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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
, /
COM(78)438 final .
Brussels ,12September 1978
Proposal fora
, COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration
ofaCommunity tariff quota forcertain textile fibres
falling within heading No56.04 oftheCommon Customs
Tariff ,originating inCyprus (1979 )
Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration
ofaCommunity tariff quota formen ,sandboy'souter
garments falling within heading No61.01 oftheCommon
Customs Tariff ,originating inCyprus (1979 )
(submitted totheCouncil "bytheCommission )
t
COM(78 )438final .

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
* ■ ' !*
1.TheAgreementestablishing anAssociation betweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheRepublicofCyprus,togetherwith.^
theProtocollayingdowncertainprovisionsrelatingtothat
Agreementconsequent ontheaccessionofnewMemberStatesto
-theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheAdditionalProtocol r
tothisAgreementprovidesfortheopeningofthefollowing/
annualduty-freeCommunitytariffquotasforproductsorigina-/
tinginCypruss
'*
CommonCustoms Descriptionofgoods AnnualTariffheading quota
Man-madefibres(discontinuous or100metrictons
waste)carded,combedorother-
wisepreparedforspinning
Men'sandboys'outergarments 500metrictons
2.InordertofulfiltheCommunity'sobligationtoCyprusin1979,
regulationsshouldbeadoptedopening,allocatingandproviding
fortheadministration oftheseCommunitytariffquotas*
Thisisthepurposeoftheproposalsannexedhereto.
7 ' '''
3.Theregulationsprovide,asIstherule,foreachofthequotasto
bedividedintotwoinstalments,thefirstofwhichisallocated :
.amongtheMemberStateswhilethe.secondconstitutethereserve.,V'
•• .'• Vrf
Theallocationofthefirstinstalmentisusuallybasedonthe
statisticsforthepreviousthreeyearsandtheforecastsforthe•
quotaperiodconcerned.However,inthiscase,thisprinciplecannot'
beappliedtotheproductsinquestion.For,duringthepastthree;'•
years,thesewerenoimportsof»an-madefibresfallingwithintariVfv
eadingNo56.04andtheHmportsofoutergarmentsfallingwithin"'®*
tariffheadingNo61.01wereinsignificant.Inthissituationit'"emsalsoverydifficulttodrawupforecastsfor1979

-2-
Toallocatethequotasinquestionnevertheless equitablyamong
MemberStates,itappearsdesirabletoprovideforasignificant
shareofthequotaamountforeachoftheMemberStates,
Obvicufely,.thisformulawillhavetobeadaptedsubsequently
inthelightofacfcuiUtrademovements.
Annexes:
2proposalsofRequtations oftheCouncil*

ANNEXA
PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquota
forcertaintextilefibresfallingwithinheadingNo56.04oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginCyprus(1979).v
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle
.113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheAgreementestablishinganassociation
betweentheF.uropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
RepublicofCyprus(')asamendedbytheAdditional
■tProtocoltothatAgreement(2)providesfortheopening
.ofanannualduty-freeCommunitytariffquotaof100
tonnesofman-madefibres(discontinuousorwaste),
carded,combedorother#isepreparedforspinjng,
fallingtithinheadingN°55.0^oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginCyprus;*hereasthetariff
quotainquestionshouldbeopenedfor1979;Whereas,however,fnrespoctofthspastthrssyears*no
suchproductsoriginatinginCyprushavebeenim­
portedintotheCommunity;whereasnoforecastcan
bemadefor1979;whereas,toensurefairdistribution .
ofthequotaamountbetweentheMemberStates,
eachMemberStateshouldmakeasignificant
contributiontothequotaamount;whereassuch
contributions mayapproximately correspondtothe
followingpercentages :
Bénélux
Denmark ,.
.Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom ..13%
10%
v20%
:20%
8%
17%
12%;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterruptedaccess
tothe.-.bovcmcntioncd quotaanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthatquotato
allimportsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMem­
berStatesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
'havingregardtotheabovementioned principles,the
Communitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamong,the
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectas
accuratelyaspossiblethetruetrendofthemarket
intheproductsinquestion,suchallocationshould
beinproportiontotherequirementsoftheMember
States,Calculatedbyreferencetothestatistics';
ofeachState'simportsofthegoodsinquestionfrom
Cyprusoverarepresentativereferenceperiodand
alsototheeconomicoutlookfotthequotaperiod
concerned:Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccount ,
importtrendsfortheproductsconcerned
inthevariousMemberStates,thequota
volumeshouldbedividedintotwoinstal­
ments,thefirstbeingsharedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondconstituting
areservetocoveratalaterdatethe
requirements ofMemberStateswhichhave
useduptheirinitialquotashares;
whereas,inordertogiveimportersineach
MemberStateacertaindtjreeofsecurity,
thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunityquota
Should,underthepresentcircumstances ,be
fixedat60%ofthequotavolume;
(1)OJN°1133,21.5.1S73,p.1
(2)OJH°L339,£.12.1977,p.2

ANNEXA
WhereastheMemberStates'initial sharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
times;whereas,,inordertotakethisfactintoaccountandav^oid
anybreakincontinuity,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedup
itsinitialshare,shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateasandwheneachof
itsadditionalsharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedas-manytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditionalshares
mustbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethod
ofadministration requiresclosecooperation betweentheMemberStates
andtheCommission,andthelattermustbein'apositiontomonitor
theextenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeenusedupandtoinform
theMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,asubstantital quan­
tityofaninitialshareremainsunusedinanyMemberState,itis
essentialthatthatMemberStateshouldreturnasignificant propor­
tiontothereserve,topreventapartofanyCommunityquotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetyeKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomoftheNetherlands
andtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgareunitedinandrepresented by'
theBeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtotheadministra­
tionofthequotasharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybe.
carriedoutbyanyofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION

-3-ANNEXA
Article1
From1Januaryto31December1879theCommon
CustomsTariffdutiesinrespectofman-madefibres
(discontinuousorwaste),carded,combedorother­
wisepreparedforspinning,fallingwithinheadingNo
56.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatingin
Cyprus,shallbeentirelysuspendedwithinthelimits
ofaCommunitytariffquotaof100tonnes.
iArticle2 *
i
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments.
2.Afirstinstalment,amountingto60tonnes,shallbeallocatedamongtheUemberStates;theshares
whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil31De­
cember1979,shallbeasfollows:
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom8tonnes,
6tonnes,
12tonnes,
12tonnes,
5tonnes,
10tonnes,
7tonnes.
3*Thesecondinstalmentof40tonnesshall
constitutethereserve*
I

ANNEXA
Article3
If90%ofmoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareasspecifiedin
Article2(2),°r90%ofthatshareminustheportionreturned
tothereservewhereArticle5isapplied,hasbeenusedup,then
totheextentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission,drawasecond
shareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessary
*' 'tothenextunit.
If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%ormoreofthe
secondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thenthat
MemberState'shell,inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddown
inparagraph 1,draw#thirdshareequalto7,5%ofitsinitial
share,roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
»
If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%ormoreofthe
thirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshall,inaccordancewiththesameconditionsdrawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
Bywayofderogationfromparagraph 1to3,aMemberStatemay
drawsharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraph'sif
thereisreasontobelievethatthosemightnotbeusedup.It
shallinformtheCommissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthis
paragraph.
t :.,/■■_' ■ _>■
;;Article4 ''.
■^Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto;-j)
\ Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1S7S..i.'''
'^ ArticleS
:]TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not '
.ilaterthan1October1979,suchunusedportionof.y. ]
■theirinitialshareas.on15September19?9,is .p
!|inexcessof20%oftheinitialvolume.Tneyma/•\
freturnalargerquantityiftherearegroundsfor;>•;
believingthatitmaynotbeused. i ■

-5 ANNEXA
TheMemberStatesshall,noterlaterthan1October1979,notifythe
Commissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproductsinquestionupto
15September1979andchargedagainsttheCommunityquota,andofany
quantitiesoftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
! .1
'Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountofthesharesopenedbythe
MemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3andshall,assoonas
itisnotified,informeachMemberStateoftheextenttowhich
thereservehasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5October1979,
oftheamountinthereserveafterquantitieshavebeenreturned
pursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingusesupthereserve"
islimitedtothebalanceavailable,andtothisendshallindicate
theamountthereoftotheMemberState"whichmakessuchlastdrawing.
/
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessarytoensure
thatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3areopened
insuchawaythatimportsmaybechargedwithoutinterruption
againsttheiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota. N
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersoftheproducts
inquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhavefreeaccessto
thesharesallocatedtothem.
3.•TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftheproductsinquestion
ontheirsharesasandwhentheproductsareentered;withthe
customsauthorities forhomeuse.

-6- ANNEXA
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupitsshareshallbe
determined onthebasisoftheimportschargedinaccordance with
paragraph 3.
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission,theMemberStatesshallinformit
ofimportsoftheproductsconcernedactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperatecloselyinorder
toensurecompliancewiththisRegulation .
\
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1979.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyand
directlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels. FortheCouncil
ThePresident

ANNEXB
Proposalfora.
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)~~
opening,allocatingandproviding,fortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
formen'sandboys'outergarmentsfallingwithinheadingNo61.01oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginCyprus(1579),
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,.
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle
113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheAgreementestablishinganassociation
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
RepublicofCyprus(l)asamendedbytheidditional
ProtocoltothatAgreement(2)providesfortheopo-,
ningofanannualduty-freeCommunitytariffquotaof
500tonnesofmen'sandboy'soutergarmentsfalling
withinheadingN#61.01oftheCommonCustomsTariff*
originatinginCyprus;nhereasthetariffquotain
questionshouldbeopenedfor1979!
(1)OJN°L133,21.5.1973,p.1.
(2)QJN#L338,23.12.1977,p.2

ANNEXB
'
WhereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforallCommunity
importersequalanduninterrupted accesstotheabovementioned
quotaanduninterrupted applicationoftherateslaiddownfor
/
thatquotatoallimportsoftheproductsconcernedintoall
MemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,having
regardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunitynatureofthequota
canberespectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamong
theMemberStates.;whereas,inordertoreflectasaccuratelyas
possiblethetruetrendofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,
suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontotherequirements ofthe
MemberStates,calculated byreferencetothestatisticsofeach
MemberStates'importsoftheproductsinquestionfromCyprusover
arepresentative rei^renceperiodandalsototheeconomicoutlook
forthequotaperiodconcerned;
Whereas,inrespectofthepastthreeyearsonly
,oneMgmberStatehasimported,theproductsin
questionmhersasnoforcastcanb9madefor
^95whereas,toensurefairdistribution
.ofthequotaamountbetweentheMemberStates
eachMemberStateshouldmakeasignificantcon­
tributiontothequotaamount;whereassuchcon­
tributionsmayapproximatelycorrespondtothe
followingpercentages:
Bcnclux.\7%
Dcnniark 1■70/
1 ;V
Germany 15%
Francç 11%
Ireland • 2%
Italy 9%
–.UnitedKingdom 49%'•.'•

-3- ANNEXB
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrendsfortheproducts
concernedinthevariousMemberStates,thequotavolumeshouldbe
dividedintotwoinstalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongt.heMember
Statesandthesecondconstituting areservetocoverataLaterdate
therequirements ofMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
quotashares;whereas,inordertogiveimportersineachMember
Stateacertaindegreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentofthe
Communityquotashould,underthepresentcircumstances,befixed
at46%ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
times;whereas,inordertotakethisfactintoaccountandavoid
anybreakincontinuity,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedup
itsinitialshare,shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
/
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateasandwheneachof
itsadditionalsharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditionalshares
/
mustbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethod
ofadministration requiresclosecooperation betweentheMemberStates
andtheCommission,andthelattermustbeinapositiontomonitor
theextenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeenusedupandtoinform
theMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,asubstantital quan­
tityofaninitialshareremainsunusedinanyMemberState,itis
essentialthatthatMemberStateshouldreturnasignificantpropor­
tiontothereserve,topreventapartofanyCommunityquotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomoftheNetherlands
andtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtotheadministration
ofthequotasharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarried
outbyanyofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION

-4- ANNEXB
Article1
From1Januaryto31December theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyinrespectofmen'sandboys'
outergarmentsfailingwithinheadingNo61.01of
theCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginCyprus,
shallbeentirelysuspendedwithinthelimitsofa
Communitytariffquotaof500tonnes.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwoinstalments. (.
2.Afirstinstalment,amountingto230tonnes,
shallbeallocatedanongtheMemberStates;therespectiveshares,
whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil31De­
cember1978,shallbeasfollows:
Bénélux 15tonnes,
Denmark 15tonnes,
Germany 35tonnes
France 25tonnes.
Ireland 5tonnes,
Italy 20tonnes,
UnitedKingdom 115tonnes.
3.Thesecondinstalmentof270tonnesshallcon­
stitutethereserve.

-5-, ANNEXB
Article3
If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareasspecified
inArticle2(2),or90%ofthatshareminustheportion
returnedtothereservewhereArticle5isapplied,hasbeen
usedup,thentotheextentpermittedbytheamountofthe
reserve,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,bynotifying
theCommission,drawasecondshareequalto15%ofits
initialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%ormoreof*
ι ·.thesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,
thenthatMemberStateshall,inaccordancewiththeconditions
laiddowninparagraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto7.5%of
itsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%ormoreofthe
thirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshall,inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninpara­
graph1,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
\ •
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3,aMemberState
maydrawsharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs
ifthereisreasontobelievethatthosemightnotbeusedup.
ItshallinformtheCommissionofitsreasonsforapplying
thisparagraph.

-6- ANNEXB
Article4
'S
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbevaliduntil
31December1979.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlaterthan
1October1979,suchunusedportionoftheirinitialshareas,
on15September1979,isinexcessof20%oftheinitialvolume.
They,mayreturnalargerquantityiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatitmaynotbeused. '
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1979,notify
theCommissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproductsinquestion
upto15September1979andchargedagainsttheCommunityquota,
andofanyquantitiesoftheinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountofthesharesopenedbythe
MemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3andshall,assoonas
itisnotified,informeachMemberStateoftheextenttowhich
thereservehasbeenused"up.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5October1979,
oftheamountinthereserveafterquantitieshavebeenreturned
pursuanttoArticle5.
» ', , , Ν
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhichusesupthereserve
islimitedtothebalanceavailable,andtothisendshallindicate
theamountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakessuchlastdrawing.

-7- ANNEXB
/
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessarytoensure
thatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3areopened
insuchawaythatimportsmaybechargedwithoutinterruption
againsttheiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersoftheproducts
inquestionestablished intheirterritoryhavefreeaccess
tothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftheproductsinquestion
ontheirsharesasandwhentheproductsareenteredwiththe
customsauthorities forhomeuse.
A.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupitsshareshall
bedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportschargedinaccordance
withparagraph3.
Article8
^ 1
AttherequestoftheCommission,theMemberStatesshallinformit
ofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9,
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperatecloselyinorder
toensurecompliancewiththisRegulation.
Article10 v
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1979.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
ThePresident