STATES ;
WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IMPORT TRENDS FOR THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED IN THE VARIOUS MEMBER STATES , THE QUOTA AMOUNT SHOULD BE DIVIDED INTO TWO INSTALMENTS , THE FIRST BEING SHARED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES AND THE SECOND CONSTITUTING A RESERVE TO COVER AT A LATER DATE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES WHICH HAVE USED UP THEIR INITIAL QUOTA SHARES ; WHEREAS IN ORDER TO GIVE IMPORTERS IN EACH MEMBER STATE A CERTAIN DEGREE OF SECURITY , THE FIRST INSTALMENT OF THE COMMUNITY QUOTA SHOULD UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES BE FIXED AT 93 % OF THE QUOTA VOLUME ;
WHEREAS THE MEMBER STATES ' INITIAL SHARES MAY BE USED UP AT DIFFERENT TIMES ; WHEREAS IN ORDER TO TAKE THIS FACT INTO ACCOUNT AND AVOID ANY BREAK IN CONTINUITY , ANY MEMBER STATE WHICH HAS ALMOST USED UP ITS INITIAL QUOTA SHARE SHOULD DRAW AN ADDITIONAL SHARE FROM THE RESERVE ; WHEREAS THIS MUST BE DONE BY EACH MEMBER STATE AS AND WHEN EACH OF ITS ADDITIONAL SHARES IS ALMOST USED UP , AND REPEATED AS MANY TIMES AS THE RESERVE ALLOWS ; WHEREAS THE INITIAL AND ADDITIONAL SHARES MUST BE VALID UNTIL THE END OF THE QUOTA PERIOD ; WHEREAS THE METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION REQUIRES CLOSE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION , AND THE LATTER MUST BE IN A POSITION TO MONITOR THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE QUOTA VOLUMES HAVE BEEN USED UP AND TO INFORM THE MEMBER STATES THEREOF ;
WHEREAS IF , AT A GIVEN DATE IN THE QUOTA PERIOD , A SUBSTANTIAL QUANTITY OF THE INITIAL SHARE REMAINS UNUSED IN ANY MEMBER STATE , IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THAT MEMBER STATE SHOULD RETURN A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION TO THE RESERVE TO PREVENT A PART OF ANY TARIFF QUOTA FROM REMAINING UNUSED IN ONE MEMBER STATE WHEN IT COULD BE USED IN OTHERS ;
WHEREAS , SINCE THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM , THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS AND THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG ARE UNITED IN AND REPRESENTED BY THE BENELUX ECONOMIC UNION , ANY OPERATION RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE QUOTA SHARES ALLOCATED TO THAT ECONOMIC UNION MAY BE CARRIED OUT BY ANY OF ITS MEMBERS ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ARTICLE 1
FROM 8 JUNE TO 31 JULY 1979 THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES FOR THE PRODUCTS LISTED BELOW , ORIGINATING IN CYPRUS , SHALL BE PARTIALLY SUSPENDED AT THE LEVELS SHOWN BELOW , WITHIN THE LIMITS OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF 7 000 TONNES :
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CCT HEADING NO // DESCRIPTION // RATE OF DUTY //
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08.04 // GRAPES , FRESH OR DRIED : //
// A . FRESH : //
// I . TABLE GRAPES : //
// EX A ) FROM 1 NOVEMBER TO 14 JULY : //
// - FROM 8 JUNE TO 14 JULY // 7.2 % //
// EX B ) FROM 15 JULY TO 31 OCTOBER : //
// - FROM 15 JULY TO 31