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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(73)1963 Final
Brussels,23November 1973
PROPOSAL FORA
V
REGULATION (EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofa
Communitytariffquota-forotherwovenfabricsofcotton
fallingwithinheadingNo55.09oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginIsreal
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(73)1963Final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article 2oftheAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community
andIsrael ,read with Article 3ofAnnex Ithereto ,provides for
theopening ofCommunity tariff quota of300tons forthe
importation into theCommunity ofother cotton fabrics ,originating
inIsrael ,falling within theTariff Heading No55.09 .
These provisions apply only tothesixoriginal Member States ,since
the "Protocol fixing certain provisions relating totheAgreement
between theEuropean Economic Community andIsrael inconsequence
oftheAccession ofthenewMember States totheEuropean Economic
Community "of30January 1973 (OJNoL66,13March 1973 )provides
that asregards thenewMember States thesituation shall remain as
before .The Protocol also provides that thecontracting parties are
tolaydown before 1January 197^thetransitional measures and
adjustements which may appear necessary following theaccession of
the new Member States .
InJuly 1973 ,theCommunity opened negotiations with Israel with a
view toconcluding ,by1January 197^,anewAgreement toreplace
the 1970 Agreement .However ,inview ofthe present state ofthese
negotiations ,itisbynomeans certain that the Agreement could
enter into force on1January 197^.
Inview ofthe foregoing ,theCommission believes that thepossible
necessity should beprovided for ofopening tariff quotas ,under the
current Agreement ,infavour ofIsrael .Consequently ,therelevant
tariff quotas should beopened by1January 197^andtherefore
approved bytheCouncil before that date *
Itistherefore necessary toinitiate theprocedures foropening
the relevant tariff quotas *
0
The Regulations provide ,intheusual way ,for thesplitting upof
the tariff volumes into two parts ,ofwhich the first will be
allocated among theMember States asquota shares and thesecond
will bekept asreserve .

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5.The allocation ofthe first part ofeach quota has been undertaken
according tothe rules generally applied hitherto .The total
imports ofeach Member State for1970 ,1971 and1972 have been
expressed asaproportion oftotal Community imports over thesame
period .Theresulting percentages have been applied State by
State tothe volume ofthe first part ,the last digit ofthe
number ofmetric tons being rounded off .
6.Theproposed Regulation onother cotton fabrics provides fora
single method ofadministration ,tobeapplied byall Member
States ,namely the "asand when "method .

PROPOSALFORA
REGULATION(EEC;OFTHECOUNCILGUD/G22/73-E
opening,allocatingand.providingfortheadministration ofa
Communitytariffquotaforotherwovenfabricsofcottonfalling
withinheadingNo55*°9oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating
inIsrael
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andinparticularArticle113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheState
ofIsrael,signedatLuxembourgon29June1970,providesinArticle2(l)
togetherwithArticle3ofAnnex1fortheopeningbytheCommunityofan
annualCommunitytariffquotaof300metrictonsofotherwovenfabricsofoottai
fallingwithinheadingNo*55*09oftheCommonCustomsTariff .originating in
Israel;whereas,pursuanttoArticle'1ofthesaidAnnexth§quots^zsequalto
50/ooftheCommonCustomsTariffdutyinrespectoftheproductconcerned;
whereasthereforeaCommunitytariffquotaof300metrictonsatdutyrates
of6.5^,T/°i1%an<i7forproductsfallingwithinsubheadingsNos55«u9AI,
AII,BIandBIIrespectively shouldbeopenedfor1974;
WhereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoallCommunityimporters
equalanduninterrupted accesstotheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoallimportsofthe
productsconcernedintoMemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,theCommunitynatureofthe
quotacanberespectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectmostaccuratelytheactual
developmentofthemarketintheproductsconcerned,suchallocationshould
beinproportiontotheneedsoftheMemberStates,assessedbyreferenceboth
tothestatistics onimportsoftheproductsconcernedfromIsraelovera
representative periodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiodconcerned:

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Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsareavailable,
thecorresponding importsbyeachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthe
followingpercentagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfromIsraelof
theproductsconcerned:
1970 1971 1972
Germany 93.089.9 94-5
IBénélux 0.2 0.5
iFrance 2.0 2.5 2.5
JItaly4.8 7.6 2.5
whereas,inviewofthesedataandtheestimatessubmittedbycertain
MemberStates,initialquotasharesmaybefixed-approximately atthe
followingpercentages :
Germany
Bénélux
France
Italy90
1
3
6

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Vihereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrendsfortheproduces
concernedinthedifferentMemberStates,thequotaamountshouldhe
dividedintotwoinstalments ,thefirstinstalmentbeingallocatedamong
theMemberStates,andthesecondformingareserveintendedultimatelyto
coveretherequirements oftheMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheir
initialquotashares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegreeof
securitytoimportersineachMemberStates,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotashouldbedeterminedatalevelwhich,underpresent
circumstances ,maybe75/"of"thequotaamount; .**
«»
WhereastheinitialquotashareoftheMemberStatesmaybeusedup*at'»•
differenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfactintoaccountartd'
avoidanybreakincontinuity,itisimportantth&tanyMemberState »
havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialquotashareshouldaraw
anadditionalquotasharefromthereserve;whereas,thismustbedone
byeachMemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditionalquotasharesis-
almostentirelyusedupandrepeatedasmanytimesaether«serveallows;
whereastheinitialandadditionalquotasharesmustbeavailableforuse
.untiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodofadministratis
callsforclosecooperationbetweenMemberStatesandtheCommission,which
must,inparticular,beabletoobservetheextenttowhichthequota
amountisusedandinformMemberStatesthereof;
IJhereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,aconsiderable
balanceremainsinoneorotherMemberStateitisessentialthatthat
MemberStatepaysalargeamountofitsbackintothereserve,in
ordertoavoidapartoftheCommunityquotaremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomoftheNetherlands
andtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgareunitedinandrepresented bythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactions concerningtheadministration
ofsharesgrantedtotheabovementioned EconomicUnionmaybecarried
outbyanyoneofitsMembers

CUD/741/73--
Article 3
1.If90/cormore oftheinitial share ofaMember State laiu dowr ,in
Article 2(l),orJQ'/oofthat share less theamount returned into the
reserve ,where theprovisions ofArticle 5have "been applied ,hasbeen
exhausted ,that Member State shall proceed without delay ,bynotifying
theCommission ,todraw asecond share equal to15$ofitsinitial share ,
rounded uptothenext unit where appropriate ,totheextent that the
amount inthe reserve allows .
2•If,after itinitial share hasbeen exhausted ,90%ormore ofthe
second share drawn byaMember State hasbeen used ,that Member State shall
proceed without delay ,bynotifying theCommission ,todraw athird share
equal to7•5/'°ofitsinitial share ,rounded uptothenext unit where
appropriate ,totheextent that theamount inthereserve allows .
3.If,after itssecond share hasbeen exhausted ,90%ormore ofthe
third share drawn byaMember State hasbeen used ,that Member State shall
proceed ,pursuant totheprovisions ofparagraph 2,todraw afourth share
equal tothe third .
This process shall beapplied until thereserve isexhausted .
4«Notwithstanding theprovisions ofparagraphs ,1,2and3,theMember
States mayproceed todraw shares smaller than those fixed inthose paragraphs
ifthere isreason tobelive that those shares might notbeused up.They
shall inform theCommission ofthereasons which ledthem toapply this
paragraph .
Article 4
Theadditional shares drawn pursuant toArticle 3shall bevalid until
31December 1974 -
Article 5
If,by15September 1974 »aMember State hasnotused upitsinitial share ,
itshall ,notlater than 10October 1974 »return tothereserve theunused
portion ofthis share inexcess of20%oftheinitial amount .Itmay
return alarger quantity ifthere arereasons toconsider that such quantity
might 'not beused .
TheMember States shall ,notlater than 10October 1974 »notify the
Commission ofthetotal imports oftheproducts concerned effected upto
15September 1974 inclusive ,andcharged against theCommunity quota and ,
where appropriate ,theproportion oftheir initial share that isbeing
returned tothe reserve .

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Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountofthesharesopened,byLIember3i,ates
inaccordancewithArticles2and3andshallinformeachofthemof
theextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasitreceivesthe
notifications •
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan15October1974notifyMemberStates
oftheamountinthereserveafterthereturnofsharespursuantto
Article5»
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhichusesupthereserve
islimitedtothebalanceavailableand,forthispurpose,shallspecify
theamountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate measurestoensure .
that,whenadditionalsharesaredrawnpursuanttoArticle3,itis
possibleforchargestobemadewithoutinterruption againsttheir
accumulated sharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallguaranteetoimportersoftheproducts
concernedestablishedintheirterritoryfreeaccesstotheshares
allocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftheproductsconcerned
againsttheirsharesinsofarastheproductshavebeenpresentedfor
Customsclearanceundercoverofdeclarations thatithasbeenmade
availableforconsumption .
4.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStates*shareshavebeenusedup
shallberecordedonthebasisoftheimportschargedintheconditions
laiddowninparagraph3.
Article8
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommissionatregularintervalsofimports
fromIsraelactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperatecloselyinorderto
ensurethattheprovisionsofthisRegulationareobserved.

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Article 10
This Regulation shall enter into force on1January 1974 *
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable
inallMember States .
Done atBrussels . For the Council
The President