CELEX: 51976PC0472
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Date: 1976-09-14
Title: Proposal for a COUCIL REGULATION (EEC) 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, refined in the Arab Republic of Egypt (1977)#Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for other woven fabrics of cotton falling within heading No 55.09 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the Arab Republic of Egypt (1977) (submitted by the Commission to the Council)

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                                             COM(76)472 final
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                                             Brussels , 14 September 1976
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                            , Proposal for a
                       COU C I L_ REGULATION E E C)
        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 ,
                     refined in the Arab Republic of Egypt
                                    ( 1977 )        N                     "
                               Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                                                                  /
        opening , allocating and providing for the administration
        of a Community tariff quota for other woven fabrics of
        cotton falling within heading No 55.09 of the Common
        Customs Tariff , originating in the Arab Republic of Egypt
                                    ( 1977 )
                 ( submitted by the Commission to the Council )
 C0M(76 ) 472 final
 ---pagebreak---                        EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
 The Agreement between the European Economic Community arid the Arab
Republic r>f Egypt (Artiole 2 arid' Articles 1 , 3 and 4 of Annex I ),
together with the Protocol laying down oortain provisions relating
 to that Agreement consequent on the acoeesion. of now Member States to
the European Eoonomio Community (Artiole 2 ) f provides for the opening
of Community tariff quotas for the following products :
Common Customs                 Description of goods                 Annual quota
Tariff heading No
ex Chapter 27              Certain petroleum producto            360 000 metrio tona
      55.09                Other woven fabrics of cotton           3 250 metrio tona
The abovomontioned Protocol ' (Artiole 5) &lso provides for these quotas to
be allooated ao follows among the Member States :
                                                    Certain pet .-oleum   Other woven
                                                    produots '            fabrics of
                                                                          ootton
                                                          (roetrio ions )
(a ) to the Community as orrHiviCÏlly oonatituted    200 000               2 500
 (b ) to Denmark     -                                ' 5 000                 so
 ( o ) to Ireland                                       5 ooo                 10
(d) to the United Kingdom                            150 000                 650
 ---pagebreak---  The duties to ba applied are fixed by the A^oement at "4- 5%-.of the Common
                                           {  ' ■
 Customs Tariff duties for the produots concerned * -Kowevor , Articles 3
 and 4 of the abovemontioned Protocol alao oontain spooial provisions
concerning the duties to bo applied by tho new Member States .     Similarly ,
certain provisionc of the Aot-tsonoerning the Conditions of Accession and
the Adjustments to the Treaties aust bo complied with when fixing those
duties .
                                                   %
The Community opened negotiations with Egypt with a view to concluding ,
by 1 January 1977 , a new Aqreement to reolace the 1972 Agreement .   However ,
in view of the present state of these negotiations , it is by no means certain
that t^e Agreement could enter into force on 1 January 1977 but rather on
a later date which might well be within the first half of 1977 .
In view of the foregoing , the Commission believes that the possible necessity
should be provided for of opening tariff quotas , for 1977 , for the goods
in question , in favour of Spain .  Consequently , the tariff quotas for
these products should be opened by 1 January 1977 and therefore approved
by the Council before 1 November 1976 . Accordingly , it is necessary to
initiate immediately the procedure for opening .the relevant tariff quotas .
However , in view of the possible entry into force of a new Agreement it
is proposed to confine the period of , validity of these Community tariff
quotas for the year 1977 to the period not covered by the Agreement .
This is the object of the proposals annexed hereto .
 ---pagebreak---                                                - i -
a'hv/ ; "' ,v;^ owvag rsixarlfG, tor© .noceasarj oonceroihg tho quota acsi<$ed to the
Ksmbor States , of the, Conummity *8 origimlly cenatittwedx
                      ;. .   .   ' • ' • '
 (a.) The regulations provide } as is the ru^e ,                eac A OX mo        to
        "bo divided into tv:o instalments , the firat of yhicn is allocated
         anion* tho Member Stateo 'ooaaomed while tho seoond constitutes tho .
         roaervG »           •
 {*© ) Th«5 allocation of tho first instalment is usually based on the statist*©,,
        for tho previous three years and tho forecast s tor the quota period
         concerned* •• Thus ( each Member State 's                  ot^sr woven fabrics of
       'cotton (55.09 ) during the yoars 1913-75             .5 compared with imports into
         tha Community as origina3.ly constitutso. cv<*i* tn©             perioa# aj . W
        resulting percentages have "been applied to this fi.v^t instalment "by the
        t h-.y-.'A iv% ifeoi%r         -is .                                            .
       Howsvcr j -it does not appear decirahle to apply thin prin.oi.plo to
        poiroleum productS' (Ch&pter 27) 1 sinces    1    'V
     . (i) one Member State 's imports were insignificant ,
       (ii) - there were no imports at all into tho oi^hor zivo J'temoor States ,
     ( lii) total imports into the Coaraunity as originally constituted wore
                small in comparison with the quota to "be al3^"«»t#>fl
                                                                                          9 * •/»* • é'
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    %
                                                                                           ι
              ( iv) it is very difficult to draw up forecasts of future imports®
         However, in order "to aohieve , nevertheless ,- a fair and weighted allocation
         of this quota among the Member Statos concerned , the Commission ia working
         on the assumption thjit , in all but quits exceptional cases , each Member
     1 iiiato must "be able t° play at the outset a significant part in the application
         of a Conunuuity measure mich as the tariff quotas . Such an allocation nuct
        'be alined as evaning out as . far as possible aaiQng the Member States the
                                                                               *                               t»
        o avantages aud 'responBibi-lities resulting from this measure . Obviously,
        •■this formula will have i'O be adapted subsequently in the light of any tra&o
        aiover^utse                                           ' ,
                                     .1             I. ;
        The proposal for a regulation on Other woven fabrioe of ootton provides
        f«r all the Member States         , i
                                                     to■ apply     i'.he i "as and when" method of administra–
                                                            -**■-« ™
        tion » On "the other hand , it is not yoi? possible to provide for a single
        method of administration (whether "as and when" or prior allocation) for
        the q iota for certain petroleum products . !The national provisions
        govern- ng the market ,.in these products vary from one Member State to
        another and th$ ^Member . States oonsider that this makes it impossible to
        apply a common . methoc^ .p ^ . administrat ion. ' In these circumstances , each
        Memo a;.- State will be .jable,j by way of exception, to administer its Bhares
        in aooordance with its own provisions , . while guaranteeing importers of
        these produots free aocess to the ffuota.
                                      '           i     i
e
■" * The Member States' experts who participated in the consultative meeting of
       the "Economic Tariff Problems" Group ( 26/ 27 April 1976 ) expressed agreement
       in principle to the scheme for allocation of shares proposed by the Commission
      •An the framework of thfi regulations annexed .
                            «           . ,   ι . ,     . .
       ___________                                                          1
       Annexes î          r i • ' »' .        1 • ; "                      > ' ;
       2 proposals of r^gulati,oji : of? $he Council .
                         *     : .            - 1 , 'i ;< ■          •     u
                         h      i  ; i <-, r. '        i ; ■
                            ;·     ι, Μ ·· ·
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                                  ANNEX A
                                                                   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, refined in the Arab Republic of Egypt (1971 )
        THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                 equal and uninterrupted access to the quou
                                                                                 should be ensured for all importers and quota
                                                                                 duties applied continuously to all imports of tlv:
                                                                                 said products until the quota has been used up ;
        Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
        pean Economic Community, and in particular Article
        113 thereof;                                                             in the light of the above principles the Communi;
                                                                                 nature of the quota may best be preserved by
                                                                                 arrangement allocating it among the Membe
                                                                                 States ; whereas in order to provide the mo <
        Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                      accurate reflection of actual market trends for .i
                                                                                 said products, such allocation should be pr >
                                                                                 portionate to the needs of the Member State
        Whereas the Agreement (l ) between the European                          calculated both from the statistics for each
        Economic Community and the Arab Republic of ,                            Member State's imports from the Arab RepiiW'*
        Egypt, and the Protocol (2) laying down certain                          of Egypt over a representative reference period
        provisions relating to the Agreement between the                         and from economic prospects for the quota perio<!
        European Economic Community and the Arab                                 in question;
        Republic of Egypt consequent on the accession of
        new Member States to the European Economic
        Community, provides for the opening of an annual                      – in view of the fact however that over the pa r ;
        Community tariff quota of 360 000 metric tons for                         three years the said products have been importci
        certain petroleum products, falling within Chapter 27                     into onlytwo Member Stat<§ and in small quan­
        of the Common Customs Tariff, refined in the Arab                         tities, and that no estimates can be made foi
        Republic of Egypt; whereas the Protocol provides                          197 7 and in order to ensure a fair distribution
        that the tariff quoti should be allocated among the                       among the Member States concerned, the initi o i
        Member States as follows : 200 000 metric tons for                        percentage share, having regard to the potentu.'i
        the Community as originally constituted, 5 000 metric                     demand for the said products in the varioi'.
        tons for Denmark, 5 000 metric tons for Ireland and                       Member States, should be approximately 2.5''
        150 000 metric tons for the United Kingdom ; whereas                      each;
        Annex I to the Agreement provides that the duties
        applicable to the quota shall be equal to 45% of the
        duties of the Common Customs Tariff; whereas as                       – in order to take account of import trends for tb
        regards the dutie s applicable to the quota by the new                    products in question in the Member Stau
        Member States, t he special provisions of the Protocol                    concerned, the quota amount should be divide
        and of the Act of Accession should be complied with ;                     into two instalments, the first instalment beir..
        whereas to comply with the special provisions of the                      allocated among the same Member States, d .
        Protocol, separate arrangements should be made for                        second instalment constituting a reserve intenJr ,
        the Member States of the Community as originally                          to cover the later requirements of Member Stair
         constituted, on the one hand, and for the new Mem­                       which have used up their initial quota share-
         ber States, on the other;                                      ,         whereas in order to ensure a certain degree in­
                                                                                  security to importers in each Member State, t..
Whereas the Community tariff quotas in question                                    first instalment of the quota should be fixed i
should be opened for the year 1977, and whereas /                                  this case at approximately 70% ;
however , because of the possibility of imple­
menting     other preferential arrangements as a                              _ the initial quota shares may be used up
result of a new .agreement between the European                                    different rates ; whereas, therefore, to avo
Economic Community and Egypt , it is necessary                                     disruption of supplies, any Member State whi
to confine the period of validity of these
tariff quotas to such period as it is not cpvered
by the new Agreement ;
          Whereas as regards the Community as originally
          constituted:
          (ι ) ΟΙ Νο I. 251, 7. 9. 1973, ρ. 13 .
           (ι) ΟΙ Νιο I. 251 , 7. : 9. 1973, ρ. 3.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                   - 2 -
                                                                                                                    ANNEX A
  luis almost used up its initial quota share, must                  Whereas, as regards the new Member States :
  draw ;m additional quota share from the reserve;
  where this must be done by each Member State
  as each one of its additional quota shares is almost
  used H i, and as many times as the reserve allows ;                – the quota duties shall be calculated by the new
                                                                          Member States in accordance with Articles 3 and
 where. 3 the initial and additional quota shares .,                     4 of the Protocol ;
 shall be valid until the end of the quota period ;
  whereas this form of administration requires close
 collaboration          between     the     Member      States
 concerned and the Commission, and the Commis-                       – equal and uninterrupted access to the quota
 Mo;i mrst be in a position to follow the extent to                      should be ensured for all importers and quota
%           t!<e quota volume has been used up and                       duties should be applied continuously to all
 ink-r.n the Member States thereof;                                      imports of the products in question until the
                                                                         quota has been used up,
iJ , at a given oate in the quota period , a consider­
 . ole quantity of the initial quota share is left over
in one of the Member States concerned, it is                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
essential tha> that State should return a significant
proportion to the reserve, to prevent a part of the
Gi;nu alloca;;d to the Community as originally
•". i.-»uru?cd from remaining unused in ,-rv; Mem-
    *( St-'Hc when it couid be used in oth(          '                                        Article 1
                                                                     Subject to any measures which may be taken in
since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of                         application of Article 3 (2) and (4) of Annex I to the
the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxem­                        Agreement between the European Economic Com­
bourg are united in and represented by the Bene­                     munity and the Arab Republic of Egypt, a Commu­
lux Economic Union, any measure concerning the                       nity tariff quota of 360 000 metric tons shall be
administration of the quota shares allocated to                      opened from 1 January until the date of entry
that economic union may be carried out by any                         intp force of a new Agreement between the
of its members;
                                                                      European Economic Community and Egypt ,
                                                                     but not Later than
                                                                                                    31 December 1977, for the
                                                                    products listed below refined in the Arab Republic
                                                                    of Egypt :
                   CCT
                heading No                                           Description
                  27.10         Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals , other than crude ;
                                preparations not elsewhere specified or ihciuded , containing not less than
                                70% by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous mine­
                                rals, those oils being the basic constituents of the preparations :
                               lj                                             ,
                                A. Light oils :                                  >
                                    III . For other purposes
                                B. Mcdium oils :
                                    III. For other purposes
                                C. Heavy oils :                             »
                                      I.  Gas oils :
                                          c) For other purposes
                                     II. Fuel oils :
                                          c) For other purposes
 ---pagebreak---                                                                   - 3 -
                                                                                                                     ANNEX A
                     CCT
                 heading No                                                     Description
                    27.10               III. Lubricating oils ; other oils :
                  (cont'd)                   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 :
                       I
                                             c) For other purposes
                                         II. Other
                   27.14           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.
The quota shall be allocated and administered in
                                                                                                                             Raie cf
accordance with the following provisions.                                                CCT heading No
                                                                               27.10 A* III                                    2-7
                                                                               27.10 B III                                     2-7
                          SECTION I
                                                                               27.10 CIc)                                       1-5
                                                                               27.10 C II c)                                    1-5 '
                                                                               27.10 C III c)                                   1-8
Provisions applicable to the Community as originally
                          constituted                                          27.10 C III d)                                  2-7
                                                                               27.11 B I c)                                    0-6
                                                                               27.12 A III                                     0-9
                                                                               27.12 Β                                         3'1
                           Article 2
                                                                               27.13 B I c)                                    0-9
                                                                               27.13 B II                                      2-7
Common Customs Tariff duties shall be partially
                                                                               27.14 C II                                      0-9
suspended at the rates indicated below for 200 000
metric tons of the quota referred to in Article 1 :
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                                  ANNEX A
                           Article 3
 1 . A first instalment, amounting to 140 000 metric
 cons of the amount mentioned in Article 2, shall be
 allocated among the Member States ; the shares,                                    Article 6
which subject to Article 6 are valid until the end
 of the period specified in Article 1 ,                   The Member States shall return to the reserve, not
                                                          later than 1 October 1977, the unused portion of
                                                          their initial share which, on 15 September 1977, is
                                                          in excess of 20% of their initial amount. They may
         are as follows :                                 return a greater portion if there are grounds for
                                                          believing that such portion may not be used in full.
          Germany                35 000 metric tons,
                                                          The Member States shall, not later than 1 October
          Bénélux                30 000 metric tons,
                                                          1977 , notify the Commission of the total quantities
          France                 35 000 metric tons ,     of the said goods imported up to and including
          Italy                  40 000 metric tons.      15 ' September 1977, and charged against the
                                                          appropriate Community tariff quota and any
                                                          quantities of the initial share returned to the reserve.
      The second instalment of 60 000 metric tons shall
  • institute the reserve.
                                                                                    Article 7
                           Article 4
                                                          The Commission shall keep account of the shares
                                                          opened by Member States in accordance with Articles
1 . If 90% or more of a Member State's initial quota      3 and 4 and shall inform each of them of the
share specified in Article 3 ( 1 ), or of that share less extent to which the reserve has been used as soon
the portion returned to the reserve where Article 6 is     as it receives the notifications.
applied, has been used up, that Member State shall
without delay, by notifying the Commission, draw
a second quota share, to the extent that the reserve       The Commission shall, not later than 5 October 1977 ,
is sufficient, equal to 15% of its initial quota share,    notify Member States of the amount in the reserve
rounded up to the next unit where necessary.              after the return of shares pursuant to Article 6 .
2. If, after its initial quota share has been used up,     The Commission shall ensure that any drawing vMch
90% or mere of the second quota share drawn by             uses up the reserve is limited to the balance available
a Member State has been used up, that Member               and, for this purpose shall specify the amount thereof
State shall , in the manner provided for in paragraph 1 ,  to the Member State which makes the last drawing.
draw a third quota share equal to 7-5% of its initial
quota share, rounded up where necessary to the next
unit.
                                                                                     Article 8
3 . If, after its second quota share has been used up,
90% or more of the third quota share drawn by a            The Member States shall             take all appropriate
Member State has been used up, that Member State           measures to ensure that, when additional shares are
shall , in the same mannei1, draw a fourth quota share     drawn pursuant to Article 4, it is possible for charges ,
 equal m the third.                                        to be made without interruption against their
                                                           accumulated shares of the Community quota.
This procedure shall be applied until the reserve is
 exhausted.
4. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1 ,                                SECTION II
2 3nd 3 , a Member State may proceed to draw shares
smaller than those fixed in those paragraphs, if there
 is reason to believe that those shares might not be
 used up. They shall inform the Commission of the              Provisions applicable to the new Member States
 reasons which led them to apply this paragraph.
                                                                                     Article 9
                          Article S                        Within the tariff quota referred to in Article 1 , the
                                                           new Member States shall apply duties calculated in
Each of the additional quota shares drawn pursuant         accordance with the relevant provisions of the Act
 to Article 4 shall be valid until       the end of        of Accession, the Agreement anii the Protocol.
the period specified in Article 1 .
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                                                                                                  ANNEX A
                        Article 10                            2. The extent to which a Member State i ...
                                                              up its shares shall be determined on the basi *.
 Under the quota, 160 000 metric tons shall be                importations of the products in question enter -,
 allocated among the new Member States as follows :           the customs authorities for home use.
         Denmark                5 000 metric tons,
                                                                                     Article 12
         Ireland                5 000 metric tons,
        United Kingdom        150 000 metric tons.            On receipt of a request from the Commissi ^- .
                                                              ber States shall notify it of imports of
                                                              refined in the Arab Republic of Egypt ac
                       SECTION III                            charged against their quota shares.
                                                                                     Article 13
                    General provisions
                                                             The Member States and the Commission
                                                             cooperate closely in order to ensure that thi <
                        Article 11                           lation is observed.
1 . Every Member State shall take all measures                                      Article 14
necessary to ensure that importers of the products
in question established in their territory have free         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 j .;
access to the shares allocated to it.                        1977.
              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)                    OF THE COUNCIL
                      opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota
                      for other woven fabrics of cotton, falling within heading No 55.09 of the Common
                                  Customs Tariff, originating in the Arab Republic of Egypt { 1977 /
      THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        _ equal and uninterrupted access to the quota
                                                                          should be ensured for all importers and quota
                                                                          duties applied continuously to all imports of the
                                                                          said products until the quota has been used up ;
     Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
     pean Economic Community, and in particular Article
     1 "1 .3 thereof:                                                     in the light of the above principles, the Com­
                                                                          munity nature of the quota may best be preserved
                                                                          by an arrangement allocating it among these
                                                                          Member States ; whereas in order to provide the
    Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                   most accurate reflection of actual market trends
                                                                          for the said products, such allocation should be
                                                                          proportionate to the needs of these Member
    Wocreas the Agreement ( ' ) between the European                      States, calculated both from the statistics for each
     " c. "mic Community and the Arab Republic of                         Member State's imports from the Arab Republic
     . . K>pt, and the Protocol (2) laying c'r.i i certain                if Egypt over a representative reference period
    provisions relating to the Agreement between the                      and from economic prospects for the quota
    European Economic Community and the Arab                              period in question ;
    Republic of Egypt consequent on the accession of
    new Member States to the European Economic
    Community, provide for the opening of an annual                       over the last three years for which statistics are
    Community tariff quota of 3 250 metric tons of                        available, the following percentages represent the
    other woven fabrics of cotton, falling within heading                 respective imports of the Member States
    No 55.09 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating                   concerned in relation to imports of the said
    in the Arab Republic of Egypt; whereas the Protocol                   products from the Arab Republic of Egypt into
    provides that the tariff quota should be allocated                    the Community as originally constituted :
    among the Member States as follows : 2 500 metric
    tons for the Community as originally constituted,                                                       1973        1974    1975
    90 metric tons for Denmark, 10 metric tons for
    Ireland and 650 metric tons for the United Kingdom ;                                                                         3.0
    whereas Annex I to the Agreement provides that the                   Germany                            104          5-7
    duties applicable to the quota shall be equal to 45%                 Bénélux                            31-9        35-0    1P. 6
    of the Common Customs Tariff duties; whereas as                     France                               M          13-8    57.2
    regards the duties applicable to the quota by the                    Italy                              56-6        45-J    21.2
    new Member States, the special provisions of the
    Protocol and of the Act of Accession should be
    observed ; whereas to comply with the special provi­
    sions of the Protocol , separate arrangements should
    be made for the Member States of the Community                    ~ in view of these factors, of the foreseeable devel­
    as originally constituted on the one hand, and for                   opment during 197 7of the market for the pro­
    the new Member States on the other;                                  ducts in question and in particular of the estimates
                                                                         submitted by certain Member State initial quota
Whereas the Community , tariff quotas in                                 shares may be fixed approximately as follows :
question should be opened for the year 1977,
an d whereas , however , because of the possi­                                Germany                             16-6
bility of implementing other preferential                                     Bénélux                             24-3
arrangements as a result of a new agreement
                                                                              France                               14-6
between the European Economic Community and
Sgypt , it is necessary to confine the period                                 Italy                               44-5
of validity of these tariff quotas to such
period as it is not covered by the new
Agreement ;
       Whereas, as regards the Community as originally
       constituted :
       H OJ No L 251 , 7. 9. 197 i, p. 13.
       (*) OJ No L 251 , 7. 9. 1973 , p. 3 .
 ---pagebreak---                                                 - 2 -                                                   ANNEX B
                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                   Article Î
  in order to take account of import trends for
  tlii nrod icts in question in the Member States :     A Community tariff quota of 3 250 metric tons sluil
                 kiiw- uuuta ai                         be opened from 1 January un ti I the date of ent
  into two instalments, the first instalment being       into force of a new Agreement between the
  allocated among the same Member States, the            European Economic Community and Egypt ,
  second instalment constituting a reserve intended      but not Later than
  to cover the later requirements of Member States
  which have used up their initial quota shares ;
  whereas in order to ensure a certain degree of                                          to 31 December 1977 tor
  security to importers in each Member State, the       other woven fabrics of cotton, falling within headiii;',
   first instalment of the quota should be fixed in     No 55.09 of the Common Customs Tariff, origin.'.:!.'.;',
  this case at approximately 50% ;                      in the Arab Republic of Egypt. This quota shall lu
                                                        allocated and administered in accordance with the
■ the initial quota shares may be used up at different   following provisions.
   times; whereas, therefore, to avoid disruption of
   supplies, any Member State which has almost
  used up its initial quota share, shall draw an                                   SECTION I
   additional quota share from the reserve; whereas
   thir        be done by each Member State whenever
   one of its additional quota shares has been almost    Provisions applicable to the Community as originally
   used up, and as many times as the reserve allows;                               constituted
   whereas the initial and additional quota shares
   shall be valid until the end of the quota period ;
   whereas this form of administration requires
                                                                                    Article 2
   close collaboration between the Member States
    arid the Commission, and the Commission must
    hi in a position to follow the extent to which the    The Common Customs Tariff duties shall be partially
    quota volume has been used up and inform the          suspended at the rate indicated below for 2 500 metric
    Member States thereof;
                                                          tons of the quota referred to in Article 1 :
- if, at a given date in the quota period, a consider­
    able quantity of the initial quota share is left
    over in one of the Member States concerned, it             CCT                                            Rate of ducy
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    is essential that that State should return a
    significant proportion to the reserve to prevent
    a part of the quota allocated to the Community
    as originally constituted from remaining unused            55.09      Other     woven      fabrics   of
    in one Member State when it could be used in                          cotton :
    others ;                                                              A.  Containing 85 %            or
                                                                              more by weight of
- since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of                                cotton :
     the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxem-.                            I. Of a width of        less I
     bourg are united in and represented by the                                    than 85 cm                      5-8
     Benelux Economic Union, any measure concern­                             II. Other -                          6-Λ
     ing the administration of the quota shares
     allocated to that economic union may be carried                      B. Other :
     out by any of its members ;                                               I.- Of a width of less
                                                                                   than 85 cm                      6\i
                                                                              II . Other                           6-7
Whereas, as regards the new Member States:
– the quota duties shall be calculated by- the new
      Member States in accordance with Articles 3 and
                                                                                      Article 3
      4 of the Protocol ;
– equal and uninterrupted access to the quota              1 . A first instalment, amounting to 1 235 metric ton -,
      should be ensured for all importers and quota        of the amount specified in Article 2, shall be alliv.ucd
      duties applied continuously to all imports of the    among the Member States; the shares, which,
      products in question until the quota has been        subject to Article 6 arc valid until the end of tP
      used up,                                             period specified in Article 1 shall b :
                                                           as follows :
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              Germany                 205 metric tons,        The Member States shall , not later than 1 October
              Benelux                 300 metric tons,         1977, notify to the Commission of the total imports
              France                   180 metric tons,       of the said goods effected up to and including
              Italy                   550 metric tons.         15 September 197?, and charged against the Com­
                                                              munity quota and, where appropriate, the proportion
     2. 1 he second instalment of 1 265 metric tons shall     of their initial share that is being returned to the
                                                              reserve .
     constitute the reserve.
                                                                                      Article 7
                             Article 4
                                                              The Commission shall keep account of the shares
     L L' 90% or more of the initial share of a Member        opened by Member States in accordance with
            iaid down in Article 3 ( 1 ), or 90% of that      Articles 3 and 4 and shall inform each State of the
   shan/ , ess the amount returned into the reserve where     extent to which the reserve has been used up as
   me provisions of Article 6 have been applied, has          soon as it receives the notifications .
   i- tv . exhausted, that Member State shall proceed
   Avithouc delav, by notifying the Commission, to draw       The Commission shall, not later than 5 October
   a second shire, equal to 15% of its initial share,         1977, notify the Member States of the amount in
     ounded up to the next unit.                              reserve after the return of shares pursuant to
                                                              Article 6.
   2. If, after its initial share has been exhausted, $0% '
   or more of the second share drawn up by a Member          The Commission shall ensure that any drawing
           Ms been used, that Member State shall proceed,     which uses up the reserve is limited to the balance
  !.■ a.,'" idance with the conditions 'vo down in           available m6 for this purpose shall specify the amount
  paragraph 1 , to draw a third share, e<y<nl to 7-5%        thereof to the Member State which makes the last
  of its initial share, rounded up to the next unit where    drawing.
  appropriate, to the extent that the reserve is
  sufficient.
                                                                                      Article 8
  3. If, after its second share has been exhausted, 90%
  or more of the third share drawn by a Member State         The -Member States shall take all appropriate
  has been used, that Member State shall proceed, in         measures to ensure that when additional shares arc
 the same way to draw a fourth share equal to the            drawn pursuant to Article 4 it is possible for charges
  third .
                                                             to be made without interruption against their
                                                             accumulated shares of the Community quota.
 This process shall be applied until the reserve is
 exhausted.
 4. Notwithstanding paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, the                                      SECTION II
 Member States may proceed to draw shares smaller
 than those fixed in those paragraphs if there is reason         Provisions applicable to the new Member States
 to believe that they might not be used up. They shall
 inform the Commission of the reasons which led
 them to apply this paragraph.                                                       Article 9
                            Article 5                       Within the limits of the tariff quota referred to in
                                                            Article 1 , the new Member Stares 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 the end of the
period specified in Article 1 .
                                                                    ,               Article 10
                            Article 6
                                                            Within the quota referred to in Article 1 , metric tons
The Member States shall return to the reserve, not          shall be allocated to the new Member States as
later than 1 October 197 7, the unused portion of           follows :
their initial share which, on 15 September 1977, is in
excess of 20% of the initial amount. They may                         Denmark                   90 metric tons,
return a greater portion if there are grounds for                     Ireland                   10 metric tons,
believing that such portion may not be used in full.                  United Kingdom          650 metric tons.
 ---pagebreak---                       SECTION III                                                   ii / MLu X_
                   General provisions                        On receipt of a request from the Commission ,
                                                             Member States shall inform it of imports of the
                                                             said products originating in the Arab R , public of
                       Article 1 1
                                                             Egypt actually charged against their quota shares.
1 . Member States shall ensure that importers of the
said goods established in their territory have free                                 Article 13
access to the share allocated to them.
                                                             The Member      States     and  the  Commission    shall
2. Member States shall charge imports of the
products in question against their quota shares as the       cooperate closely in order to ensure ^that this
                                                             Regulation is observed.
products are presented for customs clearance under
cover of a declaration that they have been made
available for consumption.
                                                                                    Article 14
3. The extent to which a Member State has used up
its share shall be determined on the basis of the            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
imports charged in accordance with paragraph 2.              1977 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels,
                                                                                       For the Council
                                                                                         The President