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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(73)310 final
Brussels .26February 1973
Proposalfora
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening,allocation andadministration ofa
Community tariffquotaforetherwovenfabricsof
cottonfallingwithinheading55.09oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originating intheRepublic ofLebanon
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(73)310final

Proposal fora
REGULATION (EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening,allocation and.administration ofaCommunitytariffqroota
forotiisrwovenfabricsofcottonfallingwithinheading55-09oftheCo:amon
CustomsTariff,originating intheRepublicofLebanon
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean Economic Community and.
inparticular Article 113thereof ;
Havingregardtotheproposal fromtheCommission ;
(1WhereastheAgreement vbetweentheEuropean Economic Community andthe
2RepublicofLebanonandtheProtocol ^'layingdowncertainprovisions con­
cerningtheAgreement betweentheEuropean Economic Community andthe
Republic ofLebanoninconsequence oftheaccession ofnewMemberStatesto
theEuropean Economic Community ,'providefortheopeningofanannual
Community tariffquotaof100metrictonsofotherwovenfabricsofcotton
fallingwithinheading No55*09oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating in
theRepublic ofLebanon ;whereas,ifth©dateofentryintoforceofthe
Agreement shouldnotfallatthebeginning ofthecalendaryear,thequota
shouldbeopenedproratatemporis ;whereasundertheProtocol thetariff
quotashouldbeallocated amongtheMemberStatesasfollows:JOmetrictons
fortheCommunity asoriginally constituted ,10metrictonsforDenmark,
10metrictonsforIrelandand10metrictonsfortheUnitedKingdom ;whereas
Article 1ofAnnex 1totheAgreement provides thatthedutiesapplicable to
thequotashallbeequalto557^of"theCommonCustomsTariffduties;whereas
asregardsthedutiestobeappliedtothequotabythenewMemberStates,
1thespecific provisions oftheProtocol andoftheAct'concerning the
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conditions ofaccession andtheadjustments totheTreaties shouldbe
observed ;whereasaCommunity -tariffquotaof75metrictonsshouldbe
openedinrespectoftheabovementioned products ;whereastocomplywith
thespecialprovisions oftheProtocol ,separate arrangements shouldbemade
fortheMemberStatesoftheCommunity asoriginally constituted ontheone
hand,andforthenewMemberStatesontheotherhand;
Whereas,asregardsinparticular theCommunity asoriginally constituted :
–equalandcontinuous accesstothequotashouldbeensuredforallimporters
andquotadutiesshouldbeappliedconsistently to-allimportsofthe
productsinquestionuntilthequotaisusedup;
–inthelightoftheprinciples elicited above,theCommunity natureofthe
quotamaybestbepreserved byanarrangement allocating itamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectmostaccurately theactual
development ofthemarketintheproductsinquestion theallocation shouldbe
proportionate totherequirements oftheMemberStates,calculated
bothfromstatistics ofeachState'simportsfromLebanonoverarepresen­
tativereference periodandtotheeconomic outlookforthequotaperiod
inquestion ;
–duringthielastthreeyearsforwhichstatistics areavailable ,the
following percentages represent theimportsoftheMemberStatesconcerned
inrelation toimportsfromtheLebanese Republicintothe'Community as
originally constituted oftheproductsinquestion :

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Germany
Bénélux
Prance
Italy
talcingintoaccountthesefactorsandtheneedtoensure,inthecircum­
stances,afairallocation amongtheMemberStatesconcerned ofthequota
fixedundertheAgreement underconsideration ,the.initialpercentage
sharesofthatquotashouldheallocated approximately asfollows :-
Gernany
■Bénélux
France
Italy
inordertotakeaccountofimporttrendsfortheproductsmquestion m
theMemberStatesconcerned ,,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
tranches ,thefirsttranchebeingallocated amongthoseMemberStates,and
thesecondformingareserveintended tocoverthelaterrequirements of
theMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,
inordertoensureacertaindegreeofsecurity toimporters ineachMember
State,thefirsttrancheofthequotashouldbefixedinthiscaseat.
approximately 75%'
theinitialquotasharesoftheMemberStatesconcerned maybeusedupat
different rates;whereas,therefore ,toavoidanyinterruption insupply,
anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialquotasharemust
drawanrdditional quotasharefromthereserve ;wherea,sthismust'be
donebyeachMemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional quotashares12& 1£Z2 1211
100 100 100
(»14t)(=9t)(=8t)
20
20
20
40

isa.most v.sed up,andasmany times asthereserve allows ;whereas the
initial andadditional quota shares must "bevalid until theendofthe
quota period ;whereas this method ofadministration calls for .close
collaboration "between theMember States concerned andtheCommission ,which
must ,'inparticular ,beable toobserve theextent towhich thequota amount
isused upandinform Member States accordingly ;
-if,at9,given date inthequota period ,aconsiderable quantity ofthe
initial quota share isleft over' inaMember State concerned ,that Member
State must transfer asubstantial proportion ofitbeck into thereserve topi
vent ,part ofthequota allocated totheCommunity asoriginally constituted
from remaining -unused inoneMember State when itcould beused inothers ;
-since thekingdom ofBelgium theKingdom oftheNetherlands andtheGrand
Duchy ofLuxembourg arejointly represented bytheBenelux Economic Union ,
anymeasure concerning theadministration ofshare granted tothat Economic
Union maybecarried outbyoneofitsmembers ;
Whereas ,asregards inparticular thenewMember States :
–thequota duties shall bedetermined bythenewMember States inaccor­
dance with Articles 3and4oftheabovementioned Protocol ;
–equal andcontinuous access tothequota should be .,ensured forallimporters
andquota duties should beapplied consistently toallimports ofthe
products inquestion turbil thequota isused up; ■ <
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1 - - •
ACommunity tariff quota of75metric tons isopened within theEuropean
Economic Community fortheperiod tApril to31December 1973 inrespect of
other Woven fabrics ofcotton ,falling within heading Ho55*09 oftheCommon
Customs Tariff ,originating intheLebanese Republic .This quota shall be
allocated andadministered inaccordance with theprovisions setoutbelow :
Provisions applicable totheCommunity asoriginally constituted
Article 2
TheCommon Customs Tariff duties arepartially suspended attherates
indicated below inrespect of52»5 metric tons ofthequota referred toin
Article 1:

CommonCustoms
Tariffheading
IToDescription ofgoodsRateof
duty
1°
55.09 Otherwovenfabrics ofcotton:
A.Containing 85^ormorebyweightofcotton
I.Ofawidthoflessthan85cm 7.1
II.Other 7.7
B.Other: ■.
I.Ofawidthoflessthan85cm 7-7
II.Other .8.2
Article 3
1..Afirsttrancheamotuiting to39metrictonsoftheamountspecified in
Article 2,isallocated amongtheIlemberStates;theshareswhich,
subjecttoArticle 6,arevaliduntil31December 1973,areasfollows:
Germany 8metrictons
Benelux 8metrictons
• France 0metrictons
Italy :15metrictons
2Thesecondtranche ,amounting to13.5metrictons,constitutes the:
reserve .Germany
Benelux
Prance
■Italy

"■"'-■■■•-Article4....
1.If90>oormoreofaMemberState'sinitialquota-share asspecified in
Article .2(1,or.ofthatshareminustheportionreturnedtothereserve
inhereArticle6isapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall
withoutdelay,bynotifying theCommission ,drawa"secondquota-share ,,
totheextentthattliereserveissufficient ,equalto15%ofits
initialquota–share,roundedupwherenecessary tothenextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialquota-share hasbeenusedup,SOfoormoreofthe
secondquota-share drawnbyaMemberStatehavebeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshall,bynotifying theCommission ,drawathirdquota-share ,to
theextdntthatthe-reserveissufficient ,equalto7«5/oofitsinitial
quota-share ,roundedupwherenecessary tothenextumt.
3.If,afteritssecondquotas-share hasbeenusedup,90$ormoreofthe
thirdquotes-share drawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMember .
Stateshall,inaccordance withtheprovisions ofparagraph 2,drawa
fourthquota-share equalto'thethird. ''
Thisprocessiscontinued unt.ilthereserveisusedup.
4*Inderogation fromparagraphs 1to3,aMemberStatemaydrawquota–shares
lowerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs iftherearegroundsfor
believing thatthosefixedmaynotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commission ofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph .
Article 5
Additional quota–sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle4arevaliduntil
31December 1973.

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Article 6-■
AMember State which on15 .September 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 itmaynotbeused up.
Member States shall ,notlater than 10October 1973 ,notify totheCommission
thetotal quantities oftheproducts inquestion imported uptoandincluding
15September 1973 and charged against theCommunity quota andanyquantities
returned tothe reserve . . . '
Article 7
TheCommission shall keep anaccount ofthequota-shares opened bytheMember -
States p-irsuant to .Articles 3and4andshall ,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 tothe
balance available andtothis end shall' specify theamount thereof tothe
Member State .making thelast .drawing .,,
Article 8
1.Member States shall take allmeasures necessary toensure that the
additional quota –shares taken upunder Article 4are sodrawn asto
allow foruninterrupted charges against their accumulated shares ofthe
Community quota .

Article 9
1.Member States shall "guarantee thai ;importers oftheproducts inquestion
established intheir territory have free access tothequota-shares
allocated tothem .
2.Member States shall charge imports oftheproducts inquestion against
their quota share astheproducts are :presented forcustoms clearance
under thedeclaration ofentry forconsumption .
3.Theextent towhich aMember State hasused upitsquota-share shall be
based ontheimports charged inaccordance with paragraph 3.
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Article 10
Member States shall regularly inform ,theCommission ofimports originating in
theLebanese Republic actually charged against their quota-shares .
Article 11
Member States andtheCommission shall collaborate closely .toensure .that the
provisions oftheir Regulation areobserved .
,•. Article 12
Aquantity of22.5 metric tons ofthequota referred toinArticle 1is
allocated among thenewMember States asfollows :
Denmark :7*5metric tons
Ireland ' 7*5metric t6ns
United Kingdom :7»5metrio tons
Article 13
ThenewMember States shall apply quota duties which conform with the
relevant provisions oftheAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community
andtheLebanese Republic ,theProtocol laying down certain provisions con­
cerning that Agreement ,andtheAotconcerning theconditions ofaccession
andthe adjustment totheTreaties .

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Article 14
Articles 9»10and11ofthisRegulation applytothenewMemberStates.
Article 15
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowingits
publication intheOfficial .JournaloftheEuropean Communities -'"'
ThisRegulation shall "bebindinginitsentirety anddirectly applicable in
allMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels , 19– FortheCouncil,
ThePresident