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UNITED KINGDOM : 42,77
WHEREAS , TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF FUTURE IMPORT TRENDS FOR THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION IN THE VARIOUS MEMBER STATES , THE QUOTA SHOULD BE DIVIDED INTO TWO INSTALMENTS , THE FIRST BEING ALLOCATED AMONG MEMBER STATES AND THE SECOND HELD AS A RESERVE TO COVER SUBSEQUENTLY THE REQUIREMENTS OF MEMBER STATES WHICH HAVE EXHAUSTED THEIR INITIAL SHARE ; WHEREAS , TO GIVE IMPORTERS IN EACH MEMBER STATE SOME DEGREE OF CERTAINTY , THE FIRST INSTALMENT OF THE COMMUNITY QUOTA SHOULD BE FIXED AT A RELATIVELY HIGH LEVEL , IN THIS CASE APPROXIMATELY 58 % OF THE FULL QUOTA ;
WHEREAS MEMBER STATES MAY EXHAUST THEIR INITIAL SHARES FOR THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION 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 ITS INITIAL 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 ENTIRELY USED UP , AND REPEATED AS MANY TIMES AS THE RESERVE ALLOWS ; WHEREAS THE INITIAL AND ADDITIONAL SHARES MUST BE AVAILABLE FOR USE UNTIL THE END OF THE QUOTA PERIOD ; WHEREAS THIS METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION CALLS FOR CLOSE COOPERATION BETWEEN MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION , WHICH LATTER MUST , IN PARTICULAR , BE ABLE TO OBSERVE THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE QUOTA AMOUNT IS USED AND INFORM MEMBER STATES THEREOF ;
WHEREAS IF , AT A SPECIFIED DATE IN THE QUOTA PERIOD , A CONSIDERABLE BALANCE REMAINS IN ONE OR OTHER MEMBER STATE IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THAT MEMBER STATE PAY A LARGE AMOUNT OF IT BACK INTO THE RESERVE , IN ORDER TO AVOID A PART OF THE COMMUNITY QUOTA 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 WITHIN AND JOINTLY REPRESENTED BY THE BENELUX ECONOMIC UNION , ALL TRANSACTIONS CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SHARES ALLOCATED TO THAT ECONOMIC UNION MAY BE CARRIED OUT BY ANY ONE OF ITS MEMBERS ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ARTICLE 1
1 . FROM 1 JANUARY TO 31 DECEMBER 1983 , A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF 10 000 TONNES SHALL BE OPENED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY , FOR FROZEN COD ( GADUS MORRHUA ) FILLETS FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 03.01 B II B ) 1 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF .
2 . THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTY SHALL BE SUSPENDED AT THE LEVEL OF 8 % WITHIN THIS TARIFF QUOTA .
ARTICLE 2
1 . THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 SHALL BE DIVIDED INTO TWO INSTALMENTS .
2 . A FIRST INSTALMENT OF 5 845 TONNES SHALL BE ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES ; THE SHARES , WHICH SUBJECT TO ARTICLE 5 SHALL BE VALID FROM 1 JANUARY TO 31