OF TOTAL IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY :
* 1977 * 1978 * 1979
* TONNES * % * TONNES * % * TONNES * %
BENELUX * 6 618 * 7.76 * 6 102 * 8.12 * 4 550 * 6.21
DENMARK * 1 274 * 1.49 * 1 277 * 1.70 * 1 305 * 1.78
GERMANY * 54 568 * 63.97 * 50 096 * 66.66 * 49 306 * 67.36
FRANCE * 10 903 * 12.78 * 9 706 * 12.91 * 10 657 * 14.56
IRELAND * 147 * 0.17 * 132 * 0.18 * 114 * 0.16
ITALY * 5 470 * 6.41 * 2 436 * 3.24 * 2 067 * 2.82
UNITED KINGDOM * 6 320 * 7.41 * 5 405 * 7.19 * 5 204 * 7.11
* 85 300 * * 75 154 * * 73 203
WHEREAS , TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THESE FIGURES AND THE FORESEEABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRODUCT CONCERNED DURING 1981 AND , IN PARTICULAR , THE FORECASTS MADE BY SOME MEMBER STATES , THE INITIAL SHARES MAY BE FIXED APPROXIMATELY AT THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES :
BENELUX 6.68
DENMARK 2.21
GERMANY 67.09
FRANCE 13.20
IRELAND 0.24
ITALY 2.00
UNITED KINGDOM 8.58
WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IMPORT TRENDS FOR THE PRODUCT CONCERNED IN THE VARIOUS MEMBER STATES , THE QUOTA AMOUNT SHOULD BE DIVIDED INTO TWO INSTALMENTS , THE FIRST BEING SHARED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES AND THE SECOND CONSTITUTING A RESERVE TO COVER AT A LATER DATE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THOSE MEMBER STATES WHICH HAVE USED UP THEIR INITIAL QUOTA SHARE ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO GIVE IMPORTERS IN EACH MEMBER STATE A CERTAIN DEGREE OF SECURITY , THE FIRST INSTALMENT OF THE COMMUNITY QUOTA MIGHT UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES BE FIXED AT 80 % 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 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 , 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