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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
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Brussels ,20May1976
Proposal for anamendment
toCOUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )No3015/75
of17November 1975
opening ,allocating andproviding for theadministration
ofaCommunity tariff quota forraw orunmanufactured flue­
cured Virginia type tobacco
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
C0K(76 )228final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Aspart ofthesystem ofgeneralized tariff preferences ,theCommunity
hasopened for1976 aCommunity tariff quota forraworunmanufactured
flue-cured Virginia type tobacco falling within subheading ex24»01 Bof
theCommon Customs Tariff (Council Regulation (ESC)Ko3015/75of
17November 1975 This subheading covers rawtobacco ofavalue less
than 280u.a.per100kgnetweight .
2.Forseveral months now ithasbeen found that owing toboth therate for
the conversion ofthe unit ofaccount into national currencies and to
thedepreciation ofcertain national currencies inrelation totheothers ,
quantities oftobacco arestored inwarehouses inMember States and
cannot becleared through customs under subheading ex24*01 B,seeing
that prices exceed theupper limit of280u.a .Ifthetobacco inquestion
were cleared through customs under subheading 24.01 Aitwould cease to
benefit ,astobacco originating indeveloping countries ,from thepre­
ferential rate provided forwithin thelimits ofthetariff quota con­
cerned .
3.Inorder toremedy this state ofaffairs ,theCommission proposes to
include inthetariff quota already opened forraworunmanufactured
flue-cured Virginia type tobacco thesame type oftobacco falling within
subheading ex24.01 AI,(i.e. tobacco ofavalue notless than 280u.a .
per100kgnetweight )byapplying apreferential rate of7$with a
maximum charge of45u.a .per100kg.This change scheduled tocome into
force on1July 1976 ,would consequently make itpossible tocharge
against theCommunity tariff quota asatpresent allocated ,andinaccor­
dance with therules laid down foritsadministration ,flue-cured Vir­
ginia type tobacco falling within subheading ex24.01 Aataquota rate
(7%with amaximum charge of45u.a .per100kg)different from that of
subheading ex24.01B.
■Ε ι 1 ' 1 '»
(l)O.J. oftheEuropean Communities NoL310 ,29.11.1975 *P»159*

Draft
Proposal fora /
Council Regulation aaending Regulation (EEC)Ed3015/75 ' 3/'"
opening ,allocating andproviding forthoadministration
ofaCommunity tariff quota forraworunmanufactured flue-
cured Virginia type tobacco 1 •. ■
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article 43thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Having regard totheOpinion oftheEuropean Parliament ,
Whereas under thesystem ofgeneralized tariff preferences aCommunity
tariff quota hasbeen opened byCouncil Regulation (EEC)No3015/75°f
17November 1975 (l)forthoperiod 1January to31December 1976 for
raworunmanufactured flue-cured Virginia type tobacco falling within
subheading ex24.01 BoftheCommon Customs Tariff ;whereas thevalue of
thetobacco inquestion ,expressed inunits ofaccount ,constitutes the
criterion foritsclassification under tariff subheading 24.01 Bor24.01A
whereas this criterion isaffected bythechanges inparities between
national currencies andunits ofaccount ;whereas ,consequently ,certain
quantities offlue-cured Virginia type tobacco stored inMember States
cannot bedeclared forrelease tothemarket under tariff subheading
ex24.01 Banddonottherefore benefit from thepreferential arrangements
provided forwithin theCommunity tariff quota referred toabove ;
Whereas this state ofaffairs should beremedied inthenear future by
making provision foratransitional measure tocome into force on1July
1976 ;whereas such ameasure should asfar aspossible take simultaneous
account oftheconsequences ofcurrency disparities andofchanges inthe
(1)O.J. NoL310 ,29.ll.i975 »P.159
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rates ofcustoms dutyresulting -fN™+v.„
. ™ theC°®°n Customs *a^. ...-^erthecircumstances andinaeco*w .TT ^ *l"PeM'
amongMember States ,itshould be 4^^all°Cation es^blished-if,quotaalready openedfor^lue-bured^y 6-^^*•–i*
within tariff subheading ex2401B+h lr^nia^tobacco falling
notlessthan280units ofaoeou +@83016 °f"tobacco butofavalue
different quota«*.. *"»***-**« ^ *
per100kilogrammes netweight , Bmazinniin chargeof45units ofaccount
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION "•
Article î
^r°m*Juiy1976,theCoramunity tariff mio+
theCoTOlty forlBports of^ M000„etrictonsopenea in
t°Wo falUngBithin tariff suiheading Virginia type
include raworunmanufactured tobacco ofthea't' !*6:Ctended t0
heading ex24.01 aIoftheCo r- am6ypefallin &within sub-01™eCommon Customs Tariff .
Within thistariff quota thecustoms dutvfor+*' '"
heading ex24.01 AIshall h °tacco falling within sub-A1shall besuspended at14,rf+i . ■ .
units ofaccount per100kilo^a maximum charge of45 ...periuokilogrammes netweight .
Article ?
eallocation among Member States of+h*n
inArticle 1andtheother provis' °mmunity tariff quota ,referred to
17November 1975 ,reraain »°****>«■
subparagraphs ofArticle lfl)+h "Partlcular thesecond andthird
Article 1thereof .^^ "lth «-«i~^tione.,
Article ^
Re^ati°»e"aHenterintoforceonaJuly1?7S.
ThisRegulation shall bebinding initspr,+-+ ''
allMember States lr®yand directl yapplicable in-
Done atBrussels ,....
FortheCouncil
ThePresident