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COM(75)611final'.
Brussels,1December1975
Proposaifor
ACOUNCIL REGULATION
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^opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration
ofaCommunitytariffquotaofrosin,including,rbrais
résineux",fallingwithinsubheading38.08A,,original-A
tinginAustria,Finland,Iceland,Norway,Portugal
,(andSwitzerland .; I
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(75)611final.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Atameeting ofthe "Economic Tariff Problems "Group which considered ,
inter alia ,thequestion ofopening atariff quota ofrosin (sub­
heading 38.08 AoftheCommon Customs Tariff )for 1976 ,thedelegation
ofoneMember State ,supported byothers ,requested that thevolume of
theduty-free quota ofthese products for 1976 tobeestablished
subject tothe -limits laid down inDecision No 1/75oftheEEC-Greece
Council ofAssociation should beincreased byacertain quantity
reserved forimports coming from theEFTA non-member countries ofthe
•' Community .
2.Theproposal for aregulation concerning theautonomous ,non-
discriminatory quota tobeopened in1976 for avolume notexceeih
thelimits fixed inDecision No1975 referred toabove iscurrently
before theCouncil foritsapproval .
3.Asregards theadditional request putforward ,after close consi -
, deration ofthematter theCommission decided that itwould be
appropriate tomake itpossible toimport additional duty-free amounts
subject totheauthorized limits .That iswhy itproposes opening a
duty-free Community tariff quota for avolume equivalent to20%of
.theimports bytheCommunity in1974 from theEFTA countries which
have signed afree trade agreement with theCommunity ,towhich
residual duties arestill applicable .Onthis basis ,thequota is
fixed at13155 t,asaresult oftheapplication ofthe20%rate to
thetotal amount ofimports notexempted from theduty andlisted in
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the table below î
Member State Imports from (intonnes ) Total
Portugal Sweden Finland Norway Switzerland •'Austriaimports
Bénélux 12852 2.253 198 15303
Denmark
Germany 27943.9 1813.1 59.9 1.7 .825.5 30644 .1
France 10053 900 10953
Ireland 5.25 1..98 7.23
Italy 8350 235 279.1 1.5 8865.6
United
Kingdom
59204.15 5201.1477.1 61.88 3.2 825.5 65772.93 -

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4.SincetheCommunitytariffquotarelatestoarelatively low
volumebycomparisonwiththeCommunity'stotalimportsandthis
amountwillcertainlybeusedupequallyquicklyinallMember
Statesconcerned,itseemsthatabreakdownintoquotasallocated
definitively totheMemberStatesdoesnotderogatefromthe
Communitynatureofthequotainquestion.
Sinceimportation fromthesecountriesintoDenmarkandtheUnited
Kingdomisalreadyfreeofduty,thesetwoMemberStatesareexcluded
fromthequota-shareallocation ,whichiscarriedoutbyapplying
theabove-mentioned 20%totheimportsbyeachMemberStateduring
thereferenceyear.Onthatbasis,thelevelofthequotashares
isasfollows:
Bénélux 3061tonnes
Germany 6129tonnes
France 2191tonnes
Ireland 1tonne
Italy 1773tonnes.

Proposal for
Regulation (EEC)No .../75oftheCouncil
of
opening ,allocating andproviding forthe
administration ofaCommunity tariff quota of
rosin ,including "brais resineux ",falling within
subheading 38.08 A,originating inAustria ,Finland ,
Iceland ,.Norway ,Portugal ,Sweden andSwitzerland
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community
andinparticular Article 113thereof ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Whereas ,initsRegulation (EEC)No2877/75of29October 1975 "^
theCouncil opened andallocated among theMember States a"Community
tariff quota ,duty free ,ofrosin falling within subheading 38.08 A
oftheCommon Customs Tariff (1976 )for avolume notexceeding the
limits laid down inDecision No 1/75oftheCouncil ofAssociation
ontheapplication oftheprovisions ofparagraph 3ofProtocol No10
oftheAgreement establishing anAssociation between Greece and the
Community ;
Whereas rosin production intheCommunity andinGreece isnot
sufficient tocover thesupply requirements oftheuser industries
intheCommunity ;whereas ,therefore ,supplies currently depend to
aconsiderable extent onimports from third countries exceeding the
volume ofthetariff quota opened bytheabove-mentioned regulation ;
whereas itisintheCommunity 'sinterests tosatisfy itsmost urgent
supply requirements ,subject tothelimits laid down inDecision No 1/75
oftheCouncil ofAssociation andatthemost favourable conditions ;
whereas itisappropriate ,therefore ,tosuspend wholly thecustoms
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duties applicable totheimportation ofsuch products ,originating inEFTA
non-member countries with which theCommunity hasconcluded free trade
agreements ,uptoalimit of20%ofimports into theCommunity during 1974 ,
from these countries which have notbeen exempted from duties byvirtue of
anyother preferential system ;whereas onthis basis thequota volume is
fixed at13155 t;
Whereas ,inview oftherelatively small volume ofthis quota inrelation
totheCommunity 'sownrequirements itisappropriate ,without thereby /
derogating from theCommunity nature ofthequota ,toprovide for amethod
ofusing it,that isbased onasingle allocation among Member States ;
whereas this allocation maybecalculated bythesame method aswasused to
determine thequota volume forobtaining 20%oftheimports ofeach Member
State coming from these same countries ;whereas theresulting exclusion of
certain Member States from theallocation ofthequota does notconflict
with theCommunity character ofthis quota ,since byvirtue ofthe
agreements signed ,these Member States already import rosin originating in
thecountries referred toabove duty free ;
Whereas ,since theKingdom ofBelgium ,theKingdom oftheNetherlands and
theGrand Duchy ofLuxembourg areunited within andjointly represented by
theBenelux Economic Union ,anytransaction inrespect oftheadministra­
tion ofthequota shares allocated tothat Economic Union maybecarried
outbyanyoneofitsmembers ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
1.There ishereby opened inrespect oftheperiod 1January to31
December 1976 aCommunity tariff quota of13155tonnes ofrosin ,including
"brais resineux ",falling within subheading 38.08 AoftheCommon
Customs Tariff ,originating inAustria ,Finland ,Iceland ,Norway ,
Portugal ,Sweden and Switzerland .
2.Common Customs Tariff duties shall besuspended totally forthis
tariff quota .

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3.ThenewMember States shall apply ,inrespect ofthis tariff
quota ,duties calculated inaccordance with theprovisions on
thematter laid down intheAct ofAccession .
4.TheProtocols onthedefinition oftheconcept oforiginating
products andonmethods ofadministrative cooperation ,annexed
totheagreements concluded between theCommunity andeach of
thecountries referred toinparagraph 1,shall beapplicable
under this quota .
Article 2
TheCommunity tariff quota referred toinArticle 1(1)shall be
allocated asfollows among certain Member States t
Benelux 3-061 tonnes
Germany 6129tonnes
France 2191 tonnes
Ireland 1tonne
Italy 1773tonnes .
Article 3
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1.Each Member State shall take allappropriate measures toensure
that importers oftheproduct inquestion established inits
territory have free access totheshares allocated toit.
2.Theextent towhich thequota shares ofMember States have been
used upshall bedetermined onthebasis ofimports oftheproduct
inquestion originating inoneofthecountries referred toabove
entered with the customs authorities under cover ofdeclarations
that they have been entered into consumption .
Article 4
Onreceipt ofarequest from theCommission ,theMember States shall
notify itoftheimportations actually charged against their quota shares .

Article 5
TheMember States and theCommission shall cooperate closely toensure
that this Regulation iscomplied with .
Article 6
This Regulation shall enter into force on1January 1976 .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety and
directly applicable inallMember States .
Done atBrussels , BytheCouncil ,
The Président