OF IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES DURING A REPRESENTATIVE REFERENCE PERIOD AND ACCORDING TO THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE TARIFF YEAR IN QUESTION ;
WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THERE IS NO SPECIFIC CLASSIFICATION OF THE SAID GOODS IN THE STATISTICAL NOMENCLATURES ; WHEREAS IT HAS THUS BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO COLLECT SUFFICIENTLY PRECISE AND REPRESENTATIVE STATISTICS ; WHEREAS THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE CURRENT COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA HAS BEEN USED IS NOT SUCH THAT THE REAL REQUIREMENTS OF EACH OF THE MEMBER STATES CAN BE FIRMLY ASCERTAINED ; WHEREAS THE ONLY POSSIBILITY IS , THEREFORE , TO DIVIDE THE TARIFF QUOTA VOLUME INTO NINE PARTS , OF WHICH ONE EACH WOULD BE ALLOCATED TO THE BENELUX COUNTRIES , DENMARK , THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY , GREECE , FRANCE , IRELAND , ITALY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM , THE LAST PART BEING HELD IN RESERVE TO COVER THE LATER REQUIREMENTS OF MEMBER STATES WHICH USE UP THEIR INITIAL SHARES ;
WHEREAS THE INITIAL SHARES MAY BE USED UP AT DIFFERENT RATES ; WHEREAS , THEREFORE , TO AVOID DISRUPTION OF SUPPLIES , ANY MEMBER STATE WHICH HAS ALMOST USED UP ITS INITIAL SHARE SHOULD 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 ACCORDINGLY ; WHEREAS THIS COLLABORATION MUST BE ALL THE CLOSER SINCE IT DOES NOT SEEM NECESSARY , AT PRESENT , TO PROVIDE FOR SPECIAL MEASURES IN THIS REGULATION TO AVOID EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM ALLOCATION OF 1 200 000 ECU PER TARIFF HEADING OR SUBHEADING ;
WHEREAS IF , AT A GIVEN DATE IN THE QUOTA PERIOD , A MEMBER STATE HAS A CONSIDERABLE QUANTITY LEFT OVER , IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT IT SHOULD RETURN A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE THEREOF TO THE RESERVE SO AS TO AVOID A PART OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF 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 WITHIN AND JOINTLY REPRESENTED BY THE BENELUX ECONOMIC UNION , ANY OPERATION 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 . FROM 1 JANUARY TO 31 DECEMBER 1984 , A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF A VOLUME CORRESPONDING TO A VALUE OF 10 200 000 ECU SHALL BE OPENED FOR THE PRODUCTS LISTED BELOW , SUBJECT TO A MAXIMUM OF 1 200