31.12.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL365/45
REGULATION (EEC)No3593/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of28December1973
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforcertain
plywoodsofconiferousspecies,fallingwithinheadingNoex44.15oftheCommon
CustomsTariff(1974)
MemberStates,thesharesmaybedeterminedas
follows:
(incubicmetres)
Benelux 65000
Denmark 85000
Germany 68000
France 9000
Ireland 20000
Italy 7000
UnitedKingdom 246000THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article28thereof;
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ;
Whereas,underProtocolNo11totheActof
Accession(x),theCommunityistoopentwonilduty
Communitytariffquotasfrom1January1974for
certainplywoodsofconiferousspeciesfallingwithin
headingNoex44.15oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
thevolumethereoftobedecidedannuallywhenitis
establishedthatallpossibilitiesofsupplyonthe
internalmarketoftheCommunitywillbeexhausted
duringtheperiodforwhichthequotasareopen;
whereas,onthebasisofforecastsmadebythe
MemberStates,theforeseeableimportrequirements
fortheproductsinquestionduringtheyear1974
amountto873500m8;whereas,inthelightofthe
provisionsoftheabovementioned Protocol
concerningtheexhaustionofpossibilitiesof
supplyontheinternalmarketoftheCommunity,the
volumeofthetariffquotatobeopenedatthe
beginningoftheyearshouldbelimitedto500000
m3;whereasfixingthevolumeatthisleveldoesnot
excludeadjustmentduringtheperiodforwhichthe
quotaisopen;whereastherequirementsmentioned
abovedonotincludeimportstowhichother
preferentialtarifftreatmentmayapply,inparticular
undertheEuropeanFreeTradeAssociation
arrangements ;whereasthedutiestobeappliedby
thenewMemberStatesunderthesaidtariffquota
mustbeinconformitywiththeprovisionsoftheAct
ofAccession,andinparticularwiththoseofArticle
39thereof;
Whereas,inviewofthecomparatively lowvolumeof
thequotacomparedwiththeforeseeableneedsofthe
Community,asystembasedonasingleallocation
amongMemberStatesshouldbeprovided,without
derogatingfromtheCommunitynatureofthequota
inquestion;whereas,onthebasisofforecastsbytheWhereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgarejointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthesharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyoneofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Duringtheperiodfrom1Januaryto31
December1974aCommunitytariffquotaof500000
m3shallbeopenedintheCommunityforthe
followingproductsfallingwithinheadingNoex
44.15oftheCommonCustomsTariff:
(a)plywoodofconiferousspecies,withoutthe
additionofothersubstances,ofathickness
greaterthan9mm,thefacesofwhicharenot
furtherpreparedthanthepeelingprocess;
(b)plywoodofconiferousspecies,withoutthe
additionofothersubstances,sanded,andofa
thicknessgreaterthan18-5mm.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionmaynotbe
chargedunderthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfree
ofcustomsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtariff
treatmentappliedbycertainMemberStates,in
particulartheEuropeanFreeTradeAssociation
arrangements .
3.WithinthistariffquotatheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesshallbetotallysuspended. OOJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.170.

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4.Withinthistariffquota,newMemberStates
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionssetoutintheActofAccession.
Article2
TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle
1(1)shallbedistributedamongMemberStatesas
follows:establishedintheirterritoryhavefreeaccesstothe
shareallocatedtothem.
2.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthesaid
goodsagainsttheirsharesasandwhensuchproducts
areenteredforhomeuse.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedinaccordancewithparagraph2.
Article4
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article5
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethattheprovisionsofthis
Regulationareobserved.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1974.(incubicmetres)
Benelux 65000
Denmark 85000
Germany 68000
France 9000
Ireland 20000
Italy 7000
UnitedKingdom 246000
Article3
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatimportersoftheproductinquestion
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28December1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
OveGULDBERG