UNTIL THE QUOTA IS EXHAUSTED , TO ALL GOODS RE-IMPORTED INTO ANY OF THE MEMBER STATES AND WHICH HAVE RECEIVED ONE OR OTHER OF THE TREATMENTS LISTED ABOVE ; WHEREAS , IN THE LIGHT OF THESE PRINCIPLES , ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE UTILIZATION OF THE QUOTA BASED ON AN ALLOCATION AMONG THE MEMBER STATES WOULD SEEM TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMUNITY CHARACTER OF THE SAID QUOTA ; WHEREAS IT THEREFORE SEEMS ADVISABLE TO MAKE THE ALLOCATION ON THE BASIS OF THE AMOUNT OF THE TRAFFIC UNDER THE PREVIOUS BILATERAL AGREEMENTS , BUT WITHOUT PRECLUDING PARTICIPATION BY MEMBER STATES NOT PREVIOUSLY INVOLVED IN SUCH TRAFFIC ;
WHEREAS , TO SAFEGUARD THE COMMUNITY CHARACTER OF THE QUOTA , PROVISION SHOULD BE MADE TO MEET REQUIREMENTS WHICH MAY ARISE IN THOSE MEMBER STATES PERMITTING THEM TO DRAW ADEQUATE AMOUNTS FROM THE COMMUNITY RESERVE ;
WHEREAS , TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TRAFFIC IN QUESTION IN THE VARIOUS MEMBER STATES , THE TOTAL QUOTA VOLUME OF 1 870 000 ECU SHOULD BE DIVIDED INTO TWO INSTALMENTS , THE FIRST BEING ALLOCATED AMONG CERTAIN MEMBER STATES AND THE SECOND HELD AS A RESERVE TO COVER THE SUBSEQUENT REQUIREMENTS OF MEMBER STATES WHEN ONE OF THEIR INITIAL SHARES HAS BEEN EXHAUSTED , AND ALSO REQUIREMENTS WHICH MAY ARISE IN CERTAIN MEMBER STATES IN RESPECT OF PROCESSING WORK FOR WHICH NO INITIAL SHARE OF THE QUOTA WAS ALLOCATED ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO GIVE THE PARTIES CONCERNED IN EACH MEMBER STATE SOME DEGREE OF CERTAINTY , IT WOULD SEEM APPROPRIATE TO FIX THE FIRST INSTALMENT OF THE COMMUNITY QUOTA AT A RELATIVELY HIGH LEVEL , NAMELY 1 640 000 ECU ;
WHEREAS THE MEMBER STATES MAY EXHAUST THEIR INITIAL SHARES AT DIFFERENT RATES ; WHEREAS TO AVOID DISRUPTION OF SUPPLIES ON THIS ACCOUNT , IT SHOULD BE PROVIDED THAT ANY MEMBER STATE WHICH HAS ALMOST USED UP ONE OF ITS INITIAL SHARES 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 COMMISSION 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 DURING 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 PERCENTAGE THEREOF TO THE CORRESPONDING RESERVE ;
WHEREAS , SINCE THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM , THE KINGDOM