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opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforcertainpetroleumproductsfallingwithinChapter27oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,refinedinSpain(1978)
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatis­
ticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsbyeach
oftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercen­
tagesoftheimportsintotheCommunityfrom,Spain
oftheproductsconcerned :
MemberStates 1974 1975 1976
Benelux 22-122-824-8
Denmark 000-00-0
Germany 45-454-432-4
France 910-98-5
Ireland 000-00-0
Italy 4-74-36-4
UnitedKingdom 18-817-627-9
Whereas,invewofthesefactors,oftheforeseeable
developmentofthemarketfortheproductsinques­
tionandinparticularoftheestimatessubmittedby
certainMemberStates,initialquotasharesmaybe
fixedapproximately atthefollowingpercentages :THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandSpain('),providesin
Article2(1)togetherwithArticle3ofAnnexI,for
theopeningbytheCommunityofanannualtotal
Communitytariffquotaof1200000tonnesofcertain
petroleumproductsfallingwithinChapter27ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,refinedinSpain;whereas,
pursuanttoArticle2ofthesaidAnnex,thequota
dutyisequalto40%oftheCommonCustomsTariff
duties;whereasthispreferentialtariffarrangement
hasbeenprovidedonlyforimportsoftheseproducts
intotheMemberStatesoftheCommunityinitsorig­
inalcomposition ;whereas,accordingtotheActof
Accession,importsoftheseproductsintothethree
newMemberStatesaresubjecttotheratesofdutyof
theCommonCustomsTarifffrom1July1977;
whereastheimportarrangements relatingtothese
productsshouldbeuniformthroughouttheCommu­
nity;whereastheaforementioned annualquota
volumeshouldbeincreasedto1400000tonnes;
whereasthisCommunitytariffquotashouldbe
openedfor1978;
Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterrupted access
totheabovementioned quotaanduninterruptedappli­
cationoftheratelaiddownforthatquotatoall
importsoftheproductconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotahasbeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheprinciplesmentionedabove,the
Communitynatureofthequotacanberespectedby
allocatingtheCommunitytariffquotaamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,torepresentascloselyas
possibletheactualdevelopmentofthemarketinthe
productsinquestion,theallocationshouldfollow
proportionately therequirementoftheMemberStates
calculatedfrombothstatisticsofimportsfromSpain
duringarepresentative periodandtheeconomic
outlookforthetariffperiodinquestion;Benelux 22-77
Denmark 7-14
Germany 42-86
France 6-07
Ireland 0-18
Italy 4-91
UnitedKingdom 16-07;
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsin
thevariousMemberStatesoftheproductunder
consideration ,thetotalquotavolumeshouldbe
dividedintotwotranches,thefirstbeingshared
betweentheMemberStatesandthesecondheldasa
reservetocoveratalaterdatetherequirements of
thoseMemberStateshavinguseduptheirinitial
share;whereastogiveimportersineachMember
Stateacertaindegreeofsecurity,thefirsttrancheof
theCommunityquotamightbefixedatabout80%
ofthequotavolume;
WhereastheinitialsharesofMemberStatesmaybe
usedupmoreorlessquickly;whereas,therefore,to
avoiddisruptionofsuppliesanyMemberStatewhich
hasalmostusedupitsinitialshare,mustdrawa
supplementary sharefromthereserve;whereasthis
mustbedonebyeachMemberStateaseachoneofits
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BeneluxEconomicUnionanymeasureconcerning
theadministration ofthesharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneofits
members,timesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
supplementary sharesmustbevaliduntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaboration betweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission ,andtheCommission
mustbeinapositiontofollowtheextenttowhich
thequotavolumehasbeenusedupandinformthe
MemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
considerablequantityoftheinitialshareisleftoverin
aMemberState,itisessentialthateachstateshould
returnasignificantproportiontothereserve,to
preventapartoftheCommunityquotafrom
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcould
beusedinothers;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgareunitedinandrepresentedbytheHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
From1January1978until31December1978and
subjecttothemeasureswhichmightbetaken
pursuanttoArticle3(2)and(4)ofAnnexItothe
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommu­
nityandSpain,theCommonCustomsTariffdutiesin
respectoftheproductsrefinedinSpainandlisted
belowshallbesuspendedpartiallyatthelevelsindi­
catedforeachofthem,withinthelimitsofaglobal
Communitytariffquotaof1400000tonnes:
CCT Rateof
heading Description duty
No (%)
27.10 Petroleumoilsandoilsobtainedfrombituminousminerals,
otherthancrude;preparationsnotelsewherespecifiedor
included,containingnotlessthan70%byweightofpetro­
leumoilsorofoilsobtainedfrombituminousminerals,these
oilsbeingthebasicconstituentsofthepreparations :
A.Lightoils:
III.Forotherpurposes 2-4
B.Mediumoils:
III.Forotherpurposes 2-4
C.Heavyoils:
I.Gasoil:
(c)Forotherpurposes 1-4
II.Fueloil:
(c)Forotherpurposes 1-4
III.Lubricatingoils;otheroils:
(c)tobemixedinaccordancewiththetermsofAddi­
tionalNote7tothisChapter(a) 1-6
(d)Forotherpurposes 2-4
27.11 Petroleumgasesandothergaseoushydrocarbons :
B.Other:
1.Commercialpropaneandcommercialbutane:
(c)Forotherpurposes 0-6
27.12 Petroleumjelly:
A.Crude:
III.Forotherpurposes 0-8
B.Other 2-8
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CCT
heading
NoDescriptionRateof
duty
(%)
27.13 Paraffinwax,micro-crystalline wax,slackwax,ozokerite,
lignitewax,peatwaxandothermineralwaxes,whetheror
notcoloured :
B.Other:
I.Crude:
(c)Forotherpurposes
II.Other0-8
2-4
27.14 Petroleumbitumen,petroleumcokeandotherresiduesof
petroleumoilsorofoilsobtainedfrombituminousminerals:
C.Other:
II.Other 0-8
Article2
1.Thefirsttranche,amountingto1120000tonnes
oftheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinAricle1,
shallbeallocatedamongtheMemberStates;the
respectiveshareswhich,subjecttoArticle5,shallbe
validuntil31December1978shallconsistofthe3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshallinaccor­
dancewiththesameconditions,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserve
isusedup.
4.Byderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,the
MemberStatesmayproceedtodrawsharessmaller
thanthosefixedtherein,ifthereisreasontobelieve
thatthosesharesmightnotbeusedup.Theyshall
informtheCommission ofthereasonswhichled
themtoapplythisparagraph.followingamounts:
(tonnes)
Benelux 255000
Denmark 80000
Germany 480000
France 68000
Ireland 2000
Italy 55000
UnitedKingdom 180000.
2.Thesecondtranche,amountingto280000
tonnes,shallconstituteareserve.Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1978.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofoneofaMemberState's
initialshareasspecifiedinArticle2(1),orofthat
shareminustheportionreturnedtothereservewhere
Article5isapplied,hasbeenusedup,thatMember
Stateshallwithoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommis­
sion,drawasecondshareequalto15%ofitsinitial
share,roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit,to
theextentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,bynoti­
fyingtheCommission ,drawathirdshareequalto
7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunit
wherenecessary,totheextentpermittedbythe
amountofthereserve.Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1978,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September1978,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturn
agreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1978,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
saidgoodsimporteduptoandincluding15
September1978andchargedagainsttheappropriate
Communitytariffquotaandanyquantitiesofthe
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Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserveshave
beenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStatesnotlaterthan5
October1978oftheamountsstillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupa
reserveislimitedtothebalanceavailableandtothis
endshallspecifytheamountthereoftotheMember
Statemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawnpursuant
toArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythatimports
maybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesintheCommunitytariffquotas.2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
saidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefree
accesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhensuchgoodsare
enteredforhomeuse.
Article8
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission ,
MemberStatesshallinformitofimportsactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20December1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
H.SIMONET