STATES REPRESENT THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY FROM TUNISIA OF THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED :
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MEMBER STATES // 1977 // 1978 // 1979 //
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BENELUX // - // - // - //
DENMARK // - // - // - //
GERMANY // - // - // - //
FRANCE // - // - // 100 ( À 50 TONNES ) //
IRELAND // - // - // - //
ITALY // - // - // - //
UNITED KINGDOM // - // - // - //
WHEREAS THESE DATA CANNOT BE CONSIDERED AS REPRESENTATIVE AND CANNOT SERVE AS A BASIS FOR ALLOCATION OF THE QUOTA AMONG THE MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS IT IS DIFFICULT TO FORECAST THE MEMBER STATES ' IMPORTS FOR 1981 BECAUSE OF THE ABSENCE OF ANY PATTERN IN PREVIOUS YEARS ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER THAT THE QUOTA MAY BE ALLOCATED FAIRLY , THE INITIAL QUOTA SHARES MAY BE FIXED APPROXIMATELY AT THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES :
BENELUX10 DENMARK3 GERMANY15 FRANCE50
IRELAND3 ITALY4 UNITED KINGDOM15 WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IMPORT TRENDS FOR THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED IN THE VARIOUS MEMBER STATES , EACH OF THE QUOTA AMOUNTS 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 THE MEMBER STATES WHICH HAVE USED UP THEIR INITIAL QUOTA SHARES ; 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 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 TARIFF QUOTA FROM REMAINING UNUSED IN ONE MEMBER STATE WHEN IT COULD BE USED IN OTHERS ;
WHEREAS , SINCE THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM , THE KINGDOM