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REGULATION (EEC)No3590/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of28December1973
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotafornewsprint
fallingwithinsubheadingNo48.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Articles28and113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereas,asregardsnewsprintfallingwithintariff
subheadingNo48.01A,theEuropeanEconomic
Communityhasundertakentoopenanannual
duty-freeCommunitytariffquotafor625000metric
tons;
Whereas,underArticle39oftheActofAccessionthe
newMemberStatesmuston1January1974make
thefirstmovetowardsalignmentoftheirnational
tariffsontheCommonCustomsTariffasregardsthe
saidgoods;whereas,therefore,therequirementsof
thoseMemberStatesforimportsfromthirdcountries
shouldfromthatdateonwardsbecoveredbythe
tariffquotainquestionduringtheperiodthereof;
whereasthedutiestobeappliedbythoseMember
Statesunderthesaidtariffquotamustbein
conformitywiththerelevantprovisionsoftheActof
Accession;
WhereasinviewofcurrentCommunityproduction
potentialthevolumeofthesaidquotawillnotsuffice
tocovertheanticipatedimportrequirements ;
whereasprovisionmustthereforebemadeforan
autonomous supplementary quantitywhich,
accordingtotheestimatesputforward,canbefixedat2428000metrictons;whereasthefixingofthe
autonomoussupplementary quantityatthislevel
doesnothoweverexcludethepossibilityofan
adjustmentduringthetariffperiod;whereas,a
Communitytariffquotaof3053000metrictons
shouldthereforebeopenedforthesaidgoodsfor
1974;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallimportersandtherateof
levyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistentlytoallimportsuntilthequotaisusedup;
whereas,inthelightoftheprinciplesoutlinedabove,
aCommunitytariffarrangement basedonan
allocationbetweentheMemberStateswouldseemto
preservetheCommunitynatureofthequota;
whereastorepresentascloselyaspossibletheactual
developmentofthemarketinthesaidgoodsthe
allocationshouldfollowproportionately the
requirementsoftheMemberStatescalculatedboth
fromstatisticsofimportsfromthirdcountriesduring
arepresentative referenceperiodandfromthe
economicoutlookforthetariffyearinquestion;
Whereas,however,theavailablestatisticsofimports
fromthirdcountriesintothenewMemberStates
onlycovertheyear1972andthefirstfewmonthsof
1973,saveasregardsIreland,inrespectofwhich
representativedataforthelast-mentioned monthsare
notavailable;whereasduringtheyear1972imports
fromthirdcountriesbyeachoftheMemberStates
representedthefollowingpercentagesoftotalCom­
munityimportsofthesaidgoods;whereas,onthe
basisofanextrapolationoftheavailabledataforthe
firstfewmonthsof1973,theimportsoftheMember
Statesforthewholeyearof1973areasfollows,and
areinroughlythesameproportionsasin1972:
1972 1973
inmetrictons in% inmetrictons
Benelux 288129 11-53 289932
Denmark 175642 7-02 96364
Germany 666000 26-65 652000
France 191097 7-64 324000
Ireland 48896 1-95
Italy 1511 0-06 3760
UnitedKingdom 1127400 45-15 1286000

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3.WithinthistariffquotatheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesshallbetotallysuspended.
4.WithinthistariffquotathenewMemberStates
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionsoftheActofAccession.Whereas,however,tounderstandfullythestatistics
givenabove,itshouldbeborneinmindthatthe
openingofaCommunitytariffquotainthe
enlargedCommunity couldstillchangethe
traditionaltraderelationsoftheMemberStateswith
thirdcountries;whereas,inviewofthesefactorsand
ofmarketforecastsfornewsprintingeneral,andof
productioninparticular,for1974,thepercentage
sharesinthequotavolumecanbeexpressedroughly
asfollows: Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoin
Artice1shallbeallocatedamongsttheMember
Statesasfollows:Benelux 13*30
Denmark 6-20
Germany 23-00
France 9-90
Ireland 2-30
Italy 1-30
UnitedKingdom 44-00Benelux 400000
Denmark 185000
Germany 720000
France 320000
Ireland 68000
Italy 40000
UnitedKingdom 1320000Whereasitseemspossibletoprovideforasystemof
usebasedononlyoneallocation,suchthatnoriskof
exceedingthevolumeofthequotashallarise,andat
thesametimepreservetheCommunitynatureofthe
quota;whereassuchanallocationmaythereforebe
basedonthepercentagefiguresshowninthetable
above;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgarejointlyrepresentatedbytheBenelux
EconomicUnionanymeasureconcerningthe
administration ofthesharesallocatedtothat
economicunionmaybecarriedoutbyoneofits
members,Article3
1.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersof
thesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhavefree
accesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
2.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
quantitiesofthesaidgoodsimportedfromthird
countriesandenteredforhomeuse.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Article4
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
regularintervalsofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article5
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelyinordertoensurethatthisRegulationis
observed.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1974.Article1
1.Duringtheperiodfrom1Januaryto31
December1974aCommunitytariffquotaof
3053000.metrictonsshallbeopenedinthe
Communityfornewsprintfallingwithinsubheading
No48.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff.
2.Importsofthesaidgoodsmaynotbecounted
underthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfreeof
customsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtariff
treatmentappliedbycertainMemberStatesin
particularunderfreetradeagreements .

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28December1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
OveGULDBERG