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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIE|
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Brussels,8September 1977
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingforthe
administration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
otherwovenfabricsofcottonfallingwithin
headingNo55.09oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
.•.originating inMalta(1977)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(77)423final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article 2ofAnnexIoftheAgreement betweentheCommunity andMalt«|
amendedbyArticle 5oftheAdditional ProtocoltothisAgreement ^
provides for1977fortheopeningofaduty-free Community tariff
quotaof100tonnesofotherwovenfabricsofcottonfallingwithin
tariffheading No55.09,originating inSpain.
IftheProtocol doesnotenterintoforceatthebeginning ofthe
calender yearthisquotashouldbeopenedproratatemporis.At
thepresent momentitcanbeassumedthattheabovementioned
Protocol willenterintoforceon1November 1977.Thetariff'
quotainquestion shouldtherefore beopenedforthelasttwomonths
ofthisyear.
Theforegoing isthesubjectofthisproposal .
Itistheruleinthisfieldthatthequotavolumeisdividedinto
twoinstalments /,oneformingtheCommunity reserveandthesecond
beingallocated amongtheMemberStates.Inthiscasethetariff
quotaisforarelatively smallquantity andforaveryshorttime
ofvalidity .Itseemstherefore possibletoprovideforasystem
ofusebasedon.asingleallocation andatthesametimetopreserve
theCommunity natureofthequota. ;
Concerning thisallocation,theusualprocedure shouldbeapplied,
thatistheproportion ofthetotalimportsofeachMemberState .
overthelastthreeyearstoCommunity importsoverthesameperiod
isworkedoutandtheresulting percentages areappliedperMember
State. *

Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening ,,allocating andproviding fortheadministration
ofaCommunity tariffquotaforotherwovenfabricsof
cottonfallingwithinheading No55.09oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originating inMalta(1977)
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean Economic
Community,andinparticular Article113thereof,
Havingregardtotheproposal fromtheCommission ,
WhereasArticle 2ofAnnexIoftheAgreement betweentheEuropean
Economic Community andMalta(1),asamended byArticle 5ofthe
Additional Protocol tothisAgreement (2)provides for1977forthe
opening bytheCommunity ofanannualduty-free Community tariffquota
of100tonnesofotherwovenfabricsofcottonfallingwithinheading
No55.09oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating inMalta;whereas
thistariffpreference isapplicable fromthedateofentryintoforce
oftheabovementioned Protocol andwhereasthetariffquotashould
beopenedproratatemporisiftheProtocol doesnotenterintoforce
atthebeginning ofthecalender year;whereastheCommunitytariff
quotainquestion shouldbeopenedfortheyear1977;•
Whereasitisinparticular necessary toensureto
allCommunity importersequalanduninterrupted
accesstotheabovementioned quotaanduninter­
ruptedapplication ofthe»ratelaiddownforthat
c/uotatoallimportsoftheproductconcerned into
a.lMemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenused
up;whereas,having ,regardtotheprinciples
mentioned above,theCommunity natureofthe.
quotacanberespectedbyallocatingtheCotnmunity
tariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;whereasto;
representascloselyaspossibletheaotualtrendof
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themarketintheproductsinquestion,theallocation
shouldfollowproportionately therequirements of•
theMemberStatescalculated frombothstatisticsof
importsfromMaltaduring arepresentative period
andtheeconomic outlookforithe,tariffperiodin
question;
'Whereas,durjngthelastthreeyearsforwhich
statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsby
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
■percentages oftheimportsintotheCommunity from
Malta ,oftheproductsconcerned :
Member
States 1974 1975 1976
Benelux- 55 50
Denmark- - -
Germany■88 - 50
France 6 - -
Ireland - . - -
Italy- '45em
UnitedKingdom 6
and
Whereas,inviewofthesefactors/oftheforeseeable )
development ofthemarketfortheproductsin;
question ~
i initialquotasharesmay\
befixedapproximately atthefollowingpercentages :;
Benelux
%24
Denmark 5
Germany 18
France 12
Ireland 5
Italy 24
UnitedKingdom 12

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Whereas,sincethistariffquotaisforarelatively
smallquantity,itseemspossibletoprovidefora
systemofusebasedonasingleallocationandatthe
sametimepreservetheCommunity natureof'the
quota;whereassuchanallocation maythereforebe
basedonthepercentage figuresshowninthetable
above;
Whereas,sincetheKingdom ofBelgium,theKing­
domoftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunitedwithinandjointlyrep­
resented bytheBeneluxEconomic Union,any
measureconcerning theadministration oftheshares
allocatedtothateconomic unionmaybecarriedout
byanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
From1November until31December 1977theCommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesinrespectofotherwovenfabricsofcotton
fallingwithinheading No55.09oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originating inMalta,shallbeentirely suspended within
thelimitsofaCommunity tariffquotaof17tonnes.
TheCommunity tariffquotalaiddowninArticle 1shallbe
allocated amongtheMemberStatesasfollows :Article 1
Article 2
'Bénélux 4tonnes
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
United1tonne
3tonnes
2tonnes
1tonne
htonnes
ν
Kingdom 2tonnes.

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Article 3
.1•TheMemberStatessnailensurethatimporters
-ofthesaidgoodsestablished intheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
2.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
•saidgoodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhen(hegoods
areenteredforhomeuse.
3,TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordance withparagraph 2.
Article U
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission ,
MemberStatesshaMinformttofimportsactually
:chargedagainsttheirshares.
Article5
'" ' Y
TheMember StatesandtheCommission shall
cooperate closelyinordertoensurethatthis
Regulation isobserved .
Article6
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon
1November 1977.
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
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1.Budgetlineconcerned :Ch.12Art.120 • . «
2.LegalbasisJArt.113. ' *
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3.Titleofthetariffmeasure ;
ProposalforaCouncilRegulation opening,allocating andproviding forthe
administration ofaCommunity tariffquotaforotherwovenfabricsofcotton
fallingwithinheading No55.09oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginMalta <1977)- 1
4.Objectives :
Fulfilment ofcontractual obligations
5.Methodofcalculation :
-NoofCCT
-Quotavolume
-Quotadutyrate
-DutyrateCCT55.09
17T
Free
13%-15%(average 14%)
6.Lossofreceipts :
cifaveragevalueofthegoods1975:3000EUR/MT
+15%foradvanceinprices=3,450EUR/MT
=14%^3,450*"17
=8-200 EUR
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