Council Regulation (EEC) No 716/80 of 26 March 1980 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for certain textile fibres, falling within heading No 56.04 of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus
Official Journal L 081 , 27/03/1980 P. 0025 - 0026
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( 1 ) OJ NO L 339 , 28 . 12 . 1977 , P . 2 .
COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 716/80
OF 26 MARCH 1980
OPENING , ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR CERTAIN TEXTILE FIBRES , FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 56.04 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING IN CYPRUS
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 113 THEREOF ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,
WHEREAS THE PROVISIONS OF THE ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS ( 1 ) LAPSED ON 31 DECEMBER 1979 ;
WHEREAS PENDING THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE TRANSITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT IT IS NECESSARY TO EXTEND THE ARRANGEMENTS THAT THE COMMUNITY APPLIES TO TRADE WITH THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE ASSOCIATION WITH THAT COUNTRY ;
WHEREAS THE ABOVEMENTIONED ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL PROVIDES FOR THE OPENING OF A DUTY-FREE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF MAN-MADE FIBRES ( DISCONTINUOUS OR WASTE ), CARDED , COMBED OR OTHERWISE PREPARED FOR SPINNING , FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 56.04 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING IN CYPRUS ;
WHEREAS IT IS NECESSARY IN PARTICULAR TO ENSURE TO ALL COMMUNITY IMPORTERS EQUAL AND UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS TO THE ABOVEMENTIONED QUOTA AND UNINTERRUPTED APPLICATION OF THE RATES LAID DOWN FOR THAT QUOTA TO ALL IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED INTO ALL MEMBER STATES UNTIL THE QUOTA HAS BEEN USED UP ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , SINCE THE TARIFF QUOTA INVOLVED IS OF A RELATIVELY LOW VOLUME AND THE PERIOD OF APPLICATION IS VERY SHORT , IT SEEMS POSSIBLE TO ALLOCATE THE WHOLE QUOTA VOLUME TO THE COMMUNITY RESERVE AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF THOSE MEMBER STATES IN WHICH NEEDS MIGHT ARISE DRAWING APPROPRIATE QUANTITIES FROM THAT RESERVE ; WHEREAS THE SHARES THUS DRAWN FROM THE RESERVE MUST BE VALID UNTIL THE END OF THE QUOTA PERIOD ; WHEREAS THIS METHOD OF MANAGEMENT REQUIRES CLOSE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION AND THE LATTER MUST IN PARTICULAR BE ABLE TO MONITOR THE RATE AT WHICH THE QUOTA IS USED UP AND INFORM THE MEMBER STATES THEREOF ;
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 SHARES ALLOCATED TO THAT ECONOMIC UNION MAY BE CARRIED OUT BY ANY ONE OF ITS MEMBERS ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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