THE ALLOCATION SHOULD BE IN PROPORTION TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES , CALCULATED BOTH FROM STATISTICS OF IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES DURING A REPRESENTATIVE REFERENCE PERIOD AND ACCORDING TO THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE QUOTA YEAR IN QUESTION ;
WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION OF A PARTICULAR ORIGIN , ARE NOT SEPARATELY SPECIFIED IN THE STATISTICAL NOMENCLATURES ; WHEREAS IT HAS THEREFORE NOT YET BEEN POSSIBLE TO OBTAIN SUFFICIENTLY PRECISE AND REPRESENTATIVE FIGURES ; WHEREAS , THEREFORE , PART OF THESE QUOTAS SHOULD BE ASSIGNED TO THE COMMUNITY RESERVES , THE REMAINDER BEING ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES IN PROPORTION TO THEIR FORECAST IMPORT REQUIREMENTS ; WHEREAS , FOR THESE PRODUCTS , THE INITIAL PERCENTAGE SHARES IN THE QUOTA CAN THUS BE AS FOLLOWS :
*03.01 B I F ) 2 EX 03.01 B I H ) 2 ( 5 000 TONNES ) *EX 03.01 B II B ) 1 ( 8 000 TONNES ) *EX 03.01 B II B ) 1 ( 10 000 TONNES ) *EX 16.04 C II ( 4 000 TONNES ) *
BENELUX*3,67*1,11*1,89*3,45*
DENMARK*7,33*3,33*4,67*0,69*
GERMANY*24,90*29,03*33,67*86,20*
GREECE*0,33*0,35*0,17*0,69*
FRANCE*15,33*11,81*17,77*0,69*
IRELAND*0,33*0,13*0,17*0,69*
ITALY*0,33*0,35*0,33*0,69*
UNITED KINGDOM*47,78*53,89*41,33*6,90*
WHEREAS , TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF POSSIBLE IMPORT TRENDS FOR THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION , THE QUOTA VOLUMES SHOULD BE DIVIDED INTO TWO INSTALMENTS , THE FIRST BEING ALLOCATED AND THE SECOND HELD AS A RESERVE TO COVER ANY SUBSEQUENT REQUIREMENTS OF MEMBER STATES WHICH HAVE USED UP THEIR INITIAL SHARE ; WHEREAS , TO GIVE IMPORTERS SOME DEGREE OF CERTAINTY , THE FIRST INSTALMENT OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS SHOULD BE FIXED AT A FAIRLY HIGH LEVEL , WHICH IN THIS CASE COULD BE RESPECTIVELY 4 500 , 7 200 , 9 000 AND 2 900 TONNES ;
WHEREAS INITIAL SHARES MAY BE USED 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 , BEARING IN MIND THE SENSITIVE NATURE OF THE FISHERIES MARKET IN THE UNITED KINGDOM , THAT MARKET SHOULD NOT BE LAID OPEN TO TOO GREAT A PRESSURE BROUGHT ABOUT BY TOO HIGH A LEVEL OF IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES ; WHEREAS , THEREFORE , WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO ANY ARRANGEMENTS TO BE DECIDED UPON FOR THE FUTURE , THE UNITED KINGDOM SHOULD BE PARTIALLY EXCLUDED FROM THE OBLIGATION TO DRAW FURTHER SHARES FROM CERTAIN OF THE RESERVES ; 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 , WHICH MUST BE IN A POSITION TO KEEP ACCOUNT OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE QUOTAS HAVE BEEN USED UP AND TO INFORM THE MEMBER