25.11.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL301/1
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(Actswhosepublicationisobligatory)
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2582/77
of21November 1977
ontheopening,allocationandadministration oftariffquotasforcertaintypes
ofpaperandpaperboardfallingwithinsubheadingsex48.01CIIand48.01Fof
theCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginPortugal(1978)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasArticle4oftheInterimAgreementbetween
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthePortu­
gueseRepublic(!)laysdownthattheCommunityas
originallyconstitutedandIrelandshouldopenannual
duty-freetariffquotasforKraftlinerandforother
paperandpaperboardfallingwithinsubheadingsex
48.01CIIand48.01FoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginPortugal,of42000and1500
tonnesrespectively ,whichshouldbeincreasedyearly
by5%asfrom1January1977;whereasthetariff
quotasconcernedshouldbeopenedfor1978;
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
oftheMemberStatesrepresentedthefollowing
percentagesoftotalimportsoftheproductinques­
tion,originatinginPortugal:
subheadingex48.01CII subheading48.01F
1974 1975 1976 1974 1975 1976
Benelux 15.620.125.2 2.828.7
Germany 24.834.72815.0 —54.0
France 22.621.418.295073.1 80
Ireland 2.96767 —24.1 9.3
Italy 34.117121.8 — — —
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Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarketfore­
castsfortheproductsconcernedduringthequota
periodinquestion,thepercentagesharesinthequota
volumesmaybeexpressedroughlyasfollows:Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,subheading
ex48.01CIIsubheading
48.01F
Benelux 20.1 4
Germany 34.7 6
France 22.4 76
Ireland 5.8 11
Italy 17.0 3HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Fortheperiod1Januaryto31December1978,duty­
freetariffquotasshallbeopenedintheCommunity
asoriginallyconstitutedandIrelandforproductsorigi­
natinginPortugalandwithinthelimitsshown
below:Whereas,inordertotakeaccountoffuturetrendsin
importsoftheproductsinquestionintothevarious
MemberStates,eachofthequotasshouldbedivided
intotwotranches,thefirsttobeallocatedamongall
theMemberStatesandthesecondtoformareserve
intendedtocoveranysubsequentrequirements of
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegreeof
securityforimportersineachMemberState,thefirst
trancheofthetariffquotashouldbesetatalevel
whichinthiscasemightbe75%ofeachofthe
quotavolumes;CCT
heading
NoDescriptionTariffquota
(tonnes)
48.01Paperandpaperboard (including
cellulosewadding),machine­
made,inrollsorsheets:
C.Kraftpaperandkraftboard:
exII.Other:
—Kraftliner 46305
F.Other 1653
WhereasMemberStatesmayuseuptheirinitial
sharesatdifferentrates;whereas,toprovideforthis
eventualityandtoavoiddisruptionofsupplies,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupanyofits
initialsharesshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
corresponding reserve;whereasthisshouldbedone
byeachMemberStatewheneachofitsadditional
shareshasbeenalmostusedup,asmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereaseachoftheinitialandaddi­
tionalsharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaboration betweenMemberStates
andtheCommission,whichlattermust,inparticular,
beabletokeeparecordoftheextenttowhichthe
quotahasbeenusedupandtoinformtheMember
Statesaccordingly ;Article2
1.ThetariffquotaslaiddowninArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwotranches.
2.Afirsttrancheofeachquota,thatis34730and
1240tonnesrespectively,shallbeallocatedamong
theMemberStates;theshares,whichsubjectto
Article5shallbevaliduntil31December1978,shall
beasfollows:
(tonnes)
MemberStates subheading
ex48.01CIIsubheading
48.01F
Benelux 6980 50
Germany 12050 75
France 7780 942
Ireland 2020 136
Italy 5900 37Whereas,ifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothecorres­
pondingreserve,soastoavoidapartofanyofthe
tariffquotasremainingunusedinoneMemberState
whenitcouldbeusedinothers;

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3.Thesecondtrancheofeachquota,i.e.11575
and413tonnesrespectively ,shallconstitutethecorres­
pondingreserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofanyofaMemberState's
initialshares—asfixedinArticle2(2)—orofthat
shareminusanyportionreturnedtothecorres­
pondingreserve,whereArticle5hasbeenapplied,has
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,by
notifyingtheCommission ,drawasecondshare,tothe
extentthatthereservesopermits,equalto15%ofits
initialshare,roundedoffupwardstothenextwhole
number,ifnecessary.
2.If,afteranyofitsinitialshareshavebeenused
up,90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shall,undertheconditionslaiddowninparagraph 1
andtotheextentthatthereservesopermits,drawa
thirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
offupwardstothenextwholenumber,ifnecessary.
3.If,afteranyofitssecondshareshavebeenused
up,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shall,undertheconditionslaiddowninparagraph 1,
drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,MemberStatesmaydrawshareslesserthanthose
specifiedthereiniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbefullyusedup.They
shallinformtheCommission oftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisparagraph.andofanyportionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedto
thereserves.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3and,assoonasithasbeennotified,shallinform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserveshave
beenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
October1978,ofthestatusofeachofthereserves
afteramountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhaustsanyof
thereservesdoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,
tothisend,shallnotifytheamountofthatbalanceto
theMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraggregatesharesofthetariffquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsof
theproductsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasand
whenthegoodsareenteredforhomeuse.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
imports-chargedundertheconditionsstipulatedin
paragraph3.
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Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.Article4
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1978.
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.Article5
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1978,theunusedportionsoftheir
initialshareswhich,on15September1978,arein
excessof20%oftheinitialamounts.Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionmaynotbefullyusedup.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1October1978,ofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
September1978andchargedagainstthetariffquotasArticle10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1978.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21November1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresides.
H.SIMONET