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REGULATION (EEC)No2876/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of29October1975
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforcertain
plywoodsofconiferousspecies,fallingwithinheadingNoex44.15oftheCommon
CustomsTariff(1976)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,Whereas,totakemorepreciseaccountoffuture
trendsinimports'oftheproductsconcerned,the
quotashouldbedividedintotwotranches,thefirst
beingallocatedamongalltheMemberStatesand
thesecondheldasareservetocoverthesubsequent
requirementsofMemberStateswhichhaveexhausted
theirinitialshares;whereas,inordertooffer
importerssomedegreeofsecurity,thefirsttrancheof
thequotashouldbefixedatarelativelyhighlevel,or
about97%ofitsfullamount;whereas,onthebasis
ofMemberStates'estimatesoftheirneeds,the
initialsharesmaybefixedassetoutinArticle2;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticles28
and113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereas,underProtocolNo11totheActof
Accession(*),theCommunityisrequiredtoopen
eachyearnildutyCommunitytariffquotasfor
certainplywoodsofconiferousspeciesfallingwithin
headingNoex44.15oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,thevolumethereoftobedecidedannually
whenitisestablishedthatallpossibilitiesofsupply
ontheinternalmarketoftheCommunityhavebeen
exhaustedduringtheperiodforwhichthequotas
areopen;whereas,inviewoftheaforesaidpossi­
bilitiesofsupplyandonthebasisofforecastsof
requirementsmadebytheMemberStates,thevol­
umeofthetariffquotatobeopenedfor1976may
befixedat635000m3;whereastheopeningofthe
aforementioned tariffquotaalsocoversthecommit­
mententeredintobytheCommunitywithinthe
GATTtograntinrespectoftheseproductsan
annualduty-freetariffquotaof400000m8;whereas
theabovementioned requirementsdonotinclude
importstowhichotherpreferentialtariffarrange­
mentsmayapply;whereas,inviewofthe
relativelysmallquantitiesproducedintheCom:
munity,itisnotnecessarytoapportionthisamount
betweenthecategoriesofplywoodspecifiedinthe
abovementioned ProtocolNo11;WhereasMemberStatesmayuseuptheirinitial
sharesatdifferentrates;whereas,toprovideforthis
eventualityandtoavoiddisruptionofsupplies,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitial
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
reserve;whereas,eachtimeitsadditionalshareis
almostusedup,aMemberStateshoulddrawa
furtheradditionalshare,andsoonasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additionalsharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaboration betweenMemberStates
andtheCommission,whichlattermust,inparticular,
beabletokeeparecordoftheextenttowhichthe
quotahasbeenusedupandtoinformtheMember
Statesaccordingly ;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMember
Stateshouldreturnasignificantproportiontothe
reserve,soastoavoidapartofthequotaremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeused
inothers; C)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.170.

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/«cubicmetres Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothatEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom85000
74800
100000
20000
10000
25000
300000.HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article13.Thesecondtrancheof20200m3shallconstitute
thereserve.
Article31.Duringtheperiod1Januaryto31December
1976,aCommunitytariffquotaof635000m3shall
beopenedforthefollowingproductsfallingwithin
headingNoex44.15oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff:
(a)plywoodofconiferousspecies,withoutthe
additionofothersubstances,ofathickness
greaterthan9mm,thefacesofwhicharenot
furtherpreparedthanthepeelingprocess;
(b)plywoodofconiferousspecies,withoutthe
additionofothersubstances,sanded,andofa
thicknessgreaterthan18*5mm.1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshare
asfixedinArticle2(2),orofthatshareminusany
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission,draw
asecondshare,totheextentthatthereserveso
permits,equalto10%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
upasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
themannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraph
1,drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.2.Importsoftheproductsinquestionmaynotbe
chargedagainstthistariffquotaiftheyarealready
freeofcustomsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtariff
arrangements .
3.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutyshallbe
totallysuspendedwithinthelimitsoftheabove
quota.
4.NewMemberStatesshallapplydutiescalculated
inaccordancewiththerelevantprovisionsoftheAct
ofAccessiontoimportswithinthelimitsoftheabove
quota.3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
themannerandtotheextentprovidedinpara­
graph1,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2,and
3,MemberStatesmaydrawlessersharesthanthose
specifiedthereiniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.They
shallinformtheCommission oftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisparagraph.Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticle1(1)shall
bedividedintotwotranches.
Article4
2.Afirsttrancheof614800m3shallbeallocated
amongtheMemberStates.MemberStates'shares
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil
31December1976,shallbeasfollows:AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December1976.

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Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1976,theunusedportionsoftheir
initialshareswhich,on15September1976,arein
excessof20%oftheinitialamounts.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission,not
laterthan1October1976,ofthetotalquantitiesof
theproductsinquestionimporteduptoand
including15September1976andchargedagainstthe
Communityquotaandofanyportionoftheirinitial
sharesreturnedtothereserve.Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmay
bechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
aggregatesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productsinquestionagainsttheirsharesasandwhen
theproductsareenteredwiththecustomsauthorities
forhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisof
importschargedagainstthatshareinaccordance
withparagraph3.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1976.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles
2and3and,assoonasithasbeennotified,shall
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan
5October1976,oftheamountstillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,
tothisend,shallnotifytheamountofthatbalance
totheMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,29October1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.MARCORA