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REGULATION (EEC)No2660/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of15October1974
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotafornewsprintfallingwithinsubheading48.01AoftheCommonCustoms
Tariffandextendingthisquotatoincludecertaintypesofpaperfallingwithin
subheading 48.01Ethereof(1975)
Whereas,forthepastthreeyearsforwhichcomplete
statisticsareavailable;theimportsofeachofthe
MemberStatesamountedtothefollowingpercentages
oftotalimportsoftheproductsinquestion :
197119721973
Benelux 11-74 11-5312-18
Denmark 4-667-026-92
Germany 29-1226-6527-03
France 6-867-649-45
Ireland 1-551-950
Italy 0-070060-34
UnitedKingdom 46-0045-1544-08;
Whereas,inordertoarriveataproperassessmentof
thosestatistics,however,itshouldbeborneinmind
thattheopeningofaCommunitytariffquotaforthe
enlargedCommunitymayalterthepatternoftradeof
MemberStateswiththirdcountries;whereas,inview
oftheaboveandoftheforeseeabletrendonthe
marketinnewsprint,ingeneral,andofproductionin
particular,thefirsttrancheofthe1975quotamaybe
allocatedapproximately inthefollowingpercentages :THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles28
and113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereastheCommunityhasundertakentoopenan
annualduty-freeCommunitytariffquotaof1500000
metrictonsofnewsprintfallingwithinsubheading
48.01A;
Whereas,inviewofpresentCommunityproduction
capacity,thatquantityisinsufficienttomeetantici­
patedimportrequirements ;whereasprovisionshould
thereforebemadeforanautonomoussupplementary
quotawhich,accordingtotheestimatessubmitted,
maybefixedatpresentat1500000metrictons;
whereasthefactthatthisfigurehasbeenadoptedfor
theautonomoussupplementary quotadoesnotrule
outareadjustmentduringthequotaperiod;whereasa
Communitytariffquotashouldthereforebeopened
for1975foratotalquantityof3000000metrictons
oftheproductinquestion;
Whereas,sincethepresentworldshortageofpaper
meetsalltherequirements setoutinthesupplemen­
tarynotetoChapter48,inparticularthatrelatingto
watermarks ,provisionshouldbemadefortemporarily
extendingthetariffquotainquestiontoinclude
certaintypesofpaperfulfillingallrequirements
exceptthatrelatingtowatermarksandfallingat
presentwithinsubheading48.01E;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersand
therateofdutyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
withoutinterruptiontoallimportsoftheproductin
questionuntilthequotaisexhausted ;whereasinthe
lightoftheseprinciples,arrangements fortheutiliza­
tionoftheCommunitytariffquotabasedonanalloca­
tionamongMemberStateswouldseemtobe
consistentwiththeCommunitynatureofthequota;
whereas,inorderthatitmaycorrespondascloselyas
possibletotheactualtrendofthemarketinthe
productinquestion,allocationofthequotashouldbe
inproportiontotherequirements oftheMember
Statesascalculatedbyreferencetostatisticson
importsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative
referenceperiodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthe
yearcoveredbythequotainquestion;Benelux 13-40
Denmark 6-80
Germany 25-80
France 11-00.
Ireland 0-72
Italy 1-43
UnitedKingdom 40-85;
Whereas,totakeaccountofimporttrendsforthe
productconcerned ,thequotashouldbedividedinto
twotranches,thefirstbeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondheldasareserveto
coversubsequentlytherequirements ofMemberStates
whichhaveexhaustedtheirinitialshares;whereas,to
giveimporterssomedegreeofcertaintyandyet
enableCommunity ■productiontobedisposedofon
satisfactoryterms,thefirsttrancheofthequotashould
befixedatabout97%ofthefullamount;
WhereasMemberStatesmayexhausttheirinitial
sharesatdifferentrates;whereastoprovideforthis
eventualityandavoiddisruptionofsuppliesany
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitial
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
reserve;whereaseachtimeitsadditionalshareis
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2.Afirsttrancheof2889000metrictonsshallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates.MemberStates
shares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevalidfrom1
Januaryuntil31December1975,shallbeasfollows:
metrictuns
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom374000
190000
720000
400000
20000
45000
140000.furthershare,andsoonasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalshares
shouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
collaboration betweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,whichlattermustbeinapositionto
keepaccountoftheextenttowhichthequotahas
beenusedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesaccord­
ingly;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunuseditisessential,topreventapartofthe
Communitytariffquotafromremainingunusedin
oneMemberStatewhileitcouldbeusedinothers,
thatsuchStateshouldreturnasignificantproportion
thereoftothereserve;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anytransactionin
respectoftheadministration ofthesharesallocatedto
thatEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyanyone
ofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Duringtheperiodfrom1Januaryto31
December1975,aCommunity tariffquotaof
3000000metrictonsshallbeopenedinrespectof
newsprintfallingwithinsubheading48.01Aofthe
CommonCustomsTariff(*).
2.Duringthisperiod,MemberStatesshallbeautho­
rizedtochargeagainstthistariffquotapaperfalling
withinsubheading48.01Eandcorresponding tothe
definitionofnewsprintcontainedintheAdditional
NotetoChapter48,exceptasregardsthecriteria
governingwatermarks .
3.Importsofnewsprintshallnotbecharged
againstthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfreeof
customsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtarifftreat­
ment.Furthermore ,importsofpaperfallingwithin
subheading48.01Eenjoyingduty-freeexemption
underthesaidtariffquotashallnotbechargedagainst
theguideceilingsfixedundercertainfreetradeagree­
ments.
4.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutyshallbe
totallysuspendedwithinthelimitsoftheabovequota.
5.NewMemberStatesshallapplydutiescalculated
inaccordancewiththerelevantprovisionsoftheAct
ofAccessiontoimportswithinthelimitsoftheabove
quota.
Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoin
Article 1shallbedividedintotwotranches .3.Thesecondtranche,of111000metrictons,
shallconstitutethereserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshare
asfixedinArticle2(2),orofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,itshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commission ,drawasecondshare,totheextentthat
thereservesopermits,equalto10%ofitsinitial
share,roundedupasnecessarytothenextwhole
number .
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shall,inthemannerandtotheextentprovidedin
paragraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto5%ofits
initialshare.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
themannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraph 1,
drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,Member
Statesmaydrawlessersharesthanthosespecifiedin
thoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.They
shallinformtheCommission oftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisprovision .
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shalTbe
validuntil31December1975.
Article5
AMemberStatewhichon15September1975hasnot
usedupitsinitialshareshallreturntothereservenot
laterthan10October1975anyunusedportionin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Itmayreturna(')Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttoconditionstobe
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greaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
itmaynotbeusedup.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October1975,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
September1975andchargedagainsttheCommunity
tariffquotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialshares
returnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,inform
eachMemberStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan15
October1975,oftheamountstillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatwhenaquantityexhaustingthe
reserveisdrawn,theamountsodrawndoes.not
exceedthebalanceavailable,andtothisendshall
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulatedshareoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatpaperfallingwithinsubheading48.01E
includedinthistariffquotaisinfactintendedforthe
printingofnewspapers ,weeklypapersorotherperiodi­
calsofheadingNo49.02,publishedatleast10times
peryear.
3.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtoit.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofimports
oftheproductsinquestionenteredwiththecustoms
authoritiesforhomeuse.
Article8
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommissionatregular
intervalsoftheimportschargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1975.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,15October1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.DESTREMAU