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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2995/76
of9December 1976
ontheopening,allocationandadministration oftariffquotasforcertaintypes
ofpaperandpaperboard ,fallingwithinsubheadingsex48.01CIIand48.01Eof
theCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginPortugal(1977)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasArticle4oftheInterimAgreementbetween
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthePortu­
gueseRepublic(')laysdownthattheCommunityas
originallyconstitutedandIrelandshouldopenannual
duty-freetariffquotasforKraftlinerandforother
paperandpaperboardfallingwithinsubheadingsex
48.01CIIand48.01EoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginPortugal,of42000and1500
metrictonsrespectively ,whichshouldbeincreased
yearlyby5%asfrom1January1977;whereasthe
tariffquotasconcernedshouldbeopenedfor1977;
Whereasequalanduninterrupted accesstothesaid
quotasshouldbeensuredforallCommunityimpor­tersandtheratesofdutyforthesequotasshouldbe
appliedconsistentlytoallimportsoftheproductsin
questionintotheMemberStatesconcerneduntilthe
quotashavebeenusedup;whereas,inthelightofthe
principlesoutlinedabove,arrangementsfortheutiliza­
tionoftheCommunitytariffquotasbasedonanallo­
cationamongMemberStateswouldseemconsistent
withtheCommunitynatureofthequotas;whereas,
inorderthatitmaycorrespondascloselyaspossible
totheactualmarkettrendsintheproductsinques­
tion,allocationofthequotasshouldbeinproportion
totherequirements oftheMemberStatesascalcu­
latedbyreferencetostatisticaldataonimportsofthe
saidproductsfromPortugalduringarepresentative
referenceperiodandtotheeconomicprospectsfor
thequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatis­
ticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsintoeach
oftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercen­
tagesoftotalimportsoftheproductinquestion,origi­
natinginPortugal:
Subheadingex48.01CII Subheading48.01E
MemberStates
1973 1974 1975 1973 1974 1975
01
99.92.8
73.1
241Benelux
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy38.115.6
24.8
22.6
2.9
34120.1
34.7
21.4
6.7
17.199.9
01
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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarketfore­
castsfortheproductsconcernedduringthequota
periodinquestion,thepercentagesharesinthequota
volumesmaybeexpressedroughlyasfollows: Article1
Fortheperiod1Januaryto31December1977duty­
freetariffquotasshallbeopenedintheCommunity
asoriginallyconstitutedandIrelandforproductsorigi­
natinginPortugalandwithinthelimitsshown
below:MemberStatesSubheading
ex48.01CIISubheading
48.01E
Benelux 201 4
Germany 34.7 6
France 22.4 76
Ireland 5.8 11
Italy 17.0 3(inmetrictons)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoodsTariff
quota
48.01 Paperandpaperboard
(including cellulose
wadding),machine-made ,in
rollsorsheets:
C.Kraftpaperandkraft
board:
exII.Other:
—Kraftliner 44100
E.Other 1575
Article2
1.ThetariffquotaslaiddowninArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwotranches.
2.Afirsttrancheshallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStates;theshares,whichsubjecttoArticle5
shallbevaliduntil31December1977,shallbeas
follows:Whereas,inordertotakeaccountoffuturetrendsin
importsoftheproductsinquestionintothevarious
MemberStates,eachofthequotasshouldbedivided
intotwotranches,thefirsttobeallocatedamongall
theMemberStatesandthesecondtoformareserve
intendedtocoveranysubsequentrequirements of
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegreeof
securityforimportersineachMemberState,thefirst
trancheofthetariffquotashouldbesetatalevel
whichinthiscasemightbe75%ofeachofthe
quotavolumes;
WhereasMemberStatesmayuseuptheirinitial
sharesatdifferentrates;whereas,toprovideforthis
eventualityandtoavoiddisruptionofsupplies,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupanyofits
initialsharesshoulddrawnanadditionalsharefrom
thecorresponding reserve;whereasthisshouldbe
donebyeachMemberStatewheneachofitsaddi­
tionalshareshasbeenalmostusedup,asmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereaseachoftheinitialand
additionalsharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaborationbetweenMemberStates
andtheCommission ,inwhichthelattermust,in
particular,beabletokeeparecordoftheextentto
whichthequotahasbeenusedupandinformthe
MemberStatesaccordingly ;
Whereas,ifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothecorres­
pondingreserve,soastoavoidapartofanyofthe
tariffquotasremainingunusedinoneMemberState
whenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,(mmetrictons)
MemberStatesSubheading
ex48.01CIISubheading
48.01E
Benelux 6648 48
Germany 11478 72
France 7408 896
Ireland 1918 130
Italy 5623 36
3.Thesecondtrancheofeachquota,i.e.11025
and393metrictonsrespectively ,shallconstitutethe
corresponding reserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofanyofaMemberState's
initialshares—asfixedinArticle2(2)—orofthat
shareminusanyportionreturnedtothecorres­
pondingreserve,whereArticle5hasbeenapplied,has
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,by

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notifyingtheCommission ,drawasecondshare,tothe
extentthatthereservesopermits,equalto15%ofits
initialshare,roundedoffupwardstothenextwhole
number,ifnecessary.
2.If,afteranyofitsinitialshareshasbeenusedup,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shall,undertheconditionslaiddowninparagraph 1
andtotheextentthatthereservesopermits,drawa
thirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
offupwardstothenextwholenumber,ifnecessary.
3.If,afteranyofitssecondshareshasbeenused
up,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shall,undertheconditionslaiddowninparagraph 1,
drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,MemberStatesmaydrawshareslessthanthose
specifiedthereiniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbefullyusedup.They
shallinformtheCommission oftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisparagraph.
Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1977.
Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1977,theunusedportionsoftheir
initialshareswhich,on15September1977,arein
excessof20%oftheinitialamounts.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionmaynotbefullyusedup.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1October1977,ofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
September1977andchargedagainstthetariffquotas
andofanyportionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedto
thereserves.Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3and,assoonasithasbeennotified,shallinform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserveshave
beenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
October1977,bfthestatusofeachofthereserves
afteramountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhaustsanyof
thereservesdoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,
tothisend,notifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pusuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraggregatesharesofthetariffquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importsoriginatinginPortugalasandwhenthegoods
areenteredforhomeuse.
Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9December1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
P.J.J.MERTENS