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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Brussels ,20May1976
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Proposal fora /
REGULATION (EEC )OFTHE COUNCIL
amending Regulations (EEC )Nos3152/75and3153/75
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration
ofCommunity tariff quotas forouter garments falling
within headings Nos60.05 \and61.01 oftheCommon
Customs Tariff ,originating inMalta (1976 )
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.1 TheAssociation Agreement of5December 1970 between the
European Economic Community andMalta provides fortheopening
bytheCommunity ofthefollowing annual Community tariff
quotas onimportation into theCommunity asoriginally constituted :
CCTheading No Description ofproductsQuota
volume
int
55.05 Cotton yarn ,notputupforretail
sale750
56.04 Man-made fibres (discontinuous or
waste ),carded ,combed orotherwise
prepared forspinning600
60.05 Outer garments ,andother articles ,
knitted orcrocheted ,notelastic nor
rubberised100
61.01 Men sandboys outer garments 300
1.2 Atitsmeeting of4and 5June 1973 theCouncil agreed that as
from 1January 1974 Malta would begranted treatment notless
favourable than that accorded tothecountries eligible forthe
generalised tariff preferences system .This treatment implies the
admission ofthese products free ofcustoms duties ,annual increases
inthecontracted quota volumes andparticipation bythenewMember
States inthese tariff quotas .
Thecontractual quota volumes have accordingly been increased each
year andhave nowreached theamounts indicated inthetable inpoint
1.3 .
1.3 Then ,totake into account theaccession ofthenewMember States
totheCommunity ,aProtocol laying down certain provisions relating
totheAgreement establishing anAssociation between theEECand
Malta wassigned on4March 1976 .Under that Protocol theannual
volumes ofthecontractual tariff areincreased .

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Inaddition ,,a~Joint Declaration annexed totheProtocol stipulates
that thesupplementary quantities should beallocated among thenew
Member States .The current situation istherefore asfollows :
Quota volumes inmt
Tariff heading 1976 Agreement Opened for 1976 1976 Protocol
Total ofwhich for
Denmark ,
Ireland ,UK
55.05 750 1,240 910 160
56.04 600 992 800 200
60.05 100 165 190 90
61.01 300 496 730 430
2.1 The table shows that thetariff advantage currently granted toMalta
forproducts falling within tariff headings Nos55.05 and56.04 is
higher than thenewcontractual volumes .Itistherefore notnecessary
toadjust thetariff quotas opened forthecurrent year .Itmust
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also benoted that thetariff quota forproducts falling within tariff
heading No55.05iis almost entirely exhausted and that thequota for
products falling within heading 56.04 remains unused since Malta no
longer exports theproducts eligible forthat tariff advantage .
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2.2 Asregards theother twotariff quotas ,however ,thequota volumes
currently open should beincreased respectively by25mtand 234mt.
TheJoint Declaration mentioned above fixes theparticipation bythe
newMember States inthese quotas at90mtand430mtrespectively
whereas their participation atpresent isonly 31mtand89mt.It
istherefore necessary toallocate supplementary quantities tothese
Member States ,which means increasing theshares ofeach ofthem in
such away that thepresent percentage ratio oftheir shares remains
unchanged .
Consequently theshares indicated inArticle 2(1)ofRegulations
(EEC)3152 /75and3153 /75for thenewMember States should be
increased tothefollowing amounts :
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Regulation3152/75
Tariffheading60.05Regulation3153/75
Tariffheading61.01
Denmark
Ireland
UnitedKingdom9metrictons
9metrictons
38metrictons210metrictons
3metrictons
110metrictons.
3.ItisproposedthattheproposalforaCouncilregulationannexed
heretoanddescribedaboveshouldbeapproved.ThisRegulation
shouldenterintoforceatthesametimeastheProtocolsigned
on4March1976.

Proposal for
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)7".. -
amending Regulations (EEC)Nos3152 /75and3153 /75opening ,
allocating andproviding fortheadministration ofCommunity
tariff quotas forouter garments falling within headings
Nos60.05 and61.01 oftheCommon Customs Tariff ,originating
inMalta (1976 )
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article 113thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas theAgreement of5December 1970 between theEuropean Economic
Community andMalta' provides fortheopening bytheCommunity ofannual
Community tariff quotas ,onimportation into theCommunity asoriginally
constituted ,of100metric tons ofouter garments andother articles ,
knitted orcrocheted ,notelastic orrubberised ,falling whithin heading
No60.05 ,and300metric tons ofmen'sandboys' outer garments ,falling
within heading No61.01 ;whereas atitsmeeting of4/5June 1973 the
Council agreed that from 1January 1974 Malta should enjoy treatment not
less favourable than that accorded tocountries eligible forgeneralised
preferences ;whereas ,onthat basis andbyRegulations (EEC)Nos3152 /75
2 ,. .. ,_,3and3153 /75 ,asamended byRegulation (EEC)No.../76 ,theCommunity
opened ,for 1976 ,tariff quotas of165metric tons and496metric tons
respectively forproducts falling within tariff headings Nos60.05 and
61.01 inwhich ,following thedecision of4/5June 1975 ,thenewMember
States participate bytheallocation ofinitial quota shares andbythe
possibility ofusing theCommunity reserves which' were setupt
*0JNoL61%14.3.1971 .
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Whereas under theProtocol laying down certain conditions relating to
theAgreement establishing anAssociation between theEuropean Economic
Community andMalta ,signed on4March 1976^,thevolumes ofthetariff
quotas inquestion have been increased to190metric tons and730metric
tons respectively fortheabove-mentioned products ,i.e. ,tolevels
higher than thevolumes opened forthecurrent year ;whereas ,in
addition ,theContracting Parties totheabove-mentioned Agreement
agreed inaJoint Declaration that ,ofthevolumes of190metric tons
and730metric tons ,quantities of90metric tons and430metric tons
"resepctively should "beallocated tothenewMember States under these
~T;wo~tariff quotas ;
Whereas therespective volumes allocated tothenewMember States inthe
allocation ofthetariff quotas opened for 1976 arelower than the
quantities of90metric tons and430metric tons ;whereas therefore the
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difference between thepresent quota volumes of165metric tons and496
metric tons and thenewquota volumes of190metric tons and730metric
tons ,should beallocated totheinitial shares ofthenewMember States ;
whereas itistherefore necessary toamend Regulations Nos3152 /75and
3153 /75,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
1.Thequota volumes provided forinArticle 1ofRegulations (EEC)
Nos3152 /75and3153 /75,asamended byRegulation (EEC)No.../76,
shall beincreased respectively to190metric tons and730metric
tons .
2.Theinitial shares provided forinArticle 2(1)ofthesaid
Regulations infavour ofDenmark ,Ireland andtheUnited Kingdom
shall beamended asfollows :
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-Regulation (EEC)No3152 /75 :
Denmark 9metric tons ,
Ireland 9metric tons .
United kingdom 38metric tons ;
Regulation (EEC)3153 /75
Denmark 210 metric tons ,
Ireland 3metric tons ,
United Kingdom 10 metric tons .
Article 2
This Regulation shall enteE into force on 1June 1976 .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety and
directly applicable inallMember States .
Done atBrussels , FortheCouncil
The President