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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)568 final
Brussels,21September1982
Draft
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforrawsilk(notthrown)fallingwithinheadingNo50.02
oftheCommonCustomsTariff(1983)
Draft
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforyarn,entirelyofsilk,otherthanyarnofnoilorother
wastesilk,notputupforretailsale,fallingwithinheadingNoex50.04
oftheCommonCustomsTariff(1983)
Draft
_COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)^. ,„
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity/yktariffquota-foryarn,spunentirelyfromwastesilkotherthannoil,
notputupfew:-,retailsale,falling *-withinsubheading 50.05Aofthe
CommonCustoms:Tariffi.1983).-J
/.
(submitted theCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(82)568final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Theaim ofthis lemorandum is "topresent tothe Council draft regulations
opening -,allocating andproviding fortheadministration ofautonomous tariff
cruotas forrawsilk (notthrown ),yarn entirely ofsilk andyarn spun entirely
from silk waste falling within subheadings 50*02 ,ex50*04 and 50*05 Aofthe
Common cuistoms Tariff (1983 )*
2.These matters were examined atameeting oftne Economic Tariff Problems
Group held on26and 27April 1982 .Itemerged from this meeting that for
raw silk the estimates oftheMember States and the levels ofimports from
non-preferential non-Community countries inrecent years indicated a •total
import demand of -4800tonnes .This figure wasthus adopted asthe
initial quota intheappended draft regulation butdoes not exclude the
possibility offurther adjustments during the quota year .
Asregards yarn entirely ofsilk orspun entirely from silk waste ,as
classified under subheadings ex50.04 and50.05 A,thelack ofstatistics
has meant that quotas have had tobebased onthe Member States' estimated
import requirements .For1983 ,these requirements amount toatotal of
90tonnes foryarn entirely ofsilk and200tonnes foryarn spun entirely
from silk waste ,andthese figures have been adopted asthequotas inthe
appended draft regulations .

Asfortariffduties,theCommissionhaspoinformation .-tojustify
anychangeinthedutiesadoptedfor.1982foryarnofsilk,i.e.2.5W
«
whereasexemptionfromdutyforrawsilkandyarnspunfromrawsilkis
proposed,aspreviously,for1983.

DRAFT
COUNCILREGULATION EEC
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforrawsilk(notthrown)fallingwithinheadingNo50.02oftheCommon
CustomsTariff(1983)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,Whereas,inviewofthesefactors,theinitialpercen­
tagesharesinthequotavolumefor198Jcanbe
expressedapproximately asfollows:
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ,
WhereasCommunityproductionofrawsilk(not
thrown)fallingwithinheadingNo50.02ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffdoesnotcovertheneedsof
theuserindustries;whereasthesupplyofthelatter
thereforedependstoagreatextentonimportsfrom
non-member countries ;whereasitisintheinterests
oftheCommunitytosuspendtotallytheCommon
CustomsTariffdutyontheproductinquestion,
withinthelimitsofanappropriateCommunitytariff
quota;
Whereasitisdesirableatthepresenttimetoavoid
finalmeasureswhichcouldleadtothehaltingof
actiontakeninthesectoroveranumberofyearsto
increaseCommunityproduction;whereas,undersuch
conditions,itisadvisabletoextendthetariffsystem
inforcein1982:
WhereasCommunityproductiondoesnotappearto
havechangedconsiderably whencomparedwith
1982;whereas,takingaccountofthisproductionand
oftheforecastsfor1983,theimportsneededtosatisfy
comsumption withintheCommunitycanbeesti­
matedat4800tonnes;whereasthefixingofthe
quotaamountatthisleveldoesnotprecludeanadjust­
mentwithinthequotaperiod;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersand
theratelaiddownforthetariffquotashouldbe
appliedconsistentlytoallimportsoftheproductin
questionuntilthequotaisusedup;whereasasystem
ofutilizationoftheCommunitytariffquotabasedon
anallocationbetweentheMemberStatesconcerned
would,inthelightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,
appearconsistentwiththeCommunitynatureofthe
quota;Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom0.05
0.02
4.93
0.02
17.27
0.02
73.99
3.70
Whereas,totakeaccountoffuturetrendsinimports
oftheproductinquestioninthevariousMember
States,thequotashouldbedividedintotwoinstal­
ments,thefirstbeingdistributedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondtoformareserveintendedto
coveranysubsequentrequirements ofMemberStates
whohaveuseduptheirinitialshares;whereas,in
ordertoensureacertaindegreeofsecurityforimpor­
tersofeachMemberStatethefirstinstalmentshould
inthiscasebefixedataboutj5°/°ofthetotalquota;
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
rates;whereas,therefore,toavoiddisruptionof
supplies,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedup
itsinitialshareshoulddrawasupplementary share
fromthereserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateaseachoneofitssupplementary shares
isalmostusedup,andasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandsupplementary shares
mustbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
collaboration betweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,andtheCommissionmustbeinaposi­
tiontofollowtheextenttowhichthetariffquotahas
beenusedupandinformtheMemberStatesaccord­
ingly;
Whereas,ifatagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityoftheinitialshareisleftoverin
aMemberState,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantpercentagethereoftothe
reserve,soastoavoidapartoftheCommunitytariff
quotaremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenit
couldbeusedinothers:

-2-
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybe:carriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHSREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1983,theauto­
nomousdutyoftheCommonCustomsTariffforraw
silk(notthrown),fallingwithinheadingNo50.02,
shallbetotallysuspendedwithinaCommunitytariff
quotaof4800tonnes.
2.Withinthelimitsofthetariffquotareferredto
inparagraph 1,Greeceshallapplydutiescalculatedin
accordancewiththerelevantprovisionsoftheActof
Accessionof1979.
»
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentof4055tonnesofthis
Communitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStates;MemberStates'shares,which,subject
toArticle5,shallbevaliduntil31December 1983^
shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)
Bénélux 2
Denmark 1
Germany *200
Greece 1
France 7M
Ireland i
"a'y .3000
UnitedKingdom 150
2.Thesecondinstalmentof74$tonnesshallconsti-.
tutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberStatesinitialshare
asspecifiedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5is
applied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall
forthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawa
secondshareequalto10%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextwhole
number,totheextentpermittedbytheamountofthe
reserve.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
inaccordancewiththeconditionssetoutinpara­
graph1,drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitial
share.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
inaccordancewiththesameconditions,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserve
isusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,MemberStatesmaydrawlowersharesthanthose
specifiedthereiniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedup.Theyshall
informtheCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplying
thisparagraph.
Article4
Supplementary sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December198'3.
Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1983,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September1983isin
excessof30%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturn
alargerquantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
suchquantitymightnotbeused.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1October1983ofthetotalquantitiesofrawsilk
importeduptoandincluding15September1983and
chargedagainsttheCommunityquotaandofany
portionoftheirinitialsharereturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanamountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
October1983/>ftheamountinthereserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reserveislimitedtothebalanceavailableandtothis
endshallspecifytheamountthereoftotheMember
Statemakingthelastdrawing.

Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestion have
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productinquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhen
theproductisenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesfor
freecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.Article8
AttheCommissionsrequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1983.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels.1982.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

COUNCILREGULATION (EEC
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforyarn,entirelyofsilk,otherthanyarnofnoilorotherwastesilk,not
putupforretailsale,fallingwithinheadingNoex50.04oftheCommon
CustomsTariff(198?)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,downforthetariffquotashouldbeappliedconsist­
entlytoallimportsoftheproductinquestionuntil
thequotaisusedup;whereasasystemofutilization
oftheCommunitytariffquotabasedonanallocation
betweentheMemberStatesconcernedwould,inthe
lightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,appear
consistentwiththeCommunitynatureofthequota;
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ,
WhereassilkyarnisproducedintheCommunity ;
whereas,althoughthatproductioncouldcoverallthe
Communityrequirements byreasonofitsoverall
volume,thisdoesnotapplywithregardtoyarn
entirelyspunfromsilk;whereasthereis,asaresult,
aninsufficientsupplyintheCommunity ;
Whereas,consequently ,Communitysuppliesofthose
qualitiesofyarndependtoaconsiderableextenton
imports;whereasfullapplicationoftheCommon
CustomsTariffdutywouldresultinthoseproducts
beingsubjectedtoaconsiderablecustomscharge
whileproductsmanufactured fromsilkyarnface
powerfulcompetitionfromsimilarproductsmanufac­
turedfromothermaterial;whereasaninsufficient
supply,addedtocompetitionatfinishedproductlevel,
mighthaveadverseeffectsontheCommunity's
processingindustries;
WhereastheCommonCustomsTariffdutyapplicable
toimportsofthesilkyarninquestionin1983is
6-%;whereas,whenfixingthequotaduty,itis
appropriatetotakeintoaccount,ontheonehand,the
situationoftheCommunitysilkyarnproducing
industryand,ontheother,thatofthesilkyarn
processingindustrieswithregardtotheirsupplieson
favourableterms;whereasaquotadutyof2-5%
couldbestmeettheabovementioned requirements ;
Whereasthetrendsinimportsduringrecentyears
suggestthattheimportrequirementsfortheyarnsin
questionmightbeintheregionof90tonnesfor
1983iwhereastheopeningofaCommunitytariff
quotaofthatvolumeisunlikelytoharmCommunity
production;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandtheratelaidWhereas,inviewofthesefactorsandoftheforecasts
whichitispossibletomake,theinitialpercentage
sharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressed:
Bénélux 1.56
Denmark 1.56
Germany 7.82
Greece 1.56
France 15.62
Ireland 1.56
Italy 62.50
UnitedKingdom 7.82
Whereas,totakeaccountoffuturetrendsinimports
oftheproductinquestioninthevariousMember
States,thequotashouldbedividedintotwoinstal­
ments,thefirstbeingdistributedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondtoformareserveintendedto
coveranysubsequentrequirementsofMemberStates
whohaveuseduptheirinitialshares;whereasin
ordertoensureacertaindegreeofsecurityforimpor­
tersofeachMemberStatethefirstinstalmentshould
inthiscasebe71%ofthetotalquota;
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
rates;whereas,therefore,toavoiddisruptionof
supplies,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedup
itsinitialshareshoulddrawasupplementary share
fromthereserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateaseachoneofitssupplementary shares
isalmostusedup,andasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandsupplementary shares
mustbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
collaboration betweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,andtheCommissionmustbeinaposi­
tiontofollowtheextenttowhichthetariffquotahas
beenusedupandinformtheMemberStatesaccord­
ingly;

Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityoftheinitialshareisleftoverin
aMemberState,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantpercentagethereoftothe
reserve,soastoavoidapartoftheCommunitytariff
quotaremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenit
couldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperation
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1983theauto­
nomousdutyoftheCommonCustomsTariffforyarn
entirelyofsilk,otherthanyarnofnoilorotherwaste
silk,notputupforretailsale,fallingwithinheading
Noex50.04,shallbesuspendedat2-5%withina
Communitytariffquotaof90tonnes.
2.Withinthelimitsofthetariffquotareferredto
inparagraph1,Greeceshallapplydutiescalculatedin
accordancewiththerelevantprovisionsoftheActof
Accessionof1979.
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentof64tonnesofthisCommu­
nitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongtheMember
States;MemberStates'shares,which,subjectto
Article5,shallbevaliduntil31December 1983s^a"
beasfollows:
(tonnes)
Benelux 1
Denmark 1
Germany 5
Greece 1
France 10
Ireland 1
Italy 40
UnitedKingdom 5
2.
tute
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberStatesinitialshare
asspecifiedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminustheportionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5is
applied,hasbeenusedup,thatMc'rtberStateshall
forthwith,bynotifyingtheComr.-isiion ,drawa
secondshareequalto10%ofthisinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextwhole
number,totheextentpermittedbytheamountofthe
reserve.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
inaccordancewiththeconditionssetoutinpara­
graph1,drawathirdshareequsito5%ofitsinitial
share.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
inaccordancewiththesameconditions,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserve
isusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,MemberStatesmaydrawlowersharesthanthose
specifiedthereiniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedup.Theyshall
informtheCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplying
thisparagraph.
Article4
Supplementary sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1983-
Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1983,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September1983,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturn
alargerquantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
suchquantitymightnotbeused.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1October198'3,ofthetotalquantitiesofsilk
yarnimporteduptoandincluding15September
1983andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotaand
ofanyportionoftheirinitialsharereturnedtothe
reserve.
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.Thesecondinstalmentof26tonnesshallconsti-
thereserve. Article6

-3-
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
October1983oftheamountinthereserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reserveislimitedtothebalanceavailableandtothis
endshallspecifytheamountthereoftotheMember
Statemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestion "" have
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productinquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhentheproductisenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesfor
freecirculation.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttheCommissionsrequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1983.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels.1982.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

DRAFT
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforyarn,spunentirelyfromwastesilkotherthannoK,r.otputupfor
retailsale,fallingwithinsubheading50.05AoftheCominonCustomsTariff
(1983)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ,Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimporters,andtheratelaid
downforthetariffquotashouldbeappliedconsist­
entlytoallimportsoftheproductinquestionuntil
thequotaisusedup;whereasasystemofutilization
oftheCommunitytariffquotabasedonanallocation
betweentheMemberStatesconcernedwould,inthe
lightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,appear
consistentwiththeCommunitynatureofthequota;
Whereasyarnspunfromwastesilkisproducedinthe
Community ;whereas,althoughthatproduction
shouldcoveralltheCommunityrequirements by
reasonofitsoverallvolume,thisdoesnotapplywith
regardtoyarnspunentirelyfromwastesilk;whereas
thereisasaresult,aninsufficientsupplyinthe
Community ;
Whereas,consequently ,Communitysuppliesofthose
qualitiesofyarndependtoaconsiderableextenton
imports;whereasfullapplicationoftheCommon
CustomsTariffdutywouldresultinthoseproducts
beingsubjectedtoaconsiderablecustomscharge
whileproductsmanufactured fromsilkyarnface
powerfulcompetitionfromsimilarproductsmanufac­
turedfromothermaterial;whereasaninsufficient
supply,addedtocompetitionatfinishedproductlevel,
mighthaveadverseeffectsontheCommunity's
processingindustries;
WhereastheCommonCustomsTariffdutyapplicable
toimportsoftheyarnspunfromwastesilkinques­
tionis3*2Vo;whereas,whenfixingthequotaduty,it
isappropriatetotakeintoaccount,ontheonehand,
thesituationoftheCommunityindustryproducing
yarnspunfromwastesilkand,ontheother,thatof
theindustriesprocessingyarnspunfromwastesilk
withregardtotheirsuppliesonfavourableterms;
whereasazeroquotadutycouldbestmeettheabove-
mentionedrequirements ;
Whereasthetrendsinimportsinrecentyearssuggest
thatCommunityimportrequirementsfortheyarnsin
questionmightbeintheregionof2'QDtonnesfor
198^;whereastheopeningofaCommunitytariff
quotaofthatvolumeisunlikelytoharmCommunity
production ;Whereasinviewofthesefactorsandoftheforecasts
whichitispossibletomake,theinitialpercentage
sharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressedapproxi­
matelyasfollows:
Bénélux 0.63
Denmark Q63
Germany 3-74
Greece 0.63
France 12.50
Ireland 0.63
Italy 62.50
UnitedKingdom17.74
Whereas,totakeaccountoffuturetrendsinimports
oftheproductinquestioninthevariousMember
Statesthequotashouldbedividedintotwoinstal­
ments,thefirstbeingdistributedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondtoformareserveintendedto
coveranysubsequentrequirements ofMemberStates
whohaveuseduptheirinitialshares;whereasin
ordertoensureacertaindegreeofsecurityforimpor­
tersofeachMemberStatethefirstinstalmentshould
befixedatapproximately80O/,°tota'quota;
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
rates;whereas,therefore,toavoiddisruptionof
supplies,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedup
itsinitialshareshoulddrawasupplementary share
fromthereserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeach
MemberStateaseachoneofitssupplementary shares
isalmostusedup,andasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandsupplementary shares
mustbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;

-2-
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
collaboration betweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,andtheCommissionmustbeinaposi­
tiontofollowtheextenttowhichthetariffquotahas
beenusedupandinformtheMemberStatesaccord­
ingly;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityoftheinitialshareisleftoverin
aMemberState,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantpercentagethereoftothe
reserve,soastoavoidapartoftheCommunitytariff
quotaremainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhenit
couldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperation
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1."From1Januaryto31December1983theauto­
nomousdutyoftheCommonCustomsTariffforyarn
spunentirelyfromwastesilkotherthannoil,notput
upforretailsale,fallingwithinsubheading50.05A,
shallbetotallysuspendedwithinaCommunitytariff
quotaof200tonnes.
2.Withinthelimitsofthetariffquotareferredto
inparagraph 1,Greeceshallapplydutiescalculatedin
accordancewiththerelevantprovisionsofthe1979
ActofAccession .
Article2
1.Afirstinstalmentof160tonnesofthisCommu­
nitytariffquotashallbeallocatedamongtheMember
States;MemberStates'shares,which,subjectto
Article5,shallbevaliduntil31December1983/hall
beasfollows:
(tonnes)
Benelux 1
Denmark 1
Germany 6
Greece 1
France 20
Ireland 1
Italy 100
UnitedKingdom 30
2.Thesecondinstalmentof4Ctonnesshallconsti­
tutethereserve.Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberStatesinitialshare
asspecifiedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5is
applied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall
forthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawa
secondshareequalto10%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextwhole
number,totheextentpermittedbytheamountofthe
reserve.
2.Ifafteritsinitialshareshasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
inaccordancewiththeconditionssetoutinpara­
graph1,drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitial
share.
3.Ifafteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
inaccordancewiththesameconditions,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserve
isusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,MemberStatesmaydrawlowersharesthanthose
specifiedthereiniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedup.Theyshall
informtheCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplying
thisparagraph.
Article4
Supplementary sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3
shallbevaliduntil31December1983.
Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereservenotlater
than1October1983theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September1983,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturn
alargerquantityiftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
suchquantitymightnotbeused.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1October1983,ofthetotalquantitiesofyarn
spunentirelyfromwastesilkimporteduptoand
including15September1983andchargedagainstthe
Communityquotaandofanyportionoftheirinitial
sharereturnedtothereserve.

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Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
October1983oftheamountinthereserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reserveislimitedtothebalanceavailableandtothis
endshallspecifytheamountthereoftotheMember
Statemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
suchaccumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquo.ta.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportsofthe
productinquestion have
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productinquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhen
theproductisenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesfor
freecirculation .
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission srequ^t,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
198'3.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,1982.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident