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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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COM(80)656 final
Brussels-3rdNovember1980
DRAFTCOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofa
Communitytariffquotaforrawsilk(notthrown),falling
withinheadingNo50.02oftheCommonCustomsTariff(1981)
DRAFTCOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofa
Communitytariffquotaforyarn,entirelyofsilk,otherthanyarnof
noilorotherwastesilk,notputupforretailsale,falling
withinheadingNoex50.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff(1981)
DRAFTCOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofa
Community,tariffquotaforyarn,spunentirelyfromsilkwaste
otherthannotI,notputupforretailsale,fallingwithin
subheading 50.05AoftheCommonCustomsTariff(1981)
■I ::
./
./
(presented bytheCommission totheCouncil)
C0M(80)656final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The situation asregards rawsilk -,yarn entirely ofsilk and yarn spun
entirely from silk waste other than noil was reviewed once again by Com-
ι ,
mission staff together with experts from the Member States atameeting of
the Group onEconomic Tariff Problems organized bythe Commission inApril
198Q .
Asinprevious years ,there was ageneral consensus infavour ofmaintaining
things asthey were .
The following emerged from these discussions :
1.Raw silk (not thrown )-
For some years the volume ofCommunity output had been extremely low and
\
production continues only insome regions ofItaly .
The reduction may beput down toseveral factors ,one being that production
came from small holdings that ware not sufficiently rationalized and moder­
nized and another that some non-*member countries ,especially the People 's
Republic ofChina ,offered for sale onthe Community market very large
quantities ofhigh-quality products very advantageous prices .
The Community had some time ago decided that itwas advantageous for the
EEC tomaintain its own production ofraw silk .Asaresult efforts have
been made inItaly tomodernize andrationalize this activity byinvesting
several tens ofthousands ofmillion Italian lira,with aideither from
the Community (EAGGF)'or from the State ,the regions ,the "Cassa del
Mezziogiorno "and individual breeders .These efforts were designed to
bring about agradual increase inproduction inthe future .
V
1.
Inview ofthis situation itappears that anextension ofthe quota scheme
now inforce would secure the "Community 'ssupply and allow trends inCom­
munity production tobemonitored without jeopardizing its future prospects .

According tocurrent ,estimates ,the level ofCommunity production in1981
would beclose tothat expected for 1980 ,about 40tonnes .
Onthebasis ofMember States' estimates ,their import requirements may be
put atatotal volume of4800 tonnes .This has therefore been taken as
the figures for theinitial quota inthe attached draft regulation ,but
thepossibility ofsubsequent adjustments inthe course ofthe quota year
are not ruled out . , •
» t
2.For yarn entirely ofsilk orspun enti rely from silk waste other than
noi I
These are specific qualities ofyarn which are classified under tariff
heading ex54.04 and sub-heading 50.05 Abut for which there are nostatis
tical subdivisions .Inthe absence ofstatistical data ,itwas necessary
torely onMember States' estimates astotheir import requirements to >
determine the volume ofthe quotas .For 1981 ,these requirements total
60tonnes forsilk yarn and 270 tonnes for yarn spun entirely from silk
waste other than noil ,and these figures have been taken asthe quota
volumes inthe attached draft regulations .
With regard tothe quota duties ,the Commission has nodate justifying a
change inthe 2.5% duty adopted in1980 for silk yarn ,exemption from duty
for raw silk and yarn spun entirely from silk waste other than noil is
once again proposed for 1981 .

4
Oraft
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
opening ,allocating and providing fortheadministration ofaCommunity tariff
quota forrawsilk (notthrown ),falling within heading No50.02 oftheCommon
Customs Tariff (198 1* , '
JHE COUNCIL OPTHE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,and inparticular Article 28
thereof , * ,
Having regard tothedraft Regulation submitted by
theCommission ,
Whereas Community production of'raw silk (not
thrown )falling within heading No 50.02 ofthe
Common Customs Tariff does not cover theneeds of
theuser industries ;whereas thesupply ofthelatter'
therefore depends toagreat extent onimports from
non-member countries ;whereas itisintheinterests
oftheCommunity tosuspend totally theCommon
Customs Tariff duty onthe product inquestion ,
within thelimits ofanappropriate Community tariff
quota ;
Whereas itisdesirable atthepresent time toavoid
final measures which could lead tothehalting of
action taken inthesector over anumber ofyears to
increase Community production ;whereas ,under such
conditions ,itisadvisable toextend -^thetariff system '
infoTce in1980 ;
Whereas Community production does notappear to
have changed considerably when compared with
1980;whereas ,taking account ofthisproduction and
oftheforecasts for 1981theimports needed tosatisfy
consumption within theCommunity canbeestimated
at48;'0tonnes ;whereas the fixing ofthe quota
amount atthils level docs notpreclude anadjustment
within thequota period ;
Whereas equal and continuous access tothequota
should beensured forallCommunity importers and
the rate laid down forthe tariff quota should be
applied consistently toallimports oftheproduct in
question until thequota isused up;whereas asystem
ofutilization oftheCommunity tariff quota ,based on .
anallocation between theMember States concerned ,
would ,inthelight oftheprinciples outlined above ,
appear consistent with theCommunity nature ofthe
quota ; ^Whereas ,inview ofthese factors ,theinitial percen­
tage shares inthequota volume for 1980 can be
expressed approximately asfollows :
Bénélux'
Denmark ,
Germany _
France
Ireland
Italy
United Kingdom0.11
0.11
4.59
22.89
0.11
68.65
3.43-0.11
Whereas ,totake account offuture trends inimports
oftheproduct inquestion inalltheMember States ,
thequota should bedivided into twoinstalments ,the
first being distributed among theMember States and
thesecond toform areserve intended tocover any
subsequent requirements ofMember States who have
used uptheir initial shares ;whereas ,inorder to
ensure acertain degree pfsecurity forimporters of
each Member State the first instalment should inthis
case befixed atabout 9CP/°ofthetotal quota;'
Whereas theinitial shares may beused upatdifferent
rates :whereas ,toprovide forthis eventuality and to
avoid disruption ofsupplies ,anyMember State which .
hasalmost used up .itsinitial share should ,dray /an
additional share from thereserve ;whereas this should
bedone bytfach Member State when each ofitsaddi­
tional shares hasbeen almost used up,and soonas
many times asthereserve allows ;whereas theinitial
and additional shares should bevalid until theend of
thequota period ;whereas this form ofadministration
requires close collaboration between Member States
andtheCommission ,which latter must ,inparticular ,
beable tokeep arecord oftheextent towhich the
tariff quota has been used upand toinform the
Member States accordingly ; -
Whereas if,atagiven date inthequota period ,a
considerable quantity of.theinitial share isleftover in
'aMember State ,itisessential that that Member State
should return asignificant proportion tothereserve ,
soastoavoid apart ofthequota remaining unused in
one Member State when itcould beused inothers ;

Whereas ,since *,the Kingdom ofBelgium ,the
Kingdom oftheNetherlands andtheGrand Duchy of ^
Luxembourg arc*united within andjointly represented *
by«the Benelux Economic Union ,any measure •
concerning theadministration oftheshares allocated ■■
tothat economic union may becarried ;outbyany
one ,ofitsmcmpcrs , , J ' ' ■ "■?
*• -»
:! ■ ■■? ■■"■}>
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article I
1.From IJanuary to31December I9ff],theauto­
nomous duty oftheCommon Customs Tariff forraw
silk (not thrown ),falling within heading No 50.02 ,
shall betotally suspended within aCommunity tariff
quota of4gOO tonnes .
2.Within thelimits ofthis tariff quota ,
Greece shall apply duties calculated in
accordance with the relevant provisions
inthe ActofAccession 0fthat country
Article 2
1.Afirst instalment of4370 tonnes ofthis
Community tariff quota shall beallocated among the
Member States .Member States' shares ,which,subject
toArticle 5,shall bevalid until 31-December 1981
shall beasfollows :
tonnes
Bénélux 5
Denmark 5
Germany Greece 200 5
France 1000
Ireland 5
Italy > 3000
United Kingdom 150
2.The second instalment of4ZOtonnes shall consti­
tute the reserve .
0J NdL291,19.11.1979 ,p.17.

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Artide 3
1. 1/90%ormore ofaMember State 'sinitial share
asfixed inArticle 2(1),orofthat share minus any
portion returned tothe reserve where Article 5has
been applied ,hasbeen used up,that Member State
shall forthwith ,bynotifying theCommission ,draw a
second share ,totheextent thatthereserve sopermits ,
equal to10%ofitsinitial share ,rounded upasneces­
sary tothenext whole number .
2.If,after itsinitial share hasbeen used up,90%
ormore ofthesecond share drawn byaMember State
hasbeen used up,that Member State shall forthwith ,
inthemanner and totheextent provided inpara­
graph 1,draw athird share equal to5%ofitsinitial
share .
3.If,after itssecond share hasbeen used up,90%
ormore ofthethird share drawn byaMember State
hasbeen used up,thatMember State shall forthwith ,
inaccordance with thesame conditions ,draw afourth
share equal tothethird .
This procedure shall apply until thereserve isused
up.
4.Byway ofderogation from paragraphs 1,2and
3,Member States may draw lesser shares than those
specified therein ifthere aregrounds forbelieving
that those specified may notbeused infull.They
shall inform the Commission oftheir reasons for
applying this paragraph .
Artide 4
Additional shares drawn pursuant toArticle 3shall be
valid until 31December 1981 .
ν
Artide $
Member States shall return tothe reserve ,not later
than 1October 198\theunused portions oftheir
initial shares which ,on15September 198 "],arein
excess of30%ofthe initial amounts .They may
return agreater -portion ifthere aregrounds for
believing that such portion may notbeused up.

Member States shall notify -theCommission ,notlater
than 1October 198*],ofthetotal quantities of raw
silkimported uptoandincluding 15September 198 1
andcharged against theCommunity quota andofany
portion oftheir initial shares returned tothereserve .
Article 6
The Commission shall keep anaccount oftheshares
opened bytheMember States pursuant toArticles 2
and 3and ,assoon asithasbeen notified ,shall inform
each State oftheextent towhich thereserve hasbeen
used up.
Itshall inform the Member States ,not later than 5
October 1981 ,oftheamount inthe reserve after
amounts have been returned thereto pursuant to
Article 5.
Itshall ensure that thedrawing which exhausts the
reserve docs not exceed the balance available and to
this .end ,shall notify theamount ofthat balance to
theMember State making thelastdrawing .
Article 7
1.Member States shall take all appropriate
measures toensure that additional shares drawn
pursuant toArticle 3arcopened insuch away that
imports may becharged without interruption against
their aggregate shares oftheCommunity quota .

2.Member States shall ensure that importers ofthe
product inquestion established intheir territory have
free access totheshares allocated tothem .
3.Member States shall charge imports ofthe
product inquestion against their shares astheproduct
isentered with thecustoms authorities forfree circula­
tion .-
4.The extent towhich aMember State hasused up
itsshare shall bedetermined according tothecondi­
tions inparagraph 3. .
Article 8
Atthe Commissions request ,Member States shall
inform itoftheimports actually charged against their
shares .Article 9
Member States and theCommission shall cooperate
closely 'toensure that this Regulation iscomplied
with .
Article 10
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1January
1981 .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety and directly applicable inallMember
States .
Done atBrussels .
For the Council
The President

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Draft
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
opening ,allocating and providing fortheadministration ofaCommunity tariff
quota foryarn ,entirely ofsilk ,other than yarn ofnoil orother waste silk ,not
put upforretail sale ,falling within heading No ex50.04 ofthe Common
Customs Tariff (1981 )
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
J
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,and inparticular Article 28
thereof ,
Having regard tothedraft Regulation submitted by
theCommission ,
Whereas silk yarn isproduced intheCommunity ;
whereas ,although that production could cover allthe
Community requirements byreason ofitsoverall
volume ,this docs not apply with regard toyarn
entirely spun from silk ;whereas there is,asaresult ,
aninsufficient supply intheCommunity ;
Whereas consequently Community supply forthose
qualities ofyarn depends toaconsiderable extent on
imports ;whereas full application ofthe Common
Customs Tariff duty would result inthose products
being subjected toaconsiderable *customs charge
while products manufactured from silk yarn face
powerful competition from similar products manufac­
tured from other material ;whereas aninsufficient
supply ,added tocompetition atfinished product level ,
might have adverse effects onthe Community 's
processing industries ;down forthetariff quota should beapplied consist­
ently toallimports oftheproduct inquestion until
thequota isused up;whereas asystem ofutilization
oftheCommunity tariff quota ,based onanallocation
between theMember States concerned ,would ,inthe
light ofthe principles outlined above ,appear
consistent with theCommunity nature ofthequota ;
jWhereas ,inview ofthese factors andoftheforecasts
iwhich itispossible tomake ,theinitial percentage
shares inthequota volume canbeexpressed approxi­
mately asfollows :
i !
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
j United Kingdom2.08
2.08
20.83_2.08
25
2.08
41.67
4.18
Whereas theCommon Customs Tariff duty applicable
toimports ofthesilk yarn inquestion in1981 is6.5% ;
whereas ,when fixing thequota duty ,itisappropriate
totake into account ,ontheone hand ,thesituation of
theCommunity silkyarn producing industry and ,on
theother ,that ofthesilk yarn processing industries
with regard totheir supplies onfavourable terms ;
whereas aquota duty of2-5%could best meet the
abovemcntioncd requirements ;
Whereas thetrends inimports during recent years
suggest that theimport requirements fortheyarns in
question might beinthe region of60tonnes for
1981 ;whereas theopening ofaCommunity tariff
quota ofthat volume isunlikely toharm Community
production ;
Whereas equal and continuous access tothequota
should beensured forallimporters and therate laid

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Whereas ,totake account offuture trends inimports
oftheproducts inquestion ,inthevarious Member
States ,thequota should bedivided into twoinstal­
ments ,thefirst being distributed among theMember
States and the second toform areserve intended to
cover anysubsequent requirements ofMember States
who have used uptheir initial shares ;whereas in
order toensure acertain degree ofsecurity forimpor­
ters of'each Member State the first instalment should
inthis case be80%ofthetotal quota ;
Whereas theinitial shares may beused upatdifferent
rates ;whereas ,toprovide forthis eventuality and to
avoid disruption ofsupplies ,anyMember State which
hasalmost used upitsinitial share should draw an
additional share from thereserve ;whereas this should
bedone byeach Member State when each ofitsaddi­
tional shares hasbeen almost used up,and soonas
many times asthereserve allows ;whereas theinitial
and additional shares should bevalid until theend of
thequota period ;whereas thisform ofadministration
requires close collaboration between Member States
and theCommission ,which latter must ,inparticular ,
beable tokeep arecord oftheextent towhich the
tariff quota has been used upand toinform the
Member States accordingly ;
Whereas if,atagiven date inthequota period ,a
considerable quantity oftheinitial share isleftover in
aMember State ,itisessential that that Member State
should return asignificant proportion tothereserve,'
soastoavoid apart ofthequota remaining unused in
one Member State when itcould beused inothers ;
Whereas ,since the Kingdom .ofBelgium ,the
Kingdom oftheNetherlands andtheGrand Duchy of
Luxembourg areunited within andjointly represented
bythe Benelux Economic Union ,any measure
concerning theadministration oftheshares allocated
tothat economic union may becarried out byany "
one ofitsmembers ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article / ,
From 1January to31December 1981 the auto­
nomous duty oftheCommon Customs Tariff foryarn
entirely ofsilk,other tha^yarn ofnoil orother waste
silk,notputupforretail sale,falling within heading
Noex50.04 shall besuspended at2-5%within a
Community tariff quota of60tonnes .

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2.Within theiiinlts ofthis tariff quota ,
Greece shall apply duties calculated in
accordance with therelevant provisions
"intheAct.ofAccession ofthat country''
Anide 2
I. Afirst instalment of48tonnes ofthis Commu­
nity tariff quota shall beallocated among theMember ^
States .Member States' shares which ,subject toArticle
5,shall bevalid until 31December 1981 ,shall beas
follows .:
mtonnes
Bénélux 1
Denmark 1
Germany Greece 10 1
France 12
Ireland 1
Italy 20
United Kingdom 2
2.The second instalment of12tonnes shall consti­
tute the reserve .
Article 3
1. If90%ormore ofaMember State sinitial share
asfixed inArticle 2(1),orofthat share minus any
portion returned tothe reserve where Article 5has
been applied ,hasbeen used up,that Member State
shall forthwith ,bynotifying theCommission ,draw a
second share ,totheextent thatthereserve sopermits ,
equal to10%ofitsinitial share ,rounded upasneces­
sary tothenext whole number .
OJNoI291,19.1 1.1979,p.17

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2.If,after itsinitial share hasbeen used up,90%
ormore ofthesecond share d^awn-by aMember State
hasbeen used up,that Member State shall forthwith ,
inthemanner and totheextent provided inpara­
graph 1,draw athird share equal tb5%ofitsinitial
share .
3.If,after itssecond share hasbeen used up,90%
ormore ofthethird share drawn byaMember State
hasbeen used up,that Member State shall forthwith ,
inaccordance with thesame conditions ,draw afourth
share equal tothethird .
This procedure shall apply until thereserve isused
UP-
4.Byway ofderogation from paragraphs 1,2and
3,Member States may draw lesser shares than those
specified therein ifthere aregrounds forbelieving
that those specified may -notbeused infull .They
shall inform the Commission oftheir reasons for
applying this paragraph .
Article 4
Additional shares drawn pursuant toArticle 3shall be
valid until December 198 1-

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Artide 5 .
Member States shall return tothe reserve ,not later
than IOctober 1981 ,theunused portions oftheir
initial shares which ,on15September 198^,arein
excess of20%ofthe initial amounts .They may
return agreater portion ifthere aregrounds for
believing that such portion may notbeused up.
Member States shall notify theCommission ,notlater
than 1October 198 1,ofthetotal quantities ofsilk
yarn imported uptoand including 15September
198 1andcharged against theCommunity quota and
ofanyportion oftheir initial shares returned tothe
reserve .
Article 6
The Commission shall keep anaccount oftheshares
opened bytheMember States pursuant toArticles 2
and 3and ,assoon asithasbeen notified ,shall inform
each State oftheextent towhich the reserve hasbeen
used up.
Itshall inform theMember States ,not later than 5
October 198 1ofthe amount inthe reserve after
amounts have been returned thereto pursuant to
Article 5.
Itshall ensure that thedrawing which exhausts the
reserve does not exceed the balance available and to
this end ,shall notify theamount ofthat balance to
theMember State making thelastdrawing .
Article 7
I. Member States shall take all appropriate
measures toensure that additional shares drawnpursuant toArticle 3areopened insuch awaythat
imports may becharged without interruption against
their aggregate shares oftheCommunity quota .
2.Member States shall ensure that importers ofthe
product inquestion established intheir territory have
free access tothe shares allocated tothem .
3.Member States shall charge against their shares
imports oftheproduct inquestion asandwhen the
product isentered inwith thecustoms authorities for
free circulation .
4.The extent towhich aMember State hasused up
itsshare shall bedetermined onthe basis ofthe
imports charged inaccordance with paragraph 3.
Article 8
Atthe Commissions request ,Member States shall
inform itoftheimports actually charged against their
shares .
Article 9
Member States and theCommission shall cooperate
closely toensure that this Regulation iscomplied
with .
Artide 10
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1January
1981 .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety and directly applicable inallMember
States .
Done atBrussels ,
* For theCouncil
The Président

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Draft
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration ofaCommunity tariff
quota foryarn ,spun entirely from silk waste other than noil ,notputupfor
retail sale ,falling within subheading 50.05 AoftheCommon Customs Tariff
198 1)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,and inparticular Article 28
thereof ,
Having regard tothedraft Regulation submitted by
theCommission ,-
Whereas yarn spun from waste silk isproduced inthe
Community ;whereas ,although that production
should cover allthe Community requirements by
reason ofitsoverall volume ,thisdoes notapply with
regard toyarn entirely spun from waste silk ;whereas
there is,asaresult ,aninsufficient supply inthe
Community ;
Whereas ,consequently .Community supplies ofthose
qualities ofyarn depend toaconsiderable extent on
imports ;whereas full application ofthe Common
Customs Tariff duty would result inthose products
being subjected toaconsiderable customs ,charge
while products manufactured from silk yarn face
powerful competition from similar products manufac­
tured from other material ;whereas aninsufficient
supply ,added tocompetition atfinished product level ,
might have adverse effects onthe Community 's
processing industries ;Whereas equal and continuous access tothequota
should -beensured forallimporters and therate laid
down forthetariff quota should beapplied consist­
ently toallimports oftheproduct inquestion until
the <!|uota isused up;whereas asystem ofutilization
oftheCommunity tariff quota ,based onanallocation
•between theMember States concerned ,would ,inthe
light ofthe principles outlined above ,appear
consistent with theCommunity nature ofthequota ;
Whereas ,inview ofthese factors and oftheforecasts
which itispossible tomake ,theinitial percentage
shares inthequota volume canbeexpressed approxi­
mately asfollows :
Bénélux 2.08
Denmark .2.08
Germany Greece 20.83
France 25
Ireland _ , . 2.08
Ita'y 41.67
United Kingdom /ig2.08
Whereas theCommon Customs Tariff duty applicable
toimports oftheyarn spun from waste silk inques­
tion is3-4% ;whereas ,when fixing thequota duty ,it
isappropriate totake into account ,ontheone hand ,
thesituation oftheCommunity industry producing
yarn spun from waste silk and ,ontheother ,that of
theindustries processing yarn spun from waste silk
with regard totheir supplies onfavourable terms ;
whereas azero quota duty could best meet theabove -
mentioned requirements ; -
Whereas thetrends inimports inrecent years suggest
thatCommunity import requirements fortheyarns in
question might beintheregion of270 tonnes for .
ll>81;whereas theopening ofaCommunity tariff
quota ofthat volume isunlikely toharm Community
production ; ' ■'
I

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Whereas ,totake account offuture trends inimports
ofthe product inquestion inthevarious Member
States thequota should bedivided into two instal­
ments ,thefirst being distributed among theMember
States and the second toform areserve intended to
cover any subsequent requirements ofMember States
who have used uptheir initial shares ;whereas in
order toensure acertain degree ofsecurity forimpor­
ters ofeach Member State the first instalment should
befixed atapproximately 80% ofthetotal quota ;
.Whereas theinitial shares may beused upatdifferent
rates ;whereas ,toprovide forthis eventuality and to
avoid disruption ofsupplies ,anyMember State which
hasalmost used upitsinitial share should draw an
additional share from thereserve ;whereas this should
bedone byeach Member State when each ofitsaddi­
tional shares hasbeen almost used up,and soonas
many times asthereserve allows ;whereas theinitial
and additional shares should bevalid until theend of
thequota period ;whereas thisform ofadministration
requires close collaboration between Member States
and the Commission ,which latter must beable to
keep arecord oftheextent towhich thetariff quota
hasbeen used upand toinform theMember States
accordingly ;
Whereas if,atgiven date inthequota period ,aconsid­
erable quantity oftheinitial share isleftover ina
Member State ,itisessential that that Member State
should return asignificant proportion tothereserve ,
soastoavoid apart ofthequota remaining unused in
one Member State when itcould beused inothers ;
Whereas ,since the Kingdom ofBelgium ,the
Kingdom oftheNetherlands andtheGrand Duchy of
Luxembourg areunited within andjointly represented
bythe Benelux Economic Union ,any measure
concerning theadministration oftheshares allocated
tothat economic union may becarried out byany
one ofitsmembers ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Artich 1
1.From 1January to31December 1981 the auto­
nomous duty oftheCommon Customs Tariff foryarn ,
spun entirely from silkwaste other than noil ,notput
upforretail sale,falling within subheading 50.05 A,
shall betotally suspended within aCommu­
nity tariff quota of270 tonnes .

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Draft
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration ofaCommunity tariff
quota foryarn ,spun entirely from silk waste other than noil ,notputupfor
retail sale ,falling within subheading 50.05 AoftheCommon Customs Tariff
(198 1) ,
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,and inparticular Article 28
thereof ,
Having regard tothedraft Regulation submitted by
theCommission ,
Whereas yarn spun from waste silk isproduced inthe
Community ;whereas ,although that production
should cover allthe Community requirements by
reason ofitsoverall volume ,thisdoes notapply with
regard toyarn entirely spun from waste silk ;whereas
there is,asaresult ,aninsufficient supply inthe
Community ;
Whereas ,consequently .Community supplies ofthose
qualities ofyarn depend toaconsiderable extent on
imports ;whereas full application oftheCommon
Customs Tariff duty would result inthose products
being subjected toaconsiderable customs charge
while products manufactured from silk yam face
powerful competition from similar products manufac­
tured from other material ;whereas aninsufficient
supply ,added to.competition atfinished product level ,
might have adverse effects onthe Community 's
processing industries ;Whereas equal and continuous access tothequota
should -beensured forallimporters andtherate laid
down forthetariff quota should beapplied consist­
ently toallimports oftheproduct inquestion until
'thed)uota isused up;whereas asystem ofutilization
oftheCpmmunity tariff quota ,based onanallocation
between theMember States concerned ,would ,inthe
light ofthe principles outlined above ,appear
consistent with theCommunity nature ofthequota ;
Whereas ,inview ofthese factors and oftheforecasts
which itispossible tomake ,theinitial percentage
shares inthequota volume canbeexpressed approxi­
mately asfollows : . '
Bénélux 2.08
Denmark 2.08
Germany Greece 20.83
France 25
Ireland , 2.08
lta'y 41.67
United Kingdom 4182.08
Whereas theCommon Customs Tariff duty applicable
toimports oftheyarn spun from waste silk in~ques­
tion isJ'4% ;whereas ,when fixing thequota duty ,it
isappropriate totake into account ,ontheone hand ,
thesituation oftheCommunity industry producing
yarn spun from waste silkand,ontheother ,that of
theindustries processing yarn spun from waste silk
with regard totheir supplies onfavourable terms ;
whereas azero quota duty could best meet theabove -
mentioned requirements ;
Whereas thetrends inimports inrecent years suggest
that Community import requirements fortheyarns in
question might beintheregion of270 tonnes for
ll>81;whereas theopening ofaCommunity tariff
quota ofthat volume isunlikely toharm Community
production ;. '•

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whereas ,totake account offuture trends inimports
oftheproduct inquestion inthevarious Member
States thequota should bedivided into two instal­
ments ,thefirst being distributed among theMember
States and the second toform areserve intended to
cover any subsequent requirements ofMember States
who have used uptheir initial shares ;whereas in
order toensure acertain degree ofsecurity forimpor­
ters ofeach Member State the first instalment should
befixed atapproximately 80% ofthetotal quota ;
Whereas theinitial shares may beused upatdifferent
rates ;whereas ,toprovide forthis eventuality and to
avoid disruption ofsupplies ,anyMember State which
hasalmost used upitsinitial share should draw an
additional share from thereserve ;whereas this should
bedone byeach Member State when each ofitsaddi­
tional shares hasbeen almost used up,and soonas
many times asthereserve allows ;whereas theinitial
and additional shares should bevalid until theend of
thequota period ;whereas thisform ofadministration
requires close collaboration between Member States
and the Commission ,which latter must beable to
keep arecord oftheextent towhich thetariff quota
hasbeen used upand toinform theMember States
accordingly ;
Whereas if,atgiven date inthequota period ,aconsid­
erable quantity oftheinitial share isleftover ina
Member State ,itisessential that that Member State
should return asignificant proportion tothereserve ,
soastoavoid apart ofthequota remaining unused in
one Member State when itcould beused inothers ;
Whereas ,since the Kingdom ofBelgium ,the
Kingdom oftheNetherlands andtheGrand Duchy of
Luxembourg areunited within andjointly represented
bythe Benelux Economic Union ,any measure
concerning theadministration oftheshares allocated
tothat economic union may becarried outbyany
one ofitsmembers ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article I
1.From 1January to31December 1981 the auto­
nomous duty oftheCommon Customs Tariff foryarn ,
spun entirely from silkwaste other than noil ,notput
upforretail sale,falling within subheading 50.05 A,
shall betotally suspended within aCommu­
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2.Within thelimits ofthis tariff quota ,,
i * »Greece shall 'apply duties calculated in
1
accordance with the .relevant provisions
1inthe Act ofAccession ofthat country
Artide 2
1. ■Afirst instalment of214tonnes ofthis Commu­
nity tariff quota shall beallocated among theMember
States .Member States' shares which ,subject toArticle
5,shall bevalid until 31December 1981 ,shall beas
follows :
mtonnes
Bénélux 1
Denmark 1
Germany Greece .10_
France 60
Ireland 1
Italy 100
United Kingdom ' 40
2.The second instalment of56tonnes shall consti­
tute the reserve .
Article 3  
1. If90%ormore ofaMember State sinitial share
asfixed inArticle 2(1),orofthat share minus any
portion returned tothe reserve where Article 5has
been applied ,hasbeen used up,that Member State
shall forthwith ,bynotifying theCommission ,draw a
second share ,totheextent thatthereserve sopermits ,
equal to10%ofitsinitial share ,rounded upasneces­
sary tothenext whole number .•
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2.If,after itsinita !share hasbeen used up,90%
ormore ofthesecond share drawn byaMember State
hasbeen used up,that Member State shall forthwith ,
inthemanner and totheextent provided inpara­
graph 1,draw athird share ecjual to5%ofitsinitial
share . |
3.,If,after itssecond share hasbeen used up,90%
ormore ofthethird share drawn ;byaMember State
hasbeen used up,that Member State shall forthwith ,
inaccordance with thesame conditions ,draw afourth
share equal tothethird .
This procedure shall apply until thereserve isused
up.
4.Byway ofderogation from paragraphs 1,2and
3,Member States mydraw lesser shares than those
specified therein ifthere aregrounds forbelieving
that those specified may notbeused infull.They
shall inform the Commission oftheir reasons for
applying this paragraph .
Artide 4
Additional shares drawn pursuant toArticle 3snail be
valid until 31December 198 1.

Article ï
Member States shall return tothe reserve ,not later
than 1October 198*,theuniised portions ortheir
initial shares w!:ch,on15.September 198'|,arer,
excess of20%ofthe initial amounts .They may
return agreater pcaion ifthere aregrounds for
believing that such portion may notbeused up.
Member States shai !notify theCommission ,notlater
than 1October 198 1ofthetotal quantities ofyarn
spun entirely from siik waste imported uptoand
including 15September 198"]andcharged against the
Community quota and ofanyportions oftheir initial
shares returned tothe reserve . -
Article 6
The Commission shall keep anaccount oftheshares
opened bytheMember States pursuant toArticles 2
and 3and,assoon asithasbeen notified ,shall inform
each State oftheextent towhich the reserve has been
used up. ,
Itshall inform the Member States ,not later than 5
October 198 1ofthe amount inthe reserve after
amounts have been returned thereto pursuant to
Article 5.
Itshall ensure that thedrawing which exhausts the
reserve docs not exceed the balance available and to
this end ,shall notify theamount ofthat balance to
theMember State ,making thelastdrawing .
Ar/icli -7
1.Member States' shall take all appropriate
measures toensure that additional shares drawnpursuant toArticle 3areopened in aw§y thai
imports may bechargcc !without interruption against
their aggregate share *oftheCommunity quota ..
2.Member States shall ensure that importers ofthe -
product inquestion established intheir territory have
free access tothe shares allocated toth.-m .
«
3.Member States shall charge against their shares
imports oftheproduct in.question asand v/hen the
product isentered with thecustoms authorities for
free circulation . , ' -. '
< .
4.The extent towhich aMember State hasused "up
itsshare shall bedetermined onthe basis ofthe
imports charged inaccordance with paragraph 3.
Article 8
Atthe Commission 'srequest Member States -shall
inform itoftheimports actually charged against their
shares .
Article 9
Member States and theCommission shall cooperate
closely toensure that this Regulation iscomplied
with .
Artide 10
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1January
1981 . .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety and directly applicable inallMember
States .
Done atBrussels ,.
For the Council
The President