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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(76)551final
Brussels.20thOctober1976
Proposai .fora
IREGULAAl'TPN(KEC}OFFTHECOUNCIL
allocating;;ands,rovidin^fortheadministration
ofCommunitytariffquotesforcertaintextileproductsfallingwithinheading;ios55.05and55.03and'sub-'
headingNoex58.01AoftheCommonCuetonsTariff'"*
.(firsthalfof.1977)..comingfromTurkey f
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)i
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EXPLANATORY MICROS
1.Asaresultofnegotiations'with.(Turkeyontheadjustmentsto
bomadetotheAssociation -Agreementbetweenthatcountryanatne
CommunityandtheAdditionalProtocol,totakeaccountOx«-ho
accessionofnewMemberStates,theCommunitysignedinAn/:ar«on
^0June1973aSuppIcaentoryProtocol.whichwillenterintoforce
onceithasbeenratified. _ .
Inthemeantime,theCommunityhasconcludesanInterimAgreement
whichintheoryrunsonlyfortheperiodpriortotheentryinto
forceofthisSupplementary Protocolbut
inordertoimplement ,from
1't. '■
1January197^,certainprovisi.e-nsofthatProtocolrelatingto
tradeingoods._ n
2.Intheabovernentioned Supplementary ProtocolandInterim .
Agreement ,provisionismadeinparticular .inrespectoftextile,
productafortheopeningofthefollowingannualCommunitytariffquotas,
eubjocttotheconditionslaiddownforeachproduct:
ICCÏÏ
!heading^o
55-05 .
155.09Description
jCottonyarn,-notputj
jupforretailsalej
jOtherwovenfabricsj
ofcottonAnnual
tariffque
390metri' "C'Duzy
5%reduction
1390metr~-tonrrj75i«reductionJ
Foraperiodexpiringon.I.July1977',then
also'determinefor'theseproductstheallegation ongtheMemberStat
ofthecoinualtariffquotasfortextileproducts.C?\.'3allocationisasfol]

3-xtisnot atpresent possible tosaywhether thetariff measures
proposed forTurkey under these agreements arc tobogranted for
197 7onthebasis oftheSupplementary Protocol oroftheInterim
Agreement ,•whose period ofvalidity would have toboextended .
Theattached Proposals forRegulations ,arebased on
the'Supplementary Protoool andcould therefore' "bemodifiod should
thoProtoool notoome into foroeOJV1January 1977.
Another problem arises inconnection with thesize ofthequotas tob
'••,.• ,-firs't half of "•opened forthe /1977,inview ofthedecision taken bythoAssociation
Council 'raring -June 1973 togrant Turkey treatment asfavourable as
that granted tocountries benefiting from generalized tariff '•
••preferences# '' * ' ,
A.-jthodecisions onthe .system tobeapplied tothodeveloping _.
countries 'will notbetaken until very late this year ,-'the Cctniss'o ^
orcposaL ^or197~ fors?es aninitial adjustment tobeidentical tothat
rr.aoe for1976 with anaddition ,equal to5%,ofthepercentage used inthe
Commissions proposal inthefield oftheGeneralized System ofPreferences .

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5-Tneadjustment •oftheadvantagesreferredtounder4,wo:lc
theroforeconsistin:
quotasfortheTWOproductsMquestion;
thograntingofatariffquoteof185a©triotons,ata~cro
rateofduty,.forcertaincarpetsofwooloroffinshair
(headingNoexj?3.01A); ••
Onthisbasis,thetariffquotasfixedfor.thefirsthalfof1977,mr.:J\-
levelindicated above;
~cottonyarn(heading55-05):513tonnes­
-otherwovenfabricsofcotton(heading55.09):i.208tonnes
-carpetsofwooloroffinehair(heading58,01A):<53tonnestnegrantingoftotalsuspensionoftheapp.
dutiesand"fourincreasesfof50foandthenofaeapplicable customs
hco.ofthreetimes5/Min.thetar!?
o.regardsthooconoroicinformationtobeusedir3
thefcasisfortheproposedallocationof.the c;U<;
itshould .beremarkedthattheyshouldbobasedprxne
Spates'imports,actualandestimated,epacificaliyo^i
;corningfromTurkeyfor.thecategoriesofproductscoa-;±.of•tne
•xxc:utj.,as-unf-onL'i,
pri.ac ..xl7onMorabor
^ ι.·ίφ'£·'£ζΟΧ
coajXderod »-WV-.<iA/.X
-nus,althoughithasbeanpossibletodrawup
informationforthoyoars1973to1975,neverf
-eguxaritynotodinimportsduringthoseref*
notnocessarilyboonpossibletodeduceany
-■orohis-reason,asiscustomary,thoquota
originalCommunityhavebeendrawupappro*ori.ato
75&navertV .hccauûôoftao
thosereff/ron^oyears,ithas
■i0Qany*'-•••«-isisofassessment
>quota-\^rattributed%6cho
•/•;
i■

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divided intotwotranches ,thefirst tranche boir .£allocated aaons ' '
theMember States ,andthesecond heldasareserve tocover any
aûax oxonal requxrements which might corne tolitfh 4-in jLvlrt<,rt*-v ..
ofparagraph .2,uplifted asindicated inparagraph 4aCo . ^
.TheProposal foraBegulation ontextile products provides for
asingle method ofcounting imports against quota shares inthe
hember States concerned ,namely as'andwhenthey are'entered for'
hoajo USG . ■

jProposal fora
KECOLA'TXOII (EEC) ^ CJTH3CCUIvCIL
opening -allocating and'providing forthoadministration
ciCommunrcy tariff quotas foroertain teresile produots
falling within headings Xoo55.05and55.09andsubheading
2Toes:£3,01 AofthoCommo nCustoms Tariff Cthefirst half of1977 )
coming from Turkey
/>û!,CCOÎÎCÀLOPTHEEURO-HEAiT CC?'3M3IŒTIES ,
r-aving regavo .»otheTreaty establishing -thoEuropean Eoonomio
Community ,andinparticular Artiole 113 -thereof ; ■
Having regard tothoproposal from .theCommission .; '• .
Wheroas 7under thoteres ofArticle 7'of'theSupplementary Protocol'
signed inAnkara 01130June1973containing thoadjustments to "bo
madetothoAgreement establishing anAssociation between thoEuropean '
economic Community andTurkey andtotheAdditional Protocol 1consequent'
onthoAccession ofnewKember States ,tho "Community iarepaired ,eachyear ,t
reauoe by1%thecustoms duties onimports fromTurkey ofoertain
wextil© products falling within' heading Kos "55.05 and ■55.0$ ofthe
■Common Cuctocio Tariff ,within thelimit ofannual Community tariff
q-aotas of390metric tonsforcotton yarnand1390metric tonsfor
woven fabrics ofootton ,whereas Artiole 14oftheabove-cent ionad
„follows
-forcotton >arn :
JGOmetrio tonstotheCommunity as 'originally constituted ,40metrio
■SonstoDenmark ,10metrio tonstoIreland and40metrio tonstotho
United Kingdom : . •• •
' ' .. . .•/.. .
.
^i:oL25/3,29Decomber -1972 »p.A

forwoven fabrios ofootton :
^ •j000metrio tonstotheCoonrealty asoriginally constituted ,
20metrio tonstoEarmark ,10metrio tonstoIreland and360netrio
tons totheUnited Kingdom ;
Whereas ,moreover ,itappears dosirablo toprovide foraprovisional
adjustment ofthetariff advantages forthese goods :
~fortheCommunity asoriginally constituted byatotal suspension
;ofthecustoms duties oftheCommon Customs Tariff ,andincreases of
quota volumes for thfese Member States , -
--forthonewMember States byatotal suspension oftheduties
applicable within thelimits oftho'quotas fijeed above ,inoreased
in'the GuifiG proportion ;
.. t%,>«■<• .
Whereas thequota volumes tobeopened forthefirst halfof1977 ,arethus
L'briL'oTcottof ;IT"" ""•»*«■>. –.1208tonnes forother'woven
vJnereas pursuant toArtiole 1ofAnnex JTo2tothoAdditional
Protocol together withArticle 9oftheSupplementary Protocol ,for
duration OJ.1$J7inparticular ,theCommunity mustreduoe partially
theduties applicable inrespect ofthird countries tocarpets ,
■carpeting' andrugs,' knotted (madeMpornot)ofwooloroffine
animal hair (withtheexception ofhand-mado carpets )imported from
Tus-iCey ;whereas italsoappears advisable toimprove thistariff
wdvantcge ■hymearj3 a suspension oftheduties
applicable tothe_products inquestion within aComnuriity tariff
quota fixed initially at185metrio tonsandallocated i»accordance
witAthesamepercentages asthose adopted for1$76-
rfhereas ,inorder tocomply withthespecial provisions ofthe
Supplementary Protocol ,different sysrfcems should beprovided forthe
member States oftheCommunity asoriginally constituted andforthe
now i-iombor States ; ""1 l,!*'■ . •' ••>•

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Γtfhcreas,as'regarasthoCommunityasoriginallyconstituted ;
–■equalandcontinuousaooesstcthequotasshould"boensured
forallimportersanathorateofdutyfor"the"tariffquotas
snouldbeappliedconsistentlytoallimportsonthoproduct-
inquosu^t_*AAun^ilohoquotasareo^chaustedj '
-mtholightoftheso-principles,arrangementsfortheutilization
oxt-ho3etariffquotas"basedonanallocationamoiigMember
StateswouldsocmtoboconsistentwiththeCommunitynatureof
thequotas;whereas?inorderthatitmaycorrespondasclearly
aspossibletotheactualtrendofthemarketintheproductin
question.,allocationofthequotasshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirementsoftnoMemberStatesascalculatedbyreferenceto'
statisticsofimportsfromTurkeyduringarepresentative reference
periodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiodinV
quo»Lionjv.hereas"jinspiteoftholimited -njedforimportsfrom
Turkeyoftheproductsconcerned,asshownbythostatisticsfor
themajorityoftheMemberStatesthoCom–unitycharacterofthe'
tarix?quotasconcernedshouldbosafeguardedbymakingprovisions
toooverneedswhichmight"••'ariseintheseMemberStates;
i •-importsintothevarious ^MemberStatesfromTurkeywereasfollows
duringthopast-threeyearsforwhichcompletestatisti.oare
availablej ■ . •'
1973 1974:v/
motrio .% .metric...fo.metric
TJons tons tons
Co'b'convri'cn
i
51.63 Cerma:v10734,.42.56'633329.01'14,196
BoRoliax 6J95"26.95;70002>2'.Ol""4,25515.48
tranca .162.O.64:18068.27 1,0443.80
752729.85'6690'''30.65.''7,,99s.6ify.uy

/</
1973 1974 1975
metrio % .metric ^ metric
' -ι- '
;ons -tons tons
•Otherwoven fabrics'
■ i■■■»»■–.■■. i. i.WIIMIM ,rnm.m \. .i
ofcotton
CGrma1^ ''ô77' : *30.62 456 •24.52 • .151 10.50
3onelux 953 "33.27 1,000 . 53.76 948 6591
ïtan .CQ 412 14.39 .194 10.43 95 6.61
I-fcàly . ^22 _21.72 210 11.29 244.2 16.98*r-f-
-inviewofthese' fibres andforeseeable market trends fortheproducts
conoerned duila*1277,'tho'initial shares may "bofixed approximately at
the'following' percentages : _'_
Cotton yarn Other woven fabrics ofcotton
Germany 44.7
Bénélux '20
Juanee 53
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Italy 3023.1
30.8
34.6
11.5
waereas ,totakeaocount offixture import trends fortheproduct ooncerned ,
eachquota should hedivided intotwotranches ,thefirst "being allocated
anatheseoond heldasareserve tocover subsequently therequirements
ofMember States ^which haveexhausted their initial shares ;wheross ,to
givo importers somedegree ofcertainty ,thefirst tranche ofthequotas
"hoald "bef-^ed itarelatively highlevel ,approximately 73$oftheir
fall amounts : •' • .■

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-;tfeciberStatesj-a&yexhausttheirinitialsharesatdifferent
...... *rates;whereastoavoid*-disruptionof'supplies'on'thisaocouxrtit-■'
should "beprovidedthatanyMemberStatewhich,hagalmostused
uponeofitsinitialsharesshoulddrawanadditionalshare
fromthoreserve:whereaseaohtiKaitsadditionalshareis
almostexhaustedaMemberStateshoulddrawafurthershare,and
soonasmany,tiraesasthereserveallows;whereasthoinitial
anaadditional shc-resshould "bevaliduntilthoendofthequota
period;whereas'Ahiaformofadministration requiresclose
collaboration "betweentheMemberStatesandthoCornmission ,and
theCommissionmust"beinapositiontokeepaccountofthoextent
towhichthoquotashave"beenusedupandtoinform,theT'leniber
Statesaooordingly ; .
ifatagivendateinthequotaperiodaconsiderable quantityof
oneofaMemberState'sinitialsharesregainsunuseditisessential,
topreventapartofoneofthequotasfromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhileitcould'beusedinothers,thatsuchStatoshould
returnaproportiontherooficthereserve;- ..
sincethe-KingdomofBelgium,thoKingdomoftheNetherlands andthe.
GrandDuchyofLuxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
by.theBeneluxEconomicUnion.,arytransactioninrespectofthe
adainietrationofthosharesallocatedtothatEcoapaioUnioncay.
bocarriedoutbyaryoneofitsmembers:• ■
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IhereasasregardsthonowMemberStatesinparticulars
-thequotavoluir.estoboallocated J-othosenewMemberStatesunder •
Article14ofthoSupplementary Protocolaswellasthodutiesto.•;
beappliedinthoseMemberstatesforthepurposesofthosequotas
determinedinaccordancewithiurtio.-1@pofthosaidProtoool,arotobo
adjustedassetoutbelow;
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*■©£jualcontinuous &OOGQS"to*fchocjuo"fc^sshould "BGGZXDUPOCL
forallimportersand-therateofdutyforthetariffquotas
should"boappliedconsistentlytoallimportsoftheproduota
concerneduntilthe'quotasareexhausted.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION;'-> •'•
•.Artxole1
1.From1Januaryanduntil30June_ .Communitytariff
quotasbeopenedforthefollowingproduotscomingfroa
TurJcoy,asshown'below;
2.Thequotasshall"beallocatedarid-adainister.edinaocordanoe
.withthefollowingprovisionsi"• •''
SECTIONI•'
RL-ovlaiongrelatingtotheCommunityasoriginallyconstituted
Article2
1.WithinthequotaCustomsTariffdutiesshall"betotally
suspendedwithinthelimitof435j^a-t^iotons

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forcottonyarnnotputupforretailsale,"68metrictonsfor
otherwovenfabricsofcotton,and65metrictonsforcarpfits
madeofwoolorfineanimalhair.■■■■••.
Article
1..ShequotasreforredtoinArticle2shallbedividedintotwo
tranches.
2.2ii©firsttrancheof'eachofthesequotasshallbeallocated
ozioxistheMemberStaves;theshareswhich,subjecttoArticle6,
shallbevaliduntil •30June1977,-shallbeasfollows:
(inmetrictons)
'CTheadingKo
55-0555.09ex58.01A
.Germany . .■ 142 147 '•18
3enelux ■ 64195-.7
France 17'219 13
Italy 95 .73 9
318 634 •47
iiiosecondtrancheofeachquotesamountingto117,234andiBmotrio
tonsrespectively ,shallconstitutethecorresponuing reserve.'
1
Articlek :,
1..i.ssoonasaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofoneofitsinitial
sharesasfixedinArticle3(2),'bi°""ofthatsh&iominusanyportion ■
returnedto.theresorvopursuantto'Articleo,i-1'"shallforthwith,by
notifyingthe.Commission ,drawsecond 'share,•to.thoextentthattheroi-or

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sopermits,equaltoX5%ofitsinitialshareroundedasnecessary
uptothenextwholenumber. •
2.\AsroonasaMemberState,afberexhaustingoneofitsinitial
shares,hasused9V%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyit,that
memberSta^oshallforthwith,inthemannerandtotheextent
providedinparagraph1,drawathirdshareequalto?.$%ofits
v»ialshare.
AsCOOr*asaMember'State,afterexhaustingitssecondshare,
hashed905^ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyit,thatMember
Stateshall,_inthesamemannerandtothesameextent,draw,'a
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Itsha^.1continueinthisfashionuntilthereserveisexhausted.
.ByWayofderogationfromparagraphs'!;2and3,aMemberStato
may.arawshareslowerthanthosespecifiedinthoseparagraphsif
taorearegroundsforbelievingthatthosespecifiedmay'notbeused
xnfull.AnyMemberStateapplying'this'paragraphshallinformthe
Cowv.isoionofitsgroundsforsodoing.
•• ' Article5
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'ddxtionalsharesdrawnpursuanttcArticlekehallbe'validuntil
30June19?7# v .^..■" ..•
Article6
,nerfomoerStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlaterthanj
.1May1977,theunuoedportionoftheirinitialsharewhich,'^^Apri^.1977,ismexcessof20%oftheinitialamount.
mayreturnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
Doiievxngthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull

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Member States shall ,not lator than 1May 1977 ,notify tho
Commission oftho total quantities ofthoproduct inquestion ,
imported uptoandincluding 15'April '1977andcharged against
thoCommunity quotas and ofanyportion oftheir initial shares to
each oftho reserves .
Article -7
ShoCommission shall keep anaccount oftho'shares opened bytho
Member States pursuant toArticles 3and kandshall ,onreceipt of
theinformation ,infer ."each State ofthe extent towhich the
reserves have been 'used up. ' \
Itshall ,notlater than May 197 .inform theXernbcr States ■
oftheamounts still -inreserve following any ro'cv.rn'.of shares'
pursuant toArticle 6. ::
I"i,shall ensure tha.t when on ,amount exhausting one ofthereserves
isdrawn the'amount sodrawn does notexceed thebalance available ,
and tothis endshall notify' tho amount' ofthat balance to ,thoKomb'er
State making tholast drawing.' ' ;
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Article 8
•l.Every Member State sir -alltake allappropriate -meacures toensure
that additional shares ■drawn pursuant toArticle hareopened in
such 'awaythat importations maybocharged without interruption
against itsaccumulated sharo oftheCommunity quotas .
'SECTION II
Provisions relating tothenewKcmboj ,-States
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Article 9
x.V.xthia thetariff quotas referred toinArticle 1,.thefollowing
I ». J
snarec snail boallocated tothe nov ;Kemb orStatos :
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.Within ,thelimits ofthese quotas ,thenowMember States shall
aPPly zero duties forthetextile products concerned .
SECTION III '
a
General provisions
Artici o10 ■'
Every member State shall takeallmeasures necessary toensure
tnatimporters oftheproduct inquestion established initsterritory
have j.ree access totheshares allocated toit.
t
1 \ •
i-very Member State shall charge importations oftheproducts in
question against itsshare asandwhen such'products areentered with ■
tnecustoms autnorities forhome use ."
2neextent towhich aMember State hasused upitsshare shall bo ■
aoterramed onthebasis oftheimportations against that share in
accordance with paragraph 2. : '
Article II -1
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-veryAeaoor State shall notify theCommission atregular iatorvals
Oxuheimportations chargod against itsshares .'

Article 12
SheMember States andtheCommission shall cooperate closely to
ensure that this Regulation isconpliod with .
Article 13
2his Regulation shall enter into foroe on1January 1977 .
This Regulation shall bobinding inits entirety anddirectly
applicable inall Keraber States .
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UQTiQ atBrussels , • For theCouncil
The President