TENDS TO AVOID MAKING THE SYSTEM OF UTILIZATION OF THE QUOTAS EXCESSIVELY RIGID , TO THE DETRIMENT OF EACH OF THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES CONCERNED , AND WILL CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVING THE AIM ALREADY MENTIONED OF IMPROVING THE GENERALIZED PREFERENCES SYSTEM ;
WHEREAS MEMBER STATES MAY EXHAUST THEIR INITIAL SHARES OF THE TARIFF QUOTAS AT DIFFERENT RATES ; WHEREAS TO AVOID DISRUPTION OF SUPPLIES ON THIS ACCOUNT IT SHOULD BE PROVIDED THAT ANY MEMBER STATE WHICH HAS ALMOST USED UP ONE OF ITS INITIAL SHARES SHOULD DRAW AN ADDITIONAL SHARE FROM THE CORRESPONDING RESERVE ; WHEREAS THIS MUST BE DONE BY EACH MEMBER STATE AS AND WHEN EACH OF ITS ADDITIONAL SHARES IS ALMOST ENTIRELY USED UP AND REPEATED AS MANY TIMES AS EACH OF THE RESERVES ALLOWS ; WHEREAS EACH OF THESE INITIAL AND ADDITIONAL SHARES MUST BE AVAILABLE FOR USE UNTIL THE END OF THE QUOTA PERIOD ;
WHEREAS IF , AT A SPECIFIED DATE IN THE QUOTA PERIOD , A CONSIDERABLE BALANCE REMAINS IN ONE OF THE INITIAL SHARES OF ONE OR OTHER MEMBER STATE , IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THAT MEMBER STATE RETURN A PORTION OF IT TO THE CORRESPONDING RESERVE IN ORDER TO PREVENT A PART OF THE COMMUNITY QUOTA FROM REMAINING UNUSED IN ONE MEMBER STATE WHEN IT COULD BE USED IN OTHERS ;
WHEREAS , IN THE CASE OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF CEILING FOR TOBACCO OTHER THAN VIRGINIA TYPE , THE OBJECTIVE PURSUED MAY BE ATTAINED BY APPLYING A METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION BASED ON THE CHARGING , AT COMMUNITY LEVEL , AGAINST THE ABOVEMENTIONED CEILING , OF IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCT CONCERNED AS AND WHEN THAT PRODUCT IS ENTERED FOR FREE CIRCULATION AND IS ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN ; WHEREAS THIS METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION MUST MAKE PROVISION FOR THE REINTRODUCTION OF THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES IN THEIR ENTIRETY AS SOON AS THE SAID CEILING IS REACHED AT COMMUNITY LEVEL ;
WHEREAS SUCH METHODS OF ADMINISTRATION CALL FOR CLOSE AND PARTICULARLY RAPID COOPERATION BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION , WHICH MUST , IN PARTICULAR , BE ABLE TO OBSERVE THE EXTENT TO WHICH CHARGES ARE MADE AGAINST THE TARIFF QUOTAS AND CEILING AND INFORM MEMBER STATES THEREOF ; WHEREAS SUCH COOPERATION SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY CLOSE IN VIEW OF THE NEED FOR THE COMMISSION TO BE ABLE TO TAKE APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO REINTRODUCE THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THE CEILING IS REACHED ;
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 ;
WHEREAS IT IS EXPEDIENT THAT THE COMMUNITY SHOULD AUTHORIZE THE IMPORTATION OF THE PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ANNEX A ORIGINATING IN THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES LISTED IN ANNEX B , SUBJECT TO THE CUSTOMS DUTIES GIVEN IN RESPECT OF