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DRAFT ■
•
REGULATION (EEG)OFTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening , .allocating andadministration ofaCommunity tariff
quota forrawsilk ''(not thrown )falling within heading No50.02
oftheCommon Customs Tariff for1976 »»
DRAF ?
REGULATION (EEC )OFTHECOUNCIL
Ν
ontheopening ,allocation andadministration ofaCommunity tariff
quota foryarn entirely ofsilk ,other than yarn ofnoil or
•other waste silk ,notputupforretail sale ,falling ,
within' heading Hoex50.04 oftheCommon Customs
"" ,Tariff for1976 "
DRAFT \ • -
REGULATION (EEG)OFTHECOUNCIL : \
""lJ■ - .»" ral ■ L ■ . - . - .
ontheopening ,allocation andadministration ofaCommunity tariff
quota foryarn spun entirely from silk waste other than noil ,
notputupforretail sale ,falling within heading Noex
50.05 oftheCommon Customs Tariff for1976 - ,
(submitted bytheCommission totheCouncil )j^(submitted bytheCommission ,totheCouncil );
COM(75)338 final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1*Following thereview oftheproblem ofsilk within the Community ,provided
forinProtocol NoVIII annexed tothe Rome Agreement of2March i960
relating tolist G,the Counoil passed aResolution atitsmeeting of
29-31 May 1967 whioh provides ,inparticular ,that ,with effeot from 1
January 1970 : /
If
2.Onexpiry ofthetransitional period referred toinArtiole 8ofthe
Treaty ,theCouncil ,acting ,onthe' "basis ofArtiole 28oftheTreaty ,
shall deoide that until 31December 1976 the suspension ofthe Common
Customs Tariff duty which isprovided forinProtoool NoVIII shall not
heapplied# Inorder toenable -user industries tocover their require­
ments from the world market ,the Council shall atthe same time open a
nil-duty Community tariff quota fortheperiod upto31December 131$ •
.1
The amount ofthat tariff quota ,tobefixed bythe Counoil eaoh year ,
shall correspond tothe difference between thetotal consumption ofraw
silk andthe amount produoed inthe Community .
3*Together with thedecision concerning thenon-application ofthetariff
suspension referred toinparagraph 2above ,the Counoil shall decide
that during theperiod inwhioh thetariff suspension referred toin :
paragraph 2isnotapplied ,silk yarn (tariff heading No50*04 -)and
yarn spun from silk waste other than noil (tariff heading No50*05 ):1
shall besubject nottothereduced duties indicated inProtoool NoIX,
•but tO |the Common Customs Tariff duties atthe normal rates provifed for
eaoh case.Atthe same time the Council shall ,forthe same period ,:
open reduced ornil duty Community tariff quotas ifthere are ohanges
insupply sources orinsufficient supplies within the Community whioh
could have aprejudicial effeot onMember State processing industries#
Since that time Protocol NOBVIII and IXannexed to "the Rome Agreement
relating tolist G,which were thebasis fortheaforesaid Resolution ,have

been revoked "byArticle 49of "theAotofAooession .However ,the
Resolution itself isstill inforoe andtheeconomic object which
itaimed toachieve undoubtedly remains valid .Thetariff quotas
inquestion should therefore beopened for197(5 andthenewMember
States should share inthose quotas . ■ ' ■ ■ " •
Asregards 197"i"theproblem ofrawsilk andofthetwotypes ofyarn has
$
been re-examined bytheCommission departments# Theresults ofthis
examination are asfollows : ,
/ ,
–Rawsilk (notthrown ) ,
Forseveral years .Community production hasbeen unsufficient .■ "'
I
Thus ,according topresent estimates ,in1976 Community production will
notexceed some tons .Asforconsumption ,there areno
reliable statistics which could beused todetermine the amount ofthe
-1976 quota .Ithastherefore been neoessary tomake use ofthe
estimates concerning import requirements submitted bytheMember States ,whioh
amount toatotal of2500metrio tons for1976,whioh figure hasbeen
adopted forthetariff quota .
–Silk yarn andyarn spun from silk waste other than noil ,entirely ofsilk
The .yarn inquestion isofcertain very speoifio qualities ,whioh are
classified under tariff heading ITos50.04and50.05 ,butforwhioh no
statistical subdivisions have been created .Inthe absence ofstatistics
onthis yarn ithasbeen necessary forthepurpose ofdetermining the
amounts ofthequotas tomake use ,asintheoase ofrawsilk ,ofthe
estimates concerning imports requirements submitted bytheMember States .
Total requirements for197^amount to60metrio tons ofsilk yarn and190
metric tons ofyarn spun from silk waste other than noil ,whioh figures
have been adopted forthetariff quotas .
These results were approved bythegovernment experts atthemeeting held
on14/l8,_fipril 1975 * ' ' ' ' '" '' ■

Asregards quota duties ,the Commission ismpossession ofnoinformar -
tion which would loadittoalter the 1976rates ofduty ,i.e. 2.5$ for
silk yarn and 1%foryarn spun from silk waste other than noil ;the
Resolution itself provided that rawsilk should befree ofduty#

ANTTEX A
Draft
REGULATION (EEC )No.../75OFTHE COUNCIL
ontheopening ,allocation andadministration ofaCommunity tariff quota for
rawsilk (notthrown ),falling within heading No50.02 oftheCommon Customs
Tariff for 197K
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 ,inaccordance with theresolution passed at
itsmeeting of29to31May 1967 ,theCouncil ,byits
Regulation (EEC )No321/70('),reintroduced until 31
December 1976 the10% autonomous duty ofthe
Common Customs Tariff forraw silk (not thrown )
falling within heading No50.02 ;whereas theconven­
tional duty forthat product is.5%;
Whereas theresolution aforesaid further provides for
theopening ,inrespect ofthat period and forthat
product ,ofannual Community tariff quotas exempt
from customs duties ;whereas theamount of-those
quotas should correspond tothedifference between
thetotal consumption ofraw silk and theamount
produced intheCommunity ;
Whereas rawsilk isproduced intheCommunity and
whereas itisintheCommunity 'sinterest tomaintain
thisproduction onitsterritory ;whereas that produc­
tion can beestimated at350 metric tons for1975 ;
whereas taking account ofthisproduction andofthe
forecasts for 1976 ",the imports needed tosatisfy
consumption within theCommunity canbeestimated
at2500 metric tons ; '
Whereas equal and continuous access tothequota
should beensured forallCommunity importers and
therateoflevy forthetariff quota should beapplied
consistently toallimports oftheproduct inquestion
until thequota isused up;whereas utilization ofthe
Community tariff quota based on anallocation
between theMember States concerned would inthelight ofthe principles outlined above appear
consistent with theCommunity nature ofthequota ;
Whereas inview ofthese factors theinitial percentage
shares inthequota volume canfor1975 "beexpressed
approximately asfollows :
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
United Kingdom0-25
0-25
10-50
37-50
,0-25
45-00
6-25
(')OJNoL43,24.2.1970 ,p.2.Whereas ,totake account offuture import trends for
the product under consideration ,the total quota
volume should be divided into two successive
amounts togive importers some degree ofcertainty ,
the first being allocated and thesecond held asa
reserve tocover atalater date therequirements of
Member States who have ,used uptheir initial share ;
whereas togive importers some degree ofcertainty the
firstsuccessive amount oftheCommunity tariff quota
should inthe event befixed at80%ofthe total
quota ;
Whereas theinitial shares may beused upmore or
lessquickly ;whereas ,therefore ,toavoid disruption of
supplies anyMember State which hasalmost used up
itsinitial share ,must draw asupplementary share
from thereserve ;whereas this must bedone byeach
Member State aseach oneofitssupplementary shares
isalmost used upand asmany times asthereserve
allows ;whereas theinitial andsupplementary shares
must bevalid until theend ofthe quota period ;
whereas this form ofadministration requires close
collaboration between the Member States and the
Commission ,and theCommission must beinaposi­
tion tofollow theextent towhich thequota volume
hasbeen used upand inform theMember States
thereof ; . i

2 ANNEX A
Whereas if,atagiven date inthequota period ,a
considerable quantity isleftover inaMember State ,it
isessential thatsuch State should return asubstantial
proportion tothereserve ,toprevent partofthetotal
quota from remaining unused inone Member State
while itcould beused inothers ;
Whereas since the Kingdom ofBelgium ,the
Kingdom oftheNetherlands andtheGrand Duchy of
Luxembourg ,arejointly represented bytheBenelux
Economic Union anymeasure concerning theadmin­
istration ofthe .quota-shares allocated tothat
Economic Union may becarried outbyoneofits
members , -
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
I
Article 1 .
1.From 1January to31December \97($theauton­
omous duty oftheCommon Customs Tariff forraw
silk (notthrbwn ),falling within heading No50.02
shall betotally suspended inrespect ofaCommunity
tariff quota of2500 metric tons . *
2.Within thelimits ofthistariff quota ,thenew
Member States shall apply theduties calculated in
accordance with therelevant provisions oftheActof
Accession .
Article 2
1.Afirst successive amount of2000metric tons of
thistariff quota shall beallocated among theMember
States ;shares shall ,subject toArticle 5,bevalid until
31December 197d "and shall beasfollows :
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
United Kingdom5metric
5metric
210 metric
750 metric
5metric
900 metric
125 metrictons
tons
tons
tons
tons
tons
tôns
2.The second successive amount ,of500 metric
tons ,shall beheld inreserve .
Article 3
1.If90%ormore ofaMember State 'sinitial share
specified inArticle 2(1)orofthat share minus the
portion returned toths reserve where Article 5is
applied ,hasbeen used up,that Member State shall
without delay ,bynotifying theCommission ,draw a
second share ,totheextent that thereserve issuffi­
cient ,equal to10%ofitsinitial share ,rounded up
where necessary tothenext unit .
2.If,after itsinitial share hasbeen used up,90%
ormore ofthesecond share drawn byaMember State '
hasbeen used up,that Member State shall withoutdelay ,under theconditions laiddown inparagraph 1, "■
draw athird share equal to5% ofitsinitial share ., ■
3.If,after itssecond share hasbeen used up,90% 11
ormore ofthethird share drawn byaMember State *
hasbeen used up,that Member State shall without A
delay ,under thesame conditions ,draw afourth' share i
equal tothethird .
This process shall apply until thereserve isused up. ;'
4.Bywayofderogation from paragraphs 1,2and ''
3,theMember States may draw shares lower than ,
those fixed inthose paragraphs ifthere 'aregrounds
forconsidering thatthose fixed may notbeused up/'
They shall inform theCommission oftheir reasons
forapplying thisparagraph . ' ;
Artide 4 •
Supplementary shares drawn pursuant toArticle 3 '
shall bevalid until 31December 197$ .
Article 5
■The Member' Statds shall return tothe re­
serve ,notlater than .1October 1976 ,the
>unused portion oftheir initial share which
'on15September 1976 ,isinexcess of20fo
oftheinitial amount .They shall return a
greater portion ifthere are grounds for'
'considering that itmay not beused up..
The Member States shall ,notlater than IOctober
1975 "notify totheCommission thetotal quantities of ,
the raw silk imported uptoand including 15
September 1976 "andcharged against theCommunity
tariff quota and any quantities oftheinitial share • ■'
returned tothe reserve .- ' -
Article 6 •
The Commission shall keep anaccount oftheshares
opened bytheMember States pursuant toArticles 2 <
and 3andshall ,assoon asithasbeen notified ,infofm v;
each State oftheextent towhich thereserve hasbeen "
used up.
Itshall inform theMember States ,notlater than 5
October 1976 ",oftheamount held inreserve .after
••amounts have been returned thereto pursuant toArti­
cle 5.
' t :i '
Itshall ensure thatthedrawing which finally uses up
thereserve islimited tothebalance available and to
this end shall specify .:theamount thereof tothe
Member State making thelastdrawing .
, '.V '■■■''
Article 7
1.The Member States shall take allappropriate
measures toensure that supplementary shares drawn !
pursuant toArticle 3areOpened insuch away that -
charges may bemade ,without interruption ,against
their cumulative shares oftheCommunity quota ./

ANNEX A
Draft
REGULATION (EEC )No.../75OFTHE COUNCIL
ontheopening ,allocation andadministration ofaCommunity tariff quota for
rawsilk (notthrown ),falling within heading No50.02 oftheCommon Customs
Tariff for 19T >
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 ,inaccordance with theresolution passed at
itsmeeting of29to31May 1967 ,theCouncil ,byits
Regulation (EEC )No321/70('),reintroduced until 31
December 1976 the 10%autonomous duty ofthe
Common Customs Tariff forraw silk (not thrown )
falling within heading No50.02 ;whereas theconven­
tional duty forthat product is5%;
Whereas theresolution aforesaid further provides for
theopening ,inrespect ofthat period and forthat
product ,ofannual Community tariff quotas exempt
from customs duties ;whereas theamount of-those
quotas should correspond tothedifference between
thetotal consumption ofraw silk and theamount
produced intheCommunity ;
Whereas rawsilk isproduced intheCommunity and
whereas itisintheCommunity 'sinterest tomaintain
thisproduction onitsterritory ;whereas that produc­
tion can beestimated at350 metric tons for1975 ;
whereas taking account ofthisproduction and ofthe
forecasts for 1976 ",theimports needed tosatisfy
consumption within theCommunity canbeestimated
at2500 metric tons ; •
Whereas equal and continuous access tothequota
should beensured forallCommunity importers and
therateoflevy forthetariff quota should beapplied
consistently toallimports oftheproduct inquestion
until thequota isused up;whereas utilization ofthe
Community tariff quota based on anallocation
between theMember States concerned would inthelight ofthe principles outlined above appear
consistent with theCommunity nature ofthequota ;
Whereas inview ofthese factors theinitial percentage
shares inthequota volume canfor 1975°beexpressed
approximately asfollows :
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
United Kingdom0-25
0-25
10-50
37-50
.0-25
45-00
6-25
(')OJNoL43,24.2.1970 ,p.2.Whereas ,totake account offuture import trends for
the product under consideration ,the total quota
volume should be divided into two successive
amounts togive importers some degree ofcertainty ,
the first being allocated and thesecond held asa
reserve tocover atalater date therequirements of
Member States who have used uptheir initial share ;
whereas togive importers some degree ofcertainty the
first successive amount oftheCommunity tariff quota
should inthe event befixed at80%ofthe total
quota ;
Whereas theinitial shares may beused upmore or
lessquickly ;whereas ,therefore ,toavoid disruption of
supplies anyMember State which hasalmost used up
itsinitial share ,must draw asupplementary share
from thereserve ;whereas thismust bedone byeach
Member State aseach oneofitssupplementary shares
isalmost used upand asmany times asthereserve
allows ;whereas theinitial and supplementary shares
must bevalid until theend ofthe quota period ;
whereas this form ofadministration requires close
collaboration between the Member States and the
Commission ,andtheCommission must beinaposi­
tion tofollow theextent -towhich thequota volume
has been used upand inform theMember States
thereof ; -i

ζ ANNEX A
whereas if,atagiveh date inthequota period ,a
considerable quantity isleftover inaMember State ,it
isessential that such State should return asubstantial
proportion tothereserve ,toprevent part ofthetotal
quota from remaining unused inone Member State
while itcould beused inothers ;
Whereas since the Kingdom ofBelgium ,the
Kingdom oftheNetherlands andtheGrand Duchy of
Luxembourg ,arejointly represented bytheBenelux
Economic Union anymeasure concerning theadmin­
istration ofthe quota-shares allocated tothat
Economic Union may becarried outbyone ofits
members ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article I
1.From 1January to31December 197(f theauton­
omous duty oftheCommon Customs Tariff forraw
silk (notthrown ),falling within heading No50.02
shall betotally suspended inrespect ofaCommunity
tariff quota of2500 metric tons . •
2.Within thelimits ofthis tariff quota ,thenew
Member States shall apply theduties calculated in
accordance with therelevant provisions oftheActof
Accession .
> Article 2
1.Afirst successive amount of2000 metric tons of
thistariff quota shall beallocated among theMember
States ;shares shall ,subject toArticle 5,bevalid until
31December 1976and shall beasfollows :
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France ' ;
Ireland
Italy
United Kingdom5metric
5metric
210 metric
750 metric
5metric
900 metric
125 metrictons
tons
tons
tons
tons
tons
tons
2.The second successive amount ,of500 metric
tons ,shall beheld inreserve .
Article 3
1.If90/oormore ofaMember State 'sinitial share
specified inArticle 2(1)orofthat share minus the
portion returned tothe reserve where Article 5is
applied ,hasbeen used up,that Member State shall
without delay ,bynotifying theCommission ,draw a
second share ,totheextent that the reserve issuffi­
cient ,equal to10% ofitsinitial share ,rounded up
where necessary tothenext unit .
2.If,after itsinitial share hasbeen used up,90%
ormore ofthesecond share drawn byaMember State
hasbeen used up,that Member State shall withoutdelay ,under theconditions laiddown inparagraph 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,that Member State shall without ''
delay ,under thesame conditions ,draw afourth share V
equal tothethird .
This process shall apply until thereserve isused up.
4.Byway ofderogation from paragraphs 1,2and ' ?
3,theMember States may draw shares lower than . ,
those fixed inthose paragraphs ifthere 'aregrounds
forconsidering thatthose fixed may notbeused up." ,
They shall inform theCommission oftheir reasons i
forapplying thisparagraph .
Article 4 '
Supplementary shares drawn pursuant toArticle 3
shall bevalid until 31December \9l6 .
<.- Article 5
•The Member Statds shall return tothe re­
serve ,notlater than 1October 1976 ,the
'unused portion oftheir initial share which
on15September 1976 ,isinexcess of20%
oftheinitial amount .They shall return :a
greater portion ifthere are grounds for'
'considering that itmay not beused up.,
The Member States shall ,not later than 4October
197ff notify totheCommission thetotal quantities of ;
the raw silk imported uptoand including 15
September 1975 "andcharged against theCommunity
tariff quota and any quantities ofthe initial share <
returned tothe reserve .. -
Article 6 « .
The Commission shall keep anaccount oftheshares
opened bytheMember States pursuant toArticles 2 , $
and 3and shall ,assoon asithasbeen notified ,inform
each State oftheextent towhich thereserve hasbeen
used up.
Itshall inform theMember States ,notlater than 5 'j
October 1976 ,oftheamount held inreserve after
■amounts have been returned thereto pursuant toArti­
cle5. , • ■
Itshall ensure that thedrawing which finally uses up . j
the reserve islimited tothebalance available and to
this end shall specify theamount thereof tothe
Member State making thelastdrawing .
Article 7 ^
1.The Member States shall take allappropriate
measures toensure that supplementary shares drawn >
pursuant toArticle 3areopened insuch away that ;■
charges may bemade ,without interruption ,against
their cumulative shares oftheCommunity quota . ^

3 ANNEX A
2.Each Member State shall ensure that importers
ofthesaid product established initsterritory have
free access tothe shares allocated toit.
3.The extent towhich aMember State hasused up
itsshare shall bedetermined onthebasis ofquantities
oftheimports inquestion entered forhome use.Article 9 - -
The Member States andtheCommission shall coop­
erate closely toensure that this Regulation is
observed .
Article 8
The Member States shall regularly inform the
Commission ofimports actually charged against their
shares .Article 10
This Regulation shall enter into force onIJanuary
i97<r .' . ■ .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable inallMember
States .
Done atBrussels .
For theCouncil
The President ■*

ANNEX B„
Draft
.REGULATION (EEC )No.../75OFTHE COUNCIL
ontheopening ,allocation andadministration ofaCommunity tariff quota for
yarn ,entirely ofsilk,other than yarn ofnoilorother waste silk,notputupforretail sale ,falling within heading Noex50.04 oftheCommon Customs Tariff
for 1976
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard-to theTreaty establishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,andinparticular Article 28
thereof ;
Having regard tothedraft Regulation submitted by
theCommission ;
Whereas ,inaccordance with theresolution passed at
itsmeeting of29to31May 1967 ,theCouncil ,byits
Regulation (EEC )No322/70('),reintroduced until 31
December 1976 the12% autonomous duty ofthe
Common Customs Tariff forsilkyarn ,other thanyarn
ofnoilorother waste silk,notputupforretail sale,
falling within •heading Noex50.04 ;whereas the
conventional duty forthatproduct is7%;
Whereas theresolution aforesaid further provides for
theopening inrespect ofthatperiod andforsuch silk
yarn ofanannual Community tariff quota with
reduced ornilduty where achange inthesources of
supply oraninsufficient supply within theCommu­
nitymight have adverse results fortheprocessing
industries intheMember States ;
Whereas silkyarn isproduced intheCommunity ;
whereas ,although thatproduction could cover allthe
Community requirements byreason ofitsoverall
volume ,thisdocs notapply with regard toyarn
entirely spun from silk ;whereas there is,as4result ,
anMnsufficient supply intheCommunity ;
Whereas consequently Community supply forthose
qualities ofyarn depends toaconsiderable extent on
imports ;whereas fullapplication oftheduty under
theCommon ,Customs Tariff would result inthose
products being subjected toaconsiderable customs
charge while products manufactured from silkyarn
face powerful competition from similar products
manufactured from other material ;whereas aninsuffi­
cient supply ,added tocompetition atfinished product
level,might haveadverse results fortheCommunity 's
processing industries ;
Whereas theduty under theCommon Customs Tariff
applicable oilimports ofthesilkyarn inquestion is
7%;whereas ,when fixing thequota duty ,itisappro -
(')OJNoL43,24.'2.1970 ,p.5.pnate totake intoaccount ,ontheonehand ,thesitua­
tion oftheCommunity silkyarn producing industry
and,ontheother ,that ofthesilkyarn processing
industries with regard to„their obtaining supplies on,
favourable terms ;whereas aquota duty of2-5%
could best satisfy theabovementioned requirements ;
Whereas thetrend inimports during 197^-suggests
thattheimport requirements oftheyarns inquestion
might beintheregion of60metric tons forI97tf ";
whereas theopening ofaCommunity tariff quota of
thatvolume isunlikely toharm Community produc -,
tion :
Whereas equal andcontinuous access tothequota
should beensured forallimporters andtherateof
levyforthetariff quota should beapplied consistently '
toallimports oftheproduct inquestion until the
quota isused up;whereas ,utilization oftheCommu -,
nitytariff quota inthelight oftheprinciples outlined
above based onanallocation between theMember
States concerned would appear consistent with the
Community nature ofthe'quota ;whereas torepresent
asclosely aspossible theactual trend ofthemarket in
theproduct inquestion theallocation should follow
proportionately the requirements ofthe Member
States calculated both from Statistics ofimports during
arepresentative reference period and from the
economic outlook forth<etariff year inquestion ;
Whereas thecorresponding imports oftheproducts
falling within thetariff heading No50.04 ofeach of
theMember States concerned during thepast three
years forwhich complete statistics areavailable repre­
sent thefollowing percentages oftotal Community
imports ofthese products :•
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
United Kingdom1972 1973
0-7 0-
0-2 00
18-6 15-8
7Ί 17-1
•4 )•(
50-0 152-6
12-0 14-51974
5,0
0,0
28,,0
17,0
7,0
39,0
4,0
whereas inview ofthese factors and ofthe,forecasts
(which itispossible tormake theinitial percentage ,

ANNEX B
2,1' .
2,1-
36,4 ,25,5 .
2,127,7
4,3 ■shares inthequota volume canbeexpressed approxi­
mately asfollows : '
Bénélux
Denmark ,
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
United Kingdom 4,3 ■
Whereas ,totake account offuture import trends for
the product under consideration ,the total quota
volume should be divided into two successive
amounts ,thefirstbeing allocated andthesecond held
asareserve tocover atalater datetherequirements of
Member States who have used uptheir initial share ;
whereas togive importers some degree ofcertainty the
first successive amount oftheCommunity quota
should intheevent befixed at78% ofthetotal
quota ;
Whereas theinitial shares may beused upmore or
lessquickly ;whereas ,therefore ,toavoid disruption of
supplies anyMember State which hasalmost used up
itsinitial share ,must draw asupplementary share
from thereserve ;whereas thismust bedone byeach
Member State aseach oneofitssupplementary shares
isalmost used up,and asmany times asthereserve
allows ;whereas theinitial andsupplementary shares
must bevalid until theend ofthequota period ;
whereas this form ofadministration requires close
collaboration between the Member States and the
Commission ,andtheCommission must beinaposi­
tion tofollow theextent -towhich thequota volume
has been used upand inform theMember States
thereof ;
Whereas if,atagiven date inthequota period ,a
considerable quantity isleftover inaMember State ,it
isessential that such State should return asubstantial
proportion tothereserve ,toprevent part ofthetotal
quota from remaining unused inone Member State
while itcould beused inothers ;
Whereas since the Kingdom ofBelgium ,the
Kingdom oftheNetherlands andtheGrand Duchy of
Luxembourg arejointly represented bytheBenelux
Economic Union ,anymeasure concerning theadmin­
istration ofthe shares allocated tothat Economic
.Union may becarried out ,byone ofitsmembers ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :.accordance with therelevant provisions oftheActof
Accession .
Article 2
1.Afirst successive amount of47metric tons of
thisCommunity tariff quota shall beallocated amoftg
theMember States ;theshares shall ,subject toArticle
5,bevalid until 31December 197<J "and shall beas
follows : •
•Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
•Italy
United Kingdom1metric ton
1metric ton
17metric tons
12metric tons .
1metric ton
13metric tons
2metric tons
2.The second successive "amount ,of13 metric
'tons ,shall beheld inreserve ."
<Article 3
1. If90%ormore ofaMember State sinitial share
specified inArticle 2(1),orofthat share minus the
portion returned tothe reserve where Article 15is
applied ,hasbeen used up,that Member State shall
without delay ,bynotifying theCommission ,draw a
second share ,totheextent that the reserve issuffi­
cient ,equal to10%ofitsinitial share ,rounded up
where necessary tothenext unit .
2.If,after itsinitial share hasbeen used up,90%
ormore ofthesecond share drawn byaMember State
hasbeen used up,that Member State shall without
delay ,under theconditions laiddown inparagraph 1,
draw athird share equal to5%ofitsinitial share .
3.If,after itssecond share hasbeen used up,90%
ormore ofthethird share drawn byaMember State
1hasbeen used up,that Member State ,shall without
delay ,under thesame conditions ,draw afourth share
equal tothethird .
This process shall apply until thereserve isused up.
4.Byway ofderogation from paragraphs 1,2and
3,theMember States may draw shares lower than
those fixed inthose parngiaphs ifthere aregrounds
forconsidering that those fixed may notbeused up.
They shall inform theCommission oftheir reasons
forapplying thisparagraph .
Article 1
1.From 1January to31December 1976' ,theauto­
nomous duty oftheCommon Customs .Tariff foryarn
entirely ofsilk,other than yarn ofnoil orother waste
silk,notputupforretail sale,falling within heading
Noex50.04 shall besuspended at2-5%inrespect of
aCommunity tariff quota of60metric tons .
2.Within thelimits ofthetariff quota ,thenew
Member States shall apply theduties calculated inArticle 4
Supplementary shares drawn pursuant toArticle 3
shall bevalid until 31December 197£ .
Article 5
The Member States shall return tothe reserve ,
notlater than 1October 1976 ,the unused por­
tion oftheir initial share which ,on15Sep­
tember 1976 ,isinexcess of20$oftheini­tial amount .They shall return agreater •

3 ANNEX B
portion ifthere aregrounds forcon­
sidering that itmaynotbeused up.
The Member States shall ,notlater than 1October
197<S "notify totheCommission thetotal quantities of
silkyarn imported uptoandincluding 15September
197<f andcharged against theCommunity tariff quota
andanyquantities oftheinitial share returned tothe
reserve .
Article 6
The Commission shall keep anaccount oftheshares
opened bytheMember States pursuant toArticles 2
and 3and shall ,assoon asithasbeen notified ,inform
each State oftheextent towhich thereserve hasbeen
used up.
Itshall inform the Member States not later than 5
October 1975 "ofthe amount held inreserve after
amounts have been returned thereto ■pursuant to
Article 5.
Itshall ensure that thedrawing which finally uses up
the reserve islimited tothe balance available and to
this end shall specify theamount thereof tothe
Member State making thelastdrawing .
Article 7
1.The Member States ,shall take allappropriate
measures toensure that supplementary shares drawnpursuant toArticle 3areopened insuch awaythat
charges may bemade ,without interruption ,•against
their cumulative shares oftheCommunity quota .
2.Each Member State shall ensure that importers
ofthesaid product established initsterritory have
free access totheshares allocated toit.
3.The Member States shall charge against their
shares imports ofthesaid product ,when theproduct
isentered forhome use .
4.The extent towhich aMember State hasused up
itsshare shall bedetermined onthe basis ofthg
imports charged inaccordance with paragraph 3.
1 Article 8
The Member States shall regularly inform the
Commission ofimports actually charged against their
shares . ■
Article 9
The Member States and theCommission shall coop­
erate closely toensure that this Regulation is
observed . ■-
•' ■ < • Q
Article 10
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1January
1976.
« I
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety and directly applicable inallMember
States . i
Done atBrussels ,
For theCouncil
The President

ANNEX C
Draft
REGULATION (EEC )No.../75°FTHE COUNCIL
ontheopening ,allocation andadministration ofaCommunity tariff quota for
yarn ,spun entirely from silkwaste other than noil,notputupforretail sale,
falling within heading Noex50.05 oftheCommon Customs Tariff for197
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 thedutyunder theCommon Customs Tariff
applicable onimports ofthesilkwaste yarn inques­
tion is3-5%;whereas when fixing thequota duty it
isappropriate totakeintoaccount ,ontheonehand ,
thesituation oftheCommunity industry producing
yarn spun from waste silkand,ontheother ,thatof
theindustries processing yarn spun from waste silk
with regard totheir obtaining supplies onfavourable
terms ;whereas aquota duty of1%could bestsatisfy
theabovementioned requirements ; , ■ £
Whereas ,inaccordance with theresolution passed at
iitsmeeting of29to31May 1967 ,theCouncil ,byits
Regulation (EEC )No323/70('),reintroduced until 31
December 1976 the 7%autonomous duty ofthe
Common Customs Tariff foryarn ,spun entirely from
silkwaste other than noil ,notputupforretail sale,
falling within heading Noex50.05 ;whereas the
conventional duty forthatproduct is3-5%;
Whereas theaforesaid resolution further provides for
theopening inrespect ofthat period and forsuch
yarn ofanannual Community tariff quota with ,
reduced duty ornilduty where achange inthe
sources ofsupply oraninsufficient supply within the
Community might have adverse results for the
processing industries intheMember States ;
Whereas yarn spun from waste silkisproduced inthe
Community ;whereas although that production
should cover alltheCommunity 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 supply forthose
qualities ofyarn depends toaconsiderable extent on
imports ;whereas fullapplication oftheduty under
the Common Customs Tariff would result inthose
products being subjected toaconsiderable customs
charge while products manufactured from silk yarn
face powerful competition from similar products
manufactured from other material ;whereas aninsuffi­
cient supply within theCommunity ,added tocompe­
tition atfinished product level ,might have adverse
results fortheCommunity 'sprocessing industries ;Whereas thetrend inimports during thepast few
years and thefirst months of 197;4suggest that
Community import requirements oftheyarns inques­
tionmight beintheregion of220metric tons for
1976 ";whereas theopening 'ofaCommunity tariff
quota ofthatvolume isunlikely toharm Community
production ; , ,-
- ■v H
y * '
Whereas equal andcontinuous access tothequota
should beensured forallimporters andtherate of
levyforthetariff quota should beapplied consistently
toallimports oftheproduct inquestion until the
quota isused up;whereas utilization oftheCommu­
nity tariff quota based onanallocation between the
Member States concerned would inthelight ofthe .
principles outlined above appear consistent with the
Community nature ofthequota ;whereas torepresent
asclosely aspossible theactual trend ofthemarket in
theproduct inquestion theallocation should follow
proportionally therequirements oftheMember States
calculated both from statistics ofimports during a
representative reference period and from the .
economic outlook forthetariff year inquestion ;
(')OJNo L4.\24.2.1970 ,p.8.Whereas theimports oftheproducts falling within
heading No 5.0.05 ofeach oftheMember States
concerned during thepast three years forwhich
complete statistics are available ,represent the
following percentages oftotalCommunity imports of
these products : .

ANNEX C
1972 1973 1974
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
United Kingdom01
01
41Ό
10-8
0-6
38-7
8-71-5 .
00
43-7
7-2
00
360
12-61»X
10,050,0
10,0
0,0
33,0
6,0Whereas since the Kingdom ofBelgium ,the
Kingdom oftheNetherlands andtheGrand Duchy of
Luxembourg arejointly represented bytheBenelux
Economic Union ,anymeasure concerning theadmin­
istration ofthe shares allocated tothat Economic
Union may be.parried Outbyone ofitsmembers ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas inview ofthese factors and ofthe forecasts
which itispossible tomake theinitial percentage ,
shares inthequota volume canbeexpressed approxi­
mately asfollows :
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
United Kingdom0,6
0,6
51,7
9,7 ;
0,6
32,3
4,5
Whereas ,totake account offuture import trends for
the product under consideration ,the total quota
volume should be divided into two successive
amounts ,thefirst being allocated andthesecond held
asareserve tocover atalater date therequirements of
Member States who have used uptheir initial share ;
whereas togive importers some degree ofcertainty the
first successive amount ofthe Community quota
should befixed at80 %ofthetotal quota ; ..
Whereas theinitial shares may beused upmore or
lessquickly ;whereas ,therefore ,toavoid disruption of
supplies anyMember State which hasalmost used up
itsinitial share ,must draw asupplementary share
from thereserve ;whereas thismust bedone' byeach
Member State aseach one ofitssupplementary shares
isalmost used up,and asmany times asthereserve
.allows ;whereas theinitial and supplementary shares
must bevalid until theend ofthequota period ;
whereas this form ofadministration requires close
collaboration between the Member States and the
Commission ,andtheCommission must beinaposi­
tion tofollow theextent towhich thequota volume
has been used upand inform theMember States
thereof ;
Whereas if,atgiven date inthequota period ,aconsid­
erable quantity isleftover inaMember State ,itis
essential that such State should return asubstantial
proportion tothereserve ,toprevent part ofthetotal
quota from remaining unused inone Member State
while itCould beused inothers ;•Article 1
1.From 1January to31December 1976 theauto­
nomous duty oftheCommon Customs Tariff foryarn ,
spun entirely from silkwaste other than noil ,notput
upforretail sale,falling within heading Noex50.05 ,
shall besuspended at 1%inrespect ofaCommunity
tariff quota of190metric tons .
2.Within thelimits ofthis tariff quota ,thenew
Member States shall apply theduties calculated in
accordance with therelevant provisions oftheActof
Accession .
; • K
Article 2 ,
1.Afirstsuccessive' amount of155metr'ctons °J
thisCommunity tariff quota shall beallocated among
theMember States ;theshares shall ,subject toArticle
5,bevalid until 31December 1975 "and shall beas
follows : .
Bénélux
Denmark •
Germany
France '
Ireland
Italy
United Kingdom'1metric ton ,
1metric ton
80metric tons
15metric tons
Imetric ton
50metric tons
7metric tons
2.The second successive amount ,of40 metric
tons ,shall beheld inreserve .;
Article 3
 
1.If90%ormore ofaMember States initial share
specified inArticle 2(1)orofthatshare minus the
portion returned tothereserve where Article' 5is
applied ,hasbeen used up,that Member State shaljj
without delay ,bynotifying theCommission ,draw a
second ,share ,totheextent that thereserve issuffix
cient ,equal to10% ofitsinitial share ,founded up ;
where necessary tothenext unit .
2.If,after itsinitial share hasbeen used up,90%
ormore ofthesecond share drawn byaMember State
hasbeen used up,that Member State shall without
delay ,under theconditions laiddown inparagraph 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,that 1Member State shall without

3 ANNEX C
; delay ,under thesame conditions ,draw afourth share
equal tothethird .
This process shall apply until thereserve isused up.
4.Bywayofderogation from paragraphs 1,2and
3,theMember States may draw shares lower than
those fixed inthose paragraphs ifthere aregrounds
forconsidering thatthose fixed may notbeused up.
They shall inform theCommission oftheir reasons
forapplying this paragraph .
Artide 4
Supplementary shares drawn pursuant toArticle 3
shall bevalid until 31December 19761
Article 5
The Member States shall return tothe reser­
ve,notlater than 1October 1976 ,the un­
used .portion oftheir initial share which ,
on15September 1976 ,isinexcess of20%
oftheiniiial amount .They shall return agreater portion ifthere are grounds forconsidering that itmay not beused up.
The Member States shall ,notlater than 1October
'\97S ,notify totheCommission thetotal quantities of
yarn from silkwaste imported up,toandincluding 15
September 1975 "andcharged against theCommunity
tariff quota and any fractions ofthe initial share
returned tothe reserve .amounts have been -returned thereto pursuant to
Article 5.
Itshall ensure thatthedrawing which finally uses up
the reserve islimited tothe balance available and to
this end shall specify theamount thereof tothe
Member State making thelastdrawing .
Article 7
1.The Member States shall take allappropriate
measures toensure that supplementary shares drawn
pursuant toArticle 3areopened insuch away that
charges may bemade ,without interruption ,against
their cumulative shares oftheCommunity quota ..
2.Each Member State shall ensure that importers
ofthesaid product established initsterritory have
free access tothe shares allocated toit.
3.The Member States shall charge against their
shares imports oftheproduct inquestion ,when the
product isentered forhome use.
4.The extent towhich aMember State hasused up
itsshare shall bedetermined on the basis ofthe
imports charged inaccordance with paragraph 3.
Article 8 <
The Member States shall regularly inform the
Commission ofimports actually charged against their
shares . <
Article 6
The Commission shall keep anaccount oftheshares
opened bytheMember States pursuant toArticles 2
and 3andshall ,assoon asithasbeen notified ,inform
each State oftheextent towhich thereserve hasbeen
used up. (
Itshall inform theMember States not later than 5
October \97G ofthe amount held inreserve afterArticle 9 . . ;, v:
;v h ■ ■» ■ .f
The Member States and theCommission shall coop­
erate closely toensure "that this Regulation is
observed .
Artnie 10
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1January
197tf . ■
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable inallMember
States . '
Done atBrussels .
For theCouncil
I;
The President