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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)462final
Brussels.22September 1978
Proposalfora
•COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration of
Communitytariffquotasforpreparedorpreservedsardines
fallingwithinsubheading 16.04DoftheCommonCustoms
Tariffandoriginating inMorocco(1979)
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
■ II■ . II■!.. I
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration of
aCommunitytariffquotaforpreparedorpreservedsardines
fallingwithinsubheading 16.04DoftheCommonCustoms
TariffandoriginatinginTunisia(1979)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
»
«
C0M(78)462final
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The1976Agreements betweentheCommunityandMoroccoandTunisia
providethatpreparedandpreservedsardinesoriginating inthose
countriesmaybeadmitteddutyfreeintotheCommunityoncondition
thatcertainminimumpricesarerespected.Theperiodsandthetech­
nicalrulesforapplication ofthissystemmustbefixedbyexchanges
oflettersbetweenthecontracting parties.Sincetheseexchangesof
lettershavenottakenplacethearrangements providedforinthe
'- I
Agreements werenotimplemented andthosearisingfromtheprevious
Association Agreements betweentheEECandMorocco"andTunisiawere
maintained inforceuntil31December1977.•
Theformerarrangments inquestionprovidefortarifftreatmentwhich
variesfromoneMemberStatetoanother.Thistreatmentcannotbe
extendedbeyondthatdate,sincei^isincompatible withtheprinci­
plesofthecustomsunionandtherulesofthecommoncommercial
policy.
From1January1978theCommunityreplacedthesearrangements bya
Communitytariffquotasystemwhichtakestheinterestsinvolved
intoaccountpendingtheconclusionoftheexchangesofletters
whichwillenabletheprovisionsofthe1976Agreementsrelating
topreparedandpreservedsardinestocomeintoforce.
Asthesituationhasnotchangedsince1January1978theCommission
isproposingthattheCouncilextendthetariffquotasystemfor
1979andthereforeapprovethetwoattachedproposalsforRegulations
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofCommunitytariff
quotasinrespectofpreparedandpreservedsardinesfallingwithin
subheading16.04DoftheCommonCustomsTarifforiginatingin
MoroccoandTunisiarespectively (1979),i.e.:
!
-forMorocco:-onetariffquotaof14.000tonnes,dutyfree,
-onetariffquotaof6.000tonnesat10%;
-forTunisia:onetariffquotaof100tonnes,dutyfree.
Thisisthesubjectoftheannexedproposals.

-2-
4.Theproposals forregulations openingthesetariffquotasprovide-
asiscustomary -forthedivision ofeachofthequotavolumes
intotwoinstalments ,thefirstbeingallocated amongtheMember
Statesasquotashares,thesecondbeingheldasareserve.
Theallocation ofthevolumeofthefirstinstalment ofthequota
shouldbebasedontherulesgenerally applied.Theseinvolvecalcu-
«
latingeachMemberState'stotalimportsoverthelastthreeyears
asaproportion oftotalCommunity importsduringthesameperiod
andapplying,foreachMemberStatethepercentages thusobtained
tothevolumeofthefirst'instalment .
/.
\

IMPORTATIONS OFPREPARED ANDCONSERVED SARDINES
FROMMOROCCO ANDTUNISIA
-intonnes-
MOROCCO TUNISIA
1974 1975 1976 1977 1974 1975
I'976 1177
Bx 2.322 .713 2.107
0-1.679
1.955«
DK 53■7 54 58
0=78
61
D £.642 1.640 4.341
0«1.147
2.442
F 14.50 ! 8.660 10.438
0=7.321
10.23036 33 14
IRL 77 ■ 79
0=26
45
IT •688 223 37
0=199
287
UK 3.089 3.193
A_I.533
0=883
2.174
C.E. !5.560 18.593
0.11.333
.17.19536 33 14Ψ
β
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ANNEXA
PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)' .
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration
^ofCommunitytariffquotasforpreparedorpreserved
sardinesfallingwithinsubheading16.04Dofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginating inMorocco
(1979)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES, -
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,'
WhereastheCooperative Agreementof1976betweentheCommunity andMorocco
provides,thatpreparedandpreservedsardines,subheading 16.04Dofthe
CommonCustomstariff,originating inMorocco,maybeimportedinthe
Communityfreeofduties;whereastherulesofthisregimemustbefixed
Ί
byanexchangeoflettersbetweentheCommunityandMorocco;whereas,since
thisexchangeoflettershasnottakenplace,itisthereforeadvisableto
renewfortheyear1979theCommunitysystemwhichhasbeenappliedin1978;
whereasthissystemprovides,forimportations intheCommunityofthepro­
ductsinquestion,theopeningoftwoCommunitytariffquotas:onedutyfree
tariffquotaof10.000tonnesandanotherof6.000tonnesatadutyrateof
10%;whereasthesetariffquotasaretoapplyfrom1January1979until
theconclusionoftheexchangeoflettersprovidedforinArticle19of
theCooperation AgreementbetweentheCommunityandMorocco,untilsuch
timeasCommunityarrangements forimpor.tsoftheproductsinquestion
areapplied,oruntil31December1979,whichevershallbetheearliest;
whereastheseCommunitytariffquotasshouldtherefore beopened•;

-2-ANNEXA
WhereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforallCommunityimporters
equalanduninterrupted accesstotheabovementionedquotasanduninterrup­
tedapplicationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotastoallimportsof
theproductsconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntilthequotashasbeen
usedup;whereas,havingregardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunity
natureofthequotascanberespectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariff
quotasamongtheMemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectasaccurately
aspossiblethetruetrendofthemarketintheproducts1nquestion,such
allocationshouldbeinproportionto'therequirements ofthe-MemberStates,
calculatedbyreferencetothestatisticsforimportsfromMoroccoovera
representative referenceperiodandalsototheeconomicoutlookforthe
quotaperiodconcernedj (
Whereas,inrespectofthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsare
available,thecorresponding importsbyeachoftheMemberStates-
representthefollowingpercentagesofimportsintotheCommunity
fromMoroccooftheproductsconcerned;,,-
MemberState
1
*<1975
i•19761977
BénéluxI:
I11.011,314,8
Dcnmark 0,30,30,7
Germany 10,6'23,310,1
France .55,756,1-64.6
Ireland 0.5>0,50.2
Italy M0.21.8:
UnitedKingdom 20,58,37,8'
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initial
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :,
MemberStateOfthequota
of
iM000tonne)
I »Ofthequota
of
6000tonnes,
Bénélux 13-49 9-54
Denmark 0-28 028
Germany 13-33 13-33
France '59-52 .42-59
Ireland 0-36 0-37
Italy 0-64 •48
UnitedKingdom 2-38 32-41
I

ANNEX A
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrendsfortheproducts
concerned inthevariousMemberStates,eachquotashouldbedivided
intotwoinstalments ,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMemberStates
andthesecondconstituting areservetocoveratalaterdatethe ■
requirements ofMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialshares;
whereas,inordertogiveimporters ineachMemberStateacertain
degreeofsecurity;thefirstinstalment oftheCommunity quotashould,
underthepresentcircumstances ,befixedat80%ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
times;whereas,inordertotakethisfactinto.accountandavoid
anybreakincontinuity,anyMemberStatewhichhas'almostusedup
itsinitialshare,shoulddrawanadditional sharefromthereserve;
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateasandwheneachof
itsadditional sharesisalmostusedup,andrepeated asmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional shares
must,bevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethod
ofadministration requiresclosecooperation betweentheMemberStates
andtheCommission,andthelattermustbeinaposition tomonitor
theextenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeenusedupandtoinform
theMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,asubstantial quantity
ofaninitialshareremainsunusedinanyMemberState,itisessential
thatthatMemberStateshouldreturnasignificant proportion tothe
reserve,topreventapartofanyCommunity quotafromremaining unused
inoneMemberStatewhenitcould*beusedinothers;
Ν
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomoftheNetherlands
andtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourg areunitedinandrepresented by
theBeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtotheadministra­
tionofthequotasharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybe
carriedoutbyanyofitsmembers,

ANNEXA
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1 j
1.From1January1878untiltheconclusionofthe
exchangeoflettersreferredtoinArticle19ofthe
CooperationAgreementbetweentheCommunityand 1
Morocco,untilsuctftimeasCommunityimportarran­
gementsareappliedoruntil31December ■1979,
whichevershallbetheearliest,aduty-freeCommu­
nitytariffquotaof14000tonnesshallbeopenedforv
importsintotheCommunityofpreparedorpreserved
sardinesfallingwithinsubheading16.04Dofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginMorocco.;
2.From1January1970untiltheconclusionofthe
exchangeoflettersreferredtoinArticle19ofthe
CooperationAgreementbetweentheCommunityand
Morocco,untilsuchtimeasCommunityimportarran­
gementsareappliedoruntil31December1979,...
whichevershallbetheearliest,aCommunitytariff'
quotaof6000tonnesatadutyrateof10%shallbe
openedforimport-intotheCommunityofprepared
orpreservedsardinesfallingwithinsubheading16.04
DoftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatingin
Morocco.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotaslaiddowninArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
,2.Afirstinstalmentofeachquotashallbeshared
amongtheMemberStates;therespectiveshares
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntiltheend
oftheperiodspecifiedinArticle1,shallbeas
follows:
(founts)
MemberState Article\(1)Article1(2)
Bénélux
Denniark -
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdomI700
35
1680
»7500
45
80
I560515
15
720
2300 .;
20
80I
■1750
Total 12600 5400
3.Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,1400
tonnesand600tonnesrespectively ,shallconstitute
thecorresponding reserve.

-5- ANNEX A
Article 3
If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareasspecified
inArticle2(2),or90%ofthatshareminustheportionreturned
tothereservewhereArticle 5isapplied-hasbeenusedup,then.
\
totheextentpermitted bytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshallforthwith ,-bynotifying theCommission,drawasecond
shareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwhereneces­
sarytothenextunit.
If,afteroneofitsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%ormore
ofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,then,
totheextentpermitted bytheamountofthereserve,thatMembe-'
Stateshall,inaccordance withtheconditions laiddowninp-ira~
graph1,drawathirdshareequalto7,5%ofitsinitial s.':3re'
rounded upwherenecessary tothenextunit.
If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%ormoreofthe
thirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshall,inaccordance withtheconditions laiddowninpara­
graph1,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
ThisprocessshaIUcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
Bywayofderogation fromparagraphs 1to3,aMemberStatemay
drawsharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs ifthere
isreasontobelievethatthosemightnotbeusedup.Itshall
informtheCommission ofitsreasonsfor applyingthisparagraph.

-6- ANNEXA
Article4
Additional sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbevaliduntilthe
endoftheperiodspecifiedinArticle1.
/Article 5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlaterthan
1October1979,suchunusedportionoftheirinitialshareas,
on15September 1979,isinexcessof20%oftheinitialvolume.
Theymayreturnalargerquantityiftherearegroundsforbelie­
vingthatitmaynotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1979,notify
theCommissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproductsinquestionimport*^,
upto15September 1979andchargedagainsttheCommunityquota,
andofanyquantitiesoftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountofthesharesopenedbythe
MemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3andshall,assoonas
itisnotified,informeachMember ,Stateoftheextenttowhich
thereservehasbeenusedup. -
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5October1979,
oftheamountinthereserveafterquantities havebeenreturned
pursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhichusesupthe
reserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable,andtothisendshall
indicatetheamountthereoftotheMember ,Statewhichmakessuch
lastdrawing.

-7- ANNEX A
Article 7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures necessary toensure
thatadditional sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle 3areopened
insuchawaythatimportsmaybechargedwithoutinterruption
againsttheiraccumulated sharesoftheCommunity quota.
«
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters oftheproducts
inquestionestablished intheirterritory havefreeaccessto
thesharesallocated tothem.\
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupitsshareshall
bedetermined onthebasisofimportsoftheproducts inques­
tionoriginating inMoroccoandenteredwiththecustomsautho
ritiesforhomeuse.
Article 8
AttherequestoftheCommission ,theMemberStatesshallinformit
ofimportsoftheproductsconcernedactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article 9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallcooperatecloselyin
ordertoensurecompliance withthisRegulation.'
Article 10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1979.
/ •
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentirety
anddirectlyapplicable inallMemberStates.
-<
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
ThePresident

ANNEXB
PROPOSALFORA.
COUNCILREGULATION (F.EC>'
I
opening,allocatingandproviding(ortheadministrationofaCommunitytariff
quotaforpreparedorpreservedsardinesfallingwithinsubheading16.04DoftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginTunisia .118/9). ,
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
■ ,' ■*' '
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomic
Community,andinparticularArticle113thereof,.
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheCooperative Agreementof1976betweentheCommunity
andTunisiaprovides,thatpreparedandpreservedsardines,sub-
hfeading16.04DoftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating in
Tunisia,maybeimportedintheCommunityfreeofduties;
whereastherulesofthisregimemustbefixedbyanexchange .'
oflettersbetweentheCommunityandTunisia;whereas,since
thisexchangeoflettershasnottakenplace,itistherefore
advisabletorenewforthe,year1979theCommunity .systemwhich
has.beenappliedin1978;whereasthissystemprovidesfor
importations intheCommunityoftheproductsinquestion,
theopeningofadutyfreeCommunitytariffquotaof100tonnes;
whereasthistariffquotaistoapplyfrom1January1979until
theconclusionoftheexchangeoflettersprovidedforinArticle
18oftheCooperation AgreementbetweentheCommunityandTunisia,
untilsuchtimeasCommunityarrangements forimportsofthepro­
ductsinquestionareappliedoruntil31December1979,whichever
shallbetheearliest;whereasthis..Communitytariffquotashould
thereforebeopened; *

-2-ANNEX B
Whereasitisinparticular necessary toensureforallCommunity
imfSfters equalenduninterrupted accesstotheabovementioned
quotgandUOInterrupted application oftherateslaiddownfor
thatSWOt#t<|$11iaportsoftheproductsconcerned intoall
untilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having
to.tH#ppf*ciples,theCommunitynatureofthequota
b«r8j(S8fit®al by#Uocating theCommunitytariffquotaamong
theMemberSpates;whereas,inordertoreflectasaccurately
espossibleth»truetrendofthemarketintheproducts ques­
tion,suchallocation pbouldbeinproportion totherequirements
oftheMemberStates,calculated byreferencetothestatistics
forimportsfromTunisiaoverarepresentative reference period
andalsototheeconomic outlookforthequotaperiodcofrcerned ;
Whereas,inrespectofthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatistics
areavailable,thecorresponding importsbyeachoftheMember
Statesrepresent thefollowing percentages ofimportsintothe-
Community fromTunisiaoftheproducts concerned :
-■■I' ■!! ■MHI,
MemberState 1
: .. I18751976 1977
4 1
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany •
France *'100k100.
-33t)t
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom
Whereasthesedatacannotbeconsidered asrepresentative and.
cannotserveasabasisfortheallocation ofthequota '
theMemberStates;whereasitisdifficulttoforecast ^thes;
Member$te|es'importsin1979becauseoftheabsenceofanyf•
patterninpreviousyears;whereasinorderthatthequotamaybe
allocated fa»rty,theinitialquotasharesmaybefixedapproximately
atthefollqwingpercentages : t

ANNEX B
Bénélux 10/o
Denmark »3%
Germany ,15%
France 50%
Ireland .3%
Italy 4%
UnitedKingdom 15%
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrendsfortheproducts
concerned inthevariousMemberStates,thequotavolumeshouldbe
dividedintotwoinstalments/thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstituting areservetocoveratalaterdate
therequirements ofMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
quotashares;whereas,inordertogiveimporters ineachMember »
Stateacertaindegreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalment ofthe
Community quotashould,underthepresentcircumstances ,befixed
at80%ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
times;whereas,inordertotakethisfactintoaccountandavoid
anybreakincontinuity ,anyMemberStateswhichhasalmostusedup
itsinitialshareshoulddrawanadditional sharefromthereserve ;
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateasandwheneachof
itsadditional sharesisalmostusedup,andrepeated asmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional shares ;
mustbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthis,,
methodofadministration requiresclosecooperation betweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission,andthe.lattermustbeinaposi­
tiontomonitortheextenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeenused
upandtoinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
V ' •
• fir
i
Whereasif,atagivendateintheijuotaperiod,asubstantital
quantityofaninitialshareremainsunusedinanyrMemberState,
itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshouldreturnasignificant
proportion tothereserve,topreventapartofanyCommunity quota
fromremaining unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedin
others;

-4- ANNEXB
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomoftheNetherlands
andtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourg areunitedinandrepresented by
theBeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtotheadministra­
tionofthequotasharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybe
carriedoutbyanyofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
______
From1January1979untiltheconclusionoftheexchangeofletters
referredtoinArticle18oftheCooper'ation Agreement betweenthe
CommunityandTunisia,untilsuchtimeasCommunityimportarrange-'
mentsareapplied,oruntil31December1979,whicheveristhe
earliest,aduty-free Communitytariffquotaof100tonnesshall
beopenedforimportsintotheCommunityofpreparedorpreserved
sardinesfallingwithinsubheading 16.04DoftheCommonCustoms
Tariffandoriginating inTunisia.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle 1shallbedivided
intotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalment,amountingto80tonnes,oftheCommunity
tariffquotareferredtoinArticle 1shallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates;therespective shares,which
subjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntiltheendofthe
periodspecifiedinArticle 1,shall,beasfollows:
. '•.(tonnes)
Bénélux ; g
Denmark '>y
Germany
France 40
Ireland ' 2
Italy ,,^
UnitedKingdom i?

-5- ANNEX B
Thesecondinstalment of20tonnesshallconstitue thereserve
Article3
■>
If90%ormoreofaMemberStates'initialshareasspecified
inArticle2(2),or90%ofthatshareminustheportion
returnedtothereservewhereArticle 5isapplied,hasbeen
«
usedup,then,totheextentpermitted bytheamountofthe
reserve,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,bynotifying
theCommission,drawasecondshareequalto15%ofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessary tothenextunit.
If,afteroneofitsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeen
usedup,then,totheextentpermitted bytheamountofthe
reserve,thatMemberStateshall/inaccordance withthe
conditions laiddowninparagraph 1,drawathirdshare
equalto7,5%ofits,initialshare,roundedupwhere'
necessary tothenextunit.
If/^fteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%ormore,
oft^iethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenUsed
up,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance withthecondi-'
tionslaiddowninparagraph 1/drawafourthshareequal
tothethird.
r ,• •,-
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
Bywayofderogation fromparagraphs 1to3/aMemberState
maydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs
ifthereisreasontobelievethatthosemightnotbeused
up.ItshallinformtheCommissionofitsreasonsforapplying
thisparagraph .

-6- ANNEX B
Article A
Additional sharesdrawnpursuant toArticle 3shallbevaliduntil
theendoftheperiodspecified inArticle 1.
Article 5
«
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlaterthan
1October1979,suchunusedportionoftheirinitialshareas,
on15September 1979,isinexcessof20%oftheinitialvolume.
Theymayreturnalargerquantityiftherearegroundsforbelie­
vingthatitmaynotbeused. •
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October 1979,notify
theCommission ofthetotalquantities oftheproducts inquestion innportxui ■
upto15September 1979andchargedagainsttheCommunity quota,
andofanyquantities oftheinitialsharesreturned tothereserve.
I
Article 6
TheCommission shallkeepanaccountofthesharesopenedbythe
MemberStatespursuant toArticles 2and3andshall,assoonas
itisnotified,informeachMemberStateoftheextenttowhich
thereservehasbeenusedup.
,ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5October1979,
oftheamountinthereserveafterquantities havebeenreturned x
pursuant toArticle 5.
TheCommission shallensurethatanydrawingwhichusesupthe ' »
reserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable,andtothisend '
shallindicate theamountthereoftotheMemberStatewhich
makessuchlastdrawing.

-7- ANNEX B
r>rir,<U7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary toensure
thatadditional sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle 3areopened
insuchawaythatimportsmaybechargedwithoutinterruption
againsttheiraccumulated sharesoftheCommunity quota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters oftheproducts
inquestionestablished intheirterritory have.freeaccess
tothesharesallocated tothem.
••• . ' /. 4"
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupitsshareshall
bedetermined onthebasisofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginating inTunisiaenteredwiththecustomsauthorities
forhomeuse*
Article 8
AttherequestoftheCommission,theMemberStatesshallinform
itofimportsoftheproductsconcernedactuallychargedagainst :
theirshares.... . . .
Article 9
'.' ", • 'I '
TheMembefStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperatecloselyin
ordertoensurecompliance withthisRegulation .:
? ■ ■■.• -
t.■ 1 .. •. '
Article 10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1979.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentirety
-anddirectlyapplicable inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels. ^.uro For,theCouncil
ThePresident