WHEREAS , CONSEQUENTLY , THE ONLY SOLUTION SEEMS TO BE TO ALLOCATE PART OF THE QUOTA VOLUME TO THE COMMUNITY RESERVE AND TO ALLOCATE ONE SEVENTH OF THE BALANCE TO THE BENELUX COUNTRIES , DENMARK , GERMANY , FRANCE , IRELAND , ITALY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM ;
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 , IF AT A GIVEN DATE IN THE QUOTA PERIOD A CONSIDERABLE QUANTITY OF A SHARE REMAINS IN ANY MEMBER STATE , IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THAT STATE SHOULD RETURN A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION TO THE RESERVE IN ORDER TO AVOID PART OF THE COMMUNITY 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 IN AND REPRESENTED BY THE BENELUX ECONOMIC UNION , ALL TRANSACTIONS CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF SHARES ALLOCATED TO THAT ECONOMIC UNION MAY BE CARRIED OUT BY ANY ONE OF ITS MEMBERS ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ARTICLE 1
1 . FROM 1 JULY 1979 UNTIL 30 JUNE 1980 A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF 90 TONNES SHALL BE OPENED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR APRICOT PULP , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 20.06 B II C ) 1 AA ) OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING IN TURKEY .
2 . WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THIS TARIFF QUOTA , THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTY APPLICABLE TO THESE PRODUCTS SHALL BE PARTIALLY SUSPENDED AT A RATE OF 11.9 % .
ARTICLE 2
1 . A FIRST INSTALMENT OF 70 TONNES SHALL BE ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES ; THE SHARES , WHICH SUBJECT TO ARTICLE 5 SHALL BE VALID FROM 1 JULY 1979 TO 30 JUNE 1980 , SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS :
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BENELUX // 10 //
DENMARK // 10 //
GERMANY // 10 //
FRANCE // 10 //
IRELAND // 10 //
ITALY // 10 //
UNITED KINGDOM // 10 //
2 . THE SECOND INSTALMENT OF 20 TONNES SHALL CONSTITUTE THE COMMUNITY RESERVE .
ARTICLE 3
1 . IF 90 % OR MORE OF A MEMBER STATE ' S INITIAL SHARE AS SPECIFIED IN ARTICLE 2 ( 1 ), OR OF THAT SHARE