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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
/
COM(78)674 final.
Brussels-6December1978
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingforthe
administration ofCommunitytariffquotas
forcertaintextileproductsfallingwithin
headingNos55.05and55.09andsubheading
ex58.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
comingfromTurkey(1979)
/ ■ v
/(submiettedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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C0M(78)674final.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1oAs3resultofnegotiations withTurkeyonthsadjustmentsto
bs,n®d8toth9As»o8"UnionAgraamsntb®tw«en .countryand
theCommumtyandtheAdditionalProtocolstotakeaccountof
theaccessionofnewMemberStates,theCommunitysignedin
Ankaraon3QJune19^3aSupplementary Protocolwhichenterinto
forceonceithasbeenratified.
Inthemeantime,theCommunityhasconcludeanInterimAgreement
whichintheoryrunsonlyfortheperiodpriortotheentryinto
forceoft^isSupplementary Protocolinordertoimplement,from
1January1974,certainprovisionsofthatProtocolrelatingto
tradeingoods.
Atthemoment "itisnotpossibletoknowifthetariffmeasures
laiddownbytheseAgreementsinTurkey'sfavour,shouldbegiven
for1979onthebasisoftheSupplementary ProtocolottheInteriI
Agreement whosevalicityshouldbeprolonged.
Theprovisions oftheannexedRegulations arebasedontheInterim
Agreement andshouldthusbemodifiediftheSupplementary Protocol
entersintoforceon'IJanuary1979atthelatest.
2.Intheabovementioned Supplementary ProtocolandInterimAgreement,
provisionismadeinparticular inrespectoftextileproducts
fortheopeningofthefollowingannualCommunitytariffquotas,
subjecttotheconditionslaiddownforeachproduct:
CCTheadingI !~
IDescription! |Annualtariff !Quota
No ■jjquota
! ______duty
'55.05 jiCottonyarn,notputupj!390tonnesI
I75%reduction
j
I|forretaiIsale ji
I
55.09 I[Otherwovenfabricsofj|13?0tonnes75%reduction
I
I
icotton

•Theyatsa-determinefortheseproducts -theallocation amongthe
MemberStaleofthea.inusltariffquotasfor/textileoroduets.**.■
This .allocation is-rs-f-llc-'s:
300tonnes
40tonnes
10tonnes
40tonnes
Otherwovenfabricsofcotton(headingNo55.09)
Community asoriginally constituted 1000tonnes
20tonnes
10tonnes
360tonnes
WhileArticle14oftheSupplementary Protocolfixessuchan
allocationforaperiodendingat1July1977.TheInterim
Agreementfixesnolimittothisspecialallocation,while
couldbeduetotheinitiallylimitedperiodofvalidityof
theInterimAgreementapplyinginanticipated application some
oftheprovisions oftheSupplementary Protocol.
The'endofthetransitional periodfixedbytheActofAdhesion
on1July1977hasledtheCommissiontoreflectonthequestion
ofthisallocation/whichhasresultedintheproposaltohave
acommonsystemofadministration oftheabovetariffquotas
involving,ineachcase,theopeningofasinglequotaquantity
dividedbetweentheMemberStatesaccordingtotheusualcriteria
andthecreationofasingleCommunityreserveopentoallMember
States.Cottonyarn(headingNo55.05)
Community asoriginally constituted
Denmark
Ireland
UnitedKingdom
Denmark
Ireland
UnitedKingdom

Anotherprooiemarisesinconnectionwiththesizeofthequotas
tobeopenedfor1979,iriviewofthedecisiontakenbythe
AssociationCouncilduringJune1973tograntTurkeytreatment
asfavourableasthatgrantedtocountriesbenefitingfrom
generalizedtariffpreferences .
Asthedecisionsonthesystemtobeappliedtothedeveloping
countrieswillnotbetakenuntilverylatethisyear,,the
presentCommission proposalfor1979isbasedforthecalcula­
tionofquotaamountsontheproposalthattheCommission has
usedforthegeneralized systemofpreferences ,Onthisbasis
thequantitiesshouldberevieweditthefinaldecisionmade
inthecontextofthegeneralized systemofpreferencesinthe
textilesectorseesachargesinthemethodsofcalculatingthe
volumeofpreferences .
ThetotalimportsintotheCommunityoftextileproductscoming
fromTurkeyexceeded,in1977,13«oftheimportsfromall
thebeneficiaries ofthe6SP.Thiscountry,ifitwasabenefi­
ciarycountry,wouldthushaveanattribution in1979,ofquotas
ofavolumecorresponding to8^ofthetotaloftheseexports
totheEECoftheaboveproductsin1977,thatis4100tonnes
forcottonyarn,and195tonnesforothercottoncloth.
Forwoollenorfinehaircarpets,thevolumewouldbe89tonnes,
corresponding to0.15%ofthetotalofimportsfromoutside
toEECin1977,increasedby20%
Theapplication ofagreements concluded andtheaboveDecision
takenin1973hadledtheCommunitytoopenin1978forthses
products,tariffquotasofrespectively 1026,2415and185
tonnes.
Takingaccountoftheverynegativepoliticalimpactimplied
byareduction,evenpartial,ofthepreferences inforce'in
1978forcottonclothandcarpets,itisproposedtofixfor
1979quotavolumesatthelevelof4100tonnesfo;cottonyarn,
2415tonnesforothercottonclothand185tonnesforcarpets,
thelasttwocorresponding tothevolumesopenedini978.

Itgoes without saying that these volumes should beadjusted
•JtA.U - -C^- ■*-~-f'^~ «*■ ■*■h^ «?-/--J«w^A.Orn
|IwMW »1ii WC\#»O <OI•WO.Wi» t•Itl.w ItaWM m*JW.-...«/•
Asregards theeconomic infOi\;.atioi \to drt^r^'ir-.' 5
thebasis fortheproposed allocation ofthetariff quota ?,
concerned ,itshould beremarked that they should bebas'-d
principally onMember States' imports ,actual andestimated ,
specifically originating inorcoming fro ;?.Turkey forthe
categories ofproducts considered .
Thus ,although ithasbeen possible todraw uptheappropriate
information fortheyears "i975 to "977,nevertheless because
oftheirregularity noted inimports during those reference
years ,ithasnetnecessarily been possible todeduce anyfirm
basis ofassessment .Forthis reason ,,asiscustomary ,the
quota volumes attributed totheoriginal Community have been
divided into twotranches ,thefirst tranche being allocated
among theMember States ,and thesecond ,held asareserve to
cover anyadditional requirements which might coma tolight
inthose Member 'States . For the same reasons the initial
percentages allocated totheMember States used inthe
proposals are the same asin1978 .-
TheProposal for aRegulation ontextile products provides for a
single method ofcounting imports -against quota shares inthe
Member States concerned ,namely as «?.ndwhen they areentered for
home use .

ProposaLfor
arv-
COUNCILREGULATION (EEQNo-
01
ooening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
quotasforcertaintextileproductsfoilingwjthi*?headingNos55.05and55.0?
andsubheadingex58.01AottheCommonCustomsTariff,comingfrom
Turkey(197$ .
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113<
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereas,pendingtheentryintoforceoftheSupp.e-
mentaryProtocolsignedinAnkaraon30.June1973
containingtheadjustmentstobemadetotheAgree­
mentestablishinganAssociationbetweentheEuro­
peanEconomicConimunityandTurkeyandtothe
AdditionalProtocol(!)consequentontheaccessionof
newMemberStates,theCommunityhasundertaken,
inanInterimAgreement(2)whichtunsonlyforthe
periodpriortotheentryintoforceofthisSupplemen­
taryProtocolwhichisapplicableuntil31December
1974butwhichhasbeenextendedfor1979inaccor­
dancewiththetermslaiddowninArticle13thereof,
toimplementcertainprovisionsoftheSupplementary
Protocolrelatingtotradeingoods;whereas,under
Article6ofthisInterimAgreementamendingArticle
lofAnnex2.totheAdditionalProtocol,theCommu­
nitymustreduceby75%thecustomsdutieson
importsfromTurkeyofcertaintextileproductsfalling
withinheadingNos55.05and55.09oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,withinthelimitofannualCommu­
nitytariffquotasof390tonnesforcottonyarnand
1390tonnesforwovenfabricsofcotton;whereasthe
abovementioned Article6allocatestheseCommunity
tariffquotasasfollows:
–forcottonyarn:
300tonnestotheCommunityasoriginallyconsti­
tuted,40tonnestoDenmark,10tonnestoIreland
and40tonnestotheUnitedKingdom;
forwovenfabricsofcotton:
1000tonnestotheCommunityasoriginally
constituted,20tonnestoDenmark,10tonne-to
Irelandand360tonnestotheVnii-ikmgdor-;
■(>)OJNoL293,29.12.1972,p.4.
(2)OJNoL277,3.10.1973,p.2.WhereasArticle14ofthesaidSupplementary
Protocolonlyprovidesforsuchanallocationoftariff
quotasbetweentheCommunityasoriginallyconsti­
tutedandthethreenewMemberStatesuntil1July
1977;whereas,moreover,followingtheendofthe
transitionalperiodSaiddowninArticle39oftheAct
ofAccession,itisnecessarytocreateacommon
systemofadministration ofthetariffquotas
concerned,consistingineachcaseoftheopeningofa
singlequotadividedbetweenalltheMemberStates
accordingtotheusualcriteriaandthecreationofa
singleCommunityreserve,opentoallMemberStates;
Whereasitisdesirabletoprovideforaprovisional
adjustmentofthetariffadvantagesforthesegoods
consistingofatotalsuspensionofthecustomsduties
oftheCommonCustomsTariffandanincreaseinthe
quotas;whereasthevolumesofthequotastobe
openedfor1979aretherefore4'JQQionnesforcotton
yamand2415tonnesforotherwovenfabricsof
cotton:
WhereaspursuanttoArticle1ofAnnex2totheAddi­
tionalProtocoltogetherwithArticle2oftheInterim
Agreement,forthedurationof1979inparticular,the
Communitymustpartiallyreducethedutiesappli­
cableinrespectofthirdcountriestocarpets,carpeting
andnigs,knotted(madeupornot)ofwooloroffine
animalhair,(excludinghand-madecdrpets,carpeting
andrugs)importedfromTurkey;Whereasitalso
appearsadvisabletoimprovethistariffadvantageprov­
isionallybymeansofatotalsuspensionoftheduties
applicabletotheproductsinquestionwithina
Communitytariffquotafixedataprovisionallevelof
185tonnesfor19791andallocatedinaccordancewjth
thesamepercentagesasthoseadopted.for1978;
Whereas,itisnecessarytoguaranteetoallCommu­
nityimportersequalanduninterruptedaccesstothe
abovementioned quotasanduninterruptedapplication
oftheratelaiddownforthosequot3Stoallimportsof
theproductconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntil
thec.votzhasbeenusedup;whereasintheSightof
theprinciplesmentionedabove,the.Community

natureofthequotascan-bestberespectedbyallo­
catingtheCommunitytariffquotasamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectmostaccu­
ratelytheactualdevelopmentofthemarketinthe
productconcerned,suchallocationshallbeinpropor­
tiontotheneedsoftheMemberStates,assessedby
referencebothtoth«MatisticsofeachState'*imports
fromTtiikc* jiv-.cdsu...tv
'. -J* ■t*ClÙïiGkjUw »V.-j-.-–.tiv-V
whereas,inspiteofthelimitedneedforimportsiiomTurkeyoftheproductsconcerned,asshownbythe
statisticsforthemajorityoftheMemberStatesthe
Communitycharacterofthetariffquotasconcerned
shouldbesafeguardedbymakingprovisionstocover
needswhichmightariseintheseMemberStates.
»Violor»»«O«'MPC#Af
ÎI''ir.'pwhichcompletestatisticsareavailable:
1975 1976
[tonne**_ItonnesI%
Cottonyarn
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom4255.
127
14196 .
1044 -
0
7999
|248514-13
0-42
47-15
3-47
0
26-S7
8-2613648
13
•2.5000
2389
145
30019
331918-31
0-02
3?-54
3-21
0-19
'40-28
4-45
.
!30106|74533
– 1
Otherwovenfabricsof
cotton
Benelux-
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom­;1
948
11
151
95
0-5
244
24]
64-33
0-75
10-25
6-45
0-03
16-56
1-63535
36
1100
481
1
835
9017-38
1-17
35-74
15-63
0-03
27-13
2-92
1473-5 j30781977
tonnes
9427 18.40
5 0.01
17265 33*69
1140 I2,22
175 I0.34
21004 40.99
2.231 IL'4'35
51247
j
913 37.46
8.5 0.35
599 24.58
406 16.66
23 0.94
363.5 14*92
124|5.09
2437
Whereas,inviewofthesefiguresandforeseeable
markettrendsfortheproductsconcernedduring
1979,theinitialsharesmaybefixedapproximatelyat
thefollowingpercentages:
4
CottonyamOtherwoven
unties
ofcotton
Bénélux 16-16 20-08
Denmark 8-71 1-80
Germany35-86 15-05
France4-29 22-55
Ireland 2-27 0-92
Italy23-99 V
UnitedKingdom |8-72j32-10intotwotranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocatedto
theMemberSjates,andthesecondheldasareserve
intendedultimatelytocovertherequirementsofthose
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
.shares;whereas,inordertoensure„acertaindegreeof
securitytoimporters,thefirsttrancheshouldbedeter­
minedatarelativelyhighlevel,which,underpresent
•AAA/tl_
circumstances ,
volume;maybeabout8G%ofeschquota
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccounttheuncertainty
oftheimporttrendsfortheproductsconcernedinthe
MemberStates,thequotavolumesshouldbedividedWhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMemberStates
maybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorder
totakethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,itisimportantthatanyMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofoneofstsinitial
quotasharesshoulddrawsnadditionalquotashare,
fromthecorrespondingreserve;wh:ressthismustbe
donsbyeachMemberStateasandwheneachofits
additionalquotasharesisalmostentirelyusedup,and
repeated?.smanytimegas',achofthereservesallows;a'j
\

whereaseaehoftheInitialandadditions!quotashares
mustbeavailableforuseuntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthismethodofadministrationcalls
forclosecooperationbetweenMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,whichmust,inparticular,beableto
observetheextenttowhichthequotaamount .isused
arndinformMember^Statesthereof;
Whereas,ifataspecifieddateinthequotaperioda
considerablebalanceremainsinoneorotherMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStatepaysa
percentageofitbackintothecorrespondingreserve,
inordertopreventapartofoneorotherofthe
Communityquotasfromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
VChereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlands'andtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministrationofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutby?,ny
oneofitsmembers.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
ArticleÎ
LFrom1Januaryto31December1979,Commu­
nitytariffquotasshallbeopenedforthefollowing
productscomingfromTurkey:
(tonnes)
CCT
heading
NoDescription Quoti
55.05Cottonyarn,notputupfor
retailsale4100
55.09Otherwovenfabricsofcotton||2415
58.01 ICarpets,carpetingandrugs,!
knotted(madeupornot):
A.Ofwooloroffineanimal
hair:
II.Other,excludinghand­
madecarpets,carpeting
andrugs185
2.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesaretotally
suspendedwithinthesetariffquotas.
Article2
/3165
1.Afirsttrancheofeachofthequotasreferredto
inArticle1,whichshallbetonnesforcottonyarn
notputupforretailsale,1947tonnesforother
wovenfabricsofcottonand151tonnesforcarpets,
carpetingUndrugsofwoolorfineanimal,hair,shall
besharedamongtheMemberStates;theshares
jwhich,suhjeettoAstswa.?shallmvaliduntil3!
December1978,shallbeasfollows:
(tannes)
ifomborStaUsCCTheadingNo
55.05SS£9I
I«Si.01AII
Benelux ••
Denmark .
Germany
France' ■
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom511
276
1135
136
72
759
2761
391
35
293
439 I
18I
146
62514
14
36
26
2
18
41
i •
(3165j1947151
2.Thesecondtrancheofeachquota,amountingto
935^468and34tonnesrespectively,shallmakeup
thecorresponding reserve.
*
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofoneofanyMemberStates
initialshares,aslaiddowninArticle2(!)or90%of
thatsharelesstheamountreturned .tothecorres­
pondingreservewhereArticle5hasbeenapplied,has
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshallwithoutdelay,
bynotifyingtheCommission,drawasecondsharein
thequotaequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
uptothenextunitwhereappropriate,totheextent
thattheamountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteroneorotherofitsinitialshareshasbeen
usedup,90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnby
oneoftheMemberStateshasbeenusedup,that
MemberStateshall,inthemannerprovidedforin
paragraph1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofits
initialshare.
.3.If,afteroneorotherofitssecondshareshas
beenusedup,90%ormoreofthe>thirdsharedrawn
byaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thelattershall,
inthesamemanner,drawafourth,shareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocedureshallbefolloweduntilthereservehas
beenexhausted.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphsI,2and3,Member
Statesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthosefixedin
thoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
thosesharesmightnotbeusedup.Theyshallinform
theCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplyingthis
paragraph.
Article4•
Eachofthead^-'tionalsharesdrev/npursuantto
Article3shdlbevalid,until31December1979.,

ArticleJ
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1979^theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September !9/9,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.The/«r»vreturn
agreaterportion?ftherearegrounds'orbe'ieving
thatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinruil.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthanLOctober19/9
notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsofthe
productsconcernedeffectedundertheCommunity
quotasuptoandincluding15Sptember19&,and,
whereappropriate,theproportionofeachoftheir
initialsharesthattheyarereturningtoeachofthe
reserves.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3,andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereserveshavebeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
Itshall,notlaterthan5October1979,notifythe
MemberStatesofthestateofeachofthereservesafter
thereturnofshares'pursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatanydrawingwhichusesupa
reserveislimitedtothebalanceavailableand,forthis
purpose,shallspecifytheamountthereoftothe
MemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethat,whenadditionalsharesaredrawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforimportstobe
countedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumu­
latedsharesoftheCommunitytariffquotas.,
2.'MemberStatesfllullencure'&rimportersofthe
prod--tsconcurredestablishJintheirttrrrxy,',-ee
acc'.sstr$•i.-esallottedf>th<?np.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegixxisare
enteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStates*shares
havebeenusedupshallbeestablishedonthebasisof
importscountedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission,
MemberStatesshallinformitofimportsofthe
productsconcernedactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethattheprovisionsof
thisRegulationarecompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1979.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
4DoneatBrussels.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident