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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(73)1798final
Brussels,31October1973
DRAFT
REGULATION (EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforrawsilk(notthrown)fallingwithin
headingNo50.02oftheCommonCustomsTariff
DRAFT
REGULATION (EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforyarnentirelyofsilk,otherthan
yarnofnoilorotherwastesilk,notputupforretailsale,
fallingwithinheadingNoex50.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff
DRAFT
REGULATION (EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforyarnspunentirelyfromsilkwasteother
thannoil,notputupforretailsale,fallingwithin
headingNoex50.05ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff
(presented "bytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
C0M(73)1798 final

ANNEXI
DRAFT
REGULATION (EEC)'OFTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforrawsilk(notthrown)fallingwithinheading
No50*02oftheCommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle28thereof;
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedbytheCommission ;
Whereas,inaccordancewiththeResolutionpassedatitsmeetingof29
Ato31May1967»"theCouncil,byitsRegulation(EEC)No321/70,reintroduced
until31December1976the10^autonomousdutyoftheCommonCustomsTariff
forrawsilk(notthrown)fallingwithinheadingNo50*02;whereasthe
conventionaldutyforthatproductis5%»
Whereastheresolutionaforesaidfurtherprovidesfortheopening,in
respectofthatperiodandforthatproduct,ofannualCommunitytariff
quotasexemptfromcustomsduties;whereastheamountofthosequotasshould
correspondtothedifferencebetweenthetotalconsumption ofrawsilkand
theamountproducedintheCommunity;
WhereasrawsilkisproducedintheCommunityandwhereasitisinthe
Community^interesttomaintainthisproduction onitsterritory;whereas
thatproductioncanbeestimatedat120metrictonsfor1974;whereastaking
OJNoL43,.24February1970,p.2.

mm2mm
ANtfKXI
accountofthisproductionandoftheforecastsfor1974»theimports
neededtosatisfyconsumptionwithintheCommunitycanheestimatedat
2400metrictons;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashould "beensuredforall
Communityimportersandtherateoflevyforthetariffquotashould "be
appliedconsistently toallimportsoftheproductinquestion •untilthe
quotaisusedup;whereas,utilization oftheCommunitytariffquotabased
onanallocation "betweentheMemberStatesconcernedwouldinthelight
oftheprinciplesoutlinedaboveappearconsistentwiththeCommunity
natureofthequota;
Whereasinviewofthesefactorstheinitialpercentagesharesinthequota
volumecanfor1974"beexpressedapproximately asfollows;
Germany 11.5%
Bénélux 0.3%
Prance 32.9%
Italy 49.51°
Denmark 0.3%
Ireland 0.3*
UnitedKingdom 5.2%;
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsfortheproductunder
consideration ,thetotalquotavolumeshouldbedividedintotwotranches,the
firstbeingallocatedandthesecondheldasareservetocoveratalater
datetherequirements ofMemberStateswhohaveuseduptheirinitial
quotar-share ;whereastogiveimporterssomedegreeofcertaintythefirst
trancheoftheCommunityquotashouldintheeventbefixedat75%ofthe
totalquota;
Whereastheinitialquotas-shares maybeusedupratherquickly;whereas,
therefore,toavoiddisruptionofsuppliesanyMemberStatewhichhas
almostusedupitsinitialquota-share ,mustdrawasupplementary quota-
sharefromthereserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateas
eachone.ofitssupplementary quota-shares isalmostusedupandasmany

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ANNEXI
timesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandsupplementary quotas-
sharesmust"bevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthisform
ofadministration requiresclosecollaboration "betweentheMemberStates
andtheCommission,andtheCommissionmustbeinapositiontofollow
theextenttowhichthequotavolumehasteenusedupandinformthe
MemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,aconsiderable quantity
isleftoverinaMemberState,itisessentialthatsuchStateshould
returnasubstantialproportiontothereserve,topreventpartofthe
totalquotafromremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcouldbe
usedinothers;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomoftheNetherlands and
theGrandDuchyofLuxembourg,arejointlyrepresented bytheBenelux
EconomicUnionanymeasureconcerningtheadministration ofthequotas-
sharesallocatedtothatEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyoneofits
members;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Prom1Januaryto31December1974theautonomousdutyoftheCommonCustoms
Tariffforrawsilk(notthrown)fallingwithinheading50.02shallbe
totallysuspendedinrespectofaCommunitytariffquotaof2400metric
tons­
ilAfirsttrancheof1820metrictonsofthistariffquotashallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates;thequota-sharesshall,subjecttoArticle5,bevaiid
until31December1974andshallbeasfollows;Article 1
Article2
Germany 210metrictons
Bénélux 5metrictons
France 600metrictons
Italy 900metrictons

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AÎWEXI
Denmark
Ireland.
United.Kingdom5metrictons
5metrictons
95metrictons

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AOTEX I
2.Thesecond tranche ,of5°0metric tons ,shall "beheld inreserve .
Article 3
1.If9<yfoormore ofaMember State 'sinitial quota-share specified in
Article 2(1),orofthat share minus theportion returned tothereserve
where Article 5isapplied ,has "been used up,that Member State shall without
delay ,"bynotifying theCommission ,draw asecond quota-share ,"totheextent
that thereserve issufficient ,equal to10%ofitsinitial quotas-share ,
rounded upwhere necessary tothenext unit .
2.If,after itsinitial quota-share has "been used up,$0%ormore of
thesecond quota-share drawn byaMember State hasbeen used up,that Member
State shall ,bynotifying theCommission ,draw athird quotas-share ,tothe
extent that thereserve issufficient ,equal to5%ofitsinitial quotas-share ,
rounded upwhere necessary tothenext unit .
3.If,after itssecond quota-share hasbeen used up,$0%ormore ofthe
third quotas-share drawn byaMember State hasbeen used up,that Member
State shall ,inaccordance with theprovisions ofparagraph 2,draw afourth
quotas-share equal tothethird .
This process shall apply byanalogy until thereserve isused up.
t
4.Inderogation from paragraphs 1,2and 3,"theMember States maydraw
quota-shares lower than those fixed inthose paragraphs ifthere aregrounds
forconsidering that those fixed maynotbeused up.They shall inform the
Commission oftheir reasons forapplying this paragraph .
Article 4
Supplementary quota-shares drawn pursuant toArticle 3shall bevalid until
31December 1974 »
Article 5
AMember State which on15September 1974 hasnotused upItsinitial quotas -
share shall return tothereserve not later than 10October 1974 "theunused
portion exceeding 30%oftheinitial amount .Itmayreturn agreater portion

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ATOÏEXI
iftherearegroundsforconsideringthatitmaynotbeusedup.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October1974notifytothe
Commissionthetotalquantitiesoftherawsilkimporteduptoandincluding
15September1974andchargedagainsttheCommunitytariffquotaandany
quantitiesoftheinitialquota–sharereturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountofthequota-shares openedbytheMember
StatespursuanttoArticles2and3andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan'15October1974,oftheamouni
heldinreserveafteramountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuanttoArticle5»
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichfinallyusesupthereserveislimited
tothebalanceavailableandtothisendshallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessarytoensurethat
supplementary quota–sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuch
awaythatchargesmaybemade,withoutinterruption ,againsttheircumulative
sharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimportersoftheproductinquestion
establishedinitsterritoryhavefreeaccesstothequota–sharesallocated
toit.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupitsquota-shareshallbe
basedonthequantitiesoftheimportedproductinquestionpresentedfor
customsclearanceunderadeclarationforhomeconsumption.
Article8
TheMemberStatesshallregularlyinformtheCommissionofimportsactually
chargedagainsttheirquota–shares.

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ANNEXI
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperatecloselytoensure
thattheprovisionsofthisRegulationareobserved.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1974*
ThisRegulationshall "bebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.J
DoneatBrussels, 19•
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

ANNEXII
DRAFT
REGULATION (EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
I
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunity -
tariffquotaforyamentirelyofsilk,otherthanyarnofnoil
orotherwastesilk,notputupforretailsale,falling ,within
headingNoex50*04oftheCommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,'
andinparticularArticle28thereof;
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedbytheCommission ;
Whereas,inaccordancewiththeResolutionpassedatitsmeetingof29to
A
31May1967,theCouncil,byitsRegulation(EEC)No322/70,reintroduced
until31December1976"the12$autonomousdutyoftheCommonCustomsTariff
foryarnentirelyofsilkotherthanyarnofnoilorotherwastesilk,not
putupforretailsalefallingwithinheadingNoex50.04;whereasthe
conventionaldutyforthatproductis7$»
WhereastheResolutionaforesaidfurtherprovidesfortheopeninginrespect
«ofthatperiodandforsuchsilkyarnofanannualCommunitytariffquota
withreducedornildutywhereachangeinthesourcesofsupplyoran
insufficient supplywithintheCommunitymighthaveadverseresultsforthe
processingindustriesintheMemberStates;
WhereassilkyarnisproducedintheCommunity;whereas,althoughthat
OJNoL43.24February1970*5«~

ΑίΓΝΕΧII
productioncouldcoveralltheCommunityrequirements "byreasonofits
overallvolume,thisdoesnotapplywithregardtoyarnentirelyspun
fromsilk;whereasthereis,asaresult,aninsufficiency ofsupplyin
theCommunity;
Whereasconsequently Communitysupplyforthosequalitiesofyarndependsto
aconsiderable extentonimports;whereasfullapplication ofthedutyunder
theCommonCustomsTariffwouldresultinthoseproductsbeingsubjectedto
aconsiderable customschargewhileproductsmanufactured fromsilkyarn
facepowerfulcompetition fromsimilarproductsmanufactured fromother
material;whereasaninsufficiency ofsupply,addedtocompetitionat
finishedproductlevel,mighthaveadverseresultsfortheCommunity's
processingindustries ;
WhereasthedutyundertheCommonCustomsTariffapplicable onimportsof
thesilkyarninquestioniswhereas,whenfixingthequotaduty,it
isappropriatetotakeintoaccount,ontheonehand,thesituationofthe
Communitysilkyarnproducingindustryand,ontheother,thatofthesilk
yarnprocessingindustrieswithregardtotheirobtainingsuppliesonfavoura'b
terms;whereasaquotadutyof3%couldbestsatisfytheabovementioned
requirement s;
Whereasthetrendinimport?during1972suggeststhattheimportrequirements
oftheyarnsinquestionmightbeintheregionof60metrictonsfor1974;
whereastheopeningofaCommunitytariffquotaofthatvolumeisunlikelyto
harmCommunityproduction ;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashouldbeensuredforall
importersandtherateoflevyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistently toallimportsoftheproductinquestionuntilthequotais
usedup;whereas,"utilizationoftheCommunitytariffquotainthe
lightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabovebasedonanallocationbetweenthe
MemberStatesconcernedwouldappearconsistentwiththeCommunitynature
ofthequota;whereastorepresentascloselyaspossibletheactualtrend
ofthemarketintheproductinquestiontheallocationshouldfollow
proportionately therequirements oftheMemberStatescalculatedbothfrom
statisticsofimportsduringarepresentative referenceperiodandfrom
theeconomicoutlookforthetariffyearinquestion.

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AffNEX II
Whereas thecorresponding imports oftheproducts falling within the
tariff heading 50.04 ofeaoh oftheMember States concerned during
thelast threee years forwhich complete statistics areavailable
represent thefollowing percentages oftotal Community imports ofthese
products :
1970 1971 1222
Germany 35.3 35.0 18.6
Bénélux 3.0 0 0.7
France 23.5 20.0 17-1
Italy 14.7 22.5 50.0
Denmark 0 0.5 0.2
Ireland 0 0.7 1.4
United Kingdom ■23.5 21.3 12.0
Whereas inview ofthese factors and oftheforecasts which itispossible
tomake theinitial percentage shares inthequota volume canbeexpressed
approximately asfollows -:
Germany 28%
Bénélux 2*
France 20*
c
Italy 28%
Denmark 21"
Ireland 2
United Kingdom 18*
Whereas ,totake account offuture import trends fortheproduct under
consideration ?thetotal quota volume should bedivided into twotranches ,
thefirst being allocated andthe second held asareserve tocover ata
later date therequirement sofMember States whohave used uptheir initial
quota-share ;whereas togive importers some degree ofcertainty thefirst
tranche oftheCommunity quota should intheevent befixed at83%ofthe
total quota ;
Whereas theinitial quotar-shares maybeused uprather quickly ;

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ANNEXII
whereas,-therefore,toavoiddisruptionofsuppliesanyMemberStatewhich
hasalmostusedupitsinitialquota-share ,mustdrawasupplementary
quota–sharefromthereserve;whereasthismust"bedonebyeachMember
Stateaseachoneofitssupplementary quota-sharesisalmostusedup,and
asmanytimesasthe-reserveallows;whereastheinitialandsupplementary
quota-shares mustbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthis
formofadministration requiresclosecollaboration betweentheMemberStates
andtheCommission,andtheCommissionmustbeinapositiontofollowthe
extenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeenusedupandinformtheMember
Statesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,aconsiderablequantity
isleftoverinaMemberState,itisessentialthatsuchStateshould
returnasubstantialproportiontothereserve,topreventpartofthe
totalquotafromremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcouldbe
usedinothers;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomoftheNetherlands andthe
GrandDuchyofLuxembourg,arejointlyrepresentedbytheBeneluxEconomic
Unionanymeasureconcerningtheadministration ofthequota-shares allocated
tothatEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyoneofitsmembers;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
Prom1Januaryto31December1974»theautonomousdutyoftheCommonCustoms
Tariffforyarnentirelyofsilk,otherthanyarnofnoilorotherwastesilk,
notputupforretailsale,fallingwithinheadingNoex50.04shallbe
partiallysuspendedat2>foinrespectofaCommunitytariffquotaof60metric
tons.
Article2
1.Afirsttrancheof50metrictonsofthisCommunitytariffquotashall
beallocatedamongtheMemberStates;thequotas-shares shall,subjectto
Article5»"bevaliduntil31December1974andshallbeasfollows:

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ANHEX II
Germany 14metric tons
Bénélux 1metric ton
France 10metric tons
Italy 14metric tons
Denmark 1metric ton
Ireland 1metric ton
United Kingdom 9metric tons
2.Thesecond tranche ,of10metric tons ,shall "beheld inreserve .
1.If90%°rmore ofaMember State 'sinitial quota-share specified
inArticle 2(1),orofthat share minus theportion returned tothe
reserve where Article 5isapplied ,has "been used up,that Member
State shall without delay ,bynotifying theCommission ,draw asecond
quota-share ,totheextent that thereserve issufficient ,equal to
10$ofitsinitial quota –share ,rounded upwhere necessary tothe
next unit .
2.If,after itsinitidl quota-share has "been used up,90$ormore
ofthesecond quota-share drawn "byaMember State has "been used up,that
Member State shall ,bynotifying theCommission ,draw athird quota-share ,
totheextent that thereserve issufficient ,equal to5$ofitsinitial
quota-share ,rounded upwhere necessary tothenext unit .
3.If,after itssecond quota-share hasbeen used up,$0%ormore
ofthethird quota –share drawn byaMember State hasbeen used up,that
Member State ,shall inaccordance with theprovisions ofparagraph 2,
draw afourth quota-share equal tothethird .
This process shall apply byanalogy until thereserve isused up.
4.Inderogation from paragraphs 1,2and3,theMember States maydraw
quota-shares lower than those fixed inthose paragraphs ifthere are
grounds forconsidering that those fixed maynotbeused up.They shall
inform theCommission oftheir reasons forapplying this paragraph .Article 3

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ANNEX11
Article4
Supplementary quota–sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall"bevalid
until31December1974*
Article5
AMemberStatewhichon15September1974hasnotused-upitsinitial
quota-shareshallreturntothereservenotlaterthan10October1974
theunusedportionexceeding20$oftheinitialamount.Itmayreturn
agreaterportioniftherearegroundsforconsideringthatitmaynot
beusedup.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October1974notifytothe
Commissionthetotalquantitiesofsilkyarnimporteduptoandincluding
15September1974andchargedagainsttheCommunitytariffquotaandany
quantitiesoftheinitialquota–isharereturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountofthequota-shares openedbythe
MemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3andshall,assoonasithas
beennotified,informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehas
beenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStatesnotlaterthan15October1974ofthe
amountheldinreserveafteramountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuant
toArticle5*Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichfinallyusesup
thereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailableandtothisendshall
specifytheamountthereoftotheMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessarytoensurethat
supplementary quota-shares drawnpursuanttoArticle3areopenedin
suchawaythatchargesmaybemade,withoutinterruption ,againsttheir
cumulativesharesoftheCommunityquota.

I-7-
AMEXII
2.Fac-hMemberStateshallensurethatimportersoftheproduct
inquestionestablishedinitsterritoryhavefreeaccesstothe
quota–sharesallocatedtoit.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeagainsttheirquota-shares imports
oftheproductinquestion,whentheproductispresentedforcustoms
clearanceunderadeclarationforhomeconsumption .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupitsquota-share
shallbedeterminedonthebasisofimportscharged'inaccordance
withparagraph 3.
Article8
TheMemberStatesshallregularlyinformtheCommissionofimports
actuallychargedagainsttheirquota-shares .
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperatecloselytoensure
thattheprovisionsofthisRegulationareobserved.
Article10
i
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1974.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels. 19–-.
PortheCouncil
ThePresident

ANNEX III
DRAFT
REGULATION (EEC )ppTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening ,allocation andadministration ofaCommunity
tariff quota foryarn spun entirely from silk waste other
than noil ,notputupforretail sale ,falling within heading
Noex50*05 oftheCommon Customs Tariff
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economie Community ,
andinparticular Article 28thereof ;
Having regard tothedraft Regulation submitted bytheCommission ;
Whereas ,inaccordance with theResolution passed atitsmeeting of
A
29to31May1967 ,theCouncil ,byitsRegulation (EEC)No323/70 ,
reintroduced until 31December 1976 the1%autonomous duty oftheCommon
Customs Tariff foryarn spun entirely from silk waste other than noil ,not
putupforretail sale falling within heading Noex50.05 ;whereas the
conventional duty forthat product is7f°i
Whereas theResolution aforesaid further provides fortheopening inrespect
ofthat period andfor such yarn ofanannual Community tariff quota with
reduced duty ornilduty where achange inthe sources ofsupply oran
insufficient supply within theCommunity might have adverse results for
theprocessing industries intheMember States ;
Whereas yarn spun from waste silk isproduced intheCommunity ;whereas
OJNoL43,24February 1970 ,p.8

ANNEXIII
althoughthatproductioncouldcoveralltheCommunityrequirements "by-
reasonofitsoverallvolume,thisdoesnotapplywithregardtoyarn
entirelyspunfromwastesilk;whereasthereis,asaresult,an
insufficiency ofsupplyintheCommunity;
Whereasconsequently Communitysupplyforthosequalitiesofyarn
dependstoaconsiderable extentonimports;whereasfullapplicationof
thedutyundertheCommonCustomsTariffwouldresultinthoseproducts
beingsubjectedtoaconsiderable customschargewhileproductsmanufactured
ffomsilkyarnfacepowerfulcompetition fromsimilarproductsmanufactured
fromothermaterial;whereasaninsufficiency ofsupplywithintheCommunity ,
addedtocompetitionatfinishedproductlevel,mighthaveadverseresults
fortheCommunity'sprocessingindustries ;
WhereasthedutyundertheCommonCustomsTariffapplicableonimports
ofthesilkwasteyarninquestionis3*5%iwhereaswhenfixingthequota
dutyitisappropriatetotakeintoaccount,ontheonehand,thesituation
oftheCommunityindustryproducingyarnspunfromwastesilkand,onthe
other,thatoftheindustriesprocessingyarnspunfromwastesilk
withregardtotheirobtainingsuppliesonfavourableterms;whereas
aquotadutyof1.5#couldbestsatisfytheabove-mentioned requirement
I
Whereasthetrendinimportsduringthelastfewyearsandthefirst
monthsof1972suggestthatCommunityimportrequirementsoftheyarns
inquestionmightbeintheregionof190metrictonsfor1974;whereas
theopeningofaCommunitytariffquotaofthatvolumeisunlikelytoharm
Communityproduction ;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashouldbeensuredforall
importersandtherateoflevyforthetariffquotashouldbeappliedcon­
sistentlytoallimportsoftheproductinquestionuntilthequotais

ANNEXIII
usedup;whereasutilizationoftheCommunitytariffquotabased,onan
allocation "betweentheMemberStatesconcernedwouldinthelightofthe
principlesoutlinedaboveappearconsistentwiththeCommunitynature
ofthequota;whereastorepresentascloselyaspossibletheactual
trendofthemarketintheproductinquestiontheallocationshould
followproportionally therequirements oftheMemberStatescalculated
bothfromstatisticsofimportsduringarepresentative referenceperiod
andfromtheeconomicoutlookforthetariffyearinquestion;
Whereasthecorresponding importsoftheproductsfallingwithinthe.
tariffheading50«05ofeaohoftheMemberStatesconcernedduringthe
lastthreeyearsforwhichcompletestatisticsareavailablerepresent ,
thefollowingpercentagesoftotalCommunityimportsoftheseproducts
Germany1970
43.01971
39.21972
41.0
Bénélux 0.8 0.5 0.1
France 7.4 5.0 10.8
Italy 36.6 47.0 38.7
Denmark 00.1j
00.1
Ireland 0 0.6
UnitedKingdom 12.2 *8.2 8.7
whereasinviewofthesefactorsandoftheforecastswhichit
tomaketheinitialpercentageshares^inthequotavolumecan'
approximately asfollows:
Germany 40.7%
Bénélux 0.5%
Prance 7.6*
Italy 40.7*
Denmark 0.5*
Ireland 0.5%
UnitedKingdom 9.5%

AOTEX III
Whereas ,totake account offuture import trends fortheproduct under
consideration ,thetotal quota volume should bedivided into twotranches ,
thefirst being allocated andthesecond held asareserve tocover at
alater date therequirements ofMember States whohave used uptheir
initial quota-share ;whereas togive importers some degree ofcertainty
thefirst tranche oftheCommunity quota should befixed at84$ofthe
total quota ;
Whereas the initial quota shares maybeused uprather quickly ;whereas ,
therefore ,toavoid disruption ofsupplies anyMember State which has
almost used upitsinitial quota share ,must draw asupplementary quota -
share from thereserve ;whereas this must bedone byeach Member State
aseach oneofitssupplementary quotas-shares isalmost used up,and
asmany times asthereserve allows ;whereas theinitial andsupplementary
quotas-shares must bevalid until theendofthequota period ;whereas this
form ofadministration requires close collaboration between theMember
States andtheCommission ,andtheCommission must beinaposition to
follow the extent towhich thequota volume hasbeen used upand inform
theMember States thereof ;
Whereas if,atagiven date inthequota period ,aconsiderable quantity
isleft over inaMember State ,itisessential that such State should
return asubstantial proportion tothereserve ,toprevent part ofthe
total quota from remaining unused inoneMember State while itcould be
used inothers ;
Whereas since theKingdom ofBelgium ,theKingdom oftheNetherlands and
theGrand Duchy ofLuxembourg ,arejointly represented bytheBenelux
Economic Union anymeasure concerning theadministration ofthequota -
shares allocated tothat Economic Union maybecarried outbyoneofits
members ;
HASADOPTED THIS REGULATION ;

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ANNEXIII
Article 1
Prom1Januaryto31December1974theautonomousdutyoftheCommon
CustomsTariffforyarnspunentirelyfromsilkwasteotherthannoil,
notputupforretailsale,fallingwithinheadingNoex50*05shall
"bepartiallysuspendedat1»5$inrespectofaCommunitytariffquota
of190metrictons.

ANNEXIII
Article2
1.Afirsttrancheof160metrictonsofthisCommunitytariffquota
shallbeallocatedamongtheMemberStates;thequotas-shares shall,
subjecttoArticle5»"bevaliduntil31December1974andshallbe
asfollows:
Germany 65metrictons
Bénélux 1metrictons
Prance 12metrictons
Italy 65metrictons
Denmark 1metrictons
Ireland 1metrictons
UnitedKingdom 15metrictons
2.Thesecondtranche,of30metrictons,shallbeheldinreserve.
Article3
1.IfSOffoormoreofaMemberState'sinitialquota-sharespecifiedin
Article2(l)orofthatshareminustheportionreturnedtothereserve
whereArticle5isapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission,drawasecondquota-share,
totheextentthatthereserveissufficient,equalto10$ofitsinitial
quotas-share ,roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialquotas-sharehasbeenusedup,90$ormoreof
thesecondquota-share drawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,that
MemberStateshall,bynotifyingtheCommission,drawathirdquota-share
totheextentthatthereserveissufficient,equalto5$ofitsinitial
quota-share ,roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteritssecondquota-sharehasbeenusedup,$0%ormoreofthe
thirdquota-share drawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshall,inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofparagraph2,drawa
fourthquota-share equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplybyanalogyuntilthereserveisusedup.

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ANÎ1EXIII
4*Inderogationfromparagraphs 1f2and3*"theMemberStatesmay
drawquotas-shares lower"thanthosefixedin"thoseparagraphsifthere
aregroundsforconsideringthatthosefixedmaynot"beusedup.They
shallinformtheCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.
Article4
Supplementary quota-shares drawnpursuanttoArticle3shall"bevalid
until31December1974*
Article5
AMemberStatewhichon15September1974hasnotusedupitsinitial
quotas-shareshallreturntothereservenotlaterthan10October1974
theunusedportionexceeding20%oftheinitialamount.Itmayreturn
agreaterportioniftherearegroundsforconsideringthatitmaynot
beusedup.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October1974»notifytothe
Commissionthetotalquantitiesofyarnfromsilkwasteimportedupto ■
andincluding15September1974andchargedagainsttheCommunitytariff
quotaandanyquantitiesoftheinitialquotar-sharereturnedtothereserve.
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Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountofthequota-shares openedbythe
MemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3andshall,assoonasithas
beennotified,informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehas
beenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStatesnotlaterthan15October1974ofthe
amountheldinreserveafteramountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuant
toArticle5«
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichfinallyusesupthereserveis
limitedtothebalanceavailableandtothisendshallspecifytheamount
thereoftotheMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.

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AMEXIII
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessarytoensurethat
supplementaryquota-shares drawnpursuanttoArticle3areopenedin j
suchawaythatchargesmay"bemade,withoutinterruption ,against
theircumulativesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimportersoftheproductin
questionestablishedinitsterritoryhavefreeaccesstothequotar-
sharesallocatedtoit.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeagainsttheirquotar-shares importsof
theproductinquestion,whentheproductispresentedforcustomsclearance
underadeclarationforhomeconsumption.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupitsquotas-shareshall
bedeterminedonthebasisofimportschargedinaccordancewithparagraph 3
I
Article8
TheMemberStatesshallregularlyinformtheCommissionofimportsactually
chargedagainsttheirquota-shares .
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperatecloselytoensurethat
theprovisionsofthisRegulationareobserved.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1974*
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, 19•
FortheCouncil
ThePresident