WHEREAS INITIAL SHARES MAY BE USED UP 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 EACH TIME ITS ADDITIONAL SHARE IS ALMOST USED UP A MEMBER STATE SHOULD DRAW A FURTHER SHARE , AND SO ON AS MANY 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 QUOTAS HAVE BEEN USED UP AND TO INFORM THE MEMBER STATES ACCORDINGLY ;
WHEREAS IF AT A GIVEN DATE IN THE QUOTA PERIOD A CONSIDERABLE QUANTITY OF A MEMBER STATE'S INITIAL SHARE REMAINS UNUSED IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT SUCH STATE SHOULD RETURN A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION THEREOF TO THE RESERVE , IN ORDER TO PREVENT A PART OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FROM REMAINING UNUSED IN ONE MEMBER STATE WHILE 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 , ANY MEASURE 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 UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1979 , A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF 50 000 TONNES SHALL BE OPENED WITHING THE COMMUNITY IN RESPECT OF FERRO-SILICO-MANGANESE FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 73.02 D OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF .
2 . IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION MAY NOT BE CHARGED AGAINST THIS TARIFF QUOTA IF THEY ARE ALREADY FREE OF CUSTOMS DUTIES UNDER OTHER PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS .
3 . WITHIN THIS QUOTA THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTY SHALL BE TOTALLY SUSPENDED .
ARTICLE 2
1 . A FIRST INSTALMENT OF 48 000 TONNES SHALL BE ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES ; THE SHARES , WHICH SUBJECT TO ARTICLE 5 SHALL BE VALID FROM 1 JANUARY UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1979 , SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS :
* ( TONNES ) *
BENELUX*6 950*
DENMARK*300*
GERMANY*36 500*
FRANCE*100*
IRELAND*500*
ITALY*1 650*
UNITED KINGDOM*2 000*
2 . THE SECOND INSTALMENT OF 2 000 TONNES SHALL CONSTITUTE THE RESERVE .
ARTICLE 3
1 . IF A MEMBER STATE HAS USED 90 % OR MORE OF ITS INITIAL SHARE AS FIXED IN ARTICLE 2 ( 1 ) , OR OF THAT SHARE MINUS ANY PORTION RETURNED TO THE RESERVE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 5 , IT SHALL FORTHWITH , BY NOTIFYING THE COMMISSION , DRAW A SECOND SHARE , TO THE EXTENT THAT THE RESERVE SO PERMITS , EQUAL TO 10 % OF ITS INITIAL SHARE , ROUNDED UP AS NECESSARY