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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)682final
Brussels,17November1981
Draftofa
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingforthe
administration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforyarnof
poly(p-phenylenetere -phtalamide )foruse
inthemanufacture oftyres,falling
withinsubheading ex51.01Aofthe
CommonCustomsTariff
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(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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1.Regulation (EEC )No.1793 /81of24June 1981 (1)opened ,for the
second half of1981 ,anautonomous Community tariff quota of550
tonnes ataduty-rate of2%foryarn ofpoly (p-pheni leneterephta -
lamide )tobeused inthemanufacture oftyres .
2.Thepossibility ofopening anewquota forthefirst half of1982
wasconsidered atameeting ofthe "Economic Tariff Problems "*jroup
on6October 1981 ,inconnection with thediscussion ofduty suspen­
sion for the same product intended forother uses .The various com­
■■"promises put forward inanswer totheproblems raised were not ac­
ceptable toallMember States .Apartial ,solution envisaging aquo­
taonthe same conditions ,with anajnount of550tonnes shared
among Member States prorata to .therequirements put forward would
enable thediscussion tobereopened atCouncil level ,assoon as
adecision isreached onthe question ofsuspensions ./
This istheobject ofthe present draft regulation .EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
(1)0JNo.L179,1.7.1981 ,p.3.

DRArTOFA
COUNCiLREGULATION (EEC)No....él
oí .¿981
opening,allocatingandprovidingtortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforyarnofpqly(p-phenyleneterephthalamide foruseinthemanufacture
oftyres,fallingwithinsubheadingex51.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ,
Whereastheproductionofyarnofpoly
{/vphenyleneterephthalamide iscurrentlyinsufficient
intheCommunitytomeettherequirements ofthe
userindustriesintheCommunity ;whereas,
consequently ,Communitysuppliesofproductsoftftis
typecurrentlydependtoaconsiderableextenton
importsfromthirdcountries;whereasitisinthe
Community'sinteresttopartiallysuspendthe
CommonCustomsTariffdutyfortheyaminques­
tion,withintheCommunitytariffquota,ofanappro­
priatevolumeforarelativelylimitedperiod;whereas
inordernottobringintoquestionthedevelopment
prospectsofthisproductionintheCommunitywhile
ensuringanadequatesupplytosatisfyuserindustries,
itisadvisabletolimitthebenefitsoftariffquotas
solelytoproductsforuseinthemanufactureoftyres,
toopenthequotafortheperiodiJanuaryto
3June1982andtofixthevolumeofthisquotaat
alevelof550tonnes,corresponding totheneedsfor
importsfromthirdCountriesduringthatperiod,and
tofixthequotadutyat2%;
Whereasequalendcontinuousaccesstotftequota
shouldbe"ensuredforallCommunityimportersand
thesateofdutyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
consistentlytoallimportsuntilthequotais
exhaustedwhereas,inthelightoftheseprinciples,
arrangements fortheutilizationofthetariffquota
basedonanallocationamongMemberStateswould
seemtobeconsistent ,withtheCommunitynatureof
thequota;whereas,tocorrespondascloselyas
possibletotheactualtrendinthemarketinthe
productinquestion,allocationofthequotashouldbe
inproportion ,totherequirementsoftheMember
Statesascalculatedbyreferencetostatisticsofimposts
fromthirdcountriesduringarepresentativereference
periodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodinquestion.Whereas,however,sincethequotaisanautonomous
Communitytariffquotaintendedtocoverimport
needsarisingintheCommunity ,forexperimental
purposes,thequotavolumemaybeallocatedonthe
basisofthetemporaryimportneedsfromthirdcoun­
triesexpressedbyeachoftheMemberStates;whereas
thesearrangements forallocationwillequallyensure
theuniformapplicationoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff:
Whereas,totakeaccountofpossibleimporttrendsfor
theproductconcerned,thequotavolumeshouldbe
dividedintotwotranches,thefirstbeingallocated
betweencertainMemberStatesandthesecondheldas
areservetomeetsubsequentrequirementsofMember
Stateswhichhaveused-uptheirinitialsharesandany
additionalrequirements whichmightariseinthe
otherMemberStates;whereas,togiveimportersof
theMemberStatessomedegreeofcertainty,thefirst
trancheofthetariffquotashouldbefixedatarela­
tivelyhighlevel,whichinthiscasecouldbe534
tonnes;
Whereasmitralsharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
rates;whereastoavoiddisruptionofsuppliescnthis
accountitshouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberState
whichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddraw
anadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereaseach
timeitsadditionalshareisalmostusedupaMember
Stateshoulddrawafurthershare,andsoonasmany
timesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialand
additionalsharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaboration betweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission ,whichiattermustbeina
positiontokeepaccountof.theextenttowhichthe
quotashavebeenusedupandtoinformtheMember
Statesaccordingly;
Whereas,ifatagivendateinthequotaperiod&
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouidreturnasignificantproportiontothereserve,
inordertopreventapartoftheCommunityquota
remainingunusedinoneMemberStatewhileitcould
beusedinothers:.
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlands,andtheGrandDuchy
ofLuxembourg areuniteawithinandjointly

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representedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,any
measureconcerningtheadministration oftheshares
allocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarriedout
byanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
January
1.From1until30June1982the
CommonCustomsTariffdutyforyarnsofpoly
#>-phenyleneterphthalamide )fallingwithinsub­
heading51.01Aforuseinthemanufactureoftyres
shallbesuspendedatthelevelof2%withinthe
frameworkofaCommunitytariffquotaof550tonnes.
2.Withinthelimitsofthetariffquota,Greeceshall
applycustomsdutiescalculatedinaccordancewith
therelevantprovisionsinthe1979ActofAccession.
Article2
1.Afirsttrancheof534tonnesofthisCommunity
tariffquotashallbeallocatedamongcertainMember
States;theshares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbe
validuntil30June 1982,shallbeasfollows:
(tonnes)
Benelux 102
Denmark 1
Germany 85
Greece *2
France ■^oo
Ireland 2
Italy 2
UnitedKingdom 40
2.Thesecondtrancheof16tonnesshallconstitute
thereserve.,
Article3
1.IfaMemberStatehasused90%ormoreofits
initialshareasfixedinArticle2(1),orofthatshare
minusanyportionreturnedtothereservepursuantto
Article5itshallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommis­
sion,drawasecondshare,totheextentthatthe
reservesopermits,equalto10%ofitsinitialshare
roundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
2.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitial
share,hasused90%ormoreofthesecondshare
drawnbyit,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,inthemannerandtotheexteiUprovidedinparagraph 1,
drawathirdshareequalto5%ofitsinitialshaie
roundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.~
3.IfaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecond
share,hasused90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawn
byit,thatMemberStateshall,inthemannerandto
theextentprovidedinparagraph 1,drawafourth
shareequaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthosespeci­
fiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.
AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshall
informtheCommissionofitsgroundsforsodoing.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil30June ■1982--
Article5
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan15May
198^returntothereservetheunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on1rv|ay1982^isinexcess
of20%oftheinitialvolume.Theymayreturna
greaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
itmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan15May
1982/notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesof.
theproductsinquestionimporteduptoiMay
198^andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotaand
of"anyportionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedtothe
reserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
opendbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasthenotificationsreachit,
informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.Itshall,notlaterthan20
May .1982,informtheMemberStatesofthe
amountsstillinreservefollowinganyreturnofshares
pursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andto
thisendshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.

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Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraggregatesharesoftheCommunitytariffquota.
2.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethattheproductslistedinArticle
1(1),benefitingfromtheCommunitytariffquota,are
indeeddestinedforuseinthemanufactureoftyres.
Controloftheuseforthisspecialpurposeshallbe
carriedoutpursuanttotherelevantCommunityprovi­
sions.
3.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestion,establishedintheirterritory,have
freeaccesstothesharesallottedtothem.
4.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsofthe
productinquestionagainsttheirsharesastheproductisenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfreecircula­
tion.
5.TheextenttowhichMemberStateshaveused
uptheirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisof
importschargedagainstthemundertheconditions
setoutinparagraph4.
Article8
AttheCommissionsrequest,theMemberStatesshall
.informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shallco­
operatecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationis
compliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1982..
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinailMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,.......1981-
..FortheCouncil
ThePresident