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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 textile fibres falling within heading No 56.04 of the Common Customs Tariff originating in Cyprus.#PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for men's and boys' outer garments falling within heading No 61.01 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Cyprus. (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                             COM(74)749 final
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                         •            PROPOSAL FOR A
                           REGULATION (EEC) OP THE COUNCIL
opening , allocating and providing for the administration of a Community
    tariff quota for certain textile fibres falling within heading
     No 56.04 of the Common Customs Tariff originating in Cyprus
              'i'" 'J   J    ■ no  •
                                     PROPOSAL FOR A
                            REGULATION (EEC ) OP THE COUNCIL
opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community
     tariff quota for men 's and boys' outer garments falling within
             heading No 61.01 of the Common Customs Tariff ,
                                originating in Cyprus .
                  ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
 COM(74) 749 final
 ---pagebreak---                               EXPLAÎ'TATORY HEHOHAJÏDUK
1.  Tho Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic
    Community and. the Republic of Cyprus (Article 3 and. Article 2 of Annex i ) t
   together with the Protocol laying down certain provisions relating to
   that Agreement consequent on the accession of new. Member States to the
   European Economic Community (Article 2 ), provides for the opening of the
   following Community tariff quotas for products originating in Cyprus :
   Common Customs                Description of goods                    Annual
   Tariff heading                                                        quota
   56.04               Kan-made fibres (discontinuous or waste )       100 metrio tons
                       carded , combed or otherwise prepared
                       for spin>_2ng
   61.01               Men 's and boys' outer garments                 500 metric tons
   A joint declaration on Article 2 of the abovementioned Protocol also provides
   for these quotas to be allocated as follows between the Member States :
                                                 56.04                 61.01
    (a ) to the Community as originally       "JO metric tons        100 metric tons
         constituted
    (b ) to the new Member States             30 metric tons         400 metric tons
   The duties to be applied are fixed by the Agreement at 2>0% of the Common
   Customs Tariff duties for the products concerned . However , Articles 3 "to
   7 of the abovementioned Protocol also contain special provisions concerning
   the duties to be applied by the new Member States .        Similarly , certain
   provisions of the Act concerning the Conditions of Accession and the Adjust­
   ments to the Treaties must be complied with when fixing these duties .
 ---pagebreak---       2.    In order to fulfil "the Community 's obligation to Cyprus , regulations
            should "bo adopted opening , allocating and providing, for the administration
            of these Community tariff quotas .
            This is the purpose of the proposals annexed hereto .
                                                                            » »
       3.   The following remarks are necessary concerning the quotas assigned to
            the Member States of the Comraunity as originally constituted :
            (a) The regulations provide , as is the rule , for. each of the quotas to
                   be divided into two instalments , the first of which is allocated among
                   the Member States "concerned while the second constitutes the reserve .
            (b ) The allocation of the first instalment is usually based on the statistics
                   for the previous three years and the forecasts for the quota period con­
                   cerned . However , this principle cannot be applied to products falling
                   within tariff headings 56*04      61.01 , for there were no imports of
                   these products during the years 1971-73 and forecasts for 1975 cannot
                  be drawn up in either case .   In these : circumstances and so that the
                ■ quotas assigned to the Community as originally constituted can neverthe­
                   less be equitably allocated among Member States , it appears desirable to
                  provide for a significant share of the quota volume for each of the original
                  Member State . Obviously, this formula will have to be adapted subsequently
                  in the light of actual trade movements .
4 * ( a)    Exactly the same problem arises in connection with allocating the quota for
            products falling within tariff heading 56 . 04 among the new Member States .
            Consequently , the solution set out in paragraph 3 is proposed in this case
          ■ also .                                       1
 ---pagebreak---                                                 - 3 -
 (b )      Only the United Kingdom has imported products falling within tariff .
           heading 61 . 0') from Cyprus .  This being so , the usual formula , which
           consists in making an allocation on the basis of previous statistics
           and forecasts , does not seem applicable .
                                                                          «
           However , in order to achieve, nevertheless , a fair and weighted allocation
           of the quota of 400 metric tons among the Member States concerned , the
           Commission is working on the assumption that , in all but quite exceptional
           cases , each Member State must be able to play atf the outset a significant
           part in the application of a Community measure such as the tariff quotas .
                                 s        »  »»
           Such an allocation must be aimed at evening out as far as possible among the
           Member States the advantages and responsibilities resulting from this measure .
                                                        ¥
           Obviously , this formula will have to be adapted subsequently in the light of
         • any trade movements .
5* '       The apportionment of the quota volumes among thd Member States and the amounts
           of "the quota shares proposed by the Commission have been examined by the
     •
       k : Government Experts ( Consultative Meeting of the "Tariff Economio Problems"
                                                        *
           Group held on 16 «4 •1974 ) •
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                                             AMEX A
                                               PROPOSAL FOR A
                                REGULATION (EEC) OP THE COUNCIL '
               opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota
               for certain textile fibres falling within heading No 56.04 of the Common Customs
                                              Tariff, originating in Cyprus
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                       Whereas, as regards the Community as originally
                                                                 constituted :
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community and in particular Article 113
 thereof :                                                            it is necessary to ensure to all importers equal and
                                                                      uninterrupted access to the quota and uninterrup­
                                                                      ted application of the rates laid down for this quota
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission :                  to all imports of the products concerned until the
                                                                      quota has been used up ;
 Whereas the Agreement (') establishing an Association
 between the European Economic Community find the
Republic of Cyprus, hereinafter called 'the Agreement',               in the light of the principles elicited above, the
 and the Protocol (2) laying down certain provisions                  Community nature of the quota may be best
concerning that Agreement as a result of the Accession                preserved by an arrangement allocating it among
 of new Member States to the European Economic                        the Member States ; whereas in order to reflect
 Community, hereinafter called 'the Protocol' , provide               more accurately the actual development of the
for the opening of an annual Community tariff quota                   market in the product concerned, such allocation
of 100 metric tons of man-made fibres (discontinuous                  should be in proportion to the needs of the Member
or waste), carded, combed or otherwise prepared for                   States, assessed by reference to both statistics
spinning, falling within heading No 56.04 of the                      of each State's imports of the said imports of the
 Common Customs Tariff, originating in Cyprus ;                       said products originating in Cyprus over a repre­
whereas, pursuant to the joint declaration in Article 2               sentative reference period and the economic
of the Protocol the tariff quota should be allocated                  outlook for the quota period concerned ;
among the Member States as follows : 70 metric tons
for the Community as originally constituted and 30
metric tons for the new Member States ; whereas
Annex 1 to the Agreement provides that the duties                  • however, as during the past three years no such
applicable to the quota shall be equal to 30% of the                  products originating in Cyprus have been imported
Common Customs Tariff duties ; whereas as regards                     and as no forecast can be made for 197,5", s
the duties applicable to goods within the limits of the              significative and. 'balanced participation
quota by the new Member States, the special pro­                     of each of this . States on this quota '<
visions of the Protocol and of the Act of Accession (3)              would ensure a fair distribution among
should be observed ; whereas to comply with the special              them ;
provisions of the Protocol , separate arrangements
should be made for the Member States of the Com­
munity as originally constituted on the hand and for               • in order to take into account import trends for
the new Member States on the other hand ;                             the products concerned in the different Member
                                                                      States, the quota amount should be divided into
                                                                      two tranches, the first tranche being allocated
                                                                      among the Member States and the second forming
                                                                      a reserve intended ultimately to cover the require­
                                                                      ments of those Member States which have used
(*) OJ No L 133, 21 . 5. 1973, p. I.                                  up their initial shares ; whereas, in order to ensure
(a) OJ No L 133, 21. 5. 1973, p. 88.                                  a certain degree of security to importers in each
(a) OJ No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.                                   Member State, the first tranche of the quota
 ---pagebreak---                                                    - 2 -                                               AMEX A
     should be determined at a level which , lindcr        – it is necessary to ensure to all importers equal :tnd
     present circumstances, may be approximately 75% ;           uninterrupted access to thequota and uninterrupted
                                                               • application of the rates laid down for this quota
                                                                 to all imports of the products concerned until
                                                                 the quota has been used up,
    the initial sh^re of the Member States may be
    used up more or less quickly ; whereas, in order
    to take this fact into account and to avoid any
                                                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    break in continuity, it is important that any
    Member State having almost used up its initial
    share should draw an additional share from the                                     Article 1
    reserve ; whereas this must be done by each            From 1 January "to
    Member State as and when each of its additional
    shares is almost entirely used up, and repeated        /         31 December 197.5" a tariff quota of 100 metric
    as many times as the reserve allows ; whereas the
                                                           tons shall be opened within the Community in respect
    initial and additional shares of the quota must be
                                                           of man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste), carded,
    available for use until the end of the quota period ;
                                                           combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, falling
    whereas this method of administration calls for
                                                           within heading No 56.04 of the Common Customs
    close cooperation between Member States and
                                                           Tariff, originating in Cyprus. This quota shall be
                                                           allocated and administered in accordance with the
    the Commission which must, in particular, be
                                                           following provisions.
    able to observe the extent to which the quota
    amount is used and inform Member States thereof ;
                                                                                      SECTION I
    if, at a specified date in the qucWperiod, a con­
    siderable balance remains in one or other Member
    State, it is essential that that Member State pays                 Provisions applicable to the Community
    a large amount of it back into the reserve in order                        as originally constituted
    to avoid a part or one or other of the Community
    quotas remaining unused in one Member State
    when it could be used in others ;                                                  Article 2
                                                           The Common Customs Tariff duties shall be partially
    since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of            suspended at the rates indicated below in respect of
    the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxem­          70 metric tons of the quota referred to in Article 1 :
    bourg arc united in and jointly represented by the
    Benelux Economic Union , all transactions concern­           CCT                                           Rare
    ing the administration of shares granted to the            heading                  Description           of duty
                                                                  No                                             %
    abovementioned Economic Union may be carried
    out by any of its members ;
                                                                 56 . 04   Man-made fibres (discontinuous or
                                                                           waste), carded, combed or other­
                                                                           wise prepared for spinning :
Whereas as regards the new Member States :                                 A. Synthetic textile fibres          2-5
                                                                           B. Regenerated textile fibres       3-0
 ■ pursuant to the Protocol , a gross amount of
   30 metric tons is allocated to the new Member                                       Article 3
   States ; whereas, for the purposes of the allocation of
   this amount among them, both the past and the            1 . A first tranche of 52 metric tons of the amount
   prospective future situations are the same as those     specified in Article 2 shall be allocated among the
   which faced the original Member States ; whereas,       Member States ; the shares which , subject to Article 6,
   therefore, the quota should be allocated in             are valid until 31 December 1975", shall be as follows :
   the same wise among "the new Member
   States ;                                                                Bénélux          14 metric tons
                                                                           Germany          10 metric tons
 ■ the quota duties are to be calculated by the new
   Member States in accordance with Articles 3 , 4, 5,
                                                                           France           15 metric tons
   6 and 7 of the Protocol ;                                               Italy              13 metric tons
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                                  ΛΜΕΧ Α
2. The second tranche, of 18 metric tons shall             September 197f, nnd charged against the Community
constitute the reserve.                                    quota and, where appropriate, the proportion of
                                                           their initial share that is being returned to the reserve.
                          Article 4
                                                                                     Article 7
1 . If 90% or more of the initial share of a Member
State laid down in Article 3 ( 1 ), or 90% of that share   The Commission shall keep accent of the sharps
less the amount returned into the reserve where the        opened by Member States irik.accordance wifh
provisions of Article 6 have been applied, has been        Articles 3 and 4 and shall inform - each State of the
exhausted , that Member State sbsH proceed without         extent to which the; reserve has beeh used up as soon
delay, by notifying the Commission, to draw a second       as it receives the nptificatjons.
share, equal to 15% of its initial share, rounded up
tq'ijje next unit.             '                           The Commission shall, not later than 15 October
                                                           1975", notify the Member States of the amount in
2. If, after its initial share has been exhausted, 90%     reserve after the return of shares pursuant to Article 6.
or more of the second share drawn up by a Member
State has been used, that Member State shall proceed,
in accordance with the conditions laid down in para­       The Commission shall ensure that any drawing
graph 1 , to draw a third share, equal to 7'5% of its      which uses up the reserve is limited to the balance
initial share, rounded up to the next unit where           available and for this purpose shall specify the amount
                                                           thereof to the Member State which makes the last
appropriate, to the extent that the reserve is sufficient.
                                                           drawing.
3 . If, after its second share has been exhausted, 90%
or more of the third share drawn by a Member State                                   Article 8
has been used, that Member State shall proceed, in
the same way fourth share equal to the third.
                                                            The Member States shall take all appropriate measures
                                                            to ensure that when additional shares are drawn
This process shall be applied until the reserve is          pursuant to Article 4 it is possible for charges to be
exhausted.                                        i         made,, without interruption, against their accumulated
                                 ' >    f'                  shares of the Community quota.
4. Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2 and 3, the Mem­
ber States may proceed to draw shares smaller than
 those fixed in those paragraphs if there is reason to
believe that they might not be used "up." They shall                               SECT ON II
inform the Commission of 'the reasons which led
them to apply this paragraph.
                                                              Provisions applicable to the new Member States
                          Article 5
Each of the additional shares drawn pursuant to                                       Article 9
Article 4 shall be valid until 31 December 197$.
                                                            Within the limits of the tariff quota referred to in
                                                            Article 1 , the new Member States shall apply the
                          Article 6                         duties laid down in the relevant provisions of the
                                                            Act of Accession, the Agreement and the Protocol .
If, by 15 September 1975", a Member State has not
used up its initial share, it shall not later than 10
                                                                                     Article 10
 October 197,5" return to the reserve the unused portion
of this share in excess of 20% of the initial amount.
It may return a larger quantity if there is reason to       Within the quota, 30 metric tons shall be allocated to
 believe that such quantity might not be used. •            the new Member States as follows :
                                                                        Denmark              10 metric tons
 The Member States shall , not later than 10 October
                                                                        Ireland              8 metric tons
 1975, notify to the Commission of the total imports
 of the said goods effected up to and including 15                      United Kingdom 12 - metric tons
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                              AKÎ1EX A
                        SECTION III                                               Article 12
                                                                i
                                                            Member States shall inform the Commission at
                   General provisions                       regular intervals of imports of the said products
                                                            actually charged against their shares.
                 •       Article 1 1                                              Article 13        *
                                                            Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
1. Member States shall ensure that importers of the         closely in order to ensure that this Regulation is
said goods established in their territory have free         observed.
access to the share allocated to them.
                                                                                  Article 14
2. Member States shall charge imports of the said
goods against their shares as and when the goods are
entered for home use.
3. The extent to which a Member State has used              This Regulation shall enter into force on
up its share shall be determined on the basis of the         1 January 1975 •
imports charged in accordance with paragraph 2.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
                      ;
             Done at Brussels,
                                                                              For the Council
                                                                              The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                                 ANNEX B
                                             PROPOSAL FOR A
                                 REGULATION (EEC) OP THE COUNCIL
               opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota
               for men's and boys' outer garments falling within heading No 61.01 of the Common
                                        Customs Tariff, originating in Cyprus
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                    _ it js necessary to ensure to all importers equal and
                                                                  uninterrupted access to the quota and uninter­
                                                                  rupted application of the rates laid down for the
 Having regard to the Treaty, establishing the European           quota to all imports of the products concerned
 Economic Community and in particular Article 113                 until the quota has been used up ;
 thereof :
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
                                                                  in the light of the principles elicited above, the
 Whereas the Agreement (') establishing an Associ­                Community nature of the quota may be best
 ation between the European Economic Community                    preserved by an arrangement allocating it among
 and the Republic of Cyprus, hereinafter called 'the              the Member States ; whereas in order to reflect
 Agreement', and the Protocol (*) laying,down certain             more accurately the actual development of the
                                                                  market in the products concerned, such allocation
 provisions concerning that Agreeqipt as a, result of             should be in proportion to the needs of the Mem­
 the Accession of new Member States to the European
Economic Community, hereinafter called 'the Proto­                ber States, assessed by reference to both statistics
 col', provide for the opening of an annual Community             of each State's imports of the said products
tariff quota of 500 metric tons of men's and boys' outer          originating in Cyprus over a representative
garments falling within heading No 61.01 of the                   reference period and the economic outlook for
 Common Customs Tariff, originating in Cyprus ;                   the quota period concerned ;
whereas pursuant to the joint declaration on Article 2
of the Protocol the tariff quota should be allocated
among the Member States, as follows : 100 metric
tons for the Community as originally constituted
and 400 metric tons for the new Member States ;                   however, as during the past three years no such
whereas Article 1 of Annex I to the Agreement                     products originating in Cyprus have been imported
provides that the duties applicable to the quota shall            and as no forecast . can be made for 197F, a
be equal to 30% of the Common Customs Tariff                     significative and balanced participation
duties ; whereas, as regards the duties applicable to            of each of this States on this quota
goods within the limits of the quota by the new                  would ensure a fait distribution among
Member States, the special provisions of the Protocol            them ;
and of the Act of Accession (3) should be observed ;
whereas to comply with the special provisions of the
Protocol, separate arrangements should be made for               in order to take into account import trends for
the Member States of the Community as originally                 the products concerned in the different Member
constituted on the one hand and for the new Member               States, the quota amount should be divided into
States on the other hand ;                                       two tranches, the first tranche being allocated
                                                                 among the Member States and the second forming
                                                                 a reserve intended ultimately to cover the re­
Whereas as regards in particular the Community as                quirements of those Member States which have
originally constituted ;                                         used up their initial share ; in order to ensure a
                                                                 certain degree of security to importers in each
                                                                 Member State, the first tranche of the quota
(') OJ No L 133, 21 . 5. 1973, p. 1 .                            should be determined at a level which, under
(2) OJ No L 133, 21 . 5. 1973, p. 88.                            present circumstances, may be approximately
(') OJ No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.                              75% ;
 ---pagebreak---                                                 - 2 -                                          ANITEX B
– the initial share of the Member States may be              the quota duties shall be ealeulnted by the new
    used up more or less quickly ; whereas in order to       Member States in accordance with Articles 3 , 4,
    take this fact into account and to avoid any break       5, 6 and 7 of the Protocol ;
    in continuity, it is important that a Member State
    having almost Used up its initial share should           it is necessary to ensure to all importers equal and
    draw an additional share from the reserve ; whereas      uninterrupted access to the quota and uninter­
   this must be done by each Member State as and             rupted application of the rates laid down for this
   when each of its additional shares is almost              quota to all imports of the products concerned ,
   entirely used up,' pnd repeated as many times as          until the quota has been used up,
   the reserve allowj ; whereas the initial and ad­
   ditional shares must be available for use until the
   end of the quota period ; whereas this method of      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
   administration calls for close cooperation between
   Member States and the Commission which must,
   in particular, be able to observe the extent to                                Article 1
   which the ■quota amount - ■ is ■ used and inform     From 1 January to
   Member States thereof ;
                                                        J        31 December 1976"a tariff quota of 500 metric
                                                        tons sliall be opened within the Community in respect
                                                        of men's and boys' outer garments falling within
                                                        heading No 61.01 of the Common Customs Tariff,
   if, at a specified date in the quota period, a con­  originating in Cyprus. This quota shall be allocated
   siderable balance remains in one or other Member     and administered in accordance with the provisions
   State, it is essential thati that Member State pays  set out below .
   a large amount of , -it back into the reserve, in
   order to avoid a part of one or other of the
   Community quotas remaining unused in one                                      SECTION I
  Member State when it could be used in others ;
                                                                  Provisions applicable to the Community
                                                                          as originally constituted
  since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of
  the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxem­                                   Article 2
  bourg are united irt and jointly represented by
  the Benelux Economic,. Union, all transactions        The Common Customs Tariff duty shall be partially
  concerning the administration of shares granted       suspended at the rate of 5-1% in respect of 100 metric
  to the abovernentioned Economic Union may be          tons of the quota referred to in Article 1 .
  carried out by any of its members ;
                                                                                  Article 3
                                                        1. A first tranche, amounting to 72 metric tons of
Whereas, as regards thepevy Member States :             the amount specified in Article 2, shall be allocate*.;
                                                        among the Member States ; the shares which , subject
                                                        to Article 6, are valid until 31 December 197,5", shall
  pursuant to the Protocol a gross amount of            be as follows :
  400 metric tons is allocated to the new Member
  States ; whereas the same ! general criteria for              Bénélux                      20 metric tons
  allocation as those used for the original Member              Germany                      14 metric tons
  States should be applied ; whereas, however, the
                                                                France                       20 metric tons
  United Kingdom has been the sole importer of
                                                                Italy                         18 metric tons
  such goods from Cyprus ; whereas in view of these
  factors and the need to ensure a fair allocation
  among the Member States, the percentage shares        2. The second tranche of 28 metric tons shall con­
  of that quantity may be established as follows :      stitute the reserve.
                                                                                  Article 4
            Denmark                       25
                                                        1 . If 90% or more of the initial share of a Member
            Ireland                     3,              State laid down in Article 3 ( 1), or 90% of that
            United Kingdom                70            share less the amount returned into the reserve where
 ---pagebreak---                                                            - 3 -                                          ■AH1EX B
 the provisions of Article 6 have been applied, has        extent to which the reserve has been used up as soon
 been exhausted, that Member State shall proceed           as it receives the notifications.
 without delay, by notifying the Commission, to draw
 a second share, equal to 15% of its initial share,        The Commission shall, not later than 15 October
 rounded up to the next unit where appropriate, to         1975", notify the Member States of the amount in the
 the extent that the reserve is sufficient.                reserve after the return of shares pursuant to Article 6.
                                         t
 2. If, after its initial share has been exhausted, 90%    The Commission shall ensure that any drawing
 or jnore of the second share drawn by a Member State      which uses up the reserve is limited to the balance
 has been used , that Member State shall proceed, in       available and for this purpose shall specify the
 accordance with the conditions laid down in para­         amount thereof to the Member State which makes
graph 1 , to draw a third share, equal to 7-5% of its      the last drawing.
initial share, rounded up to the next unit.
3 . If, after its second share has been exhausted, 90%                              Article 8
or more of the third share drawn by a Member
State has been used, that Member State shall procee^p      The Member States shall take all appropriate measures
in the same way, to draw a fourth share equal to the       to ensure that when additional shares are drawn
third .                                                    pursuant to Article 4 it is possible for changes to be
                    \
                                                           made without interruption against their accumulated
This process shall be applied until the reserve is         shares of the Community quota.
exhausted .                        -        , . . •
4. Notwithstanding paragraphs l , 2 and 3, a Member                               SECTION II
State may proceed to draw shares smaller than those
fixed in those paragraphs if there is reason to believe
that they might not be used up. They shall inform the        Provisions applicable to the new Member States
Commission of the reasons which led them to apply
this paragraph.                  : •<   " t h -~ i
                                                                                    Article 9
                           Article 5                       Within the limits of the tariff quota referred to in
                                                           Article 1 , the new Member States shall apply the
                                                           duties laid down in the relevant provisions of the
Each of the additional shares drawn pursuant to            Act of Accession, the Agreement and the Protocol.
Article 4 shall be valid until 31 December 1975*.
                                                                                   Article 10
                          Article 6
                                                           Within the quota, 400 metric tons shall be allocated
If, by 15 September 1975, a Member State has not           to the new Member States as follows :
used up its initial share, it shall, not later than 10
October 1975, return to the reserve the unused portion            Denmark                     100 metric tons
of this share in excess of 20% of the, initial amount.            Ireland                      20 metric tons
It may return a larger quantity if there is reason to
                                                                  United Kingdom              280 metric tons
believe that such quantity might not be usecj . ,
The Member States shall, not later than 10 October
1975, notify the Commission of the total imports of
                                                                                 SECTION III
the said goods effected up to and including 15 Sep­
tember 197.5" and charged against the Community
quota and, where appropriate, the proportion of
their initial share that is being returned to the reserve.
                                                                              General provisions
                          Article 7                                                Article 11
The Commission shall keep, an account of the shares        1 . The Member States shall ensure that importers of
opened by the Member States in accordance with             the said goods established in their territory have free
Articles 3 and 4 and shall inform each state of the        access to the share allocated to them.
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2. The Member States shall charge imports of the                                  Article 13
said goods against their share as and when the goods
are entered for home use.                                   The Member States and the Commission shall co­
                                                            operate closely in order to ensure that this Regulation
3. The extent to which a Member State used up its           is observed .
share shall be determined on the basis of the imports
charged in accordance with paragraph 2.                                           Article 14
                      Article 12
Member States shall inform the Commission at                This Regulation shall enter into force on
regular intervals of imports of the said products          JLJanuary 1975 •                             -
actually charged against their shares.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels/
                                                                               For the Council
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