CELEX: 51978PC0437
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Date: 1978-09-12
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 (1979)#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 Spain (1979) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                               COM(78)437    final
                                               Brussels - 12 September 1978
                              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 ( 1979 )
                              Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
    opening , allocating and providing for the administration of a
    Community tariff quota for other woven fabrics of cotton fall­
    ing within heading No 55.09 of the Common Customs Tariff ,
                        originating in Spain ( 1979 )
              ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
C0M(78 ) 437 final
 ---pagebreak---                   I
                                   EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1 . Article 2 of the Agreement between the European Economic Community
     and Spain , read with Articles 2 , 3 and 4 of Annex I thereto , provides
     for the opening 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 No      . Product                 Annual Volume     Quota duty
      Chapter        Certain petroleum products     i 200 ooo t  ;t  40% ôf the
                                                                 a
      55.09          Other cotton fabrics               1 800 t   I; CCT duties
2 . However , this regime has been provided only for the importation of
   • these products into the six original Member States , whereas the three
     new Member States have applied different regimes . According to the
     Act of Accession the importation of these products into the three
     new Member States are subject to the rates of duty of the Common
     Customs Tariff from 1 July 1977 .         .
     In this situation , a uniform regime of importation should be established .
     Hence the forementioned quota volumes should be increased in such a
     manner as to take account of the traditional quantities imported in the
     new Member States .   This leads to an increase to 1 900 tonnes in the
     quota for cotton fabrics and to 1 400 000 tonnes for petroleum products .
3 . The Regulations provide , in the usual way , for the splitting up of
     the Cjuata, 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 .
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                              ■ \
                                  /
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 1975 to 1577 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 of the first part , the last digit of the number of metric
tons bemg rouded off .
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 .                                 *
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 among to
the quota .
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                                                  i rdfWoa-L ^c-r c>,
                                     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 (19?3)
    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 Agreement between the European               .    ■ >  . .
    Economic Community and Spain ('), provides in
   Article 2 ( 1 ) together with Article 3 of Annex I, for                                               .
    the opening by the Community of an annual total
    Community tariff quota of 1 200 000 tonnes of certain
    petroleum products falling within Chapter 27 of the
   Common Customs Tariff, refined in Spain ; whereas,
   pursuant to Article 2 of the said Annex, the quota ;
   duty is equal to 40 % of the Common Customs Tariff
   duties ; whereas this preferential tariff arrangement
   has been provided only for imports of these products
   into the Member States of the Community in its orig­
   inal composition ; whereas, according to the Act of                                    N
   Accession, imports of these products into the three
   new Member States are subject to the rates of duty of
   the Common Customs Tariff from 1 July 1977 ;                                                  -
   whereas the import arrangements relating to these
   products should be uniform throughout the Commu­
   nity ; whereas the aforementioned annual quota
             should be increased to 1 400 000 tonnes ;
   whereas this Community tariff quota should be                    •
   opened for 197^";
 Whereas it is in particular necessary to ensure for all Community importers
 equal and uninterrupted access to the abovenientioned quota and uninterrupted
 application of the rates laid down for that quota to all imports of the pro­
 ducts 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
                                                                                                     s
 Member States ; whereas , in , order 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 refe­
 rence to the statistics . for imports from                             over a representative reference
 period and , also to the economic outlook for the -quota period 'concerned ;
{"JO.'Z . W0 L 182 , IC . « . 1970 ». 2.
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                          *c c?r»ec t
          Whereas,iyi \ the last three years for which statis­
           tics are available, the corresponding imports by each
          of the Member States represent the following percen­
           tages of the imports into the Community from Spain
          of the products concerned :
                                                                 1977
                    Member States           1975   1976
                                                                38,0
           Bénélux                    '     22-8   24-8
           Denmark                      ;    °'°    0-0            6,4
           Germany                          54-4   32-4   '      15,5
           France
           Ireland
                                             0-9
                                             0-C
                                                    «i
                                                    00
                                                                 1 â;8
           Italy                             4-3    é '4         15,8
           United Kingdom                 j 17-6 | 27-9          1 1 ,3
           Whereas, in vew of these factors, of the foreseeable
           development of the market for the products in ques­
            tion and in particular of the estimates submitted by
            certain Member States, initial quota shares may be
            fixed approximately at the following percentages :
                    Bénélux                              22*77
                    Denmark                                 7-14
                   Germany                               42-86
                    France                                  6-07
                    Ireland                                 0-18
                    Italy                                   4-91
                    United Kingdom                       16 07 ;
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 Member
States which have used up their initial quota shares ; whereas , in order to
give importers in each Member State /                             security , the first instalment of
                                                                                                  M
the Community quota might / under the present circumstances , be fixed at
ox the-G
                                             /a certain degree of
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas the Member States' initial shares may be used up at different times ;
whereas , in order to take this fact into account and avoid any1 break in conti­
nuity , any Member State which has almost used up its initial share , should
draw an^ additional share from the reserve ; whereas this must**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 1
this method of administration requires close cooperation between the Member
                          a-'f f*»
States and the Commission, flatter 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 ;
Whereas if , at a given date in the quota period'; a substantial quantity of
an initial share remains unused in any Member State , it is essential that hko
Member State should return a significant proportion to the reserve , to
prevent a part of any Community quota from remaining unused in one Member
State when it could be used in others ;
Whereas , since the Kingdom of Belgium , the Kingdom of the Netherlands and
the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are united iri and represented by the Benelux
Economic Union , any operation relating to the administration of the quota
shares allocated to that Economic Union may be carried out by any of its
member ,                           /
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                          <•
 ---pagebreak---                                                             Aft id* I
                           From 1 January 197^ until 31 December 197yand
                           subject to the measures which might be taken
                            pursuant to Article 3 (2) and (4) of Annex I to the
                           Agreement between the European Economic Commu­
                            nity and Spain, the Common Customs Tariff duties in
                            respect of the products refined in Spain and listed
                            below shall be suspended partially at the levels indi­
                            cated for each of them, within the limits of a global
                            Community tariff quota of 1 400 000 tonnes :
         CCT          I                                   •                                  :              I           Rate of '
        heading                                              Description                                                  duty
          No                                                                                .
                                                                                                                           (%)
27.10                      Petroleum oils and'oils obtained from bituminous minerals, '                        · » < π·
                           other than crude ; preparations not elsewhere specified or
                           included, containing not less than 70 % by weight of petro­
                           leum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these
                       1   oils being the basic constituents of the preparations :
                           A. Light oils :
                               III . For other purposes                                                                    2-4
                           B. Médium oils :
                               III . For other purposes                                                                    2-4
                           C. Heavy oils :
                                  I. Gas oil :
                       !               (c) For other purposes                                               1               1-4
                       I         II . Fuel oil :
                                       (c) For other purposes                                                               1-4
                       I       III . Lubricating oils ; other oils :
                                       (c) to be mixed in accordance with the terms of Addi­
                                           tional Note 7 to this Chapter (a)                                         ■      1-6
                                       (d) For other purposes                                                              2-4
27.11                      Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons :
                           B. Other :                                                                        I
                                1 . Commercial propane and commercial butane :
                                     (c) For other purposes                                                                0-6
27.12                      Petroleum jelly :
                           A. Crude :
                                III . For other purposes                                                                   0-8
                            B. Other                                                                         j             2-8
                                                                                                             i
27.13                 I Paraffin wax, micro-crystalline wax, slack wax, ozokerite, I
            .
                           lignite wax, peat wax and other mineral waxes, whether or
                           not coloured :
                           B. Other :
                                 I. Crude :
                                      (c) For other purposes                                                             . 0-8
                               II . Other                                                                                   2-4
27.14                      Petroleum bitumen, petroleum coke and other residues of
                           petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals :
                           C. Other :
                       |        II. Other                                                                      I            08
    (a) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities.
 ---pagebreak---                                      Article 2
               1.    H first          amounting to 1 120 000 tonnes
           , of the Community tariff quota referred to in Aricle 1 ,
              shall be allocated among the Member States ; the'
              respective shares which, subject to Article J, shall be
              valid until 31 December 197<J shall trneus .
                   «-OVV 4 > ■
                                                        (tonnes)
                     Benelux                           255 000
                   • Denmark                             80 000
                     Germany                           480 000
                     France                              68 000
                     Ireland                              2000
                     ItalY                              55 000
                     United Kingdom ,                  180 000.
                                                                       4
             2.    The second                 amounting to 280 000
             tonnes, shall constitute a reserve.
                                IT) y t 1 C* L
If 90 X 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 Artiple 5 is applied , has been used up , then,
to the extent permitted by .the amount of the reserve , that Member
  ι
State shall forthwith , by notifying the Commission draw a second
share equal to 15 % of its initial share , rounded up where
necessary to the , next unit .
If , after its initial share has been used up , 90 % or more of the
second share drawn by a Member * State has been used up , that Member
State shall , in accordance with the conditions laid down in
paragraph 1 , draw a third share squal to 7.5 % of its initial
share r                                               to i-Ke         un-t't .
If , after its second share has been used up , 90 % or. more of the
third share drawn by a Member State has been used up , that Member
State shall , in accordance with the same conditions , draw a
fourth share equal to the th.ird .
This process shall continue until the reserve is used up .
                                               t
        .*                                        '                            \
By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 to 3 , a 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 Commission of its reasons for applying
this paragraph .                                                                 -
 ---pagebreak--- Additional snares drawn pursuant to Article 3 shall be valid until
3 1 ' Cécemker 197?.
    •                    '     ' ■    ■        •     '      ' '
                       p                   Article 5 .                 ' :
The . Member: States . shall return to the reserve, not later than
1 October 1979 , Such unused portion^of their initial share        as,
on , 15 September 1979, is in excess of 20 % of the initial volume .
They may return a. larger quantity if there are grounds for
believing that it may not be used .                             ''
The Member States shall , not later than 1 October 1979, notify
the Commission of the total quantities of the products in question
imported up to 15 September 1979 and charged against the Community
quota , and of any quantities of the initial shares returned to the
reserve .  ■ ■                                            ,
                                        .. Article 6
The Commission shall keep an account of the shares opened by the
Member States pursuant to Articles 2 and 3 and shall , as soon as
                                     n«rr»b*V
fit is notified , inform each /State of the extent to which the
reserve has been used . up .                             1
                           * '     1         ■         ' '                 \
It shall inform the Member States , not later than 5 October 1979,.
of the amount in the reserve after quantities .have been returned
pursuant to Article 5 .
The Commission shall ensure that any drawing which uses up the reserve
is limited to the balance available , and to this end shall indicate
the amount of. that balance to the Member State which makes such
last drawing .
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                         vV •  '     ■•          T)-» lide   T
1.          The MembertStates shall take all measures necessary to ensure
            tha.t additional shares drawn pursuant to Article Z , are opened
            in- such a .way that imports may be charged without interruption
         - against-their accumulated shares of the Community quota .
2.          The Member States shall ensure that importers of the                   ' products in tjneJ>'*n
            established in their territory have free access to the shares"
          j allocated fo them .                            -
3 . •..•■ The Member States shall charge imports . of the products in ques-
        ■ .tion           ton,       their, shares as and when the products are entered
                , ik&
            with/ customs authorities for home use .
                                                      Article 8
At the request of the Commission / the Member States shall inform it
                    Aactually
                       actually chara charged  <   against their shares .
                                                                                      \
                                                      Article 9
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely in
order to ensure compliance with this Regulation .
                                                      Article 10
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1979 .
          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
          directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels /                                                        For the Council
                                                                          The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                        I rOPû's<vl ^6r «.
                                           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 Spain (1979)
       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,
     f Whereas the Agreement between the European
       Economic Community and Spain (') provides in
       Article 2 ( 1 ) together with Article 4 of Annex I for the
       opening by the Community of an annual Community
       tariff quota of 1 800 tonnes of other woven fabrics of
       cotton falling within heading No 55.09 of the
       Common - Customs Tariff, originating in Spain ;
       whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of the said Annex, 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 A I, A II, B I and B II
       respectively ; whereas this preferential arrangement
       has been provided only for imports of these products
       into the Member States of the Community in its orig­
       inal composition ; whereas, pursuant to the Act of
       Accession, imports of these products into the three
       new Member States are subject to the rates of duty of
       the Common Customs Tariff from 1 July 1977 ;
       whereas the import arrangements relating to these
       products should be uniform throughout the Commu­
       nity ; whereas the aforementioned annual quota
                should be increased to 1 900 tonnes ; whereas
       this Community tariff quota should be opened for
       1979 ;
     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 pro­
     ducts 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 , in order 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 refe­
     rence to the statistic ? for imports from                        J ty over a representative reference
     period and also to the economic outlook for the quota period concerned;
C (J 01 No L- 182 . 1 6 . 8 . i?70 , p. -2.
 ---pagebreak---                                                          - 2. -
                  Irt
        WhereasN               the last three years for which statis­
        tics are available, the corresponding imports by each
        of the Member States represent the following percen­
        tages of the imports into the Community from Spain
        of the products concerned :
                 Member States            1975                1977
        Bénélux                           12-7      18-7         8,2
        Denmark                            0-0       00          0,3
       Germany                       1i    6-7       4-4
       France                             70-9
                                                                 7/0
       Ireland                             1-2                73,1
       Italy                               5-2                   2,7
       United Kingdom                      3-3                   6,0
                                                             . 2,7
       Whereas, in view of these factors, of the foreseeable
       development of the market for the products in ques­
       tion and in particular of the estimates submitted by
       certain Member States, initial quota shares may be
       fixed approximately at the following percentages :
               Bénélux                                    615
               Denmark                                    0-39
               Germany                                    615
               France                                    70-77
               Ireland                                    1-54'
               Italy                                     1308
               United Kingdom                             1-92 :
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 instal­
ments , the first being shared among 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 , in order to give importers in each
^ ember State / securfty , the first instalment of the Community quota should ,
under the present circumstances , be fixed at C>S%oi the quota .                                ;
 /a certain degree of *•'                             . ,                s     ..... ... Vi ...
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas the Member States' initial shares may be used up at different times ;
whereas , in order to take this fact into account and avoid any break in conti­
nuity , any Member State which has almost used up its initial share , should
draw an additional share from the reserve & whereas this must**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 of administration requires close cooperation betweeathe Member
States arid the Commission , flatter 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 ;
Whereas if , at a given date in the quota period'/ a substantial quantity of
    /                                                    .
an initial share remains unused in any Member State , it is essential that hkc
Member State should return a significant proportion to the reserve , to .
prevent a part of any Community quota from remaining unused in one Member
State when it could be used in others ;                                                                                 )'
Whereas , sihce the Kingdom of Belgium , the Kingdom of the Netherlands and
the Grand Ouchy of - Luxembourg / are united iri and represented by the Benelux
Economic Union , any operation relating to the administration of the quota
shares allocated to that Economic Union may be carried out by any of its
member ,     1                                -
         '     ' ' '                   ■ •                                          1   ^                             ■  '
                      \              '  (    '..t."           s        .. '              . •,   -
HAS ADOPTED THIS , REGULATION !                    ~ '.V
                                                       Article 1
                           From 1 January until 31 December 197$ the
                           Common Customs Tariff duties in respect of the
                           products originating in Spain and listed below shall be
                           partially suspended at the levels indicated for each of
                           them within the limits of a global Community tariff
                           quota of 1 900 tonnes :
                                           •                                               '  ' ' r-                '
                                        M–                                  L ||          –                  r' 1 -
                                                                                      .              '
            OCT heeding No                                 Description                                 Rate of duty
                                                                                                        ■   %
           55.09            Other woven fabrics of cotton :
                            A. Containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton :
                                I. Of a width of less thin 85 cm                                           5-2
                               II. Other '           .                                                     5-6
                            B. Other : ' '
                                I. Of a (width of less th?n'85 cm                                          5-6
                               II. Other         . .Y      ' \                   .'                        6-0
 ---pagebreak---                                       - W -
                                         Article 2
                  1 . A first /        amounting to 1 300 tonnes of the
                  Community tariff quota referred to in Article 1 , shall
                  be allocated among the Member States ; the                tv v «
    /             which, subject to Article 5, shall be valid until 31
                  December 1979, shall be as follows :
                                                         (tonnes)
                         Bénélux                             80
                         Denmark                              5
                         Germany                             80
                         France                            920
                         Ireland                             20
                         Italy                             170
                         United Kingdom                      25 ;
                  2.    The second . /       of 600 tonnes, shall consti- •
               ». tute the reserve.                                       .
1. If 90 7. or more of a Member State 's initial share as specified
   in Article 2(1 ), or 90 7. of that share minus the* portion returned
   to the reserve where Article 5 is applied , has been used up , than ,
   to the extent permitted by the amount of the reserve , that Member
      »
   State shall forthwith , by notifying the Commission draw a second
   share equal to 15 % of its initial share , rounded up where
   necessary to the /next unit .
2. If , after its initial share has been used up , 90 % or more of the
   second share drawn by a Member - State has been used up , that Member
   State shall , in accordance with the conditions laid down in
   paragraph 1 , draw a third share efluai to 7.5 X of its initial
   share j                             ntc<                 *-U- e                t. ,
3. If , after its second share has been used up , 90 7. or more of the
   third share drawn by a Member State has been used up , that Member
   State shall , in accordance with the same conditions , draw a                     K
   fourth share equal to the th.ird .
   This process shall continue until the reserve is used up .
4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 to 3 , a 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 Commission of its reasons for applying
   this paragraph .                                                     ■ "
 ---pagebreak---  I                                      Article 4
 ; Additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 3 shall be valid until
      31 December 1979. . ■'      '
 I       • ;:: v          .         .   Article 5 .
  ; The , Member States shall return to the reserve , not later than
      1 October 1979, such unused portion v of their initial share    as ,
  : on 15 September 1979 , is in excess of 20 'A of the initial volume .        \
" They may return a larger quantity if there are grounds for
 J                                                      '
  t                                                           <
  : believing that it may not be used .
 i
 !
 [ The Member States shall , not later than 1 October 1979, notify           '
■' the Commission of the total quantities of the products in question
 i imported up to 15 September 1979 and charged against the Community
  ' quota , and of any quantities of the initial shares returned to the
  1 'reserve .,      •                                          '
         '                            . Article 6
      The Commission shall keep an account of the shares opened by the
      Member States pursuant to Articles 2 and 3 and shall , as soon as
  i
 1 (it is notified , inform each / State of the extent to which the
      reserve has been used up .                                             I
                              : ;                     ,   . .     t          '
      It shall inform the Member States , not later than 5 October 1979,
      of the amount in the reserve after quantities have been returned
      pursuant to Article 5 .;
      The Commission shall ensure that any drawing which uses up the reserve"
      is limited to the balance available , and to this end shall Indicate
      the amount of that balance to the Member State which . makes such
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    ! last drawing .
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         1.           . Whe Member?States shall take all measures necessary to ensure                                       '
               ; .....that additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 3 , are opened
                 ■ .. in such a way that imports may be charged without interruption
|                   .' " against their accumulated shares of the Community quota .
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 ; 2. .                   The Member States , shall ensure that importers of the                          ' products in auedb't*
  :                / established in their territory have free access to the shares
   ,           .-' / allocated fo them.                                                                              ,j
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        3.                the Member States shall charge imports , of the products in ques­
                          tion        an. .      their shares as and when the products are entered
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                          with/ customs authorities for home use .                                                       i
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                       . the- extent to which a Member State has used up its share shall
                          be determined on the basis of the imports charged in accordance
     j       .■           with paragraph 3.i   *      . .
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       At the request of the Commission , the Member States shall inform it
                                  actuallv charged
                                  actually        charaed against
                                                              aaainst their
                                                                         t      shares .
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                                                                   Article 9
        the Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely in
       order to ensure compliance with this Regulation .
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   , This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1979 .
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                         this Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
                         directly applicable in all Member States . :                                ' .
         Done at' Brussels ,                                                                   . For the Council
                                                                                                 the President