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 75 % 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 CORRESPONDING 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 THIS 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 VOLUME HAS BEEN USED UP AND TO INFORM THE MEMBER STATES THEREOF ;
WHEREAS IF , AT A GIVEN DATE IN THE QUOTA PERIOD , A SUBSTANTIAL QUANTITY 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 1 APRIL TO 31 DECEMBER 1980 , THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTY FOR THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS , ORIGINATING IN CYPRUS , SHALL BE TOTALLY SUSPENDED WITHIN THE LIMITS OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF 375 TONNES .
CCT HEADING NO*DESCRIPTION*
08.04*GRAPES , FRESH OR DRIED : *
*B . DRIED : *
*I . IN IMMEDIATE CONTAINERS OF A NET CAPACITY OF 15 KILOGRAMS OR LESS*
ARTICLE 2
1 . THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 SHALL BE DIVIDED INTO TWO INSTALMENTS .
2 . A FIRST INSTALMENT AMOUNTING TO 280 TONNES SHALL BE ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES ; THE RESPECTIVE SHARES , WHICH SUBJECT TO ARTICLE 5 SHALL BE VALID UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1980 , SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS :
BENELUX : 8 TONNES
DENMARK : 8 TONNES
GERMANY : 16 TONNES
FRANCE : 8 TONNES
IRELAND : 8 TONNES
ITALY : 2 TONNES
UNITED KINGDOM : 230 TONNES
3 . THE SECOND INSTALMENT OF 95 TONNES SHALL CONSTITUTE THE RESERVE , TO WHICH ANY REMAINDERS EXISTING ON 31 MARCH 1980 OF THE