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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)575final.
Brussels.18November1977
Draft
COUNCILREGU(EEC)
on"theopening,allocating:andadministration ofa
Communitytariffquotaforrawsilk(notthrown)falling
withinheadingSo50.02oftheCommonCustomsTarifffor1978
Draft
COUNCILREGULATION (SEC)
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofa
Communitytariffquotaforyarnentirelyofsilk,otherthan
yarnofnoilorotherwastesilk,notputupforretailsale,falling
headingNoe*50.04oftheCommonCustomsTarifffor1978
Draft
COUNCILREGULATION (SEC)
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofa
Communitytariffquotaforyarnspunentirelyfromsilkwasteotherthan
noil,notputupforretailsale,fallingwithinsubheading ,ex50.05A
oftheCommonCustomsTarifffor1978
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
COM(77)575final.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Afurtherstudyofthesituationasregardsrawsilk,(notthrown),
yarnentirelyofsilk,otherthanyarnofnoilorotherwastesilk,
andyarnspunentirelyfromsilkwasteotherthannoilwascarried
outbyCommission departments withexpertsoftheMemberStatesata
meetingoftheWorkingPartyonTariffEconomyheldinApril1977under
theaegisoftheCommission.
Asinpreviousyears,generalopinionwasinfavourofmaintaining
thestatusquo.
Thediscussion producedthefollowinginformation ;
(1)Asregardsrawsilk(notthrown)
Foranumberofyears.Communityproduction hasbeentotally
inadequate asitexistsonlyincertainregionsinItaly.
Thisreductioninproduction wasduetoseveralfactors,in
particular thefactthatproduction wasorganized onthebasisof
smallundertalings thathadnotbeenrationalized ormodernized and
alsothefactthatcompetition fromJapanandthePeople'sRepublic
ofChinabroughtahugequantityofhigh-quality goodsatvery
advantageous pricesontotheCommunitymarket.
Inrecentyears,however,effortshavebeenmadeinItalyto
modernize andrationalizeactivitythroughinvestments oftheorder
ofbillionsofItalianlire,withtheaidofeithertheCommunity
(EA66F),theState,regions,"CassadelMezzogiorno"andindividual
farmers.Theseeffortsshouldensureagradualincreaseinproduction
inthefuture.
Inviewofthissituation,itappearsthatanextensionofthe
termofvalidityofthetariffquotaschemenowinforcewouldguarantee
Communitysuppliesandenablethedevelopment ofCommunityproduction
tobekepttrackofwithoutprejudicingitsfutureprospects.

2
Accordingtopresentestimates,thelevelofCommunityproduction
in1978willbesimilartothatof1977,whichtotalled40metrictons
approximately .
Furthermore,MemberStates1estimateshowthattheirimportrequirements
willbeintheregionofatotalof3800metrictons,asin1977.This
figurewasthereforeadoptedastheinitialquotavolumeintheattached
draftregulation.Itdoesnothoweverexcludethepossibility offuture
adjustments inthecourseoftheyear.
••
(2)Asregardsyarnspunentirelyofsilkwaste:
Theyarninquestionisofcertainveryspecificqualities,whichare
classifiedundertariffheadingNos50.04ex50.05A,butforwhichthere
arenostatisticalsubdivisions .Intheabsenceofstatistics onthisyarn
ithasbeennecessary,forthepurposeofdeterminingtheamountsofthe
quotas,tomakeuseoftheestimatesconcerningimportrequirements
submittedbytheMemberStates.Totalrequirements for1978amountto
60metrictonsofsilkyarnand200metrictonsofyarnspunfromsilk
wasteotherthannoil.Thesefigureshavebeenadoptedforthetariff
quotasinthedraftregulationsattachedtothisdocument.
Asregardsquotaduties,theCommissionhasnoinformationthat
wouldleadittoalterthe1977rates,i.e.,2.5%forsilkyarnand
1%foryarnspunfromsilkwasteotherthannoil;exemptionfromthe
dutyonrawsilk,isagainproposedfor1978.

DraftRegulation (EEC)oftheCouncil
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforrawsilk(notthrown),fallingwithin
headingNo50.02oftheCommonCustomsTariff(1978)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomic
Community,andinparticularArticle28thereof.
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmitted "bytheCommission,
WhereasCommunityproductionofrawsilk(notthrown)fallingwithin
headingNo50.02oftheCommonCustomsTariffdoesnotcovertheneeds
oftheuserindustries;whereasthesupplyofthelattertherefore
dependstoagreatextentonimportsfromnon-Membercountries;whereas/
itisintheinterestsoftheCommunitytosuspendtotallytheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyontheproductinquestion,withinthelimitsof
aCommunitytariffquota,thevolumeofwhichcouldbesetprovisionally
at3800•'tonnes ..for1978; •
Whereasitisdesirableatthepresenttimetoavoidfinalmeasures
thatcouldleadtothehaltingofactiontakeninthesectorovera
numberofyearstoincreaseCommunityproduction;whereas,undersuch
conditions,itisadvisabletoextendthesysteminforcein1977;
WhereasCommunityproductiondoesnotappeartohavechangedconsiderably
whencomparedwith1977;whereas,takingaccountifthisproductionand
oftheestimatesfor1978,theimportsneededforconsumptionwithinthe
Communitycanbeestimatedat3800»fconnes;whereasthefixingof
thequotaamountatthisleveldoesnotprecludeanadjustmentwithin
thequotaperiod;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashouldbeensuredfor
allCommunityimportersandtheratelaiddownforthetariffquotashould
beappliedconsistently toallimportsoftheproductinquestionuntil
thequotaisusedup;whereasasystemofutilization oftheCommunity
tariffquota,basedonanallocationbetweentheMemberStatesconcerned
would,inthelightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,appearsconsistent
withtheCommunitynatureofthequota; ,■

Whereas,inviewofthc.scfactors,rhcinitial
percentagesharesinrhcquotavolumeforli>78can
beexpressedapproximately asfollows:
\\Il.Tc.is.(<>I.t!accountotfuturetrendsir.import
ofliirpr<(villi,fcil.'MlMM
InalltheMemberStates,thequota
shouldbedividedintotwotranches,.,thefirstbeingdistributed amongtheMemberStatesandthesecond
toformareserveintendedto
coveranysubsequentrequirements
ofMemberStateswhohaveuseduptheirinitialshares;whereas,in
ordertoensureacertaindegree
ofsecurityforimportersofeach
MemberStatesthefirsttranche
should'inthiscasebe\-.77%
ofthetotalquota;
\\lifrc.'stin*jiiiii.i!sh.ui'srn.iyIn*uivJup.\r.!ir**■;r
rate-.;nli.M.,10i,!,'i'.,ro.i,:.;.ht>\:n.i
loavoidilisiupfioiiofsupplies,anyMeit'xrState
whichliasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshould
drawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereas
tinsshouldhedonebyeachMemberStatewhen
eachofitsiddition.ilshareshasbeenalmostused
;up,andsoonasmanytimesasthereserveallows;
:whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesshouldhe
validuntiliheendofthequotaperiod;whereas
thisformofadministrationrequiresclosecollabor­
ationbetweenMemberStatesandtheCommission,
whichlattermust,inparticular,beabletokeep
arecordofrhcextenttowhichthe^quota^hasbeen
usedupandtoinformtheMemberStates
.accordingly;
whereasif,atagivendateinthequota
perioa,aconsiderablequantityoftheinitialshareisleftoverinaMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshould
returnasignificantproportiontothereserve,soas
toavoidapartofthequotaremainingunusedin
oneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNciherliiulsandtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourgarcunitedwithinandjointly
representedbytheIVi,.luxEconomicUnion,any
measureconcerningtheadministrationoftheshares
allocatedrothatI'.onomicUnionmaybecarried
outbyanyoneofitsmembers,

HASADOPTED THISRTGULATION :
Article1
1.I'rom1Januaryto31December1978,the
autonomous dutyoftheCommonCustomsTariff
forrawsilk(notthrown),fallingwithinheading
No50.02,shallhetotallysuspendedwithinaCom­
munitytariffquotaof3800.tonnes#
Article2
2915
1.Afirsttramheof'tonnesofthisCom­
munityt.iriff(juntashallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStates.MemberStates'shareswhich,
subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil31December
19/8sli9lj.beasfollows:
intonnes.^i
IVnelux
Penmark 5
Germany !200
Fr.incc 1000
Irel.md 5
Italy 1500
UnitedKingdom 200
2.Thesecondtrancheof885tonnes s^ajj
constitutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberSr.m-'siniri.ilshare
asfixedinArticle2(1),orofth.itsh.jrcminusany
portionreturnedto[hereservewhereArticleSh;is
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,draw
asecondshare,totheextentth.itrhereserveso
permits,equalto10'!oofitsinitialshare,rounded
upasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall
forthwith,inthemannerandtotheextentprovided
inparagraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto5%of
itsinitialshare.

3.If,afrcritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofrhcthirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Slatehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall
lortnwith,inaccordancewi*hthesameconditions,
drawai'ojrthshareequalro."hethird.
Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,MemberStatesmaydrawlessersharesthanthose
specifiedthereiniftherearcgroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.They
shallinfermtheCommissionoftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisparagraph.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December1978.
ArticleS
MemberStaresshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October197g^thcunusedportionso?their
initialshareswhich,on15September19"g.arcin
excessof20%oftheinitialamounts.Thevir.jy
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedup.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission,notlater
than1October1978,ofthetotalquantitiesot*the
rawsilkimporteduptoandincluding15September
1978andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotaand
ofanyportionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedto
thereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles
2and.1and,assoonasithasbeennotified,shall
informcullStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasInvnusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberSr-itrsnotlaterthan
5October197.8ofthereservepositionafter
nrnruntshavebeenreturnedtncrctopursuantroArticle5.
Itshaliensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedocsnotexceedrhcbalanceavailableand
tothisend,<.h.ilinotifydieamountofthatbalance
totheMemix.Statemakingthelastdrawing.

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Article7
1.Muii'ivrStatesshalltakeallAppropriatemeasures
toinsurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article2areopenedinsuchAwaythatimports
mayhechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
aggregatesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimporters.
establishedintheirterritoryhave
treeaccesstotiiesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductinquestionenteredwiththe
customsauthoritiestorhomeuse.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article0
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1
January1978•
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

DraftRegulation (EEC), ,oftheCouncil
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforyarnentirelyofsilkothehthanyarnofnoil
orotherwastesilk,notputupforretailsale,falling
withinheadingNoex50.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff<1978)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article28thereof,.
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmitted
bytheCommission *
WhereassilkyarnisproducedintheCommunity ;
whereas,althoughthatproductioncouldcoverall
theCommunityrequirementsbyreasonof-itsoverall
volume,thisdoesnotapplywithregardto'yarn
entirelyspunfromsilk;whereasthereis,asaresult,
aninsufficientsupplyintheCommunity;
WhereasconsequentlyCommunitysupplyforthose
qualitiesofyarndependstoaconsiderableextent
onimports;whereasfullapplicationoftheCommon
CustomsTariffdutywouldresultinthoseproducts ■
beingsubjectedtoaconsiderable customscharge
whileproductsmanufactured fromsilkyarnface
powerfulcompetition fromsimilarproducts
manufactured fromothermaterial;whereasan
insufficientsupply,addedtocompetition at,
finishedproductlevel,mighthaveadverseeffeci
OiltheCommunity'sprocessingindustries;suggest
Whereasthetrendsinimports^inrecentyears/
thattjicimporrrequirementsfortheyarnsin
:questionmightbeintheregionof60.""tonnes
for1978s;whereastheopeningofa-Community
tariffquotaofthatvolumeisunlikelytoharm,
Communityproduction;
Whcre&sequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandtherate
laiddownforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistentlytoallimportsoftheproductinquestion
untiltliequotaisusedup;whereasasystemof
utilizationoftheCommunitytariffquota,basedon
anallocationbetweentheMemberStatesconcerned,
would,inthelightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,
appearconsistentwiththeCommunitynatureofthe
quota;whereas,torepresentascloselyaspossible
Itheactualmarkettrendsintheproductinquestion,
theallocationshouldbeproportionate tothe
requirementsoftheMemberStatescalculatedwith
referencetostatisticaldataonimportsduringa
representative referenceperiodandtotheeconomic
prospectsforthequotaperiodinquestion:
■••/••■
WhereastheCommonCustomsTariffduty
applicabletoimportsofHiesilkyarninquestionis
7%;whereas,whenfixingthequotaduty,itis
appropriatetotakeintoaccount,ontheonehand,
thesituationoftheCommunitysilkyarnproducing
industryand,ontheother,thatofthesilkyam
processingindustrieswithregardtotheirsupplies
onfavourableterms;whereasquotadutyof2-5%
couldbestmeettheabovementioned requirements ;

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Whereastheimportsoftheproductsfallingwithin
headingNo50.()4ofeachoftheMember'States
concernedduringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
completeuntintic*areavailablerepresentthe
followingpercentagesoftotalCommunityimports
oftheseproducts:
19741125.1976
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheforecasts
whichitispossibletomake,theinitialpercentage
sharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressed
approximately asfollows:
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Iialy
UnitedKingdom2.5V
2.5 ;
25 -
30 -
2.5
27.5
10
Whereas ,totake account offuture trends
inimports oftheproduct inquestion
inthevarious Member States thequota
should bedivided into twotranches ,the
first being distributed among theMember
States andthesecond toform areserve
intended tocover anysubsequent require­
ments ofMember States whohave used up
their initial shares ;whereas inorder
toensure acertain degree ofsecurity
forimporters ofeach Member State the
first tranche should inthisefts®
...67%ofthetotal quota ;
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
rates;whereas,toprovideforthiseventualityand
toavoiddisruptionofsupplies,anyMemberState
whichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshould
^drawanadditionalsharefromrhereserve;whereas
thisshouldbeclonebyeachMemberStatewhen
eachofitsadditionalshareshasbeenalmostused\
up,and.soonasmanytimesasthereserveallows;'
whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesshouldbe
validuntilthecudofthequotaperiod;whereasthis
formofadministration requiresclosecollaboration
betweenMemberStatesandtheCommission,which
lattermustbeabletokeeparecordoftheextent
towhichthc|<ftTo\Iliasbeenusedupandtoinform
theMemberStatesaccordingly;Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerableq»antityoftheinitiaLshare.&leffc
over inaMember State ,itisessential that
that Member St«t«should return aorooortiof *
tothereserve ,soasto -avoid c ■
Ct!horMAtr?rpma'ir>ir»"nnucpriinoneMember
!Whcreas^snJceM ,<£^rs;
;domoftheNetherlandsandtheGraridDuchyof
jLuxembourg arcunitedwithinandjointly
IrepresentedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,any
,measureconcerningtheadministration oftheshares.
allocatedtothatEconomicUnionmaybecarried
routbyanyoneofitsmembers, ■.■;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1978the•
1.autonomousdutyoftheCommonCustomsTariffV
foryarnentirelyofsilk,otherthanyarnofnoilor
jotherwastesilk,notputupforretailsale,falling
!withinheadingNoex50.04shallbesuspendedat
:2-5%withinaCommunitytariffquotaof60tonnes.
j! Article2
ι-·
!1.Afirsttrancheof40tonnes .ofthisCom­
munitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStates.MemberStates*shareswhich,subject
toArticler.hallbevaliduntil31December1978/
shallbeasfollows: A
•intonnes -
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Irelanq
Italy
UnitedKingdom1
1
10
12
1
11.
4
2.Thesecondtrancheof£0.tonnes
constitutethereserve.shall
% Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshare
asfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminusany
>••/•••
JL'

-ó-
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
Ini'ii.ipi'liiil,hasbeeniisw'tlup,tli.uMemberSi.uo
shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission,draw
asivondshare,totheextentthatthereserveso
permit*,equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
upasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
2.If,afteritsinitialshareliasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Stateliasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall
forthwith,inthemannerandtotheextentprovided
inparagraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto5%of
itsinitialchare.
3.It,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
inaccordancewiththesameconditions,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.i\ywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,
MemberStatesmaydrawlessersharesthanthose
specifiedthereiniftherearcgroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.They
shallinformtheCommission oftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisparagraph.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountofthesh.ins
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticlesiand.1and,assoonasithasbeennotified,shall
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5,October19.8ofthereservepositionflfter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reserv.-doesnotexceedthebalanceavailableandto
thisc,id,shallnotifytheamountofthatbalanceto
theMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toenmrethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmay
bechargedwithoutinterruption againsttheir
aggregateshare:oftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
iestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeagainsttheirshares
impoitsoftheproductinquestionasandwhenthe
productisenteredwiththecustomsauthorities
forhomeuse.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December1978
ArticleS
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1978theunusedportionsoftheir
initialshareswhich,on15September1978,arein
excessof20%oftheinitialamounts.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearcgroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedup.
MenilvrStatesshallnotifytheCommission,not
latertb«n1October1978ofthetotalquantitiesof
silkyamimporteduptoandincluding15September
1978andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotaand
ofanyportionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedtothe
reserve.4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStarehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1978.
'1hisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

DraftRegulation (EEC)oftheCouncil
ontcopening,allocationandadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotaforyarn,
subheading?v "oil'notPutUPforretailsalefallingwithineadingex55.05AoftheCommonCustomsTariff(1978)
THF.COUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthejEuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article28thereof.
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmitted
bytheCommission,
Whereasyarnspunfromwastesilkisproducedin
theCommunity ;whereas,althoughthatproduction
shouldcoveralltheCommunityrequirementsby
reasonofitsoverallvolume,thisdocsnotapply
withregardtoyarnentirelyspunfromwastesilk;
whereasthereis,asaresult,aninsufficientsupply
intheCommunity;Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandtherate
laiddownforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistentlytoallimportsoftheproductinquestion
;untilthequotaisusedup;whereasasystemof
utilizationoftheCommunitytariffquota,based
onanallocationbetweenthe'MemberStates
iconcerned,would,inthelightofthe.principles
|outlinedabove,appearconsistentwiththeCum-
imunitynatureofthequota;whereas,torepresent
ascloselyaspossibletheactualmarkettrendsinthe
productinquestion,'theallocationshouldbe
IproportionatetotherequirementsoftheMember
Statescalculatedwithreferencetostatisticaldata
onimportsduringarepresentative referenceperiod
andtotheeconomicprospectsforthequotaperiod
inquestion:
Whereas,consequently,Communitysuppliesofthose
qualitiesofyarndependtoaconsiderableextent
onimports;whereasfullapplicationoftheCommon
CustomsTariffdutywouldresultinthoseproducts
beingsubjectedtoaconsiderablecustomscharge
whileproductsmanufacturedfromsilkyarnface;
powerfulcompetitionfromsimilarproducts !
manufacturedfromothermaterial;whereasan
insufficientsupply,addedtocompetitionatfinished'
Pfoductlevel,mighthaveadverseeffectsonj
'•'1eprocessingindustries;
■WhereastheCommonCustomsTariffdutyapplicable
toimportsoftheyarnspunfromwastesilkin
questionis3-5%;whereas,whenfixingthequota
duty,itisappropriatetotakeintoaccount,onthe
onehand,thesituationoftheCommunityindustry
producingyarnspunfromwastesilkand,onthe
other,that6ftheindustriesprocessingyarnspun
fromwastesilkwithregardtotheirsupplieson
favourableterms;whereasaquotadutyof1%could
bestmeettheabovementioned requirements:
\\hereasthetrendsinimportsinrecentyearssuggest
t"alimportrequirementsfortheyarnsin
questionmightbeintheregionof200.tonnes
for1978,whereastheopeningofaCommunity '
tariffquotaofthatvolumeisunlikelytoharmCommunityproduction:

-<2-
Whereastheimportsoftheproductsfallingwithin8ufc.
ading•ex55.05AofeachoftheMemberStates,
ooiitemcdduringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
completestatistic#arcavailablerepresentthe
followingpercentagesoftotalCommunityimporrs
oftheseproducts:
Bénélux
Dcnmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdomI19741975
'i0
j00
i5056.6
'1018.5.
0,0
3314.9
6101976
0
0
1.16
11.54
0
62.15
25.15;«»Whereasif,ataRivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerableqiantityoftheinitiaLshapeisLeft
overinaMemberState,itisessentialthat
thatMemberStateshouldreturnaoroocrtiori
tothereserve,so-asto-sveidcpert
oftWequota,regainingunus^HinoneMember""hsSSct£cl'îniUl.f ,fi?ta»
domoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg arcunitedwithinandjointly
representedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,any
measureconcerningtheadministration oftheshares.
allocatedtothatEconomicUnionmaybecarried
•outbyanyoneofitsmembers, '•.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
/Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheforecasts
whichitispossibletomake,theinitialpercentage
sharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressed
approximately asfollows:
0-6
06
24.5
12.3
0-6
30.7
30.7Bénélux
Dcnmark
Germany
France
Ireland
halv
UnitcilKingdom «3U«f
Whereas,totakeaccountoffuturetrends
inimportsoftheproductinquestion
inthevariousMemberStatesthequota
shouldbedividedintotwotranches,the
firstbeingdistributed amongtheMember
Statesandthesecondtoformareserve
intendedtocoveranysubsequentrequire­
mentsofMemberStateswhohaveusedup
theirinitialshares;whereasinorder
toensureacertaindegreeofsecurity
forimportersofeachMemberStatethe
firsttrancheshouldinthiscasebev
.;82%ofthetotalquota;
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
rates;whereas,toprovideforthiseventualityand
toavoiddisruptionofsupplies,anyMemberState
whiehhasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshould
drawanadditionalsharefromrhereserve;whereas
thisshouldbedonebyeachMemberStatewhen
eachofitsadditionalshareshasbeenalmostused
up,andsoonanmanytimesasthereserveallows;
whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesshouldbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthis
formofadministration requiresclosecollaboration
betweenMemberStatesandtheCommission,which
iattcrmusrbeabletokeeparecordoftheextent
tov,hichthet<ftTo\Iliasbeenusedupandtoinform
theMemberStatesaccordingly;* Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December197°,the
autonomousdutyoftheCommonCustomsTariff
foryarn,spunentirelyfromsilkwasteotherthan'
noil,notputupforretailsale,fallingwithinsubheading
Nocx50.05shallbesuspended -at1%withina
Communitytariffquotaof200 "tonnes.
Article2
t•
1.Afirsttrancheof16.3tonnesofthisCom­
munitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongthe
:MemberStates.MemberState'sshareswhich,subject
toArticle5,shallbevaliduntil31December19>8>
shallbeasfollows:
Bénélux
Dcnmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdomintonnes
1
1'
40
20
1
50
50
2.Thesecondtrancheof37tonnes,shall
constitutethereserve. *
Article3
1.If90%o,;moreofaMemberState'sinitialshare
asfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminusany

portionrciuriuM'todiereservewhereArticle5has
(HIIIapplied,h.»sbeenusedup,tli.itMemberState
shallforthwith,bynoticingtheCommission,draw
asecondshare,totheextentthatthereserveso
permits,equaltc10%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
upasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
2.If,.literitsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90to
ormoreofihcsecondsharedrawnbyaMember
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
specifiedthereiniftherearcgroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.They
shallinformtheCommissionoftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisparagraph.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December1978.
Article5
MemberStatesshallrrturntothereserve,notlater
than1OctoberIS.78ieunusedportionsoftheir
initialshareswhich,on15September197$arc'n
excessof20%oftheinitialamounts.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthat'suchportionmaynotbeusedup.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission,not
laterthan1October1978ofthetotalquantities
ofyarnfromsilkwasteimporteduptoandincluding
15September1978andchargedagainsttheCom­
munityquotaandofanyportionsoftheirinitial
sharesreturnedtothereserve.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginits
States.
Done atBrussels ,-3-_
Ar.'icU'6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountotthes'v.u-.
openedbytheMemberStatespursi:a:-.ttoAr:ieKs
2anil3and,assoonasithasbeenr.otificJ.»!u!l
informeachStateoftheextenttowhishthereserve
hasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notLiterthan
5October19/8ofthereservepositionafter
amouiKshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedocsnotexceedthebalanceavailableand
tothisend,shallnotifytheamountofthatbalance
totheMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
.V
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3arcopenedinsuchaway
thatimportsmaybechargedwithoutinterruption .
againsttheiraggregatesharesoftheCommunity
quota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
.establishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeagainsttheirshares
importsoftheproductinquestionasandwhen
theproductisenteredwiththecustomsauthorities
forhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasus-d
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
Att,pcCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with."
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
1January1978.
entiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
'TortheCouncil
••'T/;-ThePresident