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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(73)1208 final
Brussels ,25July 1973
DRAFT REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening ,allocation andadministration ofasupplementary
Community tariff quota fornewsprint falling within
sub-heading No43.01 Afor1973
DRAFT REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening ,allocation andadministration ofasupplementary
Community tariff quota forferro-silico -manganese falling
within sub-heading No73.02 Dfor1973
(submitted totheCouncil bythe Commission )
COM(73 )1208 final

Explanatory Memorandum
1.ThedraftRegulations annexedheretohavebeenpreparedinresponse
torequestsfromvariousMemberStatesfortheautonomousincreaseofthe
1973Communitytariffquotasfornewsprintandferro~silico–manganese.
2.Thoserequestshavebeenstudied,particularly duringaconsultation
meetingofexpertsfromalltheMemberStateswhichwasheldon7June1973s
inthelightoftheeconomicinformation andforecastssuppliedbythe
relevantdepartments .Itshouldbenotedinthisconnection --asthe
Commissionpreviouslystatedinitem2oftheExplanatory Memorandumannexed
toitsletterof7November1968(documentR/l951/68-■TDCS90)andagain
initem7oftheExplanatory Memorandumannexedtoitsletterof
30September1969(documentR1707/69-TDC54--)that,asregardsautonomous
Communitytariffquotas,itisnotenoughmerelytoopensystematically
aquotaequalinvolumetoestimatedimportneedsfromthirdcountries.
QuotasthuscalculatedareinfactlikelytodisturbCommunityproduction
inthesectorinquestionoreventodiscouragepossibleexpansion'inthat
sector.Theseviewshavebeengivenparticularweightinthecaseofthe
draftRegulation onferro-silico --manganese.
ForthesereasonsthevolumesfixedinthedraftRegulations opening
autonomous Communitytariffquotascorrespondtothevolumesrequestedby
theMemberStatesconcernedorareslightlybeloiithem.
3.Exceptinthecaseofnewsprint,theproposedprovisionsforthe
administration ofthequotas,whichincludeinparticulartheestablishment
ofareserve,donotcallforanyspecialremarks,sincetheydonotdiffer
fromthosealreadyproposedandadoptedbytheCouncilinrespectofthe
autonomousincreaseinthequotaforthatferroalloyforpreviousyears.

4*Asregards newsprint ,forthereasons setoutinthelast subparagraph of
item 6oftheExplanatory Memorandum annexed toitsletter of10December 1963
(seedocument H/2204/63-TDC103-)andrepeated initem 3ofitsletter
of30September 19^9 (document R/1707/69-I^DC54--)»theCommission still
considers that itwould beincompatible with thenature ofthequota to
allocate itdefinitively among theMember States .Ifareserve hadbeen
constituted inthepast itwould have been possible toadjust during the
trading year thequota-shares allocated toMember States which were uncertain
ofobtaining steady supplies ;itwould also have been possible toavoid
granting tariff quotas which under Article 23were ineffect national quotas ,
such action having proved intheevent tohave notalways been necessary .
Forthese reasons itisproposed that this increase should beeffected bya
Regulation laying down itsownprovisions forallocation andadministration
which ,while meeting therequest received ,include inparticular the
establishment ofareserve .
5.Asregards thequota duty onnewsprint ,theCommunity stated ,
(text llord 4ofdocument NCG(67 )44rev. )inaletter tothenordic
delegation ,that ithaddecided togrant aduty-free tariff quota each year
\inder Article 28oftheTreaty ofRome when itisestablished that all
possibilities ofsupply ontheinternal market oftheCommunity have been
exhausted during agiven trading year andafter the625000metric tonduty-:'
free quota ,bound under GATT ,hasbeen entirely used up.
Asfortheproposed quota duties fortheincreased ferro -silico -manganese
quota ,they axethesame asthose adopted bytheCouncil forthe1972 increase
inthequota forthis product .

ANNEXA
DRAÏT
REGULATION (EEC) OFTHECOUNCIL '
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofasupplementary
Communitytariffquotafornewsprintfallingwithinsub­
headingNo48.01Afor1973
THECOUNCILOPHIEEUROPEANCGIMJNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle28thereof;
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedbytheCommission ;
AIjhereasbyCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2738/72of19December1972theCouncil
openedandallocatedamongtheMemberStatesaCommunitytariffquotaof
1160000metrictonsofnewsprintfor1973,whichquotacomprisesacon­
ventionalquotavolumeof625'000metrictonsandanautonomousquotavolume
of535000metrictons;
Whereas,inviewofcurrentCommunityproductionpotential,theabove-mentioned
1160000metrictonquotavolumewillnotsufficetocoverCommunityimport
requirements fornewsprintfromthirdcountries;whereasitistherefore
desirabletoopenasupplementary Communitytariffquotaforavolumewhich
mayatpresent,inviewoftheestimatesmadebyeachoftheMemberStates,
besetat110000metrictons;whereasthisvolume,theresultofa
conservative estimateofthesituation,doesnothoweverexcludethepossi­
bilityofanadjustmentduringthetariffperiod;
OJNoL291,28December1972,p.133.

AMJEXA
Whereasin1973thenewMemberStatesdonothavetomakeanymovementto­
wardsalignmentofthenationaltariffsontheCommonCustomsTariffas
regardstheproductsinquestion;whereastheopeningofaComnrunitytariff
quotathusinvolvesnoobligationforthenewMemberStatestomodifytheir
customstariffsasregardsthirdcountries;whereasthereforeitshould "be
providedthatonlytheMemberStatesoftheCommunityasoriginallyconsti­
tutedshouldusethetariffquotasandcountagainsttheirquotasharesproducts
importedbothfromthirdcountriesandfromthenewMemberStates;whereas
theCommunitytariffquotamustreflectthetermsspecifiedabove;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashouldbeensuredforall
Communityimportersandtherateoflevyforthetariffquotashouldbe
appliedconsistently toallimportsoftheproductin
questionuntilthequotaisusedup;whereas,intholightoftheprinciples
outlinedabove,aCommunitytariffarrangementbasedonanallocationbetween
theMemberStateswouldseomtopreservetheCommunitynatureofthequota;
whereastorepresentascloselyaspossibletheactualdevelopmentofthe
marketintheproductinquestiontheallocationshouldfollowproportionr -
atelytherequirements oftheMemberStatescalculatedbothfrom'statistics
ofimportsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative referenceperiod
andfromtheeconomicoutlookforthetariffyearinquestion;
Whereas,inviewofthestatisticsfor1969-71andofmarketforecastsfor
newsprintfor1973fthepercentagesharesintheabove-mentioned tariff
quotaof1160000metrictonsareasfollotvs:
Germany 57•6
Bénélux21.8
Prance19.8
Italy0.8

AHKEX A
Whereas ,since thequota inquestion isanautonomous Community tariff
quota which isintended tocover supplementary import needs arising within
theCommunity ,allocation ofthesupplementary quota volume maybe "based
onthetrue needs expressed byeach oftheMember States ;whereas Germany ,
theBenelux andFrance have communicated supplementary needs ofsome
3000 ,62000and37000metric tons respectively ;asforItaly ,the
extent towhich thequota-share allocated toitinthequota opened by
theabove --mentioned Regulation hasbeen used upandthemost recent economic
information andstatistics available would not atpresent justify its
participation intheproposed increase intheCommunity quota tariff ;
whereas ,should further needs later arise inthat Member State ,however ,
itcould always invoke Article 3ofthis Regulation ;whereas this system
ofallocation also permits the Common Customs Tariff tobeapplied
uniformly ;
■Whereas ,totake account offuture trends ofimports into theCommunity of
theproduct under consideration ,thesupplementary quota volume should be
divided into twotranches ,thefirst being allocated
whohave made requests ,according totheir true supplementary needs andthe
second held asareserve tocover atalater date therequirements ofthese
Member States ,should they useuptheir newquota share ,andanyItalian
requirements which may arise ;
fthereas thequota shares ofMember States maybeused upmore orless
quickly ;whereas ,therefore ,toavoid disruption ofsupplies anyMember
State which hasalmost used upitsinitial quota share ,must draw a;
supplementary quota-share from thereserve ;whereas this must bedone
byeach Member State aseach oneofitssupplementary quota-shares is
almost used up,andasmany times asthereserve alloifs ;whereas the
initial andsupplementary quota-shares must bevalid until theendofthe
quota period ;whereas this form ofadministration requires close
collaboration between theMember State-s andtheCommission ,andthe

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AMEXA
Commissionmust"beinapositiontofollowtheextenttowhichthequota
volumehas"beenusedupandinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,aconsiderable quantity
oftheinitialquotashareisleftoverinaMemberState,itisessential
thateachstateshouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve,
topreventapartoftheCommunitytariffquotafromremainingunusedin
oneMemberStatewhileitcouldbeusedinothers5
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomoftheNetherlands and
theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgarejointlyrepresented bytheBenelu::
EconomicUnionanymeasureconcerningtheadministration ofthequota-shares
allocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyoneofitsmembers;
HASADOPTEDTHISKEGULATI0I7 :
Until31December1573theCommonCustomsTariffdutyonnewsprintfalling
withinsubheading Ho48.01Ashallbetotallysuspendeduptoasupplemen­
taryCommunitytariffquotaof110000metrictons.
1.Afirsttrancheof107000metrictonsshallbeallocatedamongcertain
MemberStates;thequota-shares fortheseMemberStates,which,subjectto
Article6,shallbevaliduntil31December 1973»shallbeasfollows:Article 1
Article2
Germany
Bénélux
France8000metrictons
62000metrictons
37000metrictons

AiaiEXA
2.Thesecond-tranche,of3000metrictons,shallconstituteareserve.
Article3
IfneedsfornewsprintariseinItaly,thatMemberStatemay,totheextent
thatthereserveissufficient,drawanadequatequota-share fromthe
reserve.
Article4
1.If90yo°rmoreoftheinitialquota-shareasdefinedinArticle2(1)of
anyoftheMemberstatesspecifiedinArticle2,orofthatshareminus
theportionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle6isapplied,hasboen
usedup,thatMemberStateshallwithoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission,
drawasecondquota–share,totheextentthatthereserveissufficient,
equalto10£ofitsinitialquota-share .
2.Ifsafteritsinitialquota-sharehasbeenusedup,SOfoormoreofthe
secondquota-share drawnbytheMemberStatehavebeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshall,inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofparagraph 1,drawathird
quota-share equalto5/tofitsinitialquota-share .
3.If,afteritssecondquota-sharehasbeenusedup,9O/0ormoreofthe
thirdquota-sharedrawnbytheMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshall,inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofparagraph 1,drawa
fourthquota-shareequaltothethird.
Talisprocessshallapplybyanalogyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Eywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3,aMemberStatemaydraw
quota-shares lowerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegrounds
forbelievingthatthosefi^edmaynotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.

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Article5
Supplementary quota-shares drawnpursuanttoArticle4shallbevaliduntil
31December1973.
Article6
AnyoftheMemberStatesspecifiedinArticle2whichon15November1973
hasnotusedupitsinitialquota-shareshallreturntothereservenot
laterthan10December1973theunusedportionexceeding20fooftheinitial
amount.Itmayreturnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatitmaynotbeusedup.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10December1973,notifytotheCommission
thetotalquantitiesoftheproductinquestionimporteduptoandincluding
15November1973andcountedagainsttheCommunityquotaandanyquantities
returnedtothereserve.
Article/
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountofthequota-shares openedbythe
MemberStatesjur.suanttoArticles2,3and4andshall,assoonas
informationreachesit,informeachstateoftheextenttowhichthe
reservehasbeenusedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan15December 1973»informtheMemberStatesofthe
amountstillinreserveafterreturnshavebeenmadepursuanttoArticle0.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupthereserveislimitedto
thebalanceavailableandtothisendshallsp<ecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.

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AÎTÎ7EX A
Article 8
1.I-lember States shall take allmeasures necessary toensure that there is
uninterrupted access totheir cumulative share ofCommunity tariff quota
when they open additional quota-shares drawn pursuant toArticle 3or4»
2.Member States shall take allmeasures necessary toensure that
importers oftheproduct inquestion established intheir territory have
free access tothequota-shares allocated tothem .
3.The e;rtent towhich aMember State hasused upitsquota-share shall
bebased onthequantities oftheproduct inquestion imported both from
third countries and from thenewMember States andpresented for customs
clearance under thedeclaration for consumption .
Article 9
Member States shall regularly inform theCommission ofimports
actually counted against their quota-shares .
Article 10
Member States andthe Commission shall cooperate closely toensure tnat
thepreceding Articles areobserved .
Article 11
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird dayfollowing its
publication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .* » V .^ .1 » »• • •»«4.. .. .V»*.
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable
inall Member States .
Done atBrussels , For the Council
The President

AEN3XB
•:.DRiFT .
REGULATION(EEC) OFTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofasupplementary
Communitytariffquotaforferro-silico-manganesefallingwithin
subheading No73*02Dfor1973
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMIUITITTES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomioCommunity,
andinparticularArticle28thereof;
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedbytheCommission ;
WhereasbyCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2730/72*'of19December1972the
CouncilopenedandallooatedamongtheMemberStates,fortheyear1973,a
duty-freeconventional Communitytariffquotaof50000metrictonsof
ferro-silico-manganesefallingwithin'subheading No73.02DoftheCommon
CustomsTariff;
WhereasinviewofcurrentCommunityproductionpotential,theabove
mentioned50000metrictonquotavolumewillnotsufficetocover
Communityimportrequirements forferro-silico-oanganesefromthird
1
countries;whereasitisthereforedesirabletoopenasupplementary
Communitytariffquotaforavolumewhioh,inviewoftheneednotto
jeopardizefutureexpansionofthisCommunityproduction(sector),should
berestrictedto25000metrictons;whereasforthesamereasons,the
quotadutyshouldbesetat4*1°%
Whereasin1973thenewMemberStatesdonothavetomakeanymovementto­
wardsalignmentofthenationaltariffsontheCommonCustomsTariffas
regardstheproductsinquestion;whereastheopeningofaCommunity
tariffquotathusinvolvesnoobligationforthenewMemberStatesto
notifytheircustomstariffsasregardsthirdcountries;whereastherefore
itshouldbeprovidedthatonlytheMemberStatesoftheCommunityas
originallyconstituted shouldusethetariffquotasandchargeagainst
OJNoL291,28December1972,p.64.

theirquotasharesproductsimportedbothfromthirdcountriesandfromthe
newMemberStates;whereastheCommunitytariffquotamustreflectthe
termsspecifiedabove;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashouldbeensuredforall
Communityimportersandtherateoflevyforthetariffquotashouldbe
appliedconsistently toallimportsoftheproductin
questionuntilthequotaisusedup;whereas,inthelightofthe
principlesoutlinedabove,aCommunitytariffarrangementbasedonan
allocationbetweentheMemberStateswouldseemtopreservetheCommunity
natureofthequota;whereastorepresentascloselyaspossiblethe
actualdevelopmentofthemarketintheproduotinquestionthe
allocationshouldfollowproportionately therequirements oftheMember
Statescalculatedbothfromstatisticsofimportsfromthirdcountries
duringarepresentative referenceperiodandfromtheeconomicoutlookfor
thetariffyearinquestion;
Whereasinviewofthestatisticsfor1969-71andofmarketforeoastsfor
ferro-silico-manganesefortheeurrentyearthepercentagesharesinthe
50000metrictonquotavolumeopenedbytheabovementioned Regulationare
asfollows:
Germany
Bénélux
France
Italy87.24
8.72
0.21
3.83

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Whereas ,since thequota inquestion isanautonomous Community tariff
quota which isintended tocover supplementary import needs arising within
theCommunity ,allocation ofthesupplementary quota volume may "bebased on
thetrue needs expressed byeach oftheMember States;' whereas Germany and
thethree Member States constituting theBenelux Economic Union have
communicated supplementary needs ofsome 30000metrio tons and4380metric
tons respectively ;asregards theother Member States ,theextent towhich
thequota shares allocated tothem intheinitial 50000metric tonquota
opened bytheabovementioned Regulation hasbeen used upandthemost
recent economic information andstatistics available would not atpresent
justify their participation intheproposed increase intheCommunity
tariff quota ;whereas ,should further needs later arise in .those Member
States ,however ,they could always invoke Article 3ofthis Regulation ;
whereas this system ofallocation also permits theCommon Customs Tariff
tobeapplied uniformly ;
Whereas ,totake -account offuture trends ofimports
oftheproduct under consideration ,thetotal quota volume
should bedivided into twotranches ,thefirst being shared between
Germany andtheBenelux andthe second held asareserve tocover ata
later date therequirements ofthese .Member States ,should they useup
their new quota share ,andanyfurther needs arising inother Member
States ;whereas togive Member State importers some certainty andtomake
itpossible tosell Community production without difficulty ,thefirst
tranche oftheCommunity quota should befixed at22000'metric tons ;
Whereas theinitial quota shares ofMember States maybeused upmore or
less quickly ;whereas ,therefore ,toavoid disruption ofsupplies any
Member State which hasalmost used upitsinitial quota share ,must draw
asupplementary quota -share from thereserve ;whereas this must bedone
•#•/•••

byeachMemberStateaseachoneofitssupplementary quota–sharesis
almostusedup,andasmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereasthe
initialandsupplementary quota-shares mustbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
collaboration betweentheMemberStatesandtheCommission,andthe
Commissionmustbeinapositiontofollowtheextenttowhichthequota
volumehasbeenusedupandinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,aconsiderable quantityof
theinitialquotas-shareisleftoverinaMemberState,itisessential
thateachstateshouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve,to
preventapartoftheCommunityquotafromremainingunusedinoneMember
Statewhileitcouldbeusedinothers;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomoftheNetherlands andthe
GrandDuchyofLuxembourgarejointlyrepresented bytheBeneluxEconomic
Unionanymeasureconcerningtheadministration ofthequota-shares
allocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyoneofits
members;
MSADOPTEDTHISREGULATI01T :
Article 1
Until31December1973theCommonCustomsTariffdutyonferro-silico-
manganesefallingwithinsubheadingHo73.02Dshallbesuspendedupto4$
onasupplementary Communitytariffquotaof25000metrictons.
Article2
1.Afirsttrancheof22000metriotonsshallbeallocatedamongcertain
MemberStates;thequotas-sharesforeaohMemberStatejwhich,subject
toArticle6,shallbevaliduntil31December1973,shallbeas
.follows:
Germany 18920metrictons
Bénélux 3080metriotons

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2.Thesecond,tranche,of3000metrictons,shallconstituteareserve.
Article3
s
Ifneedsforferro-silico-manganeseariseinPranceorItaly,thoseMember
Statesmay,totheertentthatthereserveissufficient,drawan
adequatequotas-share fromthereserve..
Article4
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialquotas-shareasdefinedinArticle2(1)of
anyoftheMemberStatesspecifiedinArticle2,orofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle6isapplied,has"beenused
up,thatMemberStateshallwithoutdelay,"bynotifyingtheCommission,
drawasecond,quota-share,totheextentthatthereserveissufficient,
equalto10$oofitsinitialquotas-share.
2.If,afteritsinitialquota-sharehas"beenusedup,$Ofoormoreofthe
secondquota-share drawn"byeitheroftheMemberStateshavebeenusedup,
thatMemberStateshallwithoutdelay,inaccordancewiththeprovisionsof
paragraph 1,drawathirdquotas-shareequalto3%ofitsinitialquotas-
share.
3.If,afteritssecondquotas-sharehasbeenusedup,JCffoormoreofthe
thirdquota/-sharedrawnbyeitheroftheMemberStateshasbeenusedup,
thatMemberStateshall,inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofparagraph 1,
drawupafourthquotar-shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplybyanalogyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4«Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to>3,theMemberStatesin
questionmaydrawquotar-shares lowerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs
iftherearegroundsforbelievingthatthosefixedmaynotbeusedup.
TheyshallinformtheCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplyingthis
paragraph.
m••/•••

Supplementaryquota-shares drawnpursuanttoArticle4shallbevalid
until31December1973*
Article6
EitheroftheMemberStatesspecifiedinArticle2whichon15November
1973hasnotusedupitsinitialquota-shareshallreturntothereserve
notlaterthan10December1973theunusedportionexceeding20$ofthe
initialamount.Itmayreturnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatitmaynotbeusedup.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10Dcoember1973tnotifytothe
Commissionthetotalquantitiesoftheproductinquestionimportedupto
andincluding15November1973andcountedagr.insttheCommunityquotaand
anyquantitiesreturnedtothereserve.
Article7
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountofthequota-shares openedbythe
MemberStatespursuanttoArticles2,3and4andshall,assoonas
informationreachesit,informeachstateoftheextenttowhichthe
reservehasbeenusedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan15December1973,informtheMemberStatesofthe
amountstillinreaerveafterreturnshavebeenmadepursuanttoArticle6.
Itshallensurethatthedrax-ringwhichusesupthereserveislimitedto
thebalanceavailableandtothisendshallspecifytheamountthereofto
theMemberStatemakingthela,stdrawing.
Article8
1.MemberStatesshalltalceallmeasuresnecessarytoensurethatthereis
uninterrupted accesstotheircumulativesharesofCommunitytariffquota

whentheyopenadditionalquotas-shares drawnpursuanttoArticle3or4
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimportersoftheproductin
questionestablishedinitsterritoryhavefreeaccesstothequota-
sharesallocatedtoit.
3.MemberStatesshallcountimportsoftheproduotinquestionbothfrom
thirdcountriesandfromnewMemberStatesagainsttheirquotas-share as
theproductispresentedforcustomsclearanceunderthedeclaration
forconsumption .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupitsquotas-shareshallbe
basedonimportscountedagainstitinaccordancewithparagraph3«
Article9
MemberStatesshallregularlyinformtheCommissionofimports
actuallycountedagainsttheirquotas-shares .
Article10
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperatecloselytoensurethat
theprecedingArticlesaxeobserved.
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowingits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddireotlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident