THE UTILIZATION OF THE QUOTA BASED ON AN ALLOCATION AMONG THE MEMBER STATES WOULD SEEM TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMUNITY CHARACTER OF THE SAID QUOTA ; WHEREAS , IT THEREFORE SEEMS APPROPRIATE TO MAKE THE ALLOCATION ON THE BASIS OF THE AMOUNT OF THE TRAFFIC UNDER THE PREVIOUS BILATERAL AGREEMENTS , BUT WITHOUT PRECLUDING PARTICIPATION BY MEMBER STATES NOT PREVIOUSLY INVOLVED IN SUCH TRAFFIC , AMONG WHICH THE NEW MEMBER STATES ARE INCLUDED ; WHEREAS , TO SAFEGUARD THE COMMUNITY CHARACTER OF THE QUOTA , PROVISION SHOULD BE MADE TO MEET REQUIREMENTS WHICH MAY ARISE IN THOSE MEMBER STATES PERMITTING THEM TO DRAW ADEQUATE AMOUNTS FROM THE COMMUNITY RESERVE ;
WHEREAS TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF FUTURE TRENDS IN THE TRAFFIC IN QUESTION IN THE VARIOUS MEMBER STATES , THE TOTAL QUOTA VOLUME OF 1 870 000 EUROPEAN UNITS OF ACCOUNT SHOULD BE DIVIDED INTO TWO INSTALMENTS , THE FIRST BEING ALLOCATED AMONG CERTAIN MEMBER STATES AND THE SECOND HELD AS A RESERVE TO COVER THE SUBSEQUENT REQUIREMENTS OF MEMBER STATES WHEN ONE OF THEIR INITIAL SHARES HAS BEEN EXHAUSTED AND ALSO , REQUIREMENTS WHICH MAY ARISE IN CERTAIN MEMBER STATES IN RESPECT OF PROCESSING WORK FOR WHICH NO INITIAL SHARE OF THE QUOTA WAS ALLOCATED ; WHEREAS IN ORDER TO GIVE THE PARTIES CONCERNED IN EACH MEMBER STATE SOME DEGREE OF CERTAINTY IT WOULD SEEM APPROPRIATE TO FIX THE FIRST INSTALMENT OF THE COMMUNITY QUOTA AT A RELATIVELY HIGH LEVEL , NEMELY 1 640 000 EUROPEAN UNITS OF ACCOUNT ;
WHEREAS THE MEMBER STATES MAY EXHAUST THEIR INITIAL SHARES 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 RESERVE ; WHEREAS EACH TIME ITS ADDITIONAL SHARE IS ALMOST EXHAUSTED A MEMBER STATE SHOULD DRAW A FURTHER SHARE , AND SO ON , AS MAY 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 QUOTA HAS BEEN USED UP AND TO INFORM THE MEMBER STATES ACCORDINGLY ;
WHEREAS IF AT A GIVEN DATE DURING THE QUOTA PERIOD A CONSIDERABLE QUANTITY OF A MEMBER STATE ' S INITIAL SHARE REMAINS UNUSED IT IS ESSENTIAL , TO PREVENT A PART OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FROM REMAINING UNUSED IN ONE MEMBER STATE WHILE IT COULD BE USED IN OTHERS , THAT SUCH STATE SHOULD RETURN A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE THEREOF TO THE CORRESPONDING RESERVE ;
WHEREAS , SINCE THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM , THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS AND THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG ARE UNITED IN AND JOINTLY REPRESENTED BY THE BENELUX ECONOMIC UNION , ANY TRANSACTION IN CONNECTION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SHARES ALLOCATED