HAVE USED UP THEIR INITIAL SHARES ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO ENSURE A CERTAIN DEGREE OF SECURITY FOR IMPORTERS OF EACH MEMBER STATE THE FIRST INSTALMENT SHOULD IN THIS CASE BE FIXED AT ABOUT 81 % OF THE TOTAL QUOTA ;
WHEREAS THE INITIAL SHARES MAY BE USED UP AT DIFFERENT RATES : WHEREAS , TO PROVIDE FOR THIS EVENTUALITY AND TO AVOID DISRUPTION OF SUPPLIES , ANY MEMBER STATE WHICH HAS ALMOST USED UP ITS INITIAL SHARE SHOULD DRAW AN ADDITIONAL SHARE FROM THE RESERVE ; WHEREAS THIS SHOULD BE DONE BY EACH MEMBER STATE WHEN EACH OF ITS ADDITIONAL SHARES HAS BEEN ALMOST USED UP , AND SO ON AS MANY TIMES AS THE RESERVE ALLOWS ; 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 MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION , WHICH LATTER MUST , IN PARTICULAR , BE ABLE TO KEEP A RECORD OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE TARIFF QUOTA HAS BEEN USED UP AND TO INFORM THE MEMBER STATES ACCORDINGLY ;
WHEREAS IF , AT A GIVEN DATE IN THE QUOTA PERIOD , A CONSIDERABLE QUANTITY OF THE INITIAL SHARE IS LEFT OVER IN A MEMBER STATE , IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THAT MEMBER STATE SHOULD RETURN A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION TO THE RESERVE , SO AS TO AVOID A PART OF THE QUOTA REMAINING UNUSED IN ONE MEMBER STATE WHEN 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 WITHIN AND JOINTLY REPRESENTED BY THE BENELUX ECONOMIC UNION , ANY MEASURE CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SHARES ALLOCATED TO THAT ECONOMIC UNION MAY BE CARRIED OUT BY ANY ONE OF ITS MEMBERS ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ARTICLE 1
FROM 1 JANUARY TO 31 DECEMBER 1980 , THE AUTONOMOUS DUTY OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF FOR RAW SILK ( NOT THROWN ), FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 50.02 , SHALL BE TOTALLY SUSPENDED WITHIN A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF 4 200 TONNES .
ARTICLE 2
1 . A FIRST INSTALMENT OF 3 395 TONNES OF THIS COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA SHALL BE ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES . MEMBER STATES ' SHARES , WHICH SUBJECT TO ARTICLE 5 , SHALL BE VALID UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1980 SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS :
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BENELUX // 5 //
DENMARK // 5 //
GERMANY // 200 //
FRANCE // 1 000 //
IRELAND // 5 //
ITALY // 2 000 //
UNITED KINGDOM // 180 //
2 . THE SECOND INSTALMENT OF 805 TONNES SHALL CONSTITUTE THE RESERVE .
ARTICLE 3
1 . IF 90 % OR MORE OF A MEMBER STATE ' S INITIAL SHARE AS FIXED IN ARTICLE 2 ( 1 ), OR OF THAT SHARE MINUS ANY PORTION RETURNED TO THE RESERVE WHERE ARTICLE 5 HAS BEEN APPLIED , HAS BEEN USED UP , THAT