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PROPOSAL FORA
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunity
tariffquotafordriedfigsfallingwithinsubheading 08.03of
theCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginSpainandimportedin
immediatepackingsofanetcapacityof15kgorless.
PROPOSAL FORA
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
opening,allocatingandprovidingforthe.administration ofaCommunity
tariffquotafordriedgrapesfallingwithinsubheadingex08.04BI
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginSpain,importedinimmediate
packingsofanetcapacityof15kgorless.
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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CU3/T41/73-2
mmaustftr mœimm
1»Article 2oftheA^recacnt hetiroen tlaeEnrapoaa Economic Ccc2a.uru.ty
cu'iilSprJLn ,read \/ithArticles 2end9 Annex 2"thereto ,provides forthe
opening ofCorziU»i*y tariff Quotes forthoimportation into the Cor,:rard.ty
ofthefollov /ingpr&dxiot 3f©rigiiaatirss inSpain ,atthequota duties
cpooifi&d "belevi :
CCHSEEDINGUSPRODUCT ANNUALVOIVEO (^USTAXFIITY
---ΛΟΛ*.Τ, .*Λ..,·,Λ •'Λ"-ΛΛV-C>: WC**V«.>4»2&V^ÍUU Í.VV V JU/ÍFC->Z.VIIOV«/X
ficT -- duty
0o.04 3I Cs'rtaia driod 1700t Tsxvir }t
R*0
2»Ufhcca proviciena apply only tothosix c.x*i£xnr.l X&s&er States ,eincb
tho "Protocol fixing certain provisions relating totheAgroewcrvt bctvroon
theEisropecn Eoone&iic Cdsuunity eniSpain inconsequence oftheaccession
ofthoIXSV?Ilcribcr States tothoIhrrcpecai Ecencnio Coraraviniiy "of
29J^nucry 1973 (CJIToL6uf13llarch .1973 )provides that csre££r&a the
ucv;Ilcsibcr States tho {Situation nhull ren&in c# "before .EheProtocol also
Provides that thecontriwtias ;portico aretolay liefora1Jn:iua.vy 1974
thetrcaisitional Eioaeures nsaladjustments xthlch nay'4?peaa ?necessary
follc /.rin.^theacce-scion .oftheneu Jleabcr States *
InJuly 1973 >theCommunity opened negotiations with Spain with a
view toconcluding ,by1January 197^-,anewAgreement toreplace
the1970 Agreement .However ,inview ofthepresent state ofthese
negotiations ,itisbynomeans certain that theAgreement could
enter into force on1January 197^» '•'
3»Inview oftheforegoing ,.theCommission believes that thepossible
1
necessity should beprovided forofopening tariff quotas ,for197 ^"
forthegoods inquestion ,infavour ofSpain .Consequently ,the
tariff quotas forthese products should beopened by1January 197^
andtherefore approved bytheCouncil before that date .

I-crcover ,asre^ardo agricultural producta ,theEe.^alr.tionn opening tho
relevant Cosnunity tariff -quotoonasi "ccl>aacd enArticle *43oftheISO
Treaty ,which neass tiiat thoEuropean Parliament sunt "boconsult ed»The "time
which .the' "iprocedure forapproving those Eesalaticna vrf.ll tako nust
therefore "boborao innind »
Itistherefore necessary toinitiate theprocedure foropening the
relevant tariff quotas .
f£bi3 iathoobject oftheproposals i-sr.o^od hereto#
4*"io i>iUis v.ray,forthesplitting upof"the
tariff volumes intuoparts ,ofwhich thofirst vrill "heallocated aiiong
the I-iarfjcr States ascruota chares aridthosecond will "bol:ept asareserve .
5»2heallocation ,ofthofirst part ofthequota fordried grapes
(C3.04 3I)has "been tuidertalren according tothorules generally applied
hitherto .Thototal ,imports ofeach rfycciber State for197^r ''97'' atri1272
hava "been expressed anaproportion oftotal Cossunity inports ever the
eane period *Theresulting poreentases have 130011 applied State "byGtato
tothevslune ofthofirst pert ,thelost di/p.tcfthenumber ofmetric tons
"being rounded ©ff (oeeAnnex)#
6pIlcwevor ,itdocs notsees appropriate toapply this rule tothotariff
quota fordries fi^.i (ex03.03 B)since i
(a)import figures forcertain Kenber States varied considerably froia
yccsr toyear j
(b)other I[caber "States inported none atallj
(c)total Cor&runity inperta arelov:cr than theagreed tariff quota
voluaies ; ... 1
' ♦ '
(d)itisdifficult toforecast future imports •

.3 GUD/74V73-S
Inorderncve^cholecrs toallccaietheCfuotavolun©fairlycnongths
ISoKibor .Statesaccordingtotheirrespectivesise3».thaCoKcisoionvcrha
ontheacmjaptioathatcaveinescoptional©aceseachKeriberStatezmst
Ijoabletoclaiaaconsiderableinitial "benefitfronaCo^uuity
aeas-ureofthicnature.SheextenttovhichitcayTjenefitnust
reflectpastrequtrenonts andaixatohalnncotheKcsfserStates4
advantagesaridliabilitiesasfaraspocrjililc.
Accordinglytheproposedallocationrrorkaozfolloira,dieainvcrasi
chareinthefirstpartofthequotatall"bo?
'(i)10%forStatest-Mchpreviouslyeffectednoinporta;
(ii)10;jpluaaquantityreflecting :pactiraportsinthecaseofStates
vhichpreviouslyeffectedlouinports.
Thoprovisionofa10pchareinthefirstcaneobviouslyreditorsthe
percentageavailabletotheotherIlealjerStates "but*inviewofthe
ciseofthetotalquotavolumeancomparedvithcpaantitiosactually
inportedhitherto,thcccstherKeaberStateairi.llctillheableto
ircportasmchastheyviEh.
,cro^alreadyfixedintheIEC/SpainAgreenent
itnelf. '
*·*«9* ν ··;'·"··
--u-,*Eieproposed'Begulaticnaprovideforasinglencthodof
i
adiiinictration"to"boapplied "byallKesiborStates,namelythe
"&aandVJhen"method.

ANNEXI
PROPOSALFORA/
REGULATION(EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquota
fordriedfigsfallingwithinsubheadingexOS,03BoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginSpainandimportedinimmediatepackingsofanetcapacityof15kg
orIess
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunitymidinparticular
Articles43and113thereof:
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament :
WhereastheAgreementbetweenthe-European
EconomicCommunityandSpain,signedat
Luxembourgon29June1970,providesinArticle
2(1)togetherwithArticle9ofAnnexIforthe
openingbythe.CommunityofanannualCommunity
tariffquotaof200tonsofdriedfigsfallingwithin
subheadingex08.03BoftheCommonCustoms
TarifforiginatinginSpainandimportedin
immediatepackingsofanetcapacityof15kgorless;
whereas,pursuanttoArticle9ofthesaidAnnexthe
quotadutyisequalto30%oftheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyinrespectoftheproductconcerned;
whereasthereforeaCommunitytariffquotaof200
metrictonsatadutyrate3%fortheproduct
concernedshouldbeopenedfor197HJ
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterruptedaccess
totheabovcmcntioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductconcernedintoallMember 1"' *
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
CommunitynatureofthequuUicanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytaririquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectmost
accuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthemarketin
theproductconcerned,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotheneedsoftheMemberStates,
assessedbyreferencebothtothestatisticsofeach
StatesimportsfromSpainover*arepresentative
periodandjotheeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiodconcerned;
•«■/•#•

Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich^
statistics -areavailable,the'correspondingimportsby
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfrom
Spainoftheproductsconcerned:
I
r .1970 15>711972
Germany
Bcnckix 30100f-5t):
France 70mm
Italy
ii_
i
u
Whereas,inviewotthesedataandtheestimates
subii-iiacubycertainMemberStatesaswellasthe
practicalneedtoensurethattheobiig.uioi.s
contractedunderrhcAgreementconcernedare
allocatedfr.irlyamongalltheMemberStates,isiii!.;l
c;tioiasharesmaybefixedapproximately atthe
followingpercentages :
Germany 10
Bénélux
France
Italy 10
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo.
instalments,thefirstinstalmentbeingallocated
.amongtheMemberStates,andthesecondforminga
reserveintendedultimatelytocovertherequirements
oftheMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
quotashares;whereas,inordertoensureacertain
degreeofsecuritytoimportersineachMemberState,
thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunityquotashould
bevu-icrminedatalevelwhich,underpresent
circumstances ,maybe80%ofthequotaamount;
Whereas,theinitialquotasharesoftheMember
Statesmaybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,ill
ordertotakethisfactintoaccountandavoidany
breakincontinuity,itisimportantthatanyMember
Statehavingusedupalmostthewholeofitsintitial
quotashareshoulddrawanadditionalquotashare
fromthereserve;whereas,thismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
quotasharesisalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeated
asmanyrimesasthereserveallows;whereasthe
initialandadditionalquotasharesmustbeavailable
foruseuntilthe*ndofthequotaperiod;whereas
thismethodofadministration callsforclose
cooperationbetweenMemberStatesandthe
Commission,whichmust,inparticular,beableto.
observetheextenttowhichthequotaamountisused
andinformMemberStatesthereof;10
30
50
10

Whereasif,acaspecifieddatein.thequotaperiod,a
considerablebalanceremainsinoneorother-
MemberStateitisessentialthatthatMemberState,
paysalargeamountofitbackintothereserve,.in
ordertoavoidapartoftheCommunity-quota
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofsharesgrantedtothe
abovcmcntioned EconomicUnionmaybecarriedout
byanyoneofitsmembers;•
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom1January197^anduntil31December197£
theCommonCustomsTariffdutyinrespectofdried
figsfallingwithinsubheadingex08.0311,originating
inSpainandimportedinimmediatepackingsofanci
capacitynotexceeding15kgsshallbepartially
■suspendedat3%withintheframeworkofa
Communitytariffquotaof200tons.
Article2
1.Afirstinstalment,amountingto160tonsofthe
CommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shall
besharedamongtheMemberStates;theproportions
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevalidfrom1
Januaryuntil31December ,197^shallconsistofthe
followingamounts;
Germany 16
Bénélux if8
.France 80
Italy 16
2.Thesecondinstalment,amountingto40tons,
shallmakeupthereserve..■
Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshare.ofa-
MemberState,aslaiddowninArticle2(1),or9(7%
ofthatsharelesstheamountreturnedintothe
reserve,wheretheprovisionsofArticle5havebeen
applied,hasbeenexhausted,th'atMemberStateshall
proceedwithoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,
todrawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitial
share,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate,totheextentthattheamountinthe
reserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall"
proceedwithoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,
todrawathirdshareequalto^7-5%ofitsinitial
share,roundeduptothenextunitwhere„
appropriate,totheextentthattheamountinthe
reserveallows,

3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeen.exhausted ,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
pursuanttotheprovisionsofparagraph2,todrawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
^Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted.
4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraphs
1,2and3,theMemberStatesmayproceedtodraw
sharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs,if
thereisreasontobelievethatthosesharesmightnot
beusedup.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthe
reasonswhichledthemtoapplythisparagraph.
Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December197
ArticleS
If,by15September197$,aMemberStatehasnot
usedupitsinitialshare,itshall,notlaterthan10
October197#,returntothereservetheunused
"portionofthisshareinexcessof20%oftheinitial
amount.Itmayreturnalargerquantityifthereare
reasonstoconsiderthatsuchquantitymightnotbe
used.
* .... ■ •
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October
197ft.notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
,theproductconcernedeffectedupto15September
197V-inclusive,andchargedagainsttheCommunity
-a appropriate,theproportionoftheir
initialsharethatisbeingreturnedtothereserve.
5;.-st»Ingîî?».**?«•* •••■'
•Ï' ::'■ Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications . •■:
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan15October
197f,notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthe
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuantto
Article5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
availableand,forthispurpose,shallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
thefinaldrawing.

-5-
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesarc
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
AccumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
■2.TheMemberStatesshallguaranteetoimporters
oftheproductconcernedestablishedintheirterritory
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftin;
productconcernedagainsttheirsharesinsofaras
theproducthasbeenpresentedforCustoms
clearanceundercoverofdeclarationsthatithasbeen
madeavailableforconsumption .
4.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStates'shares
havebeenusedupshallberecordedonthebasisof
theimportschargedintheconditionslaiddownin
paragraph3.
MemberStates,shallinformtheCommission at
-regularintervalsofimportsfromSpainactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthe
provisionsofthisRegulationareobserved.Article8
Article9
.*ArticleÎO
Thishegi
at.«%*?
■s.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonJanuary
ι«<*» ·«-
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMembe
Stares.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

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PROPOSALFORA
REGULATION(EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquota
fordriedgrapesfallingwithinsubheadingex08.04BIoftheCommonCustoms.,
originatinginSpain,importedinimmediatepackingsofanetcapacityofIskgor
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing "the
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandinparticular
Articles43and113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament ; <
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityand-Spain,signedat
Luxembourgon29June1970,providesinArticle2
(1)togetherwithArticle9ofAnnex1fortheopening
bytheCommunityofanannualduty-free
Communitytariffquotaof1700metrictonsofdried
grapesfallingwithinsubheadingex08.04BIofthe
CommonCustomsTarifforiginatinginSpainand
importedinimmediatepackingsofanetcapacityof
15kgorless;whereasthereforeaduty-free
Communitytariffquotaof1700metrictonsshould
beopenedfortheproductconcernedfor197*/;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterruptedaccess
totheabovcmcntioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the•'
Communitynatureofthe{juotncanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectmost
accuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthemarketin
theproductconcerned,suchallocationshouldbe
inproportiontotheneedsoftheMemberStates, ..
assessedbyreferencebothtothestatisticsofeach
States'importsfromSpainoverarepresentative
periodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodconcerned;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich.
statisticsareavailable,thecorrespondingimportsby
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfrom
Spainoftheproductsconcerned:
4
•••/••

1970 1971.1972
.Germanyr2-6 2-1^.5
Bénélux 17-8 18-613,5
France 60-8 66-561,7-•
Italy ISS.12-820,3
Whereas,inviewofthesedataandtheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
Germany 2,8
Benclux 17»0
France 63,^
Italy .,16,6
/
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstinstalmentbeingallocatedamong
theMemberStates,andthesecondformingareserve
intendedultimatcJytocovertherequirementsofthe
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialquota
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegreeof
securitytoimportersineachMemberState,thefirst
instalmentoftheCommunityquotashouldbede­
terminedatalevelwhirl*,underpresentcircum­
stances,maybe80%ofthequotaamount;
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMember
Statesmaybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,in'
ordertotakethisfactintoaccountandavoidany
breakincontinuity,itisimportantthatanyMember
Statehavingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitial
.quotashareshould,drawanadditionalquotashare
fromthereserve;whereas,thismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
quotasharesisalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeated
asmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereasthe
initialandadditionalquotasharesmustbeavailable
foruseuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereas
thismethodofadministration callsforclosecooper­
ationbetweenMemberStatesandtheCommission ,
whichmust,inparticular,beabletoobservethecx-
'tenttowhichthequotaamountisusedandinform
MemberStatesthereof;

Whereasif,ataspecifieddate;inthequotaperiod,a■
considerablebalanceremainsinoneorother
MemberStateitisessentialthatthatMemberState
paysalargeamountofitbackintothereserve,in
ordertoavoidapartoftheCommunityquota
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas,sincethe.KingdomofBelgiumthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofsharesgrantedtothe
abovementioned EconomicUnionmaybecarriedout
byanyoneofitsmembers;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
I
Article1
Asfrom1January197Vanduntil31December197*
theCommonCustomsTariffdutyinrespectofdried
grapesfallingwithinsubheadingex08.04BI,
originatinginSpainandimportedinimmediate
packingofanetcapacitynotexceeding15kgshall
beentirelysuspendedwithintheframeworkofa
Communitytariffquotaof1700metrictons.
Article2
1.Afirstinstalment,amountingto1360metric
tonsoftheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoin
Article1shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;,
theproportionswhich,subjecttoArticle5,shallbe
validfrom1Januaryuntil31December197ft,shall
consistofthefollowingamounts:
Germany kOmetrictons
Benelux 2j50metrictons
'France 860metrictons
Italy'230metrictons
2.Thesecondinstalment,amountingto340metric
tons,shallmakeupthereserve.. ;
Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofa
MemberState,aslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90fo
ofthatsharelesstheamountreturnedintothe
reserve,wheretheprovisionsofArticle5havebeen
applied,hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberStateshall
proceedwithoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission,
todrawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitial
share,roundeduptothenextunitwere
appropriate,totheextentthattheamountinthe
reserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall
proceedwithoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission,todrawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitial
share,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate,totheextentthattheamountinthe
reserveallows.

-if-
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember .''
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
pursuanttotheprovisionsofparagraph2,todrawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted.
4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraph1.
2and3,theMemberStatesmayproceedtodraw... /
sharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs,if •■
thereisreasontobelievethatthosesharesmightnot
beusedup.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthe
reasonswhichledthemtoapplythisparagraph.
Article4
TheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1974.
Article5
If,by15September1974,aMemberStatehasnot
usedupitsinitialshare,itshall,notlaterthan10
October197^,returntothereservetheunused
portionofthisshareinexcessof20%oftheinitial
amount.Itmayreturnalargerquantityifthereare
reasonstoconsiderthatsuchquantitymightnotbe
used.
#
!TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October
197V,notifytheCommissionofthetotalimports'of
theproductconcernedeffectedupto15September
.197.Vinclusive,andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaand,whereappropriate,theproportionoftheir
■%-' in!tvl'^harethat yisbeingreturnedtothereserve.
■t.-ft»snî'H'HSî?''*Article6~"
Λ »ι -
ThfCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshare
openedbyMember'States inaccordancewithArticles
■2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
»
«*
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan15October
1973,notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthe
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
I
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
availableand,forthispurpose,shallspecifythe
'amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
thefinaldrawing.

Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures
appropriatetoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesraredrawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossiblefor
chargestobemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallguaranteetoimporters
oftheproductconcernedestablishedintheirterritory
freeaccesstotheshareallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberSlatesshallchargeimportsof
theproductcumernec'againsttheirsnaresaccording .
astheproducthasbeenpresentedforCustoms
clearanceundercoverofdeclarationsthatithasbeen
made-available forconsumption .
4.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStates'shares
•havebeenusedupshall.berecordedonthebasisof
theimportschargedintheconditionslaiddownin
paragrap'h3.
Article8
m
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsfromSpainactually
chargedagainsttheirquotashares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthe
provisionsofthisRegulationarcobserved.
Article10
This"Regulationshallenterintoforceon1January197^•
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