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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(74)1517 final
Brussels ,25September1974
Proposalfora
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration
ofaCommunitytariffquotaforotherwovenfabricsof
cottonfallingwithinheadingNo55.09oftheCommon
CustomsTarifforiginatinginIsrael
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
C0M(74)1517final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Article2ofth£Agreement 'atpresent inforce "between
the Flwronfian Economic Community
and Israel ,read with Article 3ofAnnex Ithereto ,provides for
theopening ofCommunity tariff quota of300 tons for the
importation into theCommunity ofother cotton fabrics ,originating
inIsrael ,falling within theTariff Heading No55«09 «
2.These provisions apply only tothesixoriginal Member States ,since
the "Protocol fixing certain provisions relating totheAgreement
between theEuropean Economic Community andIsrael inconsequence
oftheAccession ofthenewMember States totheEuropean Economic
Community "of30January 1973 (OJNoL66,13March 1973 )provides
that asregards thenewMember States thesituation shall remain as
before .TheProtocol also provides "'that thecontracting parties are
tolaydown before 1January 197^thetransitional measures and
adjustements which may appear necessary following the accession of
the new Member States .
InJuly 1973 »theCommunity opened negotiations with Israel with a
view toconcluding ,by1January 197^»anewAgreement toreplace
the1970 Agreement .However ,inview ofthepresent state ofthese
negotiations ,itisbynomeans certain that theAgreement could
enter into force on1January 1975 butrather onalater date which
mifht well 'bewithin thefirst half of1975 •
3*Inview oftheforegoing ,theCommission believes that thepossible
necessity should beprovided forofopening atariff quota ,under the
current Agreement ,infavour ofIsrael .Consequently ,therelevant
tariff quota should beopened by1January 1975 andtherefore
approved bytheCouncil before 1November 1975 .
Itistherefore necessary toinitiate theprocedures foropening
therelevant tariff quota »
Ho ;ever ,invie 1-*ofthepossj_W.e entry into force ofanewAgreement itis
proposed toconfine theperiod ofvalidity ofthis Community tariff quota for
theyear 1975 totheperiod not-covered bythenewAgreement *
1'liip if?theoo.iect ofthepronosal annexed hereto .

2
TheRegulations provide ,intheusual way ,for thesplitting upof
the tariff volumes into two parts ,ofwhich the first will be
allocated among theMember States asquota shares and thesecond
will bekept asreserve .
.)
5.The allocation ofthe first part ofeach quota has been undertaken
according tothe rules generally applied hitherto .The total
imports ofeach Member State for 197^to1973 have been
expressed asaproportion oftotal Community imports over the same
period .The resulting percentages have been applied State by
State tothe volume ofthe first part ,the last digit ofthe
number ofmetric tons bein*' rounded off .
6.Theproposed Regulation onother cotton fabrics provides fora
single method ofadministration ,tobeapplied byall Member
States ,namely the "asandwhen "method .

Proposalfora
REGULATION (EEC)No...OFTHECOUNCIL
of
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
forotherwovenfabricsofcottonfallingwithinheadingNo55.09oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginIsrael
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
Having'regard totheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandinparticularArticle113
thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEcono­
micCommunityandtheStateofIsrael,signedat
Luxembourgon29June1970,providesinArticle2(1)?"taken
togetherwithArticle3ofAnnexI,fortheopeningby
the"CornmunityofanannualCommunitytariffquota
of300jmetrictonsofotherwovenfabricsofcotton
fallingwithinheadingNo55.09oftheCommon
CustomsTarifforiginatinginIsrael;whereaspursu­
anttoArticle1ofthesaidAnnexthequotadutyis
equalto50%oftheCommonCustomsTariffduty
inrespectoftheproductconcerned;whereastherefore
aCommunitytariffquotaof300metrictonsatduty
ratesof6-5%,7%,7%and7-5%forproducts
fallingwithinsubheadingNos55.09AI,AII,BIand
BIIrespectivelyshouldbeopenedfor1975";
WhereastheCommunitytariffquotain
rruestionshouldheopenedfortheyear
19755aridwhereas,however,becauseof
thepossibility oftheentryintoforce
(hiring1975ofanewAgreementinthis
regardbetweentheEuropea.nEconomic
Communityand.Israel,itisnecessary
toconfinetheperiodofvalidityof
thistariffquotatosuchperiodasis
notcovered "bythenewAgreement ;

Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersand
therateoflevyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistentlytoallimportsoftheproductinquestion
untilthequotaisusedup;whereasaCommunity
tariffarrangementbasedonanallocationbetween
theMemberStateswouldseemtopreservethe
Communitynatureofthequota;whereastorepresent
ascloselyaspossibletheactualdevelopmentofthe
marketintheproductinquestiontheallocationshould
followproportionately therequirementsoftheMember
Statescalculatedfrombothstatisticsofimportsfrom
Israelduringarepresentativereferenceperiodandthe
economicoutlookforthetariffperiodinquestion;
Whereas,duringthepastthreeyearsforwhichstatistics
areavailable,thecorrespondingimportsbyeachof
theMemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercentages
oftheimportsintotheCommunityfromIsraelofthe
productsconcerned:
1971 19721973
Germany89-994-589.8
Bénélux I0-50.1
France 12-52-54.6
Italy7-62-55Ô
Whereas,inviewofthesefiguresandof"theestimates
submittedbycertainMemberStates,initialquotas
maybefixedapproximately atthefollowingpercent­
ages:
Germany ■88.9
Bénélux 1«3
France 4«5
Italy 5*3
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsin
thevariousMemberStatesfortheproductsconcerned,
eachquotavolumeshouldbedividedintotwo
tranches,thefirstbeingallocatedamongsttheMember
Statesandthesecondheldasareservetocoverata
laterdatetherequirementsofMemberStateswho
haveuseduptheirinitialshares;whereastogive
importerssomecertaintythefirsttrancheofeach
Communitytariffquotacouldbefixedatapproximately
75i°ofthequo+aamounts;
WhereastheinitialsharesoftheMemberStates
may"beusedupatdifferingrates;.whereas,
therefore,toavoiddisruption

ofsupplies ,anyMember State which hasalmost
used upitsinitial share should draw anaddi­
tional share from the reserve ;whereas this must
"bedone "byeach Member State aseach ofitsaddi­
tional shares isalmost used up,and asmany times
asthereserve allows ;whereas each initial and
additional share must bevalid until the end of
thequota period ;whereas this form ofadmini­
stration requires close collaboration between
theMember -States andtheCommission ,andthe
Commission must beinaposition tofollow the
extent towhich thetariff ?quotas have been used ,
upandinform theMember States thereof ;
Whereas if,atagiven date inthequota period ,
asubstantial proportion ofaMember State 's
initial share remains unused itisessential
that that Member State return asignificant
percentage thereof tothereserve ,inorder to
prevent apart oftheCommunity quota from
remaining unused in'oneMember State while it
could beused inothers ;Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgarejointlyrepresentedbytheBeneluxEconomic
Union,anymeasureconcerningtheadministration of
thesharesallocatedtothatEconomic Union may
becarried outbyoneofitsmembers ;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
From 1January 1975 until' 31 "Oeoarober 1
the Common Curctoms
Tariffdutiesinrespectoftheproductsoriginatingin
Israelsetoutinthetablebelowshallbepartially
suspendedattheratesindicatedforeachofthem,
[withinthelimitsofanoverallCommunitytariffquota
'■of300metrictons:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoodsRateof
duty
(%)
55.09Otherwovenfabricsofcotton:
A.Containing85%ormorebyweightofcottoni
I.Ofawidthoflessthan85cm65
II.Other7-0
B.Other:
I
II.Ofawidthoflessthan85cm 70
II.Other 7*5
Article2 Article3
1.Afirst tranche of225metric tons ofthe
Community tariff quota referred toinArticle 1
shall beallocated among theMember States .The
respective individual shares ,which subject to
Article 5shall bevalid until the end ofthe
period specified inArticle 1,shall beas
follows i
Germany200
Benelux 3
France10
Italy12metrictons
metrictons
metrictons
metrictons
2.Asecondtrancheof75metrictonsshallconstitute
thereserve .1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshare
asspecifiedinArticle2(1),orofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5is
applied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawa
secondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
upwherenecessarytothenextunittotheextentper­
mittedbytheamountofthereserve.
2.If,after itsinitial share hasbeen used
up,90%ormore ofthesecond share drawn by
aMember State hasbeen used up ,that Member
State shall ,inthemanner provided inpara­
graph 1,draw athird share ,equal to7•5/'°
ofitsinitial share ,rounded upwhere neces­
sary tothenext unit .

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3.If,after itssecond share has "been used up,
90%ormore ofthethird share drawn byaMember
State hasbeen used up,that Member State shall ,
inlike manner ,draw afourth share equal tothe
third .
.. ' ,
Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserve
•isusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs1to3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthosefixed
inthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelieving
thattheymaynotbeusedup.ItshallinformtheCom­
missionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.
Article4 <'
shares drawn pursuant toArticle 3
shall bevalid until theendoftheperiodspecified inArticle 1.
Article5
AMemberStatewhichon15September1973"hasnot
usedupitsinitialshareshallreturntothereservenot
laterthan10October1975theunusedportion
exceeding20%oftheinitialamount.Itmayreturna
greaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
itmaynotbeusedup.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October1975",
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
saidgoodsimporteduptoandincluding15September
1975"andchargedagainsttheCommunitytariffquota
and ofanyquantities oftheinitial
.share returned tothereserve .
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,inform
eachstateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
15October1975",oftheamountstillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.;Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupthere­
serveislimitedtothebalanceavailableandtothis
endshallspecifytheamountthereoftotheMember
Statemakingthelastdrawing.
Article 7
1•Member States shall take allmeasures
necessary toensure that additional shares
drawn pursuant toArticle 3areopened
insuch awaythat imports maybecharged
without interruption against their accumu­
lated shares intheCommunity quota .
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefree
accesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhensuchgoods
areenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshare'shallbedeterminedonthebasisofimports
chargedinaccordancewithparagraph3.
Article8
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallco­
operatecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulation
isobserved .
Article10
Intheevent that thepreferential tariff
arrangement forimports into theCommunity
ofproducts asspecified byArticle 1(l)
ismade thesubject ofanewAgreement
between theEuropean Economic Community
and the State ofIsrael and that the said
Agreement enters into force before 31
December 1974 this Regulation shall cease
tohave effect asonsuch date ofentry
into force .
Article 11
This Regulation shall enter into force
on 1January 1975•
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident