INTO THE COMMUNITY :
MEMBER STATES*1979*1980*1981*
*TONNES* % *TONNES* % *TONNES* % *
BENELUX*4 550*6,21*5 106*7,45*5 374*7,95*
DENMARK*1 305*1,78*1 202,8*1,75*784,7*1,16*
GERMANY*49 306*67,36*44 844*65,40*47 779,6*70,71*
FRANCE*10 657*14,56*9 230*13,46*8 889,2*13,15*
IRELAND*114*0,16*40*0,06*91,5*0,14*
ITALY*2 067*2,82*3 808,3*5,55*823,2*1,22*
UNITED KINGDOM*5 204*7,11*4 337*6,33*3 8335,67*
TOTAL*73 203**68 568,1**67 575,2**
WHEREAS , TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THESE FIGURES AND THE FORESEEABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRODUCT CONCERNED DURING 1983 AND , IN PARTICULAR , THE FORECASTS MADE BY SOME MEMBER STATES , THE INITIAL SHARES MAY BE FIXED APPROXIMATELY AT THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES :
BENELUX : 7,38
DENMARK : 2,24
GERMANY : 63,15
FRANCE : 13,52
IRELAND : 0,23
ITALY : 3,75
UNITED KINGDOM : 9,73
WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IMPORT TRENDS FOR THE PRODUCT CONCERNED IN THE VARIOUS MEMBER STATES , THE QUOTA AMOUNT 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 THOSE MEMBER STATES WHICH HAVE USED UP THEIR INITIAL QUOTA SHARE ; 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 A 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 REMAINS UNUSED , 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 , TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE SEASONAL NATURE OF IMPORTS , IT SEEMS APPROPRIATE TO FIX THE TRANSFER LIMIT AT 40 % OF THE INITIAL SHARE ;
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 , 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 :
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