COMMUNITY NATURE OF THE QUOTA ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER THAT IT MAY CORRESPOND AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE TO THE ACTUAL TREND OF THE MARKET IN THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION , ALLOCATION OF THE QUOTA SHOULD BE IN PROPORTION TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES AS CALCULATED BY REFERENCE TO STATISTICS ON IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES DURING A REPRESENTATIVE REFERENCE PERIOD AND TO THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE YEAR COVERED BY THE QUOTA IN QUESTION ;
WHEREAS , FOR THE PAST THEREE YEARS FOR WHICH COMPLETE STATISTICS ARE AVAILABLE , THE IMPORTS OF EACH OF THE MEMBER STATES SHARING IN THE ABOVE ALLOCATION AMOUNTED TO THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF TOTAL IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION :
*1977*1978*1979*
BENELUX*14,41*14,78*13,05*
DENMARK*5,43*6,55*5,85*
GERMANY*27,85*25,28*25,64*
GREECE*1,77*1,66*1,16*
FRANCE*11,82*11,12*12,08*
IRELAND*1,85*1,94*1,76*
ITALY*0,49*0,89*1,03*
UNITED KINGDOM*38,15*39,44*39,43*
WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE AND OF THE FORESEEABLE TREND ON THE MARKET IN NEWSPRINT , IN GENERAL , AND OF COMMUNITY PRODUCTION IN PARTICULAR DURING 1981 THE INITIAL QUOTA MAY BE ALLOCATED APPROXIMATELY IN THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES :
BENELUX : 12,39
DENMARK : 7,28
GERMANY : 26,61
GREECE : 2,55
FRANCE : 12,03
IRELAND : 0,55
ITALY : 0,73
UNITED KINGDOM : 37,86
WHEREAS , TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF IMPORT TRENDS FOR THE PRODUCT CONCERNED , THE QUOTA SHOULD BE DIVIDED INTO TWO TRANCHES , THE FIRST BEING ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES AND THE SECOND HELD AS A RESERVE TO COVER SUBSEQUENTLY THE REQUIREMENTS OF MEMBER STATES WHICH HAVE EXHAUSTED THEIR INITIAL SHARES ; WHEREAS , TO GIVE IMPORTERS SOME DEGREE OF CERTAINTY AND YET ENABLE COMMUNITY PRODUCTION TO BE DISPOSED OF ON SATISFACTORY TERMS , THE FIRST TRANCHE OF THE QUOTA SHOULD BE FIXED AT ABOUT 94 % OF THE FULL AMOUNT ;
WHEREAS MEMBER STATES MAY EXHAUST THEIR INITIAL SHARES AT DIFFERENT RATES ; WHEREAS TO PROVIDE FOR THIS EVENTUALITY AND AVOID DISRUPTION OF SUPPLIES ANY MEMBER STATE WHICH HAS ALMOST USED UP ITS INITIAL SHARE SHOULD DRAW AN ADDITIONAL SHARE FROM THE RESERVE ; WHEREAS EACH TIME ITS ADDITIONAL SHARE IS ALMOST EXHAUSTED A MEMBER STATE SHOULD DRAW A FURTHER SHARE , AND SO ON AS MANY TIMES AS THE RESERVE ALLOWS ; WHEREAS THE INITIAL AND ADDITIONAL SHARES SHOULD BE VALID UNTIL THE END OF THE QUOTA PERIOD ; WHEREAS THIS FORM OF ADMINISTRATION REQUIRES CLOSE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION , AND THE LATTER MUST BE IN A POSITION TO KEEP ACCOUNT OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE QUOTA HAS BEEN USED UP AND TO INFORM THE MEMBER STATES ACCORDINGLY ;
WHEREAS IF AT A GIVEN DATE IN THE QUOTA PERIOD A CONSIDERABLE QUANTITY OF A MEMBER STATE'S INITIAL SHARE REMAINS UNUSED IT IS ESSENTIAL , TO PREVENT A PART OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FROM REMAINING UNUSED IN ONE MEMBER STATE WHILE IT COULD BE USED IN OTHERS , THAT SUCH STATE SHOULD RETURN A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION THEREOF TO THE RESERVE ;
WHEREAS , SINCE THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM , THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS AND THE GRAND DUCHY