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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)610 final
Brussels.23rdOctober1980
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
OPENING,.ALLOCATING ANDPROVIDING FORTHEADMINISTRATION
OFCOMMUNITY TARIFFQUOTASFORPREPARED ORPRESERVED
SARDINES,FALLINGWITHINSUBHEADING 16.04DOFTHECOMMON
CUSTOMSTARIFFANDORIGINATING INMOROCCO <1981)
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
OPENING,ALLOCATING ANDPROVIDING FORTHEADMINISTRATION
OFACOMMUNITY TARIFFQUOTAFORPREPARED ORPRESERVED
SARDINES/FALLINGWITHINSUBHEADING 16.04DOFTHECOMMON
CUSTOMSTARIFFANDORIGINATING INTUNISIA(1981)
(presented bytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM •, ••• -
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1.The >1978Agreements between theCommunity andMorocco andTunisia
provide that prepared andpreserved sardines originating inthose
1,countries maybeadmitted duty free into theCommunity oncondition .•
'.that certain minimum prices arerespected .Theperiods andthetech- ■
nical rules forapplication ofthis ;system must befixed by .exchanges
ofletters between thecontracting parties *Since these exchanges of
letters have nottaken place thearrangements provided forin,the -
•Agreements were hotimplemented andthose arising fromtheprevious'
;.Association Agreements between theEECandMorocco andTunisia were *
. . . . .] .maintained inforce until 31December 1977 . 1
' 1 V* « ' ' »· -·;, -» ; .„" .
Jheformer arrangments ^inquestion providefor tariff treatment which
.varies fromoneMember 'st ,atetoanother ..Thistreatment cannot be .."
extended beyond thatdate,since is •incompatible -withtheprinci-7
piesofthe .customs union andtherules ofthecommon commercial w,V;
• «policy.' . •;.;
2.From 1January 1978theCommunity replaced these arrangements bya'
.Community tariff quota system which takes theinterests' involved
' -intoaccount pending the,'conclusion o,fthe ,exchanges -ofletters ' '
•which willenable theprovisions of ,the1978Agreements felating /. .
•toprepared andpreserved sardines tocome into force . • '
3. ^Asthe .situation hasnot,changed' since .Commission'
isproposing .thattheCouncil extend thetariff quota system for '
v-198landtherefore approve thetwo "attached proposals forRegulations
. .ontheopening ,allocation andadministration ofCommunity tariff ';'
:quotas inrespect ofprepared andpreserved sardines falling within >
:..subheading 16.04 DoftheCommon /Customs Tariff originatihg in'"' V'
Morocco andTunisia respectively ;I ■?ei. ;
. . . ■ ' 'I ΧΛ .·' ; · ■; ν'"· ........ .. -. J >• t ■*• • -»
-forMorocco t-onetariff quotaof .000'tonne a,/dutyfree/'M' •
. ••"*onotariff quota of6.000 tonnes at10% :;
-forTunisia :onetariff -quota of100tonnes ,dutyfree ." ;'T •
This 19thesubject oftheannexed proposals . ; '
\

Theproposals forregulations opening these tariff quotas provi e
asiscustomary -forthe"division ofeach ofthequota volumes
into twoinstalments ,thefirst being allocated among theMember' ,
States asquota shares ,the second being held asareserve .
Theallocation ofthe volume ofthefirst instalment' of.thequota
should bebased ontherules generally applied .These involve calcu­
lating each Member .State 'stotal imports over thelast three years
asaproportion oftotal' Community imports during the same period ,
andapplying ,foreach Member State thepercentages thus obtained
'to the volume ofthefirsf instalment ."
IMPORTATIONS OFPREPARED AND CONSERVED SARDINES
ORIGINATING INMOROCCO AND TUNISIA
-intonnes -
STATEMOROCCO
ήTUNISIA
y 11,1
1 ».r– 197 ? i<i?ë 1979 ~ 1977 1978 1979
8x ;Ii479 1335 1190/
DK 78 105' 3
0 168 1626 2022 .––
gr 335 " 578 196 '
[ 7322 6603 7.100
ι ,5°
IRL -!42 42S■\:
11 20 88 33 ..
■– !-
,i)K 1126 .1531 3173 *
CE .11 11906 13662 – – • 50
f

Thetariffquotasconcernedmightbemodifiedinthecontextofthe
presentnegotiations withthecontracting countryinviewofthe
conclusionofanAdaptationProtocoltotheabovementioned Agreement
Awaitingtheresults,theproposedRegulations permittherespectof
theengagements contracted bytheCommunity.
/
/ ,
TheCommission reservesthepossibility ofmodifyingtheproposal
duringtheprocedure/ifnecessary ,-toadaptittotheAdaptation
Protocol.

ANNEX A
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )'
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration ofCommunity tariff quotas for
prepared orpreserved sardines ,falling within subheading 16.04 DoftheCommon Customs
Tariff andoriginating inMorocco (198^J
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , totheeconomic outlook forthequota period in
question ;
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,and inparticular Article 113
thereof .
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas the Cooperation Agreement between the
Community andMorocco provides that prepared and
preserved sardines ,falling within subheading 16.04 Dof
theCommon Customs Tariff andoriginating inMoroc­
co,may beimported intotheCommunity freeofduties ;
whereas thedetailed arrangements must befixed byan
exchange ofletters between the Community and
Morocco ;whereas ,since thisexchange ofletters hasnot
yettaken place ,itisadvisable torenew for1981 the
Community arrangements which were applied in1S80;
whereas these arrangements provide fortheopening of
twoCommunity tariff quotas forimportations into the
Community oftheproducts inquestion ,oneduty free
tariff quota of14000 tonnes and theother of6000
tonnes atarateofduty of10%;whereas these tariff
quotas aretoapply from 1January 198 1until the
conclusion oftheexchange ofletters provided forin
Article 19oftheCooperation Agreement between the
Community and Morocco ,until such time as
Community arrangements forimports oftheproducts
inquestion areapplied ,oruntil 31December 1981 .
whichever shall be the earliest ;whereas these
Community tariff quotas should therefore beopened ;
Whereas itisinparticular necessary toensure forall
Community importers equal anduninterrupted access
tothe abovementioned quotas and uninterrupted
"application oftherates laiddown forthese quotas toall
imports oftheproducts concerned into allMember
States until thequotas have been used up;whereas ,
having regard totheprinciples mentioned abpye ,.the
Community nature ofthequotas canbeVespected by
allocating theCommunity tariff quotas among the
Member States ;whereas ,inorder toreflect as
accurately aspossible thetruetrend ofthemarket inthe
products inquestion ,such allocation should bein
proportion totherequirements oftheMember States ,
calculated byreference tothestatistics forimports from
Morocco over arepresentative reference period andalsoWhereas ,during thelastthree years torwhich statistics
areavailable thecorresponding imports intoeach ofthe
Member States represent thefollowing percentages of
theimports into theCommunity from Morocco ofthe
products concerned ;
Member States 197J "3 197Ç
Bénélux il2.8 11.2 |8.7
Denmark 0.8 0.9 0.1
GermanyGreece10.0
2.913.7
4.814.8
1.4
rranccP3.2 55.4 51.9
Ireland 0.4 0.4 0.1
Italy 0.2 0.8 0.3
United Kingdom 9.7 j
I12.8|22.7
Whereas ,inview ofthese factors and oftheestimates
submitted bycertain Member States ,initial shares may
befixed approximately atthefollowing percentages :,
Member States |__l0/thequota
of14000 tonnesofthequota
of6000 tonnes
Bénélux "10.8 ! 10.8
Denmark;0.5 ! 0.5
Germany 12.9 î 12.9
<FfaS& ce sH sH
Ireland 0.3 0.3
Italy 0.4 | 0.4
United Kingdom 15.6 ...15"6
Whereas ,inorder totake into account import trentas
fortheproducts concerned inthe.sarious Member
States ,each quota should bedivided into two
instalments ,thefirst being shared among theMember
States andthesecond constituting areserve tocover ata
later date therequirements oftheMember States which
have used uptheir initial quota shares ;whereas ,in
order togiveimporters ineach Member State acertain

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degree o£security ,the 'first instalment ofthe
Community quotas should under thecircumstances ,be
fixed at90%respectively ofthequota volumes ;
Whereas theMember States' initial shares ni.iy beused
•inatdifferent times ;whereas ,inorder totake thisfact
into account and avoid any break incontinuity ,any
Member State which hasalmost used upitsinitial quota
sh.ircs should draw ■anadditional share from the '
corresponding reserve ;whereas this must bedone by
each Member State asand when each ofitsadditional
shares isalmost used up,andrepeated asmany times as .
thereserve allows ;whereas theinitial and additional
shares must bevalid until theendofthequota period ;
whereas this method ofadministration requires close
cooperation between the Member States and the
Commission ,and thelatter must beinaposition to
monitor theextent towhich thequota amounts have
been used upandtoinform Member States thereof ; 1
Whereas if,atagiven date inthequota period ,a
substantial quantity remains unused inany Member
State itisessential that that Member State should return
asignificant proportion tothecorresponding reserve ,to
prevent apart ofany tariff quota from remaining
unused inone Member' State when itcould beused in •
others ;
Whereas ,since theKingdom ofBelgium ,theKingdom , i
ofthe Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of '<
Luxembourg areunited inand represented bythe
Benelux Economic Union ,anyoperation relating tothe
administration ofthequota shares allocated tothat
economic union may becarried out byany ofits
members , , .
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
1.From 1January 1981 until theconclusion ofthe !
exchange ofletters referred toinArticle 19ofthe
Cooperation Agreement between theCommunity and I
Morocco ,until such time asCommunity import
arrangements arcapplied oruntil 31December 1981 ,
whichever shall betheearliest ,aduty-free Community
tariff quota of14000 tonnes shall beopened for
imports intotheCommunity ofprepared orpreserved
surdities falling within subheading 16.04 Dofthe
Common Customs Tariff andoriginating inMorocco .
2.From 1January 1981until theconclusion oftue
exchange ofletters referred toinArticle 19ofthe
Cooperation Agreement between theCommunity and
Morocco ,until such time asCommunity import
arrangements areapplied oruntil 31December 19>J-j,

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whichevershallbetheearliest,aCommunitytariff
quotaof6000tonnesatadutyrateof107oshallbe
openedforimportsintotheCommunityofpreparedor1
preservedsardines,fallingwhhinsubheading16.04Dof'
theCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatingin
Morocco. . j
Withinthelimitsofthesetariffquotas,Greeceshallapplyduties
calculatedinaccordancewiththerelev^tprovisionsintheActof
Accession ;•*
Article2
1.ThetariffquotaslaiddowninArticle1shallbe
dividedintoTWOinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentofeachquotashallbeshared 1
amongtheMemberStates;therespectiveshareswhich,
subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntiltheendofthe
periodspecifiedinArticle1shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)
Member Sum 'Artide1(1)¡Anide1(2)
Bénélux'rm
1360 580
Dcnmark ■60 30
GermanyGreece 1518«8
France 71003050
Ireland ^40 15
Italy '50 25
UnitedKingdom 1970840_
1
\ Total,'12600 •5400-
3.Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,i.e.1400and
600tonnesrespectively,shallconstitute the
corresponding reserve. •
Article 3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(2),or90%ofthatshareminus
theportionreturnedtothecorresponding reservewhere
Article5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,to
theextentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve,that
MemberStateshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commission ,drawasecondshareequalto10%ofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenext
unit. V
2.If,afteroneofitsinitialshareshasbeenusedup,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thenthatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninparagraph
1,drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.

3.If,after itssecond share hasbeen used up,90%or
more ofthethird share drawn byaMember State has
been used up,that Member State shall ,inaccordance
with theconditions laiddown inparagraph 1,draw a
fourth share equal tothethird .
This process shall continue until thereserve isused up.
4.Bywayofderogation from paragraphs 1,2and3,a
Member State may draw shares smaller than those fixed
inthose paragraphs ifthere isreason tobelieve that
they might not beused up.Itshall inform the
Commission ofitsreasons forapplying thisparagraph .
Article 4
Each oftheadditional shares drawn pursuant toArticle
3shall bevalid until theendoftheperiod laiddown in
Article 1.
Article S
The Member States shall return tothereserve ,notlater
than 1October 1981 ,such unused portion oftheir
initial share as,on15September 198\isinexcels of
20%oftheinitial volume .They may return alarger
quantity ifthere aregrounds forbelieving that this
quantity may notbeused . ^\
The Member States shall notify theCommission ,not
later than 1October 1981 ,ofthetotal quantities ofthe
products inquestion imported upto15September 198 1
andcharged against thetariff quota andofanyquantity
oftheinitial shares returned tothereserve .
Article 6
The Commission shall keep anaccount oftheshares
opened bytheMember States pursuant toArticles 2and
3and,assoon asitisnotified ,shall inform each State
oftheextent towhich thereserves-.have been used up.Itshall inform theMember State -*.not later than
5October 1981 oftheamount inraih reserve after
quantities have been returned thereto pursuant to
Article 5.
Itshall ensure that thedrawing which exhausts any
reserve docs not exceed thebalance available and,to
thisend,shall notify theamount ofthat balance tothe
Member State making $hclastdrawing .
Article 7
1.TheMember States shall take allmeasures necessary
toensure that additional shares draw pursuant to
Article 3areopened insuch awaythatimports may be
charged without interruption against their accumulated
shares ofthetariff quota .
2.TheMember States shall ensure thatimporters ofthe
products inquestion established intheir territory have
free access totheshares allocated tothem .
3.Theextent towhich aMember State hasused upits
shares shall bedetermined onthebasis oftheimports of
-theproducts concerned originating inMorroco and
entered with customs authorities forfree circulation .
Article 8
AttheCommission 'srequest ,theMember States shall
inform itofimports oftheproducts concerned actually
charged against their shares .
Article 9
The Member States andtheCommission shall cooperate
closely toensure that thisRegulation iscomplied with .
Article 10
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1January
1981.
This Regulation shall bebinding injts entirety anddirectly applicable inallMember States .
Done atBrussels ,
FortheCouncil
The President •

ANNEX B
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration ofaCommunity tariff quota for
prepared orpreserved sardines ,falling within subheading 16.04 DoftheCommon Customs
Tariff andoriginating inTunisia (19SJ )
HIF.COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , arepresentative reference period and jlvo tothe
economic outlook forthequota period inquestion ;
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,and inparticular Article 113
thereof ,
f
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas theCooperation Agreement between the
Community and Tunisia provides thdt prepared and
preserved sardines ,falling within subheading 16.04 Dof
theCommon Customs Tariff andoriginating inTunisia
may beimported into theCommunity freeofduties ;
whereas thedetailed arrangements must befixed byan
exchange ofletters between the Community and
Tunisia ;whereas ,since thisexchange ofletters hasnot
yettaken place ,itisadvisable torenew fortheyear
198 1theCommunity arrangements which were applied
in198Q whereas these arrangements provide forthe
opening ofaCommunity tariff quota ,for.the
importation into theCommunity oftheproducts in.
question ,of100tonnes freeofduty ;whereas ,these
tariff quotas aretoapply from 1January 1981 until the
conclusion oftheexchange ofletters provided forin
Article 18oftheCooperation Agreement between the
Community andTunisia ,until such time asComrr^unity
arrangements forimports oftheproducts inquestion
areapplied ,oruntil 31December 1981 ,whichever shall
betheearliest ;whereas these Community tariff quotas
should therefore beopened ; v";
Whereas itisinparticular necessary toensure forall
Community importers equal anduninterrupted access to
the abovementioned quota and uninterrupted
application oftherate laiddown forthat quota toall
imports oftheproducts concerned into allMefnber
Sntes until thequota hasbeen used up;whereas ,having
regard totheabove principles ,theCommunity r^ature
ofthe quota can berespected byallocating :,the
Community tariff quota among theMember States ;
whereas ,in1order toreflect asaccurately aspossible the
true trend ofthemarket intheproducts inquestion ,
such allocation should beinproportion tothe
requirements ofthe Member States ,,calculated '■by
reference tothestatistics forimports from Tunisia overWhereas ,during thelastthree year *forwhich itatjitus
areavailable ,thecorresponding import *into each of
theMember States represent thefollowing percentages
ofimports into theCommunity from Tunisia ojthe
products concerned :
ManberSuta VtfJ 1*78 1VJ
Bénélux
Denmark I -
Germany
„ GreeceFrance 100
Ireland(=50t)
Italy-
United Kingdom]-
Whereas these data cannot be considered as
representative andcannot serve asabasis forallocation
ofthequota among theMember States ;whereas itis
difficult toforecast theMember States' imports for
1980 because oftheabsence ofanypattern inprevious
years ;whereas inorder thatthequota may beallocated
fairly ,the initial quota shares may be fixed
approximately atthefollowing percentages :
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
M£ ?ce
Ireland
Italy
United Kingdom10
3
15
3
4
15
Whereas ,inorder totake into account import trends
fortheproducts concerned inthevarious Member
States ,each ofthequota amounts should bedivided
into two instalments ,thefirst being shared among the
Member States andthesecond constituting areserve to
cover atalater date therequirements oftheMember
Slates which have used uptheir initial quota shares ;
whereas ,inorder togive importers ineach Member

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State acertain <ic<;rccofsecurity ,thefirst instalment of
theCommunity quota might under thscircumstances ber
fixed at80%ofthequota volume ; ... -
Whereas theMember States' initial shares msj ;beused
upatdifferent times ;whpreas ,inorder tor.ike.;his f.sct
into account ai:<!avoid any break incontinuity ,any
.I Member State which hasAlmost used upitsinitial quota
\-share should draw anadditional share from thereserve ;
whereas thismust bedone byeach Member State asand'
when each ofitsadditional shares isalmost used up,
and repeated asmany times asthereserve allows ;-
whereas theinitial and additional shares must bevalid –
until theendofthequota period ;whereas thismethod
ofadministration requires close cooperation bcrween
theMember States and theCommission ,and thelatter
must beinaposition tomonitor theextent towhich the
quota volume has been used upanfi toinform the ■
Member States thereof ; ,>• ;
Whereas if,atagiven date in ■thequota' period ,a
substantial quantity ofaninitial share remains unused
inany Mdmber State ,itisess'ential that that Member :
State should return asignificant proportion tothe
reserve toprevent apart ofany tariff quota from ;
remaining unused inone Member State when itcould ,
beused inothers ;
Whereas ,since theKingdom ofBelgiun ),theKingdom
of the Netherlands and the .Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg arcunited inand represented ;j'bythe !
Benelux Economic Union ,anyoperation relating tothe ,
administration ofthequota shares allocated <tothat j
economic union may becarried out byany' ofits j
members , >■ !
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article I ' -■
 » ' * "1from IJanuary 1981 until theconclusion' ofthe
exchange ofletters referred toinArticle 1?ofthe-
<'«H>peration Agreement between theCommunity and
1imiM.i ,.until such time asCommunity import
,arrangements areapplied ,oruntil 31December 1981 ,'
whichever shall betheearliest ,aduty-free Community -j
uritl quota of100tonnes shall beopened forimports '
intotheCommunity ofprepared orpreserved Sardines ,
falling within subheading 16.04 DoftheCommon
Customs Tariff andoriginating inTunisia .
Within thelimits ofthis tariff quota ,Greece shal^apply duties
calculated inaccordance with therelevant provisions irvthe Act o.f
Accession " '■ ~T"~ "

Artide 2
1.The tariff quoin referred toinArticle 1shall be
divided into two instalments .--
2.Aftf%t instalment ,amounting to80tonnes ofthe ?
('(immunity tariff quota referred toinArticle 1,shall be|
allocated amoni !theMember States ;theshares ,which •
»ub|ect toArticle 5»hall bevalid untii theendofthe i
period specified inArticle 1,shall beasfollows :
(tonnes )
llenelux * 8''j
Denmark 2 .\
Germany 12
FrGidÇece 382
Ireland 2
Italy 4
United Kingdom 12
3.The second instalment of20tonnes shall constitute
thereserve .
Article 3
1.If90%ormore ofaMember State 'sinitial share as
specified inArticle 2(2),or90%ofthat share minus
theportion returned tothereserve where Article 5has
been applied ,has been used up,then ,totheextent
permitted by >theamount ofthereserve ,that Member
State shall 'forthwith ,bynotifying theCommission ,
draw asecond share equal to15%ofitsinitial share ,
rounded upwhere necessary tothenext unit .
2.If,after oneofitsinitial shares hasbeen used up,
90%ormore ofthesecond share drawnbyaMember ^
State hasbeen used up,then ,totheextent permitted by
theamount ofthereserve ,that Member State shall ,in'
accordance with theconditions laiddown inparagraph
1,draw athird share equal to7-5%ofitsinitial share ,
rounded upwhere necessary tothenext unit . '
3.If,after oneofitssecond shares hasbeen used up,
90%ormore ofthethird share drawn byaMember
State has been used up,that Member State shall ,in
accordance with theconditions laiddown inparagraph
1,draw afourth share equal tothethird .
This process shall continue until thereserve isused up.

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4.Bywayofderogation from paragraphs 1,2and3,a
Member State maydraw shares smaller than those fixed
inthose paragraphs ifthere isreason tobelieve that
they might not beused up.Itshall inform the
C.ummiMion ofit*reasons forapplying thisparagraph .
Article 4
Theadditional shares drawn pursuant toArticle 3shall
bevalid until theendoftheperiod specified inArticle 1.
Article S
llic Mcmb'cr States shall return tothereserve ,notlater
than 1October 1981,such unused portion oftheir
initial share as,on15September 198^,isinexcess of
20%oftheinitial volume .They may return alarger
quantity ifthere arcgrounds forbelieving that this
quantity may notbeused .
The Member States shall notify theCommission ,not
later than 1October 1981 ofthetotal quantities ofthe
products inquestion imported upto15September 1981
andcharged against thetariff quota andofanyquantity
oftheinitial shares returned tothereserve .
Article 6
The Commission shall keep anaccount oftheshares
opened bytheMember States pursuant toArticles 2and
3.yid,assoon asitisnotified ,shall inform each
Member State oftheextent towhich thereserve has
been used up. .
Itshall inform theMember States ,not later than 5
October 1981 , t'ieamount inthereserve after
quantities have been returned thereto pursuant to
Article 5.Article 7
1.The Member States shall take allmeasures necessary
toensure that additional shares drawn pursuant to
Article 3areopened insuch away thatimports may be
charged without interruption against their accumulated
shares ofthetariff quota .
2.TheMember States shall ensure thatimporters ofthe
products inquestion established intheir territory have
free access totheshares allocated tothem .
3.The extent towhich aMember State hasused upits
shares shall bedetermined onthebasis oftheimports of
theproducts inquestion originating inTunisia entered
with customs authorities forfree circulation .
Article 8
AttheCommission 'srequest ,theMember States shall
inform it"ofimports oftheproducts concerned actually
charged against their shares .
Article 9
'TheMember States andtheCommission shall cooperate
closely toensure that thisRegulation iscomplied with .
Itshall ensure that thedrawing which exhausts any
reserve does notexceed thebalance available and,to
this end,notify theamount ofth?t balance tothe
Member State making thelastdrawing .Article 10
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1January
1981 .
Λ
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable inallMember States .
Done atBrussels .
For theCouncil
The President