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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2580/76
of21October1976
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration oftariffquotasfor
certainpaperandpaperboard ,fallingwithinsubheadings ex48.01CIIand48.01
EoftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginPortugal
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,tionally,asinglescalefortheallocationofthesetwo
quotasamongtheMemberStates,whichcouldbe
approximately asfollows:
Benelux 27,
Germany 41,
France 21,
Ireland 2,
Italy 9;
Whereas,sincethetariffquotasinquestionarerela­
tivelysmall,itwouldseempossibletoprovidefora
systemofallocationbasedonasingleapportionment ,
withouttherebyderogatingfromtheCommunity
natureofthesetariffquotas;whereasthisapportion­
mentcouldthereforebecarriedoutaccordingtothe
percentagesshownintheabovementioned table;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthequotasharesallo­
catedtothatEconomicUnionmaybecarriedoutby
anyoneofitsmembers,HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasArticle4oftheInterimAgreementbetween
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthePortu­
gueseRepublic(')laysdownthattheCommunityas
originallyconstitutedandIrelandshouldopenannual
duty-freetariffquotasforKraftlinerandforother
paperandpaperboardfallingwithinsubheadingsex
48.01CIIand48.01EoftheCommonCustoms
TarifforiginatinginPortugal,of42000and1500
metrictonsrespectively ;whereastheprorata
temporisclauseisapplicable;whereastheabovemen­
tionedAgreemententersintoforceon1November
1976;whereasthe-tariffquotasinquestionshould
thereforebeopenedon1November1976;
WhereasasystemofutilizingCommunitytariff
quotasbasedonallocationamongtheMemberStates
concernedwouldappearconsistentwiththeCommu­
nitynatureofthesaidquotal;whereas,inorderto
representascloselyaspossibleactualtrendsinthe
marketintheproductinquestion,theallocation
shouldbeproportionate totherequirements calcu­
latedwithreferencebothtostatisticaldataonimports
originatinginPortugalduringarepresentative refer­
enceperiodandtotheeconomicprospectsforthe
quotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,however,sincethequotaperiodisvery
short,andwithouttherebyderogatingfromtheabove­
mentionedprinciple,itisadvisabletoapply,excep­HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Fortheperiod 1November1976to31December
1976duty-freetariffquotasshallbeopenedinthe
Community asoriginallyconstitutedandIrelandfor
productsoriginatinginPortugalandwithinthelimits
shownbelow: (')OJNoL266,29.9.1976,p.1.

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(inmetrictons)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoodsTariff
quota
48.01 Paperandpaperboard (includingcellulosewadding),machine­
made,inrollsorsheets:
C.Kraftpaperandkraftboard:
exII.Other:
—Kraftliner 7000
E.Other 250
Article2
ThetariffquotasindicatedinArticle1shallbeallo­
catedasfollowsamongtheMemberStatesreferredto
inArticle 1:territoryhavefreeaccesstothequotasharesallocated
tothem.
2.TheextenttowhichthesharesoftheMember
Stateshavebeenusedupshallbedeterminedonthe
basisofimportsoftheproductinquestionasthe
productisenteredforhomeuse.(tnmetrictons)
Article4
AttheCommission srequesttheMemberStatesshall
keepitinformedoftheimportsactuallycharged
againsttheirshares.MemberStateProductsfallingwithinsubheading
ex48.01CΠ 48.01E
Benelux 1890 67-5
Germany 2870 102-5
France 1470 52-5
Ireland 140 5-0
Italy 630 22-5Article5
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article3 Article6
1.'TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductinquestionestablishedwithintheirThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1November
1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,21October1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
L.J.BRINKHORST