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C0M(83) 456 fin a l
Brussels, 13 July 1983
Proposal for a  
C O U N C IL R EG U LATIO N  (EEC)
opening, allocating and providing for the adm inistration of a  
Community t a r i f f  quota for certain petroleum products, fa llin g  within 
Chapter 27 of the C o m m o n  Customs T a riff and refined in Spain (1984)
Proposal for a  
C O U N CIL R EG U LATIO N  (EEC)
opening, allocating and providing for the adm inistration Community t a r if f  
quota for other woven fabrics of cotton, fa llin g  within 
heading N o  55.09 of the C o m m o n  Customs T a riff and orig in atin g
in Spain (1984)
(submitted to the Council by the Commission)
C0M(83) 456 fin a l

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E X P LA N A T O R Y  M E M O R A N D U M
1. The Agreement between the Community and Spain of 1970 provides for 
the opening of Community t a r i f f  quotas for the importation into 
the Community of the follow ing producs, originating in Spain, at 
the quota duties specified below :
C C T  heading n° Product Annual Volume Quota duty
Chapter 27 Certain petroleum 1  200 000 t )
products ) 40 %  of the
) C C T  duties
55.09 Other cotton fabrics 1  800 t )
2. From 1  July 1977 these quota volumes have at f ir s t  been increased 
respectively to 1  400 000 tonnes and 1  900 tonnes, and then they are 
fixed to 1  424 000 tonnes and 2  013 tonnes by the protocol of adapta­
tio n  to take account of the accession of Greece to the Community.
3. The Regulations provide, in the usual way, for the s p littin g  up of 
the quota volumes into two parts, of which the f ir s t  w ill be allocated 
among the Member States as quota shares and the second w ill be kept
as a  reserve.
4. The allocation of the f ir s t  part of each quota has been undertaken 
according to the rules generally applied hitherto. The to ta l imports 
of each Member State for 1980 to 1982 have been expressed as a  
proportion of to ta l Community imports over the sam e period. The 
resulting percentages have been applied State by State to the volume 
of the f ir s t  p art, the last d ig it of the number of metric tons being 
rounded o ff.
5. The proposed Regulation on other cotton fabrics provides for a  single 
method of adm inistration, to be applied by a ll Member States, namely 
the "as and when" method.

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However, i t  is at present impossible to provide for a  single method 
of adm inistration ("as and when" or advance allocation) of the quota 
for certain petroleum products. The rules governing the market in 
these products vary from one Member State to another, with the effect 
that the Member States regard the application of a  sinnle method of 
adm inistration as impossible. In contrast to general practice, 
therefore, each Member State w ill be empowered to administer its  
own share of the quota according to its  own rules, while ensuring 
that a ll importers of the relevant products have free acces to the 
quota.
Annexes :  2  proposal for Council regulations.

Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for  
certain petroleum products falling within Chapter 27 of the Common Customs Tariff and
refined in Spain ('1984)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European  
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113  
thereof,
H aving regard to the proposal front the C om m ission,
.Whereas an Agreement between the European Economic  
Community and Spain (') was concluded on 29 June  
1970 and supplemented by the Protocol to the Agree­
ment between the European Economic Community and  
Spain consequent on the accession of the Hellenic  
Republic to the Community (2)
Whereas the Community committed itself, under this  
Agreement, to opening an annual total Community tariff  
quota of 1  424 000 tonnes of certain petroleum products,  
falling within Chapter 27 of the Common Customs  
Tariff and refined in Spain; whereas the quota duty is  
equal to 40 % of the Common Customs Tariff duties;  
whereas this Community tariff quota should be opened  
for 198 A;
Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure for all  
Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to  
the abovementioned quota and uninterrupted application  
of the rate laid down for that quota to all imports of the 
product concerned into all Member States until the quota  
has been used up; whereas, having regard to the above  
principles, the Community nature of the quota can be  
respected by allocating the Community tariff quota  
among the Member States; whereas, to reflect as accur­
ately as possible the true trend of the market of the  
products in question, such allocation should be in  
proportion to the requirements of the Member States,  
calculated by reference to the statistics for imports from  
Spain over a representative period and also to the  
economic outlook for the quota period concerned;
Whereas, in respect of the last three years for which  
statistics are available, the corresponding imports by each  
of the Member States represent the following percentages  
of the imports into the Community from Spain of the  
products concerned:
C) OJ No E 182, 16. 8. 1970, p. 2.
(2) OJ No L 326, 13. 11. 1981, p. 2.Member State 1980 1981 1982
Benelux 4-5 26-9 12.4
Denmark — — 2.5
Germany 2-0 9-8 2.6
Greece — — -
b Y a  nee 2.3-0 12-2 7.2
Ireland - 6-1 -
Italy 17-9 13-6 18.7
United Kingdom 52-6 31-4 56.6
Whereas, in view of these factors, and of market forecasts  
for the products concerned and in particular of the  
estimates submitted by certain Member States, initial  
quota shares may be fixed approximately at the following  
percentages:
Benelux 22-0
Denmark 13-0
Germany 13-0
Greece 0-2
France 11-0
Ireland 7-0
Italy 8-0
United Kingdom 25-8
Whereas, in order to take into account import trends for  
the products concerned in the various Member States, the  
quota volume should be divided into two instalments, the  
first being shared between the Member States and the  
second constituting a reserve to cover at a later date the  
requirements of Member States which have used up their  
initial quota shares; whereas, to give importers in each  
Member State a certain degree of security, the first  
instalment of the Community quota might under the  
present circumstances be fixed at about 27% of the  
quota;
Whereas the Member States’  initial shares may be used up  
at different times; whereas, in order to take this fact into  
account and avoid any break in continuity, any Member  
State which has almost used up its initial quota share  
should draw an additional share from the reserve;  
whereas this must be done by each Member State as and  
when each of its additional shares is almost used up, and  
repeated as many times as the reserve allows; whereas the  
initial and additional shares must be valid until the end of  
the quota period; whereas this method of administration  
requires close cooperation between the Member States

A N N E X  A
and the Commission, and :.ic latter must be in a position  
to monitor the extent to which the quota volume has been  
used up and to inform the Member States thereof;
Whereas if, at a given date in the quota period, a  
substantial quantity of an initial share remains unused in  
any Member State, it is essential that that Member State  
should return a significant proportion to the reserve, to  
prevent a part of any Community tariff quota from  
remaining unused in one Member State when it could be  
used in others;
Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of  
the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg  
are united within and jointly represented by the Benelux  
Economic Union, any operation relating to the admini­stration of the quota shares allocated to that economic  
union may be carried out by any of its members,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
From 1  January to 31 December 1984, and subject to the  
measures which might be taken pursuant to Article 3 ( 2) 
and (4) of Annex I to the Agreement between the  
European Economic Community and Spain, the Com­
mon Customs Tariff duties in respect of the products  
refined in Spain and listed below shall be suspended  
partially at the levels indicated for each of them, within  
the limits of a global Community tariff quota of  
1  424 000 tonnes:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionRate of  
daty (%)
27.10 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than
crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing not
less than 70 %  by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from
bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the
preparations:
A.Light oils:
III. For other purposes 2-4
B.Medium oils:
HI. For other purposes 2-4
C.Heavy oils:
1. Gas oil:
c) For other purposes 1-4
II. Fuel oil:
c) For other purposes ■  1-4
III. Lubricating oils; other oils:
c) To be mixed in accordance with the terms of Additional
Note 7 to this Chapter (a) 1-6
d) For other purposes 2-4
27.11 Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons:
B.Other:
I. Commercial propane and commercial butane:
c) For other purposes: 0-6
27.12 Perolcum jelly:
A.Crude:
III. For other purposes 0-7
B.Other 2 . 2
27.13 Paraffin wax, micro-crystalline wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax,
peat wax and other mineral waxes, whether or not coloured:
B.Other:
I. Crude:
c) For other purposes 0-7
II. Other 2-0
27.14 Petroleum bitumen, petroleum coke and other residues of petroleum oils
orof oils obtained from bituminous minerals:
c.Other:
II. Other 0-7
(a) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent  
authorities.

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Within the limits of this tariff quota, Greece shall apply  
duties calculated in accordance with the relevant  
provisions in the 1979 Act of Accession and in the
Regulation (EEC) N o 3559/80 C1).
Article 2
1. A first instalment amounting to 383 000 tonnes of  
the Community tariff qOota referred to in Article 1  shall  
be allocated among the Member States; the respective  
shares, which subject to Article 5 shall be valid until  
31 December 19 S'j- shall be as follows:
(tonnes)
Benelux 85 000
Denmark 50 000
Germany 50 000
Greece 1 000
France 42 000
Ireland 25 000
Italy 30 000
United Kingdom 100 000
2. The second instalment of 1  041 000 tonnes shall  
constitute the reserve.might not be used up. It shall inform the Commission of  
its reasons for applying this paragraph.
Article 4
Each of the additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 3  
shall be valid until 31 December 1984 .
Article S
The Member States shall return to the reserve, not later  
than 1  October 1984, such unused portion of their initial  
share as, on 15 September 1984, is in excess of 20% of 
the initial volume. They may return a greater quantity if  
there are grounds for believing that it may not be  
used.
Member States shall, not later than 1  October 1 9 8 4 ,  
notify the Commission of the total quantities of the  
products in question imported up to 15 September 19 84  
and charged against the Community tariff quota and of  
any quantities of the initial shares returned to the  
reserve.
Article 3
1. If 90 %  or more of a Member State’s initial share as  
specified in Article 2 (1), or 90 % of that share minus the  
portion returned to the reserve where Article 5 is applied,  
has been used up, then, to the extent permitted by the  
amount of the reserve, that Member State shall forthwith,  
by notifying the Commission, draw a second share equal  
to 15 %  of its initial share, rounded up where necessary to  
the next unit.
2. If, after its initial share has been used up, 90 %  or  
more of the second share drawn by a Member State has  
been used up, that Member State shall, in accordance 
with the conditions laid down in paragraph 1, draw a  
third share equal to 7-5 %  of its initial share, rounded up  
where necessary to the next unit.
3. If, after its second share has been used up, 90 %  or  
more of the third share drawn by a Member State has been  
used up, that Member State shall, in accordance with the  
conditions laid down in paragraph 1, draw a fourth share  
equal to the third.
This process shall continue until the reserve is used up.
4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 ,2  and 3, a  
Member State may draw shares smaller than those fixed  
in those paragraphs if there is reason to believe that theseArticle 6
The Commission shall keep an account of the shares  
opened by the Member States pursuant to Articles 2 and 3  
and shall, as soon as it is notified, inform each Member  
State of the extent to which the reserve has been used  
up.
It shall inform the Member States, not later than  
5 October 1984 of the amounts still in the reserve after  
quantities have been returned thereto pursuant to Article
5.
The Commission shall ensure that the drawing which uses  
up a reserve does not exceed the balance available and, to  
this end, shall notify the amount of that balance to the  
Member State which makes such last drawing.
Article 7
1. Member States shall take all measures necessary to  
ensure that supplementary shares drawn pursuant to  
Article 3 are opened in such a way that imports may be  
charged without interruption against their accumulated  
shares of the Community tariff quotas.
2. Member States shall ensure that importers of the
products in question have
free access to the shares allocated to them.
(1) 0J N o L  382, 31.12.19S0, p. 71.

A N N E X  A
3. Member Stores shall charge imports of the goods in  
question against their shares as and when such goods are  
entered with the customs authorities for free circula­
tion.
Article 8
At the request of the Commission, Member States shall  
inform it of imports of the products concerned actually  
charged against their shares.Article 9
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate  
closely in order to ensure compliance with this Regula­
tion.
Article 10
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1  January
1 9 8 4 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member  
States.
Done at Brussels,
For the Council  
The President

Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for other  
woven fabrics of cotton falling within heading No 55.09 of the Common Customs Tariff and
originating in Spain (1 9 8 4 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European  
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113  
thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas an Agreement between the European Economic  
Community and Spain (') was concluded on 29 June  
1970 and supplemented by the Protocol to the Agree­
ment between the European Economic Community and  
Spain consequent on the accession of the Hellenic  
Republic to the Community (2) ·
Whereas the Community committed itself, under this  
Agreement, to opening an annual total Community tariff  
quota of 2 013 tonnes of other woven fabrics of cotton,  
falling within heading No 55.09 of the Common Customs  
Tariff and originating in Spain; whereas, the quota duty is  
equal to 40% of the Common Customs Tariff duty in  
respect of the products concerned; whereas this Commu­
nity tariff quota should be opened for 1984 ;
Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure to all  
Community importers equal and uninterrupted access to  
the abovementioned quota and uninterrupted application  
of the rate laid down for that quota to all imports of the  
products concerned into all Member States until the  
quota has been used up; whereas, having regard to the  
principles mentioned above, the Community nature of  
the quota can be respected by allocating the Community  
tariff quota among the Member States; whereas to reflect  
as accurately as possible the true trend of the market of  
the products in question, such allocation should be in  
proportion to the requirements of the Member States  
calculated by reference to the statistics of imports from  
Spain over a representative period and also to the  
economic outlook for the quota period concerned;
Whereas, during the last three years for which statistics  
are available, the corresponding imports by each of the  
Member States represent the following percentages of the  
imports into the Community from Spain of the products 
concerned:
(>) OJ No L 182, 16. 8. 1970, p. 2.  
(2) OJ No L 326, 13. 11. 1981, p. 2.Member State 1980 1981 1982
Benelux 12.3 4.8 1  .7
Denmark 0.2 0.3 0.2
Germany 4.5 3.6 5.1
Greece - - 0.3
France 75.4 74.2 60.1
Ireland 1  .5 12.0 21.2
Italy 2.9 3.9 8.0
United KingdomI  3 ' 21  .2 3.4
Whereas, in view of these factors, of market forecasts for  
the products in question and in particular of the estimates  
submitted by certain Member States, initial quota shares  
may be fixed approximately at the following percent­
ages:
Benelux 5-2
Denmark 0-3
Germany 5-2
Greece 5-2
France 52-0
Ireland 19-5
Italy 11-0
United Kingdom 1-6
Whereas, in order to take into account import trends for  
the products concerned in the various Member States, the  
quota volume should be divided into two instalments, the  
first being shared among the Member States and the  
second constituting a reserve to cover at a later date the  
requirements of those Member States having used up their  
initial quota shares; whereas, in order to give importers in  
each Member State a certain degree of security, the first  
instalment of the Community quota should under present  
circumstances be fixed at 77% of the quota;
Whereas the Member States’  initial shares may be used up  
at different times; whereas, in order to take this fact into  
account and avoid any break in continuity, any Member  
State which has almost used up its initial share should  
draw an additional share from the reserve; whereas this  
must be done by each Member State as and when each of  
its additional shares is almost used up, and repeated as  
many times as the reserve allows; whereas the initial and  
additional shares must be valid until the end of the quota  
period; whereas this method of administration requires

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close cooperation between tl· Member States and the  
Commission, and the latter must be in a position to  
monitor the extent to which the quota volume has been  
used up and to inform the Member States thereof;
Whereas if, at a given date in the quota period, a  
substantial quantity of an initial share remains unused in  
a Member State, it is essential that that Member State  
should return a significant proportion to the reserve, to  
prevent a part of any Community quota from remaining  
unused in one Member State when it could be used in  
others;
Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of  
the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg  
are united within and jointly represented by the Benelux
CCT
heading
No
55.09
Within the limits of this tariff quota, Greece shall apply  
duties calculated in accordance with the relevant  
provisions in the 1979 Act of Accession and in the
Regulation (EEC) N o 3559/80 (1).
Article  2
1. A first instalment amounting to 1 540 tonnes of the  
Community tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall be  
allocated among the Member States; the respective  
shares, which subject to Article 5 shall be valid until  
31 December 198/ shall be as follows:
(tonnes)
Benelux 80
Denmark 5
Germany 80
Greece 80
France 800
Ireland 300
Italy 170
United Kingdom 25
2. The second instalment of 473 tonnes shall consti­
tute the reserve.Economic Union, any operation concerning the admini­
stration of the quota shares allocated to that economic  
union may be carried out by any of its members,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
From 1  January until 31 December 1984, the Common  
Customs Tariff duties in respect of the products origina­
ting in Spain and listed below shall be partially suspended 
at the levels indicated for each of them within the limits of  
a global Community tariff quota of 2 013 tonnes:
Rate of  
duty (% )
4.6
4.8
4.8 
5.0
Article 3
1. If 90 % or more of a Member State’s initial share as  
specified in Article 2 (1), or 90 %  of that share minus the  
portion returned to the reserve where Article 5 is applied,  
has been used up, then, to the extent permitted by the.  
amount of the reserve, that Member State shall forthwith,  
by notifying the Commission, draw a second share equal 
to 15 % of its initial share, rounded up where necessary to  
the next unit.
2. If, after its initial share has been used up, 90% or.  
more of the second share drawn by a Member State has  
been used up, that Member State shall, in accordance  
with the conditions laid down in paragraph 1, draw a  
third share equal to 7-5 % of its initial share, rounded up  
where necessary to the next unit.
3. If, after its second share has been used up, 90% or  
more of the third share drawn by a Member State has been  
used up, that Member State shall, in accordance with the  
same conditions, draw a fourth share equal to the  
third.
This process shall continue until the reserve is used up.Description
Other woven fabrics of cotton:
A. Containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton:
I. Of a width of less than 85 cm
II. Other
B. Other:
I. Of a width of less than 85 cm
II. Other:
(1) 0 J N o  L  382, 31.12.1980, p. 71.

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4. J 3 y  way of derogation from paragraphs 1,2 and 3, a  
Member State may draw shares smaller than those fixed  
in those paragraphs if there is reason to believe that these  
might not be used up. It shall inform the Commission of  
its reasons for applying this paragraph.
Article 4
Each of the additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 3  
shall be valid until 31 December 1984.
Article  5
The Member Slates shall return to the reserve, not later  
than 1  October 198 ^ such unused portion of their initial  
share which, on 15 September 1984 is in excess of 20%  
of the initial volume. They many return a larger quantity  
if there are grounds for believing that it may not be  
used.
The Member States shall, not later than 1  October 1984,  
notify the Commission of the total quantities of the  
products in question imported up to 15 September 1984  
and charged against the tariff quota and of any quantities  
of the initial shares returned to the reserve.
Article  6
The Commission shall keep an account of the shares  
opened by Member States in accordance with Articles 2  
and 3 and shall, as soon as it is notified, inform each  
Member State of the extent to which the reserve has been  
used up.
It shall inform the Member States, not later than 5  
October 1984^ of the amount in the reserve after  
quantities have been returned pursuant to Article 5.
The Commission shall ensure that any drawing which  
exhausts the reserve does not exceed the balance availableand, to this end, shall notify the amount of that balance to  
the Member State which makes such last drawing.
Article  7
1. The Member States shall take all measures neces­
sary to ensure that additional shares drawn pursuant to  
Article 3 are opened in such a way that imports may be  
charged without interruption against heir accumulated  
shares of the Community quota.
2. The Member States shall ensure that imp.,: tors of  
the products in question
have free access to the shares allocated to them.
3. The Member Stales shall charge imports ol the said  
goods against their shares as and when the goods a r c-  
entered with the customs authorities for free circula­
tion.
4. The extent to which a Member State has used up its  
share shall be determined on the basis of the imports  
charged in accordance with paragraph 3.
Article 8
At the request of the Commission, Member States shall  
inform it of imports of the products concerned actually  
charged against their shares.
Article  9
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate  
closely in order to ensure compliance with this Regula­
tion.
Article 10
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1  January  
1984.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member  
States.
Done at Brussels,
For the Council  
The President