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Brussels,13thJuly1979
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
INCREASING THECOMMUNITY TARIFFQUOTAOPENEDFOR1979BY
REGULATION (EEC)No2470/78FORCERTAINPLYWOODS OF
CONIFEROUS SPECIESFALLINGWITHINHEADING
NoEX44.15OFTHECOMMONCUSTOMSTARIFF
(presentedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
*
Regulation (EEC)No2470/78of16October1978(1)openedfor1979
forcertainplywoodsofconiferous speciesaCommunitytariffquota
whichwassubjecttoreviewinthecourseoftheyear.Theinitial
quantitywas700,000m3.
Thisreviewwascarriedoutofl25June1979.Itemergedfromconsulta­
tionwiththeMemberStatesthatadditional requirements willbein
theregionof150,000m3.Whileawaitinganewrevisionwhichwillbe
madeinSeptember,onthebasisofmorepreciseeconomicdata,itis
proposedtosettleforaprovisional increaseof100,000m3.
Thisproposition isintendedtointroducetheincrease,bymeansof
increasingtheCommunityreservetowhichallMemberStateswhichhave
useduptheirinitialsharehaveaccess.
(1)0JNoL297of24.10.1978,p.3.

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
increasing theCommunitytariffquotaopenedfor1979by
Regulation (EEC)No2470/78forcertainplywoodsofconi­
ferousspeciesfallingwithinheadingNoex44.15ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity/
and,inparticularArticles28and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereasby.Regulation (EEC)No2470/78(1)theCouncilopenedandallocated
amongtheMemberStates,forcertainplywoodsofconiferous speciesfalling
withinheadingNoex44.15oftheCommonCustomsTariff,aCommunitytariff
quotawithzeroduty,thevolumeofwhichwasfixedatalevelof700000
cubicmetres;
Whereas,onthebasisofthemostrecentdataontheseproductsfor1979,
itmaybeestimatedthattheadditional importsfromnon-member countries
requiredbytheCommunitycouldreach150000cubicmeters;whereas,pending
anewrevisionmadeonthebasisofmorepreciseeconomicdata,itis
necessary'toincreasethequotaby100000cubicmetresinorder
totakeintoaccountthesaidimmediaterequirements ;whereas,inorder''to
safeguardtheCommunitycharacterofthetariffquotainquestion,thepro­
posedincreaseshouldbeaddedtotheCommunityreservesetupundertheabove'
mentionedRegulation,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : '
Article 1•
1,ThevolumeoftheCommunitytariffquotaopenedbyRegulation (EEC)
No2470/78forcertainplywoodsofconiferousspeciesfallingwithinheading
Noex44.15oftheCommonCustomsTariffisherebyincreasedfrom
700,000goo000cubicmetres.
/ •/••
(1)OJNoL297,24.10.1978,pè3.

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2.Thisincreaseof100,000cubicmetresshallbeaddedtothereserve
setupbyvirtueofArticle2(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No2470/78which
isthusincreased from30000to130000cubicmetres.
Article 2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheseventhdayfollowingits
publication intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentirety
anddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
ThePresident