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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(74)1516 final
Brussels,25September1974
Proposalfora;
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration
ofaCommunitytariffquotaforotherwovenfabricsof
cottonfallingwithinheadingNo55.09oftheCommon
CustomsTarifforiginatinginSpain
Proposalfora
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration
ofaCommunitytariffquotaforcertainpetroleumproducts
fallingwithinChapter27.oftheCommonCustomsTariff
refinedinSpain
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(74)1516final

expTiATI'.TOÏÏY }ru:ommim
't.. a.1^J.wa.V»Owu.-:jv^n01L\^«-'Ui l
11'"1.<ii;.->r.!icf!onvo^mxty
siiclSpain,readwithArticles2,3and4.ofAnnexIthereto,provides
fortheopeningofCommunitytariffquotasfortheimportationinto
theCoimunityofthofollowingproducts,originatinginSpain,at
thequotadutiescpooifiodbelow:
CCTHeadingHotProduct AairraalVolunoÏ
QuotaDatyJ
Chapter27
i
55.09
i\
Cortainpetroieuir
|preûnets
!
Otherootton
fabrics1200000t)
!.>
I:i8oot^
!:)I
I40/}cftho
CCTduties
»
I
I I
L
2.TheseprovisionsapplyonlytothosixoriginalUenborStates,ninco
the"ProtocolfiringcertainprovisionsrelatingtothoAcrooment
"betweentheEuropeanEoononiicCommunityandSpaininconaequenceof
theAccessionofthenewi'leraberStatestothoEuropoajiEconoraio
Commnity"of29January1973(OJNoL66,13JIarch1973)provides
thatasregardsther.cvrIleisbcrStatesthosituationr.hallremainas
boforo.TheProtocolalsoprovidesthatthocontractingpartiesare
tolaydownbefore1January1974thotransitional measuresand
adjustments whichnayappearnecessaryfollowingthoaccessionof
thenov;IxnberStates,
InJuly1973,theCommunityopenednegotiationswithSpainwitha
viewtoconcluding,by1January197^,anewAgreementtoreplace
the1970Agreement.However,inviewofthepresentstateofthese
negotiations ,itisbynomeanscertainthattheAgreementcould
enterintoforceon1January1975butratheronalaterdatewhich
rriio-htwellbewithinthefirsthalfof1975*
•Inviewoftheforegoing,theCommissionbelievesthatthepossible
necessityshouldbeprovidedforofopeningtariffquotas,1975,,>;.erthe
currentAgreement ,infavourofSpain.Consequently ,therelevant
tariffquotasshouldbeopenedby1January19^5an<ithereforeapproved
bytheCouncilbefore1IToveraber1974. '•

2
Jiowever ,inview ofthepossible entry into force ofanewA<-reoi,i^nt itisnro'oowed
1,0fi°n'Llil°'k-'13periou ofvalidity ofthese Community tarif fouotas fortheyear
1^Iil.otlieoerio'l not-covered bythenewAgreement .
ihis istne oo.-ject oftheproposals annexed hereto .
Io•>.stherefore necessary toinitiate immediately theprocedures foropenin-"
"therelevant tfr -not -:.
4®TheRegulations provide ,intheusual ws^r ,forthesplitting upof
thotariff volumes into twoparts ,ofwhich thofirot vri.ll "bo
allocated snoiig thoITenbor States asquota chaivss andthoscoond
v;ill "bokept asareserve .
5«'-KiOaliooationofthefirst part ofeach quota ha3been undertaken
according tothorulos generally applied hitherto .Thototal
imports ofeach I-Ienfbcr Stato for 1971 to1973 liavo boon
expressed asaproportion oftotal Comounity imports over tho ccur.o
period .Therorultin ^;percentages liavo boen applied Stato byState
tothovolume ofthofirot part ,tholast digit ofthonumber of
rcotrio tons beiiyr rounded off.
/
o.Thoproposed fie~alation onother ootton fabrioa provide afora
sm&lo method ofadministration ,toboapplied byallI-'erabor States s
naraoly tho "asandwhen "method .
Kowovor itisatpresent irr.posniblo toprovide forasingle wcthod
ofadministration ("anandwhen "oradvance allocation )ofthoquot<-
forcortain petroleum products .Thoru.loo governing thomarkot in
these products vary from c-neMember Stato toanother ,with thoeffect
that thoMcrabor States regard thoapplication ofar.inglo method of
a.dminibtrationaGiinposoibl'o .Incontrast togeneral practice ,
therefore ,each 3'ember Stato will boempowered toadninir.ter its
own tharo ofthoquota according toitsownrules ,while ensuring
that allimporters ofthorelevant products have freo aocoss to
thoquota .

M3XA
Proposal fora
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forotherwovenfabricsofcottonfallingwithinheadingNo55.09oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginSpain
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Havingregardtothe-TreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticularAr­
ticle113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEco­
nomicCommunityandSpain,signedatLuxembourg
on29June1970,providesinArticle2(1)together
withArticle4ofAnnexI,fortheopeningbythe
CommunityofanannualCommunitytariffquota
of1800metrictonsofotherwovenfabricsofcotton
fallingwithinheadingNo55.09oftheCommon
CustomsTarifforiginatinginSpain;whereas,pur­
suanttoArticle2ofthesaidAnnexthequotaduty
isequalto40%oftheCommonCustomsTariff
dutyinrespectoftheproductconcerned;whereasthe
Communitytariffquotacontainsquotadutiesof
5-2°/o,5-6fl/o,5-6%>and6°/ofortheproductsfalling
withinsubheadingNos55.09AI,AII,BIandBII;
I'HiereastheCommunitytariffquotain
fiu-'r-tionshouldbeopenedfortheyear
andwhereas,however,becauseof
thePossibility oftheentryintoforce
during1975ofanewAgreementinthis
.reardbetweontheEuropean .Economic
(•oramunityandSoain,itisnecessaryto
confinetheperiodofvalidityofthis
tariffquotatosuch period asisnot _.
covered "bythenewAgreement ;

Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequal,anduninterruptedaccess
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotato
allimportsoftheproductconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereastorepresentascloselyas
possibletheactual"trend.ofthemarketin
theproductsinquestiontheallocationshouldfollow
proportionately therequirements oftheMember
Statescalculatedfrombothstatisticsofimportsfrom
Spainduringarepresentativeperiodandtheecono­
micoutlookforthetariffperiodinquestion;
Whereas,duringthepastthreeyearsforwhichsta­
tisticsareavailable,thecorrespondingimportsby
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfrom
Spainoftheproductsconcerned :
1971 19721973
Bénélux 2-22-89.C
France 75'778-0Ar-j-,'!■I*'.
Germany15-2 !6-4
Italy i16-912-840.7
Whereas,inviewofthesefigures,theforeseeable
developmentduring1974ofthemarketforthepro­
ductsinquestionandinparticularoftheestimates
submitted "bycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmay"befixedapproximately atthefollowing
■percentages s
Bénélux
France
Germany
Italy
Whereastotakeaccountoffuturetrendsofimports
oftheproductunderconsideration ,thetotalquota
volumeshouldbedividedintotwotranches,the
firstbeingsharedamongtheMemberStatesandthe
secondheldasareservetocoveratalaterdatethe
requirementsofthoseMemberStateshavingusedup
theirinitialshare;whereastogiveMemberState
importerssomecertainty,thefirstoftheCommunity
quotashouldbefixedat75%ofthetotalquota;
WhereastheinitialsharesofMemberStatesmaybeused
upatdifferentrates;whereas,therefore,toavoiddis­
ruptionofsuppliesanyMemberStatewhichhasalmostused
upitsinitialsharemustdrawanadditionalsharefromthe
reserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateas
eachoneofitsadditionalsharesisalmostusedup,andas/"o
63
o
20

Α
■;;.i,ytimesas"thereserveallows;whereas
•jieinitialandsupplementary pharesmust
|cevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
jviiereasthisformofadministration requires
jclosecooperation betweentheMemberStates
theCommission ,andtheCommissionmust
ieinapositiontofollowtheextenttowhich
hequotavolumehasbeenusedupandinform
heMemberStatesthereof;
iiereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod
substantialproportionofaMemberState's
nitialshareremainsunuseditisessential
hatthatMemberStatereturnasignificant
ercentagethereoftothereserve,inorderto
reventapartoftheCommunityquotafrom
emainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileit[
ouldbeusedinothers;WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgarejointlyrepresentedbytheBeneluxEco­
nomicUnionanymeasureconcerningtheadmini­
strationofthesharesallocatedtothatEconomic
Unionmaybecarriedoutbyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Prom1January1975until31Pocfimber
1975tr.'iKinCustoms
Tariffdutiesinrespectofproductsoriginating
inSpainasspecifiedbelowshallbepartially
suspendedatthelevelsindicatedforeachof
themwithinthelimitsofanoverallCommunitytariffquotaof1800metrictons:
1
OCTI
IRate
heading I Description ofduty
No
55.09Otherwovenfabricsofcotton:
A.Containing85%ormorebyweightofcotton:
I.Ofawidthoflessthan85cm 5-2
II.Other 5-6
B.Other:
I.Ofawidthoflessthan85cm 5-6
II.Other 6
Article2
1.Afirsttranche,amountingto1350'
metrictonsoftheCommunitytariffquota
referredtoinArticle1,shallbealloca­
tedamongtheMemberStatesTherespec­
tiveindividualshares,which,subjectto
Article5»shallbevaliduntiltheend
oftheperiodspecifiedinArticle1,shall
beasfollows:
Bénélux C0metrictons
France metrictons
Germany <>>Jmetrictons
Italy 210metrictons
2.Thesecondtrancheof.450.metrictons.,
shallconstitutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90°/oofthatsharelesstheamountreturnedtothereserve,where
theprovisionsofArticle5havebeenapplied,has
beenexhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todraw
asecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,to
theextentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthesecondshare.drawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todraw
athirdshareequalto7-5%>ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,tothe
extentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
3.If,.afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallinlike_
mannerdrawafourthshare,equal,tothe
third.....

Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraphs 1,
2and3,theMemberStatesmay draw
sharessmallerthanthosefixedin"thoseparagraphs,
ifthereisreasontobelievethatthosesharesmight
notbeusedup.TheyshallinformtheCommission
ofthereasonswhichledthemtoapplythis
paragraph .
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
'\rtiole3shallhevaliduntilthe
endoftheperiod ,specifiedin
Article 1.
Article5
If,by15September197,5",aMemberStatehasnot
usedupitsinitialshare,itshall,notlaterthan10Oc­
tober1975",returntothereservetheunusedportion
ofthisshareinexcessof20%oftheinitialamount.
Itmayreturnalargerquantityiftherearereasons
forconsideringthatsuchquantitymightnotbe
used.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October
197-5",notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductsconcernedeffectedupto15September
197.7inclusive,andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaandofanyquantitiesoftheir
initialsharereturnedtothereserve.TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,forthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthere­
oftotheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinal
drawing.
Article7
1.1heMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccu­
mulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoods
areenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommissionatregu­
larintervalsofimportsactuallycharged,
againsttheirBhares.
Article9
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan15October
1975,notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthe
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuantto
Article5.TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallco­
operatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulation
isobserved.
Article 10
Intheeventthatthepreferentialtariff
arrangement forimportsintotheCommu­
nityofproductscoveredbyArticle 1,para­
graph 1,ismadethesubjectofanewAgree­
mentbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andSpainandthatthesaidAgreemententers
intoforcebefore 31December'974thisRegU'
lationshallceasetohaveeffectasonsuch
dateofentryintoforce.'
Article 11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
1January1975-
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable ,inallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

Proposal fora
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
opening,allocatingandproviding(ortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forcertainpetroleumproductsfallingwithinChapter27oftheCommonCustoms
TariffrefinedinSpain
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityanjiinparticularArticle
113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEco­
nomicCommunityandSpain,signedatLuxembourg
on29June1970,providesinArticle2(1)together
withArticle3ofAnnexI,fortheopeningbythe
CommunityofanannualtotalCommunitytariff
quotaof1200000metrictonsofcertainpetroleum ./
productsfallingwithinChapter27ortheCommon
CustomsTariff,refinedinSpain;whereas,pursuant
toArticle2ofthesaidAnnex,thequotadutyis,
equalto40%oftheCommonCustomsTariffduties
effectivelyappliedinthisyearinrespectofthepro­
ductconcerned;
WhereastheCommunitytariffquota,in
questionshouldbeopenedfortheyear
1975;andwhereas,however,becauseof
thepossibility oftheentryintoforce
during1975ofanewAgreementinthis
regardbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandSpain,itisnecessary
toconfinetheperiodofvalidityof
thistariffcruotatosuch ,period asis'
not covered by "thenewAgreement ;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterruptedaccess
tothjabovementioned quotaanduninterruptedap­
plicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,'
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,torepresentascloselyas
possibletheactualtrendofthemarketinthe
productsinquestion,theallocationshouldfollow
proportionately therequirementoftheMemberStates
calculatedfrombothstatisticsofimportsfromSpain
duringarepresentativeperiodandtheeconomicout­
lookforthetariffperiodinquestion.

2
Whereas,duringthepastthreeyearsforwhichsta­
tisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsby
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentagesof.theimportsintotheCommunityfrom
Spainoftheproductsconcerned:
971 19721973
Germany 19-8034-6049.0
Bénélux 25-4091015.3
France 13-00 8-4011.2
Italy• 41-8047-90 2A
Whereas,inviewofthese figures ,of "theforeseeable
development ofthemarketforthepro­
ductsinquestionandinparticularoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing ■-
percentages :
Germany
Bénélux
France
Italy
Whereas,totakeaccountoffuturetrendsofimports
oftheproductunderconsideration ,thetotalquota
volumeshouldbedividedintotwotranches,thefirst
beingsharedbetweenGermanyandtheBeneluxand
thesecondheldasareservetocoveratalaterdate
therequirementsoftheseMemberStates,shouldthey
useuptheirnewshare;
WhereastogiveMemberStateimporterssomecer­
tainty,thefirsttrancheoftheCommunityquota
shouldbefixedat80%ofthetotal quota ;39
/17
11
33;
Whereas the initial shares ofMember States may be
used upatdifferent rates ;whereas ,therefore ,to
avoid disruption ofsupplies anyMember State which
has almost used upitsinitial share must draw a
supplementary share from thereserve ;whereas this
must bedone byeach Member State aseach ofits
additional shares isalmost used up ,and asmany
times asthereserve allows ;whereas ,theinitial
and supplementary shares must bevalid until the
end ofthequota period ;whereas ,this form of
administration requires close cooperation between the
Member States andtheCommission ,andtheCom--

missionmustbeinapositiontofollowtheextentto
whichthequotavolumehasbeenusedupandinform
theMemberStatesthereof;
Whereas'if,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,
asubstantialproportionofaMemberState's
initialshareremainsunuseditisessential
thatthatMemberStatereturnasignificant
percentagethereoftothereserve,inorderto
preventapartoftheCommunityquotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileit
couldbeusedinothers;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgarcjointlyrepresentedbytheBeneluxEco­
nomicUnionanymeasureconcerningtheadminis-AKflEXB
Itrationofthesharesallocatedtothat
iEoonomicUnionmaybeoarriedoutbyone
Jofitsmembers,
!HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :...
Article 1
,Prom1January1975\mtil31r'eoeml»«r197
andsubjecttothrtvn-iRr-ur???
whichmightbetakenpursuanttoArticle3(2)and
(4)ofAnnexItotheAgreementbetweentheCom­
munityandSpain,theCommonCustomsTariff
dutiesinrespectofproductsrefinedinSpainand
listedbelowshallbepartiallysuspended
atthelevelsindicatedforeachofthem,
withinthelimitsof.anoverallCommunity
tariffquotaof1200000metrictons:
CCT IRate
heading Description orduty
No
27.10Petroleumoilsandoilsobtainedfrombituminousminerals,otherthan
crude;preparationsnotelsewherespecifiedorincluded,containing
notlessthan70%weightofpetroleumoilsorofoilsobtainedfrom
bituminousminerals,theseoilsbeingthebasicconstituentsofthe
preparations :
A.Lightoils:
2-4 III.Forotherpurposes
B.Médiumoils:
III.Forotherpurposes 2-4
C.Heavyoils:
I.Gasoil:
c)Forotherpurposes 1-4
II.Fueloil:
c)Forotherpurposes 1-4
III.Lubricatingoils;otheroils:
c)Tobemixedinaccordancewiththeterms01Additional
I Note7tothisChapter(a) 1-6
d)Forotherpurposes 2-4
.27.11Petroleumgasesandothergaseoushydrocarbons :
B.Other:
I.Commercialpropancandcommercialbutane:•*
c)Forotherpurposes 0-6
27.12Petroleumjelly:
A.Crude:
III.Forotherpurposes 0-8
B.Other # 2-8
27.13Paraffinwax,micro-crystalline wax,slackwax,ozokerite,lignite
wax,peatwaxandothermineralwaxes,whetherornotcoloured:
B.Other:
I.Crude:
c)Forotherpurposes 0-8
II.Other 2-4
27.14•Petroleumbitumen,petroleumcokeandotherresiduesofpetroleum
oilsorofoilsobtainedfrombituminousminerals:
C.Other:
II.Other. 0-8
(a)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttoconditionstobedeterminedbythecompetentauthorities.

Article2 Article4
1.Thefirsttranche,amountingto1000000metricAdditjonalsWsdrawnantt0Article3shall
tonsoftheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoin _.,
Article1,shallbeallocatedamongtheMemberrjevaliuuncil.,neendofi;h*itifiTvLo'"States.TherespectiveindividualsharesspecifiediaArticle1,
shares,whichsubjecttoArticle5
shallbevaliduntiltheendofthe
periodspecifiedinArticle 1,shall
beasfollows:
Germanyj90<000
Bénélux1JO.OOO
France110,000
Italy330.000
2.Thesecondtranche,of
tonsshallbeheldasareserve.metrictons
metrictons
metrictons
metrictons
to200000metric
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitial
shareasspecifiedinArticle2(1),orofthatshare
minustheportionreturnedtothereservewhere
Article5isapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshallwithoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommis­
sion,drawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitial
share,roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit,
totheextentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,bynoti­
fyingtheCommission ,drawathirdshareequalto
7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunit
wherenecessary,totheextent ;permittedbythe
amountofthereserve.ArticleS
AMemberStatewhichon15September1975has
notusedupitsinitialshareshallreturntothereserve
notlaterthan10October1975"theunusedportion
exceeding20%oftheinitialamount.Itmayreturna
greaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
itmaynotbeusedup.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October1975",
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsconcernedimporteduptoand
including15September1975andcharged
againsttheappropriate Communitytariff
quotaandanyquantitiesoftheinitial
sharereturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserves
havebeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStatesnotlaterthan
15October1975",oftheamountsstillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallinlike
mannerdrawafourthshareequalto
thethird.
4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsof
paragraphs 1,2and3,theMemberStates
maydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed
therein,ifthereisreasontobelieve
thatthosesharesmightnotbeusedup.
TheyshallinformtheCommissionof.the
reasonswhichledthemtoapplythis
paragraph.Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupa
reserveislimitedtothebalanceavailableandtothis
endshallspecifytheamountthereoftotheMember
Statemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuant
toArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythatimports
maybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesintheCommunitytariffquotas.

2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe Article9
saidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefree
accesstothesharesallocatedtothem. TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallco­
operatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulation
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaidisobserved.
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhensuchgoods __ ;
areenteredforhomeuse.
Article 10
Article8 Inthe event that thepreferential tariff
arrangement forimports into theCommunity
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommissionatreg-'ofproducts asspecified inArticle 1is
ulnrintervalsofimportsofthesaidproductactually made thesubject ofanewAgreement "between
chargedagainsttheirshares. theEuropean Economic Community andSpain
and that the said Agreement enters into
force "before 31December 1974 this Regula­
tion shall cease tohave effect asonsuch
date ofentry into force .
Article 11
This Regulation shall enter into force on
1January 1975 .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident