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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforyarnofpoly(p-phenyleneterephthalamide )forusein
themanufacture oftyresorofproductsusedinthemanufacture oftyres,
fallingwithinsubheading ex51.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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1.Regulation (EEC)No*378/82of25May1982(1)opened,forthesecond
.halfof1982,anautonomous Communitytariffquotaof600
tonnesstaduty-roteof27.foryarnofpolyCp-pheny leneterephta-
lamide)tobeusedinthemanufacture oftyres.
2.Thepossibility ofopeninganewquotaforthefirsthalfof1983
wasconsioered atameetingofthe"EconomicTariffProblems"group
on10September1982 .
Itappearedthatasolutionenvisaging aquotaonthesameconditions,
withanidentical amountsharedamongMemberStatesproratatotheir
requirements couldbeacceptedbyallMenberStates.
Thisistheobject£>fthepresentdraftregulation .
(1)0JNoL155,5.6.1982,p.1.

Draftfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforyarnofpoly(p-phenyleneterephthalamide )foruseinthemanufacture
oftyresorofproductsusedinthemanufacture oftyres,fallingwithin
subheadingex51.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ,
Whereastheproductionofyarnofpoly
(/>-phenyleneterephthalamide )iscurrentlyinsufficient
intheCommunitytomeettherequirements ofthe
userindustriesintheCommunity ;whereas,conse­
quently,Communitysuppliesofproductsofthistype
currentlydependtoaconsiderableextentonimports
fromthirdcountries;whereasitisintheCommu­
nity'sinteresttopartiallysuspendtheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyfortheyarninquestion,within
theCommunitytariffquota,ofanappropriatevolume
forarelativelylimitedperiod;whereas,inordernotto
bringintoquestionthedevelopmentprospectsofthis
productionintheCommunitywhileensuringan
adequatesupplytosatisfyuserindustries,itisadvis­
abletolimitthebenefitsoftariffquotassolelyto
productsforuseinthemanufactureoftyres,toopen
thequotafortheperiod1Januaryto30June
randtofixthevolumeofthisquotaatalevelof600
tonnes,corresponding totheneedsforimportsfrom
thirdcountriesduringthatperiod,andtofixthequota
dutyat2%;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersand
therateofdutyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistently toallimportsuntilthequotais
exhausted;whereas,inthelightoftheseprinciples,
arrangements fortheutilizationofthetariffquota
basedonanallocationamongMemberStateswouldseemtobeconsistentwiththeCommunitynatureof
thequota;whereas,tocorrespondascloselyas
possibletotheactualtrendinthemarketinthe
productinquestion,allocationofthequotashouldbe
inproportiontotherequirements oftheMember
Statesascalculatedbyreferencetostatisticsofimports
fromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative reference
periodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodinquestion;
Whereas,however,sincethequotaisanautonomous
Communitytariffquotaintendedtocoverimport
needsarisingintheCommunity ,forexperimental
purposes,thequotavolumemaybeallocatedonthe
basisofthetemporaryimportneedsfromthirdcoun­
triesexpressedbyeachoftheMemberStates;whereas
thesearrangements forallocationwillequallyensure
theuniformapplicationoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff;
Whereas,totakeaccountofpossibleimporttrendsfor
theproductconcerned,thequotavolumeshouldbe
dividedintotwotranches,thefirstbeingallocated
betweencertainMemberStatesandthesecondheldas
areservetomeetsubsequentrequirements ofMember
Stateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialsharesandany
additionalrequirementswhichmightariseintheother
MemberStates;whereas,togiveimportersofthe
MemberStatessomedegreeofcertainty,thefirst
trancheofthetariffquotashouldbefixedatarela­
tivelyhighlevel,whichinthiscasecouldbe594
tonnes;
Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
rates;whereas,toavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthis
account,itshouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberState
whichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddraw
anadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereaseach
timeitsadditionalshareisalmostusedupaMember
Stateshoulddrawafurthershare,andsoonasmany

timesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additionalsharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaboration betweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission ,whichlattermustbeina
positiontokeepaccountoftheextenttowhichthe
quotashavebeenusedupandtoinformtheMember
Statesaccordingly ;
hereas.itatagivendateinthequotaperiodacon­
siderablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthattheMemberState
shouidreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve,in
orcertopreventapartoftheCommunityquota
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomofaeNetherlands ,andtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bymeEeneiuxEconomicUnion,anymeasurecon­
cerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocatedto
thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneof
itsmembers.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
January
1.From1until30June19S3the
CommonCustomsTariffdutyforyarnsofpoly
(/>-phenyleneterephthalamide ),fallingwithinsubhead­
ing51.01A,foruseinthemanufactureoftyresorof
productsusedinthemanufactureoftyresshallbe
suspendedatthelevelof2%withintheframeworkof
aCommunitytariffquotaof600tonnes.
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,Greeceshall
applycustomsdutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsinthe1979ActofAccession.2.Thesecondtrancheof6tonnesshallconstitute
thereserve.
Article3
1IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofits
initialshareasfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshare
minusanyportionreturnedtothereservepursuantto
Article5,itshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommis­
siondrawasecondshare,totheextentthatthereserve
sopermits,equalto5%ofitsinitialshareroundedup
asnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitial
share,hasused90%ormoreofthesecondshare
drawnbyit,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,inthe
mannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraph1,
drawathirdshareequalto2-5%ofitsinitialshare
roundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
3.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecond
share,hasused90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawn
byit,thatMemberStateshall,inthemannerandto
theextentprovidedinparagraph 1,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.0
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.BywayofderogationfromparagraphsIto3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthosespeci­
fiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.
AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshall
informtheCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil30June1983.
Article2
1.Afirsttrancheof594tonnesofthisCommunity
tariffquotashallbeallocatedamongcertainMember
States;theshares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbe
validuntil3QJune1983shallbeasfollows:
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom(tonnes)
100
1
60
1
340
2
60
30Article5
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan15May
1983returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on1May198^isinexcess
of20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturna
greaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatit
maynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan15May
1983notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesof
theproductsinquestionimportedupto1May
1983andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotaand
ofanyportionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedtothe
reserve.

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Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasthenotificationsreachit,
informeachMemberStateoftheextenttowhichthe
reservehasbeenusedup.Itshall,notlaterthan20
May1983,informtheMemberStatesofthe
amountsstillinreservefollowinganyreturnofshares
pursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andto
thisendshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmay
bechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraggregate
sharesoftheCommunitytariffquota.
2.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethattheproductslistedinArticle1(1),bene­
fitingfromtheCommunitytariffquota,areindeed
destinedforuseinthemanufactureoftyres.Controloftheuseforthisspecialpurposeshallbe
carriedoutpursuanttotherelevantCommunityprovi­
sions.
3.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestion, ,have
freeaccesstothesharesallottedtothn.
4.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productinquestionagainsttheirsharesastheproduct
isenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfreecircula­
tion.
5.TheextenttowhichMemberStateshaveusedup
theirsharesshallbedetermined onthebasisof
importschargedagainstthemundertheconditionsset
outinparagraph4.
Article8
AttheCommissionsrequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallco­
operatecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1983
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident