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COMMISSION GFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
COM(75)348 final
Bruesels,11July
Proposaifora
REGULATION (EEC )OFTHE COUNCIL
opening,allocationandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forcottonyarnfailingwithinheedingNo35.05ortheCommonCustomsTariff,originating
inMa-ta
(1976)
Proposaifora
REGULATION (EEC )OFTHE COUNCIL
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forman-madefibres(discontinuous orwaste),carded,combedorotherwiseprepared
forspinningfallingwithinheadingNo56.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating
inMalta
(1976)
Proposaifora
REGULATION (EEC )OFTHE COUNCIL
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
foroutergarmentsandotherarticles,knittedorcrocheted,notelasticorrubberized,
fallingwithinheadingNo60.05oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginMalta
(1976)
Proposaifora
REGULATION (EEC )OFTHE COUNCIL
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
formen'sandboys'outergarmentsfallingwithinheadingNo61.01oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginMalta
(1976)
(submittedbytheCommissiont*theCouncil)
COM(75)3^8final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Article 3oftheAgreement between theEuropean Economic
Community andMalta ,read with Articles 1and 2ofAnnex 1
thereto ,provides fortheopening ofCommunity tariff quotas for
theimportation into theCommunity ofthefollowing products , '
.originating inMalta ,atthequota duties specified below :
CCT Heading
No
• i
' iProduct
!♦ *
I
* fAnriual
volume
-tons -tiuota .
duty
l
55.05 !Cotton yarn ,not put
upforretail sale : 750 30%
56.0k
ιIKan-made fibres (dis­
continuous orwaste ),
carded ,combed orother­
wise prepared for
spinning :k
600 .ofthe
CCT
duties
ii
60.05
M(
t• '
Outer garments and .
other articles ,
knitted orcroched ,not
elastic nor rubberised :I
100 "
61.01
.i
»•»»Men's andboy *souter
garments
ih •»300
2*Atitssession ofV5June 1973 however ,theCouncil agreed that
Mklta should betreated ,asfrom 1January 197^,noless favourably
than' countries eligible for theGeneralised System ofPreferences *
This -undertaking implies that thetreatment hitherto granted to
Malta will beimproved comparably .Fortheyear 1974 this
. i,
improvement consists inaautonomous 50%increase ofthequota
amounts fixed intheEEC/Malta Agreement ,andtotaT'suspension
ofduties inthe CCT and the national Customs tariff ofeach ofthe
Member States *Another increase of5$wasagreed for1975 •

.2-
3»TheRegulations provide ,intheusual way ,for thesplitting
upofthetariff volumes into twoparts ,ofwhich thefirst
will beallocated among theMember States asquota shares and
the second will bekept asareserve .
I
k**heallocation ofthefirst part ofthequotas for theproducts
falling within thetariff headings 55«0 ;?and'60.0p hasbeen
undertaken according totherules generally applied hitherto .
Thetotal imports ofeach Member State for1971 »1972 and1973
have been expressed asaproportion oftotal Community imports
over the same period .The resulting percentages have been
applied State byState tothevolume ofthefirst part ,the
last digit ofthenumber ofmetric tons being rounded off .
i !
5*However ,itdoes not seem appropriate toapply this rule tothe
tariff quota forman-made fibres (56.0*0 andouter garments (60.05 )
since :
(a)import figures forcertain Member States varied considerably
from year toyear ; , ■ f
(b)other Member States imported none atall ;
(c)total Community imports are .lower than theagreed tariff quota
volumes ; r. ■ i
(d)itisdifficult toforecast future imports .
Inthis situation andinview nevertheless toallocate thequota
volume fairly among theMember States according totheir respective
sizes ,itseems indicated that eachMember State takes asignificative
part inthequota volume .Ofcourse ,this formula hastobeadapted
tothefutur development ofimports .
;

6.Theproposed Regulations provide forasingle method of ,
administration tobeapplied byallMember States ,namely the
"asand when "method .
7«TheMember States *experts whoparticipated intheconsultative meeting
ofthe"Economic Tariff Problems "Group (14/18April 1975 )expressed
agreement inprinciple tothescheme forallocation ofshares proposed
bytheCommission intheframework oftheregulations annexed .
8*Informulating itsproposals theCommission whishes todraw upin
good time ,having regard toinherent procedural delay ,aninstrument
togive effect tothecommitments atpresent inforoe with respect
toMalta . 1
*' '
Being aware ,however ,oftheproblems posed
bythecontinuing development ofthe .situation ,theCommission
accordingly reserves theright tomake adaptations toitsproposals
should suoh benecessary *
Annexes î
–4proposals ofRegulations oftheCouncil

ANNEXA
Proposai
REGULATION (EEC)No.../75OFTHECOUNCIL
of '
opening,allocationandprovidingfortheadministration OraCommunitytariffquota
>forcottonyarnfallingwithinheadingNo55.05oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating
inMalta
•(1976) '
• n .n
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,.finedtotheoriginalMemberStatesandthenew
.>MemberStatesshallparticipate xn
,thesupplementary volume;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular...... ,,Article113thereof- Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall' Communityimportersequalanduninterruptedaccess
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterrupted
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission;applicationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotato
allimportsoftheproductconcernedintoallMember
.Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEco-havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
nomicCommunityandMalta,signedatValettaonCommunitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
5December1970,providesinArticle3(1),togetherallocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
withArticle2ofAnnexI,fortheopeningbytheMemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectmore
CommunityofanannualCommunitytariffquotaaccuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthemarketin
of750metrictonsofcottonyarnnotputupfortheproductconcerned,suchallocationshouldbein
retailsalefallingwithinheadingNo55.05oftheproportiontotheneedsoftheMemberStates,as-
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginMalta;sessedbyreferencetoboththestatisticsofeach
whereas,pursuanttoArticle1ofthesaidAnnex,theState'simportsofthesaidgoodsfromMaltaover
quotadutyisequalto30%oftheCommonCustoms arepresentativeperiodandtheeconomicoutlookfor.
Tariffdutyinrespectoftheproductconcerned;thequotaperiodconcerned;
whereas,withaviewtograntingMaltaatreatment
notlessfavourablethanthatenjoyedbycountries
eligibleforthegeneralizedsystemofpreferences,iWhereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstat-
the volumeshouldbeincreased isticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsby
tol,l8lmetrictonsandtheduties eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowingtotallysuspended *whereas,asregardspercentagesoftheimportsintotheCommunity,from
theallocationofthistariffquota,-Malta,oftheproductsconcerned:,
thequotavolume ,laiddowninthe .
Agreementshouldbecon­
■ ■'•„'V■■ '
"" I19721973 1974
Germany |57.351-445-5.39-830,124,3
Bénélux 28-725-7.348.30-4Ί39,732,0
France 5.44-88-07-023,719,1
Italy 8-67-811-7 '10-26.-55,a
Denmark 0-1 :0·0γ
Ireland 3-2 0-1 0,6
UnitedKingdom •7-0 12-5 >
iL_|18,7

ANNKXA
.Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsoftheforeseeable
developmentduring1975"ofthemarketfortheprod­
uctsinquestionandinparticularoftheestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquota
sharesmayconsequentlybefixedapproximately as
follows: '
Bénélux
Denmark
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom23,0
0,1
51,0
6,2
1,1
9,9
8,7
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
tranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondformingareserve
intendedultimatelytocovertherequirementsofthe
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialquota
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegree
ofsecuritytoimportersineachMemberState,the
firsttrancheoftheCommunityquotashouldbe
determinedatalevelwhich,underpresentcircum­
stances,maybeapproximately 70%ofthequota
amount;
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMember
Statesmaybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,
inordertotakethisfactintoaccountandavoidany
breakincontinuity,itisimportantthatanyMember
Statehavingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitial
quotashareshoulddrawanadditionalquotashare
fromthereserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateasandwheneachofitsadditional
quotasharesisalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeated
asmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereasthe
initialandadditionalquotasharesmustbeavailable
foruseuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereas
thismethodofadministration callsforclosecooper­
ationbetweenMemberStatesandtheCommission,
whichmust,inparticular,beabletoobservethe
extenttowhichthequotaamountisusedandinform
MemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,
aconsiderable balanceremainsinoneorother
MemberState,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
paysalargeamountofitbackintothereserveto
preventapartoftheCommunityquotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcould
beusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedinandrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerningtheadministration ofsharesgrantedtotheabovemen-
tionedEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers, ,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December197©atariff
quotaof1,l8lmetrictonsshallbeopenedinthe
Communityforcottonyarn,notputupforretail
sale,fallingwithinheadingNo55.05oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginMalta.
2.WithinthelimitsofthistariffquotatheCom­
munityCommonCustomsTariffdutiesshallbe
totallysuspended.
Thissuspensionshallbefullyappliedinthenew
MemberStates.
Article2
1.Afirsttranche,amountingto805metrictonsof
theCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1,
shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;the
proportionswhich,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevalid
until31December197(5"shallconsistofthefollowing
amounts :
Germany
Bénélux
France
Italy
Denmark
Ireland
UnitedKingdom410metrictons.
185metrictons
50metrictons
80metrictons
1metricton
9metrictons
70metrictons.
2.Thesecondtrancheof376metricJonsshall
constitutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,where
theprovisionsofArticle5havebeenapplied,has
beenexhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,todraw
asecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,to
theextentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember

MMEXA
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninpara­
graph1,proceedwithoutdelaytodrawathirdshare
equalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothe
nextunitwhereappropriate,totheextentthatthe
amountinthereserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStpte
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,in
thesameway,todrawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraphs
1,2and3,theMemberStatesmayproceedtodraw
sharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs,
ifthereisreasontobelievethattheymightnotbe
usedup.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthe
reasonswhichledthemtoapplythisparagraph.
Article4
i
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1915".
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothere­
serve,notlaterthan1October1976,the
unusedportionoftheirinitialsharewhich,
on15September1976,isinexcessof20%
oftheinitialamount.Theyshallreturna
largerquantityifthereisreasontobelieve ;thatsuchquantitymightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1'October
1975",notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
theproductconcernedeffectedupto15September
197<finclusive,andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaand,whereappropriate,theproportionof
theirinitialsharethatisbeingreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivedthenotifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan.5October
197(5",notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthe
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuantto
Article5.
TheCommissionshall'ensurethatanydrawingwhich
usesupthereserveislimitedtothebalanceavailable
and,forthispurpose,shallspecifytheamountthere­
oftotheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinal
drawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheirac­
cumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductconcernedEstablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirshareasandwhenthegoods
areenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upits'shareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
, *
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Î ■ >
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegu­
lationisobserved.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePrésident

ANNEXB
I'
Proposai
REGULATION (EEC)No;..h^OFTHECOUNCIL
of
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquota
forman-madefibres(discontinuousorwaste),carded,combedorotherwiseprepared
forspinningfallingwithinheadingNo56.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating
inMalta
(1976)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,laiddownintheAgreementshouldbeconfinedto
-theoriginalMemberStatesandthenew
MemberStatesshallparticipate in
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthethesupplementary volume;
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular ,
Article113tnereof; Wfl... .,whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureto
...,,.>,_allCommunityimportersequalanduninterruptedHavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCom-accegg^fheabovementionedquotaanduninter_
mission; ruptedapplicationoftheratelaiddownforthat
quotatoallimportsoftheproductconcernedinto
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropean ajjMemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenused
EconomicCommunityandMalta,signedatValetta Up.whereas,havingregardtotheprinciples
on5December1970,providesinArticle3(1),mentionedabove,theComntunitynatureofthe
togetherwithArticle2ofAnnexI,fortheopeningquotacanberespectedbyallocatingtheCommunity
bytheCommunityofanannualCommunitytarifftariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;whereas,in
quotaof600metfictonsofman-madefibres,ordertoreflectmoreaccuratelytheactualdevelop­
(discontinuousorwaste),carded,combed,orother-mentoftnemarketintheproduct'concerned,such
wisepreparedforspinningfallingwithinheadingallocationshouldbeinproportiontotheneedsof
No56.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff,theMemberStates,assessedbyreferencetoboththe
originatinginMalta;whereas,pursuanttoArticle1statisticsofeachState'simportsofthesaidgoods
ofthesaidAnnex,thequotadutyisequalto30%fromMaltaoverarepresentativeperiodandthe
oftheCommonCustomsTariffdutyinrespectofeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiodconcerned;
theproductconcerned;whereas,withaviewto
grantingMaltaatreatmentnotlessfavourablethan
generalizedsystemofpreferences,the Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich
volumeshouldbeincreasedto945statisticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsby
metrictonsandthedutiestotallysus–eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
pended;whereas,asregardsandthepercentagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfromdutiestotallysuspended;whereas,asMaltaoftheproductsconcerned:regardstheallocationofthistariff
quota,thequotavolume •
1972 191'3 1974
Germany
Benc«x
France
ïtaly |
i10066,8|
Denmark 100
Ireland'15,5M»
UnitedKingdom 17,7

•2. ANMEXB
Whereas,boththesepercentagesandtheestimates
fromcertainMemberStatesaswellasthepractical
needtoensurethattheobligationscontractedunder
theAgreementconcernedareallocatedfairlyamong
alltheMemberStates;whereas,initialquotashares
mayconsequentlybefixedapproximately asfollows:
Bénélux
Denmark
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom.10,4
3,5
10,4
13,9
5,2
43,6
13,0
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
tranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondformingareserve•
intendedultimatelytocovertherequirementsofthe
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegree
ofsecuritytoimportersineachMemberState,the
firsttrancheoftheCommunityquotashouldbe
determinedatalevelwhich,underpresentcircum­
stances,maybeapproximately 60%ofthequota
amount;
WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmay
beusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorderto
takethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,itisimportantthatanyMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereas,thismustbedonebyeachMemberStateas
andwheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmost
entirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthe.
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesmustbeavailableforuseuntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;whereas ■thismethodof
administration callsforclosecooperationbetween
MemberStatesandtheCommission,whichmust,in
particular,beabletoobservetheextenttowhich
thequotaamountisusedandinformMemberStates
thereof;BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofsharesgrantedtothe
abovementioned EconomicUnionmaybecarriedout
byanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1975",aCom­
munitytariffquotaof.945metrictonsshallbe_
openedintheCommunityforman-madefibres
(discontinuous orwaste),carded,combedor
otherwisepreparedforspinningfallingwithin
headingNo56.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginMalta.
2.WithinthelimitsofthistariffquotatheCom­
munityCommonCustomsTariffdutiesshallbe
totallysuspended.
Thissuspensionshallbefullyappliedinthenew
MemberStates.
Article2
1.Afirsttrancheof575metrictonsoftheCom­
munitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
sharedamorfgtheMemberStates;theproportions
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil
31December1975shallconsistofthefollowing
amounts :
Bénélux 60metrictons
Denmark 20metrictons
France .80metrictons
Germanyi60metrictons
Ireland 30metrictons
Italy. 250metrictons
UnitedKingdom 75metrictons
Thesecondtrancheof370metrictonsshall
constitutethereserve.
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,
aconsiderable balanceremainsinoneorother
MemberStateitisessentialthatthatMemberState
paysalargeamountofitbackintothereserveto
preventapartoftheCommunityquotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenit
couldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKing­
domoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbythe'Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,
wheretheprovisionsofArticle5havebeenapplied,
hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission,todraw
asecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,to
theextentthattheamountinthereserveallows.

ANNEX B
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddownin
paragraph 1,proceedtodrawathirdshareequal
to7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenext
unitwhereappropriate,totheextent.thattheamount
inthereserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall
proceed,inthesameway,todrawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted . '
4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraphs1,
2and3,theMemberStatesmayproceedtodraw
sharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs,
ifthereisreasontobelievethattheymightnotbe
usedup.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthe
reasonswhichledthemtoapplythisparagraph.
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December197!S.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothe re­
serve,notlaterthan1October1976,the
unusedporti.on_-_oftheirinitialsharewhich,
on15September1976,isinexcessof20%
oftheinitialamount.Theyshallreturna
largerquantityifthereisreasontobelie­
vethatsuchquantitymightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan
1October1970",notifytheCommissionofthetotal'
importsoftheproductinquestioneffectedupto
andinch-ding15September197<S"andcharged
againsttheCommunityquotaand,whereappro­
priate,theproportionoftheirinitialsharethatis
beingreturnedtothereserve.Articles2and3andshallinformeachofthemofthe
extenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedassoon
asitreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommission shall,notlaterthan
5October197<f,notifyMemberStatesofthe
amountinthereserveafterthereturnofshares
pursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
availableand,forthispurpose,shallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
thefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.'TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductconcernedestablishedintheir
territoryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedto
them.
3.TheMemberStatesshall.chargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthe
goodsareenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisof
theimportschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
» *I'
Article9,
\
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthis
Regulationisobserved.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticle10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
1January197tfl
^ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
' - ' i
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePrésident
f

ANNTCXC
1Proposai
REGULATION (EEC)No.../7!PFTHECOUNCIL
of '
opening,allocatingand'providingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
foroutergarmentsandotherarticles,knittedorcrocheted,notelasticorrubberized,
falling,withinheadingNo60.05oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginMalta /
(1976)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,■beconfinedtotheoriginalMemberStatesandtheJ
. .newMemberStatesshallparticipate ,*
„., 1,.,.1inthesupplementary volume;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing the•
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular „ -
Article113thereof:- I '■*
'' Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted .
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;accesstotheabovementiotjed quotaand..
1uninterruptedapplicationoftheratelaiddownfor ■
thatquotatoallimportsoftheproductconcerned .
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanintoallMemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeen?
EconomicCommunityandMalta,signedatValettausedup;whereas,havingregardtotheprinciples
on5December1970,providesinArticle3(1),mentionedabove,theCommunitynatureofthe
togetherwithArticle2ofAnnexI,fortheopeningquotacanberespectedbyallocatingtheCommunity ®
bytheCommunityofanannualCommunitytarifftariffquotaamongtheMemberStates;whereas,in
quotaof100metrictonsofoutergarmentsand,orc|ertoreflectmoreaccuratelytheactualdevelop-,
otherarticles,knittedorcrocheted,notelasticormcntDft)iemarketintheproductconcerned,such
rubberized,fallingwithinheadingNo60.05ofthe ,allocationshouldbeinproportiontotheneedsof
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginMalta;theMemberStates,assessedbyreferencetoboththe,
whereas,pursuanttoArticle1ofthesaidAnnex,statisticsofeachState'simportsofthesaidgoods
,thequotadutyisequalto30%oftheCommon ,fromMaltaoverarepresentativeperiodandthe
CustomsTariffdutyinrespectoftheproducteconomicoutlookforthequotaperiodconcerned;
concerned;whereas,withaviewtograntingMalta, •,
atreatmentnotlessfavourablethanthatenjoyed . ' 1
bycountrieseligibleforthegeneralizedsystemof\Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhich'.
preferences,thevolumeshouldbeincreased .statisticsareavailable,thecorrespondingimportsby
to158metrictonsandthedutiesto–•eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing '5tallysuspended;whereas,asregards 1percentagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfrom■;■
theallocationofthistariffquota,Maltaoftheproductsconcerned:^
thequotavolumelaiddowninthe
Agreeraentshould ■ v ■-«
1972 1973 1974
Germany , 43r0-8r
s"4,01,8
Bénélux.y
17,03,3
France 93-617-194*652-050.022,8
Italy 210-4J-4r-9t39,017,8
Denmark 0-6•■-i
■a1,8
Ireland . 01 1-9
UnitedKingdom 81-6 410 52,5

ANNEXC
Whereasboththesepercentagesandtheestimates
fromcertainMemberStatesaswellasthepractical
needtoensurethattheobligationscontractedunder
theAgreementconcernedareallocatedfairlyamong
alltheMemberStates;whereasinitialquotashares
mayconsequently befixedapproximately as
follows:
Bénélux 8*3
Denmark v4-2
France 41?
Germany 12-5
Ireland 4-2
Itaiy 12-5
UnitedKingdom 166
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedinto
twotranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocatedamong
theMemberStatesandthesecondformingareserve
intendedultimatelytocovertherequirementsofthe
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial'
quotashares;whereas,inordertoensureacertain
degreeofsecuritytoimportersineachMember
State,thefirsttrancheoftheCommunityquota
shouldbedeterminedatalevelwhich,underpresent
circumstances ,maybe75%ofthequotaamount;
WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmay
beusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorderto
takethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,itisimportantthatanyMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberState
asandwheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmost
entirelyusedupandrepeatedasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesmustbeavailableforuseuntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;whereasthismethodof
administration callsforclosecooperationbetween •
MemberStatesandtheCommission,whichmust,
inparticular,beabletoobservetheextenttowhich
thequotaamountisusedandinformMemberStates,
thereof; 1
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,
aconsiderable balanceremainsinoneorother
MemberStateitisessentialthatthatMemberState
paysalargeamountofitbackintothereserveto
preventapartoftheCommunityquotafrom,
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenit
couldbeusedinothers; /
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKing­
domoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandJDuchyof
LuxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbytheΊ
BeneluxEconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerning
theadministration ofsharesgrantedtothe
abovementioned EconomicUnionmaybecarriedout
byanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1976,aCom­
munitytariffquotaof158metrictonsshallbe
openedintheCommunityforoutergarmentsand
otherarticles,knittedorcrocheted,notelasticor
rubberized,fallingwithinheadingNo60.05ofthe
"CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginMalta.
2.WithinthelimitsofthistariffquotatheCom­
munityCommonCustomsTariffdutiesshallbe
totallysuspended.1
Thissuspensionshallbefullyappliedinthenew
MemberStates.
Article2
1.Afirsttrancheof120metrictonsoftheCom­
munitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
sharedamongtheMemberStates;theproportions
which,.subjecttoArticle'5,shallbevaliduntil
31December1975"shallconsistofthefollowing
amounts :
Bénélux
Denmark
France~
Germany
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdomi(10metrictons
i.5metrict6ns
50metrictons
15metrictons
i;5metrictons'
15metrictons
20metrictons
2.Thesecondtrancheof38metrictonsshall
constitutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2,or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,
wheretheprovisionsofArticle5havebeenapplied,
hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberStateshall
proceedwithoutdelay,by,notifyingtheCom­
mission,todrawasecondshareequalto15%of
itsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate,totheextentthattheamountinthe
reserveallows.,

3.MÎTEXC
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddownin
paragraph1,proceedtodrawathirdshareequal
to7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenext
unitwhereappropriate,totheextentthattheamount
inthereserveallows.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,
inthesameway,todrawafourthshareequalto
thethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraphs1,
2and3,theMemberStatesmayproceedtodraw__
sharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs
ifthereisreasontobelievethattheymightnotbe
Usedup;TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthe
reasonswhichledthemtoapplythisparagraph.
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1975*.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,
notlaterthan1October1976,theunusedpoi*-
tionoftheirinitialsharewhich,on15Sep­
tember1976,isinexcessof20$oftheini­
tialamount.Theyshallreturnalargerquan­tityifthereisreasontobelievethatsuch
quantitymightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan'
1'October1976",notifytheCommissionofthe
totalimportsoftheproductconcernedeffectedupto
15September1975"inclusiveandchargedagainstthe
Communityquotaand,whereappropriate,the
proportionoftheirinitialsharethatisbeingreturned
tothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles2and3andshallinformeachofthemof
theextenttowhichthereservehasbeenusedassoon
asitreceivesthenotifications .
TheCommission shall,notlaterthan
.5October197(f,notifyMemberStatesofthe
amountinthereserveafterthereturnofshares
pursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
availableand,forthispurpose,shallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
thefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossiblefor
chargestobemadewithoutinterruptionagainstthpir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductconcernedestablishedintheir
territoryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedto
them.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirshareasandwhenthegoods
areenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission ^at
regularintervalsofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthis
Regulationisobserved. ■■"
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
1January197<F.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States. ' r
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePrésident

ANNEXD
Proposai
REGULATION (EEC)No.../750FTHECOUNCIL
of
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitytariffquota
formen'sandboys'outergarmentsfallingwithinheadingNo61.01oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginMalta
.(1976). n
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,pateinthesupplementary volume;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle
113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission;
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandMalta,signedatValetta
on5December1970,providesinArticle3(1),
togetherwithArticle2ofAnnexI,fortheopening
bytheCommunityofananhualCommunitytariff
quotaof300metrictonsofmen'sandboys'outer
garmentsfallingwithinheadingNo61.01ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginMalta;
whereas,pursuanttoArticle1ofthesaidAnnex,
thequotadutyisequalto30%oftheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyinrespectoftheproduct
concerned;whereas,withaviewtograntingMalta
atreatmentnotlessfavourablethanthatenjoyedby
countrieseligibleforthegeneralizedsystemof
preferences,thevolumeshouldbeincreased
to473metrictonsandthedutiestotal­
lysuspended }whereas,asregardsthe
allocationofthistariffquota,thequota
volumelaiddownintheAgreementshould
beconfinedtothorGriffins!Member-§ta-te0-T>
andthenewMemberStatesehellpartiei–
' \ '
'• -r'1';Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensuretoall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted
accesstotheabovementioned quotaanduninter­
ruptedapplicationoftheratelaiddownforthat
quotatoallimportsoftheproductconcernedinto
allMemberStatesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;
whereas,havingregardtotheprinciplesmentioned
above,theCommunitynatureofthequotamaybe
respectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquota
amongtheMemberStates;whereas,inorderto
reflectmoreaccuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthe
marketintheproductconcerned,suchallocation
shouldbeinproportiontotheneedsoftheMember
States,assessedbyreferencetoboththestatisticsof
eachState'simportsofthesaidgoodsfromMalta
overarepresentative periodandtheeconomic
outlookforthequotaperiodconcerned;
Whereatduringthelast,threeyearsforwhich™,
statisticsareavailable,thecorrespondingimportsby'
eachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfrpm
Maltaoftheproductsconcerned:
-M ' '"■V
r-.,.«:V - 1974
Germany ,I55-5 I43-431-019-4I3
*16,27,7
Bénélux 27-321-435-122'0>45,521,6
France 11-79211-97-422,910,9
Italy 5-54-222013-715,47,4
Denmark 7-6 290 31,9
Ircland 0-2 0-2 0,4
UnitedKingdom 14*0 8-3 20,1

ANNEXD
Whereasinviewofthesefactorsoftheforeseeable
developmentduring197<S*ofthemarketforthe
productsinquestionandinparticularofthe
estimatessubmittedbycertainMemberStates,
initialquotasharesmayconsequently befixed
approximately asfollows:administration ofsharesgrantedto.theabove
mentionedEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutby
anyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom■12,7
17.5
47.6
'9,5
0,3
3,'2
9,2
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthedifferentMember
States,thequotaamountshouldbedividedintotwo
tranches,thefirsttranchebeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondformingareserve
intendedultimatelytocovertherequirementsofthe
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialquota
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegree
ofsecuritytoimportersineachMemberState;the
firsttrancheoftheCommunityquotashouldbe
determinedatalevelwhich,underpresent
circumstances,maybe67%ofthequotaamount;
WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStatesmay(
beusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inorderto,
takethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakin
continuity,itisimportantthatanyMemberState
havingusedupalmostthewholeofitsinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereas,thismustbedonebyeachMemberStateas
andwheneachofitsadditionalsharesisalmost .
entirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
quotasharesmustbeavailableforuseuntiltheend
ofthequotaperiod;whereasthismethodofadminis­
trationcallsforclosecooperationbetweenMember
StatesandtheCommission,whichmust,in
particular,beabletoobservetheextenttowhichthe
quotaamountisusedandinformMemberStates^
thereof;
Whereasif,ataspecifieddateinthequotaperiod,
aconsiderable balanceremainsinoneorother
MemberStateitisessentialthatthatMemberState •
paysalargeamountofitbackintothereserveto
preventapartoftheCommunityquotafromremain­
ingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbe
usedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedinandrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerningtheArticle1
1.From1Januaryto31December1976,aCom­
munitytariffquotaof473metrictonsshallbe
openedintheCommunityformen'sandboys'outer
garmentsfromMaltafallingwithinheadingNo61.01
oftheCommonCustomsTariff.
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquotathe
CommunityCommonCustomsTariffdutiesshall
betotallysuspended.
Thissuspensionshallbe-fullyappliedinthenew
MemberStates.
Article2
1.Afirsttrancheamountingto315metrictonsof
theCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;the
proportionswhich,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevalid
until31December1976"shallconsistofthefollowing
amounts:
,Bénélux 40metrictons
Denmark .55metrictons
France 30metrictons'
Germany '150metrictons
Ireland 1metricton
Italy 10metrictons
UnitedKingdom 29metrictons
Thesecondtrancheof158metrictonsshall
constitutethereserve.'%
v
Article3
1.If90%ormoreoftheinitialshareofaMember
State,aslaiddowninArticle2(1),or90%ofthat
sharelesstheamountreturnedintothereserve,
wheretheprovisionsofArticle5havebeenapplied,
hasbeenexhausted,thatMemberStateshallproceed
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission,todraw
asecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate,to
theextentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenused,thatMemberStateshall,in
accordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninpara­
graph1,proceedtodrawathirdshareequalto7-5%
ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhere
appropriate,totheextentthattheamountinthe
reserveallows.

ANNEXD
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshallproceed,in
.thesameway,todrawafourthshareequaltothe
third.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveis
exhausted.
4.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraphs1,
2and3,theMemberStatemayproceedtodraw
sharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphs,
ifthereisreasontobelievethattheymightnotbe
usedup.TheyshallinformtheCommissionofthe
reasonswhichledthemtoapplythisparagraph.
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1975".
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothere­
serve,notlaterthan1October1976,the
unusedportionoftheirinitialshare
which,on15September1976,isinexcess
of20oftheinitialamount.Theyshall
returnalargerquantityifthereisrea­
sontobelievethatsuchquantitymightnotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October
1975",notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsof
•theproductconcernedeffectedupto15September
1975"inclusiveandchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotaand,whereappropriate,theproportionoftheir
initialsharethatisbeingreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArticles
2and3andshallinformeachofthemoftheextent
towhichthereservehasbeenusedassoonasit
receivesthenotifications .TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5October
1975",notifyMemberStatesoftheamountinthe
reserveafterthereturnofsharespursuantto
Article5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawing
whichusesupthereserveislimitedtothebalance
availableand,forthispurpose,shallspecifythe
amountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakes
thefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethat,whenadditionalsharesare
drawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforcharges
tobemadewithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
theproductconcernedestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
saidgoodsagainsttheirshareasandwhenthegoods
„areenteredforhomeuse.
■-V »
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article 18
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommissionat
regularintervalsofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshall
cooperatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegu­
lationisobserved.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
197df. ',
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsEntiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoncatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePrésident
''t'', . < '*
i