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of19October1976
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforrosin,
including'braisresineux',fallingwithinsubheading38.08AoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff(1977)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES , Ireland 81
Italy 9050
UnitedKingdom 9290
Total 58660;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Article28thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ,Whereas25%ofthistotalrepresents14665metric
tons;
Whereas,inviewofthenegligiblesizeofsucha
quotaincomparisonwiththeCommunity's
requirements ,asystemofutilizationshould,without
derogatingfromtheCommunitynatureofthetariff
quota,beprovided,basedonasingleallocation
betweentheMemberStates;whereasthisallocation
shouldbecalculatedbythesamemethodasisused
toestablishatotalquotaof25%oftheimportsof
eachMemberStatefromthesamethirdcountries;
whereas,calculatedinsuchamanner,thisallocation
shouldbeassetoutinArticle2;WhereastheproductionintheCommunityandin
Greeceofrosinfallingwithinsubheading38.08Aof
theCommonCustomsTariffiscurrentlyinsufficient
tomeettherequirementsoftheprocessingindustries
intheCommunity ;whereas,consequently ,
Communitysuppliesofproductsofthistype
currentlydependtoaconsiderableextentonimports
fromthirdcountries;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunitedwithinandjointly
representedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,any
measureconcerningtheadministration oftheshares
allocatedtothatEconomicUnionmaybecarriedout
byanyoneofitsmembers,Whereas,underDecision1/75oftheAssociation
Councilontheapplicationofparagraph3of
Protocol10totheAgreementestablishingan
AssociationbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandGreece,theCommunitymayopen
autonomoustariffquotasforrosinprovidedthat,for
theCommunityasawhole,theannualquotasdonot
exceed25%oftheCommunity'simportsfromthird
countriesnotassociatedwithorlinkedtoitbya
preferentialagreementduringthelastyearfor\vhich
statisticsareavailable;whereasthemosturgent
Communityrequirements fortheproductsin
questionshouldbemetimmediatelyonthemost
favourableterms;whereasanildutyCommunity
tariffquotashouldthereforebeopenedwithinthe
limitsoftheaboveamount;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Duringtheperiodfrom1Januaryto31December
1977,theCommonCustomsTariffdutyforrosin,
including'braisresineux',fallingwithinsubheading
38.08Ashallbetotallysuspendedwithinthelimits
ofaCommunitytariffquotaof14665metrictons.
Thetariffquotarateofdutytobeappliedbythe
newMemberStatesshallbenil.Whereas,in1975,theimportsofrosinfromthird
countriesnotassociatedwithqrlinkedtothe
Communitybyapreferentialagreementwereas
follows:
inmetrictons
Benelux 7638 Article2
Denmark 145
Germany 25329
France 7127TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbeallocatedasfollowsamongtheMember
States:

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mmetrictons importsoftheproductinquestionenteredwiththe
customsauthoritiesforhomeuse.
Article4Benelux 1910
Denmark 36
Germany 6332
France 1782
Ireland 20
Italy 2262
UnitedKingdom 2323.AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article5
Article3MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with. 1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatimportersoftheproductin
questionestablishedintheirterritoryhavefreeaccess
tothesharesallocatedtothem,
2.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisoftheArticle6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,19October1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
M.vanderSTOEL