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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)723 final
Brussels.21November 1980
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunity
tariffquotasforcertaintextileproductsfallingwithinheadingNos
55.05and55.09andsubheading ex58.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
comingfromTurkey(1981)
(presentedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
ilS-'
1^3 &
C0MC80)723final

+2-3h
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Asaresultofnegotiations withTurkeyontheadjustments tobemade
totheAssociation AgreementbetweenthatcountryandtheCommunityand
theAdditionalProtocol,totakeaccountofnewMemberStates,the
CommunitysignedinAnkaraon30June1973aSupplementary Protocolwhich
enterintoforceonceithasbeenratified.
Inthemeantime,theCommunityhasconcluded anInterimAgreementwhich
intheoryrunsonlyfortheperiodpriortotheentryinforceofthis
Supplementary Protocolinordertoimplement,from1January1974,cer­
tainprovisionsofthatProtocolrelatingtotradeingoods.
Atthemomentitisnotpossibletoknowifthetariffmeasureslaid
downbytheseAgreementsinTurkey'sfavour,shouldbegivenfor1981
onthebasisoftheSupplementary ProtocolortheInterimAgreement.
/ _
TheprovisionsoftheannexedRegulations "arebasedontheInterim
Agreement andshouldthusbemodifiediftheSupplementary Protocol
entersintoforceon1January1981atthelatest.
2.Intheabovementioned Supplementary ProtocolandInterimAgreement,
provisionismadeinparticular inrespectoftextileproductsfor
theopeningofthefollowingannualCommunitytariffquotas,subject
totheconditionslaiddownforeachproduct:
CCTheading
NoDescriptionAnnualtariff
quotaQuota
duty
55.05
55.09Cottonyarn,notputupfor
retailsale
Otherwovenfabricsofcot­
ton390tonnes
1390tonnes75%re­
duction
75%re­
duction
«

-2-
TheyalsodeterminefortheseproductstheallocationamongtheMember
AStatesoftheannualtariffquotasfortextileproducts.Thisallocation
isasfollows:
Cottonyarn(headingNo55.05)
Communityasoriginallyconstituted
Denmark
Ireland
UnitedKingdom300tonnes
40tonnes
10tonnes
40tonnes
Otherwovenfabricsofcotton(headingNo55.09)
Communityasoriginallyconstituted
Denmark „,\
Ireland
UnitedKingdom1000tonnes
20tonnes
10tonnes
360tonnes
3.Whilearticle14oftheSupplementary Protocolfixessuchanallocation
foraperiodendingat1July1977,theInterimAgreementfixesno
limittothisspecialallocation,whilecouldbeduetotheinitially
anticipatedapplication someoftheprovisionsoftheSupplementary
Protocol.
Theendofthetransitional periodfixedbytheActofAdhesionon
1July1977hasledtheCommissiontoreflectonthequestionof
thisallocation,whichhasresultedintheproposaltohaveacommon
systemofadministration oftheabovetariffquotasinvolving,ineach
case,theopeningofasinglequotaquantitydividedbetweentheMember
Statesaccordingtotheusual,criteriaandthecreationofasingle
CommunityreserveopentoallMemberStates. '.
4.Anotherproblemarisesinconnectionwiththesizeofthequotasto
openedfor1981,inviewofthedecisiontaken^bytheAssociation
CouncilduringJune1973tograntTurkeytreatmentasfavourableas
thatgrantedtocountriesbenefitingfromgeneralizedtariffprefe­
rences. - •LimitedperiodofvalidityoftheInterimAgreementapplyingin

Asthedecisionsonthesystemtobeappliedtothedevelopingcountries
willnotbetakenuntilverylatethisyear,thepresentCommissionpro­
posalfor1981t^kesaccount,"forthecalculationofquotaamounts,of
thegeneralized systemofpreference schema(textilesector;)asproposed
bytheCommission. _
Onthisbasis,thevolumeoftheCommunitytariffquotastobeopened
for1981for-Turkeyshouldcorrespondtothosefor1980enlargedby
2%totakeaccountcfGreekaccession,thatis.
-forcottonyarn 1099tonnes
-forother,cottoncloth 2587tonnes
-forcarpets 198tonnes 1-
-Itgoeswithoutsayingthatthesevolumesshouldbeadjustedifthe
finaldecisiontakeninthegeneralized systemofpreferences does
notcorrespond .tothesystemproposed.
Inaddition,the.Commissionisawarethatthisconcessioncouldbe
modifiedinthecontextofregistrations tobeundertakenwithTurkey.
/
Whileawaitingafinaldecisionthisproposalconstitutes aninstrument
torespecttheCommunities 1contractual engagements .
Thus,theCommissionreservestherighttomodifythispropdsalduring
theproceduretoadaptitifnecessarytotheresultofthenegocia-
tibns.
Asregardtheeconomicinformationtobeusedindeterminingthebasis
fortheproposedallocationofthetariffquotasconcerned,itshould
beremarkedthattheyshouldbebasedprincipally onMemberStates'
imports,actualandestimated,specifically originating inorcoming
fromTurkeyfor-thecategoriesofproductsconsidered.
Thus,althoughithasbeenpossibletodrawuptheappropriate informa­
tionfortheyears1977to1979,nevertheless becauseoftheirregularity
notedinimportsduringthosereferenceyears,ithasnotnecessarily
beenpossibletodeduceanyfirmbasisofassessment .Forthisreason,.
asitiscustomary,thequotavolumesattributedtotheoriginal
Communityhavebeen,dividedintotwotranches,thefirsttranchebeing
allocatedamongtheMemberStates,andthesecondheldasareserveto
coveranyadditionalrequirements whichmightcometolightinthose
MemberStates.I

K:Ssan:j i».i'OnstheinitialvolumesallocatedtotheMemberStates
use'Jiiitheprc,^salsarethesameasin1980andGreecegetsthe2%
increasedecidedupon.
TheProposalforaRegulation ontextileproductsprovidesforasingle
methodofcountingimportsagainstquotasharesintheMemberStates
concerned,namelyasandwhentheyareenteredforhomeuse.

5
Proposaifor
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No
of
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
quotasforcertaintextileproductsfallingwithinheadingNos55.05and55.09
andsubheadingex58.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatingin
Turkey(1981). •
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
"COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,.andinparticular
Article 113thereof, '
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommis­
sion,
Whereas,pendingtheentryintoforceoftheSupple­
mentaryProtocolsignedinAnkaraon30June1973
containingtheadjustmentstobemadetotheAgree­
mentestablishinganAssociationbetweentheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityandTurkeyandtothe
AdditionalProtocol(')consequentontheaccession
ofnewMemberStates,theCommunityhasunder­
taken,inanInterimAgreement^)whichrunsonly
fortheperiodpriortotheentryintoforceofthis
Supplementary Protocolwhichisapplicableuntil31
December1974butwhichhasbeenextendedfor
198!inaccordancewiththetermslaiddownin
Article13thereof,toimplementcertainprovisions
oftheSupplementary Protocolrelatingtotradein
goods;whereas,underArticle6ofthisInterim
AgreementamendingArticle1ofAnnex2tothe
AdditionalProtocol,theCommunitymustreduceby
75%thecustomsdutiesonimportsfromTurkeyof
certaintextileproductsfallingwithinheadingNos
55.05and55.09oftheCommonCustomsTariff,.
withinthelimitofannualCommunitytariffquotas
of390tonnesforcottonyarnand1390tonnesfor
wovenfabricsofcotton;whereastheabovemen-
tionedArticle6allocatestheseCommunitytariff
quotasasfollows:
–forcottonyarn:
300tonnestotheCommunity asoriginally
constituted ,40tonnestoDenmark,10tonnesto
Irelandand40tonnestotheUnitedKingdom;
–forwovenfabricsofcotton:
1000tonnestotheCommunity asoriginally
constituted ,20tonnestoDenmark,10tonnesto
Irelandand360tonnestotheUnitedKingdom;
WhereasArticle14ofthesaidSupplementary
Protocolonlyprovidesforsuchanallocationof
tariffquotasbetweentheCommunityasoriginally
(')OlNoL29?.29.12.1972,p.4.
(2)OJNoL277,3.10.197.5,p.2.constitutedandthethreenewMemberStatesuntil1
July1977;whereas,moreover,followingtheendof
thetransitionalperiodlaiddowninArticle39of
theActofAccession,itisnecessarytocreatea
commonsystemofadministration ofthetariff
quotasconcerned,consistingineachcaseofthe
openingofasinglequotadividedbetweenallthe
MemberStatesaccordingtotheusualcriteriaand
thecreationofasingleCommunityreserve,.opento
allMemberStates; *
Whereasitisdesirabletoprovideforaprovisional
adjustmentofthetariffadvantagesforthesegoods
consistingofatotalsuspensionofthecustoms
dutiesoftheCommonCustomsTariffandan
increaseinthequotas;whereasthevolumesofthe
quotastobeopenedfor1981aretherefore1099
tonnesforcottonyarnand2587tonnesforother
wovenfabricsofcotton;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle1ofAnnex2tothe
AdditionalProtocoltogetherwithArticle2ofthe
InterimAgreement,forthedurationof1981inparti-'
cular,theCommunitymustpartiallyreducethe
dutiesapplicableinrespectofthirdcountriesto
carpets,carpetingandrugs,knotted(madeUpor
not)ofwooloroffineanimalhair(excludinghand­
made"carpets,carpetingandrugs)importedfrom
Turkey;whereasitalsoappearsadvisabletoimprove
thistariffadvantageprovisionally bymeansofa
totalsuspensionofthe-dutiesapplicableto.the
productsinquestionwithinaCommunitytariff
quotafixedataprovisionallevelof198tonnesfor'
1981; 1
Whereas,itisnecessarytoguaranteetoallCommu­
nityimportersequalanduninterrupted accesstothe
abovementioned quotasanduninterrupted applica­
tionof"theratelaiddownforthosequotastoall
importsoftheproductconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereasin
thelightoftheprinciples ■mentionedabove,,the
Communitynatureofthequotascanbestbe
respectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquotas
amongtheMemberStates;whereas,inorderto
reflect:mostaccuratelytheactualdevelopment of

them-irki-,.ntheproductconcerned ,suchalloca­
tionshal':■inproportiontotheneedsofthe
MemberS..;vs,assessedbyreferencebothtothe
statisticsofeachState'simportsfromTurkeyovera
representative periodandtotheeconomicoutlook
forthequotaperiodconcerned ;whereas,inspiteof
thelimitedneedforimportsfromTurkeyofthe
productsconcerned,asshownbythestatisticsfor.themajorityoftheMemberStatestheCommunity
characterofthetariffquotasconcernedshouldbe
safeguarded bymakingprovisionstocoverneeds
whichmightariseintheseMemberStates;
WhereasimportsintothevariousMemberStates
fromTurkeywereasfollowsduringthelastthree
yearsforwhichcompletestatisticsareavailable :
1977 1978
; I1979
Tonnes 7.Tonnes %Tonnes %
Cotton_£arn I
1 -I Ii ■;
i
Bénélux 942718,40 1256517,50 1577419,62
Denmark 50,01 1,20,01 24,40,03
Germany I1726533,69 27951 ï38,94 2917236,29
France 1140 .2,22 .2797:"3,90 23572,93
Ireland 1750,34 246,50,34.I-5770,72
Italy 2100440,9922288>731,04 2690933,47
UnitedKingdom
|22314,35 59398,275577 |
I
I6,94
51247 10070788,4 10080390,4 100
Otherwovenfa-I
I'
.\
Bénélux 913'37,46 :537"33,08 16512,55
Denmark 8,50,35 0,40,02 0,60,04
Germany 599;24,58 43726,92 29822,67
France 40616,66 161j9,92 270;20,54
Ireland I230,94 10,06 36,52,78
Italy 363,514,92 29518,17 249,618,98
Unitedkingdom . 1245,09 19211,83 29522,44
2437 100 1623,4 100 1314,7 100
Whereasaccordingtotheinformation suppliedbyGreeceitsimports'ofthese
textileproductsfromTurkeyhavebeennilduringthelastthreeyears;

Whereasinviewofthesefiguresandforeseeable
markettrendsfortheproductsconcernedduring
1980,theinitialsharesmaybefixedapproximatelyat.
thefollowingpercentages:
CottonOtherwoven
_yarn_fabrjcs_pfcottonI
Bénélux 15,69 19,57
Denmark 8,43Λ77
Germany 34,89 14,70
Greece 2,58 2,43
France 4,22 22,-
Ireland 2,22 0,91
Italy ,23,42 7,30
UnitedKingdom 8,55 31,32
Whereasinordertotakeintoaccounttheuncertainty
oftheimporttrendsfortheproductsconcernedinthe
MemberStates,thequotavolumesshouldbedivided
intotwoinstalments ,thefirstinstalmentbeingallo­
catedtotheMemberStates,andthesecondheldasa
reserveintendedultimatelytocovertherequirements
ofthoseMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheir
initialshares;whereas,inorderto.ensureacertain
degreeofsecuritytoimporters,thefirstinstalment
shouldbedeterminedatarelativelyhighlevel,which,
underpresentcircumstances ,maybeabout80%of
eachquotavolume;whereastheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedinandrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerningthe
administration ofsharesgrantedtotheabovemen-
tionedeconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyone
ofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMemberStates
maybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorder
totakethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,itisimportantthatanyMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofoneofitsinitial
quotasharesshoulddrawanadditionalquotashare
fromthecorresponding reserve;whereas,thismustbe
donebyeachMemberStateasandwheneachofits
additionalquotasharesisalmostentirelyusedup;and
repeatedasmanytimes,aseachofthereservesallows;
whereaseachoftheinitialandadditionalquotashares
mustbeavailableforuseuntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthismethodofadministration calls
forclosecooperationbetweenMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,whichmust,inparticular,beableto
observetheextenttowhichthequotaamountisused
andinform'MemberStatesthereof;
Whereas,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable balanceremainsinoneorotherMember
StateitisessentialthatthatMemberStatepaysa
percentageofitbackintothecorresponding reserve,
iinordertopreventapartofoneorotherofthe
Communityquotasfromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers:Article1
1.From1Januaryto31Decemberl981'.Commu-.
nitytariffquotasshallbeopenedforthefollowing
productscomingfromTurkey,asshownbelow:
CCT
heading Description JQuota
No (lonnes>
55.05
55.09
58.01Cottonyarn,notputupfor
retailsale
Otherwovenfabricsof
cotton
Carpets,carpetingandtugs
(madeupornot)
exA.Ofwooloroffine
animalhairexclud­
inghandmadecar­
pets,carpetingand
rugs .1099
2587
.198
2.ThedutiesoftheCommonCustomsTariffare
totallysuspendedforthesetariffquotas..

Greet--alt.-pplvwithinthe
contfthesoteriffquotas,
custo.-'tiescalculated inaccor
dancei..Lhthr-provijionsofArti­
cle117oftheActofAccessionof
Greece. -%
3.If,afteroneorotherofitssecondshareshas
beenusedup,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawn
byaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thelattershall,
inthesamemanner,drawafourthshareequaltothe
third.'
Article2 Thisprocedureshallbefolloweduntilthereservehas
beenexhausted.
1.Afirstinstalmentofeachofthequotasreferred'
toinArticle1(1),whichshallbe854tonnesfor4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,Member
cottonyarnnotputupforretailsale.2095tonnesforStatesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthosefixedin
otherwovenfabricsofcottonand163tonnesforthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
carpets,carpetingamirugsofwooloroffineanimalthosesharesmightnotbeusedup.Theyshallinform
hair,shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;thetheCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplyingthis
shareswhich,subjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntilparagraph.
31December1981,shailbeasfollows:
(mtonnes)
i
ICCTheadingNo
MemberSlates I
55.05
!55.0» ex58.01A
Bénélux 134 410 15
Denmark 72 37 15
Germany -||298■I308|I-•38
Greece 22 51 4
France II'36 II'461 27
Ireland. !19 19 2
Italy 200 153 19
United ■'-
KingdomI73.65643
8542095163
2.Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,amounting
to245,492and35tonnesrespectively,shallmakeup
thecorresponding reserve.
Article3
1..If90%ormoreofoneofanyMemberStates
initialshares,aslaiddownipArticle2(1)or90%of
thatsharelesstheamountreturnedintothecorres­
pondingreserve,whereArticle5hasbeenapplied,has
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshallwithoutdelay,
bynotifyingtheCommissi©;!,;':rawasecondsharein
thequotaequalto15%ofusinitialshare,rounded
uptothenextunitwhereappropriate,totheextent
thattheamountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteroneorotherofitsinitialshareshasbeen
usedup,90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnby
oneoftheMemberStateshasbeenusedup,that
MemberStateshall,inthemannerprovidedforin
paragraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofits
initialshare.

Attint4
i'fI»'filiji.►j'MiU'/HjIr:l»J(«5ill.lV//»j/unu.iufIO
Amile3sitaliIk-valicimtlil31Decomber1981.
ArticleJ
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1981,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September1981,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturn,
agreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1981
notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsofthe
productsconcernedeffectedundertheCommunity
quota'suptoandincluding15September1981■»and,
whereappropriatethe'proportionofeachoftheir
initialsharesthattheyarereturningtoeachofthe
reserves.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3,andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereserveshavebeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
Itshall,notlaterthan5October1981,notifythe
MemberStatesofthestateofeachofthereservesafter
thereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatanydrawingwhichusesupa
reserveislimitedtothebalanceavailableand,forthis
purpose,shallspecifytheamountthereoftothe
MemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.Attitlr7
/
1.M<-nil«'/hli.illtakeallnicaMircikrieccv.ary
toensurethat,whenadditionalsharesarcdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforimportstobe
countedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumu­
latedsharesoftheCommunitytariffquotas.
2.MemberStatesshallensureforimportersofthe
productsconcernedestablishedintheirterritoryfree
.accesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoodsare
enteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStates'shares
havebeenusedupshallbeestablishedonthebasisof
importscountedinaccordancewithparagraph'3.
Artide8
χ
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission ,
MemberStatesshallinformitofimportsofthe
productsconcernedactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
respected.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1981,
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States. ,
DoneatBrussels.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident