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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(76)538 final.
Brussels .15October 1976.
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Proposal fora
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening,allocation andadministration of
aCommunity tariffquotafornewsprint falling
withinsubheading No48.01AoftheCommonCus­
tomsTariff(1977)
(submitted totheCouncil "bytheCommission )
COM(76)538final

KAPLAÏ\TATORYIC^'IO^ITOUIVI
1.Atthelastmultinational CATTnegotiations ,theCommunity
undertook :tooponannually anildutyCommunitytariffquotafor
1500000motriotonsofnewsprintfallingwithinsubheading No48*01A
oftheCommonCustomsTariff.
Furthermore ,theCommunity informedtheHordiodelegation (textNord4
ofdocument NCG(67)<-/!1-rev.)thatithaddecidedtoopenanilduty
tariffquotaeachyearunderArtiole23oftheTreatyofRomeifit
wereestablished thatallpossibilities ofsupplyontheinternal
marketoftheCommunity hadbeenexhausted duringagiventrading
yearandafterhavingentirely usedupthenildutyquotaboundunder
GATT.
Judgingfrommarkettrendsoverthopa3tfewyearsitisclearalready
thatthe1^77Communitytariffquotamust "begreaterthanthe1500000
metriotonsoriginally established .ThisiswhytheCommission
considers thatitoenproposethooponingofatariffquotafor
2520000motriotons.Thisamountisbasedonfirstestimates ,
so'thatareviewofthesituation duringthecourseofthoyearis
naturally notexoluded.'
2.Thetarifiquotaisallocated inaccordance withthomethodwhich
hasnormallybeenapplied:allocationisbasedonpastimportfigures
andonestimatesforthoquotayearinquestion.
Furthermore ,inviewofthesizeofthequotaproposedfromthostart,
thoCommission considersthatitwouldbecontrarytiotheCommunity
natureofthisquotatodivideitupintosharesallocateddefinitively
toalltheMomberStates.Itthereforeproposesasystemofadministration
basedonthoinstitution ofaCommunityreservelimitedto4*25This
systemofallocation andadministration was,moreover,unanimously
approvedbyallthoMemborStatesatthetimeoftheopeningofthe
xj-.^„ -and1976tariffquotafor1975/Further,theMemberStates,atthe"Econoraio/and28TariffProblems"Groupmeetingon27April197^iunanimously agreedthat
thissystemshouldbecontinuedfor197

Proposalfora
r^ur^TioiT (esc)ofthecouncil
ontheopening,allocation and.administration ofaCommunitytariff
quotafornewsprint fallingwithinsubheading Ko43.01Aofthe
CommonCustomsTariff
(1S77)
THEC0U1ICIL0?TESEUBOPEAiT COMUiTITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean Economic
Community ,andinparticular Articles 113and28thereof ;
Havingregardtothoproposal fromthoCoirmiofiion ;
WhereasthoEuropean Economic Community hasundertaken toopenan
annualnildutyCommunitytariffquotaof1$00000metriotonsof
newsprint fallingwithintariffsubheading Kb48.01A;
Whereas,inviewofprer;entproduction capacitywithintheCommunity ,
thatquantityisinsufficient tomootforeseeable importrequirements ;
whoroanprovision shouldtherefore bomadsforanautonomous
supplementary quotawhichshavingregardtothoestimates submitted ,
maybefixedatpresentat1020000metrictons;whereasthefact
thatthisfigurehas"beenadoptedfortheautonomous supplementary
quotadocsnotexoludethopossibility ofreadjustment duringthoquota
poriod;whereasaCommunitytariffquotashouldthorofore boopenedfor
1>7^foratotalquantity of2520000metrictonsofnewsprint ;
Whereasequalandcontinuous accesstothoquotashouldboensuredfor
allCommunity importers andtherateofdutyforthotariffquota
shouldboappliedconsistently toallimportsonthoproductin
questionuntilthequotaisexhausted ;whereasinthelightofthese
principles ,arrangements fortheutilization ofthoCommunitytariff
quotabasedonanallocation amongMemberStateswouldseemtobo
consistent withtheCommunity natureofthoquota;whereas,inorder
thatitmaycorrespond ascloselyaspossibletotheactualtrendof
marketintheproductinquestion ,allocation ofthequotashouldbein
proportion totherequirements oftheMemberStatesascalculated by
reference tostatistics ofimportsfromthirdcountries duringa
representative roforonce poriodandtothoeconomicoutlookforthoquota
periodinquestion ;

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Whereas,forthelastthroeyoarr.forwhica 1-;i-^olcsar
available,ihaimportsofeach.of ruprc'3C,n"0d^
followingpercentages oftotalimport ~n^UOo,,"fc0a
~;sno.iux
r-eMiaai'iC
Geriaony
France
Irelam
Italy
UnitedKingdoffi
!teroa3,1ao/'dartoevalu^athose^atic-ticsproporly,however,^
acccaiitmustl=otokenofthefactthattb.ooponiivofaComityJ
quotaforth«enlarppdCc^y.,iity*ayalterWpattedoftradeof
Kcnfbor3t?,toav/:.tiithirdcountrice",whore.:,;;(viovo,.tho
ofthenxpoctaaevolution cithe-aiai-ko*vs.nc>YH.£vu*t ,*u
oforoclao'tior;.nparticular ,the,i,x:r:y'utrrr.^.M-^t-j^1^7?-
Vallocatoliaprivxiso'^ly tr.ofollovrin-porcc;:7ia,p^.
13.2cim 1974 1225
12.13 14«0414,06
6.>2 4.395.23
27.04-25-7827.05
S.4613.4611.86
0o.122.02
0.32 0»42 0=50
14.08 -39.29 39.28
EoneJ.ux
Lenrnr,rk 6,t2
29.36
2„0:G-2ransy
Fronça
Iro?aad
Italy °'C4
United .Xiïlsdoni 37„,7G,,

Whereas ,totake account offuture import trends fortheproduct
concerned ,thequota should "bedivided into twotranches ,thefirst
"being allocated among theMember States andthesecond held asa
reserve tocover subsequently therequirements ofMember States which
have exhaxisted their initial shares ;whereas ,togive importers some
degree ofcertainty ,while still enabling Community production tobo
disposed ofonsatisfactory terms ,thefirst tranche ofthequota
Bhould befixed atabout 96$ofthefull amount ;
Whereas Member States mayexhaust their initial shares' atdifferent
rates ;whereas toavoid disruption ofsupplies onthis account it
cnould beprovided that anyMember State which hasalmost used up
it3initial share should draw anadditional silage from thereserve ;
whereas each time itsadditional share isalmost exhausted aMember
Stcte should draw afurthor chare ,andsoonasmany times a3the
reserve allows ;whereas theinitial andadditional shares should be
valid until theendofthequota period ;whereas this form of
administration requires olose collaboration betwoen theMember States
andtheCommission ,andtheCommission must beinaposition tokeep
account oftheextent towhich thequota hasbeen used upandto
inform theMember States' accordingly ;

wtA.mm
Whereas ifatagiven date inthoquota period aconsiderable quantity
ofaMember State 'sinitial share remair .:unused itisessential ,to
prevent apart oftheCommunity tariff quota from remaining unused
inoneMember State while itcould beused inothers ,that such State
should return asignificant proportion thereof tothereserve ;
Whereas ,since theKingdom ofBelgium ,theKingdom oftheNetherlands
andthe C-rand Duchy ofLuxembourg areunited within .andjointly
represented bytheBenelux Economic Union ,anytransaction inrespect
ofthe administration ofthe shares allocated tothat Economio Union
maybecarried outbyanyoneofitsmembers ;
HAS .ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : •
Article 1
1•Tnere shall boopened within theCommunity fortheperiod 1January
to31December 197 rospect ofnewsprint falling within
subheading No43-01 AoftheCommon Customs Tariff ,aCommunity tariff
quota of2520000 metri'o tons .
2.Imports 'oftheproduct inquestion shall notbecounted under
this tariff' quota ifthey arealready free ofcustoms duties under
other preferential tariff treatment '.."/j.:^ .
1;* •• • ■
3.TheCommon Customs Tariff duty shall bototally suspended in
rospeot ofimportations under theabove quota .
4-NowMember States shall apply inrespect ofimportations within the
quota duties calculated inaccordance with therelevant provisions of
theAct ofAocession .

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Article 2
\.TheCommunitytariffquotaprovidedforinArticle 1shallbe
dividedintotwotranches .
"* 2411000
2.Afirsttrancheoff~metrictonsshall "beallooated amongth©_.
ilbj'ocrStates.Theshares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shall "bovalid
until31December 197?»shallbeasfollows:
Borxolvûu 320000.ÏÏIG*CX,XC"toïis
Denmark 145000metrictons
Germany ■720000metrictons
Franco 267000metrictons
Ireland 49000metrictons
Italy 1000metrictons
UnitedKingdom 909000metrictons
3.Thesecondtranche,of109000tons,shallconstitute a.reserve.
Article 3
1.AssoonasaMemberStatehasusedSOyiormoreofitsinitia
shareasfixedinArticle2(2),orofthatshareminusanyportion
returnedtothereservepursuanttoArtiole3,^shallforthwith,by
notifyingtheCommission ,drawasecondshare,totheextenttha*the
reserve GOpermits,equalto15/<>initialshare,roundedupAS,^
necessary tothonextwholenumber.
2.AssoonasaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitialshare,
hasused$0$ormoreofthesooondsharedrawnbyit,thatMemberState
shallforthwith,inthomannerundtotheextentprovidedinparagraph
1,drawathirdshareequalto7*5$ofitsinitialshare.

3.Assoon asaMember State ,after xhaurr^.r itssecond share ,has
used $0foormore ofthethird share r.":,yit,that Member State .
shall ,inthemanner andtotheextent provided inparagraph 1,draw
afourth share equal tothethird .
Itshall continue inthis fashion until the reserve isexhausted .
4.Bywayofderogation from paragraphs 1to3,aMember State may
draw shares lower than those specified inthose paragraphs ifthere
aregrounds for "believing that those specified maynot "beused infull .
AnyMember State applying this paragraph shall inform theCommission .
ofitsgrounds for sodoing .
Article 4
Additional shares dram pursuant toArticle 3shall bevalid until
31December '1977.
Article *5
i'.-vs i'joi.ner titf/bon sh.-O.l return tothereserve ,not l.V ,,orth.vi
1Octo'ior 1977 ,the uiiaso-l portion oftheir initial share which , -
on15Soptefjoor ?7,ir?inoxceun of20foftheinitial njnount .
"'10.7nayrot .urnn/yrocber portion ifthere arecroundc for
brlievin ;;fchftt fjuch portion nrwnotboUBGCI infull .
Member States shall ,notlater than 1<October 1$?7 ,notify theCommission
ofthetotal quantities ofthoproduot inquestion imported uptoand
inoluding 15September 1577andcharged against theCommunity quota and
ofanyportion oftheir initial shares returned tothe res'erve .

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Article o
TheCommission shallkeepanaccountoftnesharesopened "bythewember
Statespursuant toArticles 2and3andshall,assoonastheinformation ,
reachesit,informeachStateoftheextenttox;hichthereservehas
I:"-1onusedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan5October 1977,informtheKemberStatesof
theamountstillinreservofollowing anyreturnofsharespursuant to
Article 5»
Itshallensurethatwhenanamountexhausting thereserveisdram
theS-TT.C~rvtsodrawndoesnotexceedthe"balanceavailable ,andtothis
endahs-llnotifytheamountofthat "balancetotheMemberStatenauring
•L*~T1C-_L'3 ~
1.ii/veryMemberStatoshallta!ceallappropriate moasuros toensure
thatadditional charesdrawnpursuant toArtiolo 3areopenedinsuoh
awaythatimportations maybechargedwithoutinterruption against
itsaccumulated shareoftheCommunity quota.
2.EveryMemberStatoshallensurethatimporters oftheproductin
question established initsterritory havefreeaccesstotheshares
allocated toit.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupitsshareshall
bedetermined onthebasisoftheimportations oftheproductin
question enteredwiththecustomsauthorities forhomeuso.
Article 8
OnrcooiptofarequestfromtheCommission theMemberStatesshallnotify
itoftheimportations chargedagainstitsshare.

Article 9
■J.JlL...J_.J.IIJ ,
TheMemberStatesandtheComnissioi -shallcooperate closelytoensure
thattheprovisions ofthopreceding '-rfciciiisarecomplied with*.
Article 10
ThisRegulation shallonterintoforceon1January 1$7?•
ThisRegulation shall "be"bindinginitsentirety anddirootly applioahlo
inallMemberStates,
DoneatBrussels .
FortheCouncil
ThePresident