PRESERVED BY MAKING PROVISION FOR REQUIREMENTS WHICH MAY ARISE IN THIS MEMBER STATE ; WHEREAS , TO THIS END , THIS MEMBER STATE MAY PROCEED TO DRAW ADEQUATE SHARES FROM THE COMMUNITY RESERVE WHICH HAS BEEN SET UP ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO REFLECT AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE THE ACTUAL TREND OF THE MARKET IN QUESTION , THE INITIAL ALLOCATION MUST BE MADE IN PROPORTION TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF EACH OF THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNED , CALCULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATISTICAL DATA CONCERNING IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES DURING A REPRESENTATIVE REFERENCE PERIOD AND WITH ECONOMIC PROSPECTS FOR THE QUOTA PERIOD IN QUESTION ;
WHEREAS , SINCE THE ANIMALS IN QUESTION BELONG TO CERTAIN SPECIFIC BREEDS WHICH ARE NOT SPECIFIED AS SUCH IN THE STATISTICAL NOMENCLATURES OF THE MEMBER STATES , NO DATA ON IMPORTS PROVIDED BY THE MEMBER STATES COULD BE CONSIDERED TO BE SUFFICIENTLY ACCURATE AND REPRESENTATIVE TO BE USED AS A BASIS FOR THE ALLOCATION IN QUESTION ; WHEREAS THE EXTENT TO WHICH COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS FOR THOSE ANIMALS IN THE COMMUNITY AS ORIGINALLY CONSTITUTED HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED , AND THE ESTIMATES MADE BY CERTAIN MEMBER STATES ENABLE THE REQUIREMENTS OF EACH OF THEM AS REGARDS IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES FOR THE QUOTA PERIOD ENVISAGED TO BE ASSESSED AS FOLLOWS :
GERMANY10 000 HEAD , FRANCE3 900 HEAD , ITALY6 100 HEAD ; WHEREAS , IN THE ABSENCE OF PRECISE INFORMATION , THE NEEDS OF THE BENELUX COUNTRIES , THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND MAY BE ASSESSED AT 500 , 300 AND 200 HEAD RESPECTIVELY ;
WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE POSSIBLE TREND OF IMPORTS OF THE AFOREMENTIONED ANIMALS INTO THE SAID MEMBER STATES , THE QUOTA AMOUNT OF 38 000 HEAD SHOULD BE DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS , THE FIRST BEING ALLOCATED AMONG CERTAIN MEMBER STATES , THE SECOND FORMING A RESERVE INTENDED SUBSEQUENTLY TO COVER THE REQUIREMENTS OF THOSE MEMBER STATES WHEN THEIR INITIAL SHARES ARE EXHAUSTED AND REQUIREMENTS WHICH MAY ARISE WITHIN OTHER MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS IN ORDER TO ENSURE A CERTAIN DEGREE OF SECURITY FOR IMPORTERS IN THE AFOREMENTIONED MEMBER STATES , THE FIRST PART OF THE COMMUNITY QUOTA SHOULD BE DETERMINED AT A LEVEL WHICH , UNDER THE PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES , MAY BE APPROXIMATELY 50 % OF THE QUOTA AMOUNT ;
WHEREAS THE INITIAL SHARES OF THOSE MEMBER STATES MAY BE USED UP MORE OR LESS RAPIDLY ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO TAKE THIS FACT INTO ACCOUNT AND AVOID ANY BREAK IN CONTINUITY , IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THAT MEMBER STATE HAVING USED UP ALMOST THE WHOLE OF ITS INITIAL SHARE SHOULD DRAW AN ADDITIONAL SHARE FROM THE RESERVE ; WHEREAS THIS MUST BE DONE BY EACH OF THESE MEMBER STATES AS AND WHEN EACH OF ITS ADDITIONAL SHARES IS ALMOST ENTIRELY USED UP , AND REPEATED AS MANY TIMES AS THE RESERVE ALLOWS ; WHEREAS THE INITIAL AND ADDITIONAL SHARES MUST BE AVAILABLE UNTIL THE END OF THE QUOTA PERIOD ; WHEREAS SUCH METHOD OF