OUTLINED ABOVE , APPEAR CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMUNITY NATURE OF THE QUOTA ; WHEREAS , TO REPRESENT AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE THE ACTUAL MARKET TRENDS IN THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION , THE ALLOCATION SHOULD BE PROPORTIONATE TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES CALCULATED WITH REFERENCE TO STATISTICAL DATA ON IMPORTS DURING A REPRESENTATIVE REFERENCE PERIOD AND TO THE ECONOMIC PROSPECTS FOR THE QUOTA PERIOD IN QUESTION ;
WHEREAS THE IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN TARIFF HEADING NO EX 50.04 OF EACH OF THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNED DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS FOR WHICH COMPLETE STATISTICS ARE AVAILABLE REPRESENT THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF TOTAL COMMUNITY IMPORTS OF THESE PRODUCTS :
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BENELUX // 0 // 0 // 0 //
DENMARK // 0.7 // 0 // 0 //
GERMANY // 7.0 // 91.565 // 0.03 //
FRANCE // 10.4 // 0 // 43.81 //
IRELAND // 0.4 // 0.332 // 0 //
ITALY // 76.0 // 1.236 // 56.16 //
UNITED KINGDOM // 5.5 // 6.867 // 0 //
WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF THESE FACTORS AND OF THE FORECASTS WHICH IT IS POSSIBLE TO MAKE , THE INITIAL PERCENTAGE SHARES IN THE QUOTA VOLUME CAN BE EXPRESSED APPROXIMATELY AS FOLLOWS :
BENELUX2.5 DENMARK2.5 GERMANY25.0 FRANCE30.0 IRELAND2.5 ITALY27.5 UNITED KINGDOM10.0
WHEREAS , TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF FUTURE TRENDS IN IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION , IN THE VARIOUS MEMBER STATES , THE QUOTA SHOULD BE DIVIDED INTO TWO INSTALMENTS , THE FIRST BEING DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES AND THE SECOND TO FORM A RESERVE INTENDED TO COVER ANY SUBSEQUENT REQUIREMENTS OF MEMBER STATES WHO HAVE USED UP THEIR INITIAL SHARES ; WHEREAS IN ORDER TO ENSURE A CERTAIN DEGREE OF SECURITY FOR IMPORTERS OF EACH MEMBER STATE THE FIRST INSTALMENT SHOULD IN THIS CASE BE 63 % OF THE TOTAL QUOTA ;
WHEREAS THE INITIAL SHARES MAY BE USED UP AT DIFFERENT RATES ; WHEREAS , TO PROVIDE FOR THIS EVENTUALITY AND TO AVOID DISRUPTION OF SUPPLIES , ANY MEMBER STATE WHICH HAS ALMOST USED UP ITS INITIAL SHARE SHOULD DRAW AN ADDITIONAL SHARE FROM THE RESERVE ; WHEREAS THIS SHOULD BE DONE BY EACH MEMBER STATE WHEN EACH OF ITS ADDITIONAL SHARES HAS BEEN ALMOST USED UP , 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 MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION , WHICH LATTER MUST , IN PARTICULAR , BE ABLE TO KEEP A RECORD OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE TARIFF QUOTA HAS BEEN USED UP AND TO INFORM THE MEMBER STATES ACCORDINGLY ;
WHEREAS IF , AT A GIVEN DATE IN THE QUOTA PERIOD , A CONSIDERABLE QUANTITY OF THE INITIAL SHARE IS LEFT OVER IN A MEMBER STATE , IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THAT MEMBER STATE SHOULD RETURN A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION TO THE RESERVE , SO AS