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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(73)1967 Final
Brussels .23November 1973
1
DRAFT
Regulation (EEC)oftheCouncilontheopening,allocation
andadministration ofaCommunity tariffquotafor
certainplywoods ofconiferous species,falling
withinheading Noex44.15 "theCommon
CustomsTariff(1974)
(submitted totheCouncil "bytheCommission )
COM(73)1967Final

Hbcplariator.y Mémorandum
1
1.Under Protocol No11totheAct concerning' theconditions of
Accession andtheAdjustments totheTreaties ,theCommunity
istoopen twonilduty Community tariff quotas from 1January
1974 ,thevolumes ofvhich areto "bedecided annually when it
isestablished that allpossibilities ofsupply ontheinternal
market oftheCommunity will beexhausted during theperiod for
which the quotas areopen *
2.Onthebasis offorecasts made bytheMember States ,theCommunity 's
requir smsnts forimports from third countries fortheyear 1974 will
amount to873500cubic metres .
Hox-;ever ,taking into account theprovisions oftheabovcmentioned
Protocol concerning theexhaustion ofthepossibilities ofsupply
ontheinternal market oftheCommunity ,theCommission considers
that thevolume ofthequota to "beopened atthebeginning ofthe
year should not exceed 700COOcubic metres ,ontheunderstanding
that this figure canbeadjusted later ifnecessary .
3«Itisproposed that administration should beregulated intheusual
way ,that istosay ,basically ,that areserve isheld ,ofavolume
equal to20^,andthat imports arecounted against thequota asand
when they arepresented forcustoms clearance under declarations for
consumption *3.
10JNoL73,27March 1972 ,P.170

Draft
Regulation (EEC)oftheCouncil
on\..\eopening ,allocation andadministration
ofaCommunity tariffquotaforcertain
plywoods ofconiferous species ,fallingwithin
.heading Noex44°15oftheCommonCustomsTariff
(1974) ,
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean Economic
Community ,andinparticular Article23thereof ;
IlavingregardtothedraftRegulation submitted bytheCommission ;
1
•Ihereas,voiderProtocol Ho11totheActconcerning theConditions of
Accession andtheAdjustments totheTreaties ,theCommunity istoopen
twonildutyCommunitytariffquotasfrom1January 1974forcertain
plywoodsfallingwithinheading Noex44-15"theCommonCustoms
Tariff,thevolumethereoftobedecidedannually whenitisestablished
thatallpossibilities ofsupplycntheinternal marketoftheCommunity
willbeexhaustedduringtheperiodforwhichthequotasareopen;
whereas ,onthebasisofforecasts madebytheMemberStates,the
foreseeable importrequirements fortheprodi?.ctsinquestion during
theyear1974amountto873500cubicmetres;whereas,inthelightof
theprovisions oftheabovemen+iored Protocol concerning theexhaustion
ofthepossibilities ofsr.pplyontheinternal marketoftheCommunity ,
thevolumeofthetariffquotatobeopenedatthebeginning ofthe
yearshouldbelimitedto700000cubicmetres;whereasfixingthe
volumeatthisleveldoesnotexcludeadjustment duringtheperiodfor
whichthequotaisopen;whereastherequirements mentioned abovedo
notincludeimportstowhichotherpreferential tarifftreatment may
aPPljrjparticular undertheEuropean FreeTradeAssociation
arrangements ;whereasthedutiestobeappliedbythenewMemberStates
underthesaidtariffquotamustbeinconformity withtheprovisions of
thesaidActofAccession ,andinparticular withthoseofArticle39
thereof ;
10JNoL73,27March1972,p.170

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Whereas,to"takeaccountmorea.ccuratoiyoffutureimporttrendsfor
theproductvoiderconsideration ,thototalquotavolumeshouldbe
dividedintotwotranches ,thefirstbeing .allocated amongtheHember
StatesandtheEecondheldasareservetocoveratalaterdatethe
requirements ofMemberStatesrhohaveuseduptheirinitialshares;
whereastogiveimporters soaecartain-ly,thefirsttrancheshouldbe
ofafairlylargeamountandcouldbefixedatQ&foofthetotal
quantity ;whereas,onthebasisofforecasts bytheMemberStates,
theinitialsharescanbedetermined asfollows :
Incubicmetres
Germany 53350
Bénélux 66000
/ France 43050
Itrly ' ?400
Denm^rk 83500
Iroland 35300
UnitedKingdom 256400
Whereastheinitialsharesmaybeusedupfairlyquickly;whereas,
therefore ,toavoiddirruption .ofsupplies ,anyMemberStatewhich
hasalmostusedupitsinitiaJ .shareshoulddrawasupplementary share
fromthereserve ;whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStateas ■
©vChoneofitssupplementary ?haresisalmostusedup,andasmany ,
timesasthereserveallocs;whereastheinitialandsupplementary
sharesmustbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthis
formofadministration requiresclosecollaboration betweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission ,andtheCommission mustbeinapositionto
followtheextenttowhichthequotavolumehasbeenusedupandinform
theMemberStatesthereof;..

ΑΝΪΓΕΧ Ο
Whereas ,ifatagivenelateinthequotaperiod,aMemberStatehas
aconsiderable quantityleftover,itisessential thatitshould
returnasignificant proportion thereoftothereserve,topreventa
partoftheCommunity tariffquotafromremaining unusedinone
llenberStatewhileitcould "beusedinothers;
WhereassincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomoftheNetherlands
andtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourg arejointlyrepresented bythe
LeneluxEconomic Unionanymeasureconcerning theadministration of
thesharesallocated tothateconomic unionmaybecarriedoutbyone
ofitsmembers :
KASADOPTED THISPJUGÏTLATIOIT :
1.Duringtheperiodfrom1Januaryto 31December 1974aCommunity
tariffquotaof700000cubicmetresshallbeopenedinthe
Community forthefollowing productsfallingwithinheading
Hoox44=15oftheCommonCustomsTariff:
2.Importsoftheproductinquestion maynotbecountedunderthis
tariffquotaifthoyerealreadyfreeofcustomsdutiesunder
otherpreferential tarifftreatment applied bycertain Member
States,inparticular theEuropean FreeTradeAssociation
arrangements :
(a)plywoodofconiferous species,withouttheadditionofother
substances ,ofathickness greaterthan$ram,ofwhichthe
facesarenotfurtherprepared thanthepeelingprocess ;
(b)plywoodofconiferous species,withouttheadditionofother
substances ,sanded,andofathickness greaterthan18.5ram*
3°WithinthistariffquotatheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesshall
betotallysuspended .
4«Withoutprejudice totheiroptiontoaccelerate alignment under
Article 41oftheActofAccession ,thenewMemberStatesshal]\
rithinthistariffquotaapplyinlieuofthedutiesapplicable
intradewiththirdcountries from1January 1974andlisted
inColumn 1ofthetablebelowthedutieslistedinColumn'2fc--."•
thereof :

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Quotaduty
1.Thirdcouiitryduty
2
UnitedKingdomDenmarlc
Irelandοη3
0Ί»
18fo
3%
6$S5-2c/o
■5-2f>
23.2cjo
8.2#
11.2%
1ThedutytobeappliedbytheUnitedKingdominrespsctofproducts
imported underthesaidquotafromaCommonwealth countryshallbe
determined byreducingby40%thedifference betweenthebasicduty,
thatistosaythedutyapplicable intradewithsuchcountries on
1January 1972,andthenilquotaduty.
1.TheCommunity tariffquotareferred toinArticle 1rhallbe
dividedintotv:otranches .
2.Thefirsttrancheoff>60000cubicmetresshallbeallocated among
theMemberStates;therespective sharesoftheMemberStates,,
which,subjecttoArticle 5»shallbevalidfrom1Jarriaryto
31December 1974»shallbeasfollows:Article 2
UnitedKingdomGermany
Bénélux
France
Italy
Denmark
Ircland5"3>0cubicmetres
66000cubicmetres
40O^Ocubicmetres
7400cubicmetres
80500cubicmetres
35300cubicmetres
256400cubicmetres
3.Thesecondtranche,of140000cubicmetresshallconstitute a
reserve .

Article 3
1.If°0^ormore ofaMember State 'sinitial share asspecified in
Article 2(2),orofthat share minus theportion returned tothe
reserve whore Article 5isapplied ,hasbeen used up,that Member
States shall without delay ,bynotifying theCommission ,draw a
second share ,totheextent that thereserve issufficient ,equal
to105Sofitsinitial share ,rounded upwhere necessary tothe
next unit .
2,If,aftoritsinitial share hasbeen used up,SQffoormore ofthe
second share drawn byaMember State hasbeen used up,that Member
State shall ,bynotifying theCommission ,draw athird share ,tothe
extent that thereserve issufficient ,equal to5$ofitsinitial
share ,rounded tipwhere necessary tothenext unit .
3.If,after itssecond share hasbeen used up,90$ormore ofthethird
share draim byaMember State hasbeen used up,that Member State
shall ,inaccordance with theprovisions ofparagraph 2,draw up
afourth share equal tothethird .
t
This process shall continue toapply until thereserve isused up.
4-Bywayofderogation from paragraphs 1to3,aMember State maydraw
shares lover than those fixed inthose paragraphs ifthere aregrounds
.*forbelieving that those fixed maynotbeused up.Itshall inform
theCommission ofitsreasons forapplying this paragraph .
Article 4
Supplementary shares drawn pursuant toArticle 3shall bevalid until
31December 1974 »
xlrticle 5
AMember State which on15September 1974 hasnotused upitsinitial
share shall return tothereserve not later than 10October 1974 "the
unused portion exceeding 20%oftheinitial amount .Itmayreturn a
greater portion ifthere aregrounds forbelieving that itmaynotbe
used up.

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MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October1974»notifythe
Commission ofthetotalquantities oftheproductinquestion imported
uptoandincluding 15September 1974andcountedagainstthoCommunity
tariffquota .andanyquantities returnedtothereserve.
Article 6
TheCommission shallkeepanaccountofthesharesopenedbytheIfenber
StatespursuanttoArticles 2and3andshall,assoonasinformation
reachesit,informeachstateoftheextenttowhichthereserveha3
beenusedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan -15October1974»informtheMemberStatesofthe
amountstillinreserveafterreturnshavebeenmadepursuant to
Article 5-
ItshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupthereserveisUnit3dto
thebalanceavailable andtothisendshallspecifytheamountthereof
totheMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article 1
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasures necessary toensurethat
supplementary sharesdrawnpursuant toArticle 3areopenedinsuch
awaythatimportsmaybecountedwithoutinterruption againsttheir
accumulated sharesintheCommunity quota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimporters oftheproductinquestion
established intheirterritory havefreeaccesstotheshares
allocated tothem.
3.MemberStatesshallcountimportsoftheproductinquestion against
theirsharesasandwhensuchproductsarepresented forcustoms
clearance underdeclarations forconsumption .
4«TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupitsquota-share
shallbedetermined byreference toimportscountedinaccordance
withparagraph 3•

Article 8
Member States shall regiixarly inform theCommission of .imports
actually counted against their shares .
Article 9
Member States andtheCommission shall cooperate closely toensure
that thepreceding Articles areobserved .
Article 10
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1January 1974 *
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly
applicable inallMember States .
Done atBrussels , 19 Per the Council
The President