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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(74 )1849 final
Brussels ,14November 1974
Proposal fora
REGULATION (EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
amending Regulation (ESC )No3470/73establishing
Community supervision ofimports ofcertain products
originating inFinland
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
C01H74 )1849 final

EXPIRATORY ItQJORANDUH
1•TheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublic
ofFinlandsignedon5October1973providesforanil-dutytariffquota
tobeopenedeachyearduringtheperiodoftariffdismantlingforimports
intotheUnitedKingdomofprintingpaperandwritingpapercontaining
mechanicalwoodpulp,excludingcopyingtissue(OCTheadingNoex48.01E),
originatinginFinland.The1974quotawasfixedonthebasisofimport
statisticssuppliedbytheUnitedKingdom.Thesefiguresprovedtobe
incorrectanditwasnecessarytoadjustthequota'mentioned.Thismodifi­
cationwasthesubjectofanp-"~hange~ofletters'betweenthe'European "Economic
CommunityandFinlandsignedon26June1974tthetextofwhichhadbeenapprovedby
CouncilRegulationNo1503/74of18June1974*
2.Atthistime,theattentionoftheCouncilwasdrawntothenecessityof
adjustingtheindicatdve~-ceilin gforthesameproductprovidedforin
ProtocolNo1totheAgreementandsetinCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No3470/73of17December1973,thesizeoftheceilinghavingbeenbased
onthesameincorrectfigures.
Infact,whentheCommunitywascalculatingthebasicceilingforthose
productsduringnegotiationofthefree-tradeagreement,itincreased
thefigureforaverageimportsfromFinlandbetween1963and1971by
14»3^«NowthatnewfigureshavebeensuppliedbytheUnitedKingdom
theaverageforI968-7Iamountsthe362789t,
Recalculation ,usingthecorrectedfigures,givesthefollowingresults:

Averageimports,.1968-71* *362789t
+14.3%of362789-t t52211t
Basicquantityfor1973»ascorrectedt415000t
•AverageimportsintoNorwayfrom
Finland.1968-71 *'-30t
414970t
+5%of414970(annualincrease):20743t
Ceilingfor1974*ascorrected 1435718t
3.Itisproposed,therefore,thattheamountoftheceilingsetforISP5
indicatedinAnnexIintheahovementioned Regulationberaisedfrom
362219to435718-t..

Proposalfora
RECULAT!^(mmOP«OONCÏL
amending Regulation(E0C)NO3470/73
establishing Communitysupervisionofimportsof
certainproductsoriginatinginFinland
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPE/INCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicComnunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission;
WhereasanAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
RepublicofFinland^wassignedinBrusselson5October1973;whereas
thefiguresusedtocalculatethe1974.indicativeceilingprovidedfor
inProtocolNo1tothatAgreementforcertaintypesofprintingpaper
fallingwithinsubheading Noex48.01EoftheCommonCustomsTariff
wereincorrect;whereaswhenthatceiling,recalculated usingthe
figureswhichhavesincebeenforwardedtotheCommission,
amountsto435718t;whereasitisthereforenecessarytoamendthe
amountofceilingISF5indicatedinAnnexIofRegulation(EEC)
No3470/732of17December1973,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATIONS
Article 1
TheceilingsetforISF5inAnnexItoRegulation(EEC)
No3470/73 israisedfrom362219"to435718t.
OJNoL328,28November1973.
20JNoL356,27December1973.

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