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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)401 final.
Brussels-11September1978
Proposalfora
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration
ofaCommunitytariffquotafornewsprintfallingwithin
subheading No48.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff(1979)
andextendingthisquotatoincludecertainothertypes
ofpaper
(SubmittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(78)401final.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Athe Last multi lateral .GATT negotiations ,the Communi ty .undertook
topen annually anil duty Community tariff quotha for 1,500,000
.metric tons ofnewsprint falling within' subheading .No4&.01 A-■
ofthe -Common Customs Tari ff.
a
Furthermore ,the .Communi tyinformed theNordic delegation (text
Nord 4ofdocument NC6<67)^4 rev. )that ithad decidpd toooen'
anilduty tariff quota yoar under Article 28oftheTreaty
ofRome ifitwe^e established that allpossibilities ofsupply
onthe internal market ofthe -Communi tyhad been exhausted during
x r
agiven trading year «nd .after having entirely used upthenil ;
duty quota bound under GATT ; ,
judging from market trends over thepast fewyears itisclear
already that the1979 Community tariff quota must begreater than
the1,500,000 metric tons original ly -established .This iswhy 'the
Commission considers that itcanpropose theopening ofatariff
quota for2.500.000 metric tons . .This-'amount is .based onfirst
estimates ,sothat areview ofthesituation during thecourse
oftheyear isnatutally notexcluded .
The tariff quota isallocated inaccordance with themethod which
hasnormally been applied :allocation isbased onpast import
figures andonestimated forthequota year inquestion .
Furthermore ,inview ofthesize ofthequota proposed from the
start ,theCommission considers that itwould becontrary tothe
'Community nature ofthis quota todivide itup*into shares
allocated definitively toalltheMember States ."Ittherefore
proposes a^system ofadministration based ontheinstitution
ofaCommunity reserve limited to5%.This system -ofallocation
andadministration was,moreover ,unanimously approved by
allMember States atthetime oftheopening ofthetariff
quota forprevious years . •

2
3.Intheexpectation ofadefinitive decisionontheproblemof
thewatermarkcriteria,containedintheadditional noteto
Chapter .48,perhapsintheframeworkofthecurrentGATTregu­
lations,itisproposedtorenewfor1979thepossibility for
theMemberStatestocoun£againstthequotaconcernedother
typesofpaperwhichcorrespond,leavingasidethecriteriaof
watermarks,tothedefinition ofnewsprinttobefoundinthe
additional notetoChapter48.

Proposaltopa
«"' . •!
COUNCILREGULATìON (EEC)No"'à*1«'4*" >
Oí■*••'«••••• N-•
.opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaConSmunirytnriff.
forticwspriiit(ailingwithin&»il)hcadin,:IV'MAof;!■»«?Cununop.Custcms
Tariff{\97&)andextendingthisquotatoincludecertainothertypesofpaper.
THBCOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
Havingicg<tulloflu-TreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,arillinparticularArticles28
andI13thereof.
1
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheCommunityhasundertakentoopenan
annualduty-freeCommunitytariffquotaofI500000
metrictonsofnewsprintfallingwithinsubheading
48.01A;
.Wbcreas,inviewofpresentCommunityproduction
capacity,thatquantityisinsufficienttomeetantici­
patedimportrequirements ;whereasprovisionshould
thereforebemadeforanautonomoussupplementary
quotawhich,accordingtotheestimatessubmitted,
maybefixedatpresentat1000OCX)tonnes;
whereasthefactthatthisfigurehasbeenadoptedfor
theautonomoussupplementary quotadoesnotrule
outareadjustmentduringthequotaperiod;whereasa
Communitytariffquotashouldthereforebeopened,
for1979foratotalquantityof2500000"tortries -
oftheproductinquestion
whereasprovisionshouldbeipadeforextendingthe
tariffquota.inquestiontoincludecertaintypesof
paperfulfillingalltheconditionssetoutintheAddi­
tionalNote-toChapter48exceptthoserelatingto
watermarks :. ;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersand
•therateofdutyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied•
.withoutinterruptiontoallimportsoftheproductin'
questionuntilthequota"isexhausted;whereasinthe
l'£i:tofihtseprinciples,arrangementsfortheutiliza­
tionoftheCommunitytariffquotabasedonanalloca­
tionan?cn,gMemberStateswouldseemtobe
consistentwiththeCommunitynatureofthequota;'
wii'-r-.'.r-,inorderthati{maycorrespondasclosriyas-
possibletotheactualtrendofthemarketinthe-
produitinquestion,allocationofthequotashouidbe
inproportiontotherequirements of-theMember'
Siate<;ascalculatedbyreferencetostatisticsonimportsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresentati
-referenceperiodandtotheeconomicoutlookfortl.e
yearcoveredbythequotainquestion;
Whereas,forthelastthreeyearsforwhichcomplete
statisticsareavailable,theimportsofeachof'the
MemberStatesamountedtothefollowingpercentages
oftotalimportsoftheproductsinquestion;
19751976
Bénélux
Denmark
Gcrmany ■
France 1
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom14,06
5.23
27,05
11.86.
2-02
0-50
39.2312,55
5.92
126.90
11,50
2,03
0,50
40,601977
14.41
5.43
27.85
11Λ2
•1.85
0.49
38.15
' whereas,inview
oftheaboveandoftheforeseeabletrendonthe
^marketinnewsprintingeneral,andofproductionin
particularduring1978thequotamay-beallocated
approximately inthefollowingpercentages :
Bénélux • 14,13
Denmark 7,43
Germany 26.74
France 12.10
Ireland 2.08
Italy 0,04
UnitedKingdom "37.48
Whereas,tofakeaccountofimporttrendsforthe
productConcerned,thequot3shouldbedividedin'-;
twotranches,thefirstbeing"allocated the
MemberStates,a'ndthesecondh-.-ldasaresetc10
coversubsequentlythereqiiir';r'V;ntsofUicntj?rSfat?f-
whichhaveexhaustedtheiriniiinlshares;wKr<->s,
giveimporterssomedegreeof;errilnt/an-.f;
enableCommunityproductiontoberiir-pcs^c!ofn.
satisfactoryterms,thefirsttranche-oftheqtshould
befixed.-itabout95%ofthefullamount;

WhereasMemberStatesmayexhausttheirinitial
sharesatdifferentrates;whereastoprovideforthis
eventualityandavoiddisruptionofsuppliesany
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitial
>h.ncshouldHr!■».•annddition.i1sharefromthe
rcM'i-.r.wI'-.f.i.»itturn*illmiditionalsh.ueis
;:imostexhaustedaMemberStateshoulddrawa
furthershare,andsoonasmanytimesasthereserve
allows;whereastheinitialandadditionalshares
shouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasihisformof.administration requiresclose
collaborationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commif^inr .wVi(ilattermustbeinapositionto
keep.mountoftheextenttowhichthequotahas
beenusedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesaccord­
ingly; '
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunuseditisessential,topreventapartofthe
Communitytariffquotafromremainingunusedin
oneMemberStatefchileitcouldbeusedinothers,
thittsuchStateshouldreturnasignificantproportion
thereoftothereserve;(
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdorrioftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anytransactionin
respectoftheadministrationofthesharesallocatedto
thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyone
ofitsmembers, ■'.;4.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutyshallbe
totallysuspendedwithinthelimitsoftheabovequota.
Article2
ITh<-Communitytariffquotareferredtoin
ArticleIshallbedividedintotwotranches.
2.Afirsttrancheof2356000tonnes'shallbe
'allocatedamongtheMemberStates.MemberMates
shares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevalidfromI
„Januaryuntil31December1979,shallbeasfollows:
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom(intonnes
333000
175000
630000
"285000
.49000
1000
883.000)
3.Thesecondtranche,of1^000tonnes,
shallconstitutethereserve.■
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :ArticleJ
Article!
1.Duringtheperiodfrom1Januaryto31
December1^79aCommunitytariffquotaof
2500000tonnesshallbeopenedinrespectof
newsprintfallingwithinsubheading48.01Aofthe,
CommonCustomsTariff(').
A
2.MemberStatesmaychargeagainstthistariff
quotaiheother,typ'esofpapercomplyingwiththe
d'.finiiio!iofnewsprintcon'.aincdintheAdditional
N'r>i?soChapter4fi,exceptasregardsthe„criteria
governingwatermarks.
Impc-risofnewsprintshallnotbecliirgeci
'■r3tthisijri'fquotaiftheyarealreadyfreeof
cu-toms :iuricbunderotherpreferenta'tariiftree'-
prpercustoms :JuncbunderotherprefcrcntafanlJtree?-
T.-nt..F>rthf■rnvjre.i'nportsofanycb-.rprper
'ii.Mreci;oinpa-sgrpph2enjoyingdoty'■?exemp­
tionunderthvsadluotashallno!:*•'chained
pqainsttheindicativeceiiingsfiy.'.iiunder«.•:infree
fadeaaictments .:tofree1.If90%ormoreofaMemberStatesinitialshare
asfixedinArticle2(2),orofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5H,.s
beenapplied,itshall.forthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commission,drawasecondshare,totheextentthat
-thereservesopermits,equalto15%ofitsinitial
share,roundedupas*necessarytothen?xiwhole
number.
2.afteritsinitialshareh;;sbeenexhausted90%
ormore*ofthesecondsharedrawnbyitMonte*S.Vi
hasbeenutrdup,fb.nMemberStateshali.mthe
marinerandtotheextentprovidedforinparaprapaI,
'dtawathirdshareequaltc7-5%.o'itsinitialsh.i'0
' y
3.U;afteritssecondsharehasbeenexr.au?tcc
90.%ormoreofthethirdsn-iredrawnbyaMaul).:
Stat"hasbeenusedup,thatM-TiberState'-hall,i"
themannerandtotheextentprov'.iedtorinpara­
graph!,draw-fourthshareequaithethird.
().indo'thissubheadingissubjecttocondition *Ih*
ricttr»n*ncdbythecompetentauthorities.Thisp^ocedu1**$haHapply
exhausied.unti!therescn"1iì

-3-
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,Member
Statesmaydrawlessersharesthanthosespecifiedin
thoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthose,specifiedmaynot"beusedinfull.They
shdiVinformsheCommission oftheirreasons'for
applyingfhj<provision­
'.-ArticU4
/AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttpArticle3shallbe
vniiduntil31December1979. (
ArticleÎ
The'MemberStates"shallrrturntothereserve,not
latL-rthan1October^9t»|ieunusedportiondftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September1979jjfa
excessof20%oftheinitialamount,Theymayreturn
ageaterportiori^'iftherearcgroundsforbelieving
thatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.•
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1979,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
•productsinoucstionimporteduptoandincluding15
September'"'9andchargedagainsttheCommunity
tariffquotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialshares
Teturnedtothereserve. ''
Article6' *
.TheCommissionshallkeepanaccount-oftheshares
openedbytheMember«StatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,.issoonasithasbeennotified,inform
eachMemberStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates;;,hotlaterthan5<
October1979,cftheamountstillinreserveafter
amounts ^have,beenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.
-Itshallensurethatwhen«quantityexhaustingthe
reserveisdrawn,theamountsodrawndoesnotexceed-thebalanceavailable,andtothiser,dshs'!
^notifytheamountofth.?tbalancetotheMerr.bciStsie
makingthelastdrawing.v
Article7
1.MemberStalesshall'takeailappropriate
measuresloensure'thatiiddition.ilshares••dr.iwo
pursuanttoArticle3areopeneJinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraccumulatedshareofOicCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatthetypesofpapCVreferredtoinArticle
1(2\includedin"thistariffquota»trijnfact>.«i»cnHed'
forthe-puntingillnewspapers,weeklypapersorother
periodicalsofheadingNo49.02,publishedatleast10
timesperyear.'-„
♦ *
3.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtoit.•
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofimports
oftheproductsinquestionenteredwiththecustoms
,authorities'forhomeuse.' .
Arttdt8
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommissionthe
MemberStatesshallnotifyitoftheimportations
chargedagainstitsshare.
Article9
TheMemberStates*andtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis'
compliedwith.
– /A – 'T*'
Artide10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon'1January
;1979.'•
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
r
DoneatBrussels. 1
ForfbcCouncil .
_■,\ ThePresuUnt

fIN1ANCIALSTATEMENT Date:
.Budgettineconcerned:Ch.12Apt.120
2.Legalbasis:Art-28and113°ftheTreaty
3*Titleofthetariffmeasure:
Proposalfor-iRegulation (EEC)oftheCouncilontheopening,allocation and
administration ofaCommunitytariffquotafornewsDrintfallingwithin
subheading No48.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff<1979)artdextendingthis
quotatoincludecertainothertypesofpaper.
4.Objectives :
Torespectthecontractual engagements underGATTandtoassurecovering
the"Communities *needsfornewsprint.
5.Methodofcalculation :
-Noof'CCT-:48.01Aetex48.01E
-Quotavolume :2,500000tonnes-Quotadutyrate:..-DutyrateÇCT••7%and122
ι.
6.Lossofreceipts:4SooooooITua