STATES , CALCULATED BY REFERENCE TO THE STATISTICS FOR IMPORTS FROM MOROCCO OVER A REPRESENTATIVE REFERENCE PERIOD AND ALSO TO THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE QUOTA PERIOD IN QUESTION ;
WHEREAS , DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS FOR WHICH STATISTICS ARE AVAILABLE , THE CORRESPONDING IMPORTS INTO EACH OF THE MEMBER STATES REPRESENT THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF THE IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY FROM MOROCCO OF THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED :
MEMBER STATES * 1978 * 1979 * 1980
BENELUX * 11.21 * 8.67 * 9.58
DENMARK * 0.88 * 0.02 * 0.03
GERMANY * 13.66 * 14.73 * 9.76
GREECE * 4.85 * 1.43 * 0.00
FRANCE * 55.45 * 51.74 * 58.63
IRELAND * 0.35 * 0.04 * 0.01
ITALY * 0.74 * 0.24 * 0.27
UNITED KINGDOM * 12.86 * 23.13 * 21.72
WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF THESE FACTORS AND OF THE ESTIMATES SUBMITTED BY CERTAIN MEMBER STATES , INITIAL SHARES MAY BE FIXED APPROXIMATELY AT THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES :
BENELUX 9.75
DENMARK 0.28
GERMANY 12.68
GREECE 1.97
FRANCE 55.26
IRELAND 0.12
ITALY 0.40
UNITED KINGDOM 19.54
WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO TAKE INTO ACOUNT IMPORT TRENDS FOR THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED IN THE VARIOUS MEMBER STATES , EACH QUOTA 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 THE MEMBER STATES WHICH HAVE USED UP THEIR INITIAL QUOTA SHARES ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO GIVE IMPORTERS IN EACH MEMBER STATE A CERTAIN DEGREE OF SECURITY , THE FIRST INSTALMENT OF THE COMMUNITY QUOTAS SHOULD , UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES , BE FIXED AT 70 % RESPECTIVELY OF THE QUOTA VOLUMES ;
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 SHARES 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 AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN USED UP AND TO INFORM 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 CORRESPONDING 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