31977R2863

No L 330 / 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 23 . 12 . 77

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 2863/ 77 of 20 December 1977 increasing the Community tariff quota opened for 1977 by Regulation ( EEC) No 3010/76 for raw silk (not thrown) falling within heading No 50.02 of the Common Customs Tariff

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN nity reserve set up by Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) COMMUNITIES, No 3010 /76, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 28 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : thereof, Article 1 Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by the Commission , The Community tariff quota opened by Regulation (EEC) No 3010/76 for raw silk (not thrown) falling Whereas, by Regulatipn (EEC) No 3010/76 ('), the within heading No 50.02 of the Common Customs Council opened and allocated among the Member Tariff shall be increased from 3 800 to 4 100 tonnes . States a zero-duty Community tariff quota for raw silk (not thrown) falling within heading No 50.02 of the Article 2 Common Customs Tariff, the volume of which was fixed at 3 800 tonnes ; This increase of 300 tonnes shall be allocated to the Community reserve provided for in Article 2 (2) of Whereas, having regard to the increase in consump­ Regulation (EEC) No 3010/76 which shall thus be tion recorded in 1977, it can be estimated that the increased from 1 275 to 1 575 tonnes . quota volume of 3 800 tonnes will not be sufficient to satisfy requirements ; whereas the quota volume Article 3 should be increased by 300 tonnes to ' take into account these requirements ; whereas, to safeguard the This Regulation shall enter into force on the day Community nature of the tariff quota in question, this following its publication in the Official Journal of additional volume should be allocated to the Commu­ the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 20 December 1977. For the Council

The President J. CHABERT

(') OJ No L 344, 14. 12. 1976, p. 1 .