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COMMISSIONOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
COM(73)329final
Brussels,1March1973
Proposalfor
REGULATION(EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunity
Tariffquotaforcertainpetroleumproductsfallingwithin
Chapter27oftheCommonCustomsTariffrefinedintheArab
RepublicofEgypt
Proposalfor
REGULATION(EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL -
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunity
Tariffquotaforotherwovenfabricsofcottonfallingwithin
headingNo55.09oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginthe
ArabRepublicofEgypt
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(73)329final

Orig.P
ΑΜΕΧΛ
Proposalfor
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL ■
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforcertainpetroleumproductsfallingwithin
Chapter27oftheCommonCustomsTariffrefinedintheArab
RepublicofEgypt
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
arid'inparticularArticle113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission !
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheArabmRepublicofEgyptv'andtheProtocollayingdowncertainprovisionsconcerning
thatAgreementinconsequence oftheAccessionofnewMemberStatestothe
(2)EuropeanEconomicCommunity xprovidesfortheopeningofan.annual
Communitytariffquotaof360000metrictonsforcertainpetroleumproducts'
fallingwithinChapter27oftheCommonCustomsTariff,refinedintheArab
RepublicofEgypt;whereasundertheProtocolthetariffquotashouldbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStatesasfollowsi200000metrictonsforthe
Communityasoriginallyconstituted ,5000metrictonsforDenmark,5000
metrictonsforIrelandand150000metrictonsfortheUnitedKingdom;
whereasArticle1ofAnnexItotheAgreementprovidesthattheduties
applicabletothequotashallbeequalto55$ofthedutiesoftheCommon
CustomsTariff;whereasasregardsthedutiestobeappliedtothequota
bythenewMemberStates,thespecialprovisionsoftheProtocolandofthe
Actconcerningtheconditionsofaccessionandtheadjustmentstothe
Treaties^shouldbeobserved;whereasaCommunitytariffquotaof360000
r
■/.

ΑΪΓΝΕΧΔ
metrictonsshouldthereforebeopened ,forthoseproduots;whereasto
complywiththespecialprovisionsoftheProtocol,,separatearrangements
shouldhemadefortheMemberStatesoftheCommunityasoriginally
constituted ontheonehandandforthenewMemberStatesontheother;
Whereas ,fesregardsiriparticularthe.-Communityasoriginally ..constituted :
»equalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashouldbeensuredfor
allimportersandquotadutiesshouldbeappliedconsistently toall
importsoftheproductsinquestionuntilthequotaisusedup;.
»inthelightoftheprincipleselicitedabove,theCommunitynature
ofthequotamaybestbepreservedbyanarrangementallocatingit
amongtheMemberStates;whereasinprdertoreflectmostaccurately
theactualdevelopmentofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,
suchallocationshouldbeproportionate totherequirementsofthe
MemberStates,calculatedbothfromthestatisticsofeachMember
State'simportsfromtheArabRepublicofEgyptoverarepresentative
referenceperiodandfromtheeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiodin
question;
*howeverinviewofthefactthatoverthelastthreeyearsnoneof
theproductsinquestionrefinedintheArabRepublicofEgypthave
beenimported,andthatnoforecastfor1973canbemade,aninitial
sharepercentageof25$.allocatedtoeachoftheMemberStates
concernedwouldensureafairdistribution amongthem;

ANNEXA
inordertotakeaccountofimporttrendsfortheproductsmquestion
intheMemberStatesconcerned,thequotaamountshouldbedivided
intotwotranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocatedamongthesame
MemberStates,thesecondtrancheconstituting areserveintendedto
coverthelaterrequirement sofMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheir
initialquotashares;,whereasinordertoensureacertaindegreeof
securitytoimportersineachMemberState,thefirsttrancheofthe
quotashouldbefixedinthiscaseatapproximately ICffo]
theinitialquotasharesmaybeusedupatdifferentrates;whereas,
therefore,toavoiddisruptionofsupplies,anyMemberStatewhichhas
almostusedupitsinitialquotashare,mustdrawanadditionalquota
sharefromthereserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeachMember
Stateaseachoneofitsadditionalquotasharesisalmostusedup,
andasmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additionalquotashares.mustbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclosecollaboration
betweentheMemberStatesconcernedandtheCommission ,andthe
Commissionmustbeinapositiontofollowtheextenttowhichthe
quotavolumehasbeenusedupandinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
if,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,aconsiderable quantityof
theinitialquotashareisleftoverinaMemberState,itisessential
thatthatstateshouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve,
topreventapartoftheallocatedquotatotheCommunityasoriginally
constituted fromremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcould
beusedinothers;
sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomoftheNetherlands andthe
GrandDuchyofLuxembourgarejointlyrepresented bytheBenelux
EconomicUnionanymeasureconcerningtheadministration ofthequota
sharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyoneof
itsmembers;

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AMEX A
Whereas ,asregards inparticular thenewMember States :
-thequota duties aretobecalculated bythenewMember States in
accordance with Articles 3swd4oftheProtocol cited above ;
–equal andcontinuous access tothequota should .beensured forall
importers andquota duties should beapplied consistently toall
imports' of "theproducts inquestion until thequota isused up,
.i ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
Subject tomeasures which maybetaken inapplication ofArticle 3(2)and (4)
ofAnnex ItotheAgreement between theEuropean Eoonomio Community andthe
Arab Republic ofEgypt ,aCommunity tariff quota of360000metric tons
r
isopened within theEuropean Economic Community ,fortheperiod 1April to
31December 1973 ,inrespect oftheproducts listed below refined inthe
Arab Republic ofEgypt :
Description ofgoods
Petroleum oils andoils obtained from bituminous minerals ,
other than crude ;preparations netelsewhere specified or
included ,containing not -les3 than "JOjobyweight ofpetroleum
oils orofoils obtained from bituminous minerals ,these oils
being thebasio constituents ofthepreparations :
A.Light oils :
III .Forother purposes
B.Medium oils :
III .Forother purposes
C;.Heavy oils : •...
I. Gas oil :
(c)Forother purposes
II.Fuel oil :
(c)Forother purposes
III .Lubricating oils ;other oils :
(o)Tobemixed inaccordance with theterms of
Additional Note 7 "tothis Chapter
(d)Forother purposesC.C.T.
Heading
number
27.10

ANTJEXA
27.11 Petroleumgasesand.othergaseoushydrocarbons :.
B.Other:
I.Commercialpropaneandcommercialtortane:
(c)Forotherpurposes
27-12 Petroleumjelly:
A.Crude
III.Forotherpurposes
B.Other
27-13Parraffinwax,micro-crystaline wax,slakwax,ozokerite,lignite
wax,peatwaxandothermineralwaxes,whetherornotcoloured:
B.Other:
I.Crude:
(c)Forotherpurposes
II.Other
27»14 Petroleum "bitumen,petroleumcokeandotherresiduesof
petroleumoilsorofoilsobtainedfrom"bituminousminerals:
C.Other
II.Other
Thequotashall "beallocated ,andadministered inaccordancewiththe
followingprovisions .
1
ProvisionsapplicabletotheCommunityasoriginallyconstituted
Article2
TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesarepartiallysuspendedattherates
indicatedbelowinrespectof200000metrictonsofthequotareferredto
inArticle1:

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ABHEX A
CCTHeading No Rate ofduty
d
i,..r .. ..
27.10 AIII'3.3
27.10 BIII 3.3
27.10 CI(c) .1.9
27.10 CII(o) 1-9
27.10 CIII (c) . 2.2
27.10 CIII (d) 3.3
27.11 BI(0) 0.8
27.12 AIII 1.1
27.12 Β 3.3
27.13 BI(c) 1.1
27.13 BII 3.3
27.14 CII 1.1
Article 3
1.Afirst tranche of140000metric tons oftheamount mentioned in
Article 2isallocated among theMember States ;theshares which ,
subject toArticle 6,arevalid until 31December 1973 ,areasfollows *
Germany . 35000metric tons
Bonelux 35000metrio tons
Prance 35000metric tons
Italy 35000metric tons
2.Thesecond tranche ,amounting to60000metric tons ,constitutes the
reserve . , ,
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AMEXA
Article4
1.IfJCffsormoreofaMember'State'sinitialquotashareasspecifiedin
Article3(l),orofthatshareminustheportionreturnedtothereserve
whereArticle6isapplied,hasheenusedup,thatMemberStateshall
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission,drawasecondquotashare,
totheextentthatthereserveissufficient,equalto15$ofits
initialquotashare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.:
2.If,afteritsinitialquotasharehasbeenusedup,ormoreof
thesecondquotasharedrawnbyaMemberStatehavebeenusedup,that
MemberStateshall,bynotifyingtheCommission,drawathirdquota
share,totheextentthatthereserveissufficient,equalto7-5f°of
itsinitialquotashare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteritssecondquotasharehasbeenusedup,JOfaormoreofthe
thirdquotasharedrawnby"aMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshall,inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofparagraph2,drawa
fourthquotashareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessiscontinueduntilthereserveisusedup,
4«Notwithstanding paragraphs 1to3,aMemberStatemaydrawquotashares
lowerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosefixedmaynotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
..Commissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.
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ilMEXA
Article5
AdditionalquotasharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle4arevaliduntil
31December1973*-
Article6
AMemberStatewhichon15September1973hasnotusedupitsinitial
quotashareshallreturntothereservenotlaterthan10October1973
theunusedportionexceeding20$oftheinitialajnount.Itmayreturn-
agreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbe
usedup. r -;
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October1973,notifytothe
Commissionthetotalquantitiesoftheproductsinquestionimportedup
toandincluding15September1973andchargedagainsttheCommunity J
tariffquotaandanyquantitiesreturnedto'thereserve.
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountofthequotasharesopenedbythe
MemberStatespursuanttoArticles3and4andshall,assoonas
informationreachesit,informeachstateoftheextenttowhichthe
reservehasbeenusedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan15October1973,informtheMemberStatesofthe
amountstillinreserveafterreturnshavebeenmadepursuantto
Article6.,
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupthereserveislimited
tothebalanceavailableandtothisendshallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.

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ΛΜΕΧΑ
Article3
MemberStatesshalltakeallnecessarymeasurestoensurethatthe
additionalsharestakenupunderArticle4aresodrawnastoallowfor
uninterrupted chargesagainsttheiraccumulated sharesoftheCommunity -
quota.
Article9
1.MemberStatesshallensurethatthequotasharesallocatedtothem
arefreelyaccessiblei;oimportersoftheproductsinquestion
establishedintheirterritory *
2.Theextenttowhich ,theMemberState'sshareshavebeenusedupshall
beascertained fromtheimportsoftheproductsconcernedpresented '
forcustomsclearanceunderdeclarations ofentryforconsumption .
Article10
MemberStatesshallregularlyinformtheCommissionofimportsofproducts
refinedintheArabRepublicofEgyptactuallychargedagainsttheir
quotashares.
Article11
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcollaboratecloselyinorder
toensurethattheprovisionsofthisRegulationareobserved.
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MÏÏEX A
Provisions applicable -to-thenewMember States
Articlo 12
. ■vt ■ .
Aquantity of160000metric tons of'thequota referred *toinArticle 1,
isallocated among thenewMember States asfollows :
Denmark y 5000metric tons
Ireland 5000metric tons
United Kingdom 150000metrio tons
Article 13 . ' •'< •
ThenewMember States shall apply quota duties which conform with the
relevant provisions oftheAgreement between theEJuropean Economic
Community "andtheArab Republic ofEgypt andoftheProtocol laying down
certain provisions concerning that Agreement .
Article 14
Articles 9»10 and11ofthis Regulation apply tothenewMember States .
Article 15
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird dayafter its
publication intheOfficial Journal oftheEurbpean Communities .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable
inallMember States .
Done atBrussels , 19–•
For the Council
The President

Proposal for
REGULATION (EEC )OPTHECOUNCILANNEX B
ontheopening ,allocation andadmim strat ionofa
Community Tariff quota forother woven fabrics of
cotton falling with heading No55»09 oftheCommon
Customs Tariff ,originating intheArab ,Republic ofEgypt
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article 113thereof ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Whereas theAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community andthe
ArabRepublic ofEgypt^andtheProtocol laying downcertain provisions
concerning theAgreement ,between theEuropean Economic Community andthe
Arab Republic ofEgypt inconsequence oftheaccession ofnewMember States
2totheEuropean Economic Community vprovides fortheopening ofanannual
Community tariff quota of3250metric tons ofother woven fabrics ofcotton
falling within heading No55*09 oftheCommon Customs Tariff ,originating
intheArab Republic ofEgypt whereas ,ifthedate ofentry into force
oftheAgreement should notfall atthebeginning ofthecalendar year ,the
quota should beopened prorata temporis ;whereas under theProtocol -the
tariff quota should beallocated among theMember States 'asfollows' :
2500metric tons fortheCommunity asoriginally constituted ,90metric tons
forDenmark ,10metric tons forIreland and650metric tons fortheUnited
Kingdom ;whereas Article 1ofAnnex ItotheAgreement provides that the
duties applicable tothequota shall beequal to55$oftheduties ofthe
Common Customs Tariff ;whereas asregards theduties tobeapplied tothe
quota bythenewMember States ,thespecial provisions ofthe
Protocol andoftheAetconcerning theconditions ofaccession andthe
adjustments totheTreaties ^^should beobserved ;whereas aCommunity
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^OJNoL^OJNoL

ANNEXB
tariffquotaof2kbQtietrictonsshouldthereforebe
opened,forthoseproducts;whereastocomplywiththespecialprovisionof
theProtocol,separatearrangements shouldhemadefor.theMemberStatesof
theCommunityasoriginallyconstituted >ontheonehandandforthenow
MemberStatesontheother; .
WhereasasregardsinparticulartheCommunityasoriginallyconstituted :
*equalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashouldbeensuredfor
allimportersandquotadutiesshouldbeappliedconsistently to
allimportsoftheproductsinquestibnuntilthequotaisusedup;
–inthelightoftheprincipleselicitedabove,theCommunitynature
ofthequotamaybestbepreservedbyanarrangementallocatingit
amongtheMemberStates;whereasinordertoreflectmost
accuratelytheactualdevelopment ofthemarketintheproducts
inquestion,suchallocationshouldbeproportionate tothe
requirements oftheMemberStates,calculatedbothfromthe
statisticsofeachMemberStates*importsfromtheArabRepublicof
Egyptoverarepresentative referenceperiodandfromtheeconomic
.outlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
-"duringthelastthroeyearsforwhichstatisticsareavailablej•.
•thefollowingpercentagesrepresent -therespectiveimportso'f
theMemberStatesconcernedin-relationtoimportsoftheproducts
in"questionfromtheArabRepublicofEgypt'intothoCommunity <
&soriginallyconstituted :

ANMXB
19701971
Germany 5.166.953.0
Bénélux 37-3310.7127-19
France 6.705-561.17
Italy 50.8176.7868.64
inviewofthesefactsandoftheforecastsmadebycertainMember
States,theinitialpercentagesharesofthatquotashouldbe1
allocatedapproximately asfollo\vsj
inordertotalceaccountofimporttrendsfortheproductsinquestion
intheMemberStatesconcerned,thequotaamountshouldbedivided
intotwotranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocated'amongthesame
MemberStates,thesecondtrancheconstituting areserveintended
tocoverthelaterrequirements ofMemberStateswhichhaveusedup
theirinitialquotashares;whereasinordertoensureacertain
degreeofsecurityto.importersineachMemberState,thefirst"
trancheofthequotashouldbefixedinthiscaseatapproximately
70/o.
theinitialquotasharesmay.beusedupatdifferentrates;whereas,
therefore,toavoiddisruptionofsupplies,anyMemberStatewhich
hasalmost 1usedupitsinitialquotashare,mustdrawanadditional
quotasharefromthereserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateaseachoneofitsadditionalquotasharesisalmost

ANNEX B
used ,up,andasmany times asthereserve allows }whereas theinitial
andadditional quota "shares "must hevalid until theendofthe
quota period ;whereas this form ofadministration requires close
collaboration "between theMember States andtheCommission ,andthe
Commission must beinaposition tofollow theextent towhich the
quota volume hasbeen used upandinform theMember States thereof ;
«-if,atagiven date inthequota period ,aconsiderable quantity of
theinitial quota share isleft over inaMember State ,itisessential
that that state should return asignificant proportion tothereserve , .
toprevent apart ofthequota allocated tothe .Community asoriginally
constituted from remaining unused inoneMember State while itcould
beused inothers ;
- since theKingdom ofBelgium ,theKingdom oftheNetherlands andthe
Grand Duchy ofLuxembourg arejointly represented bytheBenelux
Economic Union anymeasure concerning theadministration ofthequota
shares allocated tothat economic union maybecarried outbyoneof
itsmembers ;-
Whereas ,asregards inparticular thenewMember States :
-the'quota duties aretobecalculated bythishewMember States in
accordance with Articles 3and .4oftheProtocol cited above }
-equal andcontinuous access tothequota should beensured forall
importers andquota duties should beapplied consistently toallimports
oftheproducts inquestion until thequota isused up,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATI01I :
Article 1
ACommunity tariff quota of2440metric tons isopened within theEuropean
Economic Community ,fortheperiod from 1April to31December 1973 |inrespect
ofother woven fabrics ofcotton falling within heading No55«09 ofth©
Common Customs Tariff originating intheArab Republic ofEgypt .
This quota shall beallocated andadministered inaccordance with the
provisions setoutbelow ./...

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AMEX B
Provisions applicable tothe Community asoriginally constituted .
Article 2
TheCommon Customs Tariff duties arepartially suspended attherates
indicated below inrespect of1876metric tons ofthequota referred to
inArticle 1:
CCTheading No Description ofgoods Rate ofduty %
55.09 Other woven fabrics ofcotton :
A.Containing 85^ormore byweight of
cotton :
I.Ofawidth ofless than 85cm 7.1
II.Other 7-7
B.Other :
I.Ofawidth ofless than 85cm 7.7
II.Other 8.2
Article 3
1*Afirst tranche of1300metric tqns ofthe amount mentioned in
Article 2isallocated among theMember States ;theshares which ,subject
toArticle 6,arevalid ,until 31December 1973 ,areasfollows :
Germaiiy 130metric tons
Benelux 29Ometric tons
Prance -130metric tons
Italy 750metric tons
2.Thesecond tranche ,amounting to5%metric tons ,constitutes the
reserve .
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ΜϊΠϋΧΒ
Article4
1.IfSOjoormoreofaMemberState'3initialquotashareasspecifiedin
Article3(l),orofthatshareminustheportionreturned,tothe
reservewhereArticle6isapplied.,,hasbeenused,up,thatMemberState
shallwithoutdelay,bynotifyingj;heCommission,drawasecondquota
share,totheextentthatthereserveissufficient,equalto15%of
itsinitialquotashare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialquotashare,has.beenusedup,JQffo-ormoreof-the••
secondquotashe,redrawnbyaMemberStatehavebeenusedup,that
MemberStateshall,bynotifyingtheCommission,drawathirdquota
share,totheextentthatthereserveissufficient,equalto7-5$of
itsinitialquotachare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteritssecondquotasharehasbeenusedup,yQfjoormoreofthe
thirdquotasharedrawnbyaMemberStateha,sbeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshall,inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofparagraph2,drawa
fourthquotashareequaltothe"third.""
Thisprocessiscontinueduntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1to3,aMemberStatemaydrawquotashares .
lowerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor--
believingthat,thosefixedmaynot:beusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.
Article5 "
AdditionalquotasharesdrawnpursuanttoArtiole3arevaliduntil
31December1973.
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ATOTEX B
Article 6
AMember State which on15September 1973 hasnotused upitsinitial
quota share shall return tothereserve notlater than 10October 1973
theunused portion exceeding 20$oftheinitial amount .Itmayreturn
agreater portion ifthere aregrounds forbelieving that itmaynot be
used up.
Member States shall ,notlater than 10October 1973 ,notify tothe
Commission thetotal quantities oftheproducts inquestion imported up
toandincluding 15September 1973 andcharged against theCommunity tariff
quota andanyquantities returned tothereserve .
Article 7
TheCommission shall keep anaccount ofthequota shares opened bythe
Member States pursuant toArticle 3and4and .shall ,assoon asinformation
reaches it,inform each state oftheextent towhich thereserve hasbeen
used up.
Itshall ,notlater than 15October 1973 ,inform theMember States ofthe
amount still inreserve after returns have been made pursuant toArticle 6.
Itshall ensure that thedrawing which uses upthereserve islimited
tothebalance available andtothis endshall specify theamount thereof
totheMember State making thelast drawing .
Article 8
Member States shall take allnecessary measures toensure that theadditional
shares taken upunder Article 4are sodrawn astoallow foruninterrupted
charges against their accumulated shares oftheCommunity quota .
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ΛΜΕΧρ
ArticIq9
1.MemberStatesshallensurethatthequotashardsallocatedtothemare
freelyaccessibletoimportersoftheproductsinquestionestablished
intheirterritory.
2.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftheproductsinquestionagainst
theirquotasharesastheproductsarepresentedforcustomsclearance
underdeclarations ofentryforconsumption .
3<.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStatesshareshavebeenusedupshall .
beascertained fromtheimportschargedunderparagraph2.
Article10
MemberStatesshallregularlyinformtheCommissionofimportsofproducts
originatingintheArabRepublicofEgyptactuallychargedagainsttheir
quotashares.
Article11
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshall'collaboratecloselymorderto
ensurethattheprovisionsofthisRegulationareobserved.

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ATOTEX B
Provisions applicable tothenowMember States
Article 12
bcuantity of564metric tons ofthequota referred ,toinArticle 1is
allocated among thenewMember States asfollows :
Denmark 68metric tons
Ireland 8metric tons
United Kingdom 488metric tons
Article 13
ThenewMember States shall apply quota duties which conform with the
relevant provisions oftheAgreement between theEuropean Economic
Community andtheArab Republic ofEgypt ,oftheProtoool laying down
certain provisions concerning that Agreement ,andoftheActconcerning the
conditions ofaccession andtheadjustments totheTreaties .
Article 14
Articles 9>10and 11ofthis Regulation apply tothenewMember States .
Article 15
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird dayafter its
publication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable
inall Member States .
Done atBrussels . 19–•
Por the Council
The President