QUOTA AMOUNT ;
WHEREAS , THE INITIAL SHARES OF THOSE MEMBER STATES MAY BE USED UP MORE OR LESS RAPIDLY ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO TAKE THIS FACT INTO ACCOUNT AND AVOID ANY BREAK IN CONTINUITY , IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THAT MEMBER STATE HAVING USED UP ALMOST THE WHOLE OF ITS INITIAL SHARE SHOULD DRAW AN ADDITIONAL SHARE FROM THE RESERVE ; WHEREAS THIS MUST BE DONE BY EACH OF THESE MEMBER STATES AS AND WHEN EACH OF ITS ADDITIONAL SHARES IS ALMOST ENTIRELY USED UP , AND REPEATED AS MANY TIMES AS THE RESERVE ALLOWS ; WHEREAS THE INITIAL AND ADDITONAL SHARES MUST BE AVAILABLE UNTIL THE END OF THE QUOTA PERIOD ; WHEREAS SUCH METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION CALLS FOR CLOSE COOPERATION BETWEEN MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION , WHICH LATTER MUST , IN PARTICULAR , BE ABLE TO OBSERVE THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE QUOTA AMOUNTS ARE USED AND INFORM MEMBER STATES THEREOF ;
WHEREAS , IF , AT A SPECIFIED DATE WITHIN THE QUOTA PERIOD , A CONSIDERABLE BALANCE OF THE INITIAL SHARE OF ONE OR OTHER OF THE MEMBER STATES IS LEFT OVER , IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THAT STATE SHOULD RETURN A CONSIDERABLE PART OF SUCH BALANCE TO THE RESERVE IN ORDER THAT PART OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA SHOULD NOT REMAIN 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 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
1 . DURING THE PERIOD 1 JULY 1981 TO 30 JUNE 1982 , A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF 38 000 HEAD SHALL BE OPENED WITHIN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY IN RESPECT OF IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES OF COWS AND HEIFERS , OTHER THAN THOSE INTENDED FOR SLAUGHTER , OF THE FOLLOWING MOUNTAIN BREEDS : GREY , BROWN , YELLOW AND MOTTLED SIMMENTAL BREED AND MOTTLED PINZGAU BREED , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 01.02 A II B ) OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF .
2 . FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS REGULATION , THE ABOVEMENTIONED COWS AND HEIFERS SHALL BE CONSIDERED NOT INTENDED FOR SLAUGHTER IF THEY ARE NOT SLAUGHTERED WITHIN FOUR MOUNTHS FOLLOWING THE DATE OF THEIR IMPORTATION .
DEROGATIONS MAY , HOWEVER , BE GRANTED IN THE EVENT OF AN ACT OF GOD ( DISEASE , ACCIDENT ) DUTY ATTESTED BY A LOCAL AUTHORITY CERTIFICATE SETTING OUT THE REASONS FOR THE SLAUGHTER .
3 . THE SAID QUOTA SHALL BE ADMINISTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES .
ARTICLE 2
WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE QUOTA REFERRRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ), THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTY FOR THE ANIMALS REFERRED TO IN THE SAID PARAGRAPH SHALL BE SUSPENDED AT 4 % .
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