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COMMISSION OFTHEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)327 final.
Brussels,14July1977
Proposalfora-
REGULATION(EEC)OFTHE_COUNCIL
ontrieopening,allocationandadministration ofa
Communitytariffquotaforcertainplywoodsofconiferous
species,.fallingwithinheadingNoex44.15oftheCommon
CustomsTariff(1978)
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
COM(77)327final.

EXPI.ANATORÏ MEHORAKD'JM
1.Pi-oioco".Vn11tothoActooncemingtheConditionsofAcceaoionandtho
AdjustmentotothoTreaties1providesforthoopeningbytheCommunityfrom
1January1974ofautonomouszerodutyCommunity ,tariffquotaaforoortain
plywoodsofconiferousspecies,thevolumethereoftobedecidedannually
'whenitisestablishedvhatallpossibilities ofsupplyonthoInternal
maiv.ctofthorommunityrillbeexhaustedduringtheperiodforwhichtho
quoVidaroopft..Inan-.i;hercontext,intheoourGeofth>,laatGAITnegotiation ^
thoCor.vnunity .'inoundorvikentoopen,forthoseproduota,aCommunitytariff
quotiiof400C;0oubiovitreofreefromcustomsduties.
2.ThisproponedHo^ulationooncornathoCotnniunitytariffquotaainquestionto
beopenedfor1978andallocatedamongIleuberStates.
3.Thismatterwasdealtwithatadvisorymeotin£sofexpertsfromtha
KimborStatesholdon1975and197<}atwhichitbecameclearthattaking
intoacoountthopoooibilitiooofsupplyontheCommunitymarket,whioh
areinfacteoivewhatlimited,andonthebasisofODtimatoasubmittedby
theK::mbcrStatoo,thetariffquotasinquootioncouldyetbefor1978.
Crouprdundorasinglequotaof700,000cubicmetres/ThoB3ZQoftho
quotf.\,fixedonthebasicofprovisionalestimates,remainsofcouroe
Bubjo.jt.toareexamination ofthesituationduringthoquotaperiod.
4*Themethodofadministration proposodisthesameanthatusuallyadopted
forautonomousCommunitytariffquotaaandconsistsbasioallyof»ha
following;
-thesettingupofareserveof30,000oubiometres;
–theallocationofthet'rsttrmchoinproportiontothe'neadsoxproooed
byMemberStates;
«•theohargingofimportsu^jainntMemberStates'sharesusandwhentho
productsareenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforhoruoUse.
• *
Thismethodofadministration whiohwaomorooveralroadyuvodfor1975,1976
and1977,hasbeendiscussedinthecourseofthemeetingofthe"Economictariffproblems"groupof13/14April1977,withMemberStates'experts,
whoconsideredthatitcouldbemaintainedfor1978.
X0JNoL7i,27ViBXO):1972,p.170

REGULATION (EEC)NoOI:THECOUNCIL
on'tin-.ncning,allc.ationandadministrationofaCommunitytariffquotaforcertain
olvivovJ*ofconifer.ustpccics,fallingwithinheadingNocx44.15oftheCommon' CustomsTariff(1978)
THLCOUNCILOPTHEEUROPl'ANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingrcR.iriitotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticles28
amMHthereof;
Havingreg.udtotiioproposalfruntheCommission;
Wh.'i'eas,'iiilnP'otocolNoIItotncActof
Av"«sioni';.il'i-ioinniunii)isrequiredtoopen
C.uh)T.IInililmyCommunitytarili'quoias:lor
certainplvwood*ofconiferousspeciesfallingwithin
headingNoex<14.15oftheCommonCustoms
Tarilf,iliexflnnu-thereoftohedecidedannually
whenitisestablishedthatallpossibilitiesolsupply
»ntheinternalmarketoftheCommunityh.iycbeen
"xhauvteiltintntfttheperiodforwhichthequotas
'.In-i'-as,inviewoftheaforesaidpossi­
bilitiesofMipnlyandonthebasisofforecastsof
requiicineiii .madeI•)"theMemberSuites,thevol­
umei>1thetanflquotatoheopenedfor1978may
hefi\id-<1700M"1'""lwhereastheopeningofthe
aforementioned tariffquotaalsocoversthe'commit­
mententeredintohytheCommunitywithinthe
GAITtograntinrespectoftheseproductsan
annualduty-freetariffquotaof'100000m'jwhereas
thenhovcmciitioucd requirementsdonotinclude
importstowhichotherpreferentialtariffarrange­
mentsmayapply;whereas,inviewofflic
relativelysmallquantitiesproducedintheCom­
munity,itisnormccssorytoapportionthisamount
betweenthecategoriesofplywoodspecifiedinthe
abovcmcntioiicd ProtocolNo11:
(')OJNoL7»,27.J.1972,p.170Whereas,totakemorepreciseaccountoffuture
trendsinimportsoftheproductsconcerned,the
quotashouldhedividedintotwotranches,,thefirst
beingallocatedamongalltheMemberStatesand
thesetoudheldasareservetocoverthesubsequent
requirementsofMemberStateswhishhaveexhausted
theirinitialshares;whereas,inordertooffer
impoitiissomedegreeofsecurity,thefirsttrancheof
thequotashouldbefise-lata■dativelyhighh-vel,or
about46"'"•'*"mount;whereas,onthebasis
ofMemberSlates'estimates <•(liieirneeds,the
initial«harcsmaybefixedassetoutinArticle2;
WheteasMemberSt.ncsmayuseuptheirinitial
sharesatiliUcrentrates;whereas,toprovideforthis
eventualityamitoavoiddisruptionofsupplies,any
MemberStalewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitial
shareshoulddrawanadditionalshareliomthe
resnw;whereas,c.uhtimeitsadditionalshareis
almostusf-dup,*MemberStateshoulddrawa
funheradditionalshaie,andsoonas.manytimes
a*theleserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additionalshaicsshouldbevaliduntiltheendof
lhequotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecoll.iboiationbetweenMemberStates
and'thcCommission ,whichlattctmust,inparticular,
heabletokieparecordoftheextenttowhichthe
quotahasbeenusedupandtoinformtheMember
Statesaccordingly;.
Wheteasif,at,agivendateinthequot.-vperiod,a
considerablequantityofaMemberStale'sinitial.-.hare
remainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMember
Stateshouldreturnasignificantproportiontothe
reserve,soastoavoidapartofthequotaremaining
unusedinoneMemberStatewhenitcouldbeused
inothcis:

-2-
Whereas,niucctheKingdom •>belgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlands andme(.randDucliyof
l.uvcmbourg .ireunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
by;Ih-lU-miuxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
toiKimm;:iradministration ofthesharesallocated
toth.it1'i.i'iioin.cUnionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oikoflismembers,
1r.\r.AD.i'iT.DTHISRF.GUJ .llON:
ArtideI
1.Duringtheneriod1Janlaryto31December
1978,aComnuuiitytariffquotiof700<)00m*shall
beopenedforthefollowingproductsfallingwithin
headingNocx*14.15oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff:
(a)plywoodofconiferousspecies,without -the
additionmiothersubstances,ofaliiickiwss
greaterthan9nun,thehicesofwhicharcnot
fiii'lvpreparedthanthepeelingprocess;
,ii/ji1y\<ot'i!ofco/iiforritisspecies,withouttin.
rdi!:tionofothersubstances,saix.Ii'I,andofa
i!uc;iicssgreaterthan18-5mm.
importsoftheproductsinquestionmaynotbe
oniji'dagainstliiistariffquotaiftheyarcalready
freeofcustomsdutiesunderotherpiefenniialtariff
.irr.in^mcitlfc .
.>.TheCommonCustomsTaiiff',clufy"shallbe
tol.i'iysuspendedwithinthelimitsoftheabove
quota.
Article2
1.ThetariffquotareferredtoinArticleI(I)shall
bedividedintotwotranches.
2.Afirsttrancheof670<X0mashallb<.allocated
amongtheMember';ntes.MemberState'shares
which,subjecttoArticle5,shallbevaliduntil
31December1978,sha;ibeasfollows:Bciwlux •
Denmark
Gerniany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom -)u1o;,u
3.Thesecondtrancheof30/000ni*shallconstitute
thereserve.
, Article.1
I.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshai
asii\cilinAuicle2(?.),or'.ifthatshareinii..istr;*
portionreinruedtothetescivewhen/m>ic>■
beenapplied,hasbenuse!n;-.thatMemberli>ti
shallforthvith,byooiiivingtin*(t*i:i-i>i<-ii»n,lir;v
asecondshaie,loilu*est-mthattheicsciveso
permits,equaltoiO'/'oofitsinitialshare,rounded
upasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
'I,alteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted.'<()%
oimore»>I.llii-'sci"inlsh.ucdrrvnbyaMember
Sta'eiiasbeenusedup,thatiMciiiIhtSt.i''-shall.
themannerauitotl»rextentpiovided |aiai;r.ipi
I,drawathiidshaieequalto.5%ofitsinitial'.bare,
roundedupn.snecessarytothenextwholenumber.
3.If,afn:ritssecondshare•'>sbenexhausted,
9<)%ormoreofthethirdshaicdrawnbyaMember
Statehi,beentt'.iilup,,thruMemberStateshall,in
themannerandto"theextentprovidedinpara­
graphI,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2.and
3,MemberStatesmaydrawlessersharesthanthose
specifiedthereiniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.They
shallinformtheCommission oftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisparagraph.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shall
bevaliduntil31December1978•incubicmetres
125900
100050
86200
17200
12950
25850
301850

ArticleSAriitU'/
Mci.iimSi.iresshallrciumrothereserve,notlater
than1Oct<»b<rI'>78,'heumr'.dpoilionsoltheir
iniii.ilshareswh.ch,«"oSeptember1978,arein
>f2n%•>('heinitialamounts.Theymay
icfwrnavjrott.po-noniftherearcgroundsfor
K'M.".HIJ;iliiirSo-1*portionma/notbeusedinfull.
Me.nberSMIOS*-»■''!notify,heCommission,not
J.ii.thanIOctc.niIV78,of.ietotalquantitiesof
the;>r<»«l>.sini|iies'i'»nimporteduptoand
Sept'mix-'•'8andchan*dagainstthe
T.'•nunmot•andanyportion>ftheirinitial
retcdu>liicixervc.1.MemberStatessli.illlakeall:\j-prnpnah.m««'>suri ,s
toensurelhatadditional .sharesdrawn,pur&»owtto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatiniparterrviy
bechargedwithoutinterruption againstthri<"
aggregatesharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionestablishedintheirterritory
havefreeaccesstotlu-sharesallocatedtothem.
3.MemberStates'.hallchargeimportsofthe
prodmitini|:;-stion,»(*.ainMiluirsharesasandv.hen
thep>•lm:i>■i'emi'dwniithe<usromsauthoimes
iorKU"MM
4.'IinextenttowhichaMemberSlatehasused
up!ishirr .hall ■••;(tint'oni!eb.<''>■
ii.i.omiiiisMoi -hallkeepa>anoun;olme'unit
openedbyliieMemberStair*,pursuanttoArii'les
2and3and,a*soonasit1>sbeennotified,sli.til
ini'TMieachSlauoftheexterntowhichthereserve
hasbeenusiiup.
TrshallinformtheMemberSintei.notlaterthan
1Oirol/erI978,oftheamouiis:tilinreserveafter
amnu'itslii.vebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Auiii.5.
Itshallensure"thatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedocsn«»rexceedil.cbalanceavailable.and,
tothisend,shallnotifytheamountofthatbalance
i'itheMemberSlatemakingthelastdrawing.Art,,!,'A'
AttheCommission' reqe-sr,Member'•'.ues'hah
inlmmi(ol(lien>.'oilsaciu.ill'-iht.^ed -if.
tbeiisiiires.
Artici.-9
MemberStalesamitheCommission sh.illcooperate
clo<"I)toensurelhatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article10
TheMemberStatesshallforwardtothe
Commissionwithin45daysofthe
publicationofthisRegulationin
theOfficiaiJournaloftheEuropean
Communities,theprovisionstheyhave
adoptedwithaviewtoitsapplication.
*
Article11
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceoniJanuary
1»?8.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentirelyanddirectlyApplicableinallMember
States.
Doneat'
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

FINANCIAL STATEMENTDate:24May1977
1.Budgetlineconcerned:Ch.12Art.120
2.Legalbasis:Art.28a>d113oftheTreaty
3.TitUofthetoriffmeavjre:
ProposalforaRegulation (EEC)oftheCouncilontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforcertainplywoodsofconiferous
species,fallir.gwithinheadingNoex44.15oftheCommonCustomsTariff(1978).
4.Objectives :
RespectofengagementscontractedundertheGATTandtoassuremeetingthe
Communities' needsforproductsofthistype.
5.Methodofcalculation :
-NoofCCT
-Quotavolume
-Quotadutyrate
-DutyrateCCTex44.15
700;000m3
0%
13%
6.Lossofreceipts:11,300,000 -UCE