ARE ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN ;
WHEREAS THE APPLICATION OF THE GENERALLY ACCEPTED PRINCIPLES IN RESPECT OF THE ALLOCATION OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS WHICH HAVE BEEN OPENED HITHERTO CANNOT BE RECONCILED WITH THE CONTINUITY NECESSARY FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE TARIFF PREFERENCES CONCERNED ; WHEREAS IT WOULD ACCORDINGLY BE ADVISABLE TO RETAIN A FIXED SCALE FOR ALLOCATING THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS CONCERNED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS , USING AS A BASIS GENERAL ECONOMIC CRITERIA RELATING TO EXTERNAL TRADE , THE GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT AND POPULATION , THE PERCENTAGES FOR THE INITIAL SHARES OF THE MEMBER STATES IN THE QUOTA AMOUNTS ARE AS FOLLOWS FOR THE QUOTA YEAR UNDER CONSIDERATION :
GERMANY : 27,5 % ,
BENELUX : 10,5 % ,
FRANCE : 19,0 % ,
ITALY : 15,0 % ,
DENMARK : 5,0 % ,
IRELAND : 1,0 % ,
UNITED KINGDOM : 22,0 % ;
WHEREAS , HOWEVER , TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE MORE PRECISE INFORMATION ALREADY AVAILABLE CONCERNING TRADE IN PLYWOOD , BLOCKBOARD , LAMINBOARD , BATTENBOARD AND SIMILAR LAMINATED PRODUCTS , FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 44.15 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , THESE PERCENTAGES SHOULD BE REPLACED BY 4,78 , 2,76 , 0,35 , 1,05 , 4,58 , 1,98 AND 84,5 % RESPECTIVELY ;
WHEREAS IN CONNECTION WITH THE MEMBER STATES' PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR THE ABOVEMENTIONED PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 44.15 , IT SHOULD BE BORNE IN MIND THAT UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS IN RECENT YEARS FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES , IN PARTICULAR FROM MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE , HAVE BEEN INCREASING SUBSTANTIALLY ; WHEREAS THE INTRODUCTION OF CUSTOMS DUTIES ON THESE IMPORTS MIGHT ALTER TRADITIONAL TRADE FLOWS TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WHICH BENEFITED FROM DUTY-FREE ENTRY ; WHEREAS THIS SITUATION IS A SPECIAL REASON FOR A PORTION OF THE SAID MEMBER STATE'S SHARE BEING ACCESSIBLE WITHOUT LIMITATION TO THE COUNTRIES COVERED BY THE GENERALIZED PREFERENCE SCHEME ;
WHEREAS IT WOULD APPEAR TO BE POSSIBLE , WITHOUT AFFECTING THE COMMUNITY NATURE OF THE TARIFF QUOTA FOR THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX A , TO PROVIDE TEMPORARILY FOR A UTILIZATION SCHEME BASED ON A SINGLE ALLOCATION AMONG THE MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS , MOREOVER , THE ALLOCATION SET OUT BY THIS REGULATION IN NO WAY PREJUDICES THE POSSIBILITY OF ADOPTING THE GENERAL METHOD OF ALLOCATION OF COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS COMPRISING THE SETTING UP OF A RESERVE SHARE ; WHEREAS AT THE PRESENT JUNCTURE IT APPEARS FEASIBLE THAT SUCH ALLOCATION COULD BE MADE ACCORDING TO THE SPECIFIC PERCENTAGES SET OUT ABOVE ;
WHEREAS THE PERCENTAGE FOR THE SHARES OF THE MEMBER STATES IN THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA REFERRED TO ABOVE , IN VIEW OF THE DURATION AND AMOUNT THEREOF , DOES NOT APPEAR IN THIS INSTANCE TO COMPROMISE EQUAL ACCESS FOR COMMUNITY IMPORTERS TO THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA IN QUESTION ; WHEREAS FOR THIS SAME REASON IT WOULD APPEAR EXPEDIENT TO ALLOW EACH MEMBER STATE TO CHOOSE THE SYSTEM FOR ADMINISTERING ITS SHARE ;
WHEREAS , TO TAKE ACCOUNT