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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM (73)1929 final ,
Brussels ,16.November 1973
PROPOSAL FOR A
REGULATION (EEC )OFTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening ,allocation andadministration ofa
Community Tariff quota forother woven fabrics of
cotton falling within heading No55*09ofthe Common
Tariff ,originating intheRepublic ofLebanon
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM (73)1929 final

EXPLAMTORY KEï'ORAM)IM
TheAgreement between "theConrnvuni'ty and."theLebanese Republic (Article 2
andArticle 3ofAnnex i),together with theProtocol laying down certain
provisions relating tothat Agreement consequent ontheaccession ofnew
Member States totheEuropean Economic Community (Articles 2and 5)»
provides fortheopening ofanannual Community tariff quota of100metric
tons forother woven fabrics ofcotton falling within Common Customs Tariff
heading No55-09 ,originating inLebanon .Theabove mentioned Protocol
(Article 5)also provides forthequota of100metric tons to "beallocated
asfollows :
(a)tothe Community asoriginally constituted 70metric tons
(b)toDenmark 10metric tons
(c)toIreland 10metric tons
(d)'totheUnited Kingdom 10metric tons
Theduties toheapplied arefixed "bythe Agreement at ofthe Common
Customs Tariff duties fortheproducts concerned .However ,Articles 3and
4ofthe abovement ioned Protocol also contain special provisions concerning
theduties to "beapplied bythe new Member States .Similarly ,certain
provisions ofthe Act concerning the Conditions ofAccession and the Adjust­
ments tothe Treaties must hecomplied with when fixing these duties .
Inorder tofulfil the Community 'sobligation toLebanon ,aregulation should be
adopted opening ,allocating andproviding forthe administration ofthis
Community tariff quota .
This isthe purpose ofthe proposal annexed hereto .

Thefollowing remarks arenecessary concerning thequota assigned tothe
Member States oftheCommunity asoriginally constituted :
(a)Theregulation provides ,asistherule ,forthequota to "bedivided
into twoinstalments ,thefirst ofwhich isallocated among theMember
States concerned while the second constitutes the reserve .
(b)Theallocation ofthefirst instalment isusually based onthestatistics
fortheprevious three years andtheforecasts forthequota period
concerned .However ,itdoes notappear desirable toapply this
principle totheother woven fabrics ofcotton concerned ,since :
(i)oneMember State 'simports were insignificant ,
(ii)there were noimports atallinto theother five Member States ,
(iii)total imports into theCommunity asoriginally constituted were
small incomparison with thequota tobeallocated ,
(iv)itisvery difficult todraw upforecasts offuture imports .
However ,inorder toachieve ,nevertheless ,afair andweighted allocation of
this quota among theMember States concerned ,theCommission isworking on
theassumption that ,inallbutquite exceptional cases ,each Member State
must beable toplay attheoutset asignificant part intheapplication
ofaCommunity measure such asthetariff quotas .Such anallocation must
beaimed atevening outasfaraspossible among theMember States the
advantages andresponsibilities resulting from this measure .Obviously ,
this formula will have tobeadapted subsequently inthelight ofanytrade
movements .

PH0P03 1LFOR A
REGULATION (EEC )CPTHECOUNCIL
oilthe opening ,allocation andadministration
ofaCommunity Tariff quota
for other woven fabrics ofcotton falling within
heading No55.09 ofthe Common Customs Tariff ,
originating inthe Republic ofLebanon
THE COUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
\
Having regard tothe Treaty establishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,andinparticular Article 113thereof
Having regard totheproposal from the Commission ;

Whereas "theAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community
andtheRepublic ofLebanon (^)»hereinafter called Mthe
Agreement "andtheProtocol laying down certain provisions
concerning theAgreement between theEuropean Economic
Community andtheRepublic ofLebanon inconsequence ofthe
accession ofnewMember States tothe Eiisropean Economic
n
Community ()hereinafter called "theProtocol "provides
fortheopening ofanannual Community tariff quota of
100 'metric tons .of ..other .woven ,fabrics ofcotton falling
within heading No55*09 oftheCommon Customs Tariff ,
originating inthe Republic ofLebanon ;
whereas under the /Protocol the tariff
quota should beallocated among the -Member -States as
follows :70 "metric tons fortheMember States ofthe
Community asoriginally ,constituted ,r10metric tons for
Denmark ,10metric tons ;for Ireland and '10 metric tons for
theUnited Kingdom ;whereas Annesc I,totheAgreement provides
that theduties applicable tothequota shall beequal to
b5fooftheduties oftheCommon Customs Tariff ;whereas as
regards the duties tobeapplied to ;thequota bythenew
Member States ,thespecial provisions oftheProtocol andoft
theActofAccession ()should beobserved ;whereas a
Community tariff quota - -• ■ therefore
beopened forthose products ;whereas tocomply with the
special provisions oftheProtocol ,separ&te arrangements
should bemade fortheMember States oftheCommunity as
originally constituted onthe onehand and forthenew
Member States onthe other :
()OJKo...of.... 1___ :
(^)OJNo...of....
(3)OJIToL73of27.3.1973 ,P.14

Whereas asregards inparticular theMember States ofthe
Community asoriginally constituted :
-equal andcontinuous access tothequota should beensured
forallimporters andquota duties should beapplied
consistently toallimports oftheproducts inquestion
until the quota isused up;
-inthelight oftheprinciples setout s.bove ,theCommunity
nature ofthequota maybest bepreserved byan
arrangement allocating itamong those Member States ;
whereas inorder toreflect most accurately the actual
development ofthemarket intheproducts inquestion ,
such allocation should beproportionate tothe requirements
oftheMember States ,calculated both from thestatistics
ofeach Member States *imports from the Republic ofLebanon
.over arepresentative reference period and from
theeconomic outlook forthequota period inquestion ;
-during thelast three years forwhich statistics are
available ,thefollowing percentages represent the
respective imports oftheMember States concerned in
relation toimports oftheproducts inquestion from
the Republic ofLebanon into theComnunity'as
originally constituted ;

4
1970 1971 1972
Gerraany
Bénélux
France
Itaily
(=9t)100 100
(=8t)
inview ofthese data andtheestimates submitted bycertain Member States
aswell asthepractical need toensure that theobligations contracted
under theAgreement concerned areallocated fairly among alltheMember
States ,initial quota shares maybefixed approximately atthefollowing
percentages :
-inorder totake account ofimport trends for theproducts
inquestion inthe Ivlem"ber States concerned ,thequota
amount should bedivided' into twotranches ,thefirst
tranche being allocated among thesame Member States ,the
second tranche constituting areserve intended tocover
thelater requirements ofthose Member States which have
used uptheir initial quota shares jwhereas inorder to
ensure acertain degree ofsecurity toimporters ineach
ofthose Member States ,thefirst tranche ofthe q^iota
should befixed inthis case atapproximately 70$& : 'Germany
Bénélux
France20
20
20
kO Italy

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theinitial quota shares may beuced upatdifferent rates ;
whereas ,therefore ,toavoid disruption ofsupplies ,-tiny
Member State which has almost used upitsinitial quota
share ,must draw anadditional quota share from thereserve ;
whereas this must bedone byeach Member State aseach one
ofits additional quota shares isalmost used up,and as
man2 rtimes asthe reserve allows ;whereas theinitial and
additional quota shares must bevalid until the end ofthe
quota period ;whereas this form ofadministration requires
close collaboration between the Member States concerned and the
Commission ,and the Commission must beinaposition to
follow the extent towhich the quota volume has been used
upand inform the Member States thereof ;
if,atagiven date inthe quota period ,aconsiderable
quantity oftheinitial quota share isleft over ina
Member State ,itisessential that that state should
return asignificant proportion tothe reserve ,to
prevent apart ofthe quota allocated tothe Member States
ofthe Community asoriginally constituted from remaining
■unused inone Member State while itcould beused inothers ;
since the Kingdom ofBelgium ,the Kingdom ofthe Netherlands
and the Grand Duchy ofLuxembourg are jointly represented
bythe Benelux Economic Union any measure concerning the
administration ofthe quota shares allocated tothat
economic union may becarried out byone ofits members ;
•••/•♦♦

Whereas ,asregards inparticular thenewMember States :
–thequota duties tobeapplied bythenewMember States must be
especialy inaccordance with Articles 3andkoftheProtocol ;
-equal and .continuous access tothe quota should beensured
for all importers and quota duties should beapplied
consistently toall imports ofthe said products until the
quota isused upj
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
; I
ACommunity tariff quota of100 metric tons isopened
for theperiod from 1January to31December 1$7^»in
respect ofother woven fabrics ofcotton falling within
heading ITo55.09 oftheCommon Customs Tariff originating in
the Republic ofLebanon .
/
This quota shall beallocated and administered m
accordance with theprovisions set outbelow .
Provisions applicable to -the Member States ofthe Community
asoriginally constituted
Article 2
TheCommon Customs Tariff duties arepartially suspended
atthe rates indicated below inrespect of70 metric tons
ofthe quota referred toinArticle 1:

*Common Customs
:Tariff Heading HoDescription 01goods
► - sEateof
duty fo :
»
»––––– – ––––.– ,
» 4I «
55.09 Other woven fabrics of
cotton
A.Containing 85^ormore by
weight ofcotton :
I,Ofawidth ,ofless
' than 85cm 5.8
• <:II.Oulier :: 6.3 :
» •
:3.Other : :» *
»
• «
• 4
φ 4
« 4
• *I.Ofav/idth ofless
than 85cm 6.3
• «
m 1:II.Oxner
1 a: 6.7 :
» •
Article 3
y
1. Aurst tranche of 50metric tons ofthe amount
mentioned inArticle 2isallocated among those Member
States ;the shares which ,subject toArticle 6,arevalid
until 31December .1S7S areasfollows :
Germany 10metric tons
Benelux 10metric tons
France . 10metric tons
Italy 20metric tons
2. Thesecond tranche ,amounting to20metric tons ,
constitutes the reserve .

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Article 4
1. If90$ormore ofaMember State 'sinitial quota share
asspecified inArticle 3(1),orofthat share minus the
portion returned tothereserve where Article 6isapplied ,
hasbeen used up,that Member State shall without delay ,by
notifying theCommission ,draw asecond quota share ,tothe
extent that thereserve issufficient ,equal to15$ofits
•initial quota share ,rounded upwhere necessary tothenext
unit .
2. If,after itsinitial quota share hasbeen used up,
90$ormore ofthesecond quota share drawn byaMember
State hasbeen used up,that Member State >shall without delay ,
bynotifying theCommission ,draw athird quota share ,to
theextent that thereserve issufficient ,equal to7»5$
ofitsinitial quota share ,rounded upwhere necessary to
the next unit .
3. If,after itssecond quota share hasbeen used up,
90$ormore ofthethird quota share drawn byaMember
State has also been used up,that Member State shall ,in
accordance with paragraph 2,draw afourth quota share
equal tothe third .
This process iscontinued until the reserve isused up.

4. Notwithstanding paragraphs 1to3,aMember State
naydraw quota shares lower than those fined inthose
paragraphs ifthere a.regrounds for "believing that those
fixed may notbeused up.Itshall inform theCommission
ofitsreasons forapplying this paragraph .
Article 5
Additional quota shares drawn pursuant toArticle 4are
valid until 31December 197^. • •• •
Article 6
AMember State which on15September 197^has notused
upitsinitial quota share shall return tothereserve not
later than 10October 197^ theunused portion exceeding 20$
oftheinitial amount .Itmayreturn agreater portion if
there are grounds for believing that itmy not boused up.
Member States shall ,notlater than 10October 197^,
notify tothe Commission thetotal quantities oftheproducts
inquestion imported uptoandincluding 15September 1974and
charged against the Community tariff quota andanyquantities
returned tothe reserve .

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Article 7
The Commission shall keep anaccount 01thequota shares
opened bytheMember States pursuant toArticles 3and 4and
shall ,assoon asinformation reaches it,inform each State
ofthe extent towhich the reserve has been used up.
It'shall ,notlater than 15October 197^, .inform the
Member States ofthe amount still inreserve after returns
have been made pursuant toArticle 6.
Itshall ensure that the drawing which uses upthe
reserve islimited tothe balance available and tothis end
shall specify theamount thereof totheMember State making
the last drawing .
Article 8
Member States shall take all necessary measures toensure
that theadditional shares taken upunder Article 4are so
drawn astoallow foruninterrupted charges against their
accumulated shares ofthe Community quota .
••/•••

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Provi sions strali cable tothe new I.Ienocr States
Article 9
Aquantity of 30metric tons oftlie puota referred to
inArticle 1isallocated among the new Member States as
follows : - .
Denmark
Ircland10metric tons
10metric tons
United Kingdom 10metric tons .

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Artide 10
Within the limits ofthese tariff quotas ,thenew Member
States apply theduties mentioned incolumn 2oftheschedule below ,
inplace ofthe duties tobeapplied tothird countries with effect
from 1January 1974 which arementioned incolumn 3:
CCT heading No Duty within
the quotaDuties
third countries
A.Denmark
55-09 AI
55.09 AIIetBI
55.09 BII3,1%
•6%
7,5%
3,3%
6%
7,5%
3,5%
6%
7,5%7
11,2 %
13 '%
7,4%
11,6 %
14 %
7,8%
12 %
13,5 %
B.Ireland
55.09 AI
55.09 AIIetBI
55.09 BII24 %
L0,06 persq.yd .
3b %
t0,43 persq.yd .
i0,27 persq.yd .
L0,09 persq.yd .
' . 24 %
L0,06 persq.yd .
36 %
i0,43 persq.yd .
iG,27persq.yd .
&0,09 persq.yd .
24 .%
t0,06 persq.yd .
36 %
t0,43 persq.yd .
Si0,27 persq.yd .
li0,09 persq.yd .29,2– 1– '
L0,06 persq.yd .
41,2 %
L0,43 persq.yd .
L0,27 persq.yd .
h0,09 persq.yd .
29,6 %
L0,06 persq.yd .
41,6 %
i0,43 persq.yd .
i0,27 persq.yd .
L0,09 persq.yd .
30 %
L0,06 persq.yd .
1_ y./42Gf%5,2%
5,2%
5,2%
5,2%
5,6%
5,6%
5,6%
5,6%
6%
£>0,43 persq.yd .
L0,27 persq.yd .
L0,09 persq.yd .65
6%
C. TT.-.ited Kingdom
'55.09 AI
55.09 AIIetBI
55.09 BII10,5 %
10,5.55
10,5 %15,7 %
16,1 ^
16,5 /-

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Provisions Applicatile toaliMember States
Article 11
1. Member States shall ensure that the quota shares
allocated tothem are freely accessible toimporters of
theproducts inquestion established intheir territory .
2. Member States shall charge imports oftheproducts
inquestion against their quota shares astheproducts
are presented for customs clearance under declarations
ofentry for consumption .
3. The extent towhich theMember States shares have
been used upshall beascertained from theimports
charged under paragraph 2.
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Article 12
Member States shall regularly inform theCommission of
imports ofthesaid products originating intheRepublic ofLebanon
.actually charged against their quota shares .
Article 13
Member States andtheCommission shall collaborate
closely inorder toensure that this Regulation isobserved .
•••/9••

Article 14
This Regulation shall enter into force on
1January 197 ^-•
This Regulation shall hebinding inits entirety and
directly applicable inall Member States ,
Done atBrussels ,
For the Council
The President