THE TARIFF QUOTA BASED ON AN ALLOCATION AMONG MEMBER STATES WOULD SEEM TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMUNITY NATURE OF THE QUOTA ; WHEREAS , TO CORRESPOND AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE TO THE ACTUAL TREND IN THE MARKET IN THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION , ALLOCATION OF THE QUOTA SHOULD BE IN PROPORTION TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES AS CALCULATED BY REFERENCE TO STATISTICS OF IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES DURING A REPRESENTATIVE REFERENCE PERIOD AND TO THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE QUOTA PERIOD IN QUESTION ;
WHEREAS , HOWEVER , SINCE THE QUOTA IS AN AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA INTENDED TO COVER IMPORT NEEDS ARISING IN THE COMMUNITY , IT MAY , AS AN EXPERIMENT , BE ALLOCATED ON THE BASIS OF THE TEMPORARY IMPORT NEEDS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES EXPRESSED BY EACH OF THE MEMBER STATES WHILE ASSURING A CERTAIN DEGREE OF COMPENSATION FOR THOSE MEMBER STATES WHICH FAVOUR COMMUNITY PRODUCTION WHEN OBTAINING SUPPLIES ; WHEREAS THIS SYSTEM OF ALLOCATION ALSO ENSURES THE UNIFORM APPLICATION OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ;
WHEREAS , TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF FUTURE IMPORT TRENDS FOR THE PRODUCT CONCERNED , THE QUOTA SHOULD BE DIVIDED INTO TWO INSTALMENTS , THE FIRST BEING ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES AND THE SECOND HELD AS A RESERVE TO COVER SUBSEQUENTLY THE REQUIREMENTS OF MEMBER STATES WHICH HAVE EXHAUSTED THEIR INITIAL SHARES AND ANY ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS WHICH MIGHT ARISE IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS , TO GIVE IMPORTERS OF THE MEMBER STATES SOME DEGREE OF CERTAINTY , THE FIRST INSTALMENT OF THE TARIFF QUOTA SHOULD BE FIXED AT A RELATIVELY HIGH LEVEL WHICH COULD BE 76 000 TONNES ;
WHEREAS MEMBER STATES MAY EXHAUST THEIR INITIAL SHARES 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 EXHAUSTED A MEMBER STATE SHOULD DRAW A FURTHER SHARE , 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 THE MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION AND THE COMMISSION MUST BE IN A POSITION TO KEEP ACCOUNT OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE QUOTAS HAVE BEEN USED UP AND TO INFORM THE MEMBER STATES ACCORDINGLY ;
WHEREAS IF AT A GIVEN DATE IN THE QUOTA PERIOD A CONSIDERABLE QUANTITY OF A MEMBER STATE ' S INITIAL SHARE REMAINS UNUSED IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT SUCH STATE SHOULD RETURN A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION THEREOF TO THE RESERVE , IN ORDER TO PREVENT A PART OF A 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 WITHIN AND JOINTLY REPRESENTED BY THE