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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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COM(76)486final.
Brussels.20September1976.
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration
oftariffquotasforcertaintypesofpaperandpaperboardofsub­
headingsex48.01CIIand48.01EoftheCommonCustomsTariff
originatinginPortugal(1977)*
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(76)486final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.On20September1976"theEuropeanEconomicCommunitysignedanInterim
AgreementwiththePortugueseRepublic.Article4oftheAgreement
stipulates "thatforkraftpaperandkraftboardforwrapping,known
as"kraftliner",andforpaperandpaperboard,other,oftariff
subheadingsex48*01CIIand48.01E,originatinginPortugal,the
Community,asoriginallyconstituted ,andIreland,shallopen,forthe
periodfrom1January1976to31December1983,annualzero-dutytariff
quotasof42000tonnesand1500tonnesrespectively .Thetariffquotas
for1977shouldnowbeopened.
2.Thedraftregulationopeningthetariffquotasprovides-asisthe
ruleinthisfield-foreachquotavolumetobedividedintotwo
instalments ,thefirstbeingallocatedamongtheMemberStatesinthe
formofquotasharesandthesecondformingthereserve.
Concerningtheallocationofthevolumeofthefirstinstalment ,theusual
procedureshouldbeapplied,thatistheproportionofthetotalimports
ofeachMemberStateoverthelastthreeyearstoCommunityimportsoverthe
sameperiodisworkedoutandtheresultingpercentages areapplied-
perMemberState-tothevolumeofthefirstinstalment .
Asregardstheproductsfallingwithinsubheading48.01E,however,this
procedurehasnotbeenusedbecausecertainMemberStateshavenotimported
suchproducts,orhaveimportedthemonlyoccasionally overtheyearsin
question.
Sinceitisnecessarytoallocatethequotavolumefairly,theseMember
Stateshavebeenallocatedsmallpercentagesthatrepresentsaleableshares*
3.Themethodofadministration tobeusedbyalltheMemberStatesisthe
"asandwhen"method.
4•Theforegoingisthesubjectofthaiproposalforaregulation.

Proposaifor
CouncilRegulation(EEC)'
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration
oftariffquotasforcertaintypesofpaperandpaperboard
ofsubheadingsex48.01CIIand48.01EoftheCommon
CustomsTarifforiginatinginPortugal(l977)»
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasArticle4oftheInterimAgreement "betweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandthePortugueseRepublic^sdipulates thattheCommunity,as
originallyconstituted ,andIreland,shallopenannualzero-dutytariff
quotasforpaperandpaperboardforwrapping,knownas"kraftliner"andfor
paperandpaperboard,other,ofsubheadingex48.01CIIand48.01Eofthe
CommonCustomsTarifforiginatinginPortugal,of42000tonnesand1500tonnes
respectively }whichshouldbeincreasedyearlyby5%startingonlrstJanuary1977
whereasthetariffquotasconcernedshouldbeopenedfor1977}
WhereasitisinparticularnecessarytoguaranteeallCommunityimporters
equalanduninterrupted accesstotheabovementioned quotasanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthesequotastoallimportsofthe
productsconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntilthequotashavebeenused
up;whereas,havingregardto j
theprinciplesmentionedahovettheCommunitynatureofthequotascanoe
respectedbyallocatingtheCommunity -tariffquotaamongtheMemberStates}
whereas,inordertoreflectmostaccuratelytheactualdevelopmentofthe
marketintheproductsconcerned,suchallocationshouldbeinproportionto
theneedsoftheMemberStates,assessedbyreferencebothtothestatistics
ofeachState'simportsfromPortugaloverarepresentative periodandtothe
economicoutlookforthequotaperiodconcerned }
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2
Whereasoverthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsareavailablethe
corresponding imports "byeachfotheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentages oftotalimportsintotheCommunityoftheproductconcerned
originatinginPortugal:
tariffsubheadingex48.01C Tariffsubheadingex48.01
197319741975 197319741975 •
Bénélux 15.6 20.1 2.8
Prance 38.1,22.621.4- 99-999-973.1
Germany 24.834.7 0.1
Ireland 2.96.7 0.1 24.1
Italy ■61.934.1 17-1
Whereas,inviewofthesedataandtheforseeabletrendofthemarketin
theproductsconcernedduringthequotaperiodinquestion,quotasharesmay
befixedapproximately atthefollowingpercentages :

3
■tariffsubheading
ex48.01CIItariffsubheading
48.01E
Bénélux
Prance
Germany
Ireland
Italy18
22
30
6
244
76
6
11
3
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrendsfortheproductsconcerned
inthedifferentMemberStates,eachofthequotavolumesshouldbedivided
intotwoinstalments ,thefirstinstalmentbeingallocatedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondformingareserveintendedtocoversubsequently the
requirements oftheMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitialquota
shares;whereas,inordertoguaranteeimportersineachMemberStatea
certaindegreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunityquotasshould
bedeterminedatalevelwhich,inthiscarecouldbe75$ofeachofthequotas
volumes.
WhereastheinitialquotasharesoftheMemberStatesmaybeusedupatdifferent
times;whereas,inordertotakethisfactintoaccountandavoidanybreak
incontinuity,anyMemberStatehavingusedupalmostthewholeofoneofits
initialquotasharesshoulddrawanadditionalquotasharefromthecorres­
pondingreserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberStatewheneachof
itsadditionalquotasharesisalmostentirelyusedup,andrepeatedasmany
timesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditionalquotashares
mustbeavailableforuseuntiltheend'ofthequotaperiod;whereasthis
methodofadministration callsforclosecooperation betweenMemberStatesand
theCommission,whichmust,inparticular,beabletoobservetheextentto
whichthequotavolumesareusedandinformMemberStatesthereof;

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Whereas,ifataspecifieddateinthequotaperiodthereremainsinoneor
other MemberStatesaconsiderable "balanceofoneoftheinitial
quotashares,itisessentialthatthatMemberStatereturnasubstantial
proportionofittothecorresponding reserve,inordertoavoidapartof
oneorotheroftheCommunityquotasremainingunusedinoneMemberState
whenitcould"beusedinothersj
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomoftheNetherlandsand'
theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgareunitedinandrepresented "bytheBenelux
EconomicUnion,alltransactions concerningtheadministration ofshares
allocatedtotheabovementioned economicunionmay"becarriedout."byany
ofitsmembers.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Fortheperiod1Januaryto31December1977zero-dutytariffquotasshall
beopenedintheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,asoriginallyconstituted ,
andinIreland,forthefollowingproductsoriginatinginPortugalwithin
thelimitsindicated :
CCTheadingNo. Description Quotavolume
48.01 Paperandpaperboard(includingcellulose
wadding),machine-made ,inrollsorsheets:
C.Kraftpaperandkraftboard:
exII.Other:
-Kraftpaperandkraftboardfor
wrapping,knownas"kraftliner"44*100mt
E.Other 1.575mt

Article2
1.ThetariffquotaslaiddowninArticle1shalltiedividedintotwo
instalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentshall "besharedamongtheMemberStates;theshares
which,subjecttoArticle5»shallbevaliduntil31December1977»shall
consistofthefollowingamounts:
-inmt-
MemberState Productsofsubheadings
ex48.01CII48.01E
Bénélux 5«954 48
France 7*276 896
Germany 9*922 . 72
Ireland I.985 130
Italy 7.978 36
J-H'
3.Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,11.025and393Respectively ,
shallconstitute thereserve.
Article3~
1.If907°ormoreofoneoftheinitialsharesofaMemberState,aslaid
downinArticle2(2),or90$ormoreofthatsharelesstheamount
returnedtothereserve,wheretheprovisionsofArticle5havebeen
applied,hasbeenused,thatMemberStateshalldraw,withoutdelay
andbynotifyingtheCommissionasecondshareequalto15%ofits
initialshare,roundeduptothenextunitwhereappropriate ,tothe
extentthattheamountinthereserveallows.

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2.If,afteroneorotherofitsinitialshareshas"beenusedup90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawn"byaMemberStatehas"beenused,that
MemberStateshalldrawinthemannerspecifiedinparagraph 1athird
shareequalto75%ofitsinitialshare,roundeduptothenextunit
whereappropriate ,totheextentthattheamountinthereservesllows.
3.If,afteroneorother,ofitssecondshareshasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenused,thatMember'
Stateshalldrawinthemannerspecifiedinparagraph 1,afourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallbeapplieduntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and3,theMemberStatesmaydraw
sharessmallerthanthosefixedinthesaidparagraphsifthereisany
reasontobelievethatthosesharesmightnotbeusedup.Theyshall
informtheCommissionofthereasonswhichledthemtoapplythisparagraph.
Article4
EachoftheadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbevalid
until31December1977*
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlaterthan1October1977»
theunusedportionoftheirinitialsharewhich,on15September1977»isin
excessof20$oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturnalargerquantityif
therearereasonstobelievethatsuchquantitymightnotbeused.

TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1977»notifytheCommission
ofthetotalimportsoftheproductsconcernedeffectedupto15September1977
inclusiveandchargedagainsttheCommunityquotasand,whereappropriate ,
theproportionoftheirinitialsharesthatisbeingreturnedtoeach
reserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepaccountofthesharesopenedbyMemberStates
inaccordancewithArticles2and3andshallinformeachofthemofthe
extenttowhichthereserveshavebeenusedassoonasitreceives
notifications .
TheCommissionshall,notlaterthan5October1977tnotifyMemberStates
oftheamountineachreserveafterthereturnofquantitiespursuantto
Article5»
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhichusesupanyreserve
islimitedtothebalanceavailable,andforthispurposeshallspecify
theamountthereoftotheMemberStatewhichmakesthefinaldrawing.
Article7
1.TheMemberStatesahlltakeallappropriate measurestoensurethat,
v/henadditionalsharesaredrawnpursuanttoArticle3,itispossible
forchargestobemadewithoutinterruption againsttheiraccumulated
sharesoftheCommunityquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthesaidgoodsestablished
intheirterritoryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargetheimportsoftheproductsconcerned
againsttheirsharesasandwhenthegoodsareenteredforhomeuse.

4«TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupitssharesshall"be
determinedonthe"basisoftheimportschargedundertheconditions
stipulatedinparagraph3»
Article8
AttherequestoftheCommission,MemberStatesshallinformitofimport
oftheproductsconcernedactually;chargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperatecloselyinorder
toensurethattheprovisionsofthisRegulation sireobserved.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1977*
ThisRegulationshall"be"bindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
ConeatBrussels, FortheCouncil,
ThePresident