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Title: PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL. opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for certain petroleum products falling within Chapter 27 of the Common Customs Tariff (1975), refined in Turkey#PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL opening, allocating and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain textile products falling within headings Nos 55.05 and 55-09 and subheading No ex 58.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff (1975) coming from Turkey#(submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                               COM(74)1029 final
                                                               Brussels , 5 July 1974
                                     PROPOSAL FOR A
                            REGULATION ( EEC ) OP THE COUNCIL.
           opening , allocating and providing for the administration of a
               Community tariff quota for certain petroleum products
                            falling within Chapter 27 of the
                   Common Customs Tariff ( 1975 )? refined in Turkey
                                     PROPOSAL FOR A
                            REGULATION (EEC ) OP THE COUNCIL
           opening , allocating and providing for the administration of
                Community tariff quotas for certain textile products
   falling within headings Nos 55.05 find 55-09 and subheading No ex 58.01 A
               of the Common Customs Tariff ( 1975 ) coming from Turkey
                  »
                     ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
   COM ( 74 ) 1029 final
 ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
   1 . As a result of negotiations with Turkey on the adjustments to
  be made to the Association Agreement between that country and the
  Community and the Additional Protocol , to take account of the
  accession of new Member States , the Community signed in Ankara on
  30 June 1973 a Supplementary Protocol which will enter into force
  once it has been ratified .
  In the meantime , the Community has concluded an Interim Agreement
  which in theory runs only for the period prior to the entry into
  force of this Supplementary Protocol but may not , in any case ,
  extend beyond 31 December 197^, in order to implement , from
 1 January 197k , certain provisions of that Protocol relating to
 trade in goods .
 2 . In the abovementioned Supplementary Protocol and Interim
 Agreement , provision is made in particular for the opening of
 annual Community tariff quotas for the following products , subject
 to the conditions laid down for each product :
  CCT            I                           i
heading   Nn         Description             [        Annual       j               I
neadmg No                   *        ,            tariff  quota       Duty         |
                                                                                   I
ex Chapter 27 j Certain petroleum
                   products        t . .     3^0 000 metric tons     free
55-03              Cotton yarn , not put I I
                                                    "
                   up for retail sale            390 metric tons 75% réduction
55 * 09            Other woven fabrics                           i
                                                                 I
               i of cotton               1
               1                               1 390 metric tons ) 75% réduction »
They also determine the allocation among the Member States of the
annual tariff quotas for textile products . This allocation is as
follows } .
 ---pagebreak---                                   ■* 2 «·
Cotton yarn ( heading No 55-05 )
Community as originally constituted                      300 metric tons
Denmark                                                   ko metric tons
Ireland                                                   10 metric tons
United Kingdom                                            ko metric tons
Other woven fabrics of cotton ( heading No 55*09 )
Community as originally constituted                   1 000 metric tons
Denmark                                                   20 metric tons
Ireland                                                   10 metric tons
United Kingdom                                           360 metric tons
5 » It is not at present possible to say whether the tariff measures
proposed for Turkey under these agreements axe to be granted for
1975 on the basis of the Supplementary Protocol or of the Interim
Agreement , whose period of validity would have to be extended .
    The attached Proposals for Regulations , are based on
      the Supplementary Protocol and could therefore be modified should
 the Protocol not come into force on 1 January 1975 .
Another problem arises in connection with the size of the quotas to
be opened for 1975 1 in view of the decision taken by the Association
Council on JO June 1975 to grant Turkey treatment as favourable as
that granted to countries benefiting from generalized tariff
preferences .
Ah the decisions on the system to be applied to the developing
countries will not be taken until very late this year , since they are
dependent at least in part on the negotiations of agreements under
the "multi fibres ", arrangement , it seemed appropriate
to make provision , in the proposals for 1975 1 for the initial
adjustment to be identical to that made for 197^ and for the situation
to be reviewed either during the Council 's deliberations if that were
possible , or if necessary in 1975 »
 ---pagebreak---                                      -3-
 4. The adjustment of the advantages referred to under 3 , would
  therefore consist in :
     ( i) the granting of total suspension of the applicable customs
          duties and a 50# increase in the tariff quotas for the two
          textile products ;
   ( ii) the granting of a tariff quota of 160 metric tons , at a zero
          rate of duty , for certain carpets of wool or of fine hair
          ( heading No ex 58.01 A);
 (iii ) provision for a review of the above tariff quotas and of the
          quota for certain petroleum products ( Chapter 27 of the
          Common Customs Tariff) .
5 » As regards the economic information to be used in determining
the basis for the proposed allocation of the tariff quotas concerned ,
it should be remarked that they should be based principally on Member
States' imports , actual and estimated , specifically originating in or
coming from Turkey for the categories of products considered .
Thus , although it has been possible to draw up the appropriate
information for the years 1971 to 1973 , nevertheless because of the
irregularity noted in imports during these reference years , it
not necessarily been possible to deduce any firm basis of assessment .
For this reason , as is customary , the quota volumes attributed to the
 original Community have been
                                                            •/•
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divided into two tranches , the first tranche being allocated among             '
the Member States , and the. second held as a reserve to cover any
additional requirements which might come to light in those Member States .
The quotas of the new Member States are fixed in accordance with the provisions
of" paragraph 2 , uplifted as indicated in paragraph 4 above .
6.   The Proposal for a Regulation on textile products provides for
a single method of counting imports against quota shares in the
Member States concerned , namely as and when they are entered for
home use . On the other hand , it is not at present possible to
provide for a single administrative method ( as and when entered or
prior allocation) for the quota concerning petroleum products . For
the provisions governing the market in these products on a national
level very often differ frota one Member State to another , and this
makes a single administrative method impossible . In these
circumstances , each Member State will be permitted , as an exceptional
measure , to administer its quota in accordance with its own
provisions , while ensuring free access to the quota' for importers
of these products .
7 . It should be noted in addition that the proposed rules for
allocation of the tariff quotas among Member States and the method
                 ♦              »
of administering the quotas have already been examined at a meeting
of the "Economic Tariff problems " working party on 16 and
17 April 197^, and that they were unanimously agreed by the delegations of
the Membor States .
 ---pagebreak---                                                      ANNEX A
                           Proposal for a
                  REGULATION ( EEC ) No   /7b OF THE COUNCIL -
                           of                               .
         opening , allocating and providing for the administration
         of a Community tariff quota for certain petroleum products
         falling within Chapter 27 of the Common Customs Tariff
         (1975) * refined in Turkey
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community , and in particular Article 113 thereof ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Whereas , under the terms of Article 7 of the Supplementary Protocol
signed in Ankara on 30 June 1973 containing the adjustments to be
made to the Agreement establishing an Association between the
European Economic Community and Turkey and to the Additional
Protocol^" consequent on the Accession of new Member States , the
Community is required, each year, totally to suspend the custom® duties
applicable to certain petroleum products falling within Chapter 27-
of the Common Customs Tariff , refined in Turkey , within the limit ' •
of an annual Community tariff quota of J>kO 000 metric tons ; whereas ,
pursuant to Article 9 of the abovementioned Supplementary Protocol
the new Member States must apply zero duties to the products
concerned ;
Whereas equal and contihuous access to    the quota should be ensured
for all importers and'the rate of duty    for the tariff quota should be
applied consistently to all imports of    the products in question into
all Member States until the quotas are    exhausted ; whereas in the ...
light of these principles arrangements for the utilization of this
quota based on an allocation among Member States would 6eem 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
                                                              •/.
 OJ No L 293 , 29 December 1972 , p. k .
 ---pagebreak---                                                     ANNEX A
 the market in these products , allocation of the quota should be in
proportion to- the requirements of the Member States as calculated
by reference to statistics of imports from Turkey during a
representative reference period and to the economic outlook for the
"quota period in question ;
Whereas , during the past three years for which complete statistics
are available , imports of these products from Turkey into the various
Member States were as follows :
                                                    ( metric tons )
                                        1971      1972         1973
  Bénélux                                         96 222
  Denmark                                                      12 000
  Germany                            . kZ 30k    300 000      300 000
  France                                            mm
  Ireland
                                                                       1
  Italy                                          110 162      134- 035
  United Kingdom                                  38 200       ko 000
1_ -
  By extrapolation from the figure for imports in the first eleven
  months .   ■
Whereas this information indicates that imports of these products
are very irregular and that the calculation of the * percentages which
they represent in relation to the total imports into the Community
of the same products from Turkey would not therefore be significant ;
whereas the calculation of the imports from Mdmber States in question
for the quota period considered proves difficult as a result of "the
irregularity noted in imports during the foregoing years ; whereas
the foreseeable import figures put forward by the Member States for
the quota period concerned leads to the quota considered being
allocated according to the percentages indicated hereafter :
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                                                     ANNEX A
Bénélux                    16.55
Denmark                     k.lk
Germany                    42.07
France                      8.28
Ireland                     k.lk
Italy                      12.41
United Kingdom             12 . kl
Whereas , to take account of future import trends for the products
concerned , the quota should be divided into two tranches » the first
being allocated 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 , the first tranche of the quota should be fixed at a
relatively high level , approximately &5% of the full amount *
Whereas Member States may exhaust their initial shares at different
rates ; whereas to avoid disruption of supplies on this account it
should bo provided that 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
Stcxte 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 Commission 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 ;
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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 , to prevent a part of a quota from remaining unused in
one Member State while it could be used in others , that such State
should return a proportion thereof to the reserve ;
Whereas it does not seem possible for . the moment , taking into
account the differences still existing in the national provisions
governing the market of the products in question , to lay down a
single method of administration ;
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 transaction in
respect of 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 . Subject to any measures taken under paragraphs 2 and 4 of the
single Article of Annex 1 to the Additional Protocol between the
European Economic Community and Turkey , a Community tariff quota of
3k0 000 metric tons shall be opened from 1 January until 31 December
1975 for the following petroleum products , refined in Turkey and
falling within Chapter 27 of the Common Customs Tariff :
 CCT
                               Description
 heading No
 27.10         Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous
               minerals , other than crude ; preparations not
               elsewhere specified or included , containing not less
               than 7C$ by weight of petroleum oils or of oils
               obtained from bituminous minerals , these oils being
               the basic constituents of the preparations ;
 ---pagebreak---                                                    ANNEX A
CCT
                              Description
heading No
27.10       A. Light oils :
( cont 'd )    III . For other purposes
            B. Médium oils :                           ,
               III . For other purposes
            C. Heavy oils :
                 I. Gas oil :
                     ( c ) For other purposes
                II . Fuel oil :
                     ( c ) For other purposes
               III . Lubricating oils ; other oils
                     ( c ) To be mixed in accordance with the
                           terms of Additional Note 7 to
                           Chapter 27(a)
                     ( d) For other purposes
27*11       Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons :
            B. Other :
                 I-. Commercial propane and commercial butane :
                     ( c ) For other purposes
27.12       Petroleum jelly :
            A. Crude :
               III . For other purposes
            B. Other
27.13       Paraffin wax , micro-crystalline wax , slack wax ,
            ozokerite , lignite wax , peat wax and other mineral
            waxes , whether or not coloured :
            B. Other :
                 I. Crude :
                     ( c ) For other purposes
                II . Other
 ---pagebreak---   27 . 1 ^      Petroleum bitumen , petroleum coke and other
                residues of petroleum oils or of oils obtained
                from bituminous minerals :
                C. Other
( a)Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be
    determined by the competent authorities .
2.     The Common Customs Tariff duties shall be totally suspended in
respect of importations under the above Community quotas .
Within the limits of the quota , the new Member States shall also
exempt the petroleum products concerned from duty .
                                  Article 2
1.     The tariff quota referred to Article l(l ) shall be divided into
two tranches .
2 . The first tranche , amounting to 290 000 metric tons , shall be
allocated among the Member States ; the shares , which subject to
Article 5 shall be valid until 31 December 1975 » shall be as follows :
Benelux                         48 000 metric tons
Denmark                         12 000 metric tons
Germany                        122 000 metric tons
France                          2k 000 metric tons
Ireland                         12 000 metric tons
Italy                           36 000 metric tons    ;
United Kingdom                  36 000 metric tons
3.     The second tranche , of 50 000 metric tons , shall constitute a
reserve .
 ---pagebreak---                                                      A1INEX A
                               Article 3
X.  As soon as a Member State has used 90% or more of its initial
share as fixed in Article 2(2), or of that share minus any portion
returned to the reserve pursuant to Article      it shall forthwith , by
notifying the Commission , draw a second share , to the extent that the
reserve so permits , equal to 10# of its initial share rounded as
necessary up to the next whole number .
2.  As soon as a Member State , after exhausting its initial share ,
has used 90# or more of the second share drawn by it , that Member
State shall , in the manner and to the extent provided in paragraph 1 ,
draw a third share equal to 5% of its initial share rounded as
necessary up to the next whole number .
3.  As soon as a Member State , after exhausting its second share ,
has used 90# or more of the third share drawn by it , that Member
State shall , in the same manner and to the same extent , draw a fourth
share equal to the third .
It shall continue in this fashion until the reserve is exhausted .
4.  By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 , 2 and 3 » a Member State
may draw shares lower than those specified in those paragraphs if
there are grounds for believing that those specified may not be
used in full ., Any Member State applying this paragraph, shall
inform the Commission of its grounds for so doing .
                               Article k
Additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 3 shall be valid until
31 December 1975 *
 ---pagebreak---                                   Article 5
A Member State which on 15 September 1975 has not exhausted its
initial share shall not later than 10 October 1975 return to the
reserve the unused portion in excess of 20# of the initial amount .
It may return a greater portion if there are grounds for believing
that such portion may not be used in full .
Member States shall , not later than 10 October 1975 , notify the
Commission of the total quantities of the products in question
imported up to and including 15 September 1975 and charged against
the Community quotas and of any portion of their initial shares
returned to' the reserve .
                                  Article 6
The Commission shall keep an account of the shares opened by the
Member States pursuant to Articles 2 and 5 and shall , on receipt of the
information , inform each State of the extent to which the reserve has
been used up .
It shall , not later than 15 October 1975 « inform the Member States
of the amounts still in reserve following any return of shares
pursuant to Article 5 »
It shall ensure tha.t when an amount exhausting one of -the reserves is drawn
the amount as drawn does not exceed the balance available , and to this end
shall not define the amount of that brlfince to the Member State making the
last drawing .
                                 Article 7
1 . Every Member State shall take all propriate measures to ensure that shares
drawn pursuant to Article 3 are opened in such a way that importations may
be charged without interruption against its accumulated share of the relevant
Community quota .                                                    /
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                                                         AMEX A
2 . Every Member State shall take all measures necessary to ensure
that importers of the products in question, established, in its
territory have free access to the shares allocated to it . ; .       ?
3 . The extent to which a Member State has used up its shares shall
be determined on the basis of the importations of the: products in
question entered with the customs authorities for home use .
                              Article 8 -
Every Member State shall notify the Commission at regular intervals
of the importations charged against its share .
                              Article 9
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to
ensure that this Regulation is complied with .
                              Article 10         .  . ,
This Regulation shall enter into , force on 1 January 1?75 »,
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ," \                  '     '  < -For . the Council
 ---pagebreak---                                                          ANNEX B
                             Proposal for a
                 REGULATION (EEC ) No ..../T4 OP THE COUNCIL
                                     of
          opening , allocating and providing for the administration
          of Community tariff quotas for certain textile products
          falling within headings Nos 55*05 and 55»09 and subheading
          No ex 58*01 A of the Common Customs Tariff ( 1975) coming
          from Turkey
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community , and in particular Article 1 1 3 thereof ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Whereas , under the terms of Article 7 of the Supplementary Protocol
signed in Ankara on 30 June 1973 containing the adjustments to be
made to the Agreement establishing an Association between the European
Economic Community and Turkey and to the Additional Protocol     consequent
on the Accession of new Member States , the Community is required , each year ,
reduce by       "the customs duties on imports from Turkey of certain
textile products falling within heading Nos 55»05 and 55*09 of the
Common Customs Tariff , within the limit of annual Community tariff
quotas of 390 metric tons for cotton yarn and 1 390 metric tons for
woven fabrics of cotton , whereas Article 14 of the above–ment ioned
Supplementary Protocol allocates these Community tariff quotas as follows :
– for cotton yarn :
   300 metric tons to the Community as originally constituted , 40 metric
   tons to Denmark , 10 metric tons to Ireland and 40 metric tons to the
   United Kingdom ;
1 0J No L 293 , 29 December 1972 , p. 4 .
 ---pagebreak---                                                        ΑΜΞΧ Β
– for woven fabrics of cotton :
  1000 metrio tons to the Community as originally constituted ,
  20 metrio tons to Denmark, 10 metric tons to Ireland and 36O metric
  tons to the United Kingdom ;
Whereas , moreover , it appears desirable to provide for a provisional
adjustment of the tariff advantages for these goods :
– for the Community as originally constituted by a total suspension
  of the customs duties of the Common Customs Tariff , and an increase
  of 5®j° of the volume of quotas allocated to these Member States ;
– for the r.cw Jfsaibcr States by a total suspension of the duties
  applicable within the limits of the quotas fixed above , increased
  by 50$;
whereas these adjustments may , if necessary , be reviewed during the
tariff year ;
Whereas pursuant to Article 1 of Annex Ho 2 to the Additional
Protocol together with Article 9 of the Supplementary Protoool , for
the duration of 1975 in particular , the Community must reduce by 2 3$
the duties applicable in respect of third countries to carpets ,
carpeting and rugs , knotted (made up or not ) of wool or of fine
aninal hair (with the exception of hand-made carpets ) imported from
Turkey ; whereas it also appears advisable to improve this   tariff
advantage provisionally by means of a total suspension of    the duties
applicable to the products in question within a Community    tariff
quota fixed initially at 1 60 metric tons and allocated in   accordance
with the sane percentages as those adopted for 1974 under    the
generalized tariff preferences ;
Whereas , in order to comply with the special provisions of the
Supplementary Protocol , different systems should be provided for the
Member States of the Community as originally constituted and for the
new Member States ;
 ---pagebreak---                                                              mmx b
     Whereas , as regards the Coranrunity as originally constituted:
     – equal and oontinuous acoess to the quotas should "be ensured
         for all importers and th© rate of duty for the tariff quotas
         should be applied consistently to all imports on the product
         in question until the quotas are exhausted ;
     – in the light of these principles , arrangements for the utilization
         of these tariff quotas "based on an allocation among Member
         States would seem to "be consistent with the Community nature of
         the quotas ; whereas , in order that it may correspond as clearly
         as possible to the actual trend of the market in the product in
         question, allocation of the quotas should be in proportion to the
         requirements of the Member States as calculated by reference to
         statistics of imports from Turkey during a representative reference
     " period and to the economic outlook for the quota period in
         question; whereas , in spite of the limited need for imports from
        .Turkey of the products concerned , as shown by the statistics for
         the majority of the Member States the Community character of the
         tariff quotas concerned should be safeguarded by making provisions
         to cover needs which might arise in these Member States ;
     – imports into the various Member States from Turkey were as follows
         during the past three years for which complete statistics are '
      - available :
                      1971                  1972            , 1973
                    metrio             metric      f0     metric      $
                    tons               tons               tons
Cotton yam
Germany           8 453     49.19     11 736     48.35   10 734     42.79
Bénélux           4 626     26.90      6 144     25.31    6 795     27 . 08
i^rance              242     1.41       . 412-    1.70      162      0.65
Italy             3 867     22 50      5 962     24.64    7 39Y1    29*481
                  Extrapolation from the figures for the first 11 months .
 ---pagebreak---                                                             ΑΪ~ΪΕΧ Β
                             1971             1972                1973
                      met ne      %   met rie           met rie          1"
                      tons            tons              tons
Other woven fabrics
of cotton
Germany                 371    13.99    570      21.17    877          30.99
Bénélux                 848    31.97    995      36.96    953          33.67
France                  603    22,74   747       27-75    412          14.56
Italy                   830    31.30   380       14.12    5881         20.78
                      1
                        Extrapolation from the figures for the first 11 months .
  in view of these figures and foreseeable market trends for the products
  concerned duriag 1 975»      initial shares may be fixed approximately at
  the following percentages *
                         Cotton yarn         Ot her woven fabrics of cotton
  Germany                    43.8                          23.1 -
  Bénélux                    19»7                          30.8
  France                      5.2                          34 » 6
  Italy                      31,3                           11.5
Whereas , to take account of future import trends for the product concerned,
each quota should be divided into two tranches , the first being allocated
and the second held as a reserve to cover subsequently the requirements
of Member States which have exhausted their initial shares j whereas , to
give importers some degree of certainty , the first tranche of the quotas
should be fixed at a relatively high level , approximately 80$ of their
full amounts ;
 ---pagebreak---                                                        AOTEX B
– Member States may exhaust their initial shares 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 a&dit ioral share
  from the reserve ; whereas eaoh 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 Commission must be in a position tokeep account of the extent ■
  to whioh th.a quotas have been used up and to inform the Member
  States accordingly ;
– if at a given date in the quota period a considerable quantity of
  one of a Member State 's initial shares remains unused it is essential ,
  to prevent a part of one of the quotas from remaining unused in one
  Member State while it could be used in others , that such State should
  return a proportion thereof to the reserve ;
– 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 transaction in respect of the
  administration of the shares allocated to that Economic Union may
  be carried out by ariy one of its members ;
Whereas as regards the new Member States in particular *   ... .
– the quota volumes to be allocated to those new Member States under
  Article 14 of the Supplementary Protocol as well as the duties to
  be applied in those Member States for the purposes of these quotas
  determined in accordance with Article 9 of the said Protocol , are to be
  adjusted as set out below;
 ---pagebreak---                                                           AIWIEX B
  – equal and continuous access to the quotas should be ensured
      for all importers and the rate of duty for the tariff quotas
      should "be applied consistently to all imports of the products-
      concerned until the quotas are exhausted#
  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                 Article 1
  1 , Prom 1 January and until 31 December 1975» Community tariff
     - quotas be opened for the following products coming from
       Turkey , as shown below:
      OCT heading
                                   Description                   Quota
         No
      55.05              Cotton yarn, not put up for
                         retail sale                         885 metric tons
I
!
I
      55-09              Other woven fabrics of
i
                          cotton                           2 O85 metric tons
      58.01              Carpets , carpeting and rugs
                         (made up or not ):
\
t                        ex A. Of wool or of fine
i
1
                                animal hair with the
                                exclusion of hand­      i
                                made carpet s          j      160 metric tons
  2 . The quotas shall be allocated and administered in accordance
       with the following provisions *
                                  SECTION I
        Provisions relating to the Comnrmity as originally constituted
                                  Article 2
  1 . Within the quota Customs Tariff duties shall be totally
       suspended within the limit , of 750 metric tons
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  for cotton yarn not put up for retail sale , 1 500 metric tons for
  other woven fabrics of cotton , and 112 metric tons for carpets
  made of wool or fine animal hair .
                              Article 3
  1.  The quotas referred to in Article 2 shall be divided into two
  tranches *
  2.  The first tranche of each of these quotas shall be allocated
  among the Member States :  the shares which , subject to Article 6 ,
  shall be valid until 31 December 1975 1 shall be as follows :
                                                       ( in metric tons )
                                                 CCT heading No
                                         55-05      55*09     ex 58.01 A
   Germany                                252        240          3^.7
   Bénélux    ι
                                          113        320          12.9
   Franc e                                 30        360          2kA
   Italy                                  180        120          18.0
                                          575      1 0^0          90.0
  The second tranche of each quota , amounting to 175»t-60 and 22 metric
  tons respectively , shall constitute the corresponding reserve .
                              Article h
1*As soon as a Member State has used 90% or more of one of its initial
  shares as fixed in Article 3(2 ), or of that share minus any portion
  returned to the reserve pursuant to Article 6 , it shall forthwith , by
  notifying the Commission , draw a second share , to the extent that the reser^
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                                                       ANNEX B
so permits , equal to 15% of its initial share rounded as necessary
up to the next whole number .
2.  As soon as a Member State , after exhausting one of its initial
shares , has used 90$ or more of the second share drawn by it , that
Member State shall forthwith , in the manner and to the extent
provided in paragraph 1 , draw a third share equal to 7 - 5% of its
initial share .
3.  A3 soon as a Member State , after exhausting its second share ,
has used 90% or more of the third share drawn by it , that Member
State shall , in the same manner and to the same extent , draw a .
fourth share equal to the third .
It shall continue in this fashion until the reserve is exhausted .
b . By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 , 2 and 3 , a Member State
may draw shares lower than those specified in those paragraphs if
there are grounds for believing that those specified may not be used
in full . Any Member State applying this paragraph shall inform the
Commission of its grounds for so doing .
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Additional shares drawn pursuant to Article k shall be valid until
31 December 1973 *
                               Article 6
A Member State which on 15 September 1975 has not exhausted one of
its initial shares shall not later than 10 October 1975 return to
the reserve any unused portion in excess of 20$ of the initial
amount .  It may return a greater portion if there are grounds for
believing that' such portion may not be used in full .
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Member States shall , not later than 10 October 1975 , notify the
Commission of the total quantities of the product in question
imported up to and including 15 September 1975 and charged against
the Community quotas and of any portion of their initial shares to
each of the reserves .
                                Article 7
The Commission shall keep an account of the shares opened by the
Member States pursuant to Articles 3 and 4 and shall , on receipt of
the information , inform each State of the extent to which the
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reserves have been used up .
It shall , not later than 15 October 1975 , inform the Member States
of the amounts still in reserve following any return of. shares
pursuant to Article 6 .
It shall ensure that when an amount exhausting one of the reserves
is drawn the amount so drawn does not exceed the balance available ,
and to this end shall notify the amount of that balance to the Member
State making the last drawing .
                                Article 8
1.  Every Member State shall take all appropriate measures to ensure
that additional shares drawn pursuant to Article k are opened in
such a way that importations may be charged without interruption
against its accumulated share of the Community quotas .
                                SECTION II
                    Provisions relating to the new Member States
                                Article 9
1.  Within the tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 , the following
shares shall be allocated to the new Member States :
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                                                       ANNEX B
                                                     ( in metric tons )
                                       55.05     55.09     ex 58.01 A
  Denmark                               60        30           11.2
  Ireland                               15        15            1.6
  United Kingdom                        60       5k0           35.2
                                       135       585           kB.O
2 . Within the limits of these quotas , the new Member States shall
apply zero duties for the textile products concerned .
                              SECTION III
                          General provisions
                              Article 10
1 . Every Member State shall take all measures necessary to ensure
that importers of the product in question established in its territory
have free access to the shares allocated to it .
2 . Every Member State shall charge importations of the products in
question against its share as and when such products are entered with
the customs authorities for home use .
3 . The extent to which a Member State has used up its share shall be
determined on the basis of the importations against that share in
accordance with paragraph 2 .
                              Article 11
Every Member State shall notify the Commission at regular intervals
of the importations charged against its shares .
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                              Article 12
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to
ensure that this Regulation is complied with .
                              Article 13
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1975-
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                               For the Council
                                                 The President