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REGULATION (EEC)No2848/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of12November 1974
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
rosin,including'braisresineux',fallingwithinsubheading 38.08Aofthe
CommonCustomsTarifffor1975
systemofutilizationshould,withoutderogatingfrom
theCommunitynatureofthetariffquota,beprovided
basedonasingleallocationbetweentheMember
States;whereasthisallocationshouldbecalculatedby
thesamemethodasisusedtoestablishatotalquota
of15%oftheimportsofeachMemberStatefrom
thirdcountries;whereas,calculatedinsuchamanner
thisallocationshouldbeasfollows:THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle28
thereof;
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ;
WhereastheproductionintheCommunityofrosin,
fallingwithinsubheading38.08AoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,isnowinsufficienttomeetrequire­
mentsoftheprocessingindustriesintheCommu­
nity;whereas,consequently ,Communitysuppliesof
productsofthistypedependtoaconsiderableextent
onimportsfromthirdcountries;whereasurgent
Communityrequirementsoftheproductsinquestion
shouldbemetimmediatelyonthemostfavourable
terms;whereasatax-freetariffquotashouldtherefore
beopeneduptoalimitof15%ofimportsfrom
thirdcountriesin1973;
Whereasin1973theimportsofrosinfromthirdcoun­
trieswereasfollows:metrictons
Benelux 4107
Denmark 330
Germany 10658
France 4839
Ireland 1
Italy 3095
UnitedKingdom 2818
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgarejointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningtheadmin­
istrationofthesharesallocatedtothatEconomic
Unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :metrictons
Benelux 27384
Denmark 2200
Germany 71056
France 32259
Ireland 7
Italy 20638
UnitedKingdom 18780
172324;Article1
Duringtheperiodfrom1Januaryto31December
1975theCommonCustomsTariffdutyforrosin,
including'braisresineux',fallingwithinsubheading
38.08Ashallbetotallysuspendedinrespectofa
Communitytariffquotaof25848metrictons.
Thetariffquotarateofdutytobeappliedbythenew
MemberStatesshallbenil.whereas15%ofthistotalrepresents25848metric
tons;
Whereas,inviewofthenegligiblesizeofsuchaquota
incomparisonwiththeCommunity'srequirements ,a

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Article2
TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbeallocatedasfollowsamongtheMember
States:
metrictons
Benelux 4107
Denmark 330
Germany 10658
France 4839
Ireland 1
Italy 3095
UnitedKingdom 2818.2.TheextenttowhichthesharesofMemberStates
havebeenusedupshallbedeterminedonthebasisof
theimportsoftheproductconcernedenteredfor
homeuse.
Article4
TheMemberStatesshallregularlyinformthe
Commissionofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article5
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed .
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1975.Article3
1.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidproductestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,12November1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.SAUVAGNARGUES