Council Regulation (EEC) No 3523/80 of 22 December 1980 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for certain textile fibres falling within heading No 56.04 of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Cyprus (1981)
Official Journal L 370 , 31/12/1980 P. 0028 - 0030
Greek special edition: Chapter 02 Volume 12 P. 0257
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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3523/80
OF 22 DECEMBER 1980
OPENING , ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR CERTAIN TEXTILE FIBRES FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 56.04 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING IN CYPRUS ( 1981 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 113 THEREOF ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,
WHEREAS THE PROVISIONS OF THE ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL ( 1 ) AND THE TRANSITIONAL PROTOCOL ( 2 ) TO THE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS ( 3 ) WILL LAPSE ON 31 DECEMBER 1980 ;
WHEREAS PENDING THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF A NEW PROTOCOL IT IS NECESSARY TO EXTEND THE ARRANGEMENTS THAT THE COMMUNITY APPLIES TO TRADE WITH CYPRUS UNDER THE ASSOCIATION WITH THAT COUNTRY ;
WHEREAS THE ABOVEMENTIONED ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL , SUPPLEMENTED BY THE PROTOCOL OF ADAPTATION TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE ACCESSION OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC TO THE COMMUNITY , PROVIDES FOR THE OPENING OF AN ANNUAL DUTY-FREE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF 100 TONNES OF MAN-MADE FIBRES ( DISCONTINUOUS OR WASTE ) , CARDED , COMBED OR OTHERWISE PREPARED FOR SPINNING , FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 56.04 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND ORIGINATING IN CYPRUS ;
WHEREAS IT IS IN PARTICULAR NECESSARY TO ENSURE FOR ALL COMMUNITY IMPORTERS EQUAL AND UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS TO THE ABOVEMENTIONED QUOTA AND UNINTERRUPTED APPLICATION OF THE RATES LAID DOWN FOR THAT QUOTA TO ALL IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED INTO ALL MEMBER STATES UNTIL THE QUOTA HAS BEEN USED UP ; WHEREAS , HAVING REGARD TO THE ABOVE PRINCIPLES , THE COMMUNITY NATURE OF THE QUOTA CAN BE RESPECTED BY ALLOCATING THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA AMONG THE MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO REFLECT AS ACCURATELY AS POSSIBLE THE TRUE TREND OF THE MARKET IN THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION , SUCH ALLOCATION SHOULD BE IN PROPORTION TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES , CALCULATED BY REFERENCE TO THE STATISTICS OF IMPORTS OF THE GOODS IN QUESTION FROM CYPRUS OVER A REPRESENTATIVE REFERENCE PERIOD AND ALSO TO THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE QUOTA PERIOD CONCERNED ;
WHEREAS , HOWEVER , DURING THE PAST THREE YEARS NO SUCH PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN CYPRUS HAVE BEEN IMPORTED INTO THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS NO FORECAST CAN BE MADE FOR 1981 ; WHEREAS TO ENSURE FAIR DISTRIBUTION OF THE QUOTA AMOUNT BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES EACH MEMBER STATE SHOULD MAKE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE QUOTA AMOUNT ; WHEREAS SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS MAY APPROXIMATELY CORRESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING