UNITED KINGDOM // 83.18 // 89.93 // 88.55 //
WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF THESE FACTORS AND OF MARKET FORECASTS FOR THIS PRODUCT FOR 1981 , THE INITIAL PERCENTAGE SHARES IN THE QUOTA VOLUME CAN BE EXPRESSED APPROXIMATELY AS FOLLOWS :
BENELUX2.15 DENMARK3.48 GERMANY8.30 GREECE0.02 FRANCE8.30 IRELAND0.02 ITALY0.20 UNITED KINGDOM77.53 WHEREAS , TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF FUTURE IMPORT TRENDS FOR THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION IN THE VARIOUS MEMBER STATES , THE QUOTA SHOULD BE DIVIDED INTO TWO INSTALMENTS , THE FIRST BEING ALLOCATED AMONG MEMBER STATES AND THE SECOND HELD AS A RESERVE TO COVER SUBSEQUENTLY THE REQUIREMENTS OF MEMBER STATES WHICH HAVE EXHAUSTED THEIR INITIAL SHARE ; WHEREAS , TO GIVE IMPORTERS IN EACH MEMBER STATE SOME DEGREE OF CERTAINTY , THE FIRST INSTALMENT OF THE COMMUNITY QUOTA SHOULD BE FIXED AT A RELATIVELY HIGH LEVEL , IN THIS CASE 63.2 % OF THE FULL QUOTA ;
WHEREAS MEMBER STATES MAY EXHAUST THEIR INITIAL SHARES FOR THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION 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 ITS INITIAL 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 ENTIRELY USED UP , AND REPEATED AS MANY TIMES AS THE RESERVE ALLOWS ; WHEREAS THE INITIAL AND ADDITIONAL SHARES MUST BE AVAILABLE FOR USE UNTIL THE END OF THE QUOTA PERIOD ; WHEREAS THIS METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION CALLS FOR CLOSE COOPERATION BETWEEN MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION WHICH LATTER MUST , IN PARTICULAR , BE ABLE TO OBSERVE THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE QUOTA AMOUNT IS USED AND INFORM MEMBER STATES THEREOF ;
WHEREAS IF , AT A SPECIFIED DATE IN THE QUOTA PERIOD , A CONSIDERABLE BALANCE REMAINS IN ONE OR OTHER MEMBER STATE , IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THAT MEMBER STATE PAY A LARGE AMOUNT OF IT BACK INTO THE RESERVE , IN ORDER TO AVOID A PART OF THE COMMUNITY QUOTA 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 WITHIN AND JOINTLY REPRESENTED BY THE BENELUX ECONOMIC UNION , ALL TRANSACTIONS CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE 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 JANUARY TO 31 DECEMBER 1981 A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF 10 000 TONNES SHALL BE OPENED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY FOR FROZEN COD FILLETS , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 03.01 B II B ) 1 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF .
2 . THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTY SHALL BE SUSPENDED AT THE LEVEL OF 8 % WITHIN THIS TARIFF QUOTA .
ARTICLE 2
1 . THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 SHALL BE DIVIDED INTO