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of29November 1976
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotafornewsprintfallingwithinsubheading48.01AoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff(1977)andextendingthisquotatoincludecertainothertypesofpaper
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,importsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative
referenceperiodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthe
yearcoveredbythequotainquestion;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles28
and113thereof, Whereas,forthelastthreeyearsforwhichcomplete
statisticsareavailable,theimportsofeachofthe
MemberStatesamountedtothefollowingpercentages
oftotalimportsoftheproductsinquestion:HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereastheCommunityhasundertakentoopenan
annualduty-freeCommunitytariffquotaof1500000
metrictonsofnewsprintfallingwithinsubheading
48.01A;197319741975
Benelux 12.1814.0414.06
Denmark 6.924.895.23
Germany 27.0425.7827.05
France 9.4613.4611.86
Ireland 02.122.02
Italy 0.320.420.50
UnitedKingdom 44.0839.2939.28Whereas,inviewofpresentCommunityproduction
capacity,thatquantityisinsufficienttomeetantici­
patedimportrequirements ;whereasprovisionshould
thereforebemadeforanautonomoussupplementary
quotawhich,accordingtotheestimatessubmitted,
maybefixedatpresentat811000metrictons;
whereasthefactthatthisfigurehasbeenadoptedfor
theautonomoussupplementary quotadoesnotrule
outareadjustmentduringthequotaperiod;whereasa
Communitytariffquotashouldthereforebeopened
for1977foratotalquantityof2311000metrictons
oftheproductinquestion;
Whereasprovisionshouldbemadeforextendingthe
tariffquotainquestiontoincludecertaintypesof
paperfulfillingalltheconditionssetoutintheAddi­
tionalNotetoChapter48exceptthoserelatingto
watermarks ;Whereas,inordertoarriveataproperassessmentof
thosestatistics,however,itshouldbeborneinmind
thattheopeningofaCommunitytariffquotaforthe
enlargedCommunitymayalterthepatternoftradeof
MemberStateswiththirdcountries;whereas,inview
oftheaboveandoftheforeseeabletrendonthe
marketinnewsprintingeneral,andofproductionin
particularduring1977thequotamaybeallocated
approximately inthefollowingpercentages :
Benelux 13-94
Denmark 6-63
Germany 32-92
France 12-21
Ireland 2-24
Italy 0-05
UnitedKingdom 32-01Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersand
therateofdutyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
withoutinterruptiontoallimportsoftheproductin
questionuntilthequotaisexhausted;whereasinthe
lightoftheseprinciples,arrangements fortheutiliza­
tionoftheCommunitytariffquotabasedonanalloca­
tionamongMemberStateswouldseemtobe
consistentwiththeCommunitynatureofthequota;
whereas,inorderthatitmaycorrespondascloselyas
possibletotheactualtrendofthemarketinthe
productinquestion,allocationofthequotashouldbe
inproportiontotherequirements oftheMember
StatesascalculatedbyreferencetostatisticsonWhereas,totakeaccountofimporttrendsforthe
productconcerned,thequotashouldbedividedinto
twotranches,thefirstbeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondheldasareserveto
coversubsequentlytherequirementsofMemberStates
whichhaveexhaustedtheirinitialshares;whereas,to
giveimporterssomedegreeofcertaintyandyet
enableCommunityproductiontobedisposedofon
satisfactoryterms,thefirsttrancheofthequotashould
befixedatabout96%ofthefullamount;

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4.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutyshallbe
totallysuspendedwithinthelimitsoftheabovequota.
5.NewMemberStatesshallapplydutiescalculated
inaccordancewiththerelevantprovisionsoftheAct
ofAccessiontoimportswithinthelimitsoftheabove
quota.WhereasMemberStatesmayexhausttheirinitial
sharesatdifferentrates;whereastoprovideforthis
eventualityandavoiddisruptionofsuppliesany
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitial
shareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthe
reserve;whereaseachtimeitsadditionalshareis
almostexhausted aMemberStateshoulddrawa
furthershare,andsoonasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalshares
shouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
collaboration betweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,whichlattermustbeinapositionto
keepaccountoftheextenttowhichthequotahas
beenusedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesaccord­
ingly;
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunuseditisessential,topreventapartofthe
Communitytariffquotafromremainingunusedin
oneMemberStatewhileitcouldbeusedinothers,
thatsuchStateshouldreturnasignificantproportion
thereoftothereserve;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,'anytransactionin
respectoftheadministration ofthesharesallocatedto
thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyone
ofitsmembers,Article2
1.TheCommunity tariffquotareferredtoin
Article 1shallbedividedintotwotranches.
2.Afirsttrancheof2187000metrictonsshallbe
allocatedamongtheMemberStates.MemberStates'
shares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevalidfrom1
Januaryuntil31December1977,shallbeasfollows:
(inmetricton*)
Benelux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom305000
145000
720000
267000
49000
1000
700000
3.Thesecondtranche,of124000metrictons,
shallconstitutethereserve.
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Duringtheperiodfrom1Januaryto31
December1977,aCommunity tariffquotaof
2311000metrictonsshallbeopenedinrespectof
newsprintfallingwithinsubheading48.01Aofthe
CommonCustomsTariff(').
2.MemberStatesmaychargeagainstthistariff
quotatheothertypesofpapercomplyingwiththe
definitionofnewsprintcontainedintheAdditional
NotetoChapter48,exceptasregardsthecriteria
governingwatermarks .
3.Importsofnewsprintshallnotbecharged
againstthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfreeof
customsdutiesunderotherpreferentialtarifftreat­
ment.Furthermore ,importsofanyotherpaper
referredtoinparagraph2enjoyingdutyfreeexemp­
tionunderthesaidtariffquotashallnotbecharged
againsttheindicativeceilingsfixedundercertainfree
tradeagreements .Article3
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshare
asfixedinArticle2(2),orofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,itshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commission ,drawasecondshare,totheextentthat
thereservesopermits,equalto15%ofitsinitial
share,roundedupasnecessarytothenextwhole
number .
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inthe
mannerandtotheextentprovidedforinparagraph 1,
drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted
90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
themannerandtotheextentprovidedforinpara­
graph1,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveis
exhausted .(')Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttoconditionstobe
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4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,Member
Statesmaydrawlessersharesthanthosespecifiedin
thoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.They
shallinformtheCommission oftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisprovision.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1977.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1977,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September1977,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturn
agreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1977,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
September1977andchargedagainsttheCommunity
tariffquotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialshares
returnedtothereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,inform
eachMemberStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
October1977,oftheamountstillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatwhenaquantityexhaustingthe
reserveisdrawn,theamountsodrawndoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andtothisendshall
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulatedshareoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatthetypesofpaperreferredtoinArticle
1(2)includedinthistariffquotaareinfactintended
fortheprintingofnewspapers ,weeklypapersorother
periodicalsofheadingNo49.02,publishedatleast10
timesperyear.
3.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtoit.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofimports
oftheproductsinquestionenteredwiththecustoms
authoritiesforhomeuse.
Article8
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommissionthe
MemberStatesshallnotifyitoftheimportations
chargedagainstitsshare.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29November1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.A.vanKEMENADE