IN ORDER TO GIVE IMPORTERS IN EACH MEMBER STATE A CERTAIN DEGREE OF SECURITY , THE FIRST INSTALMENT OF THE COMMUNITY QUOTAS SHOULD , UNDER THE PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES , BE FIXED AT 90 % OF EACH OF THE QUOTA VOLUMES ;
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 SHARE SHOULD DRAW AN ADDITIONAL SHARE FROM THE CORRESPONDING 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 MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION , AND THE LATTER MUST BE IN A POSITION TO MONITOR THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE QUOTA VOLUMES HAVE BEEN USED UP AND TO INFORM MEMBER STATES THEREOF ;
WHEREAS IF , AT A GIVEN DATE IN THE QUOTA PERIOD , A SUBSTANTIAL QUANTITY OF AN INITIAL SHARE REMAINS UNUSED IN ANY MEMBER STATE IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THAT MEMBER STATE SHOULD RETURN A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION TO THE RESERVE , TO PREVENT A PART OF ANY COMMUNITY QUOTA FROM 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 IN AND REPRESENTED BY THE BENELUX ECONOMIC UNION , ANY OPERATION RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF 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 JULY 1980 TO 30 JUNE 1981 , COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS SHALL BE OPENED FOR PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN PORTUGAL WIHIN THE LIMITS SET OUT BELOW :
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CCT HEADING NO // DESCRIPTION // QUOTA AMOUNT //
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EX 22.05 C III A ) 1 //
EX 22.05 C IV A ) 1 // MADEIRA WINES // 4 000 //
EX 22.05 C III B ) 1 //
EX 22.05 C IV B ) 1 // MADEIRA WINES // 14 500 //
2 . THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES ON WINES IMPORTED WITHIN THESE TARIFF QUOTAS SHALL BE SUSPENDED AT THE RATES SET OUT BELOW :
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CCT HEADING NO // RATE OF DUTY //
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EX 22.05 C III A ) 1 // 6.5 //
EX 22.05 C IV A ) 1 // 7.0 //
EX 22.05 C III B ) 1 // 6.6 //
EX 22.05 C IV B ) 1 // 7.2 //
3 . THE WINES SHALL BENEFIT FROM THESE TARIFF QUOTAS ONLY IF ARTICLE 18 ( 3 ) AND ( 4 ) OF REGULATION