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Draftofa
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofa
Communitytariffquotaforyarnofpoly(p-phenyleneterephthalamide
foruseinthemanufacture oftyres,fallingWithinsubheading ex
51.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
C0M(82)222final

EXPLANATORY_MEMORAN0UM
1.Regulation (EEC)No3497/81of3December1981(1)opened,forthe
firsthalfof1982,anautonomous Communitytariffquotaof600
tonnesataduty-rateof2%foryarnofpoly(p-phenyleneterephta -
lamide)tobeusedinthemanufacture oftyres.
2.Thepossibility ofopeninganewquotaforthesecondhalfof1982
wasconsideredatameetingofthe"EconomicTariffProblems"group
on19February1982.
Itappearedthatasolutionenvisaging aquotaonthesameconditions,
withanidenticalamountsharedamongMemberStatesproratatotheir
requirements couldbeacceptedbyallMemberStates.
Thisistheobjectofthepresentdraftregulation.
(1)0JNoL353,9.12.1981,p.7.

DRAFTOFA
CPUNCiLREGULATION (SEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforyarnofpqly(p-phenyleneterephthaiamide foruseinthemanufacture
oftyres,fallingwitijinsubheadingex51.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission .
Whereastheproductionofyarn.ofpoly
(/>-phenyieneterephthalamidc iscurrentlyinsufficient
intheCommunitytomeettherequirements ofthe
userindustriesintheCommunity ;whereas,
consequently .Communitysuppliesofproductsofthis
typecurrentlydependtoaconsiderableextenton
importsfromthirdcountries;whereasitisinthe
Community'sinteresttopartiallysuspendthe
CommonCustomsTariffd-ify(ortheyarninques­
tion,withintheCommunitytariffquota,ofanappro­
priatevolumeforarelativelylimitedperiod;svheieas
inordernottobringir>toquestionthedevelopment
prospectsofthisproductionindueCommunitywhile
ensuringarjadequatesupplyto&arisfyuserindustries,
itisadvisabletolimitthebenefitsoftariffquotas
solelytoproductsforuse:inthemanufactureoftyres,
tooperstheQizocHfo;'iheperiodIJulyto
December198^,andtofixthevolumeofthisquotaat
aisvelof600tonnes,corresponding f.otheneedsfor
imports.totnthud -countsrtesduringthatperiod,arid
tofixihtquotaat2%;
whereasequalendcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforaiiCommunityimportersand
thetateofduty"orthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistentlyto«<iimportsuntilthequotais
exhausted ;whereas,inthelightoftheseprinciples,
arrangements fortheutj??£ctionofthetariffquota
basedon>nallocationamongMemberStateswould
seemtobeconsistentwiththeCommunitynatureof
thequota;whereas,-tocorrespondascloselyas
possibletotheactualtrendinthemarketinthe
productinquestion,allocationofthequotashouldbe
inproportiontotherequirements oftheMember
Statessscalculatedbyreferencetostatisticsofimports
Tornthirdcountriesduringarepresentativereference
periodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodinquestion.whereas,however,sincethequotaisanautonomous
Communitytariffquotaintendedtocoverimport
neecisarisingintheCommunity ,forexperimental
purposes,thequotavolumemaybeallocatedon'the
basisofthetemporaryimportneedsfromthirdcoun­
triesevpressedbyeachoftheMemberStates;whereas
thesearrangementsforallocationwillequallyensure
theuniformapplicationoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff;
Whereas,totakeaccountofpossibleimporttrendsfor
theproductconcerned,thequotavolumeshouldbe
dividedintotwotranches,thefirstbeingallocated
betweencertainMemberStatesandthesecondheldas
areservetomeetsubsequentrequirementsofMember
StateswhichhaveusedUptheirinitialsharesandany
additionalrequirementswhichmightariseinthe
otherMemberStater;whereas,togiveimportersof
theMemberStatessomedegreeofcertainty,thefirst
trancheofthetariffquotashouldbefixedatarela­
tivelyhighlevel,whichinthiscasecouldbe594
tonnes;
Whffear;initialstaresmaybeusedupatdifferent
rates:whereastoavoiddisruptionorsupplieson.this
accountitshouldbeprovidedchatanyMemberState
whichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddraw
anadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereaseach
timeiisadditionalshareisalmostusedupaMember
Stateshoulddrawafurthershare,andsoonasmany
timesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additionalsharesshould 1*validuntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthisformo>administration
requiresclosecollaboration betweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission ,whichlattermustbeina
positiontokeepaccountof.theextenttowhichthe
quoteshavebeenusedupaadtoinformtheMember
Statesaccordingly;
Whereas,if9tagiven,dateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberSlate'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve,
iriordertoprevent,apartoftheCommunityquota
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcould
beusedinothers;.
Whcveas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlands,andtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourgareunitedwithinandjoindy

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representedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,a«iy
measureconcerningtheadminisivaticm oftheshares
allocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarriedout
byanyoneofits,members,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Julyuntil31December1982the
CommonCustomsTariffdutyforyarnsofpoly
$>-phenyleneterphthalamide )fallingwithinsub­
heading51.01Aforuseinthemanufactureoftyres
shallbesuspendedatthelevelof2%withinthe
frameworkofaCommunitytariffquotaofAnntonnes.
this
2.Withinthelimitsof'thriftquota,Greeceshall
applycustomsdutiescalculatedinaccordancewith
therelevantprovisionsinthe1979ActofAccession.
Article2
l.Afirsttrancheof594tonnesofthisCommunity
tariffquotashallbeallocatedamongcertainMember
States;theshares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbe
validuntil-1December1982,shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)
Bénélux 100
Dcnmark 1
Germany 60
Greece 1
France 340
Ireland >
Italy 60
UnitedKingdom 30
2.Thesecondtrancheof6tonnesshallconstitute
thereserve.
Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofits
initialshareasfixedinArticle2{!),orofthatshare
minusanyportionreturnedtothereservepursuantto
Article5itshaliforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommis­
sion,drawasecondshare,totheextentthatthe
reservesopermits,equalto5%ofitsinitialshare
roundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitial
share,hasused90%ormoreofthesecondshare
drawnbyit,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,inthemannerandso\neextentprovidedinparagraphi.
arawath.cishsi:eequaltc2.5%oiitsin&iushare
roundedupaso-;cessa/ycothenextwboitaumbet.
3.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecond
share,hasused90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawn
byit,thatMemberStateshall,inthemannerandto
theextentprovidedinparagraph 1,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthosespeci­
fiedinthosepafagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingjhstthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.
AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshall
informtheCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31Deccjfiiberl982..
Article5
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan15November
198^..returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,onlNovemberI982^>sinexcess
of20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturna
greaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
itmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan15November
1982/lotitytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesof
theproductsinquestionimportedupto1November
19ft2an<jchargedagainsttheCommunityquotaand
of'anyportionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedtothe
reserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
opendbytheMemberStatespursuanttoAiiicles2
and3andshall,assoonasthenotifications reachit,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.Itshall,notlaterthan20
November 2982,informtheMemberStatesofthe
amountsstii!.nreservefollowinganyreturnofshares
pursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesi»otexceedthebalanceavailable,andto
thisendshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetotht
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.

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Article7
1.MemberStatesshal!takeallappropriate
measurestoensurechatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopen£dinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraggregatesharesoftheCommunitytariffquota.
2.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethattheproductslistedinArticle
I(1),benefitingfromtheCommunitytariffquota,are
indeeddestinedforuseinthemanufactureoftyres.
Controloftheuseforthisspecialpurposeshallbe
carriedoutpursuanttotherelevantCommunityprovi­
sions.
3.MemberStatesshallensurethatimporterofthe
productinquestion,establishedintheirterritory,have
freeaccesstothesharesallottedtothem.
4.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productinquestionagainsttheirsharesastheproductisenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfreecircula­
tion. _
5.TheextenttowhichMemberStateshaveused
uptheirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisof
importschargedagainstthemundertheconditions
setoutinparagraph4.
Article8
AttheCommissionsrequest,theMemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallco­
operatecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July
1982,
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels.,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident