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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)557final
Brussels,10November1977
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingforthe
administration ofCommunitytariffquotas
forcertaintextileproductsfallingwithin
headingNos55.05and-55.09andsubheading
ex58.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
comingfromTurkey(1978)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
C0M(77)557final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Asaresultofnegotiations withTurkeyontheadjustmentsto
bemadetotheAssociation Agreementbetweenthatcountryand
theCommunityandtheAdditionalProtocol,totakeaccountof
theaccessionofnewMemberStates,theCommunitysignedin
Ankaraon30June1973aSupplementary Protocolwhichenterinto
forceonceithasbeenratified.
Inthemeantime/theCommunityhasconcludeanInterimAgreement
whichintheoryrunsonlyfortheperiodpriortotheentryinto
forceofthisSupplementary Protocolinordertoimplement,from
1January1974,certainprovisionsofthatProtocolrelatingto
tradeingoods.
Atthemomentitisnotpossibletoknowifthetariffmeasures
laiddownbytheseAgreementsinTurkey'sfavour,shouldbegiven
for1978onthebasisoftheSupplementary ProtocolottheInteril
Agreementwhosevalidityshouldbeprolonged.
TheprovisionsoftheannexedRegulations arebasedontheInterim
AgreementandshouldthusbemodifiediftheSupplementary Protocol
entersintoforceon1January1978atthelatest.
2.Intheabovementioned Supplementary ProtocolandInterimAgreement,
provisionismadeinparticularinrespectoftextileproducts
fortheopeningofthefollowingannualCommunitytariffquotas,
subjecttotheconditionslaiddownforeachproduct:
CCTheading Description AnnualtariffQuota
Nojquotaduty
55.05 Cottonyarn,notputup 390tonnes75%reduction
forretailsale
55.09 Otherwovenfabricsof ;1390tonnes75%reduction
cotton

Theyalsodeterminefortheseproductstheallocation amongthe
MemberStateoftheannualtariffquotasfortextileproducts.
Thisallocationisasfollows:
Cottonyarn(headingNo55.05)
Communityasoriginallyconstituted
Denmark
Ireland
UnitedKingdom300tonnes
40tonnes
10tonnes
40tonnes
Otherwovenfabricsofcotton(headingNo55.09)
Communityasoriginallyconstituted
Denmark
Ireland
UnitedKingdom1000tonnes
20tonnes
10tonnes
360tonnes
WhileArticle14oftheSupplementary Protocolfixessuchan
allocationforaperiodendingat1July1977.TheInterim
Agreementfixesnolimittothisspecialallocation/while
couldbeduetotheinitiallylimitedperiodofvalidityof
theInterimAgreementapplyinginanticipatedapplication some
oftheprovisionsoftheSupplementary Protocol.
Theendofthetransitional periodfixedbytheActofAdhesion
on1July1977hasledtheCommissiontoreflectonthequestion
ofthisallocation/whichhasresultedintheproposaltohave
acommonsystemofadministration oftheabovetariffquotas
involving/ineachcase/theopeningofasinglequotaquantity
dividedbetweentheMemberStatesaccordingtotheusualcriteria
andthecreationofasingleCommunityreserveopentoallMember
States.. ■

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4.Anotherproblemarisesinconnectionwiththesizeofthequotas
tobeopenedfor1978,inviewofthedecisiontakenbythe
AssociationCouncilduringJune1973tograntTurkeytreatment
asfavourableasthatgrantedtocountriesbenefitingfrom
generalizedtariffpreferences.
Asthedecisionsonthesystemtobeappliedtothedeveloping
countrieswillnotbetakenuntilverylatethisyear,the
presentCommissionproposalfor1978isbasedforthecalcula­
tionofquotaamountsontheproposalthattheCommissionhas-
usedforthegeneralized systemofpreferences.Thusthe
quantitiesproposedarethesameasfor1977andshouldbe
adjustedifthefinaldecisionmadeinthecontextofthe
generalizedsystemofpreferencesisnotthatproposedby
theCommission .
5.Asregardstheeconomicinformationtobeusedindetermining
thebasisfortheproposedallocationofthetariffquotas
concerned,itshouldberemarkedthattheyshouldbebased
principally onMemberStates'imports,actualandestimated,
specifically originating inorcomingfromTurkeyforthe
categoriesofproductsconsidered .
Thus,althoughithasbeenpossibletodrawuptheappropriate
informationfortheyears1974to1976,nevertheless because
oftheirregularity notedinimportsduringthosereference
years,ithasnotnecessarily beenpossibletodeduceanyfirm
basisofassessment.' Forthisreason,asiscustomary,the
quotavolumesattributedtotheoriginalCommunityhavebeen
dividedintotwotranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocated
amongtheMemberStates,andthesecondheldasareserveto
coveranyadditionalrequirements whichmightcometolight
inthoseMember "States.
6.TheProposalforaRegulationontextileproductsprovidesfora
singlemethodofcountingimportsagainstquotasharesinthe
MemberStatesconcerned,namelyasandwhentheyareenteredfor
homeuse.

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)
opening,allocating,andprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariffquotas
forcertaintextileproductsfallingwithinheadingNos55.05and55.09andsubheading
ex58.01AoftheCommonCustoasTariff,cooingfrooTurkey(1978)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconooicCommunity,andinparticular
Article113thereof,–forwovenfabricsofcotton:
1000tonnestotheCommunityasoriginally
constituted,
20tonnestoDenmark;10tonnestoIreland
and360tonnestotheUnitedKingdom:
HavingregardtotheproposalfroatheCommission,
Whereas,pendingtheentryintoforceoftheSup­
plementaryProtocolsignedinAnkaraon30June
1973containingtheadjustmentstobemadetothe
Agreementestablishing anAssociationbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicComounityandTurkeyandto
theAdditionalProtocol(1)consequentonthe
accessionofnewMemberStates,theCommunityhas
undertaken,inanInterimAgreement(2)which
runsonlyfortheperiodpriortotheentryinto
forceofthisSupplementqryProtocolwhichis
applicableuntil31December1974butwhichhas
beenextendedfor1978inaccordancewiththe
termslaiddowninArticle13thereof,toimple­
mentcertainprovisionsoftheSupplementary
Protocolrelatingtotradeingoods;whereas,
underArticle6ofthisInterimAgreementamending
Article1ofAnnex2totheAdditionalProtocol,
theCommunityoustreduceby1%thecustoasduties
onimportsfromTurkeyofcertaintextileproducts
fallingwithinheadingNos55.05and55.09ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,withinthelimitofannual
Communitytariffquotasof390tonnesforcotton
yarnand1390tonnesforwovenfabricsofcotton;
whereastheaboveoentioned Article6allocates
theseCommunitytariffquotasasfollows:
–forcottonyarn:
300tonnestotheCommunityasoriginally
constituted,
40tonnestoDenmark;10tonnestoIreland
qnd40tonnestotheUnitedKingdom,
(1)0JNoL293,29.12.1972,p.4.
(2)0JNoL277,3.10.1973,p.2.whereasArticle14ofthesaidSupplementary Protocol
onlyprovidesforsuchanallocationoftariffquotas
betweentheCommunityasoriginallyconstitutedandthe
threenewMemberStatesuntil1July1977;whereas,
moreover,followingtheendofthetransitionalperiod
laiddowninArticle39oftheActofAccession,itis
necessarytocreateacommonsystemofadministration
ofthetariffquotasconcerned,consistingineach
caseoftheopeningofasinglequotadividedbetweenall
theMemberStatesaccordingtotheusualcriteriaand
thecreationofasingleCommunityreserve,opentoall
MemberStates;
Whereasitisdesirabletoprovideforaprovisional
adjustmentofthetariffadvantagesforthesegoods
consistingofatotalsuspensionofthecustoasduties
,oftheCommonCustomsTariffandanincreaseinthe
quotas;
Whereasthevolumesofthequotastobeopenedfor
1978aretherefore1026tonnesforcottonyarnand
2415tonnesforotherwovenfabricsofcotton;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle1ofAnnex2tothe
AdditionalProtocoltogetherwithArticle2ofthe
InterimAgreeaent;forthedurationof1978in
particular,theCommunityoustpartiallyreducethe
dutiesapplicableinrespectofthirdcountriesto
carpets;carpetingandrugs;knotted(madeupornot)
ofwooloroffineanimalhair(excludinghand-made
carpets,carpetingandrugs)importedfromTurkey;
whereasitalsoqppearsadvisabletoimprovethis
tariffadvantageprovisionally byueansofatotal
suspensionofthedutiesapplicabletotheproducts
inquestionwithinaCommunitytariffquotafixedat
aprovisionallevelof185tonnesfor1978and
allocatedinaccordancewiththesamepercentagesas
thoseadoptedfor1977;

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whereasitisnecessarytoguaranteetoall
importersequalanduninterrupted accesstothe
abovementioned quotasanduninterrupted ;
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthosequotas1
toallimportsoftheproductconcernedintoall
MemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas
inthelightoftheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotascanbestbe
respectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariff
quotasamongtheMemberStates;whereas,in
ordertoreflectmostaccuratelytheactuali
developmentofthemarketintheproduct
concerned,suchallocationshallbeinproportion
totheneedsoftheMemberStates,assessedby'
referencebothtothestatisticsofeachState's,
importsfromTurkeyoverarepresentative -
periodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota!
periodconcerned;whereas,inspateofthelimited
needforimportsfromTurkeyoftheproducts ,
concerned,asshownbythestatisticsforthe
majorityoftheMemberStatestheCommunity
characterofthetariffquotasconcernedshould
besafeguardedbymakingprovisionstocover;
needswhichmightariseintheseMemberStates;
WhereasimportsintothevariousMemberStatesfrom
Turkeywereasfollowsduringthelastthreeyears
forwhiahcompletestatisticsareavailable:
.1974.•1975 1976
tonnes %tonnes %tonnes.%
i
I
Cotton\artt
i
Bénélux 7»00027.764,25514.1313,64818.31
Denmark 001270.42130.02
Germany.., ;6,33325.1114,19647.1525,00033.54
France j1,8067.161,0443.472,3893.21
Ireland I340.13 001450.19Italy I6,69026.537,99926.5730,01940.28
UnitedKingdom 3,35713.312,4858.263,3194.45
25,220 30,106 74,533
'1OtherwovenfabricsofJ
cottcsv: .1
Bénélux ,00053.70948.64.3353517.38
Denmark 20.11110.75361.17
Germany 45624.4915110.251,10035.74
France 19410.42 956.4548115.63
Ireland 000.50.03 10.03
Italy 21011.2824416.5683527.13
UnitedKingdomI00241.63902.92
1,862 1,473.53,078

Whereasinviewofthesefiguresandforeseeablemarket
trendsfortheproductsconcernedduring1978,
theinitialsharesmaybefixedapproximatelyat
thefollowingpercentages:
otherwoven
cottonyarnfabricsofcotton
Bénélux 16.16 20.08
Denmark 8.71 1.80
Germany 35.86 15.05
France 4.29 22.55
Ireland 2.27 0.92
Italy 23.99 7.50
UnitedKingdom 8.72 32.10
Whereasinordertotakeintoaccounttheuncertaintyof
theimporttrendsfortheproductsconcernedin
theMemberStates,thequotavolumesshouldbe
dividedintotwoinstalments,thefirstinstalment
beingallocatedtotheMemberStatesandthe
secondheldasareserveintendedultimatelyto
covertherequirementsofthoseMemberStates
whichhaveuseduptheirinitialshares;whereas,
inordertoensureacertaindegreeofsecurity
toimporters,thefirstinstalmentshouldbe
determinedatarelativelyhighlevel,which,under
presentcircumstances ,maybeabout80%ofeach
quotavolume,
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMemberStates
maybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,in
ordertotakethisfactintoaccountandavoid
anybreakincontinuity,itisimportantthatany
MemberStatehavingusedupalmostthewhole
ofoneofitsinitialquotasharesshoulddraw,
anadditionalquotasharefromthecorresponding ,
reserve;whereas,thismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateasandwiheneachofitsadditional •
quotasharesisalmostentirelyusedup,and
repeatedasmanytimesaseachofthereserves
allows;whereaseachoftheinitialandadditional
quotasharesmustbeavailableforuseuntilthe
endofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethod .
ofadministration calls.forcloseco-operation :
betweenMemberStatesandtheCommission,
.whichmust,inparticular,beabletoobservethe.
extenttowhichthequotaamountisusedandi
informMemberStatesthereof,
Whereas^ ,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable balanceremainsinoneorother
MemberStateitisessentialthatthatMember
Statepaysapercentageofitbackintodie
corresponding reserve,inordertopreventapart
ofoneorotheroftheCommunityquotasfrom•
remainingamusedinoneMemberStatewhenit;
couldbeusedinothers, ..i

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„WhereastheKingdonofBelgiua,theKingdoaofj
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedby
theBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministrationofthequotashares
allocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarried
outbyanyofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
\ ,'
1.From1Januaryuntil31December1978,Com­
munitytariffquotasshallbeopenedforthe
followingproductscomingfromTurkeyasshown;
below: -s
CCT
hcûding
Nof
Description Quota
'tonnes'
55.05,Cottonyarn,notputupforretailsale1026
55.09
VOtherwovenfabricsofcotton2415
58.01Carpets,carpetingandrugs(madeupornot^:
exA.Ofwooloroffineanimalhairexcludinghandmade
carpets,carpetingandrugs-- 185
2.ThedutiesoftheCommonCustomsTariffaretotally
suspendedforthesetariffquotas.
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentofeachofthequotasreferredtoin
Article1,whichshallbe792.tonnes .forcottonyarnnot
putupforretaildale,1,947tonnes .forotherwoven
fabricsofcottonand151tonnesforcarpets,
carpetingandrugsofwooloroffineanimalhair,shall
besharedamongtheMemberStates;theshareswhich,
subjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil31December1978/shallbeasfollows.

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MemberStateintonnes
CCTheadingNo
55.05 55.09 ex58.01A
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy128
69
284
34
18
190
69391
35
293
439
18
146
62514
14
36
26
2
18
41 UnitedKingdom
792 1,947 151
Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,amountingto
234,468and34tonnesrespectively,shall
constitutethecorresponding reserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofoneofanyMemberState's
initialshares,asdaiddowninArticle2(1)or90%
ofthatsharelesstheamountreturnedintothe
corresponding reserve,whereArticle5hasbeen'
applied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission,draw
asecondshareinthequotaequalto15%ofits■
initialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate,totheextentthattheamountinthe
reserveallows.
2.If,afteroneorotherofitsinitialshareshas,
beenusedup,90%ormoreofthesecondshare
drawnbyoneoftheMemberStateshasbeenused
up,thatMemberStateshall,intihemannerprovided
forinparagraph1,drawathirdshareequalto
7-5%ofitsinitialshare.
3.If,afteroneorotherofitssecondshareshas
beenusedup,90%ormoreofDhethirdsharedrawn;
byaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thelattershall,
inthesamemanner,drawafourthshareequalto
thethird.
Thisprocedureshallbefolloweduntilthereserve
hasbeenexhausted.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs1,2and3,Member
Statesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthosefixedin
thoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
thosesharesmightnotbeusedup.Theyshallinform
theCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplyingthis
paragraph. /

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Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article4shallbevalkluntil31December\9!&.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October19^,theunusedportionof
theirinitialsharewhich,on15September1978,is
inexcessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
..,MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1978,
-notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsofthe
productsconcernedeffectedundertheCommunity
quotasuptoandincluding15September1978and,
whereappropriate,theproportionofeachoftheir
initialsharesthattheyarereturningtoeachofthe
reserves.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticle
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereserveshavebeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
Itshall,notlaterthan5October197§notify,the
MemberStatesofthestateofeachofthereserves
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatany-drawingwhichusesupa
reserveislimitedtothebalanceavailableand,for
.thispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthereofto
1theMemberStatewhichmakesthefinal-drawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessaryto
ensurethat,whenadditionalsharesaredrawn
pursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforimportsto
becountedwithoutinterruption againsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunitytariffquotas.
2.MemberStatesshallensureforimportersofthe
productsconcernedestablishedintheirterritory
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothen.
3.MemberStatesshallcountimportsoftheproducts
concernedagainsttheirsharesasandwhensuch
productsarepresentedforcustomsclearance
undercoverofadeclarationthattheyhavebeen
madeavailableforconsumption.

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4*-..-TheextenttowhichtheMemberState'sshareshavebeen_used _
udshallbeestablishedonthebasisofimportscountedin–
accordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission ,
MemlberStatesshallinformitofimportsoftheprod­
uctsconcernedactualllychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shah
cooperatecloselyinordertoensureflhatthis
Regulationisobserved.
Article "0
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident