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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
INCREASING THE VOLUME OFTHE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OPENED
FOR 1980 BYREGULATION (EEC )No2898 /79FOR CERTAIN
PLYWOODS OFCONIFEROUS SPECIES FALLING WITHIN
HEADING NoEX44.15 OFTHE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF
(presented bytheCommission totheCouncil )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM '
1InRegulation (EEC)No2898/79of18December1979,theCouncilopened
aCommunitytariffquotaforcertainplywoodsofconiferous speciesfor
1980,thevolumeofwhich,fixedat700000m3,wastobereviewedagain
duringthequotayearinthelightofrequirements .
Thisreviewwascarriedout.on9September 1980atameetingofthe
WorkingPartyon'EconomicTariffQuestions,fromwhichitemergedthat:
(a)inviewofthecurrentbalanceoftheCommunityreserveandoffore­
seeabletransfersinthisreserve,theadditional requirements announced
•%
bytheMemberStatesforimportsfromthirdcountries amountedto
200000m3;
(b)anincreaseof200000m3inthequotaforthecurrentyearwould
bringthisvolumeupto900000m3,whereastheeffectiveutilization
ofthequotainrecentyearswasonly579000m3in1977,696000m3in
1978and768000m?in1979,andthatthegrowthinconsumption andthe
presenteconomicsituationinthebuildingsectordidjustifysuchan
increase;. .
(c)according 4:0thestatementbytheproducing MemberState,thecondi­
tionlaiddownbyProtocol 11totheActofAccessionregardingthe
openingofautonomous ,nil-dutytariffquotas(exhaustionofallpossibi­
litiesontheinternalmarketoftheCommunityduringtheperiodfor
whichthequotasareopen)isnotfulfilledatpresent;
(d)thereweredifferinginterpretations intheMemberStateswithregard
totheeligilityforquotasopenedsofarofplywoodsofconiferous species
which,priortohadbeengrooved-and-tonguedtoenablepanelstobefitted
togetherduringinstallation ;importsofsuchplywoodswere.notincon­
siderable,buttheirtotalvolumehadnotyetbeendetermined.
0JNoL326of22.12.1979,p.3.

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3.Generallyspeaking,inthepresentcaseandinviewoftheuncertainties
regardingthelevelofconsumption andtheneedtoensureparallel
development ofCommunityproduction andsupplyonconditions favourable
totheuserindustries,theCommission considersitadvisabletoexerci­
secautioninfixingthevolumeoftheincreaserequested,inordernot
tojeopardize themarketequilibrium .
Takingaccountoftheaboveraentioned factors,theCommission proposesto
increasethevolumeofthequotaopenedin1980,tobringituptothe
levelofforeseeable use,andtolimitthe(initialquotain1981tothe
volumeconsolidated inGATT,"i.e.600000m3.Asthemaximumeffective
useofthequotain1979was768000m3,itseemspermissible,taking
accountofthecurrenteconomicsituationintheconstruction sector,
toestimatethattheuseshouldnotexceed800000HI3in1980-an
increaseof100000m3.ThatistheaimoftheCommission proposal.
4.Asiscustomaryinsimilarcases,thevolumeoftheproposedincrease
hasbeendividedintotwotranches,thefirst,whichrepresents about
.80%ofthevolume,beingallocated amongtheMemberStatesonaprorata
basisaccordingtotheirforeseeable importsfromnon-member countries,
whilethesecond,representing thebalanceofthatvolume,formsaCom­
munityreserve.Theconstitution ofsuchavolumeisalltheaorejus­
tifiedinthiscase>sincecertainMemberStateshavenottakenadditio­
nalrequirements intoaccountandmusttherefore beabletodrawupon
thereserveshouldtheneedarise,andsincetheinitialsharesallotted
totheotherMemberStatescannotbedetermined asaccurately asmightbe
desirable.

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
increasing "thevolumeoftheCommunitytariffquotaopened
for1980byRegulation (EEC)No2898/79forcertainplywoods
ofconiferousspeciesfailingwithinheadingNoex44.15of
theCommonCustomsTariff ;:
THE-COUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticles28and113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission, *
1WhereasinRegulation "(EEC)No2898/79theCouncilopenedandallocated
amongtheMemberStates,forcertainplywoodsofconiferous speciesfalling
withinheadingNoex44.15oftheCommonCustomsTariff,aCommunitytariff
quotaatazerorateofduty,thevolumeofwhichwasfixedatalevelof
700000cubicmetres;
Whereas,onthebasisofthemostrecentdataontheseproductsfor1980,
itisestimatedthattheadditional importsfromnon-member countries
requiredbytheCommunitycouldreach100OOOcubicmetres;whereasitis
desirabletoincreasethequotaby100000cubicmetrestotakeaccountof
thesaidimmediaterequirements ;v
Whereas,withregardtotheallocationofthisvolumeamongtheMember ;
States,itisdesirabletoallotpartoftheadditional volumetothe
Communityreserve,thebalance beingallocated amongthe
MemberStatesonaprorata,basisaccordingtotheirforeseeable require­
mentsforimportsfromnon-membercountries, V .#
HAS'ADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
OJNo.L326of22.12.1979,p.3.

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•ArticL«1
ThevolumeoftheCommunitytariffquotaopenedbyRegulation (EEC)
No2898/79forcertainplywoodsofconiferousspeciesfallingwithin
headingNoex44.15ofthe#CommonCustomsTariffisherebyincreased
from700000to800000cubicmetres.
Article2
firsttrancheoftheadditionalvolumereferredtoinArticle 1/
'*metres,
amountingto80000cubic/shallbeallocatedasfollowsamongthe
MemberStates :•
-incubicmetres-
Benelux 38648
Germany 21256
#
Italy 4640
UnitedKingdom 15456.
* >
2.Thesecondtrancheof20000cubicmetresshallconstitutethe
reserve.
Thereserveprovided -for;inArticle2(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No2898/79
isherebyincreasedfrom30000to50000cubicmetres..
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingitspublica­
tionintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectly
applicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels.; FortheCouncil
ThePresident