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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(74)1487 final.
Bruxelles .23september 1974
Proposai
REGULATION (EEC) OFTHECOUNCIL
K
opening,allocating andproviding fortheadministration ofaCommunity tariffquota
fordriedfigsfailingwithinsubheading Noex08.03BoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originating inSpain
Proposal
REGULATION (EEC) OFTHECOUNCIL
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity tariffquota
fordriedgrapesfallingwithinsubheading Noex08.04BIoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
сом(7*0 -\kH7final

EXPI.MTÂTOTîY MEMORAJTOÏÏ1.T
1.Article 2oftheAgreement atpresentinforcebetweenthe13uropean
Oonvnunit./andSpain,readwithArticles 2and9ofAnnexIthereto,
nrovicies fortheopeningofCommunity tariffquotasfortheimportation
intotheCommunity ofthefollowing products ,originating inSpain,at
theauotadutiesspecified "below:
CCTHeatiing I(io Product Annual volume QuotaDuty
exOC.03B Certaindned
figs800t 30yooftheCCTduty
08.04BICertain driea
grapes1700t Exemnt
2.Theseorovisions applyonlytothesixoriginal MemberStates,since
the"Protocol fixingcertainprovisions relatingtotheAgreement between
theEuropean Economic Community andSpaininconsequence oftheaccession
ofthenewMemberStatestotheEuropean Economic Community "of29January
1973(OJUoL66,13March1973)providesthatasregardsthenewMember ,
Statesthesituation shallremainasbefore.TheProtocol alsoprovides
thatthecontracting partiesaretolaydownbefore 1January 1974the
transitional measures andadjusternents v/hichmayappearnecessary
following theaccession ofthenewMemberStates.
InJuly1973,theCommunity openednegotiations withSpainwitha
viewtoconcluding ,by1January 1974,anewAgreement toreplacethe
1970Agreement .However,inviewofthepresentstateofthesenegotiations ,
itisbynomeanscertainthattheAgreement couldenterintoforceon
1January 1975butratheronalaterdatewhichmightwellbewithinthe
firsthalf ,of1975.
3.Inviewoftheforegoingj_^he Commission believesthatthepossible
necessity shouldbeprovidedforofopeningtariffquotas,for1975»for
thegoodsinquestion ,infavourofSpain.Consequently ,thetariff
quotasfortheseproducts shouldbeopenedby1January 1975andtherefore
apnrovoii bytheCouncilbefore 1November 1974*Accordingly ,itisnecessary
toinitiate immediately theprocedure foropeningtherelevanttariffquotas.

2
However ,inviewoftnepossible errcryintoforceofanewAgreementit
isproposedtoconfinetheperiodofvalidity oftheseCommunitytariff
quotasfortheyear1975 "totheperiodnotcoveredbytheAgreement .
Moreover ,asregardsagricultural products ,theReflations opening
therelevant Community tariffquotasmustbebasedonArticle 43ofthe
EECTreaty,whichmeansthattheEuropean Parliament mustbeconsulted .
Thetimewhichtheprocedure forapproving theseRegulations willtake
musttherefore beborneinmind.
Thisistheobjectoftheproposals annexedhereto.
4.TheRegulations provide,intheusualway,forthesplitting upof
thetariffvolumesintotwoparts,thefirstofwhichwillbeallocaled
amongtheMemberStatesasquotasharesandthesecondwillbekeptas
areserve .
5.Theallocation ofthefirstpartofthequotafordriedgrapes
(08.04Bl)hasbeenundertaken accordingtotherulesgenerally applied
hitherto .ThetotalimportsofeachMemberStatefor1971to1973have
beenexpressed asaproportion oftotalCommunity importsoverthesame
period.Theresulting percentages ha.vebeenappliedStatebyStatetothe
volumeofthefirstpart,th€flastdigitofthenumberofmetrictonsbeing
roundedoff(seeAnnex).
6.However ,itdoesnotseemappropriate toapplythisruletothetariff
quotafordriedfigs(ex08.03B)since:
(a)therehavebeennomorethanminimalimportsintoasingleMember
Stateandthatonlyinoneyear;
(h)otherMemberStatesimported noneatall;
(o)totalCommunity importsarelowerthantheagreedtariffquota
volume;
(d)itisdifficult toforecastfutureimports.

3
In.ordernevertheless toallocate thequotavolumefairlyaMoni:tue
I'emberStatesa<rordin <?totheirrespective sizes,theCommission works
«
ontheaarnimotion thatinthisexceptions ,!casetheMemberStatesshould
participate equallyinthetariffquota.Thisparticipation aimsto
balancetheMember •States 1advantages andliabilities asfaraspossible .
7.Thecruota,dutiesarealreadyfixedintheEKC/SpainAz-reenieni ;.itself.
8.TheproposedRegulations provideforasinglemethodofadministrat ion
toueappliedbyallMemberStates-namelythe"asandwhen"method.

Λ'Τίτ;«ι\
Proposai
REGULATION (EEC)No...OFTHECOUNCIL
of.........
opening,allocating and,-tOvidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity tariffquota
fordriedfigsfallingwithinsubheading Noex08.03BoftheCommonCustomsTariff
originating inSpain
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,andinparticular Articles43
and113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament ;
.
WhereastheAgreement betweentheEuropeanEcono­
micCommunity andSpain,signedatLuxembourg
on29June1970,providesinArticle2(1)togetherwith
Article9ofAnnexIfortheopeningbytheCommunity
-ofanannualCommunity tariffquotaof200metric
tonsof^driedfigsfallingwithinsubheading Noex
v08.03BoftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating
inSpainandimported inimmediate packingsofa
netcapacityof15kgorless;whereas,pursuantto
Article9ofthesaidAnnex,thequotadutyisequal
»to30%oftheCommon CustomsTariffdutyin
respectoftheproductconcerned ;
i'nereastheCommunity tariffquotain
question shouldheopenedfortheyear
1)73;andwhereas,however,becauseof
thepossibility oftheentryintoforce
during1975an«wAgreement inthis
regardbetweentheEuropean Economic
Community andSpain,itisnecessary
toconfinetheperiodofvalidity of
this'tariff .quotatosuoh period asis
not covered bythenewAgreement :

Whereasitisinparticular necessarytoensuretoall
Community importers equalanduninterrupted aeeess
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
application oftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoctheproductconcerned intoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciples mentioned above,
theCommunity natureofthequotacanberespected
byallocating theCommunity tariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectmore
accurately theactual "trend ofthemarketin
theproductconcerned ,suchallocation shouldbein
proportion totheneeds ,oftheMemberStates,assessed
byreferencetoboththestatistics ofeachState's
importsofthesaidgoodsfromSpainoverarepresen­
tativeperiodandtheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodconcerned ;
Whereas,duringthepastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsby
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentages oftheimportsintotheCommunity from
Spainoftheproductsconcerned :
1971 19721973
Germany
Bénélux 100
(=5mt)
France
Italy
Whereas,inviewofthesefiguresandoftha.estimates
submitted bycertainMemberStatesaswellasthe
practicalneedtoensurethattheobligations contracted
undertheAgreement concerned areallocatedfairly
amongalltheMemberStates,initialquotashares
maybefixedapproximately atthefollowingpercen­
tages: ■I
25
25
25
25Germany
Bénélux
France
Italy
Whereas ,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcerned inthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
tranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStates,andthesecondformingareserve
intendedultimately tocovertherequirements ofthe
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegree
ofsecuritytoimporters ineachMemberState,the
firsttrancheoftheCommunity quotashouldbe
fixed atalevelwhich,underpresentcircum­
stances,maybe80%ofthequotaamount;

AJMÎEX A
Whereas,theinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmay 2.Thesecondtrancheof40metrictonsshallconsti-
beusedupatdiffercntrates whereas,inordertotutethereserve,
takethisfrtctintoaccountBudtoavoidanybreakillcontinuity ,itisimportantthatanyMemberState....
havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditional sharefromthereserve;
whereas,thismustbedonebyeachMemberStateas
andwheneachofitsadditional sharesisalmost
entirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesmustbeavailableforuseuntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthismethodofadministration
callsforclosecooperation betweenMemberStates
andtheCommission ,whichmustinparticular be
abletoobservetheextenttowhichthequotaamount
isusedandinformMemberStatesthereof;
Whereas
period,
State 'Whereasif,ataspecified dateinthequota
period,asubstantial proportion ofaMember
State'sinitialshareremainsunuseditis
essentialthatthatMemberStatereturnasig^-nificantpercentage thereoftothereserve,in
ordertoavoidapartoftheCommunity quotas
remaining unusedinoneMemberStateitcould
beusedinothers;
•Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedinandrepresented bytheBenelux
Economic Union,alltransactions concerning the
administration ofsharesgrantedtotheabovementioned
Economic Unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneof
itsmembersjArticle3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturned itothereserve,
wheretheprovisions ofArticle5havebeenapplied,
hasbeenexhausted ,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifying theCommission ,to
drawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitial
share,roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate ,
totheextentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted ,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed
■yvithoutdelay,inaccordance withtheconditions laid
downinparagraph 1,todrawathirdshareequalto
7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunit
whereappropriate ,totheextentthattheamountin
thereserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted ,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,inthe
sameway,todrawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveisex­
hausted .
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
\
Article 1
from1January 1975until31T)en«mber
i./?•>tri<5Coiiu.ionGust.oi.'iw .
Tariffdutyinrespectofdriedfigsfallingwithin
subheading Noex08.03B,originating inSpainand
imported inimmediate packingsofanetcapacity
notexceeding 15kgshallbepartiallysuspended at
3%withinthelimitsofaCommunity tariffquotaof
200metrictons.^[Notwithstanding theprovisions ofparagraphs 1,
2and^3,the^Member Statesmaydraw
sharessmaller^than thosefixedinthoseparagraphs ,
ifthereisreasontobelievethatthosesharesmightnot
beusedup.TheyshallinformtheCommission ofthe
reasonswhichledthemtoapplythisparagraph .
Article4
Theadditional sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntiltheendofthe
periodspecified inArticle 1,
Article2
1.Afirsttranche,amounting to160metrictonsof
theCommunity tariffquotareferredtoinArticle1,
shallbesharedamongthe_MemberStates;She
\Th.e.respective individual .shares,which
subjecttoArticle 5shallbevalid
untiltheendoftheperiodspecified
inArtiole 1shallbeasfollows *
Oermaiv
3enelnjc
France
Italy40metrictons
40metrictons
AOrietrictons
AOmetrictonsArticleS
If,by15September 197y,aMemberStatehasnotused
upitsinitialshare,itshall,notlaterthan10October
1975,returntothereservetheunusedportionofthis
shareinexceesof20%oftheinitialamount.Itmay
returnalargerquantityifthereisreasontobelieve
thatsuchquantitymightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October
197JTnotifytheCommission ofthetotalimportsofthe
productconcerned effectedupto15September 1975"

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inclusive ,andchargedagainsttheCommunity quota
and,ofanyproportion of"theirinitial
sharereturned tothereserve.
Article6
TheCommission shallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordance withArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .
TheCommission shall,notlaterthan15October1975,
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
thesaidgoodsestablished intheirterritoryhavefree
accesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productconcerned againsttheirsharesasandwhen
thegoodsareenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordance withparagraph 3.
Article8
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission atregular
intervalsofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
TheCommission shallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,forthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthereof
oftheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.Article9
TheMember StatesandtheCommission shall
cooperate closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegu­
lationisobserved .
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate mea­
surestoensurethat,whenadditional sharesarcdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforchargestobe
madewithoutinterruption againsttheiraccumulated
sharesoftheCommunity quota.! Article 10
Intheeventthatthepreferential tariff
.arrangement forimportsintotheCornmmunity
1ofproductsasspecified inArticle 1,
ismadethesubject OJLanewAgreement
betweentheEuropean Economic Community
andSpainandthatthesaidAgreement
entersintoforcebefore31December 1974
thisRegulation shallceasetohaveeffect
asonsuchdateofentryirtoforce.
Article 11.
ThisReflation shallenterintoforce
on1January 1975•
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

Αι·ΤίΓ"'.Χ Β
Proposai
REGULATION (EEC)No....OFTHECOUNCIL
of..........
opening ,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity tariffquota
fordriedgrapesfallingwithinsubheading Noex08.04BIoftheCommonCustoms
Tarifforiginating inSpain.
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
Economic Community andinparticular Articles43
and113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment;
WhereastheAgreement betweentheEuropeanEcono­
micCommunity andSpain,signedatLuxembourg on
29June1970,providesinArticle2(1)togetherwith
Article9ofAnnexIfortheopeningbytheCommunity
ofanannualduty-freeCommunity tariffquotaof
1700metrictonsofdriedgrapesfallingwithinsub­
headingNoex08.04B1oftheCommon Customs
Tariff,originating inSpainandimportedinimmediate
containers ofanetcapacityof15kgorless;whereas
thereforeaduty-freeCommunity tariffquotaof1700
metrictonsshouldbeopenedfortheproductcon­
cernedfor1975;
Woere«.n I;heCommunity tariffquotain
rpifif I;ioishould .1)0ooened .fortheyear
1^75>andwhereas?,howevertbecauseof
thepossibility oftheentryintoforce
dnrin /r1975ofanewAgreement inthis
re.-rardbetweentheT'Turonean Kconomio
Community andSpain,itisnecessary to
confinet'oeperiodofvalidity ofthis
tar.uiquota .tosuchperiodasisnot
coveredbythenewAgreement :

Whereasitisinparticular necessarytoensuretoall
Community importersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
application oftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductconcerned intoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentioned above,the
Community natureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocating theCommunity tariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectmore
accuratelytheactual "trend.ofthemarketinthe
productconcerned ,suchallocationshouldbeinpro­
portiontotheneedsoftheMemberStates,assessed
byreferencetoboththestatisticsofeachState'sim­
portsofthesaidproductsfromSpainoverarepresen­
tativeperiodandtheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodconcerned ;
Whereas ,duringthepastthreeyearsforwhichsta­
tisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsby
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentages oftheimportsintotheCommunity from
Spainoftheproductsconcerned :
1971 9721973
Germany 2-1 4-52.3
Bénélux 18-6 13-511.1
France 665 61-770.2
Italy 12-8 20-316.4
Whereas,inviewofthesefiguresandof"theestimates
submitted bycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmaybefixedapproximately atthefollowing
percentages :
Germany 2
Bénélux 13
France 72
Italy 13
Whereas ,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductconcerned inthedividedMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
tranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStates,andthesecondformingareserve
intendedultimately tocovertherequirements ofthe
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialquota
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegreeof
securitytoimporters ineachMemberStates,thefirst
trancheoftheCommunity quotashouldbe*^-xeaatalevelwhich,underpresent oircram­
'stancesmaytoeQ0%ofthequotaamount;
WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStates
maybeusedupatdifferentrates ;whereas,inorder
totakethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity ,itisimportant thatanyMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialquota
shareshoulddrawanadditional quotasharefromthe

АТ-ГМгЧЛ В
reserve;whereas,thismustbedonebyeachMember
Stateasandwheneachofitsadditional quotashares
isalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
quotasharesmustbeavailableforuseuntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;whereasthismethodofadministra­
tioncallsforclosecooperation betweenMember
StatesandtheCommission ,whichmust,inparticular ,
beabletoobservetheextenttowhichthequota
amountisusedandinformMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,ataspecified dateinthequota
period,asubstantial proportion ofaMember
State'sinitialshareremains unuseditis
essential thatthatMemberStatereturna
significant percentage thereoftothere­
serve,.inordertoavoidapartoftheCom-,.
munityquotaremaining unusedinoneMember
Statewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas ,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
Kingdom ,o£ihe_Ne±herlands andtheGrandIXiohy
ofLuxembourg areunited-inand.represented by
theBenelux Economio Union,alltransactions
concerning theiadministration ofsharesgranted
totheabovementioned Economic Unionmaybe
carriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers ;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedtothereserve,where
theprovisions ofArticle5havebeenapplied,hasbeen
exhausted ,thatMemberStateshallproceedwithout
delay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todrawasecond
shareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupto
thenextunitwhereappropriate ,totheextentthatthe
amountinthereserveallows *
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted ,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,inaccordance withtheconditions laid
downinparagraph 1,todrawathirdequalto7*5%
ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate ,totheextentthattheamountinthe
reserveallows.
Article 1
From1January 1975until31December
1975 CommonCustomsTariff
dutyinrespectofdriedgrapesfallingwithinsubhead­
ingNoex08.04BI,originating inSpainandimportedr
inimmediate containers ofanetcapacitynotexceed­
ing15kgshallbeentirelysuspendedwithinthelimits ;
ofaCommunity tariffquotaof1700metrictons.,3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted ,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,inthe
sameway,todrawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveisex­
hausted.
4.Notwithstanding theprovisions ofparagraphs 1,
2and3,theMemberStatesmaydraw
sharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs ,if
thereisreasontobelievethattheymightnotbeused
up.TheyshallinformtheCommission ofthereasons
whichledthemtoapplythisparagraph .
Article4
Theadditional sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntiltheendofthe
periodspecified inArticle 1.
Article2
1.Afirsttranche,amounting to1360metrictonsof
theCommunity tariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates,^he
respective' individual shares,which,
subjecttoArticle 5shallbevalid .
untiltheendoftheperiodspecified
inArticle 1shallbeasfollows :Article5
If,by15September 1975",aMemberStatehasnotused
upitsinitialshare,itshall,notlaterthan10October
1975",returntothereservetheunusedportionofthis
shareinexceesof20%oftheinitialamount.Itmay
returnalargerquantityifthereisreasontobelieve
thatsuchquantitymightnotbeused.
Germany 27metrictons
Bénélux 177 metrictons
France 980metrictons
Italy 176metrictonsTheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October
1975",notifytheCommission ofthetotalimportsof
theproductconcerned effectedupto15September
1975"inclusiveandchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaand,ofanyproportion oftheir •
initialsharereturned tothereserve.
2.Thesecondtrancheof340metrictonsshallconsti­
tutethereserve.

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Article6
TheCommission shallkeepaccountoftheshare
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordance withArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productconcerned againsttheirsharesasandwhen
thegoodsareenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordance withparagraph 3.
TheCommission shall,notlaterthan15October1975",
notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthereserve
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommission shallensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,forthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing .
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresappro­
priatetoensurethat,whenadditional sharesaredrawn
pursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforchargestobe
madewithoutinterruption againsttheiraccumulated
sharesoftheCommunity quota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters of
thesaidgoodsestablished intheirterritoryhavefree
accesstotheshareallocated tothem.Article8
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission atregular
intervalsofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
quotashares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulation
isobserved .
Article 10
Intheeventthatthepreferential tariff
arrangement forimportsintotheCornrnrnunity
ofproducts asspecified inArtiole 1
1,ismadethesubjectofanewAgreement
betweentheEuropean Economic Community
andSpainandthatthesaidAgreement
entersintoforcebefore31December 1974
thisReflation shallceasetohaveeffect
asonsuchdateofentryintoforce.
Article 11
ThisRer^ula/i-ionshallenterintoforce
on1January 1975•
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident