THE MARKET IN THE SAID GOODS , THE ALLOCATION SHOULD FOLLOW PROPORTIONATELY THE REQUIREMENTS CALCULATED BOTH ON THE BASIS OF STATISTICS OF IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES DURING A REPRESENTATIVE REFERENCE PERIOD AND ON THE BASIS OF THE ECONOMIC PROSPECTS FOR THE TARIFF YEAR IN QUESTION ;
WHEREAS , HOWEVER , IN THE STATISTICAL NOMENCLATURES THERE IS NO SPECIFIC CLASSIFICATION FOR THE HANDWOVEN FABRICS CONCERNED ; WHEREAS IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES IT HAS BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO COLLECT SUFFICIENTLY PRECISE AND REPRESENTATIVE STATISTICS ; WHEREAS THE QUANTITIES CHARGED AGAINST THE SHARES ALLOCATED TO THE MEMBER STATES FOR THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS OPENED FOR CERTAIN OF THESE FABRICS FOR 1976 , 1977 AND 1978 WERE AS FOLLOWS :
1 . WOVEN FABRICS OF SILK OR OF WASTE SILK OTHER THAN NOIL ( HEADING NO EX 50.09 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ) :
MEMBER STATES*1976*1977*1978*
*U.A .* % *U.A .* % *U.A .* % *
BENELUX*9 130*1,44*34 250*2,29*46 567*2,16*
DENMARK*30 078*4,75*25 542*1,71*66 150*3,06*
GERMANY*322 362*50,95*1 092 235*73,12*1 537 429*71,19*
FRANCE*41 199*6,51*85 716*5,74*164 400*7,61*
IRELAND* - * - * - * - * - * - *
ITALY*47 513*7,51*143 236*9,59*207 000*9,59*
UNITED KINGDOM*182 446*28,84*112 706*7,55*138 000*6,39*
2 . WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON ( HEADING NOS EX 55.07 , EX 55.09 AND EX 58.04 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ) :
MEMBER STATES*1976*1977*1978*
*U.A .* % *U.A .* % *U.A .* % *
BENELUX*86 400*4,42*58 050*2,91*53 986*2,62*
DENMARK*98 000*5,01*98 000*4,92*134 946*6,55*
GERMANY*187 200*9,58*210 070*10,54*213 300*10,36*
FRANCE*764 400*39,12*764 400*38,37*720 300*34,98*
IRELAND*6 770*0,35*12 152*0,61*44 351*2,15*
ITALY*90 000*4,61*90 000*4,52*103 500*5,03*
UNITED KINGDOM*721 349*36,91*759 600*38,13*788 700*38,31*
WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF THE VARIATIONS IN THESE FIGURES , THE LATER CANNOT LEAD TO A FIRM CONCLUSION ON THE REAL REQUIREMENTS OF EACH MEMBER STATE REFERRED TO ABOVE FOR THE TARIFF PERIOD UNDER CONSIDERATION ; WHEREAS , SO THAT THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS IN QUESTION MAY BE ALLOCATED FAIRLY AMONG THE MEMBER STATES , THESE FACTORS MAKE IN POSSIBLE TO EXPRESS THE INITIAL PERCENTAGE SHARES IN THE QUOTA VOLUME ROUGHLY AS FOLLOWS :
MEMBER STATES*SILK GOODS ( HEADING NO EX 50.09 ) *COTTON GOODS ( HEADING NOS EX 55.07 , EX 55.09 AND EX 58.04 ) *
BENELUX*5,08*3,65*
DENMARK*5,08*6,62*
GERMANY*42,32*12,16*
FRANCE*25,41*39,72*
IRELAND*3,33*2,39*
ITALY*10,26*3,68*
UNITED KINGDOM*8,49*31,78*
WHEREAS , TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF FUTURE IMPORT TRENDS FOR THE GOODS UNDER CONSIDERATION , EACH QUOTA VOLUME SHOULD BE DIVIDED INTO TWO SUCCESSIVE AMOUNTS , THE FIRST BEING ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES AND THE SECOND HELD AS A RESERVE TO COVER AT A LATER DATE THE REQUIREMENTS OF MEMBER STATES WHO HAVE USED UP THEIR INITIAL SHARES ; WHEREAS , TO GIVE IMPORTERS SOME DEGREE OF CERTAINTY , THE FIRST SUCCESSIVE AMOUNT OF EACH COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA SHOULD BE FIXED AT A RELATIVELY HIGH LEVEL , AT APPROXIMATELY 48 % FOR SILK GOODS AND AT APPROXIMATELY 74 % FOR COTTON GOODS ;
WHEREAS THE INITIAL SHARES MAY BE USED UP FAIRLY QUICKLY ; WHEREAS , THEREFORE , TO AVOID DISRUPTION OF SUPPLIES , ANY MEMBER STATE WHICH HAS ALMOST USED UP ONE OF ITS INITIAL