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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .
COM(80)646 final
Brussels,3rdNovember1980
DRAFTCOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
ONTHEOPENING,ALLOCATING ANDADMINISTRATING OFACOMMUNITY
TARIFFQUOTAFORROSIN,INCLUDING"BRAISRESINEUX",FALLING
WITHINSUBHEADING 38.08AOFTHECOMMONCUSTOMSTARIFF(1981)
(presentedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
C0M(80)646final

EXPLANATORY ,MEMORANDUM
1.ThepurposeofthismemorandumistosubmittotheCounciladraft
Regulationontheopening,allocationandadministration ofanauto­
nomousdutyfreeCommunitytariffquotaforrosins "fallingwithinsub­
heading38.08AoftheCCTfor1981whichcorrespondsto25%ofthe
Community'simportsoftheseproductsfromthirdcountriesnotassociated
withorlinkedtoitbyaoreferential agreementduringthelastyear
forwhichstatisticsareavailable.
2.Thoseimportsin1979amountedto79834.3tonnes,sotheCommunity
tariffquotamustbefixedatanamountof19959tonnesfor1981.
3.SincetheCommunitytariffquotainquestionisrelativelysmalland
willundoubtedly beusedupquicklyintheMemberStatesitdoesnot
seemthatanallocationofitinsharesamongtheMemberStateswould
derogatefromtheCommunitynaturethereof.Suchasolutionhaspre­
viouslybeenadoptedincasesofthisnature.

DRAFT
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
ontheopening,allocating andadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforrosin,including"braisresineux",fallingwithinsubheading
38.08AoftheCommonCustomsTariff(1981).
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle28thereof.
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedbytheCommission,
WhereastheproductionintheCommunityofrosinfallingwithinsubhea'ding
38.08AoftheCommonCustomsTariffiscurrentlyinsufficient tomeetthe
requirements oftheprocessingindustriesintheCommunity;whereas,
consequently .Communitysuppliesofproductsofthistypecurrently
dependtoaconsiderable extentonimportsfromthirdcountries;,whereas
themosturgentCommunityrequirements fortheproductsinquestion
shouldbemetimmediately onthemostfavourableterms;whereasaniI
dutyCommunitytariffquotashouldthereforebeopenedwithinthelimits
ofanappropriate amountcorresponding to25%oftheCommunity's
importsfromthirdcountriesriotassociatedwithorlinkedtoitbya
preferential agreementdaringthelastyearforwhichstatisticsare
available;
Whereas,in1979,theimportsofrosinfromthirdcountries ,notassociated
withorlinkedtotheCommunitybyapreferential agreementwereasfollows
(intonnen)
Bénélux 13953
Denmark 123
Germany 26802.6
Greece 0
France 8835
Ireland 2500
Italy , •8836,7
UnitedKingdom 18784
Total •79334.3

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Whereas25%ofthistotalrepresents 19959tonnes;•
Whereas,,inviewofthenegligiblesizeofsuchaquotaincomparison
withtheCommunity'srequirements,asystemofutiUzationshould,without
derogatingfromtheCommunitynatureofthetariffquota,beprovided,
basedonasingleallocaticyibetweentheMemberStates;whereasthis
allocationshouldbecalculated bythesamemethodasisusedtoestablish
atotalquotaof25%oftheimprtsofeachMemberStatefromthesame
thirdcountries;whereas,inordertosafeguardtheCommunitynatureof
thequota,,ashareshould,beallocatedtoGreecebylevyingthesame
percentage ontheshareallocatedtoeachoftheotherMemberStates;
whereas,calculatedinsuchamanner,thisallocationshouldbeasset"
outinArticle2; - ■
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomoftheNetherlands and
theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasureconcerningtheadministration
ofthesharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutby
anyoneofitsmembers, ~
HAS.ADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : •'
Article 1
1.Duringtheperiod1Januaryto31December1981theCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyforrosinincluding'braisresineux'fallingwithinsub­
heading38.08Ashallbetotallysuspendedwithinthelimitsofa
Communitytariffquotaof19959tonnes.' ' .,
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,Greeceshallapplyduties
calculatedinaccordancewiththerelevantprovisionslaiddowninthe
ActofAccessionofthatcountry(1).
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Article2
TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle 1shallbeallocatedas
followsamongtheMemberStates:,.^x(intonnes) ^
Bénélux 3487
Denmark 30 *
Germany 6700
Greece 7
France 2208
Ireland 624
Italy , 2208
UnitedKingdom 4695
Article3
1.
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate measurestoensurethat
importersoftheproductinquestionestablished intheirterritory
havefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
2.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupitsshareshallbe
determined onthebasisoftheimportsoftheproductinquestionentered
withthecustomsauthorities forhomeuse.
Artiele4
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshallinformitofthe
importsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article 5
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperatecloselytoensurethat
thisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1981.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentirety
anddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
ThePresident,