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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(74)677Final
Brussels,16May1974
DRAFT
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening,allocatingandadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforrawsilk''(not^thrown)fallingwithinheadingNo50.02
oftheCommonCustomsTarifffor1975»
DRAFT
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforyarnentirelyofsilk,otherthanyarnofnoilor
otherwastesilk,notputupforretailsale,falling
withinheadingNoex50.04oftheCommonCustoms
■" Tarifffor1975
DRAFT
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforyarnspunentirelyfromsilkwasteotherthannoil,
notputupforretailsale,fallingwithinheadingNoex
50.05oftheCommonCustomsTarifffor1975»
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
C0M(74)677Final

EXPLAÏÏATORY MEMORANDUM
Followingthereviewof"theproblemofsilkwithintheCommunity,provided
forinProtocolHoVIIIannexedtotheRomeAgreementof2Marchi960
relatingtolistG,theCouncilpassedaResolutionatitsmeetingof
29-31May19&7whichprovides,inparticular,that,witheffectfrom1
January1970:
II
2.Onexpiryofthetransitional periodreferredtoinArticle8ofthe
Treaty,theCouncil,actingonthe'"basisofArticle28oftheTreaty,
shalldecidethatuntil31December1976"thesuspensionoftheCommon
CustomsTariffdutywhichisprovidedforinProtocolNoVIIIshallnot
"beapplied#Inordertoenableuserindustriestocovertheirrequire­
mentsfromtheworldmarket,theCouncilshallatthesametimeopena
nil-dutyCommunitytariffquotafortheperiodupto31December1976*
Theamountofthattariffquota,tobefixedbytheCouncileachyear,
shallcorrespondtothedifferencebetweenthetotalconsumptionofraw
silkandtheamountproduoedintheCommunity.
3*Togetherwiththedecisionconcerningthenon-application ofthetariff
suspensionreferredtoinparagraph2above,theCouncilshalldecide
thatduringtheperiodinwhichthetariffsuspensionreferredtoin
paragraph2isnotapplied,silkyarn(tariffheadingNo50.04-)and
yarnspunfromsilkwasteotherthannoil(tariffheadingHo50*05)
shallbesubjectnottothereduceddutiesindicatedinProtocolHoIX,
.buttotheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesatthenormalratesprovxbdfor
eachcase.AtthesametimetheCouncilshall,forthesameperiod,
openreducedornildutyCommunitytariffquotasiftherearechanges
insupplysourcesorinsufficient supplieswithintheCommunitywhich
couldhaveaprejudicialeffeotonMemberStateprocessingindustries#
• II
SincethattimeProtocolHosVIIIandIXannexedtotheRomeAgreement
relatingtolistG,whichwerethebasisfortheaforesaidResolution,have

"beenrevoked "byArticle49oftheAotofAccession,However,the
Resolutionitselfisstillinforceandtheeconomicobjectwhich
itaimedtoachieveundoubtedly remainsvalid.Thetariffquotas
inquestionshouldthereforeheopenedfor1975and,sinceon1
January1974theyeffectedtheirfirstalignmentofnationalduties
onthoseoftheCommonCustomsTariff,thenewMemberStatesshould
shareinthosequotas. .•
!'•*/
Asregards1975»"theproblemofrawsilkandofthetwotypesofyarnhas
s
beenre-examined bytheCommissiondepartments.Theresultsofthis
examinâtionareasfollowss
/
–Rawsilk(notthrovm)
Forseveralyears,Communityproductionhasbeenfallingconstantly.
I••
Thus,accordingtopresentestimates,in1975Communityproductionwill
notexceedsome200metrictons.Asforconsumption,thereaxeno
reliablestatisticswhichcouldbeusedtodeterminetheamountofthe
1975quota.Ithasthereforebeennecessarytomakeuseofthe
estimatesconcerningimportrequirements submittedbytheMemberStates,which
amounttoatotalof2500metrictonsfor1975»whichfigurehasbeen
adoptedforthetariffquota.
–Silkyarnand.yarnspunfromsilkwasteotherthannoil,entirelyofsilk
Theyarninquestionisofcertainveryspecifioqualities,whichare
classifiedundertariffheadingHos50.04and50.05,butforwhichno
statistical subdivisions havebeencreated.Intheabsenceofstatistics
onthisyarnithasbeennecessaryforthepurposeofdeterminingthe
amountsofthequotastomakeuse,asinthecaseofrawsilk,ofthe
estimatesconcerningimportsrequirements submittedbytheMemberStates.
Totalrequirementsfor1975amountto60metriotonsofsilkyarnand220
metrictonsofyarnspunfromsilkwasteotherthannoil,whichfigures
havebeenadoptedforthetariffquotas.
Theseresultswereapprovedbythegovernmentexpertsatthemeetingheld
on"16;April1974*
•••/•••

Asregardsquotaduties,theCommissionisinpossessionofnoinformar-
tionwhichwouldleadittoalterthe1974ratesofdutyfi.e.2»5/&for
silkyarnandifoforyarnspunfromsilkwasteotherthannoil;the
Resolutionitselfprovidedthatrawsilkshouldbefreeofduty.

ANÏÏEXA
TOVFT
REGULATION .(EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening,allocatingandadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotaforrawsilk
(notthrown)fallingwithinheadingNo50.02oftheCommonCustomsTarifffor1975
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,.lightoftheprinciplesoutlinedaboveappear
consistentwiththeCommunitynatureofthequota;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article28thereof: ' ,•/,Whereasinviewofthesefactorstheinitialpercentage
sharesinthequotavolumecanfor197-5"beexpressed
approximately asfollows:
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission :
Whereas,inaccordancewiththeResolutionpassedat
itsmeetingof29to31May1967,theCouncil,byits
Regulation (EEC)No321/70('),reintroduceduntil
31December1976the10%autonomousdutyofthe
CommonCustomsTariffforrawsilk(notthrown)
fallingwithinheadingNo50.02;whereasthe
conventionaldutyforthatproductis5%;
Whereastheresolutionaforesaidfurtherprovidesfor
theopening,inrespectofthatperiodandforthat
product,ofannualCommunitytariffquotasexempt
fromcustomsduties;.whereastheamountofthose
quotasshouldcorrespondtothedifferencebetween
thetotalconsumptionofrawsilkandtheamount
producedin.theCommunity:
WhereasrawsilkisproducedintheCommunityand
whereasitisintheCommunity'sinteresttomaintain
thisproductiononitsterritory;whereasthat
productioncanbeestimatedat200metrictonsfor
1975;whereastakingaccountofthisproductionand
oftheforecastsfor1975,theimportsneededto
satisfyconsumptionwithintheCommunitycanbe
estimatedat2500metrictons;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersand
therateoflevyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistentlytoallimportsoftheproductinquestion
untilthequotaisusedup;whereasutilizationofthe
Communitytariffquotabasedonanallocation
betweenthe.MemberStatesconcernedwouldintheBénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland ■•
Italy
UnitedKingdom0.25....
..0.25
10.50
37.50 ~
0.25
45.00
6.25;
(')OJNoL43,24.2.1970,p.2.Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsfor
theproductunderconsideration ,thetotalquota
togiveimporterssomedegreeofcertaintythefirst
beingallocatedandthesecondheldasareserveto
coveratalaterdatetherequirementsofMember
Stateswhohaveuseduptheirinitialshare;whereas
togiveimporterssomedegreeofcertainlythefirst
trancheoftheCommunitytariffquotashouldinthe
eventbefixedat80%ofthetotalquota;
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupmoreor
lessquickly;whereas,therefore,toavoiddisruption
ofsuppliesanyMemberStatewhichhasalmostused
upitsinitialshare,mustdrawasupplementaryshare
fromthereserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateaseachoneofitssupplementary shares
isalmostusedupandasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandsupplementary shares
mustbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
collaboration betweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission,andtheCommissionmustbeina
positiontofollowtheextenttowhichthequota
volumehasbeenusedupandinformtheMember
Statesthereof;

-2-A1TÎIEXA
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityisleftoverinaMemberState,
itisessentialthatsuchStateshouldreturna
substantialproportiontothereserve,topreventpart
ofthetotalquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhileitcouldbeusedinothers;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg ,arejointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnionanymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthequota-sharesallocatedtothat
EconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyoneofits
members,-
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitial
sharespecifiedinArticle2(1)orofthatshareminus
theportionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5is
applied,hasbeenusedup;thatMemberStateshall
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission,drawa
secondshare,totheextentthatthereserveis
sufficient,equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
upwherenecessarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
OrmoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,by
notifyingtheCommission,drawathirdshare,tothe
extentthatthereserveissufficient,equalto5%of
itsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextunit.
! Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1975the
autonomousdutyoftheCommonCustomsTariff
forrawsilk(notthrown)fallingwithinheadingNo
50.02shallbetotallysuspendedinrespectofa
Communitytariffquotaof2500metrictons.
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,thenew
MemberStatesshallapplythedutiescalculatedin
accordancewiththerelevantprovisionsoftheActof
Accession(').
Article2
1.Afirsttrancheof2OOOmetrictonsofthistariff
quotashallbeallocatedamongtheMemberStates;
sharesshall,subjecttoArticle5,bevaliduntil31
December1975"andshallbeasfollows:3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewithparagraph2,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplybyanalogyuntilthereserve
isusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs1,2and
3,theMemberStatesmaydrawshareslowerthan
thosefixedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegrounds
forconsideringthatthosefixedmaynotbeusedup.
TheyshallinformtheCommissionoftheirreasons
forapplyingthisparagraph.
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy••
.UpitedKingdom5metrictons
5metrictons
210metrictons
750metrictons
5metrictons
900metrictons
125metrictonsArticle4
Supplementary sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1975"-
Article.5
2,Thesecondtranche,of500metrictons,shallbe
heldinreserve.
i
(>)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.AMemberStatewhichon15September1975has
notusedupitsinitialshareshallreturntothereserve
notlaterthan10October1975"theunusedportion
exceeding30%oftheinitialamount.Itmayreturna
greaterportioniftherearegroundsforconsidering
thatitmaynotbeusedup.

-3- AMEXA
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October
1975notifytotheCommissionthetotalquantitiesof
therawsilkimporteduptoandincluding15
September1975andchargedagainsttheCommunity
tariffquotaandanyquantitiesoftheinitialshare
returnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepailaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve/
hasbeenusedup. ,'
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan15
October1975,oftheamountheldinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5. /
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichfinallyusesup
thereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailableandto
thisendshallspecifytheamountthereoftothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberSta,tesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythatchargesmaybemade,withoutinterruption,against
theircumulativesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidproductestablishedinitsterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtoit.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisof
quantitiesoftheimportsinquestionenteredfor
homeuse.'
<.',Article8
TheMemberStatesshall'regularlyinformthe
Commissionofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir'
shares.
1
Article9
The,MemberStates ■andtheCommissionshall
cooperatecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1975.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePrésident
<y
\

ATOEXB
REGULATION (EEC)OPTKECOUNCIL
ontheopening,allocationandadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotaforyarn
entirelyofsilk,otherthanyarnofnoilorotherwastesilk,notputupforretailsale,
fallingwithinheadingNoex50.04oftheCommonCustomsTarifffor1975
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,'
Havingregard,totheTreatyestablishingthe.
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andin'particular
Article28thereof: V
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ; '
Whereas,inaccordancewiththeResolutionpassedat
itsmeetingof29to31May1967,theCouncil,byits
Regulation (EEC)No322/70(1),reintroduceduntil
31December1976the12%autonomousdutyofthe
CommonCustomsTariffforyarnentirelyofsilk
otherthanyarnofnoilorotherwastesilk,notput
upforretailsalefallingwithinheadingNoex50.04;
whereastheconventionaldutyforthatproductis
7%;
Whereastheresolutionaforesaidfurtherprovidesfor
theopeninginrespectofthatperiodandforsuchsilk
yarnofanannualCommunitytariffquotawith
reducedornildutywhereachangeinthesourcesof
supplyoraninsufficientsupplywithinthe
Communitymighthaveadverseresultsforthe
processingindustriesintheMemberStates;
WhereassilkyarnisproducedintheCommunity;
whereas,althoughthatproductioncouldcoverallthe
Communityrequirementsbyreasonofitsoverall
volume,thisdoesnotapplywithregardtoyarn
entirelyspunfromsilk;whereasthereis,asaresult,
aninsufficientsupplyintheCommunity;
WhereasconsequentlyCommunitysupplyforthose
qualitiesofyarndependstoaconsiderableextenton
imports;whereasfullapplicationofthedutyunder
theCommonCustomsTariffwouldresultinthose
productsbeingsubjectedtoaconsiderablecustoms
chargewhileproductsmanufacturedfromsilkyarn
facepowerfulcompetitionfromsimilarproducts
manufactured fromothermaterial;whereasan
insufficientsupply,addedtocompetitionatfinished
(')OJNoL43,24.2.1970,p.5,productlevel,mighthaveadverseresultsforthe
Community'sprocessingindustries;
WhereasthedutyundertheCommonCustomsTariff
applicableonimportsofthesilkyarninquestionis
7%;whereas,whenfixingthequotaduty,itis
-appropriatetotakeintoaccount,on'theonehand,
'thesituationoftheCommunitysilkyarnproducing
industryand,ontheother,thatofthesilkyarn
■processingindustrieswithregardtotheirobtaining
suppliesonfavourableterms;whereasaquotaduty
of2,5$couldbestsatisfytheabovementioned
requirements ;
•Whereasthetrendinimportsduring1973suggests
thattheimportrequirementsoftheyarnsinquestion
mightbeintheregionof60metrictonsfor1975;
whereastheopeningofaCommunitytariffquotaof
thatvolumeisunlikelytoharmCommunity
production;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandtherateof
levyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistentlytoallimportsoftheproductinquestion
untilthequotaisusedup;whereas,utilizationofthe
Communitytariffquotainthelightoftheprinciples
outlinedabovebasedonanallocationbetweenthe
MemberStatesconcernedwouldappearconsistent
withtheCommunitynatureofthequota;whereasto
representascloselyaspossibletheactualtrendofthe
marketintheproductinquestiontheallocation
shouldfollowproportionately therequirementsof
theMemberStatescalculatedbothfromstatisticsof
importsduringarepresentative referenceperiodand
fromtheeconomicoutlookforthetariffyearin
question;
Whereasthecorresponding importsoftheproducts
fallingwithinthetariffheadingNo50.04ofeachof
theMemberStatesconcernedduringthelastthree
yearsforwhichcompletestatisticsareavailable
representthefollowingpercentagesoftotal
Communityimportsoftheseproducts:

-2- AÎHTEXB
Bénélux-
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom1971
0
0-5
35-0
20-0
0-7
22-5
21-31972
0-7
0-2
17-1
1-41973
0.0
0.0
18-615.8
17.1
0.0
50-052.6
12-014.5Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityisleftoverinaMemberState,
itisessentialthatsuchStateshouldreturna
substantialproportiontothereserve,topreventpart
ofthetotalquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhileitcouldbeusedinothers;
"WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgarejointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthesharesallocatedtothat
EconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyoneofits
members,
Whereasinviewofthesefactorsandoftheforecasts
whichitispossibletomaketheinitialpercentage,
sharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressed
approximately asfollows:
Bénélux 2
Denmark 2
Germany 34
l
France 24
Ireland »2
Italy 26
UnitedKingdom10:
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsfor
theproductunderconsideration ,thetotalquota
volumeshouldbedividedintotwotranches,thefirst
beingallocatedandthesecondheldasareserveto
coveratalaterdatetherequirementsofMember
Stateswhohaveuseduptheirinitialshare;whereas
togiveimporterssomedegreeofcertaintythefirst
trancheoftheCommunityquotashouldintheevent
befixedat83%ofthetotalquota;
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupmoreor
lessquickly;whereas,therefore,toavoiddisruption
ofsuppliesanyMemberStatewhichhasalmostused
upitsinitialshare,mustdrawasupplementary share
fromthereserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateaseachoneofitssupplementary
sharesisalmostusedup,andasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandsupplementary
sharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequota
period;whereasthisformofadministration requires
closecollaboration betweentheMemberStatesand
theCommission ,andtheCommissionmustbeina
positiontofollowtheextenttowhichthequota
volumehasbeenusedUpandinformtheMember
Statesthereof;HASADOPTEDTH1SREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1975",the
autonomousdutyoftheCommonCustomsTarifffor
yarnentirelyofsilk,otherthanyarnofnoilorother
wastesilk,notputupforretailsale,fallingwithin
headingNoex50.04shallbesuspendedat2\5%in
respectofaCommunitytariffquotaof60metric
tons.
2.Withinthelimitsofthetariffquota,thenew
MemberStatesshallapplythedutiescalculatedin
accordancewiththerelevantprovisionsoftheActof
Accession(').
Artide2
1.Afirsttrancheof50metrictonsofthis
Communitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStates;thesharesshall,subjecttoArticle5,
bevaliduntil31December1975^andshallbeas
follows:as
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom1metricton
1metricton
17metrictons
12metrictons
1metricton
13metrictons
5metrictons
(*)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.

-3- AEÏÏEXB
2.Thesecondtranche,of10metrictons,shallbeheldinreserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitial
sharespecifiedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminus
theportionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5is
applied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission,drawa
secondshare,totheextentthatthereserveis
sufficient,equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
upwherenecessarytothenextunit.<',
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,by
notifyingtheCommission,drawathirdshare,tothe
extentthatthereserveissufficient,equalto5%of
itsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextunit. .;
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberState,shallin
accordancewithparagraph2,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplybyanalogyuntilthereserve
isusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs1,2and
3,theMemberStatesmaydrawshareslowerthan
thosefixedin,thoseparagraphsiftherearegrounds
forconsideringthatthosefixedmaynotbeusedup.
TheyshallinformtheCommissionoftheirreasons
forapplyingthisparagraph.
Article4
SupplementarysharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1975.
Article5
AMemberStatewhichon15September197Shas
notusedupitsinitialshareshal'returntothereserve
notlaterthan10October1975"theunusedportion•
exceeding20%oftheinitialamount.Itmayreturna
greaterportioniftherearegroundsforconsideringthatitmaynotbeusedup.TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October
1975"notifytotheCommissionthetotalquantitiesof
silkvarnimporteduptoandincluding15September
1975"andchargedagainsttheCommunitytariffquota
andanyquantitiesoftheinitialsharereturnedtothe
reserve.
,Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.
,ItshallinformtheMemberStatesnotlaterthan15
October1975oftheamountheldinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
.Article5.
Itshall'ensurethatthedrawingwhichfinallyusesup
thereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailableandto
thisendshallspecifytheamountthereoftothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
chargesmaybemade,withoutinterruption,against
theircumulativesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidproductestablishedinitsterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtoit.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeagainsttheir
sharesimportsofthesaidproduct,whentheproduct
isenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
TheMemberStatesshallregularly .informthe
Commissionofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.

Article9 Article10
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1975.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,' •;.•<
/''.''fortheCouncil
>' 'ThePrésident
/ '"
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AÎTNEXG
WIFT
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHR.COOTCIL.
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforyarn
spunentirelyfromsilkwasteotherthannoil,notputupforretailsale,fallingwithin
headingNoex50.05oftheCommonCustomsTarifffor1975"
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article28thereof;•'
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission : ,
Whereas,inaccordancewiththeresolutionpassedat
itsmeetingof29to31May1967,theCouncil,byits
Regulation (EEC)No323/70(x),reintroduceduntil
31December1976the7%autonomousdutyofthe
CommonCustomsTariffforyarnspunentirelyfrom
silkwasteotherthannoil,notputupforretailsale
fallingwithinheadingNoex50.05;whereasthe
conventionaldutyforthatproductis3-5%;productsbeingsubjectedtoaconsiderablecustoms
chargewhileproductsmanufactured fromsilkyarn
facepowerfulcompetitionfromsimilarproducts
manufactured fromothermaterial;whereasan
insufficiency ofsupplywithintheCommunity,
addedtocompetitionatfinishedproductlevel,might
haveadverseresultsfortheCommunity'sprocessing
industries;
.WhereasthedutyundertheCommonCustom?Tariff
applicableonimportsofthesilkwasteyarnin
questionis3-5%;whereaswhenfixingthequota
dutyitisappropriatetotakeintoaccount,ontheone
hand,thesituationoftheCommunityindustry
producingyarnspunfromwastesilkand,onthe
other,thatoftheindustriesprocessingyarnspun
fromwastesilkwithregardtotheirobtaining
suppliesonfavourableterms;whereasaquotaduty
of1%couldbestsatisfytheabovementioned
requirements ;
Whereastheaforesaidresolutionfurtherprovidesfor
theopeninginrespectofthatperiodandforsuch
yarnofanannualCommunitytariffquotawith
reduceddutyornildutywhereachangeinthe
sourcesofsupplyoraninsufficientsupplywithinthe
Communitymighthaveadverseresultsforthe
processingindustriesintheMemberStates;Whereasthetrendinimportsduringthelastfew
yearsandthefirstmonthsof1973suggestthat
Communityimportrequirementsoftheyarnsin
questionmightbeintheregionof220metrictonsfor
'1976;whereastheopeningofaCommunitytariff
quotaofthatvolumeisunlikelytoharmCommunity
production;
Whereasyarnspunfromwastesilkisproducedinthe
Community ;whereasalthoughthatproductionshould
coveralltheCommunityrequirementsbyreasonof
itsoverallvolume,thisdoesnotapplywithregardto
yarnentirelyspunfromwastesilk;whereasthereis,
asaresult,aninsufficiencyofsupplyinthe
CommunitV;'
WhereasconsequentlyCommunitysupplyforthose
qualitiesofyarndependstoaconsiderableextenton
imports;whereasfullapplicationofthedutyunder
theCommonCustomsTariffwouldresultinthose
(')OJNoI43,24.2.1970,p.8.Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandtherateof
levyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistentlytoallimportsoftheproductinquestion
untilthequotaisusedup;whereasutilizationofthe
Communitytariffquotabasedonanallocation
betweentheMemberStatesconcernedwouldinthe
lightoftheprinciplesoutlinedaboveappear
consistentwiththeCommunitynatureofthequota;
whereastorepresentascloselyaspossibletheactual
trendofthemarketintheproductinquestionthe
allocationshouldfollowproportionally the
requirementsoftheMemberStatescalculatedboth
fromstatisticsofimportsduringarepresentative
referenceperiodandfromtheeconomicoutlookfor
thetariffyearinquestion;

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Whereastheimportsoftheproductsfallingwithin
theheadingNo50.05ofeachoftheMemberStates
concernedduringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
completestatisticsareavailablerepresentthe•
followingpercentagesoftotalCommunityimportsof
theseproducts:
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom1971
0-5
0-1
39-2
5-0
0
47-0
8-219721973
0-11.5
0-1o.o
4i-o43.7.
10-8'7.2
'0-60.0
38-736.0
8-712.6
Whereasinviewofthesefactorsandoftheforecasts
whichitispossibletomaketheinitialpercentage,
sharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressed
approximately asfollows:■
Bénélux 0-5'
Denmark 0-5
Germany 44.7
France 6.3
Ireland 0-5
Italy 34-3
UnitedKingdom 13-2C7
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsfor
theproductunderconsideration ,thetotalquota
volumeshouldbedividedintotwotranches,thefirst
beingallocatedandthe*secondheldasareserveto
coveratalatejrdatetherequirements ofMember
Stateswhohaveuseduptheirinitialshare;whereas
togiveimporterssomedegreeofcertaintythefirst
trancheoftheCommunityquotashouldbefixedat
85%ofthetotalquota;
,'I•
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupmoreor
lessquickly;whereas,therefore,toavoiddisruption
ofsuppliesanyMemberStatewhichhasalmostused
upitsinitialshare,mustdrawasupplementary share
fromthereserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateas'eachoneofitssupplementary
sharesisalmostusedup,andasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialand
supplementary sharesmustbevaliduntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;whereasthisformof
administration requiresclosecollaborationbetween
theMemberStatesandtheCommission,andtheCommissionmustbeinapositiontofollowthe
extenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeenused,up
andinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atgivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityisleftoverinaMemberState,
itisessentialthatsuchStateshouldreturna
substantialproportiontothereserve,topreventpart
ofthetotalquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhileitcouldbeusedinothers;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg ,arejointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnionanymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthesharesallocatedtothat
EconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyoneofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
.Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1975the
autonomousdutyoftheCommonCustomsTarifffor
yarnspunentirelyfromsilkwasteotherthannoil,
notputupforretailsale,fallingwithinheadingNo
ex50.05,shallbesuspendedat1%inrespectofa
Communitytariffquotaof220metrictons.
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,thenew
MemberStatesshallapplythedutiescalculatedin
accordancewiththerelevantprovisionsoftheActof
Accession(').
Article2
1.Afirsttrancheof190metrictonsofthis
Communitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStates;thesharesshall,subjecttoArticle5,
bevaliduntil31December1975"andshallbeas
follows: '
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom1metricton
1metricton
•4
85metrictons
12metrictons
1metricton
65metrictons
25metrictons
(»)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14,

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2.Thesecondtranche,of30metrictons,shallbe
heldinreserve.
Article3TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October
1975",notifytotheCommissionthetotalquantitiesof
yarnfromsilkwasteimporteduptoandincluding15
September1976*andchargedagainsttheCommunity
tariffquotaandanyfractionsoftheinitialshare
returnedtothereserve.
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitial
sharespecifiedinArticle2(1)orofthatshareminis
theportionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5is
applied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawa.
secondshare,totheextentthatthereserveis.
sufficient,equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
upwherenecessarytothenextunit.,'-
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,by'
notifyingtheCommission ,drawathirdshare,tothe
extentthatthereserveissufficient,equalto5%of
itsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextunit. -
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewithparagraph2,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplybyanalogyuntilthereserve
isusedup.,
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs1,2and
3,theMemberStatesmaydrawshareslowerthan
thosefixedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegrounds
forconsideringthatthosefixedmaynotbeusedup.
TheyshallinformtheCommissionoftheirreasons
forapplyingthisparagraph.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,
informeachStateoftheextenttoyhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStatespotlaterthan15
October1975"oftfyeqmountheldinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichfinallyusesup
thereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailableandto
thisend6hallspecifytheamountthereoftothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
chargesmaybemade,withoutinterruption,against
theircumulativesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidproductestablishedinitsterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtoit..
Article4
Supplementary sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1975"!
Article53.TheMemberStatesshallchargeagainsttheir
sharesimportsoftheproductinquestion,whenthe
productisenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
AMemberStatewhichon15September197lhas
notusedu,pitsinitialshareshallreturntothereserve
notlaterthan10October1975theunusedportion
exceeding ^20%oftheinitialamount.Itmayreturna
greaterportioniftherearegroundsforconsidering
thatitmaynotbeusedup. ■'Article8
TheMemberStatesshallregularlyinformthe
Commissionofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.

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Article9 Article10'
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
cooperatecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis1974",
observed. !
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels*
FortheCouncil .
ThePrésident