AMONG MEMBER STATES WOULD SEEM TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMUNITY NATURE OF THE QUOTA ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER THAT IT MAY CORRESPOND AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE TO THE ACTUAL TREND OF THE MARKET IN THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION , ALLOCATION OF THE QUOTA SHOULD BE IN PROPORTION TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES AS CALCULATED BY REFERENCE TO STATISTICS ON IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES DURING A REPRESENTATIVE REFERENCE PERIOD AND TO THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE YEAR COVERED BY THE QUOTA IN QUESTION ;
WHEREAS , FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS FOR WHICH COMPLETE STATISTICS ARE AVAILABLE , THE IMPORTS OF EACH OF THE MEMBER STATES SHARING IN THE ABOVE ALLOCATION AMOUNTED TO THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF TOTAL IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION : // //
// 1978 // 1979 // 1980 //
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BENELUX // 14.78 // 13.05 // 14.44 //
DENMARK // 6.55 // 5.85 // 5.49 //
GERMANY // 25.28 // 25.64 // 27.39 //
GREECE // 1.66 // 1.16 // 1.11 //
FRANCE // 11.12 // 12.08 // 12.15 //
IRELAND // 1.94 // 1.76 // 0.39 //
ITALY // 0.89 // 1.03 // 1.63 //
UNITED KINGDOM // 39.44 // 39.43 // 37.40 //
WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE AND OF THE FORESEEABLE TREND ON THE MARKET IN NEWSPRINT , IN GENERAL , AND OF COMMUNITY PRODUCTION IN PARTICULAR DURING 1982 THE INITIAL QUOTA MAY BE ALLOCATED APPROXIMATELY IN THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES :
BENELUX13.73 DENMARK7.20 GERMANY24.67 GREECE2.59 FRANCE11.76 IRELAND0.98 ITALY0.71 UNITED KINGDOM38.36 WHEREAS , TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF IMPORT TRENDS FOR THE PRODUCT CONCERNED , THE QUOTA SHOULD BE DIVIDED INTO TWO TRANCHES , THE FIRST BEING ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES AND THE SECOND HELD AS A RESERVE TO COVER SUBSEQUENTLY THE REQUIREMENTS OF MEMBER STATES WHICH HAVE EXHAUSTED THEIR INITIAL SHARES ; WHEREAS , TO GIVE IMPORTERS SOME DEGREE OF CERTAINTY AND YET ENABLE COMMUNITY PRODUCTION TO BE DISPOSED OF ON SATISFACTORY TERMS , THE FIRST TRANCHE OF THE QUOTA SHOULD BE FIXED AT ABOUT 94.5 % OF THE FULL AMOUNT ;
WHEREAS MEMBER STATES MAY EXHAUST THEIR INITIAL SHARES AT DIFFERENT RATES ; WHEREAS , TO PROVIDE FOR THIS EVENTUALITY AND 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 EXHAUSTED A MEMBER STATE SHOULD DRAW A FURTHER 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 THE MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION , AND THE LATTER MUST BE IN A POSITION TO KEEP ACCOUNT 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 '