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REGULATION (EEC)No2886/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of29October1975
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquota
fornewsprint,fallingwithinsubheading48.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff(1976),
andextendingtemporarilythisquotatoincludecertainothertypesofpaper
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,closelyaspossibletotheactualtrendofthemarket
intheproductinquestion,allocationofthequota
shouldbeinproportiontotherequirementsofthe
MemberStatesascalculatedbyreferencetostatistics
onimportsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresen­
tativereferenceperiodandtotheeconomicoutlook
fortheyearcoveredbythequotainquestion;
Whereas,forthelastthreeyearsforwhichcomplete
statisticsareavailable;theimportsofeachofthe
MemberStatesamountedtothefollowingpercent­
agesoftotalimportsoftheproductsinquestion:HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Articles28and113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereastheCommunityhasundertakentoopen
anannualduty-freeCommunitytariffquotaof
1500,000metrictonsofnewsprintfallingwithin
subheading48.01A;197219731974
Benelux 11-5312-1814-04
Denmark 7-026-924-89
Germany 26-6527-0425-78
France 7-649-4613-46
Ireland 1-9502-12
Italy 0-060-320-42
UnitedKingdom 45-1544-0839-29;Whereas,inviewofpresentCommunityproduction
capacity,thatquantityisinsufficienttomeet
anticipatedimportrequirements ;whereasprovision
shouldthereforebemadeforanautonomous
supplementary quotawhich,accordingtothe
estimatessubmitted,maybefixedatpresentat
750000metrictons;whereasthefactthatthisfigure
hasbeenadoptedfortheautonomoussupplementary
quotadoesnotruleoutareadjustmentduringthe
quotaperiod;whereasaCommunitytariffquota
shouldthereforebeopenedfor1976foratotal
quantityof2250000metrictonsoftheproductin
question;Whereas,inordertoarriveataproperassessment
ofthosestatistics,however,itshouldbebornein
mindthattheopeningofaCommunitytariffquota
fortheenlargedCommunitymayalterthepatternof
tradeofMemberStateswiththirdcountries;whereas,
inviewoftheaboveandoftheforeseeabletrendon
themarketinnewsprint,ingeneral,andof
productioninparticularduring1976thequotamay
beallocatedapproximately inthefollowing
percentages :Whereasprovisionshouldbemade,foranewperiod
runningfrom1Januaryto30June1976,for
extendingthetariffquotainquestiontoinclude
certaintypesofpaperfulfillingalltheconditions
setoutintheAdditionalNotetoChapter48except
thoserelatingtowatermarks ;Benelux 14-48
Denmark 7-71
Germany 32-23
France 12-14
Ireland 0-70
Italy 0-04
UnitedKingdom 32-70;Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersand
therateofdutyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
withoutinterruptiontoallimportsoftheproductin
questionuntilthequotaisexhausted;whereasinthe
lightoftheseprinciples,arrangements forthe
utilizationoftheCommunitytariffquotabasedon
anallocationamongMemberStateswouldseemto
beconsistentwiththeCommunitynatureofthe
quota;whereas,inorderthatitmaycorrespondasWhereas,totakeaccountofimporttrendsforthe
productconcerned,thequotashouldbedividedinto
twotranches,thefirstbeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondheldasareserveto
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intheAdditionalNotetoChapter48,exceptas
regardsthecriteriagoverningwatermarks .
3.Importsofnewsprintshallnotbechargedagainst
thistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfreeofcustoms
dutiesunderotherpreferentialtarifftreatment.
Furthermoreimportsofanyotherpaperreferredto
inparagraph2enjoyingduty-freeexemptionunder
thesaidtariffquotashallnotbechargedagainst
theindicativeceilingsfixedundercertainfree-trade
agreements .
4.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutyshallbe
totallysuspendedwithinthelimitsoftheabove
quota.
5.NewMemberStatesshallapplydutiescalculated
inaccordancewiththerelevantprovisionsofthe
ActofAccessiontoimportswithinthelimitsofthe
abovequota.Stateswhichhaveexhaustedtheirinitialshares;
whereas,togiveimporterssomedegreeofcertainty
andyetenableCommunityproductiontobedisposed
ofonsatisfactoryterms,thefirsttrancheofthe
quotashouldbefixedatabout95%ofthefull
amount;
WhereasMemberStatesmayexhausttheirinitial
sharesatdifferentrates;whereastoprovideforthis
eventualityandavoiddisruptionofsuppliesany
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitial
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
reserve;whereaseachtimeitsadditionalshareis
almostexhaustedaMemberStateshoulddrawa
furthershare,andsoonasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalshares
shouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
collaboration betweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission,whichlattermustbeinapositionto
keepaccountoftheextenttowhichthequotahas
beenusedupandtoinformtheMemberStates
accordingly ; Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoin
Article1shallbedividedintotwotranches.
2.Afirsttrancheof2141000metrictonsshallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates.MemberStates
shares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevalidfrom
1Januaryuntil31December1976,shallbeas
follows:Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitial
shareremainsunuseditisessential,topreventa
partoftheCommunitytariffquotafromremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcouldbeused
inothers,thatsuchStateshouldreturnasignificant
proportionthereoftothereserve;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anytransactionin
respectoftheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothatEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,inmetrictons
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom310000
165000
690000
260000
15000
1000
700000;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
3.Thesecondtranche,of109000metrictons,shall
constitutethereserve.
Article1
1.Duringtheperiod1Januaryto31December
1976,aCommunitytariffquotaof2250000metric
tonsshallbeopenedinrespectofnewsprintfalling
withinsubheading48.01A(1)oftheCommon
CustomsTariff.
2.Until30June1976,MemberStatesmaycharge
againstthistariffquotatheothertypesofpaper
complyingwiththedefinitionofnewsprintcontainedArticle3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshare
asfixedinArticle2(2),orofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,itshallforthwith,by
notifyingtheCommission,drawasecondshare,to
theextentthatthereservesopermits,equalto10%
ofitsinitialshare,roundedupasnecessarytothe
nextwholenumber.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in()Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttoconditions
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themannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraph
1,drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitialshare.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inthe
mannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraph1,
drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveis
exhausted .
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4.Notwithstanding paragraphs1,2and3,Member
Statesmaydrawlessersharesthanthosespecifiedin
thoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.They
shallinformtheCommission oftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisprovision.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December1976.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1976,theunusedportionof
theirinitialsharewhich,on15September1976,is
inexcessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1976,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionimporteduptoandincluding
15September1976andchargedagainstthe
Communitytariffquotaandofanyportionoftheir
initialsharesreturnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles
2and3andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,
informeachMemberStateoftheextenttowhich
thereservehasbeenusedup.ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5October1976,oftheamountstillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatwhenaquantityexhaustingthe
reserveisdrawn,theamountsodrawndoesnot
exceedthebalanceavailable,andtothisendshall
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMember
Statemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
•1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmay
bechargedwithoutinterruption againsttheir
accumulatedshareoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatthetypesofpaperreferredtoin
Article1(2)includedinthistariffquotaareinfact
intendedfortheprintingofnewspapers,weekly
papersorotherperiodicalsofheadingNo49.02,
publishedatleasttentimesperyear.
3.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtoit.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofimports
oftheproductsinquestionenteredwiththecustoms
authoritiesforhomeuse.
Article8
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommissionthe
MemberStatesshallnotifyitoftheimportations
chargedagainstitsshare.
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,29October1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.MARCORA