POSSIBILITY IS THEREFORE TO DIVIDE THE TARIFF QUOTA VOLUME INTO EIGHT PARTS , OF WHICH ONE WOULD BE ALLOCATED TO THE BENELUX COUNTRIES , DENMARK , GERMANY , FRANCE , IRELAND , ITALY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM RESPECTIVELY , THE LAST PART BEING HELD IN RESERVE TO COVER THE LATER REQUIREMENTS OF MEMBER STATES WHICH USE UP THEIR INITIAL SHARES ;
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 ITS INITIAL SHARE SHALL DRAW A SUPPLEMENTARY SHARE FROM THE COMMUNITY RESERVE ; WHEREAS THIS MUST BE DONE BY EACH MEMBER STATE AS EACH ONE OF ITS SUPPLEMENTARY SHARES IS ALMOST USED UP , AND AS MANY TIMES AS THE RESERVE ALLOWS ; WHEREAS THE INITIAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY SHARES MUST 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 FOLLOW THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE TARIFF QUOTA HAS BEEN USED UP AND INFORM THE MEMBER STATES THEREOF ; WHEREAS THIS COLLABORATION MUST BE ALL THE CLOSER SINCE IT DOES NOT SEEM NECESSARY , AT PRESENT , TO PROVIDE FOR SPECIAL MEASURES IN THIS REGULATION TO AVOID EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM ALLOCATION OF 1 200 000 EUROPEAN UNITS OF ACCOUNT PER TARIFF HEADING OR SUBHEADING ;
WHEREAS , IF AT A GIVEN DATE IN THE QUOTA PERIOD A MEMBER STATE HAS A CONSIDERABLE QUANTITY LEFT OVER , IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT IT SHOULD RETURN A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE THEREOF TO THE RESERVE TO PREVENT A PART OF THE COMMUNITY 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 IN AND JOINTLY REPRESENTED BY THE BENELUX ECONOMIC UNION ANY OPERATION CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE QUOTA SHARES ALLOCATED TO THAT ECONOMIC UNION MAY BE CARRIED OUT BY ANY ONE OF ITS MEMBERS ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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1 . FROM 1 JANUARY TO 31 DECEMBER 1979 , A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF A VOLUME CORRESPONDING TO A VALUE OF 10 000 000 EUROPEAN UNITS OF ACCOUNT SHALL BE OPENED FOR THE PRODUCTS LISTED BELOW , SUBJECT TO A MAXIMUM OF 1 200 000 EUROPEAN UNITS OF ACCOUNT FOR EACH TARIFF HEADING OR SUBHEADING IN THE LIST :
CCT HEADING NO*DESCRIPTION*
42.02*TRAVEL GOODS ( FOR EXAMPLE TRUNKS , SUIT CASES , HAT-BOXES , TRAVELLING-BAGS , RUCKSACKS ) , SHOPPING-BAGS , HANDBAGS , SATCHELS , BRIEF-CASES , WALLETS , PURSES , TOILET-CASES , TOOL-CASES , TOBACCO-POUCHES , SHEATHS , CASES , BOXES ( FOR EXAMPLE FOR ARMS , MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS , BINOCULARS , JEWELLERY , BOTTLES , COLLARS , FOOTWEAR , BRUSHES ) AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS , OF LEATHER OR COMPOSITION LEATHER , OF VULCANIZED FIBRE , OF ARTIFICIAL PLASTIC