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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(75 )274final
Brussels .11June 1975
Proposai for a
I:
REGULATION (EEC )OFTHECOUNCIL *
opening ,allocating andproviding for theadministration
ofCommunity tariff quotas forcertain textile products
<falling within headings Nos 55.05 and 55.09 and sub­
heading Noex58.01 AoftheCommon Customs Tariff (1976 )
coming from Turkey
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Asaresultofnegotiations withTurkeyontheadjustments to
bemadetotheAssociation Agreementbetweenthatcountryandthe
CommunityandtheAdditionalProtocol,totakeaccountofthe
accessionofnewMemberStates,theCommunitysignedinAnkaraon
30June1973aSupplementary Protocol .whichwillenterintoforce
onceithasbeenratified.
Inthemeantime,theCommunityhasconcludedanInterimAgreement
whichintheoryrunsonlyfortheperiodpriortotheentryinto
forceofthisSupplementary Protocolbut
inordertoimplement ,from
1January197^jcertainprovisionsofthatProtocolrelatingto
tradeingoods.
2.Intheabovementioned Supplementary Protocol -andInterim
Agreement ,provisionismadeinparticularinrespectoftextile.
produotsfortheopeningofthefollowingannualCommunitytariffcfuotaS|
subjecttotheconditionslaiddownforeachproduct: ,
CCT
headingNot,... AnnualDescription tari«quotaDuty
j
55.05 -''
55.09
.■<
wCottonyarn,-notpût
upforretailsale
Otherwovenfabrics
ofcotton
y'.À«'' '■V'
I390metrictons
1390metrictons|75#réduction
75%réduction'
.;«.-••'/, :'!i.V..f..;,. ••■ >.•
TheyalsodeterminefortheseproductstheallocationamongtheMemberStates
oftheannualtariffquotasfortextileproducts.Thisallooationisasfollows

Cottonyarn(headingNo55-05)
Communityasoriginallyconstituted
Denmark ■» '
Ireland
UnitedKingdora ,.500metrictons
kQmetrictons
10metrictons
^0metrictons
Otherwovenfabricsofcotton(headingNo55-09)
Communityasoriginallyconstituted
Denmark
Ireland
UnitedKingdora1000metrictons
20metrictons
10metrictons
360metrictons
Itisnotatpresentpossibletosaywhetherthetariffmeasures
proposedforTurkeyundertheseagreements axetobegrantedfor
1975onthebasisoftheSupplementary ProtocoloroftheInterim
Agreement ,whoseperiodofvaliditywouldhavetobeextended.
TheattachedProposalsforRegulations ,arebasedon
theSupplementary Protocolandcouldtherefore "bemodifiedshould
theProtooolnotoomeintoforceon1Januaiy1976.
Anotherproblemarisesinconnectionwiththesizeofthequotasto
beopenedfor1975,inviewofthedecisiontakenbytheAssociation
CouncilduringJune1973tograntTurkeytreatmentasfavourableas
thatgrantedtocountriesbenefitingfromgeneralizedtariff •
•preferences*' '' ..
1•.<4••• 1
Asthedecisionsonthesystemtobeappliedtothedeveloping ,
countries 'willnotbetakenuntilverylatethisyear,itseems
appropriatetomakeprovision,intheproposalsfor197^ffortheinitial
adjustmenttobeidenticaltothatmadefor1975andforthesituationto
bereviewedeitherduringtheCouncil'sdeliberationsifthatwere-possible,
crifnecessaryin1316, . '

5.Theadjustmentoftheadvantagesreferredtounder4,would
thereforeconsistin:
(i)thegrantingoftotalsuspensionoftheapplicablecustoms
dutiesand"twoincreasesof50%and.thenof5foInthetariff
quotasforthetwoproductsinquestion;
(ii)thegrantingofatariffquotaof166metrictons,atazero
rateofduty,forcertaincarpetsofwooloroffinehair
(headingNoex58.01A);
(iii)provisionforareviewoftheabove:tariffquotas'asaresultof
theDecisiontakeninthecontextoftheGeneralisedTariffPreferences
System.
g.Asregardstheeconomicinformation tobeusedindetermining
■shebasisfortheproposedallocationofthetariffquotasConcerned,
itshouldberemarkedthattheyshouldbebasedprincipally onMember
States'imports,actualandestimated,specifically originatinginor
comingfromTurkeyforthecategoriesofproductsconsidered.
•■%.(
Thus,althoughithasbeenpossibletodrawuptheappropriate
informationfortheyears1972to1974,nevertheless becauseofthe
irregularity notedinimportsduringthosereferenceyears,ithas
notnecessarily beenpossibletodeduceanyfirmbasisofassessment *
Forthisreason,asiscustomary,thequotavolumesattributedtothe
originalCommunityhavebeen

k
dividedintotwotranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocatedamong
theMemberStates,andthesecondheldasareservetocoverany
additionalrequirements whichmightcometolightinthoseMemberStates.
ThequotasofthenewMemberStatesarefixedinaccordancewiththeprovisions
of'paragraph 2,upliftedasindicatedinparagraph4above.
7.TheProposalforaRegulation 021textileproductsprovidesfor
asinglemethodofcountingimportsagainstquotasharesinthe
MemberStatesconcerned ,namelyasandwhentheyareenteredfor
homeuse.
3•Itshouldbenotedinadditionthattheproposedrulesfor
allocationofthetariffquotasamongMemberStatesandthemethod
ofadministering 'thequotashavealreadybeenexaminedatameeting
ofthe"SconomicTariffproblems"Groupbetween14and18April1975,
andthattheMemberStatesexpertsgaveafavourableinitialopiniononthem.

Proposal fora
REGULATION (EEC) JOPTHECOUNCIL .
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration
ofCommunity tariff quotas forcertain textile product s
falling within headings Hoa55*05 and55*09 and .subheading
Noex58*01 AoftheCommon Customs Tariff (1976 )ooming
from Turkey
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Eoonomio
Community ,andinparticular Article 113thereof ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;( '
Whereas ,under theterms ofArtiole 7'oftheSupplementary Protocol
signed inAnkara on30June 1973 oontaining theadjustments tobe
made totheAgreement establishing anAssociation between theEuropean
1Eoonomic Community andTurkey andtotheAdditional Protocol oonsequont
ontheAocession ofnewMember States ,theCommunity isrequired ,each year ,to
reduoe by7 "thecustoms duties onimports from Turkey ofoertain
textile produots falling within heading Nos55*05 and55*09 ofthe
Common Customs Tariff ,within thelimit ofanimal Community tariff
quotas of390metrio tons forootton yarn and 1390metrio tons for
woven fabrics ofootton ,whereas Artiole 14ofthe above-meirfc ioned
Supplementary Protocol allooates these Community tariff quotas asfollows :
–forcotton yarns
300metrio tons totheCommunity asoriginally constituted ,40metrio
tons toDenmark ,10metrio tons toIreland and40metrio tons tothe
United Kingdom ;
1ôoNoL293»29December 1972 »P»4.

–forwovenfabricsofootton:
1000metriotoneto"theCommvnityasoriginallyconstituted ,
20metriotonstoDenmark,10metrictonstoIrelandarid3^0metric
tonstotheUnitedKingdom;
Whereas,moreover,itappearsdosirabletoprovideforaprovisional
adjustmentofthetariffadvantagesforthesegoods:
–fortheCommunityasoriginallyconstituted "byatotalsuspension
ofthecustomsdutiesoftheCommonCustomsTariff,andincreasesof
SO'/Jandthenof5/"ofthevolumeofquotasallocatedtothoseI'emberStates;
–forthenewKemberStatesbyatotalsuspensionoftheduties
applicablewithinthelimitsofthequotasfixedabove,inoreased
inthesameproportion ;
whereastheseadjustments may,ifnecessary,bereviewedduringthe
tariffyear;
UhcreaspursuanttoArtiolo 1ofAnnexNo2totheAdditional
ProtocoltogetherwithArticle9oftheSupplementary Protoool,for
thedurationof197°inparticular,theCommunitymustreduoeby2^jf0
thedutiesapplicableinrespectofthirdoountriestocarpets,
carpetingandrugs,knotted(madeupornot)ofwooloroffine
animalhair(withtheexceptionofhand-madecarpets)importedfrom
Turkey;whereasitalsoappearsadvisabletoimprovethistariff
advantageprovisionally bymeansofatotalsuspensionoftheduties
applicabletotheproductsinquestionwithinaCommunitytariff
quotafixedinitiallyat168metriotonsandallocatedinacoordanoe
withthesanepercentages a3thoseadoptedfor1975;
Whereas,inordertooomplywiththespecialprovisionsofthe
Supplementary Protocol,differentsystemsshouldbeprovidedforthe
MemberStatesoftheCommunityasoriginallyconstituted andforthe
newKemberStates:

Whereas,asregardstheCoiaratmityasoriginallyconstituted:
–equalandcontinuousaooesstothequotasshouldtieensured
forallimportersandthorateofdutyforthetariffquotas
shouldbeappliedconsistentlytoallimportsonthoproduct .
inquestionuntilthequotasareexhausted ;
~inthelightoftheseprinciples,arrangementsfortheutilization
ofthesetariffquotas "basedonanallocationamongMember
Stateswouldseemto"beconsistentwiththeCommunitynatureof.
thequotas;whereas,inorderthatitmaycorrespondasclearly
aspossibletotheactualtrendofthemarketintheproductin
question,allocationofthequotasshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirements oftheMemberStatesascalculatedbyreferenceto'
statisticsofimportsfromTurkeyduringarepresentative referenoe
periodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiodin
question;whereas-,inspiteofthelimitedneedforimportsfrom
Turkeyoftheproductsconcerned,asshownbythestatistiosfor
themajorityoftheMemberStatestheCommunitycharaoterofthe
tariffquotasconcernedshouldbesafeguarded bymakingprovisions
tooovcrneedswhichmight'ariseintheseMemberStates;
–importsintothevariousMemberStatesfromTurkeywereasfollows
duringthepastthreeyearsforwhichcompletestatistiosare.
available:
• •1572
ιπόντιο1973
$metric ..<f0
tons1974
■ton3metrio
tons
Cottonyarri"
Germany :1173643.351073442.56633329.01
Benelux .614425.316795126.95'70001'32I07
France ,:.i4121.701620.64.18068.27
Italy .j5$6224.647527'29.85:6690'''30.65

1972 1973 1974
metrio %metric$metrictons tons tons
Otherwovonfabrics
ofcotton%
Germany 57021.1787730.624So 24.52
Bonelux 99536.9695333.21,000 53.7^
France 74727.7541214.3919410.43
Italy38014.1262221.7221011.29
–inviewoftheseflguronand.foreseeable markettrendsfortheproducts
concerneddurvxig197^,"theinitialsharesmay"befixedapproximately at
thefollowingpercentages :
Cottonyarn Otherwovenfabricsofcotton
Germany •43.8 23.1
Bénélux 19»7 30.8
î'rance 5«2 34.6
Italy 31.3 11«5
Whereas,totakeaocountoffutureimporttrendsfortheproductconcerned,
eachquotashouldbedividedintotwotranches,thefirst"beingallocated
andthesecondheldasareservetocoversubsequently therequirements
ofMemberStateswhichhaveexhaustedtheirinitialshares;whereas,to
giveimporterssomedegreeofcertainty,thefirsttrancheofthequotas
shouldbefixedatarelativelyhighlevel,approximately QCffooftheir
fullamounts:

–MemberStatesmayexhausttheirinitialsharesatdifferent
rates;whereastoavoid*disruptionofsuppliesonthisaccountit
shouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberStatewhichhasalmostused
uponeofitsinitialsharesshoulddrawanadditionalshare
fromthereserve;whereaseachtimeitsadditionalshareis
almostexhaustedaMemberStateshoulddrawafurthershare,and
soonasmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial
andadditionalsharesshouldbovaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
collaboration betweentheMemberStatesandtheCommission ,and
theCommission mustbeinapositiontokeepaccountoftheextent
towhichthequotashavebeenusedupanatoinformtheMember
Statesaccordingly ;
–ifatagivendateinthequotaperiodaconsiderable quantityof
oneofaMemberState'sinitialsharesremainsunuseditisessential,
topreventapartofoneofthequotasfromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhileitcouldbeusedinothers,thatsuchStateshould
returnaproportiontherooftothereserve;
–sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomoftheNetherlands andthe
GrandDuchyofLuxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anytransactioninrespectofthe
administration ofthesharesallocatedtothatEconomicUnionmay
bocarriedoutbyajoyonoofitsmembers;
WhereasasregardsthenewMemberStatesinparticular:
–thequotavolumestobeallocatedtothosenex-fMemberStatesunder
/article14oftheSupplementary Protocolaswellasthedutiesto.
beappliedinthoseMemberStatesforthepurposesofthesequotas
determinedinaccordanoewithArtiole$ofthesaidProtoool,aretobe
adjustedassetoutbelow;

-6-
-equalandcontinuousaccesstothequotasshould "beensured
forallimportersandtherateofdutyforthetariffquotas
should "beappliedconsistently toallimportsoftheproauots
concerneduntilthequotasareexhausted.
HASADGPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
1,From1Januaryanduntil31December1976|Communitytariff
quotasbeopenedforthefollowingproductscomingfrom
Turk2y,asshown "below:
CCTheading ;
NoDescription
x l
jQuota
i
!55.05;
Cottonyarn,notputupfor
retailsale 930metnotons
155.09' !
>
I[ !
!Otherwovonfabricsof I
cotton |
i2190metnetons
j58.01
ICarpets,carpetingandruga
(madeupornot):
I
I
t
( |
f |
jexA.Ofwooloroffine
■animalhairwiththe
exclusionofhand­
madecarpets •■ jI
168metriotons
2.Thequotasshallbeallocatedand-administered inaccordance
withthefollowingprovisions *-
SECTIONI■.
ProvisionsrelatingtotheCommunityasoriginallyconstituted
Article2
1.WithinthequotaCustomsTariffdutiesshallbetotally
suspendedwithinthelimitof788metrictons
/•

-7-
forcotton yarn notputupforretail sale ,1,575 metric tons for
other woven fabrics ofcotton ,and117 metric tons forcarpets
made ofwool orfine animal hair .
Article 3
1.The quotas reforred toinArticle 2shall bedivided into two
tranches *
2.The first tranche ofeach ofthese quotas shall beallocated
among theMember States ;theshares which ,subject toArticle 6,
shall bevalid until 31December 1976 .,shall beasfollows :
(inmetric tons )
CCT heading No
55-05 55.09 ex58.01 A
Germany 252 240 3^.7
Bénélux 113 320 . .12.9
France 30 360 2kA
Italy 180 120 18.0
575 1OkO 90.0
Thesecond tranche ofeach quota ,amounting to213 ,535 and27metric
tons respectively ,shall constitute thecorresponding reserve .
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Article h
1.As soon asaMember State hasused 90% ormore ofone ofits initial
shares asfixed inArticle 3(2),orofthat share minus anyportion
returned tothereserve pursuant toArticle 6,itshall forthwith ,by
notifying the .Commission ,draw asecond share ,totheextent that thereserve *
•/•

BOpermits,equalto15%ofitsinitialshareroundedasnecessary
uptothenextwholenumber.
2..AsPoor,asaMemberState,afterexhaustingoneofitsinitial
shares,hasused90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyit,that
MemberStateshallforthwith ,inthemannerandtotheextent
providedinparagraph1,drawathirdshareequalto7*5%ofits
initialshare.
3-AssoonasaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecondshare,
hasused90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyit,thatMember
Stateshall,inthesamemannerandtothesameextent,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Itshallcontinueinthisfashionuntilthereserveisexhausted.
k.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs1,2andaMemberStato
maydrawshareslowerthanthosespecifiedinthoseparagraphsif
therearegroundsforbelievingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeused
infull.AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshallinformthe
Conraissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.
Article5
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttcArticlebshallbevaliduntil
••-.• 'i1 '
31December1976. '
Article6
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlaterthan j
1October1976,theunusedportionoftheirinitialsharewhich,,
on15September1976,isinexcessof20$oftheinitialamount•
Theymayreturnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.

Member States shall ,notlater than 1October 1976 ,notify the
Commission ofthetotal quantities oftheproduct inquestion
imported uptoandincluding 15September 1976 andcharged against
thoCommunity quotas andofanyportion oftheir initial shares tp
each ofthe reserves .
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Article 7
TheCommission shall keep anaccount oftheshares opened bythe
Meraber States pursuant toArticles 3andbandshall ,onreceipt of
theinformation ,inform each State oftheextent towhich the
reserves have been used up.
Itshall ,notlater than 5October 1976 ,inform theMember States
oftheamounts still inreserve following anyreturnnof shaxes
pursuant toArticle 6. !;
Itshall ensure that when anamount exhausting one ofthereserves
isdrawn the amount sodrawn does not exceed the balance available ,
andtothis endshall notify theamount ofthat balance to .theMember
State making thelast drawing .
' • . '
, . - •• / '
Article 8
1.Every Member State shall take allappropriate -measures toensure
that additional shares drawn pursuant toArticle Uareopened in
such away that importations may becharged without interruption
against itsaccumulated share oftheCommunity quotas *
SECTION II
Provisions relating tothenewMember States
' " Article 9
1.Within thetariff quotas referred toinArticle 1,.thefollowing
shares shall beallocated tothe new Member States : '

(inmetric tons )
55-05 55-09 ex58.01 A
Denrnark 63 32 12
Ireland - 16 16 2
United Kingdom ' 63 567 37
•142' 615 51
2.Within thelimits ofthese quotas ,thenewMember States shall
apply zero duties for thetextile products concerned .
SECTION III
General provisions
Article 10
1.Every Member State shall take allmeasures necessary toensure
that importers oftheproduct inquestion established initsterritory
have free access tothe shares allocated toit. . ',
2.Every Member State shall charge importations oftheproducts xn
question against itsshare asandwhen such products areentered with
the customs authorities for home use .
3«Theextent towhich aMember State hasused upitsshare shall be
determined onthebasis oftheimportations against that share in
accordance with paragraph 2.
Article 11 '
! ''
Every Member State shall notify theCommission atregular intervals
oftheimportations charged against itsshares .

Article 12
TheMember States andtheCommission shall cooperate closely to
ensure that this Regulation iscomplied with .
Article 13
This Regulation shall enter into force on1January 197° •
This Regulation shall bebinding inits entirety anddirectly
applicable inallMember States .
Done atBrussels , For theCouncil
The Président