CELEX: 51977PC0583
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Date: 1977-11-17
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening, allocation 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 (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 (1978) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                               COM(77 ) 583 final .
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                                                               Brussels , 17 November 1977
                                          Proposal for a
                                   COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
             opening , al loo at ion 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 ( 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
                                            ( 1978 )
                          ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission )
C C&Î ( 77 ) 583 final
 ---pagebreak---                               (BXPT.AWTQffV
 Article S of tho A."rc?i»cnt                             ljntwMn.tho.E^opean .
 Econoraio Community
o»d Spain, road with Artiolo« 2 , 3 «4 A.' of .Annex I th,rot0 | r^vidoe
 for the opening of CowrAml-iy tari** Quotao S?or tho iwport&tion into
tho Cai-Tiunity of tho following pi'o&uoto , origina-tinc In Spain, svt
"fclio cruota duwioa opooifiod bolowt
  CCT JlcncUn/; lío          Product          Atjtuo.1 V oluno jl
                                                                     Quoto. JXity |
                                            I
                                                                                    t
                                                                  14C#oftbo
                                              1 200 000 t .
  Chapter i.'(        j Certain potrolouir
                      [ pro&uoto                 • .
                      f
                                                                    CCT dutiûu
      55.05         j   Other cotton             : i 8oo t
               ' i      * abrioo
                                                                                      m
 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 19 77 .
 In this situation , a uniform regime of importation should be established .
Hence the forementioned quota volumes should be increased in such a manner
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 .
 ---pagebreak--- . ; i'"'0 J.'e^-uiatior.c provido , in tho voual uxy, for tho Gplittiiitf up o2
        tho 'tariff vol\unci3 into tv;o parto , or whioh "tho firot will bo
        c.liocatod cnonj tho ITci-ibor Stutoa ao quota r.haras and tho nooond
        Kill bo k©j>t ao a reserve .
                                                 .                                           *   *
       ,jn0 allocation of "tho firot )>arl; of each <^xoin luv> been \u;dort;\kon
       r.coordiii^ to 'tho ralr.n ,';>j»arally applied hithoi*to. Tho tot.;). .
       ii.'.porto of each .'losiber Gtato for 1974* to 1976                   liavo boon­
   ; cxpronnod an ft proportion OF -total Coi'tf.unity inportn ovor tho UCUAO •
      i'oviod, VO'io rorultir^* pcrccnto^-ou havo bocn appliod f»tuto: by Gtato
       co tho volw.io of tho firnt pcurfe , tho laot elicit of tho VAur.bor of
 ! Kutrio tone boiiv? rounded off.                        1     ' *• .               j •'•'
 t              ,             \                                                            »
                                         •                            #     •   •
                                                   ,    #         •                            •
  : I.V ,_               .  _   v   . . •                               "
 j . no propooea rto,7uli\tiou on othor cotton fabrioc providao for u. •
      air.;;lo ;.ifith<;<\, of adj..lnir.tration , to bo applied by all I'cubor otatca',
      Xiojit» ly -tho "rm and whon " Hiothod.
     «> o./uvor it in at"prci.'ont ijsponniblo to provide for -a nin^lo wothod
     0* aar.i •. -i1 ;t r;i.tion• ("an mid , v/bc.n" or a<ivanoo allocation) of tho c;\v<vt
     i0* eo ^t-"I- in petroleum producta . . Tho raloft covomin£ tho r.iarhot in
     tiiono produotn vary from c-no Kcmbor. Gtato to another, with tho offoot
     «»i«w v.io Member Statoo l'c^rd tho application of a r.in^-lo method of -.
i «-^'.<ir.j.n ^ ration ao ir.ponniblo . In contract to ccneral practio'o ,
     t.iCic.OiO , Cf.Cii JCoiibcr Stato will bo empowered to adcainir.tcr itr;
    e..n C,aro of tho quota acoortfin# to ita own rules , while enr-urin^
    tii all importoro of tho rclovont produoto havo * froo aooor.B to
    tho euota.                             '                              '
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                     Annex I
                                                 Proposal for a
                                    COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) NO
                                                of
               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 ( 197 8 ) ,
 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 ( D ,                     ' .
                                   provides in Article 2(1 )
        together with Article 3 of Annex I, for rhe
  opening by the Community of an annual total Com­
  munity 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 prefer­
  ential tariff arrangement has been provided only
 for          imports            of these products into the
 Member States of the Community in its original
 composition ;         whereas , according to the Act of
 Accession ( 2 ) t           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 Community ;              whereas the fore-
 mentioned annual quota volume should be
 increased to 1 400 000 tonnes ; whereas this
 Community tariff quota should be opened for
1978 :
 ( 1 ) 0J No L 182 , 16.8.1970, p. 2
 ( 2) 0J No L 73 , 27.3.1972 , p. 14 .
 ---pagebreak---        wherein it i* in particular ncccwury to cnsuru for all
       Community importers equal and uninterrupted access
      to the abovcmentioncd quota and uninterrupted
      application of rhe 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 principle* mentioned above, tin
      Community nature of the quota can be respected by
      allocating the Community tariff quota among the
      Member States ; whereas, to represent as closely as
      possible rhe actual development of the -market in rhe
      products in question , rhe allocation should follow
      proportionately the requirement of the Member
      States calculated from both statistics of imports from
      Spain during a representative period and the
       rcoriomic outlook for rhe tariff period in question; ■
      Whereas, during the last three years for which
      statistics arc available, the corresponding, imports by
      each of the Member States represent rhe following
      percentages of rhe imports into the Community from
      Spain of rhe products concerned:
                                    I »7 4 I     1" 5 \      '¡"ó
                     .          1r           1         11
     Bénélux                   »iI22.1         22.8 lI 24.8
     Denmark                       0.0          0.0         0.0
     Germany                      45.4         54.4       32.4
     France                        9.1          0.9         8.5
     Ireland                       0.0          0.0         0.0
     Italy                         4.7          4.3         6.4
     United Kingdom               18.8         17.6       27.9
    Whereas, in view of ohese factors, of the foreseeable
. development of the market for che 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                         22.9
    Denmark        '                  0.1
    Germany                         45.6
    France                            6.0
    Ireland                           0.1
    Italy                             4.9
    United Kingdom                  20.4
    Whereas, to take account of future import trends in
   the various Member States of the product under
   consideration, rhe total quota volume should be
   divided into two instalments, the first being shared
   among       the     Member    States    and     the    second .
   held as a reserve to cover at a later date the
   requirements of those Member States, having used
   up their initial share ; whereas to give Member State
   importers some certainty, the first instalment of the
   Community quota might be fixed at a'bout 80% of
   the quota volume;
  Whereas the initial shares of Member States may be
  used up more or less quickly; whereas, therefore,
  to avoid disruption of supplies any Member State
  which has almost used up its initial share, must draw .
 ---pagebreak---                                                                  - 3 -
 a supplementary share from the reserve ; whereas                               Luxembourg are united In and represented by the
 this must be done by each Member State as each                                 Benelux Economic Union, any measure concerning
 one of its supplementary shares is almost used up,                             the administration of rhe quota shares allocated to
and as many times as the reserve allows ; whereas                               that economic union may be carried out by any of
 the initial and supplementary shares must be valid                             its members.
until the end of the quota period ; whereat this form
of    administration         requires       close    collaboration
between fllie Member States and rhe Commission,
and the Commission must be in a posirion to follow                              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
the extent to which the quota volume has been used
up and inform the Member States thereof;
                                                                                                             Article 1
Whereas if, at a given date in the quota period,'
a considerable quantity of the initial share is left
over in a Member State, it is essential that each                               From 1 January until 31 Dccombcr iy «, and subject
State should return a significant proportion to the                             to the measures which might be taken pursuant to
reserve to prevent a part of the Community quota                                Article 3 (2) and (4) of Annex I to the Agreement
from remaining unused in one Member State while                                 between the European Economic Community and
it could be used in others ;                                                    Spain, the Common Customs Tariff duties in respect
                                                                                of the products refined in Spain and listed below
                                                                                shall be suspended partially at rhe 'levels indicated
Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the King­                                for each of them, within the limits of a global Com­
dom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of                                   munity tariff quota of 14 00 000                  <ons;
                     CCT
                   hc.itling                                          Description                                     Rit« of duiy
                      No                                                                                                  (% >
                    27.10            Petroleum oils and' oils obtained from bituminous minerals ,
                                     other than crude ; preparations not elsewhere specified or
                                     included , containing not less ihan 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                                                    *   2-4
                                     B. Médium oils :
                                           III. For other purposes                                                        2-4
                                     C. Heavy oils :
                                              I. Cas oil :
                                                 c) For other purposes '                                                   1-4
                                            II. Fuel oil :
                                                 c) For other purposes                                                     1-4
                                           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 :
                                        . i , c) For other purposes                                        '              0-6
              (a) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities.
 ---pagebreak---                     CCT
                  hcading                                                                                  Rite of duty
                                                             Description
                     No                                                                                        (% )
                   27.12         Petroleum jelly :
                                 A. Crude :
                                     III . For other purposes                                                  0-8
                                 B. Other .                                       .   .     '                  2-8
                   27.13
                                 Paraffin wax, micrc-crysralline wax, slack wax, ozokerite,
                                 lipnitc wax, pear 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 othci > c<idues of
                                 petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous i > 'vrals :
                                 C. Other :
                                       II . Other
                          Article 2                                       2. If, after its initial share has been exhausted ?Q%
                                                                          or more of the second share drawn up by a Men.W
 1 . A first instalment, amounting to 1 200 000 "ton­ State has been used, rhat Member State shall proceed,
                                                                       .
nes of the Community tariff quota referred to in                        . in accordance with the conditions laid down in
 Article 1 , shall be allocated among the Member                          paragraph 1 , to draw a third share, equal to 7-5% of
 States; the respective shares, which subject to Article                  its initial share, rounded up to the next unit where
 5 shall be valid until 31 December 1978, shall consist                   appropriate, to the extent rhat the reserve is sufficient.
 of the following amounts:
      Bénélux                              255   000   tonnes
      Denmark                                 2  000   tonnes             3 . If, after its second share has been exhausted, 90%
                                           510   000   tonnes             or more of the third share drawn by a Member State
      Germany
                                            68   000   tonnes
                                                                          has been used, that Member State shall proceed in
      France
                                                                          the same way . to draw a fourth share equal to the
      Ireland                                 2 000 tonnes
                                                                          third.
      Italy                                 55 000 tonnes
      United Kingdom                       228 000 tonnes
                                                                          This process shall be applied until the reserve is
                                                                          exhausted.
 2. The second instalment of 280 000 tonnes
 shall constitute the reserve.
                                                                          4. Notwithstanding paragraphs 1 , 2 and 3 , the
                                                                          Member States may proceed to draw shares smaiier
                                                                          than those fixed in those paragraphs if there is reason
                          Article 3                                       to believe that they might not 'be used up. They shall
                                                                          inform the Commission of the reasons which Jed
  1 . If 90% or more of the initial share of a Member                     them to apply this paragraph.
Stare laid down in Article 2 ( 1 ), or 90% of rhat share
less the amount returned into rhc reserve where the
provisions of Article 5 have been applied, has been
exhausted, that Member State shall proceed without                                                  Article 4
delay, by notifying the Commission, to draw a
second share, equal to 15% of its initial share,                          Each of the additional shares drawn pursuant            to
rounded up to the next unit.                                              Article 3 shall be valid unoil 31 December 1978 .
 ---pagebreak---                           Article S                                                    Article 7
 The Member States shall return to the reserve, not            1 . The Member States shall take all appropriate
 later tfhan 1 October 1978, the unused portion of             measures to ensure that, when additional shares arc
 their initial share which, on 15 September 1978, is in        drawn pursuant to Article 3, it is possible for charges
 excess of 20% of the initial amount. They may return           to be made without interruption against their
 a Greater portion if there are grounds for believing          accumulated shares of the Community quota.
 that such portion may not be used in full.
                                                               2. The Member States shall ensure that importers
  liic Member St.ires sli.ill , not later t'haii 1 October     of she said goods established in their territory have
        notify to the Commission of rhe total imports          free access to the shares allocated to chem.
 oi the said goods effected up to and including
 15 September 1 97 3 and charged against the Com­              3. The Member States shall charge imports of the
munity quou and, Where appropriate, the proportion             laid goods against their shares as and when the goods
of their initial share that is being returned to the           are entered for home use.
reserve.
                                                                                       Article 8
                         Article 6
                                                               On receipt of a request from the Commission,
The Commission shall keep account of the shares                Member States shall inform it of imports actually
opened by Member States in accordance with                     charged against their shares. .
Articles 2 and 3 and shall inform each of them of
the extent to wihioh the reserve has been used as
soon as it receives the notifications.                                                 Article 9
The Commission shall, not 'later than 5 October 1978,          The Member States         and   the Commission shall
notify Member Stares of the amount in the reserve              cooperate closely in order to ensure that this
after the return of shares pursuant to Article 5.              Regulation is observed.
The Commission shall ensure chat any drawing which
uses up the reserve is limited to the balance available                               Article 10
and, for this purpose, shall specify the amount
thereof to the Member State which makes the final              This    Regulation    shall    enter   into  force   on
drawing.      •                                                1 January 1978 •
                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 II
                                                    Proposal for a
                                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No
                   i.                              Of
                  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 (1978 )
     THl- C OUNCIL OV THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES.
    Having regard to rhe Treaty establishing the
    European Economic Community, and in particular
    Article 113 thereof,
             I
    Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                    I
    Whereas the Agreement between the European
    Economic Community and Spain, ( 1 ) ,
                                      provides in Article 2 ( 1 )
         togerher with Article 4 of Annex I for the
    opening by the Community of an annual Community
    tariff quota of 1 800 tonnes          of orher 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 rhe product
 • 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;                  ,           , ,
                                 whereas this prefer­
  ential tariff arrangement                  has been provided only
   for          imports             of these products into the
  Member States of the Community in its original
   composition; whereas , according to the Act of
  Accession ( 2),              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 Community ; whereas the fore-
 mentioned annual quota volume should be                                     ;
 increased to 1 900 tonnes ;                    whereas this                 '
Community tariff quota should be opened for
 1978 :
C1 ) 0J No L 182, 16.8.1970, p. 2                       '
< 2) 0J No L 73, 27.3.1972, p. H.                                         .                        J'
 ---pagebreak---  Whereas it in in particular necessary to ensure to
all Community Importers equal and uninterrupted
access to the abovemenrioned quota and uninter­
rupted application of the rate laid down for that
quota to all imports of the product concerned into
all Member States until rhc 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
represent as closeiy as possible the actual trend of
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 Spain during a representative period
and the economic outlook for the tariff period in
question ;
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:
                               w4       197 5     197 6
                          1r      _–           I
Bénélux                   \|18.5       12.7 !    18.7
 Denmark                      0.0       0.0        0.0
 Germany                      3.6       6.7        4.4
 France                      56.9      70.9      68.8
 Ireland                      3.1       1.2        0.5
 Italy                        5.7       5.2        5.8
 United Kingdom              12.2       3.3. |     1.8
Whereas, in view of these factors, of the foreseeable
development of the market 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                         16.8
Denmôrk                           0.4'
Germany                           5.3
France                          65.2
Ireland                           1.4
Italy                             5.6
United Kingdom                    5.3
 ---pagebreak---  Whereas, to take account of future import trends in                  Whereas if, at a given date in the quota period ,
 the various Member States of the product under                       a considerable quantity of the initial share is left
 consideration, the total quota volume should be                      over in a Member State, it is essential that each
 divided into two instalments, the first being shared                 State should return a significant proportion to rhe
 among the Member States and the second held as                       reserve to prevent a part of the Community quota
 a reserve to cover at a later dace the requirement*                  from remaining unused in one Member State while
 of those Member States having used up their initial                  it could be used in others;
 share ; whereas to give Member State importers some
 certainty, the first of the Community quota might be                 Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium , the King­
  fixod at 75% of the quota volume;                                   dom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of
                                                                      Luxembourg are united in and represented by rhe
                                                                      Benelux Economic Union, any measure concerning
 Whcrens the initial shares of Member States may be                   the administration of the quota shares allocated to
  used up more or less quickly; whereas, therefore, to                that economic union may be carried out by any of
  avoid disruption of supplies any Member State which'                its members,
  has almost used up its initial share, must draw a
 supplementary share from rhc reserve; whereas this                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 must be done by each Member State as each one of
 its supplementary shares is almost used up, and as
 many times as the reserve allows ; whereas the initial                                        Article 1
 and supplementary shares must be valid until the
 end of the quota period ; whereas this form of                       From 1 January until 31 December 19 /8 , the
 administration requires close collaboration between                  Common Customs Tariff duties in respect of the
 the Member States and the Commission, and the                        products originating in Spain and listed below shall
 Commission must be in a position to follow rhe                       be partially suspended at the levels indicated for each
 extent to which the quota volume has been used                       of them within the limits of a global Community'
 up and inform the Member States thereof; '                           tariff quota of 1 9 00 tonnes :
                    CCT
                                                                                                       Rare oi duty
                   hca<Jing                                   Oncripuon                          <
                     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
                                      II. Orhcr                                                            5-6
                                   B. Other :
                                        I. Of a width of less than 85 cm                                   5-6
                                      II . Other                                                           6
                            Article 2                                 2. The second instalment of 475 tonnes -shall
                                                                      constitute 'the reserve.
1 . A first instalment, amounting to 1 425 "tonnes
       of the Community tariff quota referred to in
Article 1 , shall be allocated among the Member
States ;   the respective shares, which subject to
Article 5 shall be valid until 31 December 1978,                                               Article 3
shall be as follows :
  Bénélux                          240     tonnes                      1 . If 90% or more of rhe initial share of a Member
  Denmark                             5    tonnes
                                                                      State laid down in Article 2 ( 1 ), or 90% of that share
                                                                      less the amount returned into the reserve where the
  Germany                           75     tonnes
   France
                                                                      provisions of Article 5 have been applied, has been
                                   930     tonnes                     exhausted, that Member State shall proceed without
  Ireland                           20     tonnes                     delay, by notifying the Commission, to draw a
  Italy                             80     tonnes
  United Kingdom                    75     tonnes
 ---pagebreak---    second share, equal to 15% of its initial share,            Articles 2 and 3 and shall inform each of them of the
   rounded up to the next unit.                                extent to which the reserve hat been used as soon
                                                               at it receivos the notifications.
   2. If, after its initial share has been exhausted , 90%
   or more of the second share drawn up by a Member            The Commission shall , not later than 5 October 1978 ,
  State has been used, that Member State shall proceed,        notify Member States of the amount in the reserve
  in accordance with the conditions         laid down     in   after the return of shares pursuant to Article 5.
  paragraph 1 , to draw a third share, equal to 7-5% of
  its initial share, roundod up to the next unit where
  appropriate, to the exrent that the reserve is sufficient.
                                                               The Commission shall ensure that any drawing which
                                                               uses up the reserve is limited to the balance
                                                               available and, for this purpose, shall specify the
  3. If, after its second share has been exhausted, 90%        aimount thereof to the Member State which makes
  or more of the third share drawn by a Member State           the last drawing.
  has been used, thai Member State shall proceed in
  the same way to draw u fourth s'hare equal to the
  third .
                                                                                        Article 7
 This process shall be applied until the reserve is
 exhausted.                                                    1 . The Member States shall take all appropriate
                                                               measures to ensure that, when additional shares are
4. Notwithstanding paragraphs 1 , 2 and 3, the                 drawn pursuant to Article 3 , it is possible for charges
 Member States may proceed to draw shares smaller              to be made without interruption against their
 than those fixed in those paragraphs if there is reason       accumulated shares of the Community quota.
 to believe chat they might not be used up. They shall
 inform the Commission of the reasons which led                2. The Member States shall ensure that importers
 them to apply this paragraph.                                 of the said goods established in their territory' have
                                                                free access to the shares allocated to rhom.
                            Article 4                          3 . The Member States shall charge imports of the
                                                               said goods against their shares as and when the goods
                                                                are entered . for home use.
Each of the additional shares -drawn pursuant: to
 Article 3 shall be valid until 31 December 197&-
                                                               4. 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 3.
                            Article S
The Member States shall return to the reserve, not                                      Article 8
later than 1 October 197 ^ the unused portion of
 cheir initial share which, on 15 September 1978 , is in
 excess of 20% of the initial amount. They may return          On receipt of a request from the Commission,
 a greater portion if there are grounds for believing          Member States shall inform it of imports actually
 that such portion may not be used in full.                    charged against their shares.
The Member States shall, not later than 1 October
1978, notify to the Commission of the total imports                                     Article 9
of the said goods effected up to and including
15 September 1978, and charged against the Com­
munity quota and, where appropriate, the proportion            The Member States and the Commission shall
of their initial share that is being returned to the           cooperate closely in order to ensure that this
reserve.                                                       Regulation is observed.
                           Article 6                                                   Article 10
The Commission shall keep account of the shares                This Regulation shall enter into force on
opened by Member States in a>\:ordance with'                   1 January 1978 .
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Done at Brussels,
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                                                          for the Council
                                                           The President .
 ---pagebreak---   FINANCIAL             STATEMENT
 1 . Budget Line concerned : Ch . 12 Art . 120
 2 . Legal basis :   Art . 113
 3 . Title of the tariff measure :
     Proposals for Council Regulations ( EEC ) opening , allocating and providing for
     the administration of Community tariff quotas for other woven fabrics of
     cotton originating in Spain and certain petroleum : products refined in Spain
     ( 19f8 )
4 . Objectives :
     Execution of an contractual obligation. ( Agreement EEC / Spain )
5 . Method of calculation
     - No of CCT               ex Chap . 27                        55.09
     - Quota volume            1 400 000 t                         1 900 t
     - Quota duty rate         bet ween 0.6% and 2.8%              between 5.2% and 6%
     - Duty rate CCT           bet ween 2% and 67.                 between 13% and 15%
6 . Loss of receipts :
    - 380 000 to 456 000 UA according use of the quota ( 55.09 )
    - 11.2 Mio UA to 14 Mio UA according use of this quota ( ex Chap . 27)