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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2608/77
of21November1977
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafor
newsprintfallingwithinsubheading48.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff(1978)and
extendingthisquotatoincludecertainothertypesofpaper
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,theseprinciples,arrangementsfortheutilizationofthe
Communitytariffquotabasedonanallocationamong
MemberStateswouldseemtobeconsistentwiththe
Communitynatureofthequota;whereas,inorderthat
itmaycorrespondascloselyaspossibletotheactual
trendofthemarketintheproductinquestion,allo­
cationofthequotashouldbeinproportiontothere­
quirementsoftheMemberStatesascalculatedbyrefer­
encetostatisticsonimportsfromthirdcountriesduring
arepresentative referenceperiodandtotheeconomic
outlookfortheyearcoveredbythequotainquestion;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles28and
113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereastheCommunityhasundertakentoopenan
annualduty-freeCommunitytariffquotaof1500000
tonnesofnewsprintfallingwithinsubheading48.01A;Whereas,forthelastthreeyearsforwhichcomplete
statisticsareavailable;theimportsofeachofthe
MemberStatesamountedtothefollowingpercentages
oftotalimportsoftheproductsinquestion:Whereas,inviewofpresentCommunityproduction
capacity,thatquantityisinsufficienttomeetanticipated
importrequirements ;whereasprovisionshouldthere­
forebemadeforanautonomoussupplementary quota
which,accordingtotheestimatessubmitted,maybe
fixedatpresentat800000tonnes;whereasthefactthat
thisfigurehasbeenadoptedfortheautonomoussup­
plementaryquotadoesnotruleoutareadjustment
duringthequotaperiod;whereasaCommunitytariff
quotashouldthereforebeopenedfor1978foratotal
quantityof2300000tonnesoftheproductinques­
tion;1974 /975 7976
Benelux 14-04 14-06 12-55
Denmark 4-89 5-23 5-92
Germany 25-78 27-05 26-90
France 13-46 11-86 11-50
Ireland 2-12 2-02 2-03
Italy 0-42 0-50 0-50
UnitedKingdom 39-29 39-28 40-60
Whereasprovisionshouldbemadeforextendingthe
tariffquotainquestiontoincludecertaintypesofpaper
fulfillingalltheconditionssetoutintheAdditional
NotetoChapter48exceptthoserelatingtowater­
marks;Whereas,inordertoarriveataproperassessmentof
thosestatistics,however,itshouldbeborneinmind
thattheopeningofaCommunitytariffquotaforthe
enlargedCommunitymayalterthepatternoftradeof
MemberStateswiththirdcountries;whereas,inviewof
theaboveandoftheforeseeabletrendonthemarketin
newsprintingeneral,andofproductioninparticular
during1978,thequotamaybeallocatedapproximately
inthefollowingpercentages :Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersandthe
rateofdutyforthetariffquotashouldbeappliedwith­
outinterruptiontoallimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionuntilthequotaisexhausted;whereasinthelightof

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openedinrespectofnewsprintfallingwithinsubhead­
ing48.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff(1).Benelux 13-89
Denmark 7-88
Germany 27-75
France 12-48
Ireland 2-29
Italy 0-04
UnitedKingdom 35-672.MemberStatesmaychargeagainstthistariffquota
theothertypesofpapercomplyingwiththedefinition
ofnewsprintcontainedintheAdditionalNotetoChap­
ter48,exceptasregardsthecriteriagoverningwater-*
marks.
3.Importsofnewsprintshallnotbechargedagainst
thistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfreeofcustoms
dutiesunderotherpreferentialtarifftreatment.Futher­
more,importsofanyotherpaperreferredtoinpara­
graph2enjoyingduty-freeexemptionunderthesaid
tariffquotashallnotbechargedagainsttheindicative
ceilingsfixedundercertainfreetradeagreements .Whereas,totakeaccountofimporttrendsforthepro­
ductconcerned,thequotashouldbedividedintotwo
tranches,thefirstbeingallocatedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondheldasareservetocoversubse­
quentlytherequirementsofMemberStateswhichhave
exhaustedtheirinitialshares;whereas,togiveimporters
somedegreeofcertaintyandyetenableCommunity
productiontobedisposedofonsatisfactoryterms,the
firsttrancheofthequotashouldbefixedatabout94%
ofthefullamount; 4.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutyshallbetotally
suspendedwithinthelimitsoftheabovequota.
Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbedividedintotwotranches.
2.Afirsttrancheof2159500tonnesshallbeallo­
catedamongtheMemberStates.MemberStates'shares,
whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevalidfrom1January
until31December1978,shallbeasfollows:WhereasMemberStatesmayexhausttheirinitialshares
atdifferentrates;whereastoprovideforthiseventuality
andavoiddisruptionofsupplies,anyMemberState
whichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddraw
anadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereaseachtime
itsadditionalshareisalmostexhaustedaMemberState
shoulddrawafurthershare,andsoonasmanytimesas
thereserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditional
sharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclosecol­
laborationbetweentheMemberStatesandtheCom­
mission,whichlattermustbeinapositiontokeep
accountoftheextenttowhichthequotahasbeenused
upandtoinformtheMemberStatesaccordingly;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperiodacon­
siderablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunuseditisessential,topreventapartofthe
Communitytariffquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhileitcouldbeusedinothers,thatsuch
Stateshouldreturnasignificantproportionthereofto
thereserve;(tonnes)
Benelux 300000
Denmark 170000
Germany 599000
France 270000
Ireland 49500
Italy 1000
UnitedKingdom 770000
3.Thesecondtranche,of140500tonnes,shallconsti­
tutethereserve.Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyofLuxem­
bourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresentedbythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anytransactioninrespectof
theadministration ofthesharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybe'carriedoutbyanyoneofits
members,Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
fixedinArticle2(2)orofthatshareminustheportion
returnedtothereservewhereArticle5hasbeenapplied,
hasbeenusedup,itshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commission ,drawasecondshare,totheextentthatthe
reservesopermits,equalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION
Article1
1.Duringtheperiod1Januaryto31December1978,a
Communitytariffquotaof2300000tonnesshallbe(*)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttoconditionstobe
determinedbythecompetentauthorities.

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ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
October1978,oftheamountstillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuanttoArticle
5.2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inthemanner
andtotheextentprovidedinparagraph1,drawathird
shareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare.
Itshallensurethatwhenaquantityexhaustingthere­
serveisdrawn,theamountsodrawndoesnotexceed
thebalanceavailable,andtothisendshallnotifythe
amountofthatbalancetotheMemberStatemakingthe
lastdrawing.3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inthe
mannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraph 1,
drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,Member
Statesmaydrawlessersharesthanthosespecifiedin
thoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
thosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.Theyshallin­
formtheCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplyingthis
provision.Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoAr­
ticle3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
shareoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessaryto
ensurethatthetypesofpaperreferredtoinArticle1(2)
includedinthistariffquotaareinfactintendedforthe
printingofnewspapers,weeklypapersorotherperiod­
icalsofheadingNo49.02,publishedatleast10times
peryear.
3.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtoit.Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1978.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1978,theunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15September1978,isinexcessof20%
oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturnagreaterportion
iftherearegroundsforbelievingthatsuchportionmay
notbeusedinfull.4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
sharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofimportsofthe
productsinquestionenteredwiththecustoms
authoritiesforhomeuse.
Article8
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission ,the
MemberStatesshallnotifyitoftheimportations
chargedagainstitsshare.MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1978,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
September1978andchargedagainsttheCommunity
tariffquotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialshares
returnedtothereserve.
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,informeach
MemberStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehas
beenusedup.Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1978.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,21November1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
H.SIMONET