NoL292/4 12.11.75 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
REGULATION (EEC)No2877/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of29October1975
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforrosin,
including'braisresineux',fallingwithinsubheading38.08AoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff(1976)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES , inmetrictons
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Article28thereof;Benelux 17798
Denmark 280
Germany 33163
France 10922
Ireland 16
Italy 17325
UnitedKingdom 18368
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ;Total 97872;
WhereastheproductionintheCommunityandin
Greeceofrosinfallingwithinsubheading38.08A
oftheCommonCustomsTariffiscurrently
insufficienttomeettherequirements ofthe
processingindustriesintheCommunity ;whereas,
consequently ,Communitysuppliesofproductsof
thistypecurrentlydependtoaconsiderableextent
onimportsfromthirdcountries;Whereas25%ofthistotalrepresents24468metric
tons;
Whereas,inviewofthenegligiblesizeofsuch
aquotaincomparisonwiththeCommunity's
requirements ,asystemofutilizationshould,without
derogatingfromtheCommunitynatureofthetariff
quota,beprovided,basedonasingleallocation
betweentheMemberStates;whereasthisallocation
shouldbecalculatedbythesamemethodasisused
toestablishatotalquotaof25%oftheimports
ofeachMemberStatefromthesamethirdcountries;
whereas,calculatedinsuchamanner,thisallocation
shouldbeassetoutinArticle2;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourg areunitedwithinandjointly
representedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,any
measureconcerningtheadministration oftheshares
allocatedtothatEconomicUnionmaybecarried
outbyanyoneofitsmembers,Whereas,underDecisionNo1/75oftheAssociation
Councilontheapplicationofparagraph3of
ProtocolNo10totheAgreementestablishingan
AssociationbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCom­
munityandGreece,theCommunitymayopen
autonomoustariffquotasforrosinprovidedthat,
fortheCommunityasawhole,theannualquotas
donotexceed25%oftheCommunity'simports
fromthirdcountriesnotassociatedwithorlinked
toitbyapreferentialagreementduringthelastyear
forwhichstatisticsareavailable;whereasthemost
urgentCommunityrequirementsfortheproductsin
questionshouldbemetimmediatelyonthemost
favourableterms;whereasanildutyCommunity
tariffquotashouldthereforebeopenedwithinthe
limitsoftheaboveamount;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Duringtheperiod1Januaryto31December
1976,theCommonCustomsTariffdutyforrosin
including'braisresineux'fallingwithinsubheadingWhereas,in1974,theimportsofrosinfromthird
countriesnotassociatedwithorlinkedtotheCom­
munitybyapreferentialagreementwereasfollows:

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questionestablishedintheirterritoryhavefreeaccess
tothesharesallocatedtothem.
2.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductinquestionenteredwiththe
customsauthoritiesforhomeuse.38.08Ashallbetotallysuspendedwithinthelimits
ofaCommunitytariffquotaof24468metrictons.
Thetariffquotarateofdutytobeappliedbythe
newMemberStatesshallbenil.
Article2
TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbeallocatedasfollowsamongtheMember
States:Article4
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.mmetrictons
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom4450
70
8291
2730
4
4331
4592.Article5
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article3
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatimportersoftheproductinArticle6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
1January1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,29October1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.MARCORA