USE UP THEIR INITIAL SHARES AT DIFFERENT RATES ; WHEREAS , TO PROVIDE FOR THIS EVENTUALITY AND TO AVOID DISRUPTION OF SUPPLIES , 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 USED UP , A MEMBER STATE SHOULD DRAW AN ADDITIONAL 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 MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION , WHICH LATTER MUST , IN PARTICULAR , BE ABLE TO KEEP A RECORD OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE QUOTA HAS 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 THAT MEMBER STATE SHOULD RETURN A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION TO THE RESERVE , SO AS TO AVOID A PART OF THE 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 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 FROM 1 JANUARY TO 31 DECEMBER 1980 , A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF 700 000 M3 SHALL BE OPENED FOR THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO EX 44.15 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF :
( A ) PLYWOOD OF CONIFEROUS SPECIES , WITHOUT THE ADDITION OF OTHER SUBSTANCES , OF A THICKNESS GREATER THAN 8.5 MM , THE FACES OF WHICH ARE NOT FURTHER PREPARED THAN THE PEELING PROCESS ;
( B ) PLYWOOD OF CONIFEROUS SPECIES , WITHOUT THE ADDITION OF OTHER SUBSTANCES , SANDED , AND OF A THICKNESS GREATER THAN 18.5 MM .
2 . IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION MAY NOT BE CHARGED AGAINST THIS TARIFF QUOTA IF THEY ARE ALREADY FREE OF CUSTOMS DUTIES UNDER OTHER PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS .
3 . THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTY SHALL BE TOTALLY SUSPENDED WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE ABOVE QUOTA .
ARTICLE 2
1 . THE TARIFF QUOTA REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) SHALL BE DIVIDED INTO TWO TRANCHES .
2 . A FIRST TRANCHE OF 670 000 M3 SHALL BE ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES . MEMBER STATES ' SHARES WHICH , SUBJECT TO ARTICLE 5 , SHALL BE VALID UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1980 , SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS :
// // // IN CUBIC METRES //
BENELUX // 186 000 //
DENMARK // 89 000 //
GERMANY // 85