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Date: 1980-10-27
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL 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 Spain (1981)#PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for other woven fabric of cotton falling within heading No 55.09 of the common customs tariff, originating in Spain (1981) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                                            Brussels . 24 October 1980
                                            PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL 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 Spain ( 1981 )
                                            PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                                 opening , allocating and providing for the administration
                                 of a Community tariff quota for other woven fabric of cotton
                                 falling within heading No 55.09 of the common customs tariff ,
                                                      originating in Spain ( 1981 )
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 ---pagebreak---                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1 . The Agreement between the Community and Spain of ,1970 provides for
    the oper.ing of Community tariff quotas for the importation into
    the Community of the following products , originating in Spain , at
    the quota duties specified below :
    CCT heading n°.       Product                Annual Volume      Quota duty
    Chapter 27      Certain petroleum products   1 200 000 t )
    55.09    N      Other cotton fabrics             1 800 t .   -
                                                             )     CCT dut ies
2 . From 1 July 1977 these quota volumes have at first been increased . ..
    respectively to 1 400 000 tonnes and 1 900 tonnes , and then they are
    fixed to 1 424 000 tonnes and 2 013 tonnes by the protocol of adaptation
    to take account of the accession of Greece to the Community .
3 . The Regulations provide , in the usual way , for the splitting up of
    the quota volumes into two parts , of which the first will be allocated
    among the Member States as quota shares and the second will be kept
    as  a reserve .
4 . The allocation of the first part of each quota has been undertaken      .
    according to the rules generally applied hitherto . The total imports
    of each Member State for 1977 to 1979 have been expressed as a
    proportion of total Community imports over the same period.' The
    resulting percentages have been applied State by State to the volume qf
    the first part , the last digit of the number of metric tons being rounded off .
5 . The proposed Regulation on other cotton fabrics provides for a single
    method of administration , to be applied by all Member States , namely
    the " as and when " method .
 ---pagebreak---                                  - 2 -
However it is at present impossible to provide for a single method
of administration (" as and when "  or advance allocation ) of the quota
for certain petroleum products . The rules governing the market in
these products vary from one Member State to another , with the effect
that the Member States regard the application of a single method of
administration as impossible . In contrast to general practice /
therefore , each Member State will be empowered to administer its
own share of the quota according to its own rules , while ensuring
that all importers of the relevant products have free flaxes   to .
the quota' .
Annexes : 2 proposais for Counci ^régulations
    The tariff quotas concerned might be modified in the context of the
    present negotiations with the contracting country in view of the
    conclusion of an Adaptation Protocol to the abovementioned Agreement .
    Awaiting the results , the proposed Regulations permit the respect of
    the engagements contracted by the Community .
    The Commission reserves the possibility of modifying the proposal
    during the procedure , if necessary , to adapt it to the Adaptation .
    Protocol ,   i
                                       ι
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                     "ANNEX~ITm'
               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 Spain ( 1981 )
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Economic Community, and in particular Article 113
  thereof,
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
 Whereas the European Economic Community concluded an Agreement with Spain on
20 July 197Cr 1 ) ;                                                         ~               ;            --
 Whereas under the said Agreement and the Protocol of AdaDtation
 to take account of the accession 6f the Hellenic Republic to the
 Community ^ the Community has- committed itself to
 open                  kn annual total Community tariff
quota of T ^24 OOQonnes of certain petroleum                             ^                     .
products falling within Chapter 27 of the Common
Customs Tariff, refined in Spain; whereas,         . . . >
t                             , the quota duty is equal to
40 % of the Common Customs Tariff duties; whereas            this
Community tariff-quota should be opened for 1981 >
Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure for all
Community importers equal and uninterrupted access                                                       -
to the abovementioned quota and uninterrupted
application of the rate laid down for that quota to all
imports of the product concerned into all Member
States until the quota has been used up; whereas, having          .
regard to the above principles, the Community nature
of the quota can be respected by allocating the .
Community tariff quota among the Member States;
whereas, to reflect as accurately as possible the true
trend of the market in the products in question, such
allocation should be in proportion to the requirements                                                      "
of the Member States, calculated by reference to the
statistics for imports from Spain over a representative
(') OJ No L 182, 16. 8. 1970, p. 1
( 2 ) OJ N°
 ---pagebreak---                                  - 2 -                          ANNEXE A
period and also to the economic outlook for the quota
period concerned; ,
Whereas, in respect of the last three years for which
statistics are available, the corresponding imports by
each of the Member States represent the following
percentages of the imports into the Community from
Spain of the products concerned:                         \
          Member States                  1977      1978    1979
Bénélux                                  380       10-6
                                                           50,1
Denmark                                   6-4
Germany                                  15-5
                                                   13-_9    3,9
Greece                                   130       284
Trance
                                                            8;8
Ireland
                                                            0,7
Italy                                    15-8      31-4
                                                            9,8
United Kingdom                           11-3 .    15-7
                                                           26,7
Whereas, in view of these factors, and of market
forecasts for the products concerned and in particular of
the estimates submitted by certain Member States,
initial quota shares may be fixed approximately at the
following percentages:
      Bénélux
                                                 22 ; 3 8
      Denmark
                                                • 7,00
      Germany                                    42,10
      &S/i<£ce
      Ireland
                                                  0,45
      Italy                                       6,14
      United Kingdom                             15,80
Whereas, in order to take into account import trends
for . the products concerned in the various Member
States, the quota volume should be divided into two
instalments, the first being shared between the Member
States and the second constituting a reserve to cover at a
later date the requirements of Member States, which
have used up their initial quota shares; whereas to give
importers in each Member State a certain degree of
security, the first instalment of the Community quota
might under the present circumstances be fixed at about
80 % of the quota;
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                     - 3 -                                               ANNEXE A
Whereas the Member States' initial shares may be used                                   Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom
 up at different times; whereas, in order to take this fact                             of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of
into account and avoid any break in continuity, any                                     Luxembourg are united in and represented by the
 Member State whuli has almost used up its initial                                      Bene! -x Economic Union, any operation relating to the
quota share, should di n an additional share from the                                   administration of the quota shares allocated to that
reserve; whereas this musr be done by each Member                                       economic union may be .carried out by ary of its
State as and when each of its -? dd'rional shares is almost                             members,
used up, and repeated as man; times as the reserve
allows ; whereas the initial and additional shares must
be valid until the end of the quota period; whereas this
method of administration requires close cooperation
                                                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
between the Member States and the Commission, and
the latter must be in a position to monitor the extent to
which the quota volume has been used up and to inform
the Member States thereof:                                                                                             Article 1
                                                                                        From 1 January to 31 December 198*1 and subject to
                                                                                        the measures which might be taken pursuant to Article
Whereas if, at a given date in the quota period, a                                      3 (2) and (4) of Annex I to the Agreement between the
substantial quantity of an initial share remains unused                                 European Economic Community and Spain, the
in any Member State, it is essential that that Member                                   Common Customs Tariff duties in respect of the
State should return a significant proportion to the                                     products refined in Spain and listed below shall be
reserve, to prevent a part of any Community tariff                                      suspended partially at the levels indicated for each of
quota from remaining unused in one Member State                                         them, within the limits of a global Community tariff
when it could be used in others;                                                        quota ofl . 424000tonnes:
              I         –         I
                      CCT                                                                                                     [  Rare of ■
                     heading      I                                           Description                                         duty
                                                                                                                             LI   (%>
                       No
                                                                          :
                    27.10              Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other
                                       than cruder preparations not elsewhere specified or included,
                                       containing not less than 70 % by weight of petroleum oils or of
                                       oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic
                                       constituents of.the preparations:
                                       A. Light oils :
                                             III . For other purposes                                                              24
                                       B.    Médium oils:                                                              •
                                           ' III. For other purposes                                                               2-4
                                       C. Heavy oils :                                                                     •
                                                I. Gas oil :
                                                   c) For other purposes                                                           1-4
                                              II . Fuel oil :
                                                   c) For other purposes                                                           J-4
                                             III . Lubricating oils ; other oils :
                                                   c) To be mixed in accordance with the terms of Additional
                                                      Note 7 to this Chapter (a) .                                                 1-6
                                                   d) For other purposes                                                          2-4
                                    !
                    27.11              Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons:
                                       B. - Other:          .
                                             1 . Commercial propane and commercial butane:
                                                   c) For other purposes                                                          0-6
               (a) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                        4 -                                              ANNEXE A
                    CCT                                                                                               Rare .
                   heading                                         Description                                          of     >
                     No                                                                                              duty    ,
                                                                                                                      l'M
                  27.12           Petroleum jelly :         .                ' ,                          -
                                  A.  Crude :                                         '
                                      111 . For other purposes                                                         0-8
                                  B.  Other                                                                   .        26
                '27.13     '      Paraffin wax, micro-crystalline wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite
                                  wax , peat wax and other mineral waxes, whether or not coloured :
                                  B. Other:                                           -     .   "
                                         1 . Crude :                                                                       \
                                             c) For other purposes .                    ,               -              0-8
                                        II . Other               .                                                     23 •'
                  27.14           Petroleum bitumen, petroleum coke and other residues of
                                  petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals:
                                  C. Other :                                        ■     .
                                        II . Other                               '                                     08 '
 ' Within the Limits of this tariff quota , Greece shall apply duties
      calculated in accordance with the relevant provisions in the Act of
      Accession and the Protocol of Adaptation .
                           Article 1                                           2. If, after its initial share has been used up, 90 % or
                                                                                more of the second share drawn by a Member State has
1 . A first instalment, amounting to 1 1.40 000 tonnes                          been used up, that Member State shall, in accordance
of the Community tariff quota referred to in Article I ,                        with the conditions laid down in paragraph 1 , draw a
shall be allocated among the Member States; the                                 third share equal to 7-5 % of its initial share, rounded
respective shares which, subject to Article 5 , shall be                        up where necessary to the next unit.
valid until 31 December 1 98>f shall be as follows:
                                                                                3 . If, after its second share has been used up, 90 % or
                                                          tonnes                more of the third share drawn by a Member State has
                                                                              • been used up, that Member State shall, in accordance
       Bénélux                                       255 000
                                                                                with the conditions laid down in paragraph 1 , draw a
       Denmark                                         80 000       •           fourth share equal to the third.
       Germany
       Greece
       France
                                                     480
                                                       68 000
                                                              9                 This process shall continue until the reserve is used up.
       ireland        ' .                               • 5000
       Italy                                           70000                    4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 , 2 and 3 , a
       United Kingdom                                180 000                     Member State may draw shares smaller than those fixed
                                                                                 in those paragraphs if there is reason to believe that
                                                                                 these might not be used up. It shall inform the
  2. The second instalment, amounting to284000                                   Commission of its reasons for applying this paragraph.
  tonnes, shall constitute a reserve.
                                                                                                           Article 4
                             Article 3
                                                                                 Each of the additional shares drawn pursuant to Article
                                                                                 3 shall be valid until 31 December 1981 .
  1 . If 90 % or more of a Member State's initial share as '
 specified in Article 2 ( 1 ), or 90 % of that share minus
  the portion returned to the reserve where Article 5 is
  applied, has been used up, then, to the extent permitted
                                                                                                            Article S
  by the amount of the reserve, that Member State shall
  forthwith , by notifying the Commission draw - second
  share equal to 15 % of its initial share, roui'ded up                           The Member States shall return to the reserve, not later
  where necessary to the next unit.                                                than 1 October 1981 such unused portion of their
 ---pagebreak---                                                           - 5 -                                           ANNEX A
  initial share as, on 15 September 198' ., is in excess of          Article 3 are opened in such a way that imports may be
  20 % of the inici -"- ! volume, They may return & greater          charged without interruption against         accumulated
  quantity if there ai : grounds for believing that it may           shares in the Community tariff quotas.
  not be used.
                                                                     2 . Member States shall ensure that importers of the
  Member States shall, not later than 1 October 198J1,               products in question established in their territory have
  notify the Commission of the total quantities of the               free access to the shares allocated to them.      1
  products in question imported up to 15 September 198")
  and charged against the Community tariff quota, and of
  any quantities of the initial shares returned to the               3 . Member States shall charge imports of the goods in
  reserve.                                                           question against their shares as and when such goods
                                                                     are entered with the customs authorities for free
                                                                     circulation.
                             Article 6
  The Commission shall keep an account of the shares                                          Article 8
  opened by the Member States pursuant to Articles 2 and
  3 and shall, as soon as it is notified, inform each
  Member State of the extent to which the reserve has                At the request of the Commission, Member States shall
  been used up.                                                      inform it of imports of the products concerned actually
                                                                     charged against their shares.
  It shall inform the Member States not later than 5
  October 198 f of the amounts still in reserve after
  quantities have been returned thereto pursuant to
. Article 5 .                                                                                 Article 9
  The Commission shall ensure that the drawing which                  The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
  uses up a reserve does not exceed the balance available             closely in order to ensure compliance with this
  and to this end shall notify the amount of that balance             Regulation.
  to the Member State which makes such last drawing.
                             Article 7                                                       Article 10
  1 . Member States shall take all measures necessary to             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
  ensure that supplementary shares drawn pursuant to                  1981 .
                This Regulation shall be binding' in its entirety , and directly applicable in all Member States.
                Done at Brussels                  v
     -
                                                                                         For the Council
                                                                                          The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                   ANNEX B
                                                     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 and originating in Spain ( 198 1 )
     THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
     Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
     Economic Community, and in particular Article 113
     thereof,
     Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
      whereas the European Economic Community concluded an Agreement
      with Spain on 20 July 1970 ^;
      Whereas under the said Agreement " and the Protocol of Adaptation
      to take account of the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the
    . Community ^ _the Community has committed itself to
    op en an           ^     an annua] Community tariff
  quota of        3 bonnes of other woven fabrics of cotton
  falling within heading No 55.09 of the Common
  Customs Tariff, originating in Spain ; whereas, f
                                  - the quota duty is equal
  to 40 % of the Common Customs Tariff duty in respect
  of the products concerned; whereas the Community
  tariff quota contains quota duties of 5-2, 5-6, 5-6 and
  6 % for the products falling within subheadings 55.09'
 AI, A II, B I and 3 II respectively; .
   whereas this Community tariff quota should be opened
   for 198-1 ;
   Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure to all
   Community importers equal and uninterrupted access
   to the abovementioned quota and uninterrupted
   application of the rate laid down for that quota to all
   imports of the products concerned into all Member
   States until the quota has been used up; whereas; having
   regard to the principles mentioned above, the
   Community nature of the quota can be respected by
   allocating the Community tariff quota among the
   Member States; whereas to reflect as accurately as
  (J) OJ No L 182, 16. 8. 1970, p. 1
( 2 ) 0J N° ........
 ---pagebreak---    possible the true trend of the mn > '--et in the predutftB in
   question, such allocation shouiii be in proportion to the
  requirements of the Member States calculated by
  reference to the statistics of imports from Spain over a
   representative period and also to the economic outlook
  for the quota period concerned;
  Whereas, during the last three years for which statistics
   are available, the corresponding imports by each of the
   Member States represent the following percentages of
  the imports into the Community from Spain of the
  products concerned:
             Member States       j 197 7       1978        197 .9
   Bénélux                           7,5        3,5         13,5
   Denmark                          ■°' 3       0,8     '     0,7
   Germany                           6,7        3,3         • 0,2
   .Greece                           8,6        9,6       . : 8,0
   rrance                      1
                                   66,6        60,3         64,6
   Ireland                           2>* :       0,3          0,3 .
   Italy                   -       ■ 5,4      • 7M            *,7
                                1
   United Kingdom                              24,8           8,5
   Whereas, in view of these factors, of market forecasts
   for the products in question and in particular of the
 , estimates submitted by certain Member States, initial
   quota shares may be fixed approximately at the
   following percentages:
         Bénélux                                       5,71
         Derimark                                      0,35
         Germany                                       5,71
         greece
         France
         Ireland       x                               1,42 -
         Italy                                        12,15
         United Kingdonr>                              1,80
   Whereas in order to take into account import trends for
   the products concerned in the various Member States,
   the quota volume should be divided into two
   instalments, the first being shared among the Member
- States and the second constituting a reserve to cover at a
   later date the requirements of those Member States
   having used up their initial quota shares; whereas in
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                                               ANNEX B
  order to give importers in each Memoer State a certain                        prevent a part of any Community quota from remaining
  degree of security, the first instalment of the                               unused in one Member State when it could be used in
  Community quota should under present circumstances                            otherst
  tse fixed at f (°)% of the quota ;
                                                                                Whereas since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of
  Whereas the Member States' initial shares may be used                         the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ,
  up at different times; whereas, in order to take this fact                    are united in and represented by the Benelux Economic
  into account and avoid any break in continuity, any                           Union, any operation concerning the administration of
  Member State which has almost used up its initial share,                      the quota shares allocated to that economic union may
  should draw an additional share from the reserve ;                            be carried out by any of its members,
, whereas this must be done by each Member State as and
  when each of its additional shares is almost used up,
  and repeated as many times as the reserve allows;
  whereas the initial and additional shares must be valid
  until the end of the quota period; whereas this method                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  of administration requires close cooperation between
  the Member States and the Commission-, and the latter
  must be in a position to monitor the extent to which the                                                 Article 1
  quota volume has been used up and to inform the
  Member States thereof;                                                        From 1 January until 31 December 198(1 , the Common
                                                                                Customs Tariff duties in respect of the products
  Whereas if, at a given date in the quota period, a                            originating in Spain and listed below shall be partially
  substantial quantity of an initial share remains unused                       suspended at the levels indicated for each of them
  in a Member State, it is essential that that Member State                     within the limits of a global Community tariff quota of
  should return a significant proportion to the reserve, to                   2.013 tonnes:
                       –     –1
                                                                                                                  H Rate
                     heading     I                                    Description „                               |    of duty
                       No      |                                                                                  |      (%)
                     55.09            Other woven fabrics of cotton:
                                      A. Containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton
                                             I. Of a width of less than 85 cm                                           '5-2 '
                                           11 . Other                                                                    5-6
                                !
                                j     B.  Other:                  '
                                             I. Of a width of less than 85 cm                                            5-6
                                            II. Other                                                                     6
          Within the Limits of this tariff quota , Greece shall apply duties calculated
          in accordance with the relevant provisions in the Act of Accession and the
           Protocol of Adaptation .
       '                           Article 2                                                                  Article 3
      1 . A first instalment amounting to 14 00 tonnes of the
      Community tariff quota referred to in Article 1 , shall be                    1 . If 90 % or more of a Member State's initial share as
      allocated among the Member States; the respective
      shares, subject to Article 5 , shall be valid until 31                        specified in Article 2 ( 1 ), or 90 % of that share minus
      December 1981 , shall be as follows:                                          the portion returned to the reserve where Article 5 is
                                                                                    applied,- has been used up, then to the extent permitted
                                                              tonnes
                                                                                    by the amount of the reserve, that Member State shall
            Bénélux                                              80                 forthwith, by notifying the Commission draw a second
            Denmark                                                 5
                                                                                    share equal to 15 % of its initial share, rounded up
                                                                                    where necessary to the next unit.
           Trance                              -                920
            Ireland                                              20
                                                                                    2. If, after its initial share has been used up, 90 % or
            Italy                                               170                 more of the second share drawn by a Member State has
            United Kingdom                                        25                been used up, that Member State shall, in accordance
                                                                                    with the conditions laid down in paragraph 1 , draw a
      2. The second instalment, of 613 tonnes, cha!l                                third share equal to 7-5 % of its initial share, rounded
      constitute the reserve.                                                       up where necessary to the next unit.
 ---pagebreak---                                                              - 4 -                                              ANNEX B
3 . If, after its second share has been used up, 90 % or            The Commission shall ensure that any drawing which
more of the third share drawn by a Member State has                  exhausts the reserve does not excejd the balance
been used up, that Member State shall , in accordance                available and, to this end, shall notify the amount of
with tho iinti eandlttonni draw * foucrh »h#r# eqiifl!               fhw              w fhs          Sttft which ... Vkp * e < ish last
the third.                                                     - drawing.
This process shall continue until the reserve is used up.
                                                                                                Article 7
4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 , 2 and 3 , a
Member State may draw shares smaller than those fixed                1 . The Member States shall take all measures necessary
in those paragraphs if there is reason to believe that               to ensure .that additional shares drawn pursuant to
these might not be used up. It shall inform the                      Article 3 , are opened in such a way that imports may be
Commission of its reasons for applying this paragraph.
                                                                     charged without interruption against their accumulated
                                                                     shares of the Community quota.              ,
                           Article 4
                                                                     2. The Member'States shall ensure that importers of the
                                                                     products in question established in their territory have
Each of the additional shares drawn pursuant to Article              free access to the shares allocated to them.
3 shall be valid until 31 December 1984 j                            I      1     -                          .                    '
                                                                     3 . The Member States shall charge imports of the said
                           Article 5        }                        goods against their shares as and when the goods are
                                                                     entered , with       the  customs     authorities    for       free
                                                                     circulation.
The Member States shall return to the reserve," not later
than 1 October 198/f; such unused portion of their                   4. The .extent to which a Member State has used up its
initial share which, on 15 September 198 ./, is .in excess         , share shall be determined on the basis of the imports
of 20 % of the initial volume. They may return a larger
                                                                  ' charged iri accordance with paragraph ^.
quantity if there are grounds for believing that it may
not be used.                                                      :n           >: . r
The Member States shall, not later than 1 October                                               Article 8
 1984, notify the Commission of the total quantities of
the Products in question imported up to 15 September                 At? the-reijuest of the Commission, Member States shall
 19M inclusive, and charged against the tariff quota                 inform it of imports of the products concerned actually
and,- of any quantities of the initial shares returned to            charged against their shares.
the reserve.                                      1
                                                                                                Article 9
                         • Article 6
The Commission shall keep an account of the shares                   The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
opened by Member States in accordance with Articles 2                closely' in order to ensure compliance with this
and 3 and shall, as soon as it is notified, inform each                Regulation.
Member State of the extent to which the reserve has
been used up.
                                                                                               Article 10
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It shall inform the Member States, not later than 5
 October 198^, of the amount in the reserve after                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
quantities have been returned pursuant to Article 5.                   198-4 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States."
                Done at Brussels,               '               .
                                                                                         ' For the Council
                            •                                                                The President