CELEX: 51977PC0423
Language: en
Date: 1977-09-08
Title: 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 Malta (1977) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                      COM(77 ) 423 final
                                      Brussels , 8 September 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 Malta ( 1977 )
            ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
 C0M(77 ) 423 final
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Article 2 of Annex I of the Agreement between the Community and Malt «|
amended by Article 5 of the Additional Protocol to this Agreement     ^
provides for 1977 for the opening of a duty-free Community tariff
quota of 100 tonnes of other woven fabrics of cotton falling within
tariff heading No 55 . 09 , originating in Spain .
If the Protocol does not enter into force at the beginning of the
calender year this quota should be opened pro rata temporis .   At
the present moment it can be assumed that the abovementioned
Protocol will enter into force on 1 November 1977 .   The tariff'
quota in question should therefore be opened for the last two months
of this year .
The foregoing is the subject of this proposal .
It is the rule in this field that the quota volume is divided into
two instalments /, one forming the Community reserve and the second
being allocated among the Member States . In this case the tariff
quota is for a relatively small quantity and for a very short time
of validity .  It seems therefore possible to provide for a system
of use based on .a single allocation and at the same time to preserve
the Community nature of the quota .        ;
Concerning this allocation , the usual procedure should be applied ,
that is the proportion of the total imports of each Member State .
over the last three years to Community imports over the same period
is worked out and the resulting percentages are applied per Member
State .           *
 ---pagebreak---                                         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 Malta ( 1977 )
 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 Article 2 of Annex I of the Agreement between the European
 Economic Community and Malta ( 1 ), as amended by Article 5 of the
 Additional Protocol to this Agreement ( 2 ) provides for 1977 for the
 opening by the Community of an annual duty-free Community tariff quota
 of 100 tonnes of other woven fabrics of cotton falling within heading
 No 55.09 of the Common Customs Tariff , originating in Malta ;            whereas
 this tariff preference is applicable from the date of entry into force
 of the abovementioned Protocol and whereas the tariff quota should
 be opened pro rata temporis if the Protocol does not enter into force
 at the beginning of the calender year ;             whereas the Community tariff
 quota in question should be opened for the year 1977 ; •
Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure to
all Community importers equal and uninterrupted
access to the abovementioned quota and uninter­
rupted application of the »rate laid down for that
c/uota to all imports of the product concerned into
a.l 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 Cotnmunity
tariff quota among the Member States; whereas to ;
represent as closely as possible the aotual trend of
 ( 1 ) 0J No L 111 , 28.4.1976 , p. 1 .
 ( 2 ) 0J No L
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     the market in the products in question, the allocation
     should follow proportionately the requirements of •
     the Member States calculated from both statistics of
     imports from Maltaduring a representative period
     and the economic outlook for ithe, tariff period in
     question;
  ' Whereas, durjng 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
Malta , of the products concerned :
    Member
    States                         1974                    1975  1976
    Benelux                             -
                                                              55   50
    Denmark                             -                      -    -
    Germany                         ■ 88                       -
                                                                   50
    France                              6                      -    -
    Ireland                             -   .                  -    -
    Italy                               -
                                                             '45    em
    United Kingdom                      6
                                           and
  Whereas, in view of these factors / of the foreseeable )
   development of the market for the products in ;
  question                                                ~
i                                 initial quota shares may \
  be fixed approximately at the following percentages: ;
                Benelux                       24
                          %
                Denmark                        5
                Germany                       18
                France                        12
                Ireland                        5
                Italy                         24
                United Kingdom                12
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Whereas, since this tariff quota is for a relatively
small quantity, it seems possible to provide for a
system of use based on a single allocation and at the
same time preserve the Community nature of ' the
quota ; whereas such an allocation may therefore be
based on the percentage figures shown in the table
above ;
Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the King­
dom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg are united within and jointly rep­
resented by the Benelux Economic Union, any
measure concerning the administration of the shares
allocated to that economic union may be carried out
by any one of its members,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                      Article 1
From 1 November until 31 December 1977 the Common Customs
Tariff duties in respect of other woven fabrics of cotton
falling within heading No 55.09 of the Common Customs Tariff ,
originating in Malta , shall be entirely suspended within
the limits of a Community tariff quota of 17 tonnes .
                      Article 2
The Community tariff quota laid down in Article 1 shall be
allocated among the Member States as follows :
        'Bénélux               4 tonnes
         Denmark                1 tonne
         Germany               3 tonnes
         France                2 tonnes
         Ireland                1 tonne
         Italy                 h tonnes
                                                         ν
         Uni ted
           Kingdom             2 tonnes .
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                                       Article 3
              .1 • The Member States snail ensure that importers
             - of the said goods established in their territory have
                free access to the shares allocated to them.
               2 . The Member States shall charge imports of the
             • said goods against their shares as and when (he goods
                are entered for home use.
               3 , The extent to which a Member State has used
                up its share shall be determined on the basis of the
                imports charged in accordance with paragraph 2 .
                                        Article U
                On receipt of a request from the Commission,
                Member States shaM inform tt of imports actually
            : charged against their shares.
                                        Article 5
                                                  ' "       '           Y
                 The Member States and the Commission shall
                 cooperate closely in order to ensure that this
                 Regulation is observed.
                                        Article 6
                 This    Regulation    shall   enter    into  force   on
                 1   November 1977 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels,
                                                                    For the Council
                                                                     The President
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1 . Budget line concerned : Ch . 12 Art . 120              •           .            «
2. Legal basis J       Art . 113 .                           '                      *
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3 . Title of the tariff measure ;
     Proposal for a Council Regulation 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 Malta < 1977 )      -                                                         1
4 . Objectives :
     Fulfilment of contractual obligations
5 . Method of calculation :
    - No of CCT                  55.09
    - Quota volume               17 T
    - Quota duty rate            Free
    - Duty rate CCT              13% - 15% ( average 14% )
6 . Loss of receipts :
     cif average value of the goods 1975 : 3 000 EUR/ MT
     + 15% for advance in prices = 3,450 EUR / MT
     = 14% ^ 3,450*"          17
     = 8-200 EUR
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