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Proposaifora -
REGULATION (SEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening,allocationandadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotaforcertain
textilefibresfallingwithinheadingNo56.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating
mCyprus
(1976)
a■_ Proposaifora
,rREGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquota
formen'sandboys'outergarmentsfailingwithinheadingNo61.01oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginCyprus
(1976)
\ I ,
/
/
. ■/
(submitted bytheCommission totheCouncil )
/
/
C0M(75)3*9 final

FxPLAÏMTORYÏ®m\*ïï)UK
•ThoAgreementestablishing anAssociation between "theEuropeanEconomic
Communityand.theRepublicofCyprus(Article3andArticle2ofAnnexi),
togetherwiththoProtocollayingdowncertainprovisionsrelatingto
thatAgreementconsequent ontheaccessionofnew.MemberStatestothe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity(Article2),providesforthoopeningofthe
followingCommunity'tariffquotasforproductsoriginatinginCyprus:.
CommonCustoms Descriptionofgoods Annual
Tariffhoading . 'quota
56.04\*• .»'**» s
•Kan-madefibres(discontinuous orwaste;100metriotons
carded,como'edorotherwiseprepared
forspun^ng
61.01 Men'sand"boys1outergarments S00metrictons
Ajointdeclaration onArticle2oftheabovementioned Protocolalsoprovides
forthosequotastobeallocatedasfollowsbetweenthoMemberStates:
'\.'56.04' 61.01
(a)totheCommunityasoriginally "JOmetrictons100metrictons
constituted ,
(b)tothenewMemberStates 30metrictons400metrictons
ThedutiestobeappliedarefixedbytheAgreementat2,0%oftheCommon
CustomsTariffdutiesforthoproductsconcerned.However,Articles3to
7oftheabovementioned Protocolalsocontainspecialprovisionsconcerning
thedutiestobeappliedbythenewMember'States.Similarly,certain
provisionsoftheActconcerningthoConditionsofAccessionandtheAdjust­
mentstothoTreatiesmustbecompliedwithwhenfixingtheseduties.

InordertofulfiltheCommunity'sobligationtoCyprusin197°,regulations
should "beadoptedopening,allocatingandproviding,fortheadministration
oftheseCommunitytariffquotas. ..
*• 4
Thisis'thepurposeoftheproposalsannexedhereto.
4 *'
Thefollowingremarksarenecessaryconcerningthequotasassignedto
theMemberStatesoftho.Communityasoriginallyconstituted :
(a)Theregulationsprovide,asistherule,foa>eachofthequotasto
bedividedintotwoinstalments ,thefirstofwhichi3allocatedamong
theMemberStates^'concernedwhilethesecondconstitutes thereserve.
(b)Theallocationofthefirstinstalmentisusuallybasedonthestatistics
¥
,forthepreviousthreeyearsandtheforecastsforthequotaperiodcon­
cerned.However,thisprinciplecannotbeappliedtoproductsfalling
withintariffheadings56*04a^d61.01,fortherewerenoimportsof
theseproductsduringtheyears1972-74andforecastsfor197^oannot
bedrawnupineithercase.Inthese:circumstances andsothatthe
•quotasassigned ,totheCommunityasoriginallyconstituted canneverthe­
lessbeequitablyallocatedamongMemberStates,itappearsdesirable *to
4'•
provideforasignificantshareofthequotavolume*foreachoftheoriginal
MemberState.Obviously,"thisformula"willhavetobeadaptedsubsequently
.inthelightofaotualtrademovements,
CommentsconcerningtheamountsprovidedforthenewMemberStates: ..
(a)Exactlythesameproblemarisesinconnectionwithallocatingthequotafor.
productsfallingwithintariffheading56.04.Consequently ,thesolutionset
outinparagraph3isproposedinthis'casealso*v-■■.• ■
(b)Concerningproductsintariffposition :6l..01,itisalsoproposedtodivide
thequotaamountintotwotranches,as'for.theoldMemberStates;-.

–Allocation ofthe.firsttranche:
(b)OnlytheUnitedKingdom .hashadimports r'
fromCyprus.This"beingbo,theusualformula,which
•-consistsinmakinganallocationonthe"basisofpreviousstatistics
andforecasts,doesnotseemapplicable. •
«
«
However,inordertoachieve,nevertheless ,afairandweightedallocation
ofthequotaamount,the
Commissionisworkingontheassumptionthat,inall"butquiteexceptional
cases,eachMemberStatemustbeabletoplayat"theoutsetasignificant
partintheapplicationofaCommunitymeasuresuchasthetariffquotas.
Suchanallocationmustbeaimedateveningoutasfaraspossibleamongthe
MemberStatestheadvantagesandresponsibilities resultingfromthismeasure.
.. *
Obviously,thisformulawillhavetobeadaptedsubsequently inthelightof
•anytrademovements. .,
5«TheMemberStates1expertswhoparticipatedintheconsultativemeeting
ofthe"EconomicTariffProblems"Group(14/18April1975)expressedagree­
mentinprincipletotheschemeforallocationofsharesproposedbythe1'
CommissionintheframeworkoftheRegulationsannexed.
'..Annexes : \ :'■'.v !
•2proposalsofregulationoftheCouncil -j''■■;■

A
A
Proposalfora
REGULATION (EEC)No.../750FTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening,allocationandadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotaforcertain
textilefibresfallingwithinheadingNo56.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating
mCyprus
(1976)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle
113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission;
WhereastheAgreement(')establishinganassoci­
ationbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andtheRepublicofCyprus,hereinaftercalledthe
'Agreement',andtheProtocol(2)layingdown
certainprovisionsconcerningthatAgreementasa
resultoftheaccessionofnewMemberStatestothe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,hereinaftercalled
the'Protocol',providefortheopeningofanannual
Communitytariffquotaof100metrictonsofman­
madefibres(discontinuousorwaste),carded,combed
orotherwisepreparedforspinning,fallingwithin
headingNo56.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginCyprus;whereas,pursuanttothejoint
declarationinArticle2oftheProtocol,thetariff
quotashouldbeallocatedamongtheMemberStates
asfollows:70metrictonsfortheCommunityas
originallyconstitutedand30metrictonsforthe
newMemberStates;whereasAnnex1totheAgree­
mentprovidesthatthedutiesapplicabletothequota
shallbeequalto30%oftheCommonCustoms
Tariffduties;whereasasregardstheduties
applicabletogoodswithinthelimitsofthequotaby
thenewMemberStates,thespecialprovisionsof
theProtocolandoftheActofAccession(3)should
beobserved;whereastocomplywiththespecial
provisionsoftheProtocol,separatearrangements
shouldbemadefortheMemberStatesofthe
Communityasoriginallyconstitutedontheonehand
andforthenewMemberStatesontheotherhand;
(')OJNoL133,21.5.1973,p.1.
(-)OJNoL133,21.5.1973,p.88.
(3)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.Whereas,asregardstheCommunityasoriginally
constituted :
–itisnecessarytoensuretoallimportersequal
anduninterrupted accesstothequotaand
uninterrupted applicationoftherateslaiddown
forthisquotatoallimportsoftheproducts
concerneduntilthequotahasbeenusedup;
–inthelightoftheprincipleselicitedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotamaybebest
preservedbyanarrangementallocatingitamong
theMemberStates;whereasinordertoreflect
moreaccuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthe
marketintheproductconcerned,suchallocation
shouldbeinproportiontotheneedsoftheMem­
berStates,assessedbyreferencetobothstatistics
ofeachState'simportsofthesaidimportsofthe
saidproductsoriginatinginCyprusoverarepre­
sentativereferenceperiodandtheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodconcerned;
–however,asduringthelastthreeyearsnosuch
productsoriginatinginCyprushavebeen
importedandasnoforecastcanbemadefor
1976",asignificativeandbalancedparticipation
byeachoftheseStatesonthisquotawould
ensurefairdistributionamongthem;
–inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrendsfor
theproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedinto
twotranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocated
amongtheMemberStatesandthesecondforming
areserveintendedultimatelytocovertherequire­
mentsofthoseMemberStateswhichhaveused
uptheirinitialshares;whereas,inordertoensure
acertaindegreeofsecuritytoimportersineach
MemberState,thefirsttrancheofthequota
shouldbedeterminedatalevelwhich,under
presentcircumstances ,maybeapproximately
75%;

ANFEXA
equallyamongthenewMemberStatesinthe
sameway;
–thequotadutiesaretobecalculatedbythenew
MemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles3,4,
5,6and7oftheProtocol;
–Titisnecessarytoensuretoallimportersequal
anduninterrupted accesstothequotaand
uninterrupted applicationoftherateslaiddown
forthisquotatoallimportsoftheproducts
concerneduntilthequotahasbeenusedup,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
–if,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a"-
considerablebalanceremainsinoneorother Article1
MemberState,itisessentialthatthatMember
StatepaysalargeamountofitbackintotheFrom1Januaryto31December1975"atariffquota
reserveinordertopreventapartoftheof100metrictons,shallbeopenedwithinthe
CommunityquotafromremainingunusedinoneCommunityinrespectofman-madefibres
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;(discontinuous orwaste),carded,combedor
otherwisepreparedforspinning,fallingwithin–sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomofheadingNo56.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem-originatinginCyprus.Thisquotashallbeallocated
bourgareunitedinandjointlyrepresentedbytheandadministeredinaccordancewiththefollowing
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactions provisions.
concerningtheadministration ofsharesgranted
totheabovementioned EconomicUnionmaybe
carriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers; . <
SECTION I
WhereasasregardsthenewMemberStates:
–pursuanttotheProtocol,agrossamountof
30metrictonsisallocatedtothenewMember
States;whereas,forthepurposesoftheallocation
ofthisamountamongthem,boththepastand
theprospectivefuturesituationsarethesameas
thosewhichfacedtheoriginalMemberStates;
whereas,therefore,thequotashouldbeallocated–theinitialshareoftheMemberStatesmaybe
usedupmoreorlessquickly;whereas,inorder
totakethisfactintoaccountandtoavoidany
breakincontinuity,itisimportantthatany
MemberStatehavingalmostusedupitsinitial
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
reserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
sharesisalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeated
asmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereasthe-
initialandadditionalsharesofthequotamust
beavailableforuseuntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthismethodofadministration
callsforclosecooperationbetweenMember
StatesandtheCommission ,whichmust,in
particular,beabletoobservetheextenttowhich
thequotaamountisusedandinformMember
Statesthereof;
ProvisionsapplicabletotheCommunity
asoriginallyconstituted
Article2
TheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesshallbepartially
suspendedattheratesindicatedbelowinrespectof
70metrictonsofthequotareferredtoinArticle1:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionRateofduty
%
56.04 ïMan-madefibres(discontinuousorwaste),carded,combedor
otherwisepreparedforspinning:
A.Synthetictextilefibres 2-5
B.Regeneratedtextilefibres /3*0

*3
AMEXA
Article3 Artide6
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,
notlaterthan1October1976,theunusedpor­tionoftheirinitialsharewhich,on15
September1976,isinexcessof20fooftheinitialamount.Theyshallreturnalarger
quantityifthereisreasontobelievethat
suchquantitymightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1975",notifytheCommissionofthetotalimports
ofthesaidgoodseffecteduptoandincluding
15September1975"andchargedagainsttheCom­
munityquotaand,whereappropriate,theproportion
oftheirinitialsharethatisbeingreturnedtothe
reserve.
Article4
Article7
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
StatelaiddowninArticle3(1),or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereservewhere
theprovisionsofArticle6havebeenapplied,has
beenexhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission,todraw
asecondshare,equalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnupbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninpara­
graph1,todrawathirdshare,equalto7-5%ofits
initialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate ,totheextentthatthereserveissufficient.
Article8
TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatwhenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle4itispossibleforcharges
tobemade,withoutinterruption,againsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,the
•MemberStatesmayproceedtodrawsharessmaller
thanthosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreason
tobelievethattheymightnotbeusedup.They
shallinformtheCommissionofthereasonswhich
ledthemtoapplythisparagraph.
Article9
Article5.
Withinthelimitsofthetariffquotareferredtoin
Article1,thenewMemberStatesshallapplythe
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttodutieslaiddownintherelevantprovisionsofthe
Article4shallbevaliduntil31December1975".ActofAccession,theAgreementandtheProtocol.1.Afirsttrancheof52metrictonsoftheamount
specifiedinArticle2shallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStates;theshareswhich,subjecttoArticle6,
arevaliduntil31December1976Tshallbeasfollows:
Germany
Bénélux
France
Italy14metrictons
10metrictons
15metrictons
13metrictons
2.Thesecondtrancheof18metrictonsshall
constitutethereserve.
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
3and4andshallinformeachStateoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedupassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan.5October
1975",notifytheMemberStatesoftheamountin
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle6.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
availableandforthispurposeshallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
makesthelastdrawing.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall
proceed,inthesameway,todrawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserve
exhausted .
SECTION II
ProvisionsapplicabletothenewMemberStates

ANNEXA
Article10
Withinthequota,30metrictonsshallbeallocated importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph2.
tothenewMemberStatesasfollows: ,
Denmark 10metrictons Article12
Ireland 8metrictons
UnitedKingdom 12metrictons MemberStatesshallinformtheCommissionat
regularintervalsofimportsofthesaidproducts
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
SECTIONIII
Generalprovisions
Article11
1.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefree
accesstotheshareallocatedtothem. Article14
2.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoodsThisRegulationshallenterintoforcec
areenteredforhomeuse. 197&.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States. :' •' .
DoneatBrussels,
v FortheCouncil
v ' ThePrésident3.-TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
-importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph2.
Article13
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed.
Article14
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
197<£

AMNEXB
Proposalfora
REGULATION (EEC)No.../75OFTHECOUNCIL
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquota
formen'sandboys'outergarmentsfallingwithinheadingNo61.01oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginCyprus
(1976)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreaty,establishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission :
WhereastheAgreement('}establishinganassoci­
ationbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andtheRepublicofCyprus,hereinaftercalledthe
'Agreement',andtheProtocol(2)layingdowncertain
provisionsconcerningthatAgreementasaresultof
theaccessionofnewMemberStatestotheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,hereinaftercalledthe'Proto­
col',providefortheopeningofanannualCommunity
tariffquotaof500metrictonsofmen'sandboys'
outergarmentsfallingwithinheadingNo61.01of
theCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginCyprus;
whereaspursuanttothejointdeclarationonArticle2
oftheProtocolthetariffquotashouldbeallocated
a^nongtheMemberStatesasfollows:100metric
tonsfortheCommunityasoriginallyconstitutedand
400metrictonsforthenewMemberStates;whereas
Article1ofAnnexItotheAgreementprovides
thatthedutiesapplicabletothequotashallbeequal
to30%oftheCommonCustomsTariffduties;
whereas,asregardsthedutiesapplicabletogoods
withinthelimitsofthequotabythenewMember
States,thespecialprovisionsoftheProtocolandof
theActofAccession(3)shouldbeobserved;whereas,
tocomplywiththespecialprovisionsoftheProtocol,;
separatearrangements shouldbemadefortheMem­
berStatesoftheCommunityasoriginallyconstituted
ontheonehandandforthenewMemberStateson
theotherhand;allimportsoftheproductconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,
theCommunitynatureofthequotacanberespected
byallocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectmore
accuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthemarketin
theproductconcerned,suchallocationshouldbein
proportiontotheneedsoftheMemberStates,asses­
sedbyreferencetoboththestatisticsofeachState's
importsofthesaidgoodsfromCyprusoverarep­
resentativeperiodandtheeconomicoutlooksforthe
quotaperiodconcerned;
However,asduringthepastthreeyearsnosuch
productsoriginatinginCyprushavebeenimported
intotheCommunityasoriginallyconstitutedand
whereasaminimalamounthasbeenimportedinto
onlyoneofthenewMemberStates;whereasno
forecastcanbemadefor197^;whereas,toensure
fairdistributionofthetwoquotaamountsbetween
theMemberStatesconcerned,eachMemberState
shouldmakeasignificativecontributiontothe
relevantquotaamount;whereassuchcontributions
mayapproximately correspondtothefollowing
percentages :
Bénélux
Germany
France
Italy
Denmai»/-
Ireland
UnitedKingdom28
19
28
25
45
,5
50
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterruptedaccess
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotato
(')OJNoL133,21.5.1973,p.1.
(a)OJNoL133,21.5.1973,p.88.
(3)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,eachoftheseamountsshouldbedividedinto
twotranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocatedamong
theMemberStatesandthesecondformingreserves
intendedultimatelytocovertherequirementsofthe
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialquota
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegree
ofsecuritytoimportersineachMemberState,the
firsttrancheoftheCommunityquotashouldbe

*2_
ANNEXB
determinedatalevelwhich,underpresentcircum­
stances,maybeapproximately 75%and50%ofthe
quotaamountrespectively ;
WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmay
beusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorderto
takethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,itisimportantthatanyMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromtherelevant
reserve;whereas,thismustbedonebyeachMember
Stateasandwheneachofitsadditionalsharesis
almostentirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimes
asthereservesallow;whereastheinitialandad­
ditionalsharesmustbeavailableforuseuntilthe
endofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration callsforclosecooperationbetween
MemberStatesandtheCommission ,whichmust,in
particular,beabletoobservetheextenttowhich
thequotaamountsareusedandinformMember
Statesthereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,
aconsiderable balanceremainsinoneorother
MemberState,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
paysalargeamountofitbackintothereserve,in
ordertopreventapartofthetariffquotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedinandrepresentedbytheBenelux'
EconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerningthe
administration ofsharesgrantedtotheabovemen->
tionedEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,2.Withinthelimitsof400metrictonsofthetariff
quotareferredtoinArticle1,thenewMember
Statesshallapplythedutieslaiddownintherelevant
provisionsoftheActofAccession,theAgreement
andtheProtocol.
Article3
(
1.Afirsttrancheof72metrictonsoftheamount
specifiedinArticle2(1)shallbeallocatedamong
theMemberStatesoftheCommunityasoriginally
constituted;theshareswhich,subjecttoArticle6,
arevaliduntil31December1976shallbeasfollows:
Germany
Bénélux
France
Italy20metrictons
14metrictons
20metrictons
18metrictons
Thesecondtrancheof28metrictonsshallconstitute
therelevantreserve.
2.Afirsttrancheof200metrictonsoftheamount
mentionedinArticle2(2)shallbedistributedbe­
tweenthenewMemberStates;theshares,which
subjecttoArticle6arevaliduntil31December1976,
shallbeasfollows:
Denmark
Ireland
UnitedKingdom90metrictons
5metrictons
105metrictons
Thesecondtrancheof200metrictonsshallconstitute
therelevantreserve.
Article4
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
From1Januaryto31December1976atariffquota
of500metrictonsshallbeopenedwithintheCom­
munityinrespectofmen'sandboys'outergarments
fallingwithinheadingNo61.01oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginCyprus.Thisquota
shallbeallocatedandadministered inaccordance
withtheprovisionssetoutbelow.
Article2
1.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutyshallbepar­
tiallysuspendedattherateof5-1%inrespectof
l'OOmetrictonsofthequotareferredtoinArticle1.1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
StatelaiddowninArticle3,or90%ofthatshare
lesstheamountreturnedintotherelevantreserve
wheretheprovisionsofArticle6havebeenapplied,
hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todraw
asecondshare,equalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,to
theextentthattherelevantreserveissufficient.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninpara­
graph1,todrawathirdshare,equalto7-5%ofits
initialshare,roundeduptothenextunit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,in

3APTEXB
thesameway,todrawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntiltherelevantreserve
isexhausted .
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs!,2and3aMember
Statemayproceedtodrawsharessmallerthanthose
fixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelieve
thattheymightnotbeusedup.Theyshallinform
theCommission ofthereasonswhichledthemto
applythisparagraph.
ArticleS
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article4shallbevaliduntil31December197<T.
Article6
TheMemberStatesshallretxirntothere­
serve,notlaterthan1October1976,"the
unused ,portionoftheirinitialsharewhich
on15September1976,is-inexcessof20%
oftheinitialamount.Theyshallreturna
largerquantityifthereisreasontobe­
lievethatsuchquantitymightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1975",notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
thesaidgoodseffecteduptoandincluding15Sep­
tember1976"andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaand,whereappropriate,theproportionoftheir
initialsharethatisbeingreturnedtotherelevant
reserve.
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatesinaccordancewith
Articles3and4andshallinformeachStateofthe
extenttowhichthereserveshavebeenusedupas
soonasitreceivesthenotifications .TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5October
197(5",notifytheMemberStatesoftheamountsin
thereservesafterthereturnofsharespursuantto
Article6.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesuponeortheotherreserveislimitedtothe
balanceavailableandforthispurposeshallspecify
theamountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
thelastdrawing.
Article8
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatwhenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle4itispossibleforchanges
tobemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstotheshareallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirshareasandwhenthegoods
areenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStateusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article9
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsofthesaidproducts
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallco­
operatecloselyinordertoensure,thatthisRegu­
lationisobserved.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
1January1976*
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePrésident