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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)562 final
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->;.-AOPENING-ALLOCATING,PROVIDING FORTHEADMINISTRATION OFA
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COMMUNITY TARIFF;QUOTAFORRAWSILK(NOTTHROWN)FALLING
WITHINTHEHEADINGNo.50.02"OFTHECOMMONCUSTOMSTARIFFFOR1980
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DRAFTFORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
OPENING,ALLOCATING,PROVIDING FORTHEADMINISTRATION OFA
COMMUNITY TARIFFQUOTAFORYARN,ENTIRELY OFSILK,OTHERTHAN
YARNOFNOILOROTHERWASTESILK,NOTPUTUPFORRETAIL
SALE,FALLINGWITHINTHEHEADINGNo.EX50.04
OFTHECOMMONCUSTOMSTARIFFFOR1980
DRAFTFORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
OPENING,ALLOCATING,PROVIDING FORTHEADMINISTRATION OFA
COMMUNITY TARIFFQUOTAFORYARNSPUNENTIRELY FROMSILKWASTE
OTHERTHANNOIL,NOTPUTUPFORRETAILSALE,FALLINGWITHIN
SUBHEADING No.EX50.05AOFTHECOMMONCUSTOMSTARIFFFOR1980
(presented bytheCommission totheCouncil)
COM(79)562final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Afurther study ofthesituation asregards rawsilk (notthrown ),
yarnentirely ofsilk ,other thanyarn ofnoil orother ,waste silk ,
and/amspunentirely fromsilkwaste other thannoilwascarried
outbyCommission departments with experts oftheMember States at
a.'meeting oftheWorking Party onTariff Economy held inApril 1979
under aegis oftheCommission .
Asinprevious years ,general opinion wasinfavour ofmaintaining
the status quo .
Thediscussion produced thefollowing information :
(1)Asregards rawsilk (notthrown ) .
Foranumber ofyears ,Community production hasbeen atvery lowlevels
andonly takes place incertain regions inItaly .
This reduction inproduction wasdue toseveral factors ,inparticular
thefact that production wasorganized onthebasis ofsmall undertakings
inadequately rationalized ormodernized andalso thefact that competetion
from some non-member countries ,inparticular thePeople 'sRepublic of
China ,brought ahuge quantity ofhigh-quality goods atvery advantageous
prices ontotheCommunity market .
TheCommunity hadatthetime focussed attention ontheimportance to
theEECofmaintaining Community production ofrawsilk .Because of
this policy ,efforts were made inItaly tomodernize andrationalize ,
activity through investments oftheorder ofbillions ofItalian lire ,
with asisistance from theCommunity (EAGGF )orfrom theState ,the
regions ,theCassa delMezzogiorno andindividual farmers .The
purpose ofthese efforts wastoensure agradual increase inproduction
inthe future . s
Inview ofthis situation ,itappears that anextension oftheterm
ofvalidity ofthetariff quota scheme nowinforce would guarantee
Community supplies andenable thedevelopment ofCommunity production
tobekept track ofwithout prejudicing itsfuture prospects .

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According tothepresent estimates ,the level ofCommunity production
in1980 will besimilar tothat of1979 ,which totalled 40tonnes
approximately .
Furthermore ,Member States' estimates show that their import requi­
rements will beintheregion ofatotal of4,200 tonnes .This figure
was therefore adopted astheinitial quota volume intheattached
draft regulation .Itdoes nothowever exclude thepossibility offuture
adjustments inthecourse oftheyear .
(2)Asregard yarn entirely ofsilk orsilk waste :
Theyarn inquestion isofcertain very specific qualities ,which are
classified under tariff heading No.ex50.04 andsubheading 50.05 A,
but for which there are nostatistical subdivisions .Inthe absence of
statistics onthis yearn ithasbeen necessary ,for thepurpose ofde­
termining theamounts ofthequotas ,tomake use oftheestimates con­
cerning import requirements submitted bytheMember States .Total re­
quirements for 1980 amount to60tonnes ofsilk yarn and220tonnes of
yarn spun from silk waste other than noil .These figures have been
adopted for thetariff quotas inthedraft regulations attached to
this document .
Asregard quota duties ,theCommission hasnoinformation that would
lead ittoalter the 1979 rate forsilk yarn ,i.e. ,2.5% ;onthe
other hand the 1%duty fixed foryarn spun from silk waste other than
noil issolowthat theCommission ,inthelight ofthepossible agreement
ofall theMember States ,hasproposed azero rate ofduty for 1980 ;
exemption from theduty onrawsilk isagain proposed for 1980 .

DRAFTOFA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
rawsilk(notthrown)fallingwithinheadingNo50.02oftheCommonCustomsTariff
(1980) '
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,Whereas,inviewofthesefactors,theinitialpercentage
sharesinthequotavolumefori980canbeexpressed
approximately asfollows:
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedbythe
Commission ,
WhereasCommunityproductionofrawsilki,not
thrown)fallingwithinheadingNo50.02ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffdoesnotcovertheneedsof
theuserindustries;whereasthesupplyofthelatter
thereforedependstoagreatextentonimportsfrom
non-membercountries;whereasitisintheinterestsof
theCommunitytosuspendtotallytheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyontheproductinquestion,within^
thelimitsofaCommunitytariffquota,ofailap­
propriatevolume;Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom015
015
5-90
29-45
0-J5
58-90
5-30
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsforthe
productsconcerned,thequotashouldbedividedinto
twoinstalments,thefirstbeingallocatedandthesecond
heldasareservetocoveranysubsequentrequirements
ofMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialshare;
whereas,togiveimporterssomedegreeofcertainty,the
firstinstalmentofthetariffquotashouldbefixedat
81%oftheamountofthequota;
Whereasitisdesirableatthepresenttimetoavoidfinal
measureswhichcouldleadtothehaltingofaction
Takeninthesector.overanumberofyearstoincrease
Community production;whereas,undersuch
conditions,itisadvisabletoextendthetariffsystemin•
forceinL9?9;
WheteasCommunityproductiondoesnotappearto
havechangedconsiderablywhencomparedwith1979;
whereas,takingaccountofthisproductionandofthe
forecastsfor1980,theimportsneededtosatisfy
consumptionwithintheCommunity -canbeestimatedat
4200tonnes;whereasthefixingofthequotaamount
atthisleveldoesnotprecludeanadjustmentwithinthe
quotaperiod;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersandthe
ratelaiddownforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistentlytoallimportsoftheproductinquestion
untilthequotaisusedup;whereasasystemof
utilizationoftheCommunitytariffquota,basedonan
'allocationbetweentheMemberStatesconcerned,
would,inthelightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,
appearconsistentwiththeCommunitynatureofthe
quota;Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferentrates;
whereastoavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthisaccount
itshouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberStatewhichhas
almostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawan
additionalsharefromthereserve;whereaseachtimeits
additionalshareisalmostusedupaMemberState
shoulddrawafurthershare,andsoonasmanytimesas
thereserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
collaboration betweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission,andtheCommissionmustbeinaposition
tokeepaccountoftheextenttowhichthequotashave
beenusedupandtoinformtheMemberStates
accordingly;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunuseditisessentialthatsuchStateshould
returnasignificantproportionthereoftothereserve,in
ordertopreventapartoftheCommunitytariffquota
fromremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileit
couldbeusedinothers;

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Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministrationofthesharesallocatedto
thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneof
.itsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1Januaryuntil31December 1980,the
autonomousdutyoftheCommonCustomsTarifffor
rawsilk(notthrown)fallingwithinheadingNo50.02
shallbetotallysuspendedwithinaCommunitytariff
quotaof4200tonnes.theextentprovidedinparagraph 1,drawathirdshare
equalto5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupasnecessary
tothenextwholenumber.
3.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecondshare,
hasused90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyit,
thatMemberStateshall,inthemannerandtothe
extentprovidedinparagraph1,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthose
specifiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.
AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshallinform
theCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December 1980.
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentof3395tonnesofthis
Communitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStates;theshares,whichsubjecttoArticle5
shallbevaliduntil31December1980,1shallbeas
follows:
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom(tonnes)
5
5
200
1000
5
2000
180
2.Thesecondinstalmentof805tonnesshallconstitute
thereserve.Article5
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1980,
returntothereserve,theunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15September 1980,isinexcessof30%
oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnagreaterportion
iftherearegroundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbeused
infull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthanIOctober19S0,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
September1980andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialsharesreturned
tothereserve.
Article6
Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofits
initialshareasfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshare
minusanyportionreturnedtothereservepursuantto
Article5,itshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commission,drawasecondshare,totheextentthatthe
reservesopermits,equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitialshare,
hasused90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyit,
thatMemberStateshallforthwith,inthemannerandtoTheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshaies
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehas
beenusedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan5October1980,informthe
MemberStatesoftheamountstillinreserve,following
anyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andto
thisendshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.

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Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measures'toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importationsmaybechargedwithoutinterruption
againsttheiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunity
quota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeagainsttheirshares
importsoftheproductinquestionasandwhenthe
productisenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesfor
homeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission,theMemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1980.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Doneat
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

DRAFT
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
yarn,entirelyofsilk,otherthanyarnofnoilorotherwastesilk,notputupforretailsale,
fallingwithinheadingNoex50.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff(1980)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedbythe
Commission ,
WhereassilkyarnisproducedintheCommunity;
whereas,althoughthatproductioncouldcoverallthe
Communityrequirements byreasonofitsoverall
volume,thisdoesnotapplywithregardtoyarnentirely
spunfromsilk;whereasthereis,asaresult,an
insufficientsupplyintheCommunity ;
WhereasconsequentlyCommunitysupplyforthose
qualitiesofyarndependstoaconsiderableextenton
imports;whereasfullapplicationoftheCommon
CustomsTariffdutywouldresultinthoseproducts
beingsubjectedtoaconsiderablecustomschargewhile
productsmanufactured fromsilkyarnfacepowerful
competitionfromsimilarproductsmanufactured from
othermaterial;whereasaninsufficientsupply,addedto
competitionatfinishedproductlevel,mighthave
adverseeffectsontheCommunity'sprocessing
industries;
WhereastheCommonCustomsTariffdutyapplicable
toimportsofthesilkyarninquestionis7%;whereas,
whenfixingthequotaduty,itisappropriatetotake
intoaccount,ontheonehand,thesituationofthe
Communitysilkyarnproducingindustryand,onthe
other,thatofthesilkyarnprocessingindustrieswith
regardtotheirsuppliesonfavourableterms;whereasa
quotadutyof2-5%couldbestmeetthe
abovementioned requirements ;
Whereasthetrendsinimportsduringrecentyears
suggestthattheimportrequirementsfortheyarnsin
questionmightbeintheregionof60tonnesfor1980;
whereastheopeningofaCommunitytariffquotaof
thatvolumeisunlikelytoharmCommunity
production;Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandtheratelaid
downforthetariffquotashouldbeappliedconsistently
toallimportsoftheproductinquestionuntilthequota
isusedup;whereasasystemofutilizationofthe
Communitytariffquota,basedonanallocation
betweentheMemberStatesconcerned,would,inthe
lightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,appearconsistent
withtheCommunitynatureofthequota;whereas,to
representascloselyaspassibletheactualmarkettrends
intheproductinquestion,theallocationshouldbe
proportionatetotherequirementsoftheMemberStates
calculatedwithreferencetostatisticaldataonimports
duringarepresentative referenceperiodandtothe
economicprospectsforthequotaperiodinquestion;.
Whereastheimportsoftheproductsfallingwithin
headingNoex50.04ofeachoftheMemberStates
concernedduringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
completestatisticsareavailablerepresentthefollowing
percentagesoftotalCommunityimportsofthese
products:
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheforecasts
whichitispossibletomake,theinitialpercentage
sharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressed
approximately asfollows:
Bénélux 2*5
Denmark 2*5
Germany 250
France 300
Ireland 2-5
Italy 27-5
UnitedKingdom 100197619771978
000
0-700
7091-5650,03
10-4043.81
0-40-3320
76-01-23656.16
5-56-8670

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Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsforthe
productsconcerned,thequotashouldbedividedinto
twoinstalments,thefirstbeingallocatedandthesecond
heldasareservetocoveranysubsequentrequirements
ofMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialshare;
whereas,togiveimporterssomedegreeofcertainty,the
firstinstalmentofthetariffquotashouldbefixedata
highlevel,whichinthiscasecouldbe67%ofthe
amountofthequota;
Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferentrates;
whereastoavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthisaccount
itshouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberStatewhichhas
almostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawan
additionalsharefromthereserve;whereaseachtimeits
additionalshareisalmostusedupaMemberState
shoulddrawafurthershare,andsoonasmanytimesas
thereserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
collaboration betweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,andtheCommissionmustbeinaposition
tokeepaccountoftheextenttowhichthequotashave
beenusedupandtoinformtheMemberStates
accordingly;Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentof40tonnesshallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates;theshares,whichsubjectto
Article5shallbevaliduntil31December]980,shall
asfollows:be
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy•
UnitedKingdom(tonnes)
1
1
10
12
1
11
4
2.Thesecondinstalmentof20tonnesshallconstitute
thereserve.
Article3
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunuseditisessentialthatsuchStateshould
returnasignificantproportionthereoftothereserve,in
ordertopreventapartoftheCommunitytariffquota
fromremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileit
couldbeusedinothers;1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofits
initialshareasfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshare
minusanyportionreturnedtothereservepursuantto
Article5,itshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commission ,drawasecondshare,totheextentthatthe
reservesopermits,equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocatedto
thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneof
itsmembers,2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitialshare,
hasused90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyit,
thatMemberStateshallforthwith,inthemannerandto
theextentprovidedinparagraph1,drawathirdshare
equalto5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupasnecessary
tothenextwholenumber.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :3.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecondshare,
hasused90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyit,
thatMemberStateshall,inthemannerandtothe
extentprovidedinparagraph1,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Article1Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup,
From1Januaryuntil31December 1980,the
autonomousdutyoftheCommonCustomsTarifffor
yarnentirelyofsilk,otherthanyarnofnoilorother
wastesilk,notputupforretailsale,fallingwithin
headingNoex50.04,shallbesuspendedat2-5%
withinaCommunitytariffquotaof60tonnes.4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthose
specifiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.
AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshallinform
theCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.

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Article4 Article7
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December 1980*
Article5
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1980,
returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15SeptemberJ980/sinexcessof20%
oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnagreaterportion
iftherearegroundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbeused
infull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1980,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
September 1980andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialsharesreturned
tothereserve.1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importations maybechargedwithoutinterruption
againsttheiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunity
quota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.•
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeagainsttheirshares
importsoftheproductinquestionasandwhenthe
productisenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesfor
homeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehas
beenusedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan5October198Conformthe
MemberStatesoftheamountstillinreserve,following
anyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andto
thisendshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission,theMemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1980.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Doneat
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

DRAFT
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
yarn,spunentirelyfromsilkwasteotherthannoil,notputupforretailsale,fallingwithin
subheading50.05AoftheCommonCustomsTariff(1980)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedbythe
Commission,
Whereasyarnspunfromwastesilkisproducedinthe
Community ;whereas,althoughthatproductionshould
coveralltheCommunityrequirementsbyreasonofits
overallvolume,thisdoesnotapplywithregardtoyarn
entirelyspunfromwastesilk;whereasthereis,asa
result,aninsufficientsupplyintheCommunity ;
WhereasconsequentlyCommunitysuppliesforthose
qualitiesofyarndependtoaconsiderableextenton
imports;whereasfullapplicationoftheCommon
CustomsTariffdutywouldresultinthoseproducts "
beingsubjectedtoaconsiderablecustomschargewhile
productsmanufactured fromsilkyarnfacepowerful
competitionfromsimilarproductsmanufactured from
othermaterial;whereasaninsufficientsupply,addedto
competitionatfinishedproductlevel,mighthave
adverseeffectsontheCommunity'sprocessing
industries;
WhereastheCommonCustomsTariffdutyapplicable
toimportsoftheyarnspunfromwastesilkinquestion
is3-5%;whereas,whenfixingthequotaduty,itis
appropriatetotakeintoaccount,ontheonehand,the
situationoftheCommunityindustryproducingyarn
spunfromwastesilkand,ontheother,thatofthe
industriesprocessingyarnspunfromwastesilkwith
regardtotheirsuppliesonfavourableterms;whereasa
quotadutyof0%couldbestmeettheabovementioned
requirements ;
Whereasthetrendsinimportsinrecentyearssuggest
thatCommunityimportrequirementsfortheyarnsin
questionmightbeintheregionof220tonnesfor1980;
whereastheopeningofaCommunitytariffquotaof
thatvolumeisunlikelytoharmCommunity
production; 'Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandtheratelaid
downforthetariffquotashouldbeappliedconsistently
toallimportsoftheproductinquestionuntilthequota
isusedup;whereasasystemofutilizationofthe
Communitytariffquota,basedonanallocation
betweentheMemberStatesconcerned,would,inthe
lightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,appearconsistent
withtheCommunitynatureofthequota;whereas,to
representascloselyaspossibletheactualmarkettrends
intheproductinquestion,theallocationshouldbe
proportionatetotherequirementsoftheMemberStates
calculatedwithreferencetostatisticaldataonimports
duringarepresentative referenceperiodandtothe
economicprospectsforthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereastheimportsoftheproductsfallingwithin
subheading50.05AofeachoftheMemberStates
concernedduringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
completestatisticsareavailablerepresentthefollowing
percentagesoftotalCommunityimportsofthese
products:
1976 19771978
Bénélux 0.00
Denmark 000
Germany 1-1652-298 1.53
France 11-54016.60
Ireland 0,00
Italy 62150-26167.35
UnitedKingdom 2515-47-441•14.52
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheforecasts
whichitispossibletomake,theinitialpercentage
sharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressed
approximately asfollows:
Bénélux 0.52
Denmark 0.52
Germany 10.36
France 41.45
Ireland 0.52
Italy25.91
UnitedKingdom20.72;

Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsforthe
productsconcerned,thequotashouldbedividedinto
twoinstalments,thefirstbeingallocatedandthesecond
heldasareservetocoveranysubsequentrequirements
ofMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialshare;
whereas,togiveimporterssomedegreeofcertainty,the
firstinstalmentofthetariffquotashouldbefixedata
highlevel,whichinthiscasecouldbeabout
87%oftheamount ofthequota ;
Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferentrates;
whereastoavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthisaccount
itshouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberStatewhichhas
almostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawan
additionalsharefromthereserve;whereaseachtimeits
additionalshareisalmostusedupaMemberState
shoulddrawafurthershare,andsoonasmanytimesas
thereserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
collaboration betweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,andtheCommissionmustbeinaposition
tokeepaccountoftheextenttowhichthequotashave
beenusedupandtoinformtheMemberStates
accordingly;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunuseditisessentialthatsuchStateshould
returnasignificantproportionthereoftothereserve,in
ordertopreventapartoftheCommunitytariffquota
fromremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileit
couldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocatedto
thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneof
itsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATON:
ArticleÎ
From1Januaryuntil31December1980,the
autonomousdutyoftheCommonCustomsTarifffor
yarn,spunentirelyfromsilkwasteotherthannoil,not
putupforretailsale,fallingwithinsubheading50.05A,
shallbetotally suspended within aCom­
munity tariff quota of220 tonnes .Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentof193tonnesshallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates;theshares,whichsubjectto
Article5shallbevaliduntil31DecemberjggQ,shallbe
asfollows: ,
(tonnes)
Bénélux 1
Denmark 1
Germany 20
France 80
Ireland 1
Italy 50
UnitedKingdom 4Q
2.Thesecondinstalmentoftonnesshallconstitute
thereserve.
Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofitsini­
tialshareasfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminus
anyportionreturnedtothereservepursuanttoArticle
5,itshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,draw
asecondshare,totheextentthatthereservesopermits,
equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupasneces­
sarytothenextwholenumber.
2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitialshare,
hasused90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyit,
thatMemberStateshallforthwith,inthemannerandto
theextentprovidedinparagraph 1,drawathirdshare
equalto5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupasnecessary
tothenextwholenumber.
3.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecondshare,
hasused90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyit,
thatMemberStateshall,inthemannerandtothe
extentprovidedinparagraph1,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthose
specifiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.
AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshallinform
theCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.

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Article4 Article7
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1980.
ArticleS
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1980,
returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15September 1980,isinexcessof20%
oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnagreaterportion
iftherearegroundsforbelievingthatitmaynotbeused
infull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1980,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
September1980andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialsharesreturned
tothereserve. '1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importationsmaybechargedwithoutinterruption
againsttheiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunity
quota.
.I
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeagainsttheirshares
importsoftheproductinquestionasandwhenthe
productisenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesfor
homeuse,
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3andshall,assoonastheinformationreachesit,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehas
beenusedup. /
Itshall,notlaterthan5October]980}informthe
MemberStatesoftheamountstillinreserve,following
anyreturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andto
thisendshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission,theMemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Λ
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1980.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.~
Doneat
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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FICHE FINANCIERE Date
1.Ligne budgétaire concernée :Chop .12art .120
2.Base juridique :Article 28duTraité
3.Intitule delamesure tarifaire :
Projets derèglements duConseil portant ouverture ,répartition etmode de
gestion decontingents tarifaires communautaires pour lasoie grège (non mou­
linée )delaposition 50.02 duT.D.C. ,pour lesfils entièrement desoie ,non
conditionnés pour lavente audétail ,delaposition ex50.04 duTDC etpour
les fils entièrement debourre desoie (Schappe );non conditionnés pour la
vente audétail ,delasous-position 50.05 AduTDC ,pour l'année 1980 .
A.Objectif :
Ouverture contingents tarifaires annuels autonomes couvrant lesbesoins
communautaires .
5.Mode decalcul :
-N°duÎ.D.C.
-Volume du/descontingent (s)
-Droits àappliquer
~Droits duT.D.C.50.02
4.200 Τ
0%
5%ex50.04
60T
2,5 %
7%50.05 A
220 T
0%
3,5%
6.Perte derecettes :
Mode decalcul :
Valeur d'une tonne (enUCE ) 22.702
Valeur totale (enUCE ) 95.348.400
Perte totale derecettes
(enUCE ) 4.767.420
Perte sur base del'utilisation prévisible
des contingents
Parrapport àl'année 1979 ,diminution des
pertes derecettes de24.409
1.464.540
65.900
5.000.695 UCE21.737
4.782.140
167.375 ,
3.477.000 UCE
1.217.000 UCE