27.12.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL356/21
REGULATION (EEC)No3464/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of17December1973
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforrosin,
including'braisresineux'fallingwithinsubheadingNo38.08AoftheCommon
CustomsTarifffor1974
Whereas,inviewofthenegligiblesizeofsucha
quotaincomparisonwiththeCommunity's
requirements ,asystemofutilizationshould,without
derogatingfromtheCommunitynatureofthetariff
quota,beprovidedbasedonasingleallocation
betweentheMemberStates;whereasthisallocation
shouldbecalculatedbythesamemethodasisused
toestablishatotalquotaof15%oftheimportsof
eachMemberStatefromthirdcountries;whereas,
calculatedinsuchamannerthisallocationshouldbe
asfollows:THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article28thereof;
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ;
WhereastheproductionintheCommunityandin
Greeceofresin,fallingwithinsubheadingNo38.08A
oftheCommonCustomsTariff,isnowinsufficient
tomeettherequirementsoftheprocessingindustries
intheCommunity ;whereas,consequently ,
Communitysuppliesofproductsofthistypedepend
toaconsiderableextentonimportsfromthird
countries;
WhereasbyvirtueofProtocolNo10annexedtothe
AgreementcreatinganAssociationwithGreece,the
Communitymayopenautonomoustariffquotason
conditionthatthesedonotexceedannuallyforthe
rosinsinquestion15%ofthetotalimportsinthe
Communityfromthirdcountriesduringthelatest
yearforwhichstatisticsareavailable;whereasurgent
Communityrequirementsoftheproductsinquestion
shouldbemetimmediatelyonthemostfavourable
terms;whereasataxfreetariffquotashould
thereforebeopenedwithintheabovementioned limit;
Whereasin1972theimportsofrosinfromthird
countrieswereasfollows:Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom3559metrictons
270metrictons
8954metrictons
2863metrictons
2metrictons
2532metrictons
2585metrictons
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg ,arejointlyrepresentedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnionanymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthesharesallocatedtothat
EconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutbyoneofits
members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Duringtheperiodfrom1January1974to31
December1974thedutyoftheCommonCustoms
Tariffforresinincluding'braisresineux'falling
withinsubheadingNo38.08Ashallbetotally
suspendedinrespectofaCommunitytariffquotaof
20765metrictons.
Thetariffquotarateofdutytobeappliedbythe
newMemberStatesshallbenil.Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland ,
Italy
UnitedKingdom23729metrictons
1800metrictons
59695metrictons
19087metrictons
14metrictons
16882metrictons
17233metrictons
138440metrictonsArticle2
Whereas15%ofthistotalrepresents20765metric
tons;TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbeallocatedasfollowsamongtheMember
States:

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basisoftheimportsoftheproductconcernedentered
forhomeuse.
Article4Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom3559metrictons
270metrictons
8954metrictons
'2863metrictons
2metrictons
2532metrictons
2585metrictonsTheMemberStatesshallregularlyinformthe
Commissionofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article5
Article3 TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shall
cooperatecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed.
Article61.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidproductestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
2.TheextenttowhichthesharesofMember
StateshavebeenusedupshallbedeterminedontheThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1974.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17December1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
I.N0RGAARD