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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)263 final
Brussels,26May1981
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Draft
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofa
Communitytariffquotaforyarnofpoly(p-phenyleneterephtalamide )
foruseinthemanufacture oftyres,fallingwithinsubheading ex
51.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff
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V^ (presentedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)"/
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C0MC81)263final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Regulation(EEC)N°3499/80of16December1980^opened,forthe
firsthalfof1981,anautonomousCommunitytariffquotaof550tonnes
ataduty-rateof2%foryarnofpoly(p-phenyleneterephtalamide )tobe
usedinthemanufacture oftyres.
2.Thepossibilityofopeninganewquotaforthesecondhalfofthe
currentyearwasconsideredatameetingofthe'EconomicTariff
Problems"groupon15April1981.Itappearedthat*solutionenvisaging
aquotaonthesameconditions,withanamountof550tonnesshared
amongMemberStatesproratatotherequirements putforward,would
beacceptabletoallMemberStates.
Thisistheobjectofthepresentdraftregulation.
//

Draft
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No
of
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheAdministrationofaCommunitytariffquotafor
yarnofpoiy(/>-phenyleneterephthalamide )foruseinthemanufactureoftyres,falling
withinsubheadingex5101AoftheCommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArti­
cle28thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftfromtheCommission,
Whereastheproductionofyarnofpoly(p-phenyl-
eneterephthalomide )iscurrentlyinsufficientinthe
Communitytomeettherequirementsoftheuserin­
dustriesintheCommunity ;whereas,consequently ,
Communitysuppliesofproductsofthistypecur­
rentlydependtoaconsiderableextentonimports ^
fromthirdcountries;whereasitistheCommunity's
interesttopartiallysuspendtheCommonCustoms
Tariffdutyfortheyarninquestion,withintheCom­
munitytariffquota,ofanappropriatevolumefora
relativelylimitedperiod;whereasinordernotto
bringintoquestionthedevelopmentprospectsof
thisproductionintheCommunitywhileensuringan
adequatesupplytosatisfyuserindustries,ifisadvis­
abletolimitthebenefitsoftariffquotassolelyto
productsforuseinthemanufactureoftyres,toopen
thequotafortheperiodfrom1Julyto
31December1981^
andtofixthevolumeofthisquotaatalevel
of550tonnes,corresponding totheneedsforim­
portsfromthirdcountriesduringthatperiod,andto
fixthequotadutyat2%;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersand
therateofdutyfor'thetariffquotashouldbeap­
pliedconsistentlytoallimportsuntilthequotais
exhausted;whereasinthelightoftheseprinciples
arrangements fortheutilizationofthetariffquota
basedonanallocationamongMemberStates
wouldseemtobeconsistentwiththeCommunity
natureofthequota;whereas,tocorrespondas
closelyaspossibletotheactualtrendinthemarket
intheproductinquestion,allocationofthequota
shouldbsinproportiontotherequirementsofthe
MemberStatesascalculatedbyreferencetostatis­
ticsofimportsfromthirdcountriesduringarepre-

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sentativereferenceperiodandtotheeconomicout­
lookforthequotaperiodinquestion;
Whereas,however,sincethequotaisanautono­
mousCommunitytariffquotaintendedtocoverim­
portneedsarisingintheCommunity ,forexperi­
mentalpurposes,thequota'volumemaybeallo­
catedonthebasisofthetemporaryimportneeds
fromthirdcountriesexpressedbyeachoftheMem­
berStates;whereasthesearrangements foralloca­
tionwillequallyensuretheuniformapplicationof
theCommonCustomsTariff;
Whereas,totakeaccountofpossibleimporttrends
fortheproductconcerned,thequotavolumeshould
bedividedintotwotranches,thefirstbeingallo­
catedbetweencertainMemberStatesandthe
secondheldasareservetomeetsubsequentrequire­
mentsofMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheir\
initialsharesandanyadditionalrequirementswhich
mightariseintheotherMemberStates;whereas,to
giveimportersoftheMemberStatessomedegreeof
certainty,thefirsttrancheofthetariffquotashould
befixedatarelativelyhighlevel,whichinthiscase
couldbe535tonnes;
Whereasinitialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
rates;whereastoavoiddisruptionofsupplieson
thisaccountitshouldbeprovidedthatanyMember
Statewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshare
shoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereaseachtimeitsadditionalshareisalmost
usedupaMemberStateshoulddrawafurther
share,andsoonasmanytimesasthereserveal­
lows;whereastheinitialandadditionalshares
shouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
collaboration betweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,whichlattermustbeinapositionto
keepaccountoftheextenttowhichthequotashave
beenusedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesac­
cordingly;

Whereas,ifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberStatesinitial
shareremainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMem­
berStateshouldreturnasignificantproportionto
thereserve,inordertopreventapartoftheCom­
munityquotaremainingunusedinoneMember
Statewhileitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKing­
domoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepre­
sentedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymea­
sureconcerningtheadministration ofthesharesal­
locatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarriedout
byanyoneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
1.From1Julyuntil31December1981
theCommon
CustomsTariffdutyforyarnsofpoly(^-phenylene-
terephthalamide )fallingwithinsubheading51.01A
foruseinthemanufactureoftyresshalibesus­
pendedatthelevelof2%withintheframeworkofa
Communitytariffquotaof550tonnes.
2.Withinthelimitsofthetariffquota,Greece
shallapplycustomsdutiescalculatedinaccordance
withtherelevantprovisionsinthe1979ActofAc-,
cession.

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Article2
IAfirsttrancheof535>tonnesofthisCommunity
tariffquotashallbeallocatedamongcertainMem­
berStates;theshares,whichsubjecttoArticle
shallbevaliduntil31December1981,shallbeasfollows
tonnes
Benelux 2
Denmark 2
Germany(FR) 85
Greece
France
Ireiand
Italy
UnitedKyigdom
%
2.Thesecondtrancheof15tonnesshallconstitute
thereserve.
Article3
1IfaMemberStatehasuse
initialshareasfixedin
minusanyportionreturned'*»he^^Com_
-toArticle!»itshallforthwith,by-notifying^^^
mission,drawasecons,.initiaishare
wholenumoer.
2.,faMemberState,after
number.
3.lfr;^Memb«State.WUjH*
andtotheextent,providedinparagrapn,
fourthshareequaltothethird.
'Thisprocessshallapplyuntilthereserveisusedup.tonnes
2
2
85
2
400
2
2'
40

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Ν
4.Bywayotderogationfromparagraphs 1to3,a
MemberStatemaydrawshareslowerthanthose
specifiedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegrounds
forbelievingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedin
full.AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraph
shallinformtheCommissionofitsgroundsforso
doing.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticledshall
bevaliduntil31December1981.
ArticLe5
emberStatesshall,notlaterthan15November1981,return
tothereservetheunusedportionoftheirinitialsharewhich
on1November1981,isinexcessof20%oftheinitialvolume.
Theymayreturnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatitmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan15November1981,notify
theCommissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproductsin
questionimportedupto1November1981andchargedagainst
theCommunityquotaandofanyportionoftheirinitial
sharesreturnedtothereserve
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3ancjshalI,assoonasthenotificationsreach
it,informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthere­
servehasbeenusedup.Itshall,notlaterthan
20November1981,informtheMemberStatesofthe
amountsstillinreservefollowinganyreturnof
sharespursuanttoArticle5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhauststhe
reservedoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,and
tothisendshallnotifytheamountofthatbalance
totheMemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.

Artide7
I.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemea­
surestoensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpur­
suanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruptionagainst
theiraggregatesharesoftheCommunitytariff
quota.
1
2.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemea­
surestoensurethattheproductslistedinArti­
cleI(I)benefitingfromtheCommunitytariff
quota,areindeeddestinedforuseinthemanufac­
tureoftyres.,
I
(,
Controloftheuseforthisspecialpurposeshallbe
carriedoutpursuanttotherelevantCommunity
provisions.
3.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestion,establishedintheirterritory^
havefreeaccesstothesharesallottedtothem.
4.MemberStatesshallchargeimportsdftheprod­
uctinquestionagainsttheirsharesastheproductis
enteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforfreecircula­
tion. •
5.TheextenttowhichMemberStateshaveused
uptheirsharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisof
importschargedagainstthemundertheconditions
setoutinparagraph4.
Article°
AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallyc.hargedagainst
theirshares.
Article'
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselytoensurethatthisRegulationiscom­
pliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July
1981.

States^8"13'10"Sha"bebindin8initsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident