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Proposal for a >
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) i
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration ofCommunity
tariff quotas forcertain textile products falling within heading Nos
55.05 and55.09 andsubheading ex58.01 AoftheCommon Customs Tariff ,
coming from Turkey (1983 )
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCoomission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Asaresultofnegotiations withTurkeyontheadjustments tobemade
totheAssociation Agreement betweenthatcountryandtheCommunity and
theAdditional Protocol/totakeaccountofnewMemberStates,the
CommunitysignedinAnkara6n30June1973aSupplementary Protocolwhich
enterintoforceonceithasbeenratified.
Inthemeantime,theCommunity hasconcluded anInterimAgreementwhich
intheoryrunsonlyfortheperiodpriortotheentryinforceofthis
Supplementary Protocolinordertoimplement,from1January1974,cer­
tainprovisionsofthatProtocolrelatingtotradeingoods.
Atthemomentitisnotpossibletoknowifthetariffmeasureslaid
downbytheseAgreements inTurkey'sfavour,shouldbegivenfor1983
onthebasisoftheSupplementary ProtocolortheInterimAgreement.
TheprovisionsoftheannexedRegulations 'arebasedontheInterim
*
Agreement andshould'thusbemodifiediftheSupplementary Protocol
entersintoforceon1.,January1983.
2.Intheabovementioned Supplementary ProtocolandinterimAgreement,
provisionismadeinparticular inrespectoftextileproductsfor
theopeningofthefollowing ,annualCommunitytariffquotas,subject
totheconditionslaiddownforeachproduct:
• i
CCTheading
No'J.DescriptionAnnualtariff
quotaQuota
duty
55.05
55.09 *Cottonyarn,notputupfor
retâiIsale
Otherwovenfabricsofcot-
ton390'tonnes
1390tonnesÏ
75%re-
duction
75%re-
duction

They also determine forthese products the .allocation among theMember
I '
States oftheannual tariff quotas fortextile *products .This allocation
'fr ■
isasfollows -
3*' . \ ■
Cotton ya'rn (heading No55.05 ) ,
" 'i '7 ••
:£ommunity-as Originally constituted 300tonnes
.Denmark ï; "40tonnes
Ireland •./- \ ?10tonnes .'■=
United Kingdom . 40tonnes
•' .it ^ ■■• .
Other woven fabrics ofcotton (heading No55.09 )
Community asoriginally constituted v '1000tonnes
Denmark 20tonnes
Ireland . . .... 10tonnes
United Kingdom \ . 360 tonnes
> » ;
3.While article 14oftheSupplementary Protocol fixes such anallocation
•/
.for aperiod ending at1July 1977 ,theInterim Agreement fixes no
limit tothis ,special allocation ,while could beduetothe initially
limited period ofvalidity oftheInterim Agreement applying in
anticipated application some oftheprovisions oftheSupplementary ;.
Protocol . ■., ."'V' ■''\\";;
Theendofthetransitional period fixed bythe Actof-Adhesion on
1July 1977 has ledthe Commi ssion to .reflect -onthequestion of ,
thisallocation ^which hasresulted inthe^roposal tohave ac6mmon '
system ofadministration of' -itheabove tarif^quotas ■involving ,ineach
.case ,theopening of.,asihcfle.^quotav quant ity"''&i'vided "between the :Member
States according tothe usual-' criteria "anckthe^creation oflasingle .V
Community reserve open -toaU^Memb^riStatesv:^' -
4.Another problem arises inconnection with thesize ofthequotas to '
opened for1983 ,inview ofthe' ,decision taken.by theAssociation
Counci Iduring June 1973 tograniC .Turkey treatment asfavourable as
that granted tocountries benefiting 'from generalized tariff prefe­
rences . ■ ;•:i-- •'L •v i'*.-

-3-•
Asthedecisions ontoesystemtobeappliedtothe.developing countries
willnotbotakenuptilverylatethisyear,thepresentCommission pro­
posal.for1933taKesaccount .,forthecalculation ofquotaamounts,of
thegeneralized systemcfpreference schema(textilesector)asproposed ,
bytheCommission. _'
,0nthi^basis,,t^evolume'of-theCommunitytariffquotastobeopened
for1983.forTurkeyshouldcorrespondtothosefor198?,plus5%,thatis
rer':ntoforcat*.the;,s>.bse'n.r_ V.
-forcottonyarn S1154tonnes "
-forofhe'rcotton'cloth'vs•" •2716tonnes ".
-forcarpets ~•.u, ■208tonnes
Itgoeswithoutsayingthatthesevolumes'shouldbeadjustedifthe
finaldecisiontaken'inthegeneralized systemofpreferences does
notcorrespond ,tothesystemproposed.'
Inaddition,,theCommissionisawarethat-thisconcession couldbe
modifiedinthecontextofregistrations tobeundertaken withTurkey.
Whileawaitingafinaldecisionthisproposalconstitutes aninstrument
torespecttheCommunities'contractual engagements .
Thus,the.Commission reservestherighttomodifythisproposalduring'
theproceduretoadaptitifnecessarytotheresultofthenegocia-
_tions.
Asregardtheeconomicinformation tobeusedindetermining thebasis
fortheproposedallocationofthetariffquotasconcerned,itshould -
beremarkedthattheyshouldbebasedprincipally onMemberStates'
imports^' .actualandestimated,specifically originating inorcoming
fromTurkeyforthecategories ofproductsconsidered .
JThus,although"•*thasbeenpossibletodrawuptheappropriate informa­
tionfortheyears1978to1980,nevertheless becauseofthe-irregularity
notedinimportsduri-igthosereferenceyears,ithasnotnecessarily
beenjaossible ■to.deduceanyfirmbasisofassessment .Forthisreason,
asitiscustomary,thequotavolumesattributedtotheoriginal -
Communityhavebeen\divided intotwotranches,thefirst-tranche being
-allocated -amongtheMemberStr.tes,andthesecondheldasareserveto.
coveranyadditionalrcq'-irsrctii'.swhichmightcome.tolightinthose
MemberStates.' I '"».

forthe-sa.nereasonstheinitialvolumesallocatedtotheMemberStates
usifaintheproposalsarethesameasin,1982.' .
TheProposalforaRegulation ontextileproductsprovidesforasingle
methodofcountingimportsagainstquotasharesintheMemberStates
.concerned,namelyasandwhentheyareenteredforhomeuse.

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariffquotasfor
certaintextileproductsfallingwithinheadingNos55.05and55.09ancjsubheadingex58.01A
oftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginTurkey(1983)
THECOUNCILOI^THEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEaropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,-tor •-.•vjui.dcorrespor
orarrangementstobeappliedwithregardtoimportsinto
Greece,originatinginAlgeria,Israel,Malta,Morocco,
Portugal,Syria,TunisiaorTurkey(3);whereas,asa
result,thisRegulationappliestotheCommunityof
Nine;....^-
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,pendingCthe--entry*'iht$f<jlrft?<"ofthe
Supplementary ProtpcolsignedinAnkaraon30June
1973containingth£adjustmentstobemadelothe
AgreementestablishinganAssociation ^-,bgryveeath,e»
EuropeanEconomicCommunityand"turkeyandtothe
AdditionalProtocol4')consequent .ontheaccessionof
newMemberStates,theCommunityhasundertaken ,in
anInterimAgreement(2)whichrunsonl/'fortheperiod
priortotheentryintoforceofthis-Supplementary •
Protocolwhichisapplicableuntil31December1974but
whichhasbeenextendedfor19$3>naccordancewiththe'r
termslaiddowninArticle13thereof,toimplement
certainprovisionsoftheSupplementary Protocolrelating
totradeingoods;whereas,underArticle-6;ofthisInterim^
AgreementamendingArticle1ofAnnex2tothe
AdditionalProtocol,theCommunitymusr*reduce,by-
75%thecustomsdutiesonimportsfromTurkeyof
certaintextileproductsfallingwithinheadingNds.S5.05
and55.Q9pftheCommonCustomsTariff,withinthe
limitofannualCommunitytariffquotasof390tonnesfor
cottonyarnand1390tonnesforwovenfabricsofcotton;
whereastheaboyementioned jAr-ticle6allocates^these->
Community "tariffquotasasfollows:al'
'Si
rsi
1f
"'ClWhereasArticle14ofthesaidSupplementary Protocol
onlyprovidesfprsuchanallocationoftariffquotas
betweentheCommunityasoriginallyconstitutedandthe
threenewMemberStatesuntil1July1977;whereas,
moreover,followingtheendofthetransitionalperiod
laiddowninArticle39oftheActofAccession,itis
necessarytocreateacommons\stemofadministration of
thetariffquotasconcerned,consistingineachcaseofthe
openingofasinglequotadividedbetweenalltheMember
Statesaccordingtotheusualcriteriaandthecreationofa
singleCommunityreserve,opentoallMemberStates;
·:1ι
t-i
forcottonyarn: o?uasf
300tonnestotheCommunity "'aboriginally -
constituted,40tonnesto.Denmark,v10tonnestov
Irelandand40tonnestotheUnitedKingdom;
'Hpwtî'ibiPi
–forwovenfabricsofcotton:
;:0 ne-
;isoriginally. 1000tonnestotheCommunityas,originally
constituted,20tonnestoDenmark,10tonnesto
Irelandand360tonnestotheUnitedKingdom;.o?,ij--:,
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle119ofthe1979Act
ofAccession,theCounciladoptedRegulation:(EEC )No£wc
3555/80of16December1980determiningtheWhereasitisdesirabletoprovideforaprovisional
adjustmentofthetariffadvantagesforthesegoods
consistingofatotalsuspensionofthecustomsdutiesof
theCommonCustomsTariffandanincreaseinthe
quotas;whereasthevolumesofthequotastobeopened
for1983arethereforel154tonnesforcottonyarnand
2'716tonnesforotherwovenfabricsofcotton;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle1ofAnnex2tothe
AdditionalProtocoltogetherwithArticle2oftheInterim
Agreement,forthedurationol1982inparticular,the
Communitymustpartiallyreducethedutiesapplicablein
respectofthirdCountriestocarpets,carpetingandrugs,
knotted(madeupornot)ofwooloroffineanimalhair
(excludinghandmadecarpets,carpetingandrugs)
importedfromTurkey;whereasitalsoappearsadvisable
toimprovethistariffadvantageprovisionallybymeansof
atotalsuspensionofthedutiesapplicabletotheproducts
inquestionwithinaCommunitytariffquotafixedata
provisionallevelof208tonnesfor1983;
Whereas,itisnecessarytoguaranteetoallCommunity
importersequalanduninterrupted accesstothe
abovementioned quotasanduninterruptedapplicationof
theratelaiddownforthosequotastoallimportsofthe
productconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntilthequota
hasbeenusedup;whereas,inthelightoftheprinciples
mentionedabove,theCommunitynatureofthequotas
(')OJNoL293,29.12.1972,p.4.
(2)OJNoL277,3.10.1973,p.2. (3)OJNoL382,31.12.1980,p.I.

canbestberespectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariff
quotasamongtheMemberStates;whereas,inorderto
reflectmostaccuratelytheactualdevelopmentolthe
marketfortheproductsconcerned,suchallocationshall
beinproportiontotheneedsoftheMemberStates,
assessedbyreferencebothtothestatisticsofeachState's
importsfromTurkeyoverarepresentative periodandto
theeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiodconcerned;
whereas,inspiteofthelimitedneedforimportsfrom
Turkeyoftheproductsconcerned,asshownbythestatisticsforthemajorityoftheMemberStatesthe
Communitycharacterofthetariffquotasconcerned
shouldbesafeguardedbymakingprovisionstocover
needswhichmightariseintheseMemberStates;
WhereasimportsintothevariousMemberStatesfrom
Turkeywereasfollowsduringthepastthreeyearsfor
whichcompletestatisticsareavailable:
J978 1979 1980
Tonnes %Tonnes %Tonnes %
Cottonyarn
Benelux 1256517-50 1577419-62 25205-09
Denmark 1-20-01 24-40-03 140-03
Germany 2795138-942919236-292197344-37
France 2797 3-9023572-9326505-35
Ireland 246-5 0-34 5570-72 870-18
Italy 2228H-731-042690933-472013644-66
UnitedKingdom 59398-2755776-94 21404-32
7078K-410080390-410049520100
Otherwovenfabrics
ofcotton
Benelux 53733-08 16512-55 2900-66
Denmark «•40-02 0-60-04 10-01
Germany 43726-92 29822-674235196-13
France 1619-92 27020-54 2700-61
Ireland 10-06 36-52-78 00
Italy -29518-17 249-618-98 10282-33
UnitedKingdom 19211-83 29522-44 1150-26
1623-4100 1314-710044055100
Whereas,inviewofthesefigures-andforeseeablemarket
trendsfortheproductsconcernedduring1983,theinitial
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
CottonOtherwoi'en
fabricsof
yarncotton
Benelux 16-11 20-06
Denmark 8-65 1-81
Germany 35-82 15-07
France 4-33 22-55
Ireland 2-28 0-93
Italy 24-04 -7-49
UnitedKingdom 8-77 32-09
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccounttheuncertainty
oftheimporttrendsfortheproductsconcernedinthe
MemberStates,thequotavolumesshouldbedividedintoiwoinstalments,thefirstinstalmentbeingallocatedtothe
MemberStates,andthesecondheldasareserveintended
ultimatelytocovertherequirementsofthoseMember
Stateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialshares;whereas,in
ordertoensureacertaindegreeofsecuritytoimporters,
thefirstinstalmentshouldbedeterminedatarelatively
highlevel,which,underpresentcircumstances ,maybe
about80%ofeachquotavolume;
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMemberStates
maybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorderto
takethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,itisimportantthatanyMemberStatehaving
usedupalmostthewholeofoneofitsinitialquotashares
shoulddrawanadditionalquotashare,fromthe
corresponding reserve;whereas,thismustbedoneby
eachMemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
quotasharesisalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeatedas
manytimesaseachofthereservesallows;whereaseach

oftheinitialandadditionalquotasharesmustbe
availableforuseuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthismethodofadministration callsforclose
cooperation betweenMemberStatesanilthe
Commission,whichmust,inparticular,beableto
observetheextenttowhichthequotaamountisusedand
informMemberStatesthereof;
Whereas,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablebalanceremainsinoneorotherMember
StateitisessentialthatthatMemberStatepaysa
^-perctntagedfitbackintothecorresponding reserve,in
'rordertopreventapartofoneorotheroftheCommunity
quotasfromremainingunusedinoneMemberState
^;hei\it,couW.beusedmothers;-,i-
WhereastheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomofthe
^Netherlands ;andtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgare
'unitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
:Economic 'Union,alltransactionsconcerningthe
administration ofsharesgrantedtotheabovementioncd
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofits
members;^
nt-vicitibc: ■■■■'■
pr/-r-ir-. •••
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
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Article1
1.Frosi1Januaryto31December1983,Community
tariffquotasshallbeopenedintheCommunityofNine
forthefollowingproductscomingfromTurkey,as
.shownbelow:
(tonnes)
cc:i:'¿cr
''heading Description Quota
;·No.'.·(·
55.05 Cottonyarn,notputupfor
1154 retailsale
55.09 Otherwovenfabricsofcot-2716
ton
58.01 •Carpets,carpetingandrugs
(madeupornot)
exA.Ofwooloroffine
t·animalhairexcluding
handmadecarpets,car­
■':Λ■petingandrugs 208notputupforretailsale,2140tonnesforotherwoven
fabricsofcottonand167tonnesforcarpets,carpeting
andrugsofwooloroffineanimalhair,shallbeshared
amongtheMemberStates;theshareswhich,subjectto
Article5shallbevaliduntil31December1982,shallbe
asfollows:
ftonnes)
■Hi.Άν,--:.:,■_CCTheadingNo
MemberStates
55.05.5.5.09ex58.01A
Benelux 14043016
Denmark 763916
Germany' 31332340
France ·"il" 3848428
Ireland 20202
Italy 21016120
UnitedKingdom 77*894S
874214i167
2.ThedutiesoftheCommonCustomsTariffare
totallysuspendedforthesetariffquotas.
..?v..Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentofeachofthequotasreferredtoin
Article1(1),whichshallbe874tonnesforcottonyarn2.Thesecondinstalmentofetchquota,amountingto
280,570and41tonnesrespectively,shallmakeupthe
corresponding reserve.
ArticleA■.
1.'■If90%ormoreofoneofaiiyMemberState'sinitial
shares,aslaiddowninArticle21)or90%ofthatshare
lesstheamountreturnedintothecorresponding reserve,
whereArticle5hasbeenapplied,hasbeenusedup,that
MemberStateshallwithoutdelay,bynotifyingthe
Commission ,drawasecondshareinthequotaequalto
!5%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate,totheextentthattheamountinthereserve
allows.
2.If,afteroneorotherofitsinitialshareshasbeen
usedup,90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyone
oftheMemberStateshasbeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshall,inthemannerprovidedforinparagraph1,
drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare.
3.If,afteroneorotherofitssecondshareshasbeen
usedup,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenusedup,thelattershall,inthe
samemanner,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocedureshallbefolloweduntilthereservehas
beenexhausted.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,Member
Statesmaydrawsmallersharesth.inthosefixedinthose
paragraphsifthereisreasontobelievethatthoseshares

mightnotbeusedup.Theyshallinformthe(ommission
oftheirreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph .
Article4
EachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1983.
ArticleS
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserxe,notlater
than1October1983,theunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15September1983isinexiessof20%
oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturnagreaterportionif
therearegroundsforbelievingthatsuchportionmaynot
beusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1Ocioberll>83
notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsofthe
productsconcernedeffectedundertheCommunity
quotasuptoandincluding15September1983and,
whereappropriate ,theproportionofeachoftheir
initialsharesthatthey'arereturningtoeachofthe
reserves. .
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountofthesharesopened
byMemberStatesinaccordancewithArmies2and3,
andshallinformeachofthemoftheextenttowhichthe
reserveshavebeenusedassoonasitreceivesthe
notifications .
Itshall,notlaterthan5October1983notifytheMember
Statesofthestateofeachofthereservesafterthereturnof
sharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatanydrawingwhichusesupareserveis
limitedtothebalanceavailableand,forthispurpose,
shallspecifytheamountthereoftotheMemberState
whichmakesthefinaldrawing.Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessaryto
ensurethat,whenadditionalsharesaredrawnpursuant
toArticle3,itispossibleforimportstobecounted
withoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulatedsharesof
theCommunitytariffquotas.
2.MemberStatesshallensureforimportersofthe
productsconcerned, free
accesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoodsare
enteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStates'shareshave
beenusedupshallbeestablishedonthebasisofimports
countedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
ArticleH
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission ,Member
Statesshallinformitofimportsoftheproductsconcerned
actuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
respected.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1983.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident