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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
n6:
i_COM(79)478 final
Brussels ,7September 1979
'*•V
Proposal ford
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration of
aCommunity tariff quota forcertain textile fibres ,
falling within heading No56.04 oftheCommon Customs
Tariff andoriginating inCyprus (1980 )
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration of
aCommunity tariff quota formen'sandboys' ,outer
garments ,falling within heading No61.01 ofthe
Common Customs Tariff andoriginating inCyprus (1980 )
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM(79 )478final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 1
TheAgreementestablishing anAssociationbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheRepublicofCyprus,togetherwithV
theProtocollayingdowncertainprovisionsrelatingtothat.
AgreementconsequentontheaccessionofnewMemberStatesto;
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheAdditionalProtocol
tothisAgreementprovides ,fortheopeningofthefollowing
annualduty-freeCommunitytariffquotasforproductsorigina­
tinginCyprus: - vν
•:Υ-..'<1
'■4
.?
".V-'K
.i
11•*.1''4
y'*j
■Λ
'7·
,,À
;
CommonCustoms
TariffheadingDescription ofgoods Annual
quota
56.04
61.01Man-madefibres(discontinuous or
waste)carded,combedorother"
wisepreparedforspinning
Men'sandboys'outergarments100metric-tons\
λ·.-λΠ
•:-a
-\i500metrictons?
,-M
InordertofulfiltheCommunity'sobligationtoCyprusin1980>
regulations shouldbeadoptedopening,allocating andproviding-'J.--
fortheadministration ,oftheseCommunitytariffquotas*m
Theapproval ofthese Regulations depends ,however ,ontheentry
into force ofaTransitional Protocol onJJanuary J980 (tobe
annexed totheAssociation Agreement EEC (Cyprus ),
This Protocol ought tobenegotiated before theendofthis year .
inorder toextend thefirst stage oftheabovementioned Agreement
once more ,
Pendingtheoutcomeofthenegociations,itisalready
Necessary,fortechnical reasons,tosubmitproposals
allowingtheCommunity ,andCyprustomaintaincommercial
relations .Inordernottodisturbthe,cnmme.rciaIflow
ofthegoodsinquestionthetariffquotasshouldbe_
openedon1January1980.Inthiscasethefirst"whereas"*
clauseofeachRegulation oughttobedapatedconsequently .

Theregulations provide ,asistherule ,foreach ofthequotas to •»|
bedivided into twoinstalments /thefirst ofwhich isallocated :
jjamong theMember States while the .second constitute thereserve **,
\ - ■ ■ ■' 1 "sv1
• . : f ' ' rf-'S
f '• ' ' . ' ■" y .;•;}
.Theallocation ofthefirst instalment isusually based onthe . i|i •». .\v.3
Istatistics fortheprevious three years andtheforecasts forthe T*
, 1 1 .
;quota period concerned .However ,inthis case ,this principle cannot *
f ' ' ■ •
beapplied totheproducts inquestion .For,during thepast three ,'
years ,these were noimports ofman-made fi.bres falling within tar
fheading No56*04andthe'imports 6foutergarments falling within' ??Jj
/tariff heading No61.01 .were insignificant *Inthissltuation'ilv^I
^seems also very difficult todraw upforecasts for "19
Toallocate thequotas inquestion nevertheless equitably among
Member States ,itappears desirable toprovide forasignificant
share ofthequota amount foreach oftheMember States .
Obviously ,this formula will have tobeadapted subsequently
inthelight ofactual trade movements .
This isthepurpose oftheProposals annexed hereto f
Annexes ;2proposals ofRegulations -ofthe Council ,

ANNEXA
?rep08filterê.
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No.../79
of
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffqaotafor
certaintextilefibres,fallingwithinheadingNo56.04oftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginCyprus(1980)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheAgreementestablishinganassociation
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
RepublicofCyprus('),asamendedbytheAdditional
ProtocoltothatAgreement(2),providesfortheopening
ofanannualduty-freeCommunitytariffquotaof100
tonnesofman-madefibres(discontinuous orwaste),
carded,combedorotherwisepreparedforspinning,
fallingwithinheadingNo56.04oftheCommon
CustomsTariffandoriginatinginCyprus;whereasthe
tariffquotainquestionshouldbeopenedfor1980J
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having
regardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunitynature
ofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectasaccuratelyaspossiblethe
truetrendofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,
suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirementsoftheMemberStates,calculatedby
referencetothestatisticsofimportsofthegoodsin
questionfromCyprusoverarepresentative reference
periodandalsototheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodconcerned;
Whereas,however,duringthepastthreeyearsnosuch
productsoriginatinginCyprushavebeenimportedinto
(')OJNoL133,21.5.1973,p.1.
(J)OJNoL339,28.12.1977,p.2.theCommunity;whereasnoforecastcanbemadefor
1980;whereastoensurefairdistributionofthequota
amountbetweentheMemberStateseachMemberState
.shouldmakeasignificantcontributiontothequota
amount;whereassuchcontributions may
approximatelycorrespondtothefollowingpercentages:
Bénélux 13/o
Denmark v -10%
Germany 20/o
France 20/o
Ireland 8%
Italy 17%
UnitedKingdom ' 12%
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,thequotavolumeshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstitutingareservetocoverata
laterdatetherequirementsoftheMemberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,in
ordertogiveimportersineachMemberStateacertain
degreeofsecurity,the.firstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotashould,underthepresent
circumstances ,befixedat60%ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeused
upatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfact
into.accountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateas
andwheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmostused
up,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;
whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesmustbevalid
untiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethod
ofadministration requiresclosecooperationbetween
MemberStatesandtheCommission andthelattermust
beinapositiontomonitortheextenttowhichthe
quotavolumehasbeenusedupandtoinformthe
MemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshould
returnasignificantproportiontothereserve,toprevent

-2- ANNEXA
apartofanytariffquotafromremainingunusedinon*
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunited,inandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelating'tothe
administration ofthequotasharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1Januaryuntil31December1980jheCommon
CustomsTariffdutiesinrespectofman-madefibres
(discontinuous orwaste),carded,combedorotherwise
preparedforspinning,fallingwithinheadingNo56.04
oftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatingin
Cyprus,shallbeentirelysuspendedwithinthelimitsof
aCommunitytariffquotaof100tonnes.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentamountingto60tonnesshallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;theshares,which
subjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil31December
1$50,shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)
Bénélux 8
Denmark 6
Germany 12
France 12
Ireland 5
Italy 10
UnitedKingdom 7
3.Thesecondinstalmentof40tonnesshallconstitute
thereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(2),or90%ofthatshareminus
theportionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,totheextent
permittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission,drawaaeeondshareequalto15%ofInInitial«her«,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thenthatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninparagraph
1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withtheconditionslaiddowninparagraph1drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
theymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.
Article4
EachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle
3shallbevaliduntil31December1980.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October12$0,'suchunusedportionoftheir
initialsharesas,on15September1980,'s'nexcess
of20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatitmay
notbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1980ftotifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesof
theproductsinquestionimportedupto15September
1980andchargedagainstthetariffquota,andofany
quantityoftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3andshall,assoonasitisnotified,informeach
MemberStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehas
beenusedupassoonasitreceivesthenotifications.

-3- ANNEXA
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5October1980,oftheamountinthereserveafter
quantitieshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
exhauststhereservedoesnotexceedthebalance
available,andtothisend,shallnotifytheamountofthe
balancetotheMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
shareoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.J.TheMemberStat*shallchargeimport!ofthti
productsinquestionagainsttheirshareasandwhenthe
goodsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforhome
use.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1980,
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
* \
ThePresident

ΑΙΓί,ΈΧΒ
PfUjjaMlfrt**
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No.../.79
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
men'sandboys'outergarments,fallingwithinheadingNo61.01oftheCommonCustoms
TariffandoriginatinginCyprus(1980)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereastheAgreementestablishinganassociation
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
RepublicofCyprus('),asamendedbytheAdditional
ProtocoltothatAgreement (2),providesfortheopening
ofanannualduty-freeCommunitytariffquotaof500
tonnesofmen'sandboys'outergarments,fallingwithin
headingNo61.01oftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originatinginCyprus;whereasthetariffquotain
questionshouldbeopenedfor1980;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabove-mentioned quotaanduninterrupted
applicationottherateslaiddownforthatquotatoall
imports'oftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having
regardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunitynature
ofthequotacanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectasaccuratelyaspossiblethe
truetrendofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,
suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirements oftheMemberStates,calculatedby
referencetothestatisticsofimportsofthesaidgoods
fromCyprusoverarepresentativereferenceperiodand
theeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiodconcerned;
Whereas,however,duringthepastthreeyearsonlyone
MemberStatehasimported,andinaninsignificant
quantity,thesaidgoods;whereasnoforecastcanbe
madefor19g0;whereastoensurefairdistributionof
thequotaamountbetweentheMemberStateseach
(')OJNoL133,21.5.1973,p.1.
(2)OJNoL339,28.12.1977,p.2.MemberStateshouldmakeasignificantcontributionto
thequotaamount;whereassuchcontributions may
approximately correspondtothefollowingpercentages :
Bénélux 7%
Denmark 7%
Germany 15%
France 11%
Ireland 2%
Italy 9%i
UnitedKingdom 49%
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,thequotavolumeshouldbedividedintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstitutingareservetocoverata
laterdatetherequirementsoftheMemberStateswhich
haveuseduptheirinitialquotashares;whereas,in
ordertogiveimportersineachMemberStateacertain
degreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotashould,underpresentcircumstances ,
befixedat46%ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeused
upatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotakethisfact
intoaccountandavoidanybreakincontinuity,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateas
andwheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmostused
up,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;
whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesmustbevalid
untiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethod
ofadministration requiresclosecooperationbetween
MemberStatesandtheCommissionandthelattermust
beinapositiontomonitortheextenttowhichthe
quotavolumehasbeenusedupandtoinformthe
MemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunusedinanyMember
State,itisessentialthatthatMemberStateshould
returnasignificantproportiontothereserve,toprevent
apartofanytariffquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;

-2-AlTlvEX2
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNttheriantl*andthsGrandDudiyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtothe
administration ofthequotasharesgrantedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1Januaryuntil31DecemberlS80,theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyinrespectofmen'sandboys'outer
garments,fallingwithinheadingNo61.01ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginCyprus,
shallbeentirelysuspendedwithinthelimitsofa
Communitytariffquotaof500tonnes.
Article2
1.Thetariffquotare/erredtoinArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentamountingto230tonnesshallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates;theshares,which
subjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil31December
1980shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)
Bénélux 15
Denmark 15
Germany 35
France 25
Ireland 5
Italy 20
UnitedKingdom 115
3.Thesecondinstalmentof270tonnesshallconstitute
thereserve.
Article3'
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
specifiedinArticle2(2),or90%ofthatshareminus
theportionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,thentotheextent
permittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,
drawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
2.If,aiteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenusedhjSthenthatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditiun«laiddownInparagraph 1,
drawathirdshareequalto75%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%or
moreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccordance
withtheconditionslaiddowninparagraph1,drawa
fourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
theymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commissionofitsreasonsforapplying'thisparagraph.
Article4
EachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle
3shallbevaliduntil31December1980•
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October19&0,suchunusedportionoftheir
initialshareas,on15September1980jsinexcessof
20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturnalarger
quantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthatitmay
notbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1980/lotifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesof
theproductsinquestionimportedupto15September
1980indchargedagainstthetariffquota,andofany
quantityoftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Afticle6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3andshall,assoonasitisnotified,informeach
MemberStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehas
beenusedupassoonasitreceivesthenotifications .
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5October1980,oftheamountinthereserveafter
quantitieshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhich
exhauststhereservedoesnotexceedthebalance

-3- Ai;;;zxB
available,andtothisend,shallnotifytheamountofthe
balancetotheMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
shareoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstotheshareallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productsinquestionagainsttheirshareasandwhenthe
goodsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforhome
use.4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStateusedupleg
shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1980.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident