IN THE SAID GOODS , THIS ALLOCATION SHOULD FOLLOW PROPORTIONATELY THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES CALCULATED BOTH FROM STATISTICS OF IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES DURING A REPRESENTATIVE REFERENCE PERIOD AND ACCORDING TO THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE QUOTA PERIODS IN QUESTION ;
WHEREAS , DURING THE LAST THREE PERIODS FOR WHICH COMPLETE STATISTICS ARE AVAILABLE , THE IMPORTS OF EACH MEMBER STATE REPRESENT THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES IN RELATION TO TOTAL IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION :
* 1978 * 1979 * 1980
BENELUX * 13.04 * 5.60 * 5.83
DENMARK * 45.80 * 52.76 * 55.89
GERMANY * 32.15 * 30.09 * 29.27
GREECE * NEGLIGIBLE
FRANCE * 5.39 * 5.36 * 3.59
IRELAND * 0 * 0 * 0
ITALY * 0.03 * 0.04 * 0
UNITED KINGDOM * 3.59 * 6.15 * 5.42
WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE AND OF THE FORESEEABLE TREND OF THE MARKET FOR THESE PRODUCTS IN THE QUOTA PERIODS THE INITIAL QUOTA SHARES MAY BE AS INDICATED IN ARTICLES 2 AND 3 ;
WHEREAS , TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE POSSIBLE IMPORT TRENDS FOR THIS PRODUCT THE QUOTA VOLUMES SHOULD BE DIVIDED INTO TWO INSTALMENTS , THE FIRST BEING ALLOCATED BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES AND THE SECOND HELD AS A RESERVE TO COVER ANY SUBSEQUENT REQUIREMENTS OF MEMBER STATES WHICH HAVE USED UP THEIR INITIAL SHARES ; WHEREAS , TO GIVE IMPORTERS SOME DEGREE OF CERTAINTY , THE FIRST INSTALMENT OF THE TARIFF QUOTAS SHOULD BE FIXED AT A HIGH LEVEL , WHICH IN THIS CASE COULD BE 90 % OF THE AMOUNT OF THE QUOTAS ;
WHEREAS INITIAL SHARES MAY BE USED UP 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 ONE OF ITS INITIAL SHARES SHOULD DRAW AN ADDITIONAL SHARE FROM THE CORRESPONDING RESERVE ; WHEREAS EACH TIME ITS ADDITIONAL SHARE IS ALMOST USED UP A MEMBER STATE SHOULD DRAW A FURTHER SHARE 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 THE MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION AND THE COMMISSION MUST BE IN A POSITION TO KEEP ACCOUNT OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE QUOTAS HAVE BEEN USED UP AND TO INFORM THE MEMBER STATES ACCORDINGLY ;
WHEREAS , IF AT A GIVEN DATE IN ONE OF THE QUOTA PERIODS A CONSIDERABLE QUANTITY OF A MEMBER STATE'S INITIAL SHARE REMAINS UNUSED IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT SUCH STATE SHOULD RETURN A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION THEREOF TO THE RESERVE , IN ORDER TO PREVENT A PART OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FROM REMAINING UNUSED IN ONE MEMBER STATE WHILE 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