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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)585 final
Brussels,20October1981
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION _(EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration
ofCommunitytariffquotas'forcertaintextileproducts
fallingwithinheadingNos55.05and55.09andsubheading
ex58.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff,comingfrom
Turkey(1982)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )\
.V
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C0M(81)585final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Asaresultofnegotiations withTurkeyontheadjustmentstobemade'
totheAssociation AgreementbetweenthatcountryandtheCommunityand
.theAdditionalProtocol/totakeaccountofnewMemberStates,the
CommunitysignedinAnkaraon30June1973aSupplementary Protocolwhich
enterintoforceonceithasbeenratified., yj'
Inthemeantime,theCommunityhasconcludedanInterimAgreementwhich
,intheoryrunsonlyfortheperiod'priortotheentryinforceofthis
.Supplementary Protocolinordertoimplement,from1January1974,cer­
tainprovisionsofthatProtocolrelatingtotradeingoods.
-Atthemomentit.isnotpossibletoknow"ifthetariffmeasureslaid
downbytheseAgreementsinTurkey'sfavour,shouldbegivenfor1982
onthebasisoftheSupplementary ProtocolortheInterimAgreement. ■
TheprovisionsoftheannexedRegulations'arebasedonthe^Interim .
'-Agreement andshouldthusbe'modifiediftheSupplementary Protocol
entersintoforceon1.,January19821 ■>- .
2.Intheabovemeritioned Supplementary ProtocolandInterimAgreement,'
provisionismadeinparticularinrespectoftextileproductsfor
theopeningofthefollowingannualCommunitytari'ffquotas,subject •
totheconditionslaiddownforeachproduct: .'.'
CCTheading
No'J.DescriptionAnnualtariff
*quotaQuota
duty
55.05
55.09"' s ί
Cottonyarn,notputupfor
retaiIsale../.
Otherwovenfabricsofcot-
ton .390tonnes
-1-:'
1,390tonnes75%re-
.·duction
-75%re-
duction

-2-
Theyalsodeterminefortheseproductstheallocation amongtheMember
Statesoftheannualtariffquotasfortext*leproducts.Thisallocation
isasfollows : '
Cottonyarn(headingNo55.05) ••
Community-asoriginallyconstituted '300tonnes
Denmark * 40tonnes
Ireland .. 10tonnes
UnitedKingdom. 40tonnes
>! '
-V* _ *
,* •■
Otherwovenfabricsofcotton(headingNo55.09)•
Communityasoriginallyconstituted '1000tonnes
Denmark 20tonnes
Ireland . •. ■;_.10tonnes
UnitedKingdom ■' . 360tonnes
Whilearticle14oftheSupplementary Protocolfixessuchanallocation
foraperiodendingat1July1977,theInterimAgreementfixesno
limittothisspecial'allocation,Whilecouldbeduetotheinitially
limitedperiodofvalidity -oftheInterimAgreementapplyingin
'•..../i'anticipatedapplication someoftheprovisionsoftheSupplementary
Protocol. -
Theendofthetransitional periodfixedbytheActofAdhesionon
1July1977hasledtheCommission -to.reflect''on.thequestionof
thisallocation^whichhasresultedinthe^&roposal'tohaveacommon-;
systemofadministrationoftheabove..tariff^/ijuota.sinvolving,ineach
.case,theopening "of.asingle;quota?'quantity'ii,i~vided' bet.weenthe'Member
Statesaccordingtotheusu&lVcriteirvala'n^t^^creation .'of'asingle •
Communityreserveopentoal^^ernber,iiStatesv;:3 ^-/•' ■''/•
Another^problemarisesinconnectionwiththesizeof.thequotasto
openedfor1982,inviewofthedecisiontaken.bytheAssociation .
.CouncilduringJune1973tograntTurkey -treatment -asfavourableas
thatgrantedtocountriesbenefiting "from,generalizedtariffprefe­
rences.-■■ ; ^•''L"., :•

Asthedecisions ontoesystemtobeappliedtothedeveloping countries
willnot"betakenuptilverylateth.isyesr,"thepresentCommission pro­
posal .for1982tafces -accountforthecalculation ofquotaamounts,of
thegeneralized systemofpreference schema(textilesector)asproposed
bytheCommission . ' ■'''•-:
Onthisbasis,thevolume'of-theCommunitytariffquotastobeopened
for1982for,Turk.eyshouldcorrespondtothosefor1981,thatis
-forcottonyarn 1.099tonnes '
-foroihercottoncloth ' 2587tonnes ".
...-forcarpets •^' 198tonnes
Itgoeswithoutsayingthatthesevolumes'shouldbeadjustedifthe
finaldecisiontaken'inthegeneralized systemof.preferences does
notcorrespond ,tothesystemproposed.'-.. :-v.v/•
Inaddition,,theCommissionisawarethatthisconcession couldbe
modifiedinthecontextofregistrations tobeundertaken "withTurkey.
Whileawaiting a-finaldecisionthis.proposalconstitutes aninstrument
torespecttheCommunities 'contractua Iengagements .v
Thus,the.Commission reservestherighttomodifythis"proposalduring
theproceduretoadaptitifnecessary ,totheresultofthenegocia?
tions.-.J■;v 'vv.-''' 1' \
Asregardthe.economicinformation tobeusedindetermining thebasis,
fortheproposedallocationofthetariff ,quotasconcerned,itshould
beremarkedthat,theyshouldbebasedprincipally onMemberStates'
imports>actualandestimated,specificallyoriginating inorcoming
fromTurkeyforthecategoriesofproductsconsidered .
Thus,although'it hasbeenpossible ,todrawuptheappropriate informa­
tionfortheyears1978to1980,nevertheless becauseofthe-irregularity
notedinimportsduri.igthosereferenceyears,ithasnotnecessarily
beenpossibletodeduceanyfirmbasisofassessment .Forthisreason,
asitiscustomary,the*quotavolumesattributedtotheoriginal
Communityhavebeen^dividedintotwotranches,thefirst-tranche being
allocated amongtheMemberStates,and'thesecondheldasareserveto
coveranyadditional rcq"ir,6mei ;-!;s-whichmightcome.tolightinthose
MemberStates.I ..'■'-.A

fc?>-thescj.nereasonsheinitialvolumesallocatedtotheMemberStates
useeintheproposalsarethesameasin,198l. ._
TheProposalforaRegulationontextileproductsprovidesfor.asingle
methodofcountingimportsagainstquotasharesintheMemberStates
concerned/namelyasandwhentheyareenteredforhomeuse.

PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariffquotasfor
certaintextileproductsfallingwithinheadingNos55.05and55.09'andsubheadingex
58.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginTurkey(1982)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinpartipularArti­
cle113thereof,,
I
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommis­
sion,
Whereas,pendingtheentryintoforceoftheSupple­
mentaryProtocolsignedinAnkaraon30June1973
containingtheadjustmentstobemadetotheAgree­
mentestablishinganAssociationbetweentheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityandTurkeyandtothe
AdditionalProtocol(')consequentontheaccession
ofnewMemberStates,theCommunityhasunder­
taken,inanInterimAgreement(2)whichrunsonly
fortheperiodpriortotheentryintoforceofthis
Supplementary Protocolwhichisapplicableuntil31
December1974butwhichhasbeenextendedfor,
1982accordancewitlfthetermslaiddowninArti­
cle13thereof,toimplementcertainprovisionsof
theSupplementary Protocolrelatingtotradein
goods;whereas,underArticle6ofthisInterim
AgreementamendingArticle1ofAnnex2tothe
AdditionalProtocol,theCommunitymustreduce
by75%thecustomsdutiesonimportsfromTurkey
ofcertaintextileproductsfallingwithinheading
Nos55.05and55.09oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,withinthelimitofannualCommunitytariff
quotasof390tonnesforcottonyarnand1390
tonnesforwovenfabricsofcotton;whereastheabove-
mentionedArticle6allocates-theseCommunity
tariffquotasasfollows:1tutedandthethreenewMemberStatesuntil1July
1977;whereas,moreover,followingtheendofthe
transitionalperiodlaiddowninArticle39oftheAct
ofAccession,itisnecessarytocreateacommonsys­
temofadministration ofthetariffquotasconcerned,
consistingineachcaseoftheopeningofasingle
iquotadividedbetweenalltheMemberStates
accordingtotheusualcriteriaandthecreation
ofasingleCommunityreserve,opentoall
MemberStates;
Whereasitisdesirabletoprovideforaprovisional
adjustmentofthetariffadvantagesforthesegoods
consistingofatotalsuspensionofthecustoms
dutiesoftheCommonCustomsTariffandanin­
creaseinthequotas;whereasthevolumesofthe
quotastobeopenedfor1982aretherefore 1099
tonnesforcottonyarnand2587tonnesforother
wovenfabricsofcotton;,
WhereaspursuanttoArticle1ofAnnex2tothe
AdditionalProtocoltogetherwithArticle2ofthe
InterimAgreement,forthedurationof1982inparti­
cular,theCommunitymustpartiallyreducethe
dutiesapplicableinrespectofthirdcountriestocar­
pets,carpetingandrugs,knotted(madeupornot)
ofwooloroffineanimalhair(excludinghandmade
carpets,carpetingandrugs)importedfromTurkey;
whereasitalsoappearsadvisabletoimprovethis,
tariffadvantageprovisionally bymeansofatotal
suspensionofthedutiesapplicabletotheproducts
inquestionwithinaCommunitytariffquotafixed
ataprovisionallevelof198tonnesfor1982;
–forcottonyarn:,
–300tonnestotheCommunityasoriginallycon­
stituted,40tonnestoDenmark,10tonnestoIre­
landand40tonnestotheUnitedKingdom;.
–forwovenfabricsofcotton:!;
1000tonnestotheCommunityasoriginallycon­
stituted,20tonnestoDenmark,10tonnestoIre­
landand360tonnestotheUnitedKingdom;
WhereasArticle14ofthesaidSupplementary Proto­
colonlyprovidesforsuchanallocationoftariff
quotasbetweentheCommunityasoriginallyconsti-
(')OJNoL293,29.12.1972,p.4.
(2)OJNoL277,3.10.1973,p.2.Whereas,itisnecessarytoguaranteetoallCommu­
nityimportersequalanduninterrupted accesstothe
abovementioned quotasanduninterruptedapplica­
tionoftheratelaiddownforthosequotastoallim­
portsoftheproductconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereasin
thelightoftheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotascanbestbere­
spectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquotas
amongtheMemberStates;whereas,inordertore­
flectmostaccuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthe
marketfortheproductsconcerned,suchallocation
shallbeinproportiontotheneedsoftheMember
States,assessedbyreferencebothtothestatisticsof
eachState'simportsfromTurkeyoverarepresenta­
tiveperiodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthe
quotaperiodconcerned;whereas,inspiteofthe
limitedneedforimportsfromTurkeyofthe

productsconcernsa>shownbytr.estatisticsfor
the-majorityoftheMemberStatesuieCommunity
charaetefcftheiariffquotaseefifep.nedglwuidbe
safeguardedbymakingprovisionstocoverneeds
whichmightariseirtheseMemberStates;WhereasimportsintothevariousMemberStates
fromTukeywereasfollowsduringthepastthree
yearsforwhiehcompletestatictiesareavailable:
1972 197919S0
Tonnes %Tonnes %Tonnes %
Cottonyam
Benelux -1256517-50 1577419-Ç2¿520 5.09
Denmark 1-20-01 24-40-03 14 0.03
Germany 2795138-9429172·36-2921973 44.37
France 27973-9023572-93¿650í,.■ ■5.35
Ireland - 246-50-34 5570-722087>·:ν/f.0.18
Italy 22288-731-042690933-47136::44.66
UnitedKingdom 59398-27 55776-942140.i,4.32
70788-4100 80390-410049520 100
Otherwovenfabrics .:· v'
ofcotton290Benelux 53733-08 16512-55 0.66
Denmark 0-40-02 0-60-044210.01
Germany 43726-92 29822-67351 96.13
France 1619-92 27020-54270 0.61
Ireland 10-06 36-52-78 0 0
Italy 29518-17 249-618-981028 2.33
UnitedKingdom 19211-83 295.22-44115 0.26
1623-4100 1314-7100.44055 100·
Whereasaccordingtotheinformationsuppliedby
Greeceitsimportsofthesetextileproductsfrom
Turkeyhavebeennilduringthepastthreeyears.
Whereasinviewofthesefiguresandforeseeable
markettrendsfortheproductsconcernedduring
1982theinitialsharesmaybefixedapproximately
atthefollowingpercentages :
Cotton
yarnOtherwoven
fabricsof
cotton
Benelux 15-69 19-57
Denmark 8-43 '1-77
Germany "·34-89 14-70
Greece 2-58 2-43
France .4-22 22-00
Ireland \■2-22 0-91
Italy- 23-42 7-30
UnitedKingdom 8-55 31-32
Whereasinordertotakeintoaccounttheuncer­
taintyoftheimporttrendsfortheproductscon­
cernedintheMemberStates,thequotavolumes
shouldbedividedintotwoinstalments,thefirstin­
stalmentbeingallocatedtotheMemberStates,and
thesecondheldasareserveintendedultimatelyto
covertherequirements ofthoseMemberStates
whichhaveuseduptheirinitialshares;whereas,in
ordertoensureacertaindegreeofsecuritytoim­porters,thefirstinstalmentshouldbedeterminedat
.arelativelyhighlevel,which,underpresentcircum­
stances,maybeabout80%ofeachquotavolume;
\
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMember
Statesmaybeusedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,
inordertotakethisfactintoaccountandavoidany
breakincontinuity,itisimportantthatanyMember
Statehavingusedupalmostthewholeofoneofits
initialquotasharesshoulddrawanadditionalquo­
tasharefromthecorresponding reserve;whereas,
thismustbedonebyeachMemberStateasand
wheneachofitsadditionalquotasharesisalmost
entirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmanytimesas
eachofthereservesallows;whereaseachoftheini­
tialandadditionalquotasharesmustbeavailable
foruseuntijtheendofthequotaperiod;whereas
thismethodofadministration callsforclosecooper­
ationbetweenMemberStatesandtheCommission ,
whichmust,inparticular,beabletoobservetheex­
tenttowhichthequotaamountisus.:uandinform
MemberStatesthereof;
Whereas,ataspecifieddateinthequota'period,a
considerable balanceremainsinoneorotherMem­
berStateitisessentialthatthatMemberStatepays
apercentageofitbackintothecorresponding re­
serve,inordertopreventapartofoneorotherof
theCommunityquotasfromremainingunusedin
oneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;

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WhereastheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedinandrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerningthe
administration ofsharesgrantedtotheabovemen-
tionedeconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December19S2,Commu­
nitytariffquotasshallbeopenedforthefollowing ,
productscomingfromTurkey,asshownbelow:
CCT
heading
NoDescription Quota(tonnes)
55.05 Cottonyarn,notputup
forretailsale ■ 1099
55.09 Otherwovenfabricsof·
cotton 2587
58.01 Carpets,carpetingand
rugs(madeupornot)
exA.Ofwooloroffine
animalhairexclud-
inghandmadecar-
pets,carpetingand
rugs 198
2.ThedutiesoftheCommonCustomsTariffare
totallysuspendedforthesetariffquotas.,
Withinthecontextofthesetariffquotas,Greece
shallapplycustomsdutiescalculatedinaccordance
withtheprovisionsofArticle117ofthe1979Actof
Accession
Artide2
1.Afirstinstalmentofeachofthequotasreferred
toinArticle1(1),whichshallbe854tonnesforcot­
tonyarnnotputupforretailsale,2095tonnesfor
otherwovenfabricsofcottonand163tonnesfor
■carpets,carpetingandrugsofwooloroffineanimal
hair,shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;the
shareswhich,subjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil
31December19&>,shallbeasfollows: _
(tonnes)
MemberStatesCCTheadingNo
' 55.05 55.09ex58.01A
Benelux 134..410 .15
Denmark 7237 15
Germany 298308 38
Greece 2251'4
France 36461 27
Ireland 19192
Italy 200-153 19
UnitedKingdom 73656 43
8542095163.2.Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,amount­
ingto245,492and35tonnesrespectively,shall
makeupthecorresponding reserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofoneofanyMemberState's
initialshares,aslaiddowninArticle2(1)or90%of
thatsharelesstheamountreturnedintothecorres­
pondingreserve,whereArticle5hasbeenapplied,
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallwithout
delay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawasecond
shareinthequotaequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate ,to
theextentthattheamountinthereserveallows.
2.If,afteroneorotherofitsinitialshareshas
beenusedup,90%ormoreofthesecondshare
drawnbyoneoftheMemberStateshasbeenused
up,thatMemberStateshall,inthemannerprovided
forinparagraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%
ofitsinitialshare. '
3.If,afteroneorotherofitssecondshareshas
beenusedup,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawn
byaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thelatter
shall,inthesamemanner,drawafourthshareequal
tothethird.
Thisprocedureshallbefolloweduntilthereserve
hasbeenexhausted. ,
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2,and3,Mem­
berStatesmaydrawsmajlersharesthanthbsefixed
inthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelievethat
thosesharesmightnotbeusedup.Theyshallin­
formtheCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplying
thisparagraph.
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1982.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1OctoberJ982,theunusedportionof
theirinitialsharewhich,on15September1982,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayre­
turnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbeliev­
ingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1982,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalimportsofthe
productsconcernedeffectedundertheCommunity
quotasuptoandincluding15September1982,and,

whereappropriatetheproportionofeachoftheir
initialsharesthattheyarereturi.:ngtoeachofthe
reserves ! .2.:MemberStatesshallensureforimportersofthe
productsconcerned,establishedintheirterritory,
freeaccesstotheshare*allocatedtothem.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountoftheshares
openedbyMemberStatesinaccordancewithArti­
cles2and3,andshallinformeachofthemofthe
extenttowhichthereserveshavebeenusedassoon
asitreceivesthenotifications .3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoods
areenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfreecircula­
tion. .' '
4.-TheextenttowhichtheMemberStates'shares
havebeenusedupshallbeestablishedonthebasis
ofimportscountedinaccordancewithparagraph
Itshall,notlaterthan5October1982,notifythe
MemberStatesofthestateofeachofthereserves
afterthereturnofsharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatanydrawingwhichusesupare­
serveislimitedtothebalanceavailableand,forthis
purpose,shallspecifytheamountthereoftothe
MemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing;Article8
Onreceipt-ofarequestfromtheCommission ,Mem­
berStatesshallinformitofimportsoftheproducts
concernedactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
Article7TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
,eratecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulation
isrespected. •
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethat,whenadditionalsharesaredrawn
pursuanttoArticle3,itispossibleforimportstobe
countedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumu­
latedsharesoftheCommunitytariffquotas.• Article20
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
198?.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States. *
DoneatBrussels,1981.FortheCouncil
ThePresident