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatistics
areavailable,thecorresponding impo/tsintoeachof
theMemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercentages
ofimportsintotheCommunity fromTunisiaofthe
productsconcerned :
%)
MemberStares 19761977I1978
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France 100
(=14t)
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom
Whereas thesedatacannot beconsidered as
representative andcannotserveasabasisforallocation
ofthequotaamongtheMemberStates;whereasitis
difficulttoforecasttheMemberStates'importsfor
I960becauseoftheabsenceofanypatterninprevious
years;whereasinorderthatthequotamaybeallocated
fairly,theinitialquotasharesmaybefixed
approximately atthefollowingpercentages :
Bénélux 10%
Denmark 3%
Germany 15%
France 50%
Ireland 3%
Italy 4%
UnitedKingdom 15%
WTiereas ,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcerned inthevariousMember
States,eachofthequotaamountsshouldbedivided
intotwoinstalments ,thefirstbeingsharedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondconstituting areserveto
coveratalaterdaletherequirements oftheMember
Stateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;
whereas,inordertogiveimporters ineachMember

ANNJfiK B
Stateacertaindegreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalment of
theCommunity quotamightunderthecircumstances be
fixedat80%ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeused
upatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfact
intoaccountandavoidanybreakincontinuity ,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquota
shareshoulddrawanadditional sharefromthereserve;
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateasand
wheneachofitsadditional sharesisalmostusedup,
andrepeatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;
whereastheinitialandadditional sharesmustbfvalid
untiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethod
ofadministration requiresclosecooperation between
theMemberStatesandtheCommission ,andthelatter
mustbeinapositiontomonitortheextenttowhichthe
quotavolumehasbeenusedupandtoinfoemthe
MemberStatesthereof;
i
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantial quantityofaninitialshareremainsJinused
inanyMemberState,itisessentialthatthatMember
Stateshouldreturnasignificant proportion tothe
reservetopreventapartofanytariffquotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;
V
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
ofttheNetherlands andtheGrandDucjiyof
Luxembourg areunitedinandrepresented ,bythe
BeneluxEconomic Union,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economic unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyof-its
members ,
!i"
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION : 1
.1
Article 1
From1January1980untiltheconclusion ofthe
exchangeoflettersreferredtoinArticle18ofthe
Cooperation Agreement betweentheCommunity and
Tunisia,untilsuchtimeasCommunity timport
arrangements areapplied,oruntil31December 1980
whichevershallbetheearliest,aduty-freeCorrimunity
tariffquotaof100tonnesshallbeopenedforjinports
intotheCommunity ofpreparedorpreservedsardines,
fallingwithinsubheading 16.04Dofthedommon
CustomsTariffandoriginating inTunisia.2.Afirstinstalment amounting to80tonnesofthe
Community tariffc^uotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;theshares,which
subjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntiltheendofthe
periodspecifiedinArticle1,shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)
Bénélux 8
Denmark " 1
Germany 12
•France 40
Ireland 2
Italy fi 4
UnitedKingdom 12
3.Thesecondinstalment of20tonnesshallconstitute
thereserve.
j.Article3
!
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(2),or90%ofthatshareminus
theportionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextent
permitted bytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshallforthwith ,bynotifyingtheCommission ,
drawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteroneofitsinitialshareshasbeenusedup,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,then,totheextentpermittedby
theamountofthereserve,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordance withtheconditions laiddowninparagraph
1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
:1
3.If,afteroneiofitssecondshareshasbeenusedup,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordance withtheconditions laiddowninparagraph
1,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogation fromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphs ifthereisreasontobelievethat
theymightnodbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commission ofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph .
Article2 Article4
1.TheTariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .Theadditional sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntiltheendoftheperiodspecifiedinArticle1.

ANN«X1
ArticleS
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,hotlater
than1October1980suchunusedportion'oftheir
initialshareas,on15September1980isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthis
quantitymaynotbeused. 11
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,not
laterthan1October1980ofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionimportedupto15SeptemberI960
andchargedagainstthetariffquotaandofanyquantity
oftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditional shareddrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruption againsttheiraccumulated
sharesofthetariffquota.
;
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsiriquestionestablished intheirterritory
havefreeaccess 1tothesharesallocatedtothem.
1
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
(sharesshallbedetermined onthebasisoftheimportsof
theproductsinquestionoriginating in.Tunisiaentered
withcustomsauthorities forhomeuse.*
MUCte6 ' ;Article8
TheCommission shallkeepanaccountoftjieshares t^ecommjssion»srequest,theMemberStatesshall
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2anainformitofiipportsoftheproductsconcernedactually
3and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeachchargedagain$ttheirshares.MemberStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehas
beenusedup^ !
, |.Article9
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5 ,
October1980oftheamountinthereserveafterTheMember5>tatesandtheCommission shallcooperate
quantities havebeenreturnedtheretopursuanttocloselytoensurethatthisRegulation iscompliedwith.
Article5.
I: ' • .
Itshalensurethatthedrawingwhichexhaustsany. Article10
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to i,
thisend,notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing. -1980.
!■ ^• ,
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.\•'
DoneatBrussels, i1
FortheCouncil
ThePresident