, IN ORDER TO REFLECT AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE THE ACTUAL TREND OF THE MARKET IN QUESTION , THE INITIAL ALLOCATION MUST BE MADE IN PROPORTION TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF EACH OF THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNED , CALCULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATISTICAL DATA CONCERNING IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES DURING A REPRESENTATIVE REFERENCE PERIOD AND WITH ECONOMIC PROSPECTS FOR THE QUOTA PERIOD IN QUESTION ;
WHEREAS , SINCE THE ANIMALS IN QUESTION BELONG TO CERTAIN SPECIFIC BREEDS WHICH ARE NOT SPECIFIED AS SUCH IN THE STATISTICAL NOMENCLATURES OF THE MEMBER STATES , NO DATA ON IMPORTS PROVIDED BY THE MEMBER STATES COULD BE CONSIDERED TO BE SUFFICIENTLY ACCURATE AND REPRESENTATIVE TO BE USED AS A BASIS FOR THE ALLOCATION IN QUESTION ; WHEREAS THE EXTENT TO WHICH COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS FOR THOSE ANIMALS , IN THE COMMUNITY AS ORIGINALLY CONSTITUTED , HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED , AND THE ESTIMATES MADE BY CERTAIN MEMBER STATES , ENABLE THE REQUIREMENTS OF EACH OF THEM AS REGARDS IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES FOR THE QUOTA PERIOD ENVISAGED TO BE ASSESSED AS FOLLOWS :
GERMANY250 HEAD , FRANCE120 HEAD , ITALY4 630 HEAD ; WHEREAS THE NEEDS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND MAY , IN THE ABSENCE OF PRECISE INFORMATION , BE ASSESSED AT 75 AND 25 HEAD RESPECTIVELY ;
WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE POSSIBLE TREND OF IMPORTS OF THE AFOREMENTIONED ANIMALS INTO THE SAID MEMBER STATES , THE QUOTA AMOUNT OF 5 000 HEAD SHOULD BE DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS , THE FIRST PART BEING ALLOCATED AMONG CERTAIN MEMBER STATES , THE SECOND FORMING A RESERVE INTENDED SUBSEQUENTLY TO COVER THE REQUIREMENTS OF THESE MEMBER STATES WHEN THEIR INITIAL SHARES ARE EXHAUSTED AND REQUIREMENTS WHICH MAY ARISE WITHIN OTHER MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS IN ORDER TO ENSURE A CERTAIN DEGREE OF SECURITY FOR IMPORTERS IN THE AFOREMENTIONED MEMBER STATES , THE FIRST PART OF THE COMMUNITY QUOTA SHOULD BE DETERMINED AT A COMPARATIVELY HIGH LEVEL WHICH UNDER THE PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES MAY BE ABOUT 70 % OF THE QUOTA AMOUNT ;
WHEREAS , THE INITIAL SHARES OF THOSE MEMBER STATES MAY BE USED UP MORE OR LESS RAPIDLY ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO TAKE THIS FACT INTO ACCOUNT AND AVOID ANY BREAK IN CONTINUITY , IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THAT MEMBER STATE HAVING USED UP ALMOST THE WHOLE OF ITS INITIAL SHARE SHOULD DRAW AN ADDITIONAL SHARE FROM THE RESERVE ; WHEREAS THIS MUST BE DONE BY EACH OF THESE MEMBER STATES AS AND WHEN EACH OF ITS ADDITIONAL SHARES IS ALMOST ENTIRELY USED UP , AND REPEATED AS MANY TIMES AS THE RESERVE ALLOWS ; WHEREAS THE INITIAL AND ADDITIONAL SHARES MUST BE AVAILABLE UNTIL THE END OF THE QUOTA PERIOD ; WHEREAS SUCH METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION CALLS FOR CLOSE COOPERATION BETWEEN MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION , WHICH MUST , IN PARTICULAR , BE ABLE TO OBSERVE THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE QUOTA AMOUNTS ARE USED AND INFORM MEMBER STATES THEREOF ;
WHEREAS , IF , AT A