NoL349/6 28.12.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
REGULATION (EEC)No3257/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of19December 1974
increasingtheCommunitytariffquotaopenedfor1974byRegulation (EEC)No
3590/73fornewsprintfallingwithinsubheading 48.01AoftheCommon
CustomsTariff
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.ThevolumeoftheCommunitytariffquota
openedbyRegulation (EEC)No3590/73fornews­
printfallingwithinsubheading48.01Aofthe
CommonCustomsTariffisherebyincreasedfrom
3053000to3068000metrictons.
2.Thisincreaseof15000metrictonsshallconsti­
tuteareserve.THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle28
thereof;
HavingconsultedtheCommission ;
Whereas,fornewsprintfallingwithinsubheading
48.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff,aduty-free
Communitytariffquota,theamountofwhichhas
beenfixedat3053000metrictons,hasbeenopened
bytheCouncilandallocatedamongtheMember
StatesbyRegulation (EEC)No3590/73(');whereas,
byRegulation (EEC)No1409/74(2),thebenefitofthe
tariffquotainquestionwasextendedtocertaintypes
ofpaperfallingwithinsubheading48.01Ewhich,
apartfromthecriterionofwatermarks ,correspondto
thedefinitionofnewsprintgivenintheAdditional
NotetoChapter48oftheCommonCustomsTariff;
Whereas,onthebasisofthemostrecentdataonthis
productfor1974,itmaybeestimatedthattheaddi­
tionalimportsfromnon-member countriesrequired
bytheCommunityamountto15000metrictons;
whereasthesizeofthequotashouldbeincreasedby
thisquantitytotakeaccountoftherequirements
noted;whereas,inordertosafeguardtheCommunity
characterofthetariffquotainquestion,aCommunity
reserveequaltotheproposedincreaseshouldbeset
up;
WhereastheinitialsharesallocatedtoMemberStates
maybeexhaustedatdifferentrates;whereastotake
accountofthisandtoavoiddisruptionofsuppliesit
shouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberStatewhichhas
almostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddrawanaddi­
tionalsharefromthereserve;whereaseachtimeits
additionalshareisalmostexhausted aMemberState
shoulddrawafurthershare,andsoonasmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandaddi­
tionalsharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaboration betweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission ,andtheCommission
mustbeinapositiontokeepaccountoftheextentto
whichthequotashavebeenusedupandtoinform
theMemberStatesaccordingly ,Article2
1.AssoonasaMemberStatehasused90%or
moreofitsshareasfixedinArticle2ofRegulation
(EEC)No3590/73,itshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commission ,drawasecondsharetotheextentthat
thereservesopermits,equalto10%ofitsinitial
shareroundedupasnecessarytothenextwhole
number .
2.AssoonasaMemberState,afterexhaustingits
initialshare,hasused90%ormoreofthesecond
sharedrawnbyit,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
inthemannerandtotheextentprovidedinpara­
graph1,drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitial
share.
3.AssoonasaMemberState,afterexhaustingits
secondshare,hasused90%ormoreofthethird
sharedrawnbyit,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,
andinaccordancewiththesameconditionsandto
theextentprovidedinparagraph 1,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Itshallcontinueinthisfashionuntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,theMemberStatesmaydrawshareslowerthan
thosespecifiedinthoseparagraphsifthereare
groundsforbelievingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbe
usedinfull.AnyMemberStateapplyingthispara­
graphshallinformtheCommissionofitsgroundsfor
sodoing.(!)OJNoL365,31.12.1973,p.36.
(2)OJNoL150,7.6.1974,p.3.

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Article3
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle2shallbe
validuntil31December1974.
Article4
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticle2of
Regulation (EEC)No3590/73andArticle2ofthis
Regulationand,assoonastheinformationreachesit,
shallinformeachMemberStateoftheextentto
whichthereserveshavebeenusedup.
Itshallensurethatwhenanamountexhaustingthe
reserveisdrawntheamountsodrawndoesnotexceed
thebalanceavailable,andtothisendshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberStatemaking
thelastdrawing.
Article5
MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article2areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmay
bechargedwithoutinterruptionagainstitsaccumu­
latedshareofthequota.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19December1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.P.FOURCADE