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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)595 final
Brussels,6November1979
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening/allocating andprovidingfortheadministra­
tionofCommunitytariffquotasforcertaintextile
productsfallingwithinheadingNos55.05and55.09
andsubheading ex58.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
comingfromTurkey(1980)
(presentedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
i
CQM(79)595final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Asaresult ofnegotiations vith Turkey ontheadjustments tobemade
totheAssociation Agreement between that country and theCommunity and
theAdditional Protocol ,totake account ofnewMember States ,theCom­
munity signed inAnkara on30June 1973 aSupplementary Protocol which
enter into force once ithas been ratified .
Inthemeantime ,theCommunity hasconcluded anInterim Agreement which
intheory runs only for theperiod prior totheentry into force ofthis
Supplementary Protocol inorder toimplement ,from 1January 1974 ,cer-^
tain pr-visions ofthat Protocol relating totrade ingoods .
Atthemoment itisnotpossible toknow ifthetariff measures laid
down bythese Agreements inTurkey 'sfavour ,should begiven for 1980
onthebasis oftheSupplementary Protocol ortheInterim Agreement .
Theprovisions oftheannexed Regulations arebased ontheInterim Agree­
ment andshould thus bemodified iftheSupplementary Protocol enters
into force on 1January 1980 atthelatest .
2.Intheabovementioned Supplementary Protocol andInterim Agreement ,pro­
vision ismade inparticular inrespect oftextile products fortheopening
ofthefollowing annual Community tariff quotas ,'subject totheconditions
laid down foreach product : .
CCTheading
NoDescription Annual tariff
quotaQuota
duty
55.05
55.09Cotton yarn ,notputupfor
retail sale
Other woven fabrics ofcot-i
ton 1390 tonnes
I390 tonnes75%re­
duction
75%re­
duction
••/I•

They also determine forthese products theallocation among theMember
States oftheannual tariff quotas fortextile products .This allocation
isasfollows :
Cotton yarn (heading No55.05 )
Community asoriginally constituted
Denmark
Ireland
United Kingdom300 tonnes
40tonnes
10tonnes
40tonnes
Other woven fabrics ofcotton (heading No55.09 )
Community asoriginally constituted
Denmark
Ireland
United Kingdom1000 tonnes
20tonnes
10tonnes
360 tonnes
While article 14oftheSupplementary Protocol fixes such anallocation
foraperiod ending at 1july 1977 ,theInterim Agreement fixes nolimit
tothis special allocation ,while could bedue totheinitially limited
period ofvalidity oftheInterim Agreement applying inanticipated ap­
plication some oftheprovisions oftheSupplementary Protocol .
»
.Theendofthetransitional period fixed bytheActofAdhesion on tJuly 1977
has ledtheCommission toreflect onthequestion ofthis allocation ,which
hasresulted intheproposal tohav6 acommon system ofadministration ofthe
above tariff quotas involving ,ineach case ,theopening ofasingle quota
quantity divided between theMember States according totheusual criteria
and thecreation ofasingle Community reserve open toallMember States .
Another problem arises inconnection with thesize ofthequotas toopened
for1980 ,inview ofthedecision taken bytheAssociation Council during
June 1973 togrant Turkey treatment asfavourable asthat granted tocountries
benefiting from generalized tariff preferences .

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Asthedecisions oilthesystem tobeapplied tothedeveloping countries
will notbetaken until very late this year ,thepresent Commission pro­
posal for1980 takes account forthecalculation ofquota amounts forthe
generalized system ofpreferences ofthat which isgenerally admitted at
present .
Theimports into theCommunity oftextile products coming from Turkey ,in1977 ,
reached 122930tonnes corresponding to25.08 %oftheimports from all the
beneficiaries ofthe6.S.P. With aG.N. P.perhead of901dollars in1976
Turkey obtained ascore of22597 ,which would give ,ifitwasabeneficiary
under thegeneralized preferences aright tobenefit from duty exemption
from 2%ofitsexports in1977 .Onthis basis onewould attribute for 1980 :
-forcott nyarn : 2%of51247 tonnes i.e. 1025 tonnes
-for other cotton cloth : 2%of 2437 tonnes i.e. 49tonnes
-forcarpets : 2%of 339 tonnes i.e. 7tonnes
Taking account ofthevery negative political impact implied byareduction ,
even partial ,ofthepreferences inforces in1979 for theabove textile pro­
ducts ,itisproposed tofixfor 1980 quota volumes atthelevel reached in
1979 that is 1077tonnes forcotton yarn ,2536tonnes forother cotton cloth
and 197tonnes forcarpets .
Itgoes without saying that these volumes should beadjusted ifthefinal .
decision taken inthegeneralized system ofpreferences does notcorrespond
tothepresent system .
5.Asregard thoeconomic information tobeused ,indetermining thebasis forthe
proposed allocation ofthetariff quotas concerned ,itshould beremarked
that they should bebased principally onMember States *imports ,actual andestimated ,
specifically originating inorcoming from Turkey forthecategories ofpro­
ducts considered .
Thus ,although ithasbeen possible todraw uptheappropriate informa­
tion fortheyears 1976 to1978 ,nevertheless because oftheirregularity
noted inimports during those reference years ,ithasnotnecessarily been
possible todeduce anyfirm basis ofassessment .Forthis reason ,asitis
customary ,thequota volumes attributed totheoriginal Community have been

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divided into twotranches ,thefirst tranche being allocated among the
Member States ,and the second held asareserve tocover anyadditional
requirements which might come tolight inthose Memebr States .For the
same reasons theinitial percentages allocated totheMemebr States used
intheproposals are thesame asin1979 .
6.TheProposal foraRegulation ontextile products provides forasingle
method ofcounting imports against quota shares intheMember States con­
cerned ,namely asandwhen they areentered forhome use .

PROPOSAL FOR
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingtortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
quotasforcertaintextileproductsfallingwithinheadingNos55.05and55.09
andsubheadingex58.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff,comingfrom
Turkey(1980)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,pendingtheentryintoforceoftheSupple­
mentaryProtocolsignedinAnkaraon30June1973
containingtheadjustmentstobemadetotheAgree­
mentestablishinganAssociationbetweentheEuro­
peanEconon .CommunityandTurkeyandtothe
AdditionalPifDcol(')consequentontheaccessionof
newMembe -States,theCommunityhasundertaken ,
inanInteri-Agreement(2)whichrunsonlyforthe
periodpriorotheentryintoforceofthisSupplemen­
taryProtocolwhichisapplicableuntil31December
1974butwhichhasbeenextendedforjgggn.accor­
dancewiththetermslaiddowninArticle13thereof,
toimplementcertainprovisionsoftheSupplementary
Protocolrelatingtotradeingoods;whereas,under
Article6ofthisInterimAgreementamendingArticle
1ofAnnex2totheAdditionalProtocol,theCommu­
nitymustreduceby75%thecustomsdutieson
importsfromTurkeyofcertaintextileproductsfalling
withinheadingNos55.05and55.09oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,withinthelimitofannualCommu­
nitytariffquotasof390tonnesforcottonyamand
1390tonnesforwovenfabricsofcotton,whereasthe
abovementioned Article6allocatestheseCommunity
tariffquotasasfollows:
:–forcottonyarn:
300tonnestotheCommunityasoriginallyconsti­
tuted,40tonnestoDenmark,10tonnestoIreland
and40tonnestotheUnitedKingdom;
–forwovenfabricsofcotton: '
.I000tonnestotheCommunity asoriginally
constituted ,20tonnestoDenmark,10tonnesto
Irelandand-360tonnestotheUnitedKingdom;
WhereasArticle14ofthesaidSupplementary
Protocolonlyprovidesforsuchanallocationoftariff
quotasbetweentheCommunityasoriginallyconsti­
tutedandthethreenewMemberStatesuntilIJuly
1977;whereas,moreover,followingtheendofthe
transitionalperiodlaiddowninArticle39oftheAct
ofAccession,itisnecessarytocreateacommon
systemofadministration ofthetariffquotas
concerned,consistingineachcaseoftheopeningofa
singlequotadividedbetweenalltheMemberStates
(■)OJNoI293.29.12.1972,p.4.
(•')OJNoL277,3.10.1973.p.2.accordingtotheusualcriteriaandthecreationofa
singleCommunityreserve,opentoallMemberStates.
Whereasitisdesirabletoprovideforaprovisional
adjustmentofthetariffadvantagesforthesegoods
consistingofatotalsuspensionofthecustomsduties
oftheCommonCustomsTariffandanincreaseinthe
quotas;whereasthevolumesofthequotastobe
openedforl980j|retherefore 1077tonnesforcotton
yarnand2536tonnesforotherwovenfabricsof
cotton;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle1ofAnnex2totheAddi­
tionalProtocoltogetherwithArticle2oftheInterim
Agreement,forthedurationof1980inparticular,the
Communitymustpartiallyreducethedutiesappli­
cableinrespectofthirdcountriestocarpets,carpeting
andrugs,knotted(madeupornot)ofwooloroffine
animalhair,(excludinghand-madecarpets,carpeting
andrugs)importedfromTurkey;whereasitalso
appearsadvisabletoimprovethistariffadvantagepro­
visionallybymeansofatotalsuspensionoftheduties
applicabletotheproductsinqustionwithina
Communitytariffquotafixedataprovisionallevelof
194tonnesfor1980andallocatedinaccordancewith
thesamepercentagesasthoseadoptedfor1979;
Whereas,itisnecessarytoguaranteetoallCommu­
nityimportersequalanduninterrupted accesstothe
abovementioned quotasanduninterruptedapplication
oftheratelaiddownforthosequotastoallimportsof
theproductconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntil
thequotahasbeenusedup;whereasinthelightof
theprinciplesmentionedabove,theCommunity
natureofthequgtascanbestberespectedbyallo­
catingtheCommunity tariffquotasamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertorefletmostaccu­
ratelytheactualdevelopment ofthemarketinthe
productconcerned,suchallocationshallbeinpropor­
tiontotheneedsoftheMemberStates,assessedby
referencebothtothestatisticsofeachState'simports
fromTurkeyoverarepresentative periodandtothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodconcerned;
whereas,inspiteofthelimitedneedforimportsfrom
Turkeyof-theproductsconcerned,asshownbythe
statisticsforthemajorityoftheMemberStatesthe
Communitycharacterofthetariffquotasconcerned
shouldbesafeguardedbymakingprovisionstocover
needswhichmightariseintheseMemberStates.
WhereasimportsintothevariousMemberStatesfrom
Turkeywereasfollowsduringthelastthreeyearsfor
whichcompletestatisticsaireavailable:

11976 1977 1978
tonnes Itonnes tonnesΜΊ
Cottonram
Bénélux „ 1364818-31942718-401256517.50
Denmark 13 I0-02 50-01 .20.0
Germany 2500033-541726533-6927951B8.94
France 23893-21 11402-2227973.90
Ireland 1450-191750-34246.50.34
Italy 3001940-282100440-9922288.731.04
UnitedKingdom *3319 4-452231 .4-355939 ]8.27
74533 51247 71788.4
Otherwoven,fabricsofcotton
Bénélux 53517-38 91337-4653733.08
Denmark 36117 8-50-350.40.02
Germany 110035-74 59924-584372-6.92
France 48115-63 40616-66 619.92
Ireland i0-03 230-94 0.06
Italy 83527-13 363-514-9229518.17
UnitedKingdom 90'2-92124 ■5-09192 1.83
3078 2437 1623.4
Whereasmviewofthesefiguresandforeseeable
markettrendsfortheproductsconcernedduring
1980,theinitialsharesmaybefixedapproximately at
thefollowingpercentages :
•CottonyarnOtherwoven
fabricsofcotton
16-16 20-08
8-71 1-80
35-86 15-05
4-29 22-55
2-27 0-92
23-99 .7-50
8-72 32:1Q:
Whereasinordertotakeintoaccounttheuncertainty
oftheimporttrendsfortheproductsconcernedinthe
MemberStates,thequotavolumesshouldbedivided'
intotwoinstalments,thefirstinstalmentbeingallo­
catedtotheMemberStates,andthesecondheldasa
reserveintendedultimatelytocovertherequirements
ofthoseMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheir
initialshares;whereas,inordertoensureacertain
degreeofsecuritytoimporters,thefirstinstalment
shouldbedeterminedatarelativelyhighlevel,which,
underpresentcircumstances ,maybeabout80%of
eachquotavolume;
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMemberStates
maybe1usedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,itisimportantthatanyMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofoneofitsinitial
quotasharesshoulddrawanadditionalquotashare
fromthecorresponding reserve;whereas,thismustbe
donebyeachMemberStateasandwheneachofits
additionalquotasharesisalmostentirelyusedup,and
repeatedasmanytimesaseachofthereservesallows;
whereaseachoftheinitialandadditionalquotashares
mustbeavailableforuseuntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthismethodofadministration calls
forclosecooperationbetweenMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,whichmust,inparticular,beableto
observetheextenttowhichthequotaamountisused
andinformMemberStatesthereof;
Whereas,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,a
considerable balanceremainsinoneorotherMember
StateitisessentialthatthatMemberStatepaysa
percentageofitbackintothecorresponding reserve,
inordertopreventapartofoneorotherofthe
Communityquotasfromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgare.unitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactions
concerningtheadministrationofsharesgrantedtothe
abovementioned economicunionmaybecarriedout
byanyoneofitsmembers,Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom

HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : Article3
Article1
I.From1Januaryto31December1.98(^Commu­
nitytariffquotasshallbeopenedforthefollowing
productscomingfromTurkey,asshownbelow:
(tonnes)
CCT
heading
NoDescription Quota -
55.05Cottonyam,notputupforretail
sale 1077
55.09 Otherwovenfabricsofcotton 2536
58.0C'pets,carpetingandrugs(made
uornot)
fA.Ofwooloroffineanimal
hairexcludinghandmade
carpets,carpetingandrugs 194
2.ThedutiesoftheCommonCustomsTariffare
totallysuspended ,forthesetariffquotas.
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentofeachofthequotasreferred
toinArticle1,whichshallbe832tonnesforcotton
yamnotputupforretailsale,2044tonnesforother
wovenfabricsofcottonand159tonnesforcarpets,
carpetingandrugsofwooloroffineanimalhair,shall
besharedamongtheMemberStates;theshares
which,subjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil31
December1980,shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)
1.|CCTheadingNo
nummi i55.0555.09«58.01A
Bénélux 134 410 15
Denmark 72 3715
Germany 298 30838
France 3646127
Ireland I19•192
Italy 200 153 9
UnitedKingdom 7365643
8322044 59
2.Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,amounting
to245,492and35tonnesrespectively,shallmakeup
thecorresponding reserve.1.If90%ormoreofoneofanyMemberStates
initialshares,aslaiddowninArticle2(1)or90%of
thatsharelesstheamountreturnedintothecorres­
pondingreserve,whereArticle5hasbeenapplied,has
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshallwithoutdelay,
bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawasecondsharein
thequotaequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
uptothenextunitwhereappropriate ,totheextent
thattheamountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteroneorotherofitsinitialshareshasbeen
usedup,90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnby
oneoftheMemberStateshasbeenusedup,that
MemberStateshall,inthemannerprovidedforin
paragraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofits
initialshare.
3.If,afteroneorotherofitssecondshareshas
beenusedup,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawn
byaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thelattershall,
inthesamemanner,drawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocedureshallbefolloweduntilthereservehas
beenexhausted .
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,Member
Statesmaydrawsmallersharesthanthosefixedin
thoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
thosesharesmightnotbeusedup.Theyshallinform
theCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplyingthis
paragraph.
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31Decemberjago
ArticleS
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1Octoberl980,'heunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September 1980,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturn
agreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1980,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsofthe
productsconcernedeffectedundertheCommunity
quotasuptoandincluding15Septemberl980,and,
whereappropriatetheproportionofeachoftheir
initialsharesthattheyarereturningtoeachofthe
reserves.

Artic/e6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3,andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereserveshavebeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
Itshall,notlaterthan5October1980,notifythe
MemberStatesofthestateofeachofthereservesafter
thereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatanydrawingwhichusesupa
reserveislimitedtothebalanceavailableand,forthis
purpose,shallspecifytheamountthereoftothe
MemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.
Artide7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethat,whenadditionalsharesaredrawn
pursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforimportstobe
countedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumu­
latedsharesoftheCommunitytariffquotas.
2.MemberStatesshallensureforimportersofthe
productsconcernedestablishedin.theirterritoryfree
accesstothesharesallocatedtothem.3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoodsare
enteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichtheMemberStates'shares
havebeenusedupshallbeestablishedonthebasisof
importscountedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission ,
MemberStatesshallinformitofimportsofthe
productsconcernedactually ,chargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
respected.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1980.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels, .
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

FICHE FINANCIERE
1.Ligne budgétaire concerné ^:Chap .12art .120 -
2.Base juridique :Art113dutraité
3.Intitulé delamesure tarifaire : .
* > •
Proposition derèglement duConseil portant ouverture ,répartition etmode
degestion decontingents tarifaires communautaires pour certains produits
textiles despositions 55.05 ,55.09 etdelasous-position ex58.01 duTDC ,
enprovenance deTurquie .
4.Cjectif î
tespect desengagements contractés vis-à-visdelaTurquie .
5.Mode decalcul :
-N#duT.D.C. "
•Volume do^des contingent (s)
-Droits àappliquer
-Droits duT.D.C. S55.05 ,55.09 etex58.01 A
1.077 ,2.536 et194tonnes
0Z
divers (droits moyens :6,5 ,14et24%
'avec maximum deperceptiôn de4UC/m2
6.Perte derecettes : t
Valeur d'une tonnes :55.05 :1.894 UCE
55.09 . :3.013 UCE
ex58.01 A:38.505 UCE
Perte derecettes :
55.05 :2.03
55.09
ex58.01 A2.039.838 υΰΕ χ
7.640.968 υΰΕ χ
7.469.970 υΰΕ χ6j_5
100
14
100
24
100132.590 UCE
1.069.735 UCE
■1.792.793 (avec max.
deperception de
270.000 UCE) 270.000 UCE
1.472.325 UCE
Parrapport à1979 ,"diminution despertes de590.418 UCE .