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COMMISSION  OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
COM(83)  406  final 
Brussels,  1 July  1983 
Draft for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 
opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a 
Community tariff  quota  for raw  silk  (not  thrown)  falling within 
heading No 50.02 of the Common Customs  Tariff  (1984) 
Draft for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 
opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a 
Community tariff  quota  for yarn, entirely of  silk,  other  than  yarn of 
noil  or  other  waste  silk,  not put up for retail sale, falling within 
heading No ex  50.04  of the Common Customs  Tariff  (1984) 
Draft for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 
opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a 
Community tariff  quota  for yarn spun entirely from  waste  silk  other 
than  noil,  not put up for retail sale, falling within  subheading  50.05  A 
of the Common Customs  Tariff  (1984) 
(submitted  to the Council by the Commission) 
COM(83)  406 final 

Draft 
COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EEC) 
opening,  allocating  and providing for the  administration  of a Community tariff  quota  for 
raw silk  (not  thrown)  falling  within  heading  No 50.02  of the Common  Customs  Tariff 
(1984) 
THE  COUNCIL  OF THE  EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having  regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European  Economic Community, and in particular 
Article  28 thereof, 
Having  regard to the draft Regulation submitted by 
the Commission, 
Whereas Community production of raw  silk  (not 
thrown)  falling  within  heading No 50.02 of the 
Common  Customs  Tariff  does not cover the  needs  of 
the user industries; whereas the supply of the latter 
therefore depends to a  great  extent on imports  from 
non-member countries; whereas it is in the interests 
of the Community to suspend totally the Common 
Customs  Tariff  duty on the product in question, 
within  the  limits  of an appropriate Community  tariff 
quota; 
Whereas it is desirable at the present time to  avoid 
final measures  which  could  lead to the halting of 
action  taken in the sector over a number of years to 
increase Community production; whereas, under such 
conditions,  it is advisable to extend the  tariff  system 
in force in 1983; 
Whereas Community production does not appear to 
have changed considerably when compared  with 
1983;  whereas, taking account of this production and 
of the forecasts for 198 4; the imports needed to 
satisfy  consumption  within  the Community can be' 
estimated at 5 100 tonnes; whereas the  fixing  of the 
quota amount at this  level  does not preclude an 
adjustment  within  the quota period; 
Whereas equal and continuous access to the quota 
should  be ensured for all Community importers and 
the rate  laid  down for the  tariff  quota should be 
applied  consistently to all imports of the product in 
question  until  the quota is used up; whereas a system 
of utilization  of the Community  tariff  quota based on 
an allocation between the Member  States  concerned 
would,  in the light of the principles outlined above, 
appear consistent  with  the Community  nature  of the 
quota; 
Whereas, in  view  of  these  factors, the  initial 
percentage  shares  in the quota volume for 198.4 can 
be expressed approximately as  follows: Benelux 0 •05 
Denmark 0 •02 
Germany 4 70 
Greece 0 •02 
France 21 .15 
Ireland 0· •02 
Italy 70 .51 
United  Kingdom 3 • 53 
Whereas, to take account of future trends in imports 
of the product in question in the various Member 
States, the quota should be  divided  into two 
instalments, the first being distributed among the 
Member  States  and the second to  form  a reserve 
intended to cover any subsequent requirements of 
Member  States  who have used up their  initial  shares; 
whereas, in order to ensure a certain degree of 
security  for importers of each Member State, the first 
instalment should in this case be  fixed  at about 83 % 
of the total quota; 
Whereas the  initial  shares  may be used up at different 
rates;  whereas, therefore, to  avoid  disruption of 
supplies,  any Member State  which  has almost used up 
its initial  share  should draw a supplementary  share 
from  the reserve; whereas this must be done by each 
Member  State as each one of its supplementary  shares 
is almost used up, and as many times as the reserve 
allows;  whereas the  initial  and supplementary  shares 
must be  valid  until  the end of the quota period; 
whereas this  form  of administration requires close 
collaboration  between the Member  States  and the 
Commission,  and the  Commission  must be in a 
position  to follow  the extent to  which  the  tariff  quota 
has been used up and  inform  the Member  States 
accordingly; 
Whereas if, at a given  date  in the quota period, a 
considerable quantity of the  initial  share  is left over in 
a Member State, it is essential  that that  Member State 
should  return a significant percentage thereof to the 
reserve, so as to  avoid  a part of the Community  tariff 
quota remaining unused in one Member State when it 
could  be used in others; 
Whereas, since the  Kingdom  of  Belgium,  the 
Kingdom  of the Netherlands and the Grand  Duchy 
of Luxembourg are united  within  and  jointly 
represented by the Benelux Economic  Union,  any 
measure concerning the administration of the  shares 

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allocated  to that  economic union may be carried out 
by any one of its members, 
HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION: in accordance  with  the same conditions, draw a 
fourth  share equal to the  third. 
This  process  shall  continue to apply  until  the reserve 
is used up. 
Article  1 
1. From  1 January to 31 December  198  4, the 
autonomous duty of the  Common  Customs  Tariff  for 
raw silk  (not thrown)  falling  within  heading No 50.02 
shall  be totally suspended  within  a Community  tariff 
quota of 5 100 tonnes. 4. By way of derogation  from  paragraphs  1, 2  and 
3, Member States may draw lower shares than those 
specified  therein if  there  are grounds for  believing 
that those  specified  may not be used up. They  shall 
inform  the  Commission  of their reasons for  applying 
this paragraph. 
2. Within  the  limits  of the  tariff  quota referred to 
in paragraph 1, Greece  shall  apply duties calculated in 
accordance  with  the relevant provisions of the Act of 
Accession  of 1979. 
Article  2 
1. A first instalment of 42 55 tonnes of this 
Community  tariff  quota  shall  be allocated among the 
Member  States; Member States' shares,  which, 
subject to  Article  5, shall  be valid  until  31 December 
1984,  shall  be as  follows: 
(tonnes) 
Benelux  2 
Denmark  1 
Germany  200 
Greece  1 
France  900 
Ireland  1 
Italy  3 000 
United  Kingdom  150 
2. The second instalment of 8^5 tonnes  shall 
constitute the reserve. 
y4rfic/e  3 
1. If 90 % or more of a Member State's  initial 
share as  specified  in Article  2 (1), or of  that  share 
minus  the portion returned to the reserve where 
Article  5 is applied, has been used up,  that  Member 
State  shall  forthwith, by  notifying  the  Commission, 
draw  a second share equal to 10 % of its  initial  share, 
rounded  up where necessary to the next whole 
number, to the extent permitted by the amount of the 
reserve. 
2. If, after its  initial  share has been used up, 90 % 
or more of the second share drawn by a Member 
State has been used up,  that  Member State  shall 
forthwith,  in accordance  with  the conditions set out 
in paragraph 1, draw a  third  share equal to 5 % of its 
initial  share. 
3. If, after its second share has been used up, 90 % 
or more of the  third  share drawn by a Member State 
has been used up,  that  Member State  shall  forthwith, Article  4 
Supplementary  shares drawn pursuant to  Article  3 
shall  be valid  until  31 December 198 4 . 
Article  5 
Member  States  shall  return to the reserve, not later 
than  1 October  1984,  the unused portion of their 
initial  share  which,  on 15 September  1984,  is in excess 
of 30 %  of the  initial  amount. They may return a 
larger  quantity if  there  are grounds for  believing  that 
such  quantity might not be used. 
-mber States  shall  notify  the  Commission,  not later 
ti i 1 October  1984,  of the total quantities of raw 
silk mported up to and  including  15 September  198 4 
and charged against the Community quota and of any 
portion  of their  initial  share returned to the reserve. 
Article  6 
The Commission  shall  keep an account of the shares 
opened by the Member States pursuant to  Article  2 
and 3 and  shall,  as soon as it has been  notified, 
inform  each State of the extent to  which  the reserve 
has been used up. 
It shall  inform  the Member States, not later than 5 
October  1984, of the amount in the reserve after 
amounts have been returned thereto pursuant to 
Article  5. 
It shall  ensure  that  the drawing  which  exhausts the 
reserve is  limited  to the balance available and to this 
end shall  specify the amount thereof to the Member 
State making the last drawing. 
Article  7 
1. Member States  shall  take all appropriate 
measures to ensure  that  supplementary shares drawn 
pursuant to  Article  3 are opened in such a way  that 
imports  may be charged without interruption against 
their  accumulated shares of the Community quota. 

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2. Member  States  shall  ensure  that  importers  of the 
product  in question have 
free access  to the  shares  allocated  to them. 
3. Member  States  shall  charge imports  of the 
products  in question against their  shares  as and  when 
the product  is entered  with  the  customs authorities 
for free  circulation. 
4. The  extent  to which  a Member State  has  used 
up its share  shall  be determined  on the  basis  of the 
imports charged  in accordance  with  paragraph  3. Article  8 
At the  Commission's request, Member  States  shall 
inform  it of the  imports actually charged against their 
shares. 
Article  9 
Member  States  and the  Commission  shall  coopr  ate 
closely  to ensure  that  this Regulation  is complied 
with. 
Article  10 
This  Regulation  shall  enter  into force  on 1  January 
198 4. 
This  Regulation  shall  be binding  in its  entirety  and  directly applicable  in all  Member 
States. 
Done  at Brussels, 
For the  Council 
The President 

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Draft 
COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EEC) 
opening,  allocating  and providing for the  administration  of a Community tariff  quota  for 
yarn,  entirely  of silk,  other  than  yarn of noil or  other  waste  silk,  not put up for retail  sale, 
falling  witliin  heading  No ex  50.04  of the Common  Customs  Tariff (1984) 
THE  COUNCIL  OF THE  EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having  regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European  Economic Community, and in particular 
Article  28 thereof, 
Having  regard to the draft Regulation submitted by 
the Commission, 
Whereas  silk  yarn is produced in the Community; 
whereas, although  that  production  could  cover all the 
Community  requirements by reason of its  overall 
volume,  this does not apply  with  regard to yarn 
entirely  spun  from  silk;  whereas  there  is, as a result 
an insufficient supply in the Community; 
Whereas, consequently, Community supplies of those 
qualities  of yarn depend to a considerable extent on 
imports;  whereas  full  application of the Common 
Customs  Tariff  duty  would  result in those products 
being  subjected to a considerable customs charge 
while  products manufactured  from  silk  yarn face 
powerful  competition  from  similar  products manu­
factured  from  other material; whereas an insufficient 
supply,  added to competition at finished product 
level,  might have adverse effects on the Community's 
processing  industries; 
Whereas the Common Customs  Tariff  duty applicable 
to imports of the  silk  yarn in question in 1984 is 5,7 % 
whereas, when  fixing  the quota duty, it is appropriate 
to take into account, on the one hand, the situation 
of the Community  silk yarn producing industry and, 
on the other,  that  of the  silk  yarn processing 
industries  with  regard to their supplies on favourable 
terms; whereas a quota duty of 2-5%  could  best 
meet the abovementioned requirements; 
Whereas the trends in imports during recent yeans 
suggest  that  the import requirements for the yarns in 
question might be in the region  of 1QD  tonnes for 
1984;  whereas the opening of a Community  tariff 
quota of  that  volume is  unlikely  to harm Community 
production; 
Whereas equal and continuous access to the quota 
should  be ensured for all importers and the  rate  laid 
down  for the  tariff  quota should be applied 
consistently  to all imports of the product in question 
until  the quota is used up; whereas a system of 
utilization  of the Community  tariff  quota based on an 
allocation  between the Member  States  concerned would,  in the light of the principles outlined above, 
appear consistent  with  the Community  nature  of the 
quota; 
Whereas, in  view  of these  factors and of the forecasts 
which  it is possible to make, the  initial  percentage 
shares  in the quota volume can be expressed: 
Benelux 1-43 
Denmark 1.43 
Germany 8.57 
Greece 1.43 
France 21 .43 
Ireland 1-43 
Italy 57.14 
United  Kingdom 7.14 
Whereas, to take account of future trends in imports 
of the product in question in the various Member 
States, the quota should be  divided  into two 
stalments, the first being distrubuted among the 
1\ mber  States  and the second to  form  a reserve 
intended to cover any subsequent requirements of 
Member  States  who have used up their  initial  shares; 
whereas, in order to ensure a certain degree of 
security  for importers of each Member State, the first 
instalment should in this case be 70 % of the total 
quota; 
Whereas the  initial  shares  may be used up at different 
rates;  whereas, therefore, to  avoid  disruption of 
supplies,  any Member State  which  has almost used up 
its initial  share  should draw a supplementary  share 
from  the reserve; whereas this must be done by each 
Member  State as each one of its supplementary  shares 
is almost used up, and as many times as the reserve 
allows;  whereas the  initial  and supplementary  shares 
must be  valid  until  the end of the quota period; 
whereas this  form  of administration requires close 
collaboration  between the Member  States  and the 
Commission,  and the  Commission  must be in a 
position  to follow  the extent to  which  the  tariff  quota 
h"as been u;ed up and  inform  the Member  States 
accordingly; 
Whereas if, at a given  date  in the quota period, a 
considerable quantity of the  initial  share  is left over in 
a Member State, it is essential  that that  Member State 
should  return a significant percentage thereof to the 
reserve, so as to  avoid  a part of the Community  tariff 
quota remaining unused in one Member State when it 
could  be used in others; 

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Whereas,  since the  Kingdom  of  Belgium,  the 
T Kingdom  of the Netherlands and the  Grand  Duchy 
of Luxembourg are united  within  and  jointly 
represented by the Benelux  Economic  Union,  any 
operation  concerning the administration of the shares 
allocated  to that  economic union may be carried out 
by any one of its members, 
HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION: 
Article  1 
1. From  1 January to 31 December 1984, the 
autonomous duty of the  Common  Customs  Tariff 
for yarn entirely of  silk,  other than yarn of  noil  or 
other waste  silk.,  not put up for retail sale,  falling 
within  heading No ex 50.04,  shall  be suspended 
at2-5 %  within  aCommunity  tariff  quota of100  tonnes. 
2. Within  the  limits  of the  tariff  quota referred to 
in paragraph 1, Greece  shall  apply duties calculated in 
accordance  with  the relevant provisions of the 1979 
Aet of Accession. 
Article  2 
1. A first instalment of 70 tonnes of this 
Community  tariff  quota  shall  be allocated among the 
Member  States; Member States' shares,  which,  subject 
• to Article  5, shall  be valid  until  31 December 1984, 
shall  be as  follows: 
(tonnes) 
Benelux  1 
Denmark  1 
Germany  6 
Greece  1 
France 15 
Ireland  1 
Italy  40 
United  Kingdom  5 
2. The second instalment of 30 tonnes  shall 
constitute the reserve. 
Article  3 
1. If 90 % or more of a Member State's  initial 
share as  specified  in Article  2 (1), or of  that  share 
minus  the portion returned to the reserve where 
Article  5 is applied, has been used up,  that  Member 
State  shall  forthwith, by  notifying  the  Commission, 
draw  a second share equal to 10 % of this  initial 
share, rounded up where necessary to the next whole 
number, to the extent permitted by the amount of the 
reserve. 
2. If, after its  initial  share has been used up, 90 % 
or more of the second share drawn by a Member 
State has been used up,  that  Member State  shall forthwith,  in accordance  with  the conditions set out 
in paragraph 1, draw a  third  share equal to 5 % of its 
initial  share. 
3. If, after its second share has been used up, 90 % 
or more of the  third  share drawn by a >' iber State 
has been used up,  that  Member State  :jrthi.ith, 
in accordance  with  the same conditions, drav a 
fourth  share equai to the  third. 
This  process  shall  continue to apply  until  ine reserve 
is used up. 
4. By way of derogation  from  paragraphs 1, 2 and 
3, Member States may draw lower shares than those 
specified  therein if  there  are grounds for  believing 
that those  specified  may not be used up. They  shall 
inform  the  Commission  of their reasons for  applying 
this paragraph. 
Article  4 
Supplementary  shares drawn pursuant to  Article  3 
shall  be valid  until  31 December 1984. 
Article  5 
Member  States  shall  return to the reserve, not later 
than  1 October  1984  the unused portion of their 
initial  share  which,  on 15 September  1984  is in excess 
of 20 %  of the  initial  amount. They may return a 
larger  quantity if  there  are grounds for  believing  that 
such  quantity might not be used. 
Member  States  shall  notify  the  Commission,  not later 
than  1 October  198 4  of the total quantities of  silk 
yarn  imported up to and  including  15 September  1984 
and charged against the Community quota and of any 
portion  of their  initial  share returned to the reserve. 
Article  6 
The Commission  shall  keep an account of the shares 
opened by the Member States pursuant to  Articles  2 
and 3 and  shall,  as soon as it has been  notified, 
inform  each State of the extent to  which  the reserve 
has been used up. 
It shall  inform  the Member States, not later than 
5 October 1984, of the amount in the reserve after 
amounts have been returned thereto pursuant to 
Article  5. 
It shall  ensure  that  the drawing  which  exhausts the 
reserve is  limited  to the balance available and to this 
end shall  specify the amount thereof to the Member 
State making the last drawing. 

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Artide  7 
1. Member  States  shall  take  all  appropriate 
measures  to ensure  that  supplementary  shares  drawn 
pursuant  to Article  3 are  opened  in such  a way  that 
imports  may be  charged without interruption against 
their accumulated  shares  of the  Community quota. 
2. Member  States  shall  ensure  that  importers  of the 
product  in question have 
free access  to the  shares  allocated  to them. 
3. Member  States  shall  charge imports  of the 
product  in question against their  shares  as and  when 
the product  is entered  with  the  customs authorities 
for free  circulation. 4. The  extent  to which  a Member State  has  used 
up its share  shall  be determined  on the  basis  of the 
imports charged  in accordance  with  paragraph  3. 
Article  8 
At the  Commission's request, Member  States  shall 
inform  it of the  imports actually charged against their 
shares. 
Article  9 
Member  States  and the  Commission  shall  cooperate 
closely  to ensure  that  this Regulation  is complied 
with. 
Article  10 
This  Regulation  shall  enter  into force  on 1  January 
1984. 
This  Regulation  shall  be binding  in its  entirety  and  directly applicable  in all  Member 
States. 
Done  at Brussels, 
For the  Council 
The President 

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Draft 
COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EEC) 
opening,  allocating  and  providing  for the  administration  of a  Community tariff  quota  for 
yarn,  spun  entirely  from  waste  silk other  than  noil,  not put  up for  retail  sale,  falling withi-
subheading  50.05 A of the  Common  Customs  Tariff  (1984 ) 
THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having  regard  to the  Treaty establishing  the 
European  Economic Community,  and in  particular 
Article  28 thereof, 
Having  regard  to the  draft Regulation submitted  by 
the Commission, 
Whereas yarn spun  from  waste  silk  is produced  in the 
Community;  whereas, although  that  production 
should  cover  all the  Community requirements  by 
reason  of its  overall  volume, this does  not  apply  with 
regard  to yarn spun entirely  from  waste  silk;  whereas 
there  is, as a  result,  an  insufficient supply  in the 
Community; 
Whereas, consequently, Community supplies  of those 
qualities  of yarn depend  to a  considerable extent  on 
imports;  whereas  full  application  of the  Common 
Customs  Tariff  duty  would  result  in those products 
being  subjected  to a  considerable customs charge 
while  products manufactured  from  silk  yarn face 
powerful  competition  from  similar  products manu­
factured  from  other material; whereas  an insufficient 
supply,  added  to  competition  at finished product 
level,  might have adverse effects  on the  Community's 
processing  industries; 
Whereas  the  Common Customs  Tariff  duty applicable 
to imports  of the  yarn spun  from  waste  silk  in 
question  is 3- 1%;  whereas, when  fixing  the  quota 
duty,  it is  appropriate  to take into account,  on the 
one hand,  the  situation  of the  Community industry 
producing  yarn spun  from  waste  silk  and, on the 
other,  that  of the  industries processing yarn spun 
from  waste  silk  with  regard  to  their supplies  on 
favourable  terms; whereas  a zero quota duty  could 
best meet  the  abovementioned requirements; 
Whereas  the  trends  in imports  in recent years suggest 
that Community import requirements  for the  yarns  in 
question might  be in the  region  of 220  tonnes  for 
1984;  whereas  the  opening  of a  Community  tariff 
quota  of that  volume  is unlikely  to harm Community 
production; 
Whereas equal  and  continuous access  to the  quota 
should  be ensured  for  all importers,  and the  rate  laid 
down  for the  tariff  quota should  be  applied 
consistently  to all  imports  of the  product  in question 
until the  quota  is used  up;  whereas  a system  of 
utilization  of the  Community  tariff  quota based  on an allocation  between  the  Member State cern 
would,  in the  light  of the  principles  out!  Sove, 
appear consistent  with  the  Community  i: or the 
quota; 
Whereas,  in view  of these  factors  and of the  forecasts 
which  it is  possible  to make,  the  initial  percentage 
shares  in the  quota volume  can be  expressed approxi­
mately  as follows: 
Benelux 0-56 
Denmark 0-56 
Germany 0.38 
Greece 0-56 
France 16.76 
Ireland 0-56 
Italy 55-86 
United  Kingdom 16-76 
Whereas,  to take account  of future trends  in imports 
of the  product  in question  in the  various Member 
States,  the  quota should  be  divided  into  two 
instalments,  the  first being distributed among  the 
Member  States  and the  second  to form  a reserve 
intended  to cover  any  subsequent requirements  of 
Member  States  who  have used  up their  initial  shares; 
whereas,  in  order  to ensure  a certain degree  of 
security  for  importers  of each Member State,  the  first 
instalment should  be fixed  at approximately  82 % of 
the total quota; 
Whereas  the  initial  shares  may  be used  up at  different 
rates;  whereas, therefore,  to  avoid  disruption  of 
supplies,  any  Member State  which  has  almost used  up 
its initial  share should draw  a supplementary share 
from the  reserve; whereas this must  be done  by each 
Member  State  as each  one of its  supplementary  shares 
is almost used  up, and as  many times  as the  reserve 
allows;  whereas  the  initial  and  supplementary  shares 
must  be  valid  until  the end of the  quota period; 
whereas this  form  of  administration requires close 
collaboration  between  the  Member States  and the 
Commission,  and the  Commission  must  be in a 
position  to follow  the  extent  to which  the  tariff  quota 
has been used  up and  inform  the  Member States 
accordingly; 
Whereas  if, at a  given  date  in the  quota period,  a 
considerable quantity  of the  initial  share  is left over  in 
a Member State,  it is  essential  that that  Member State 
should  return  a significant percentage thereof  to the 
reserve,  so as to  avoid  a part  of the  Community  tariff 

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quota remaining unused in one Member State when it 
could  be used in others; 
Whereas,  since the  Kingdom  of  Belgium,  the 
Kingdom  of the Netherlands and the  Grand  Duchy 
of Luxembourg are united  within  and  jointly 
represented by the Benelux  Economic  Union,  any 
operation  concerning the administration of the shares 
allocated  to that  economic union may be carried out 
by any one of its members, 
HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION: 
Article  1 
1. From  1 January to 31 December 198 4, the auto­
nomous duty of the  Common  Customs  Tariff  for 
yarn  spun entirely  from  waste  silk  other than  noil,  not 
put up for retail sale,  falling  within  subheading 
50.05 A,  shall  be totally suspended  within  a 
Community  tariff  quota of 220 tonnes. 
2. Within  the  limits  of the  tariff  quota referred tc 
in paragraph 1, Greece  shall  apply duties calculated in 
accordance  with  the relevant provisions of the 1979 
Act of Accession. 
Article  2 
1. A first instalment of 179 tonnes of this 
Community  tariff  quota  shall  be allocated among the 
Member  States; Member States' shares,  which, 
subject to  Article  5,  shall  be  valid  until 
31 December 198^  shall  be as  follows: 
(tonnes) 
Benelux  1 
Denmark  1 
Germany  15 
Greece  1 
France  30 
Ireland  1 
Italy  100 
United  Kingdom  30 
2. The second instalment of 41 tonnes  shall 
constitute the reserve. 
Article  3 
I. If 90% or more of a Member State's  initial 
share as  specified  in Article  2 (1), or of  that  share 
minus  the portion returned to the reserve where 
Article  5 is applied, has been used up,  that  Member 
State  shall  forthwith, by  notifying  the  Commission, 
draw  a second share equal to 10 % of its  initial  share, 
rounded  up where necessary to the next whole 
number, to the extent permitted by the amount of the 
reserve. 
2. If after its  initial  share has been used up, 90 % 
or more of the second share drawn by a Member State has been used up,  that  Member State  shall 
forthwith,  in accordance  with  the conditions set out 
in paragraph  1, draw a  third  share equal to  5 %  of its 
initial  share. 
3. If after its second share has been used up,  90 % 
or more of the  third  share drawn by a Member State 
has been used up,  that  Member State  shall  forthwith, 
in accordance  with  the same conditions, draw a 
fourth  share equal to the  third. 
This  process  shall  continue to apply  until  the reserve 
is used up. 
4. By way of derogation  from  paragraphs  1, 2  and 
3, Member States may draw lower shares than those 
specified  therein if  there  are grounds for  believing 
that those  specified  may not be used up. They  shall 
inform  the  Commission  of their reasons for  applying 
this paragraph. 
Article  4 
Supplementary  shares drawn pursuant to  Article  3 
shall  be valid  until  31 December  1984. 
Article  5 
Member  States  shall  return to the reserve, not later 
than  1 October  198 4,  the unused portion of their 
initial  share  which,  on 15 September  1984,  is in excess 
of 20 %  of the  initial  amount. They may return a 
larger  quantity if  there  are grounds for  believing  that 
such  quantity might not be used. 
Member  States  shall  notify  the  Commission,  not later 
than  1 October  1984,  of the total quantities of yarn 
spun  entirely  from  waste  silk  imported up to and 
'including  15 September  1984  and charged against the 
Community  quota and of any portion of their  initial 
share returned to the reserve. 
Article  6 
The Commission  shall  keep an account of the shares 
opened by the Member States pursuant to  Articles  2 
and 3 and  shall,  as soon as it has been  notified, 
inform  each State of the extent to  which  the reserve 
has been used up. 
It shall  inform  the Member States, not later than 5 
October  1984, of the amount in the reserve after 
amounts have been returned thereto pursuant to 
Article  5. 
It shall  ensure  that  the drawing  which  exhausts the 
reserve is  limited  to the balance available and to this 
end shall  specify the amount thereof to the Member 
State making the last drawing. 

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Artide  7 
1. Member  States  shall  take  all  appropriate 
measures  to ensure  that  supplementary shares drawn 
pursuant  to Article  3 are  opened  in such  a way  that 
imports  may be  charged without interruption against 
such  accumulated shares  of the  Community  quota. 
2. Member  States  shall  ensure  that  importers  of the 
product  in question have 
free access  to the  shares allocated  to them. 
3. Member  States  shall  charge imports  of the 
product  in question against their shares  as and  when 
the product  is entered  with  the  customs authorities 
for free  circulation. 4. The  extent  to which  a Member  State  has  used 
up its share  shall  be determined  on the  basis  of the 
imports  charged  in accordance  with  paragraph  3. 
Artide  8 
At the  Commission's  request,  Member  Staves  siia'l 
inform  it of the  imports actually charged against their 
shares. 
Artide  9 
Member  States  and the  Commission  shall  cooperate 
closely  to ensure  that  this  Regulation  is complied 
with. 
Artide  10 
This  Regulation  shall  enter into force  on 1  January 
198 A-
This  Regulation  shall  be binding  in its  entirety  and  directly  applicable  in all  Member 
States. 
Done  at Brussels, 
For the  Counal 
The President