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Draft
REGULATION ,(EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening,allocating andadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforrawsilk(notthrown)fallingwithinheading
No50.02oftheCommonCustomsTarifffor7977.
Draft
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening,allocation andadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforyarnentirelyofsilk,otherthanyarnofnoil
orotherwastesilk,notputupforretailsale,fallingwithin
headingNoex50.04oftheCommonCustomsTarifffor1977.
/Draftf ,'X
/«V, •..•V
REGULATION '(EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
p.- ••-J
ontheopening,allocation andadministration ofaCommunity
:\ \W •tariffquotaforyarnspunentirelyfromsilk,wasteotherthan
noil,notputupforretail.sale,fallingwithinheadingNoex\ -u,/
50.05oftheCommonCustomsTarifffor1977.
ij,iV^
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(76)594final.

EXPLANATORY LEimOIO
FollowingthereviewoftheproblemofsilkwithintheCommunity,provided
forinProtocolNoVIIIannexedtotheRoneAgreementof2l^aroh19^0
relatingtolistG,theCounoilpassedaResolutionatitsmeetingof
29-31Kay1967whiohprovides,inparticular,that,witheffeotfrom1
Januaiy19701
n
OnexpiryofthetransitionalperiodreferredtoinArtiole8ofthe
Treaty,theCounoil,acting,onthe'"bas^sofArtiole28oftheTreaty,
Bhalldeoidethatuntil31December197^^esuspensionoftheCommon
CustomsTariffdutywhiohisprovidedforinProtocolNoVIIIshallnot
beapplied.Inordertoenable -userindustriestocovortheirrequire­
mentsfromtheworldmarket,theCouncilshallatthesametimeopena
nil–dutyCommunitytariffquotafortheperiodupto31Deoeiaber197^•
Theamountofthattariffquota,tobofixedbytheCounoiloachyoar,
shalloorroopondtothedifferencebetweenthetotaloonsumptionofraw
silkandtheamountproduoedintheComminity•
Togetherwiththedeoisiortconcerningtiaanon-application ofthetariff
suspensionreferredtoinparagraph2above,theCounoilshalldecide
thatduringtheperiodinwhiohthetariffsuspensionreferredtoin
paragraph2isnotapplied,silkyam(tariffheadingNo5O.C4)and 1
yarnspunfromsilkwasteotherthannoil(tariffheadingNo50-^5)'
shallbesubjootnottothereduooddutiesindicatedinProtooolNoIX,
.butto,theCommonCustomsTariffdutiesatthenormalratesprovibdfor
eachcase.AtthesametimetheCouncilshall,forthesameperiod,
openreduoedornildutyCommunitytariffquotasifthereareohangea
insupplysourcesorinsufficient supplieswithintheCommunitywhioh
couldhaveaprejudicialeffeotonMemberStateprocessingindustries#
•*•••••••• "
i-ncethattimeProtocolNosVIIIandIXannexedtotheRomeAgreement ,
relatingtolist0,whioh'werethebasisfortheaforesaidResolution,have

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been revoked byArticle 49oftheAct ofAccession .
However ,atthepresent time theproblems inthesilk sector Oftextiles
should beresolved onthesame lines asinprevious years ..
3.Asregards 1977 ,theproblem ofrawsilk andofthetwotypes ofyarn
wasre-examined bytheCommi scion departments andthenational experts
inameeting held on16September 1976 within theCouncil Working Party
onEconomic Questions .The results ofthis examination are asfollows :
-Raw silk (not thrown )
Forseveral years ,Community production hasbeen insufficient ,
particularly ,asregards cocoons produced inItaly ,fitthepresent
time ,itisalong way from reaching the 1000 metric tons estimated in
theabove -mentioned Council Resolution .Itshould bepointed out,
however ,that this fall inItalian production isdue toseveral
factors (production organised onthebasis ofsmall enterprises ,progressi'v
closures ofthese enterprises ,types ofcocoons notselected on
thebasis ofyield ,competition firstly from Japan andthen from
China )which resulted inprice falls andtheshutting-down ofmost
ofthese activities .
However ,theItalian delegation has stated that forseveral years
considerable efforts have been made inItaly ,towards themodernisation
andrationalisation ofthis activity ,bymeans ofinvestments totalling
6000million Italian lire with theaid oftheCommunity (EAGGF )or
theState ,regions ,the "Cassa delMezzogiorno "andindividual breeders .
These efforts should make possible anincrease inproduction inthenear
future .
However ,theadoption offinal measures inaccordance with the1967 Council
Resolution could lead tothe abandon and failure ofall efforts made
hitherto .Itistherefore advisable toextend thequota system now
inforce toenable aclose observation tobekept onItalian pro­
duction .
According topresent estimates ,in1977 Community production will
notexceed some 40metric tons .Asforconsumtion ,there are no
reliable staticstics which could beused todetermine the amount of
the 1977 quota .Ithastherefore been necessary tomake useofthe
estimates concerning import requirements submitted bytheMember
States ,which amount toatotal of3800metric tons for 1977 ,which
figure hasbeen adopted forthetariff quota inthedraft regulation
.attached tothis document .

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...M
-Silkyarnandyarnspunfromsilkwasteotherthannoil,entirely
ofsilk
Theyarninquestionisofcertainveryspecificqualities,whichare
classifiedundertariffheadingN°s50.04and50.05,butforwhich
nostatistical subdivisions havebeencreated.Intheabsenceof
statistics onthilfcyarnithasbeennecessaryforthepurposeof
determining theamountsofthequotastomakeuse,asinthecase
ofrawsilk,oftheestimatesconcerningimportsrequirements
submittedbytheMemberStates.Totalrequirements for1977amountto60
metrictonsofsilkyarnand195metrictonsofyarnspunfromsilk
wasteotherthanhoil,whichfigureshavebeenadoptedforthetariff
quotasinthedraftregulationsattachedtothisdocument.
Theseresultswerfeapprovedbythegovernmentexperts.
Asregardsquotaduties,theCommissionisinpossession Ofnoinforma­
tionwhichwouldloadittoalterthe1976ratesofduty,i.e.2.5%
forsilkyarnand1%foryarnspunfromsilkwasteotherthannoil;
exemption^ro(ncjutyonrawprovidedbytheResolutionitself,
isagainproposedfor1977.

DRAFTREGULATION (EEC)NoOFTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening,allocationandadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotaforrawsilk
(notthrown),fallingwithinheadingNo50.02oftheCommonCustomsTariff(lffr)
Tll£COUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
Havingregardto'theTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article28thereof;
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission :WhereasItalianproductionin1977
maybeestimatedat40metrictons
ayear;whereas,takingamountofthis
production andoftheforecastsfor
}977theimportsneededto^satisfy
consumption withintheCommunitycanb
beestimatedat3800metrictons;
W:hereasthefixingofthequotaamount
atthisLeveldoesnotprecludean
adjustmentwithinthequotaperiod;
Whereas,inaccordancewiththeresolutionpassed
atitsmeetingfrom29to31May1967,theCouncil,
byitsRegulation(EEC)No321/70('),reintroduced,
until31December1976,the10%autonomousduty
oftheCommonCustomsTariffforrawsilk(not
thrown),fallingwithinheadingNo50.02;whereas
theconventionaldutyforthatproductis5%;
Whereastheaforementioned resolutionfurther
providesfortheopening,inrespectofthatperiod
andforthatproduct,ofannualCommunitytariff
quotasexemptfromcustomsduties;
whereastheresolutionalsoprovided
thatthesituationinthesectorbe
reexaminedin1976;whereasrawsilk'
manufactured fromcocoonsproduced
inItalydoesnotasyetreachthe
1000metrictonsprovidedforin
theabovementionedCouncilReso­
lution;whereas,however,major
investments havebeenmadeinItaly
forthipurpose,withassistance
fromt'rState,regionsandindi­
vidual,'<?rsons;whereastheCommunity
hoscontribution tothiseffort
inthe.ormofsupplementary aid;
whereasitisdesirableatthe
presenttimetoavoidfinalmeasures
thatcovddleadtothehaltingof
actionaken;whereas,undersuch
conditi'ns,itisadvisabletoextend
thesystemnowinforcetoenablea
closeobservation tobekepton
Italianproduction;
Whereastheopeningofanannualtariff
quotaf(rnil-dutyrawsilkimports
amountscorresponding totheneedsof
thepr;essingindustrieswouldappear
tobenesolutiontothedemandsof
tommunityindustriesandwould
n.nandincreasethelevelof
rkproduction ;\Vh;rcasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersand
theratelaiddownforthetariffquotashouldbe
appliedconsistentlytoallimportsoftheproduct
inquestionuntilthequotaisusedup;whereas
asystemofutilisationoftheCommunitytariff
quota,basedonanallocationbetweentheMember
Statesconcerned,would,inthelightoftheprinciples
outlinedabove,appearconsistentwiththeCom­
munitynatureofthequota;
Whereas,inviewofthesefactors,theinitial
percentagesharesinthequotavolumefor197'fcan
beexpressedapproximately asfollows:
Bénélux
Dcnmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom0.17
0.17
6.33
27
0.17
60.16
6
•Whereas,totaleaccountoffuturetrendsinininorts
oftheproductinquestion,
inalltheMemberStatesthequota
shouldbedividedintotwotranches,.
,thefirstbeingdistributed among
theMemberStatesandthesecond
toformareserveintendedto
coveranysubsequentrequirements
ofMemberStateswhohaveusedup
theirinitialshares;whereas,in
ordertoensureacertaindegree
ofsecurityforimportersofeach
MemberStatesthefirsttranche
should'inthiscasebefixedat80%
ofthetotalquota;
N<>L43,24.2.1970,p.2.

2
Whereas»!m-1111;;;i\h.ircsin;vbeu\:p..
rates;uli.u.is.i<pntvi.1i'I-tOh--
toavoiddisruptionofsupplies,anyMlti.xi
whichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshouk,
drawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereas
thisshouldhedonebyeachMemberStatewhen
eachofitsulditmnalshareshasbeenalmostused
up,andsoonasmanytimesasthereserveallows;
whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesshouldbe
validuntil|heendofthequotaperiod;whereas
thisformofadministration requiresclosecollabor­
ationbetweenMemberStatesandtheCommission,
whichlattermust,inparticular,beabletokeep
tariff
arecordoftheextenttowhichtheiquotahasbeen
usedupandtoinformtheMemberStates
accordingly;Wherasif,atagivendateinthequota
period,aconsiderable quantityoftheinitialshareisleftoverinaMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshould
returnasignificantproportiontothereserve,soas
toavoidapartofthequotaremainingunusedin
oneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourg ,arcvnitedwithinandjointly-
representedbytheIki.cluxEconomicUnion,any
measureconcerningtheadministrationoftheshares
allocatedtothatEconomicUnionmaybecarried
outbyanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1977the
autonomousdutyoftheCommonCustomsTariff
forrawsilk(notthrown),fallingwithinheading
No50.02,shallbetotallysuspendedwithinaCom­
munitytariffquotaof3800metrictons.
2.Withithetariffquota,thenewMemberStates
shallap;ydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsoftheActofAccession.
Article2
1.Afirsttrancheof3000metrictonsofthisCom­
munitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStates.MemberStates'shares,which,
subjectt<Article5,shallbevaliduntil31December
19/7,sh..,beasfollows:
inmetrictons
Bénélux 5
Dcnmark 5
Germany
France 810
Ireland 5
I,■• 18052.Thesecondtrancheof800metrictonsshall
constitutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshare
asfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminusany
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,draw
asecondshare,totheextentthatthereserveso
permits,equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
upasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall
forthwith,inthemannerandtotheextentprovided
inparagraph1,drawathirdshareequalto5%of
itsinitialshare.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall
forthwith,inaccordancewiththesameconditions,
drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,MemberStatesmaydrawlessersharesthanthose
specifiedthereiniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfuil.They
shallinfermtheCommissionoftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisparagraph.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December1977
Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October197\theunusedportionsoftheir
initialshareswhich,on15September19"7,arein
excessof20%oftheinitialamounts.Theyrr.av
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedup.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission,norlater
than1October1977ofthetotalquantitiesofthe
rawsilkimporteduptoandincluding15September
1977andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotaand
ofanyportionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedto
thereserve.
I7\ticUKir'.loin 180

3
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedhvtheMemberStarespursuanttoArticles
2and3and,assoonasithasbeennotified,shall
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberSr->trsnotlaterthan
5October197.'(ofthereservepositionafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtnerctopursuaucto
Article5.
Itshaliensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedocsnotexceedthebalanceavailableand
tothisend,sli.illnotifytheamountofthatbalance
totheMembeiStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3.ireopenedinsuchawaythatimports
maybe.bargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
aggregatesharesoftheCommunityquota.2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimporters *
establishedintheirterritoryhave
treeaccesstotriesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshare.shallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductinquestionenteredwiththe
customsauthoritiesforhomeuse.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest.MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1
January197f•
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

Draft
\
REGULATION (EEC)No,1„OFTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening,allocationandadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotaforyarn,
entirelyofsilk,otherthanyarnofnoilorotherwastesilk,notputupforretailsale]
fallingwithinheadingNoex50.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff(1977)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing the
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article28thereof;
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmitted
bytheCommission :
Whereas,inaccordancewiththeresolutionpassed
atitsmeetingfrom29to31May1967,theCouncil,
byitsRegulation (EEC)No322/70{'),reintroduced ,
until31December1976,the12%autonomousduty
oftheCommonCustomsTariffforsilkyarn,other
thanyarnofnoilorotherwastesilk,notputup
forretailsale,fallingwithinheadingNoex50.04;
whereastheconventionaldutyforthatproductis
7%;CustomsTariffdutywouldresultinthoseproducts
beingsubjectedtoaconsiderablecustomscharge
whileproductsmanufactured fromsilkyarnface
powerfulcompetition fromsimilarproducts
manufactured fromothermaterial;whereasan
insufficientsupply,addedtocompetition at
finishedproductlevel,mighthaveadverseresults
fortheCommunity'sprocessingindustries;
WhereastheCommonCustomsTariffduty
applicabletoimportsofthesilkyarninquestionis
7%;whereas,whenfixingthequotaduty,itis
appropriatetotakeintoaccount,ontheonehand,
thesituationoftheCommunitysilkyarnproducing
industryand,ontheother,thatofthesilkyarn
processingindustrieswithregardtotheirsupplies
onfavourableterms;whereasaquotadutyof2-5%
couldbestmeettheabovementioned requirements :
Whereastheaforementioned resolutionfurther
providesfortheopeninginrespectofthatperiod
andforsuchsilkyarnofanannualCommunity
tariffquotawithreducedornildutyandfora
reexamination ofthesectoralsituation
in1976;whereashowever,majorinvest­
mentshavebeenmadeinItalyforraw
silk,withtheassistanceofthe!State,
theregionsandindividualpersons;
whereastheCommunity hasmadecontri­
butionstotheseeffortsintheform
ofsupplementary aid;whereasforyarn
entirelyofsilkitisappropriate to'
followapolicyanalagoustothat;which
isproposedforrawsilk;whereas,
undersuchconditions,itisadvisable
toextendthesystemnowinforce!to
enableacloseobservation "tobe;
keptonItalianproduction;,j
WhereassilkyarnisproducedintheCommunity ;
whereas,althoughthatproductioncouldcoverall
"theCommunityrequirementsbyreasonofitsoverall
volume,thisdoesnotapplywithregardto'yarn
entirelyspunfromsilk;whereasthereis,asaresult,
aninsufficientsupplyintheCommunity;Whereasthetrendsinimportsdufing1975suggest
thattjicimportrequirementsfortheyarnsin
questionmightbeintheregionof60metrictons
for197;whereastheopeningofaCommunity
tariffquotaofthatvolumeisunlikelytoharm
Communityproduction;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandtherate
laiddownforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistentlytoallimportsoftheproductinquestion
untilthequotaisusedup;whereasasystemof
utilizationoftheCommunitytariffquota,basedon
anallocationbetweentheMemberStaresconcerned,
would,inthelightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,
appearconsistentwiththeCommunitynatureofthe
quota;whereas,torepresentascloselyaspossible
theactualmarkettrendsintheproductinquestion,
thealf.ocationshouldbeproportionate tothe
requirements oftheMemberStatescalculatedwith
referencetostatisticaldataonimportsduringa
representative referenceperiodandtotheeconomic
prospectsforthequotaperiodinquestion;
'
WhereasconsequentlyCommunitysupplyforthose
qualitiesofyarndependstoaconsiderableextent
onimports;whereasfullapplicationoftheCommon
(*)OJNeL43,24.2.1970,p,5.

Whereastheimportsoftheproductsfallingwithin
tariffheadingNo50.04ofeachoftheMember
Statesconcernedduringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
completestatisticsarcavailablerepresentthe
followingpercentagesoftotalCommunityimport*
oftheseproducts:
19731974[1075,
Bénélux 05(0.
I
Denmark 00:0.
Gcrmany
Vruiuc15-8
17128j
17!(43.15
•25.16
I
Ireland 070.05
Italy 52-639|l21.58
UnitedKingdom 14-54;!
i!iOM
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheforecasts
whichitispossibletomake,theinitialpercentage
sharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressed
approximately asfollow*:
I
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom21
21
36%.
25-5
21
27-7
43:
Whereas,totakeaccountoffuturetrendsinimports
oftheproductinquestion,thequotashouldbe
dividedintotwotranches,thefirstbeingallocated
andthesecondtoformareserveintendedtocover
anysubsequentrequirementsofMemberStateswho
haveuseduptheirinitialshares;whereas,inorder
toensureacertaindegreeofsecurityforimporters,
thefirsttrancheoftheCommunitytariffquota
shouldbefixedat78%ofthetotalquota;:
Whereas,totakeaccountoffuture
trendsinimportsoftheproduct ;
inquestion,inthevariousMember
States,thequotashouldbedivided
intotwotranches,thefirstbeing
distributed amongtheMemberStates !
andthesecondtoformareservein-j
tendedtocoveranysubseauent re­
quirementsofMemberStateswhohave
useduptheirinitialshares;whereas
inordertoensureacertaindegree
ofsecurityforimportersofeach,
MemberStatethefirsttranche
shouldbefixedat78%"of'the
totalquota;
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupat
differentrates;whereas,toprovideforthiseven­
tualityandtoavoiddisruptionofsupplies,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitial
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe-
reserve;whereasthisshouldbedonebyeachMember
Statewheneachofitsadditionalshareshasbeen
almostusedup,andsoonasmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
*h,tr<.-»<houklbevaliduntiltheendofthequorr
periuJ;whereasthisformofadministration requires
closecollaboration betweenMemberStatesandtin
Commission ,whichlattermust,inparticular,beable
tokeeparecordoftheextenttowhichthcjq^io?;
hasbeenusedupandtoinformtheMemberStates
accordingly;
Whereasif,atagivend.itcinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityoftheinitialshare1s
Lettoverinamemberstate,itisessenti
thatthatMemberStateshouldreturna
proportion tothereserve,soastoavoid
an.trfofthpnnntarpmaininn""usedinonf
MemberStqtewhenitcouldbeusedinother
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothatEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutby
anyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December197Jthe
autonomousdutyoftheCommonCustomsTariff
foryarnentirelyofsilk,otherthanyarnofnoilor
otherwastesilk,notputupforretailsale,failing
withinheadingNoex50.04shallbesuspendedat
2-5%withinaCommunitytariffquotaof60metric
tons.
2.Withinthetariffquota,thenewMemberStates
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsoftheActofAccession.
Article2
I
1.Afirsttrancheof47metrictonsofthisCom­
munitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStates.MemberStates'shareswhich,subject
toArticle5,shallbevaliduntil31December1977
shallbeasfollows:
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
IFrance
IrelancJ
Italy
UnitedKingdom
2.Thesecondtrancheof
constitutethereserve.inmetrictons
1
1
17
12
1
13
2.
13metrictonsshall
> Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberStare'siniriaishare
asfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminusany

3
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,rkttMemberStatu
slullforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,draw
asecondshare,totheextentthatthereserveso
permits,equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
upasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall
forthwith,inthemannerandtotheextentprovided
inparagraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto5%of
itsinitialshare.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
inaccordancewiththesameconditions,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveisused
up.Artirlc6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoAniJes
2and3and,assoonasithasbeennotified,shall
informcadiStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbevnusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5(October19/7,ofthereserveDositionpfte
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reserv;docsnotexceedthebalanceavailableandto
thise,id,shallnotifytheamountofthatbalanceto
theMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmay
bechargedwithoutinterruption againsttheir
aggregateshare:oftheCommunityquota.-
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,
MemberStatesmaydrawlessersharesthanthose
specifiedthereiniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.They
shallinformtheCommission oftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisparagraph.2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
:establishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothen.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeagainsttheirshares
impoitsoftheproductinquestionasandwhenthe
productisenteredwiththecustomsauthorities
forhomeuse.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December197<7
Artide5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October197.7theunusedportionsoftheir
initialshareswhich,on15September197<,arein
excessof20%oftheinitialamounts.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedup.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission,not
laterthn1October197^,ofthetotalquantitiesof
silkvan.importeduptoandincluding15September
197'7andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotaand
ofanyportionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedtothe
rcsen4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStarehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
197.7.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

Draft
REGULATION (EEC) OFTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforyarn,
spunentirelyfromsilkwasteotherthannoil,notputupforretailsale,fallingwithin
headingNoex50.05oftheCommonCustomsTariff(1977)
THF.COUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing the
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Article28thereof;
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmitted
bytheCommission ;
Whereas,inaccordancewiththeresolutionpassed
atitsmeetingfrom29to31May1967,theCouncil,
byitsRegulation (EEC)No323/70('),reintroduced ,
until31December1976,the7%autonomous duty
oftheCommonCustomsTariffforyarn,spun^
entirelyfromsilkwasteotherthannoil,notputup
forretailsale,fallingwithinheadingNoex50.05;
whereastheconventional dutyforthatproductis
3-5%;CustomsTariffdutywouldresultinthoseproducts
,beingsubjectedtoaconsiderable customscharge
)•whileproductsmanufactured fromsilkyarnface
powerfulcompetition fromsimilarproducts
,manufactured fromothermaterial;whereasan
iinsufficientsupply,addedtocompetition atfinished
"productlevel,mighthaveadverseresultsforthe
iCommunity'sprocessingindustries;
WhereastheCommonCustomsTariffdutyapplicable
toimportsoftheyarnspunfromwastesilkin
questionis3-5%;whereas,whenfixingthequota
duty,itisappropriatetotakeintoaccount,onthe
onehand,thesituationoftheCommunity industry
producingyarnspunfromwastesilkand,onthe
other,thatOftheindustriesprocessingyarnspun
fromwastesilkwithregardtotheirsupplieson
favourableterms;whereasaquotadutyof1%could
bestmeettheabovementioned requirements ;
Whereastheaforementioned resolutionfurther
providesfortheopening,inrespectofthatperiod
andforsuchyarn,ofanannualCommurritytariff ■
quotawithreduceddutyornilduty,anc'forajreexamination otthesectoralsituation I
in1976;whereas,however,majorinvest­
mentshavebeenmadeinItalyforthis
purposewiththeassistanceoftheState,
,theregionsandindividual persons;where­
astheCommunity hasmadecontributions
totheseeffortsintheformofsupple­
mentaryaid;whereasforyarnspunentirely
fromsilk,itisappropriate tofollow t
apolicyanalagoustothatwhichispro­
posedforrawsilk;whereasundersuch
conditions,itisadvisable toextend
""the"■system--nowinforcetoenablea
closeobservation tobekeptonItalian ;
production; j
Whereasyamspunfromwastesilkisproducedin
theCommunity;whereas,althoughthatproduction
shouldcoveralltheCommunityrequirements by
reasonofitsoverallvolume,thisdocsnotapply
withregardtoyarnentirelyspunfromwastesilk;
whereasthereis,asaresult,aninsufficientsupply
intheCommunity ;Whereasthetrendsinimportsduring1975suggest
thatCommunityimportrequirements fortheyarnsin
questionmightbeintheregionof195metrictons
for1977,whereastheopeningofaCommunity
tariffquotaofthatvolumeisunlikelytoharm
Communityproduction;
r
i'
Whereasequalandcontinuous accesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandtherate
laiddownforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistentlytoallimportsoftheproductinquestion
untilthequotaisusedup;whereasasystemof
utilizationoftheCommunitytariffquota,based
onanallocation betweenthe'MemberStates
concerned,would,inthelightoftheprinciples
outlinedabove,appearconsistentwiththeCom­
munitynatureofthequota;whereas,torepresent
ascloselyaspossibletheactualmarkettrendsinthe
productinquestion,theallocationshouldbe
proportionate totherequirements oftheMember
Statescalculatedwithreferencetostatisticaldata
onimportsduringarepresentative referenceperiod
andtotheeconomicprospectsforthequotaperiod
inquestion;
Whereas,consequently ,Communitysuppliesofthose
qualitiesofyarndependtoaconsiderableextent
onimports;whereasfullapplicationoftheCommon
(')OJNoL43,24.2.1970,p.8.

Whereastheimportsoftheproductsfallingwithin
he;nliiv4No50.05ofeachoftheMemberStates
concernedduringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
completestatisticsareavailablerepresentthe
followingpercentagesoftotalCommunityimports
oftheseproducts:
197319741975
Bénélux 1-510
Denmark 000
Germany 43-75056.6
France 7-21018.5
Ireland 00,0
Italy 3603314.9
UnitedKingdom 12-66;10
When/as,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheforecasts
whichitispossibletomake,theinitialpercentage
sharesinthequotavokmecanbeexpressed
approximately asfollows:
Bénélux 0*6
Denmark 0-6
Germany 49-4
France 9-3
Ireland 0-6
Italy 30-9
UnitedKingdom 8-6;
Whereas,totakeaccountoffuturetrends
inimportsoftheproductinquestion
inthevariousMemberStatesthequota
shouldbedividedintotwotranches,the
firstbeingdistributed amongtheMember
Statesandthesecondtoformareserve
intendedtocoveranysubsequentrequire­
mentsofMemberStateswhohaveusedup
theirinitialshares;whereasinorder
toensureacertaindegreeofsecurity
forimportersofeachMemberStatethe
firsttrancheshouldbefixedat83%ofthe
totalquota;
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
rates;whereas,toprovideforthiseventualityand
toavoiddisruptionofsupplies,anyMemberState
whichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshould
^drawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereas
thisshouldbedonebyeachMemberStatewhen
eachofitsadditionalshareshasbeenalmostused ■
up,and.soonai;manytimesasthereserveallows;
whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesshouldbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthis
formofadministration requiresclosecollaboration
betweenMemberStatesandtheCommission,which
lattermustbeable,tokeeparecordoftheextent
towhichthei<fiT<MTiasbeenusedupandtoinformj
theMemberStatesaccordingly;Whereasif,atajxivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerableqiamityoftheinitiaLshareigLeft
overinaMemberState,itisessentialthat
thatMemberStateshouldreturnaorooortior
tothereserve,so-asto-avoid2psrt
n-fHomintarpmaininnunu«:pHinnnrpMember
S\v/iatewh?n"*?•(tou'-flbe<H??d">npthers;Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,tfieKing-'
domoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunitedwithinandjointly
representedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,any
measureconcerningtheadministration oftheshares.
allocatedtothatEconomicUnionmaybecarried
outbyanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
\ Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1977the
autonomousdutyoftheCommonCustomsTariff
foryam,spunentirelyfromsilkwasteotherthan
noil,notputupforretailsale,fallingwithinheading
Noex50.05,shallbesuspendedat1%withina
Communitytariffquotaof195metrictons.
2.Withinthelarqifrfa^tlie^iKW MemberStates
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsoftheActofAccession.
Article2
1.Afirsttrancheof162metrictonsofthisCom­
munitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStates.MemberState'sshareswhich,subject
toArticle5,shallbevaliduntil31December197'7
shallbeasfollows:
inmetrictons
Bcnclux 1
Denmark 1
Germany 80
France lJ
Ireland 1
Italy 50
Unite4Kingdom 14;
2.Thesecoadtrancheof33metrictonsshall
constitutethereserve. .
Article3
1.If90%or,moreofaMemberScare'sinitialshare
asfixedin^.rricle2(1),orofrhatshareminusany

3
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedlip,thatMemberState
£shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission,draw
asecondshare,totheextentthatthereserveso
,permits,equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
Qupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall
forthwith,inthemannerandtotheextentprovided
inparagraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto5%
ofitsinitialshare.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall
forthwith,inaccordancewiththesameconditions,
drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,MemberStatesmaydrawlessersharesthanthose
specifiedthereiniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.They
shallinformtheCommission oftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisparagraph.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December197t7-
ArticleS
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October19-77ieunusedportionsoftheir
initialshareswhich,on15September1977,arein
excessof20%oftheinitialamounts.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedup.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission,not
laterthan1October197pofthetotalquantities
ofyarnfromsilkwasteimporteduptoandincluding
15September19?7andchargedagainsttheCom­
munityquotaandofanyportionsoftheirinitial
sharesreturnedtothereserve.
ThisRegulationshallbebindingin
States.
Done atBrussels ,Anide6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshates
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticle-.
2and3and,assoonasithasbeennotified,shall
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,norlaterthan
5October1977ofthereserveposition after
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand
tothisend,shallnotifytheamountofthatbalance
totheMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Artide7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchaway
thatimportsmaybechargedwithoutinterruption .
againsttheiraggregatesharesoftheCommunity
quota.
2.MemberStatesshall,ensurethatimporters
,establishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeagainsttheirshares
importsoftheproductinquestionasandwhen
theproductisenteredwiththecustomsauthorities
forhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStarehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
Att,(ieCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informiroftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.•
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
1January1977.
itsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
FortheCouncil
ThePresident