Traduction de «courant de la contingence » (Français → Anglais) :

1. Where quota allocation takes account of traditional trade flows, one portion of the quota shall be reserved for traditional importers or exporters while the other shall be set aside for other importers or exporters.

In order to respect traditional patterns of imports of quantities of the tariff quota covered by the concessions set out in Schedule CXL (European Communities) referred to in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18 June 1996, on the implementation of the concessions set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the GATT XXIV. 6 negotiations , steps should be taken to allocate the quota of 96 801 tonnes among countries of origin from 1 July 2006 using the same distribution key as before.

Further to the EU Council Decision of this Monday June 21 to increase the existing quotas to take account of the EU enlargement, this agreement is a further step to ensure that trade flows continue to take place in such a way as to satisfy EU companies demand for steel”

The quotas are set on the basis of the export potential of our Mediterranean partners and on traditional trade patterns.

With regard to the tariff quotas, the mutual concessions are based on recent patterns of trade, and gradual increases are scheduled over an initial period of five years.

PROPOSALS FOR 1986 a. Industrial products other than textiles In accordance with its guidelines adopted in May, the Commission proposes : - an up-dating of the value or volume of existing quotas and ceilings on the basis of real patterns of trade, which will make it possible to offer substantial increases for a number of these products, with the exception of steel; (1) COM(85) 425 (2) P - 30 of April 1985. - 2 - - a general improvement in the preferences for the neediest developing countries and in particular : the withdrawal of 19 products from the list of sensitive products and a significant drop in the number of individual country qu ...[+++]otas, leaving 37 in total - 47 are to be abolished and 10 new quotas introduced for the most competitive countries in the sensitive sectors; - a small number of exclusions from preferences for certain products in the case of countries which, according to objective criteria (penetration rates equivalent to 2O% of Community imports), have achieved a degree of competiveness equal or superior to that of the Community in these products : the 26 exclusions affect Hong Kong (12 products), South Korea (10), Brazil (2) and Singapore (2). Lastly it is proposed to make a general increase in the preferential ceilings to take account of Portugal's and Spain's accession. b. Textiles The Commission proposes to increase certain ceilings for MFA products in accordance with the Council's decision in 1984 and also to make an across-the-board increase of 1.42% in all ceilings to take account of the accession of Portugal and Spain, and to include in the scheme Costa Rica and Argentina.