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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No3611/90
of11December1990
openingandprovidingfortheadministration ofanautonomousCommunity
tariffquotafornewsprint(1990)andextendingthisquotatoincludecertain
othertypesofpaper
allimportsuntilthequotaisusedup;whereasitis
appropriatetotakethenecessarymeasurestoensure
efficientCommunityadministration ofthistariffquota
whileofferingtheMemberStatestheopportunitytodraw
fromthequotavolumethenecessaryquantitiescorre­
spondingtoactualimports;whereasthismethodof
administration requiresclosecooperationbetweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission ;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomof
theNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourg
areunitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,alltransactionsconcerningthe
administration ofthisquotamaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasbyRegulation(EEC)No3379/89(>),theCouncil
opened,for1990,fornewsprintacontractualCommunity
tariffquota,ofwhichtheinitialamountof650000
tonneswasincreasedby30000tonnesbyRegulation
(EEC)No3230/90(2);whereas,onthebasisofthe
economicdatacurrentlyavailable,itiscertainthatthe
totalamountofthisquotawillnottotallycovertheneeds
forimportsfromthirdcountriesuntil31December
1990;whereas,onthatbasisandtakingaccountofthe
supplementary possibilitiesofferedbyCommunity
production,theamountoftheneedsnotcoveredbythe
quotacanbeestimatedat50000tonnes;whereasitisin
theCommunity'sinteresttoprovidefortheduty-free
admissionofthisamount,byopeninganewautonomous
tariffquota;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashould
beensuredforallCommunityimportersandtherateof
levyforthetariffquotashouldbeappliedconsistentlytoHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Witheffectfrom1November1990anduntil31
December1990,thecustomsdutyapplicabletoimports
fromthirdcountriesofthefollowingproductsshallbe
suspendedatthelevelindicatedandwithinthelimitsof
theCommunitytariffquotaasshownbelow:
Order
NoCNcode DescriptionAmount
ofquota
(tonnes)Rateofduty
(%)
09.2801 48010010Newsprint(') 50000 0
(')EntryunderthissubheadingissubjecttoconditionsdeterminedbytherelevantCommunityprovisions.
2.WithinthelimitofthistariffquotatheKingdomof
SpainandthePortugueseRepublicshallapplycustoms
dutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththerelevant
provisionsoftheActofAccession.newsprintcontainedinadditionalnote1toChapter48
andfallingwithinCNcode48010090.
Article2
ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
administeredbytheCommission ,whichmaytakeall
appropriateadministrative measuresinordertoensure
effectiveadministration thereof.3.Importsofnewsprintmaynotbechargedagainst
thistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfreeofcustomsduties
underotherpreferentialtariffarrangements .
4.MemberStatesmaychargeagainstthistariffquota
theothertypesofpapercorresponding ,exceptasregards
thecriterionrelatingtowatermarks,tothedefinitionofArticle3
Ifanimporterpresents,inaMemberState,adeclaration
ofentryintofreecirculation,includingarequestfor
preferentialbenefitforaproductcoveredbythis
Regulationandifthisdeclarationisacceptedbythe(')OJNoL326,11.11.1989,p.1.
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tothequotaforsuchtimeastheresidualbalanceofthe
quotavolumesopermits.
2.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
makesurethatthepaperreferredtoinArticle1fully
meetsthecriteriaforadmissiontothistariffquota.
Wherethisisthecase,therelevantCommunity
proceduresshallbeappliedinordertomonitoruseofthe
paperfortheprescribedspecificpurpose.customsauthorities,theMemberStateconcernedshall
informtheCommission anddrawanamountcorre­
spondingtoitsrequirementsfromthequotaamount.
Thedrawingrequests,withindicationofthedateof
acceptanceofthesaiddeclarations,mustbetransmitted
totheCommissionwithoutdelay.
ThedrawingsaregrantedbytheCommission by
referencetothedateofacceptanceofthedeclarationsof
entryintofreecirculationbythecustomsauthoritiesof
theMemberStateconcernedtotheextentthatthe
availablebalancesopermits.
IfaMemberStatedoesnotusethequantitiesdrawn,it
shallreturnthemassoonaspossibletothequota
amount.Ifthequantitiesrequestedaregreaterthanthe
availablebalanceofthequotaamount,allocationshallbe
madeonaproratabasiswithrespecttotherequests.
MemberStatesshallbeinformedbytheCommission
thereof.
Article4
1.EachMemberStateshallensurethatimportersof
theproductsconcernedhaveequalandcontinuousaccessArticle5
MemberStatesandtheCommission shallcollaborate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,11December1990.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
V.SACCOMANDI