VERY SHORT . IT SEEMS POSSIBLE TO ALLOCATE THE WHOLE QUOTA VOLUME TO THE COMMUNITY RESERVE AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF THOSE MEMBER STATES IN WHICH NEEDS MIGHT ARISE DRAWING APPROPRIATE QUANTITIES FROM THAT RESERVE ; WHEREAS THE SHARES THUS DRAWN FROM THE RESERVE MUST BE VALID UNTIL THE END OF THE QUOTA PERIOD ; WHEREAS THIS METHOD OF MANAGEMENT REQUIRES CLOSE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION AND THE LATTER MUST IN PARTICULAR BE ABLE TO MONITOR THE RATE AT WHICH THE QUOTA IS USED UP AND INFORM THE MEMBER STATES THEREOF ;
WHEREAS , SINCE THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM , THE KINGDOM ON THE NETHERLANDS AND THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG ARE UNITED IN AND JOINTLY REPRESENTED BY THE BENELUX ECONOMIC UNION , ALL TRANSACTIONS 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
FROM 1 MARCH 1978 TO 29 FEBRUARY 1980 , THE PRODUCTS LISTED BELOW ORIGINATING IN THE AFRICAN , CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC STATES OR IN THE OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES SHALL BE IMPORTED SUBJECT TO CUSTOMS DUTIES EQUAL TO 40 % OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES WITHIN A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF 1 000 TONNES WITH A MINIMUM CHARGE OF TWO UNITS OF ACCOUNT PER 100 KILOGRAMS NET WEIGHT :
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07.01 // VEGETABLES , FRESH OR CHILLED : //
// M . TOMATOES : //
// I . FROM 1 NOVEMBER TO 14 MAY : //
// - FROM 15 NOVEMBER TO 15 APRIL //
ARTICLE 2
1 . FROM 1 MARCH TO 15 APRIL 1978 , A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF 300 TONNES SHALL BE OPENED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR FRESH OR CHILLED TOMATOES FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING EX 07.01 M I OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , ORIGINATING IN THE AFRICAN , CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC STATES OR IN THE OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES .
2 . WITHIN THIS TARIFF QUOTA THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTY APPLICABLE TO THESE PRODUCTS SHALL BE SUSPENDED AT 4.4 % WITH A MINIMUM CHARGE OF TWO UNITS OF ACCOUNT PER 100 KILOGRAMS NET WEIGHT .
3 . THE VOLUME OF THE TARIFF QUOTA REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 SHALL CONSTITUTE A COMMUNITY RESERVE .
4 . IF THE NEED SHOULD ARISE FOR THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION IN A MEMBER STATE , THE LATTER SHALL DRAW AN APPROPRIATE SHARE FROM THE RESERVE , PROVIDING THAT THE SIZE OF THE RESERVE SO PERMITS .
5 . THE SHARES DRAWN PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH 4 SHALL BE VALID UNTIL 15 APRIL 1978 .
ARTICLE 3
1 . MEMBER STATES SHALL TAKE ALL MEASURES NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT SHARES DRAWN PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 2 ARE OPENED IN SUCH A WAY THAT IMPORTS MAY BE CHARGED WITHOUT INTERRUPTION AGAINST THEIR CUMULATIVE PORTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY QUOTA .
2 . EACH MEMBER STATE SHALL ENSURE THAT IMPORTERS OF THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED ESTABLISHED IN