QUOTA SHOULD UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES BE FIXED AT 75 % 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 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 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 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 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 THE QUOTA SHARES ALLOCATED TO THAT ECONOMIC UNION MAY BE CARRIED OUT BY ANY OF ITS MEMBERS ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ARTICLE 1
FROM 1 JANUARY UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1979 , THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTY FOR THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS , ORIGINATING IN CYPRUS , SHALL BE TOTALLY SUSPENDED WITHIN THE LIMITS OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF 500 TONNES .
CCT HEADING NO*DESCRIPTION*
08.04*GRAPES , FRESH OR DRIED : *
*B . DRIED : *
*I . IN IMMEDIATE CONTAINERS OF A NET CAPACITY OF 15 KILOGRAMS OR LESS*
ARTICLE 2
1 . THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 SHALL BE DIVIDED INTO TWO INSTALMENTS .
2 . A FIRST INSTALMENT AMOUNTING TO 375 TONNES SHALL BE ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES ; THE RESPECTIVE SHARES , WHICH SUBJECT TO ARTICLE 5 SHALL BE VALID UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1979 , SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS :
* ( TONNES ) *
BENELUX*10*
DENMARK*10*
GERMANY*20*
FRANCE*10*
IRELAND*10*
ITALY*2*
UNITED KINGDOM*313*
3 . THE SECOND INSTALMENT OF 125 TONNES SHALL CONSTITUTE THE RESERVE .
ARTICLE 3
1 . IF 90 % OR MORE OF A MEMBER STATE'S INITIAL SHARE AS SPECIFIED IN ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) , OR 90 % OF THAT SHARE MINUS THE PORTION RETURNED TO THE RESERVE WHERE ARTICLE 5 HAS BEEN APPLIED , HAS BEEN USED UP , THEN , TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE AMOUNT OF THE RESERVE , THAT