EEC
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1977
THE CURRENT 12-MONTH RESTRAINT PERIOD BEGAN ON JANUARY 1 1977. QUOTA UTILISATION POSITIONS ON MEMBER STATE BASIS FOR THE FIRST MONTH ENDING JANUARY 31, 1977 ARE GIVEN BELOW #
MEMBER STATE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
UNITED KINGDOM
BENELUX
DENMARK
ITALY
FRANCE
IRISH REPUBLIC
QUANTITY LICENSED (IN MILLION EQUIVALENT KGS.)
PERCENTAGE
UTILISATION
3.03
7.4
3.33
4.8
0.47
5.0
0.22
6.6
0.14
2.7
0.03
1.1
0.001
0.1
OUT OF A TOTAL OF 109 CATEGORIES ON MEMBER STATE/CATEGORY BASIS, THE RATE OF UTILISATION IN THREE OF THEM WAS RELATIVELY HIGH. THE POPULAR CATEGORIES INCLUDED CATEGORY 3 (KNIT SHIRTS AND BLOUSES), CATEGORY 8 (WOVEN TROUSERS) AND CATEGORY 11 (WOVEN BLOUSES, WOMEN'S, GIRLS' AND INFANTS').
NOTE TO EDITORS:
COPIES OF THE RELEVANT NOTICES TO EXPORTERS WHICH GIVE DETAILED FIGURES OF UTILISATION OF QUOTAS FOR EACH RESTRAINED MARKET ON A CATEGORY BY CATEGORY BASIS ARE BOXED IN GIS PRESS BOXES.
WATER CUT **
WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN KOWLOON TONG WILL BE TURNED OFF FOR FIVE HOURS FROM 1 A.M. ON SATURDAY (FEBRUARY 26) TO ENABLE THE WATERWORKS OFFICE TO CARRY OUT A NIGHT LEAKAGE TEST.
THE AFFECTED AREA IS BOUNDED BY LUNG CHEUNG ROAD, BEACON HILL ROAD, EDE ROAD AND BROADCAST DRIVE, INCLUDING EASTBOURNE ROAD, RHONDDA ROAD, ALNWICK ROAD, MARCONI ROAD, FESSENDEN ROAD AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICER'S HOUSING SCHEMES.
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