ALSO 4 % ;
WHEREAS IT IS IN PARTICULAR NECESSARY TO ENSURE EQUAL AND CONTINUOUS ACCESS FOR ALL COMMUNITY IMPORTERS TO THE ABOVEMENTIONED QUOTA , AND THE UNINTERRUPED APPLICATION OF THE QUOTA DUTIES , TO ALL IMPORTS OF THE ANIMALS IN QUESTION UNTIL THE QUOTA IS EXHAUSTED ; WHEREAS , HAVING REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES DEFINED ABOVE , THE COMMUNITY NATURE OF THE QUOTA CAN BE RESPECTED BY ALLOCATING THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA AMONG THE MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS POSSIBILITIES FOR THE USE OF SUCH MOUNTAIN BREEDS ARE , HOWEVER , LIMITED BY SPECIAL FACTORS , BOTH GEOGRAPHICAL AND ZOOTECHNICAL ; WHEREAS THE BENELUX COUNTRIES AND DENMARK DO NOT HAVE REGIONS SUITABLE FOR BREEDING THIS KIND OF CATTLE ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER IN VIEW OF SUCH SPECIAL FACTORS , THE COMMUNITY NATURE OF THE TARIFF QUOTA IN QUESTION SHOULD BE PRESERVED BY MAKING PROVISION FOR REQUIREMENTS WHICH MAY ARISE IN THESE MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS , TO THIS END , THESE MEMBER STATES 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 FRANCE 3 900 HEAD ITALY 6 100 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