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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)223 final
Brussels.26May1977
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulations (EEC)Nos3030/76and3031/76
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration
ofCommunitytariffquotasforotherwovenfabricsof
cottonfallingwithinheadingNo55.09andforcertain
petroleumproductsfallingwithinChapter27ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originating inSpain(1977)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(77)223final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.OnChebasis oftheEEC-Spain Agreement of1970 ,each year
theCommunity opens annual Community tariff quotas at
reduced rates ofduty ,inrespect ofother woven fabrics
ofcotton falling within heading No55.09 oftheCCT
andcertain petroleum products falling within Chapter 27
oftheCCT ,originating inSpain ,asindicated below :
-1,800 metric tons atduty rates of5.2/5.6/6.0Z
for other woven fabrics cotton
-120,000 metric tons atduty rate of0.6 to2.8 Z
forcertain petroleum products .•
These tariff quotas relate only toimports into theConmunity
asoriginally constituted andatpresent cover theyear 1977*.
2.The special tariff treatment applied bythethree newMember
States toimports oftheproducts inquestion from Spain will
endon30June ofthis year .Import arrangements must be
aligned throughout theCommunity from 1July 1977 onwards ,
since pursuant totheActofAccession andinparticular
Article 59thereof ,from that date thenewMember States are
0JNoL350 ,20.12.1976 ,page 1.

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obliged toapply toimports oftheproducts inquestion the
customs duties set out inthe Common Customs Tariff .
3.Since itishardly tobeassumed that theadditional protocol
onwhich negotiations between theCommunity andSpain began
on6May 1977 will beapplicable from 1July 1977 ,the
Commission considers that inthese circumstances the Commu­
nity tariff quotas referred toabove should beextended to
cover thethree newMember States .Similarly account should
betaken oftheestimated volume ofimports oftheproducts
inquestion rinto those three Member States inthesecond
half ofthecurrent year and thequota volumes should be
increased accordingly .This would result inthefollowing
increases : 1
-of50metric tons forother woven fabrics ofcotton ,
-of100,000 metric tons forcertain petroleum products .
Inaccordance with normal practice ,aportion ofeach ofthese
additional volumes would beallocated toeach ofthe three Member
States concerned and theremainder allocated toexisting
Community reserves .
4.This tariff measure should beapplicable from 1July 1977 .
Itisessential that itbeadopted asrapidly aspossible .
5.This isthepurpose oftheproposal annexed hereto .

Proposal cor
Council Regulation (EEC)
amending Regulations (EEC)Nos3030 /76and3031 /76
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration
ofCommunity tariff quotas forother woven fabrics ofcotton
falling within heading No55.09 andforcertain petroleum
products falling within' Chapter 27oftheCommon Customs
Tariff ,originating inSpain (1977 )
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,'
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic
Community ,and inparticular Article 113thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
1Whereas Council Regulations (EEC)Nos3030 /76and3031 /76of9December 1976
laydown tariff arrangements forimports ofother woven fabrics
ofcotton falling within heading 55.09 and forcertain petroleum
products falling within Chapter 27oftheCommon Customs Tariff ,
originating inSpain ,only inrespect oftheMember States oftheCommunity
asoriginally constituted ;whereas those arrangements areapplicable for
21977 ;whereas ,pursuant totheAct ofAccession ,imports oftheproducts
inquestion into thethree newMember States will besubject from 1July
1977 tothecustoms duties setout intheCommon Customs Tariff ;whereas
theimport arrangements for theproducts inquestion must bealigned
throughout theCommunity asfrom that date ;whereas inconsequence the
above Regulations must beamended inorder topermit thethree newMember
States toparticipate inthetariff arrangements referred toabove ,
OJNoL350 ,20.12.1976 ,pp,1and 5
20JNoL73,27.3.1972 ,p.14.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
Regulation (EEC)No3030 /76ishereby amended asfollows :
1.InArticle 1thevolume of1,800 metric tons forother
woven fabrics ofcotton falling within heading No55.09
shall beincreased to1,850 metric tons .
Article 2shall read asfollows :
"1.Afirst instalment ,amounting to1,390 tonnes
oftheCommunity tariff quota referred toinArticle 1,
shall beallocated among theMember States ;therespec­
tive shares ,which subject toArticle 5shall bevalid
until 31December 1977 ,shall beasfollows :
Germany
Bénélux
Denmark
France
Ireland
Italy80tonnes
80tonnes
5tonnes
920 tonnes
10tonnes
270 tonnes
United Kingdom 25tonnes
2.The second instalment of460 tonnes shall
constitute the reserve ."
Article 2
Regulation (EEC)No3031 /76ishereby amended asfollows :

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1.InArticle 1thevolume of1,200,000 tonnes for
certain petroleum products falling within Chapter 27of
the Common Customs Tariff shall beincreased to
1,300,000 tonnes .
2-Article 2shall read asfollows :
"1.Afirst instalment ,amounting to1,000,000 tonnes
oftheCommunity tariff quota referred toin
Article 1,shall beallocated among theMember States ;
therespective shares ,which subject toArticle 5shall
bevalid until 31December 1977 ,shall consist ofthe
following amounts : '
Germany 425 000 tonnes
Bénélux 300 000 tonnes
Denmark 5000 tonnes
France 100 000 tonnes
Ireland 5000 tonnes
Italy 100 000 tonnes
United Kingdom 65000 tonnes
2.Thesecond instalment of300000tonnes shall
constitute the reserve ."
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird dayfollowing
itspublication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
Itshall apply from 1July 1977 .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly
applicable inallMember States .
Done atBrussels , For the Council
The President

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
1.Budgetlineconcerned:Ch.12Art.120
2.Leqalbasr£:Art.n3
3.Titleofthetariffmeasure:
ProposalfoijCouncilRegulation (EEC)No.../77amendingCouncil
Regulations (EEC)Nos3030/76and3031/76opening,allocatingand
providingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariffquotasfor
otherwovenfabricsofcottonfallingwithinheadingNo55.09
andforcertainpetroleumproductsfallingwithinChapter27of
theCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginSpain(1977)
4.Objectives :
Extensionofcontractual tariffmeasurestothethreenewMemberStates.
5.Methodofcalculation
-NoofCCT
-Quotavolume
-Quotadutyrate
-DutyrateCCT5.2to6%55.09
50metrictons
13to15%exChapter27
100000metrictons
0.6to2.8%
1.5to7%
6.Lossofreceipts
10,000to12,000EURaccordingtotheuseofthequota(55.09)
800,000to1,000,000 EURaccordingtotheuseofthequota
(Chapter27).
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