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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
*
ONTHEOPENING,ALLOCATING ANDADMINISTRATION
OFTARIFFQUOTASFORCERTAINTYPESOFPAPERAND
PAPERBOARD,FALLINGWITHINSUBHEADINGS
EX48.01CIIAND48.01FOFTHECOMMON
CUSTOMSTARIFFORIGINATING INPORTUGAL(1980)COM(79)588 final
Brussels,31stOctober1979
/(presentedbytheCommission
t.'''l-.r-ilpresentedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
COM(79)588final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.On26'eptember1976theEuropeanEconomicCommunitysignedan-add-itionaL
ProtocolwiththePortugueseRepublic.Article4oftheprot-oeol
stipulatesthatforkraftpaperandkraftboardforwrapping,known
asKraftlinerandforpaperandpaperboard,other,oftariff
subheadingsex-48.01CIIand48.01F,originatinginPortugal, 1
theCommunity,asoriginallyconstituted,andIreland,shallopen,
fortheperiodfrom1January1976to31December1983,annualzero--
dutytariffquotasof42000tonnesand1500 <tonnesrespectively .
Thesequotasshouldbeincreasedyearlyby5%.Thetariffquotasfor ;
1980shouldno*beopened,5,
2.Thedraftregulationopeningthetariffquotasprovides-asiscusto-
meryinthisfield-forthedivisionofeachquotavolumeintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingallocatedamongtheMemberStatesasquota
sharesandthesecondbeingheldasareserve.
Theallocationofthevolumeofthefirstinstalmentofthequota
shouldbebasedontherulesgenerallyapplied..Theseinvolvecalcula­
tingeachMemberState'stotalimport'soverthelastthreeyearsasa
proportionoftotalCommunity'importsduringthesameperiodandapplying,
foreachMemberStates,thepercentages thusobtainedtothevolumeof
thefirstinstalment. .,.
3.Theforegoingisthesubjectoftheproposalforaregulation.
ANNEX :1proposal foraRegulation .
(1)DependingonwhathappenstotheCommission'sproposalsinthissectorwhicharebeingconsideredbytheCouncil.

PROPOSAL OF
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
ontheopening,allocationandadministration oftariffquotasforcertaintypes
ofpaperandpaperboard ,fallingwithinsubheadingsex48.01CIIand48.01Fof
theCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginPortugal(1980)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasArticle4oftheaddit­
ionalProtocoltotheAgreement
between 'tneEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthePortu­
gueseRepublic(')laysdownthattheCommunityas-
originallyconstitutedandIrelandshouldopenannual
duty-freetariffquotasforkraftlinerandforother
paperandpaperboardfallingwithinsubheadingsex
48.01CIIand48.01FoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginPortugal,of42000and1500
tonnesrespectively,whichshouldbeincreasedyearly
by5%asfrom1January1977;whereasthetariff
quotasconcernedshouldbeopenedfor1900;Whereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforall
Communityimportersequalanduninterruptedaccess
totheabovementioned quotasanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthesequotasto
allimportsoftheproductsconcernedintoallMember
Statesuntilthequotashavebeenusedup;whereas,
havingregardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunity
naturcofthequotascanberespectedbyallocatingthe
CommunitytariffquotasamongtheMemberStates;
whereas,inordertoreflectasaccuratelyaspossible
thetruetrendofthemarketintheproductsinques­
tion,suchallocationshouldbeinproportiontothe
requirementsoftheMemberStates,calculatedbyrefer­
encetothestatisticsforimportsfromPortugalovera
representative referenceperiodandalsotothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatis­
ticsareavailable,thecorrespondingimportsintoeach
oftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercen­
tagesoftotalimportsoftheproductinquestion,origi­
natinginPortugal:
Subheadingex48.01CII Subheading48.01F1
197*,,77;197b 1976 I19771978
Bénélux
Germany
France
Ireland
Iuly25-2
28-1
18-2
6-7
21831-4
321
21-7
14-831.0
30.322.0
16.228-7
54-0
80
9320-7
79-3100,
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarketforecastsfortheproductsconcerned
duringthequotaperiodinquestion,thepercentagesharesinthequotavolumesmaybe
expressedroughlyasfollows:
5ubheadingex48.01CII Subheading48.01P
Bénélux
Germany
France
Ireland
Iuly32.6
31.3
21.9
5.8
8.46.5
10.0
62,5
16.5
v.s-
(')OJNoLiT-lf29.9.1970,p.g

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whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrends
fortheproductsconcernedinthevariousMember
States,eachofthequotaamountsshouldbedivided
intotwoinstalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondconstitutingareserve
tocoveratalaterdatetherequirements ofthe
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialquota
shares;whereas,inordertogiveimportersineach
MemberStateacertaindegreeofsecurity,thefirst
instalmentoftheCommunityquotasmightunderthe
circumstancesbefixedat75%and50%respectively
ofthequotavolumes; -
WhereastheMemberStatesinitialsharesmaybe
usedupatdifferenttimes;whereas,inordertotake
thisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreakinconti­
nuity,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupits
initialquotasharesshoulddrawanadditionalshare
fromthecorresponding reserve;whereasthismustbe
donebyeachMemberStateasandwheneachofits
additionalsharesisalmostusedup,andrepeatedas
manytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial
andadditionalsharesmustbevaliduntiltheendof
thequotaperiod;whereasthismethodofadministra­
tionrequiresclosecooperationbetweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission ,andthelattermustbein
apositiontomonitortheextenttpwhichthequota
volumeshavebeenusedupandtoinformthe
MemberStatesthereof:whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,a
substantialquantityremainsunused,itisessentialthat
thatMemberStateshouldreturnasignificantpropor­
tiontothecorrespondingreservetopreventapartof
anytariffquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
χ
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperation
relatingtotheadministration ofthequotasharesallo­
catedtotheeconomicunionmaybecarriedoutby
anyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
ArticleÎ
Fortheperiod1Januaryto31Decemberl980,duty-
freetariffquotasshallbebpenedintheCommunity
asoriginallyconstitutedandIrelandforproductsorigi­
natinginPortugalandwithinthefollowinglimits:
CCT
,heading
.NoV DescriptionTariffquou
(tonnes)
48.01 Papersndpaperboard (including,cellulosewadding),
»•inrollsorsheets:
\> •• ■
C.Kraftpaperandkraftboard:1
exII.Other:
–KraftlinerP)51.051
.F.Other 1822
f1)SeethedefinitionintheAnnexhereto.
Article2(tonna)
.MemberStatei Subheading Subheading
es48.01Cil I48.01Ρ
1.ThetariffquotasprovidedforinArticle1shall Bénélux 125001Γ60
bedividedintotwoinstalments .Germany 12000 90
France 8400 .570
Ireland 2200 150
Italy I3200 40
2.Afirstinstalmentoteachquota,ot3gjqqan(j
910tonnesrespectively,shallbesharedamongthe
MemberStates;therespectiveshareswhich,subjectto
Article5shallbevaliduntil31December 1980,shall
beasfollows:'3.Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,of1275land
912tonnesrespectively,shallconstitutethecorres­
pondingreserve.v

-3-
Article3 Article6
1.If90%ormoreofoneoftheMemberStates
initialsharesasspecifiedinArticle2(2),or90%of
thatshareminustheportionreturnedtothecorres­
pondingreservewhereArticle5hasbeenapplied,has
beenusedup,then,totheextentpermittedbythe
amountofthereserve,thatMemberStateshallforth­
with,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawasecond
shareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedup
wherenecessarytothenextunit.
2.If,afteroneofitsinitialshareshasbeenusedup,
90%ormoreofthesecond'sharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenusedup,then,totheextent
permittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMember
Stateshall,inaccordancewiththeconditionslaid
downinparagraph 1,drawathirdshareequalto
7-5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessary
tothenextunit.TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3and,assoonasitisnotified,shallinformeach
Stateoftheextenttowhichthereserveshavebeen
usedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
October)980,oftheamountineachreserveafter
quantitieshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhaustsany
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,to
thisend,shallnotifytheamountofthatbalanceto
theMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
3.If,afteroneofitssecondshareshasbeenused
up,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shall,inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddownin
paragraph 1,drawafourthshareequaltothethird.1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresneces­
sarytoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmay
bechargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumu­
latedsharesofthetariffquota.
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and
3,aMemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthose
fixedinthoseparagraphsifthereisreasontobelieve
thattheymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinformthe
Commissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthispara­
graph.
Article42.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
oftheproductsinquestionestablishedintheirterri­
toryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsof
theproductsconcernedagainsttheirsharesasand
whentheproductsareenteredforfreecirculation ,
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importschargedundertheconditionssetinparagiaph
3.
Eachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December1930. Article8
Article)
i
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1980,thoseunusedportionsof
theirinitialshareswhich,on15September]980,are
inexcessof20%oftheinitialvolumes.Theymay
returnalargerquantityiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthisquantitymaynotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,not
laterthaniOctober1980,ofthetotalquantitiesof
theproductsinquestionimportedupto15
September]980andchargedagainstthetariffquotas
andofanyquantityoftheinitialsharesreturnedto
thereserves.AttheCommissionsrequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
ArticleÎ0
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1980.

ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States. *
Doneat
FortheCouncil
■' ThePresident
ANNEX
Definition
Subheadingex48.01CilKraftltner
Kraftlinermeansmachine-finished ormachine-glazed paperorpaper­
board,inrolls,containingnotlessthan80%ofchemicalsulphatesoft­
woodpulpCalculatedontotalfibrecontent,weighingnotmorethan
115g/m'andhavingaMullenburstratioofnotlessthan35.

V2Ciiil)'JNANCIhKL D.îtii:
1.Li>•,»«:budgétaireconcernée :Chap.12art.120
2.sojuridique :Art.113
3.Incicujôdelar.csuretarifaire :
Proposition derènlement(CiE)duConseilportantouverture,répartition
etmodedegestiondecontingentstarifairesdecertainspapiersetcartons
dessous-positions ex48.01CIIet48.01Fdutarifdouaniercommun,
originaires duPor,uqal(or.née1980)./
4.Objectif : .
Executiond'uneobligationcontractuelle (AccordCEE-Portugal )
5.Mododecalcul:
-N"duT.D.C. :ex48.01tII48.01F
-Voliiir.cdu/descontingent (s):51.051tonnes 1.822tonnes
-Droitsàappliquer :exemption exemption
-DroitsduT.D.C. :8% 11,6%
«
6.Percederecettes :
Lamêmemesuretarifaireestappliquéeen1979. >
Ilyadoncpasdepertece.recettesàinscrirepourl'exercice1930.