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Brussels,17November1978
DRAFTCOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
OPENING,ALLOCATING ,PROVIDING FORTHEADMINISTRATION
OFACOMMUNITYTARIFFQUOTAFORRAWSILK(NOTTHROWN)
FALLINGWITHINTHEHEADINGN°50.02OFTHECOMMON
CUSTOMSTARIFFFOR1979
DRAFTCOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
OPENING,ALLOCATING ANDPROVIDING FORTHEADMINISTRATION
OFACOMMUNITYTARIFFQUOTAFORYARN,ENTIRELYOFSILK,
OTHERTHANYARNOFNOILOROTHERWASTESILK,NOTPUTUP
FORRETAILSALE,FALLINGWITHINTHEHEADINGN°EX50.04
OFTHECOMMONCUSTOMSTARIFFFOR1979
/.
/:■fît
S>DRAFT"COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)•ν
OPENING,ALLOCATING ANDPROVIDING FORTHEADMINISTRATION
-v ?
OFACOMMUNITY TARIFFQUOTAFORYARNSPUNENTIRELY FROM
SILKWASTEOTHERTHANNOIL,NOTPUTUPFORRETAILSALE,
\;
FALLINGWITHINSUBHEADINGex.50.05AOFTHECOMMON
CUSTOMSTARIFFFOR1979.
(Submitted "bytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
COM(78)611final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Afurther study ofthesituation asregards rawsilk (notthrown ),
yarn entirely ofsilk ,other than yarn ofnoil orother waste silk ,
andyarn spun entirely from silk waste other than noil wascarried
outbyCommission departments with experts oftheMember States at
twomeetings oftheWorking Party onTariff Economy held inApril
andinSeptember 1978 under aegis oftheCommission .
/
Asinprevious years ,general opinion wasinfavour ofmaintaining
the status quo .
Thediscussion produced thefollowing information :
(1)Asregards rawsilk (notthrown )
For anumber ofyears ,Community production hasbeen atvery lowlevels
andonly takes place incertain regions inItaly .
This reduction inproduction wasdue toseveral factors ,inparticular
thefact that production wasorganized onthebasis ofsmall undertakings
inadequately rationalized ormodernized andalso thefact that competetion
from some non-member countries ,inparticular thePeople 'sRepublic of
China ,brought ahuge quantity ofhigh-quality goods atvery advantageous ,
prices ontotheCommunity market .
TheCommunity hadatthetime focussed attention ontheimportance to
theEECofmaintaining Community production ofrawsilk .Because of
this policy ,efforts were made inItaly tomodernize andrationalize ,
activity through investments oftheorder ofbillions ofItalian lire ,
with assistance from theCommunity (EAGGF )orfrom theState ,the
regions ,theCassa delMezzogiorno andindividual farmers .The
purpose ofthese efforts was toensure agradual increase inproduction
inthe future .
Inview ofthis situation ,itappears that anextension oftheterm
ofvalidity ofthetariff quota scheme nowinforce would guarantee
Community supplies andenable thedevelopment ofCommunity production
tobekept track ofwithout prejudicing itsfuture prospects .

Accordingtopresentestimates/thelevelofCommunityproduction
in1979willbesimilartothatof1978,whichtotalled40tonnes
approximately .
•'I
Furthermore,MemberStates'estimatesshow thattheirimportrequirements
willbeintheregionofatotalof4.200tonnes. <This
figurewasthereforeadoptedastheinitialquotavolumeintheattached
draftregulation.Itdoesnothoweverexcludethepossibility offuture
adjustments inthecourseoftheyear.-
(2)Asregardsyarnentirelyofsilkorsilkwaste:
I
\'
Theyarninquestionis.ofcertainveryspecificqualities,whichare
classified undertariffheadingNoex50.04/ forwhichthere
arenostatistical subdivisions .Intheabsenceofstatistics onthisyarn
ithasbeennecessary,fort-hepurposeofdetermining theamountsofthe
quotas,tomakeuseoftheestimatesconcerning importrequirements
submittedbytheMemberStates.Totalrequirements for1979amountto
60tonnesofsilkyarnand200tonnesofyarnspunfromsilk
wasteotherthannoil.Thesefigureshavebeenadoptedforthetariff
quotasinthedraftregulations attachedtothisdocument.
Asregardsquotaduties,theCommission hasnoinformation that
wouldleadittoalterthe1978rates,i.e.,2.5%forsilkyarnand
1%foryarnspunfromsilkwasteotherthannoil;exemptionfromthe
dutyonrawsilkisagainproposedfor1979.

DRAFT
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforrawsilk(notthrown)fallingwithinheadingNo50.02oftheCommon
CustomsTariff(1979)
Till;COUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle28
thereof.
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ,
WhereasCommunityproductionofrawsilk(not
thrown)fallingwithinheadingNo50.02ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffdoesnotcovertheneedsof
theuserindustries ;whereasthesupplyofthelatter
thereforedependstoagreatextentonimportsfrom
non-member countries;whereasitisintheinterests
oftheCommunitytosuspendtotallytheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyontheproductinquestion,
withinthelimitsofaCommunitytariffquota,the
volumeofwhichcouldbesetprovisionally at4200
tonnesfor1979;
Whereasitisdesirableatthepresenttimetoavoid
finalmeasuresthatcouldleadtothehaltingofaction
takeninthesectoroveranumberofyearstoincrease
Communityproduction ;whereas,undersuchcondi­
tions,itisadvisabletoextendth«/systeminforcein
1V7& tariff
WhereasCommunityproductiondoesnotappearto
havechangedconsiderablywhencomparedwith
1978;whereas,takingaccountofthisproductionand
oftheforecastsfor1979,theimportsneededtosatisfy
consumptionwithintheCommunitycanbeestimated
at4?00tonnes;whereasthefixingofthequota
amountatthisleveldoesnotprecludeanadjustment
withinthequotaperiod;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersand
theratelaiddownforthetariffquotashouldbe
appliedconsistentlytoallimportsoftheproductin
questionuntilthequotaisusedup;whereasasystem
olutilizationoftheCommunitytariffquota,basedon
anallocationbetweentheMemberStatesconcerned,
would,inthelightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,
appearconsistentwiththeCommunitynatureofthe
quota;Whereas,inviewofthesefactors,theinitialpercen­
tagesharesinthequotavolumefor1979canbe
expressedapproximately asfollows:
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom0.15
0.15
5.90
29.45
0.15
58.90
5.30
Whereas,totakeaccountoffuturetrendsinimports
oftheproductinquestioninalltheMemberStates,
thequotashouldbedividedintotwotranches,the
firstbeingdistributedamongtheMemberStatesand
thesecondtoformareserveintendedtocoverany
subsequentrequirements ofMemberStateswhohave
useduptheirinitialshares;whereas,,inorderto
ensureacertaindegreeofsecurityforimportersof
eachMemberState,thefirsttrancheshouldinthis
casebefixedat81%ofthetotalquota;
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
rates;whereas,toprovideforthiseventualityandto
avoiddisruptionofsupplies,anyMemberStatewhich
hasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawan
additionalsharefromthereserve;whereasthisshould
bedonebyeachMemberStatewheneachofitsaddi­
tionalshareshasbeenalmostusedup,andsoonas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial
andadditionalsharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaboration betweenMemberStates
andtheCommission ,whichlattermust>inparticular,
beabletokeeparecordoftheextenttowtyichthetariff
quotahasbeenusedupandtoinformtheMember
Statesaccordingly ;
Whereasif,ata-givendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityoftheinitialshareisleftoverin
aMemberState,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve,
soastoavoidapartofthequotaremainingunusedin
oneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;

2
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgarcunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Artide1
From1Januaryto31December197*,theauto­
nomousdutyoftheCommonCustomsTariffforraw
silk(notthrown)fallingwithinheadingNo50.02,
shallbetotallysuspendedwithinaCommunitytariff
quotaof4210tonnes.
Article2'
I.Afirsttrancheof3395tonnesofthisCommu­
nitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongtheMember
States.MemberStates'shares,which,subjecttoArticle
5,shallbevaliduntil31December1979,shallbeas
follows:
(tonnes)
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy <
UnitedKingdom5
5
200
1000
5
2000
180
2.Thesecondtrancheof805tonnesshallconsti­
tutethereserve.
^Artide3
1.If90%ormoreofaMcnlberStatesinitialshare
asfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminusany
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawa
secondshare,totheextentthatthereservesopermits,
equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupasneces­
sarytothenextwholenumber,
\
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
inthemannerandtotheextentprovidedinpara­
graphI,drawathirdshareequalto5?/oofitsinitial
share.. -.''
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
inaccordancewiththesameconditions,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,MemberStatesmaydrawlessersharesthanthose
specifiedthereiniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.They
shallinformtheCommission oftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisparagraph.
'Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1979.
Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1979,theunusedportionsoftheir
initialshareswhich,on15September1979,arein
excessof3.0%oftheinitialamounts.«Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
.believingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedup.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1October1979,ofthetotalquantitiesoftheraw
silkimporteduptoandincluding15September1979
andchargedagainsttheCommunityquota.andofany
portionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3and,assoonasithasbeennotified,shallinform
eachStateoftheextenttowhich(hereservehasbeen
usedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
October1979,ofthereservepositionafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andto
thisendshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
I.Member'Statesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraggregatesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.

3
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productinquestionagainsttheirsharesastheproduct
isenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedeterminedaccordingtothecondi­
tionsinparagraph3.Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article8
At.theCommissions request,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.Article10.
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1979.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitseniiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

DRAFT
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforyarn,entirelyofsilk,otherthanyarnofnoilorotherwastesilk,not
putupforretailsale,fallingwithinheadingNoex50.04oftheCommon
CustomsTariff(1979)
Till:COUNCILOP.THEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ,
WhereassilkyarnisproducedintheCommunity ;
whereas,althoughthatproductionCouldcoverallthe
Communityrequirements byreasonofitsoverall
volume,thisdoesnotapplywithregardtoyarn
entirelyspunfromsilk;whereasthereis,asaresult,
aninsufficientsupplyintheCommunity ;
Whereas,consequently .Communitysupplyforthose
qualitiesofyarndependstoaconsiderableextenton
imports;whereasfullapplicationoftheCommon
CustomsTariffdutywouldresultinthoseproducts
beingsubjectedtoaconsiderablecustomscharge
wink-productsmanufacturedfromsilkyarnface
powerfulcompetitionfromsimilarproductsmanufac­
turedfromothermaterial;whereasaninsufficient
supply,addedtocompetitionatfinishedproductlevel,
mighthaveadverseeffects/theCommunity'sprocessingindustries;'for
' •»
whereastheCommonCustomsTariffdutyapplicable
toimportsofthesilkyarninquestionis7%.;
whereas,whenfixingthequotaduty,itisappropriate
totakeintoaccount,ontheonehand,thesituationof
theCommunitysilkyarnproducingindustryand,on
theother,thatofthesilkyarnprocessingindustries
withregardtotheirsuppliesonfavourableterms;
whereasaquotadutyof2-5%couldbestmeetthe
abovcmcntioned requirements ;
Whereasthetrendsinimportsinrecentyears
suggestthattheimportrequirementsfortheyarnsin
questionmightbeintheregionof60tonnesfor
Iy79;whereastheopeningofaCommunitytariff
quotaofthatvolumeisunlikelytoharmCommunityproduction :
r
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandtheratelaidvdownforthetariffquotashouldbeappliedconsist­
entlytoallimportsoftheproductinquestionuntil
thequotaisusedup;whereasasystemofutilization
oftheCommunitytariffquota,basedonanallocation
betweentheMemberStatesconcerned,would,inthe
lightOftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,appear
.consistentwiththeCommunitynatureofthequota;
whereas,torepresentascloselyaspossibletheactual
markettrendsintheproductinquestion,thealloca­
tionshouldbeproportionatetotherequirementsof
theMemberStatescalculatedwithreferencetostatis­
ticaldataonimportsduringarepresentativereference
periodandtotheeconomicprospectsforthequota
periodinquestion;
ex
Whereastheimportsoftheproducts-fallingwithin
headingNo'50.04ofeachoftheMemberStates
concernedduringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
completestatisticsareavailablerepresentthe
followingpercentagesoftotalCommunityimportsof
theseproducts:
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheforecasts
whichitispossibletomake,theinitialpercentage
sharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressedapproxi­matelyasfollows:197519761977
0 ■00
o0-70
43-157091.565
25-1610-40
0050-40.332
21-5876-01.236
10-065-56.867
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom2-5
2-5
25-0
300
2-5
27-5
10-0

2
Whereas,totakeaccountoffuturetrendsinimports
oftheproductinquestion,inthevariousMember
States,thequotashouldbedividedintotwotranches,
thefirstbeingdistributedamongtheMemberStates
andthesecondtoformareserveintendedtocover
anysubsequentrequirementsofMemberStateswho
haveuseduptheirinitialshares;whereasinorderto
ensureacertaindegreeofsecurityforimportersof
eachMemberStatethefirsttrancheshouldinthis
be67%ofthetotalquota;
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
rates;whereas,toprovideforthiseventualityandto
avoiddisruptionofsupplies,anyMemberStatewhich
hasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawan
additionalsharefromthereserve;whereasthisshould
bedonebyeachMemberStatewheneachofitsaddi­
tionalshareshasbeenalmostusedup,andsoonas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial
andadditionalsharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaborationbetweenMemberStates
andtheCommission ,whichlattermust,inparticular,
beabletokeeparecordoftheextenttowhichthe
tariffjuotahasbeenusedupandtoinformtheMember
Statesaccordingly ;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityoftheinitialshareisleftoverin
aMemberState,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve,
soastoavoidapartofthequotaremainingunusedin
oneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgarcunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
•oneofitsmembers.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
FromIJanuaryto31December1979theauto­
nomousdutyoftheCommonCustomsTariffforyarn
entirelyofsilk,otherthanyarnofnoilorotherwaste
silk,notputupforretailsale,fallingwithinheading
Noex50.04,shallbesuspendedat2-5%withina
Communitytariffquotaof60tonnes.
Article2
I.Afirsttrancheof40tonnesofthisCommunity
tariffquotashallbeallocated,amongtheMemberStates.MemberStatesshareswhich,subjecttoArticle
'5,shallbevaliduntil31December1979,shallbeas
follows:
(tonnes)
Bénélux 1
Denmark 1
Germany 10
France 12
CaseIreland 1
*(Italy. 11
UnitedKingdom 4
2.Thesecondtrancheof20tonnesshallconstitute
thereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberStatesinitialshare
asfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminusany
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawa
secondshare,totheextentthatthereservesopermits,
equalto10%ofitsintialshare,roundedupasneces­
sarytothenextwholenumber.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
inthemannerandtotheextentprovidedinpara­
graph1,drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitial
share.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
inaccordancewiththesameconditions ,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs I,2and
3,MemberStatesmaydrawlessersharesthanthose
specifiedthereiniftherearcgroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.They
shallinformtheCommission oftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisparagraph.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1979.

Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1979,theunusedportionsoftheir
initialshareswhich,on15September1979,arein
excessof20%oftheinitialamounts.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedup.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1October1979,ofthetotalquantitiesofsilk
yarnimporteduptoandincluding15September
1979andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotaand
ofanyportionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedtothe
reserve.
Article6
.TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3and,assoonasithasbeennotified,shallinform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
October1979,ofthereservepositionafter
.amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5. 1■
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andto
thisendshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn .pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraggregatesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.-
3.MemberStatesshallchargeagainsttheirshares
importsoftheproductinquestionasandwhenthe
productisenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesfor
homeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
' Article8
AttheCommissionsrequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissioilshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintofocceon1January
1979.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States. >
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

DRAFT
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforyam,spunentirelyfromsilkwasteotherthannoil,notputupfor
retailsale,fallingwithinsubheading50.05AoftheCommonCustomsTariff
(1979)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ,
Whereasyarnspunfromwastesilkisproducedinthe
Community ;whereas,althoughthatproduction
shouldcoveralltheCommunityrequirements by
reasonofitsoverallvolume,thisdoesnotapplywith
regardtoyarnentirelyspunfromwastesilk;whereas
thereis,asaresult,aninsufficientsupplyinthe
Community ; 'Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandtheratelaid
downforthetariffquotashouldbeappliedconsist­
entlytoallimportsoftheproductinquestionuntil
thequotaisusedup;whereasasystemofutilization
oftheCommunitytariffquota,basedonanallocation
betweentheMemberStatesconcerned,would,inthe
lightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,appear
consistentwiththeCommunitynatureofthequota;
whereas,torepresentascloselyaspossibletheactual
markettrendsintheproductinquestion,thealloca­
tionshouldbeproportionate totherequirements of
theMemberStatescalculatedwithreferencetostatis-
.ticaldataonimportsduringarepresentative reference
periodandtotheeconomicprospectsforthequota
periodinquestion;
Whereas,consequently ,Communitysuppliesofthose
qualitiesofyarndependtoaconsiderableextenton
imports;whereasfullapplicationoftheCommon
CustomsTariffdutywouldresultinthoseproducts
beingsubjectedtoaconsiderablecustomscharge
whileproductsmanufactured fromsilkyarnface
powerfulcompetitionfromsimilarproductsmanufac­
turedfromothermaterial;whereasaninsufficient
supply,addedtocompetitionatfinishedproductlevel,
mighthaveadverseeffectsonthe
processingindustries;
WhereastheCommonCustomsTariffdutyapplicable
toimportsoftheyarnspunfromwastesilkinques­
tionis3-5%;whereas,whenfixingthequotaduty,it
isappropriatetotakeintoaccount,ontheonehand,
thesituationoftheCommunityindustryproducing
yarnspunfromwastesilkand,ontheother,thatof
theindustriesprocessingyarnspunfromwastesilk
withregardtotheirsuppliesonfavourableterms;
whereasaquotadutyof1%couldbestmeetthe
abovementioned requirements ;Whereastheimportsoftheproductsfallingwithin
headingNo50.05AofeachoftheMemberStates
concernedduringthelastthree,yearsforwhich
completestatisticsare'available,representthe
followingpercentagesoftotalCommunityimportsof
theseproducts:SUD-
19751976
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom0
0
56-6
18-5
0'
14-9
100
0
116
11-54
0•
6215
25151977
0
0
52.298
0
0
0.261
47.441
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheforecasts
whichitispossibletomake,theinitialpercentage
sharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressedapproxi­
matelyasfollows:
Whereasthetrendsinimportsinrecentyearssuggest
thatCommunityimportrequirementsfortheyarnsin
questionmightbeintheregionof200tonnesfor
1979;whereastheopeningofaCommunitytariff
quotaofthatvolumeisunlikelytpharmCommunity
production ;•Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom0-613
0-613
24-540
12-271
0-613
30-675
30-675
Ï
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2.
tariffWhereas,totakeaccountoffuturetrendsinimports
oftheproductinquestioninthevariousMember
States,thequotashouldbedividedintotwotranches,
thefirstbeingdistributedamongtheMemberStates
andthesecondtoformareserveintendedtocover
anysubsequentrequirements ofMemberStateswho
haveuseduptheirinitialshares;whereasinorderto
ensureacertaindegreeofsecurityforimportersof
eachMemberState,thefirsttrancheshouldbefixed
at82%ofthetotalquota; ,
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
rates;whereas,toprovideforthiseventualityandto
avoiddisruptionofsupplies,anyMemberStatewhich
hasalmostu$cdupitsinitialshareshoulddrawan
additionalsharefromthereserve;whereasthisshould
bedonebyeachMemberStatewheneachofitsaddi­
tionalshareshasbeqnalmostusedup,andsoonas
•manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial
andadditionalsharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaborationbetweenMemberStates
andtheCommission ,whichlattermustbeableto
keeparecordoftheextenttowhichthe/quotahas
beenusedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesaccord­
ingly; " •• :
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityoftheinitialshareisleftoverin
aMemberState,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve,
soastoavoidapartofthequotaremainingunusedin
oneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
.KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof'
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmayb?carriedoutbyany
.oneofitsmembers,States.MemberStatesshareswhich,subjecttoArticle
5,shallbevaliduntil31December1979,shallbeas
follows:
(tonnes)
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdomI
1
10
20
1
50
50
2.Thesecondtrancheof37tonnesshallconstitute
thereserve.*>'
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberStatesinitialshare
asfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminusany
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawa
secondshare,totheextentthatthereservesopermits,
equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupasneces­
sarytothenextwholenumber.
2.•If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
inthemannerandtotheextentprovidedinpara­
graph1,drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitial
share. ■
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
inaccordancewiththesameconditions,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird. '
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveisused
UP­
' ArticleI
FromI.Januaryto31December1979theauto­
nomousdutyoftheCommonCustomsTariffforyarn,
spunentirelyfromsilkwasteotherthannoil,notput
forretailsale,fallingwithinsubheading50.05A,shall
besuspendedat1%withinaCommunitytariffquota
of200tonnes. .4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,MemberStatesmaydrawlessersharesthanthose
specifiedthereiniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.They
shallinformtheCommission oftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisparagraph.''
Artide2
1.Afirsttrancheof163tonnesofthisCommunity
tariffquotashallbeallocatedamongtheMemberArticle4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1979.

3
Artide5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
th.in,1October1979,theunusedportionsoftheir
initialshareswhich,on15September1979,arein
excessof20%oftheinitialamounts.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedup.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1October1979,ofthetotalquantitiesofyam
spunentirelyfromsilkwasteimporteduptoand
including15September1979andchargedagainstthe
Communityquotaandofanyportionsoftheirinitial
sharesreturnedtothereserve.
Articlc6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3and,assoonasithasbeennotified,shallinform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,nolaterthan5
October1979ofthereservepositionafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andto
thisendshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraggregatesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeagainsttheirshares
importsoftheproductinquestionasandwhenthe
productisenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesfor
homeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Artide8
AttheCommissionsrequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsacutallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article10
ThisRegulationshalenterintoforceon1January
1979.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident