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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)353 final
Brussels.24July1978
Draft
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofa
Communitytariffquotaforrosin,including"brais
résineux"fallingwithinsubheading No38.08Aofthe
CommonCustomsTarifffor1979
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(78)353final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
ThepurposeofthismemorandumistosubmittotheCouncila
draftRegulation ontheopening/allocation andadministration
ofanautonomous dutyfreeCommunitytariffquotaforrosins
fallingwithinsubheading 38.08AoftheCCTfor1979whichdoes
notexceedthelimitspermitted byDecisionn°1/75ontheappli­
cationofthetermsofparagraph 3ofProtocoln°10oftheAsso­
ciationAgreementbetweentheCommunity andGreece.ThisDecision
laysdownthattheCommunity may,withouttheapprovalofthe
Association CouncilEED/Greece>openatariffquotaofanamount
notexceeding 25%oftheCommunityimportsoftheseproductsfrom
thirdcountriesnotassociatedorlinkedwithitbyapreferential
agreementduringthelatestyearforwhichstatistics areavailable
Î. ' '' .
Thoseimportsin1977haveamountedto62.506metrictons,sothe
!
|Communitytariffquotamustbefixed,for-1979atanamountof
15.627metrictons. '
SincetheCommunitytariffquotainquestionisrelativelysmall
andwi11undoubtedly beusedupquicklyintheMemberStatesit
idoesnotseemthatanallocationofitinsharesamongtheMember
iStateswouldderogatefromtheCommunitynaturethereof.Sucha
Isolutionhaspreviouslybeenavaledincasesofthisnature.

Draft
COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)
V
ontheopening^allocationandadministrationofaCommunity
including'braisr&ineux',fallingwithinsubheading38.08Aof<
Tariff(1979)tariffquotaforrosin,*
theCommonCustoms
.THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article28'hereof,
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission,
WhereastheproductionintheCommunityandin
Greeceofrosinfallingwithinsubheading38.08A
ofthe■CommonCustomsTariffiscurrently
insufficienttomeettherequirements ofthe
processingindustriesintheCommunity;whereas,
consequently,Communitysuppliesofproductsof
thistypecurrentlydependtoaconsiderableextent
onimportsfromthirdcountries;
Whereas,underDecisionNo1/75oftheAssociation
Councilontheapplicationofparagraph3of
ProtocolNo10totheAgreementestablishingan
AssociationbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCom­
,munity'andGreece,theCommunrymayopen
autonomoustariffquotasforrosinproviJairiiat,
fortheCommunityasawhole,theannualquotas
donotexceed25%oftheCommunity'simports
fromthirdcountriesnotassociatedwithorlinked
toitbyapreferentialagreementduringthelastyear
forwhichstatisticsarcavailable;whereasthemost
urgentCommunityrequirementsfortheproductsin
questionshouldbemetimmediatelyonthemost
favourableterms;whereasanildutyCommunity
tariffquotashouldthereforebeopenedwithinthe
limitsoftheaboveamount;
Whereas,in.1977theimportsofrosinfromthird
counri.csnotassociatedwithorlinkedtotheCom­
munitybyapreferentialagreementwereasfollows:Bcnelux
Dcnmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom
Totaltonnes
11.554
155
25.276
3.937
3.020
2.262
16.302
62.506
Whereas25%ofthistotalrepresents15.627torn
Whereas,inviewofthenegligiblesizeofsu.h
aquotain.comparisonwiththeCommunity' *
requirements,asystemofutilizationshould,without
derogatingfromtheCommunitynatureofthetariff
quota,hiprovided,basedonasingleallocation
betweentheMemberStates;whereasthisallocation
shouldbecalculatedbythesamemethodas<susrd
toestablishatorn,uotaof25%oftheinir-orts
ofeachMemberStr.*'.nthesamethirdcountries-
whereas,calculated..v.imanner,thisallocation
shouldbeassetoutir.At.;2;
Whereas,sincetheKinr'iomofBelgium,»r.c
KingdomoftheNethcri.u.tandtheGrandDuihy
ofLuxembourg arcun..cdwithinandjointi/
rcprcsentedbytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,nnv
measureconcerningtheadministration r,ftheshares
allocatedtothatEconomicUnionmaybecarried
outbyanyoneofitsnumbers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
tjuniin/yto31!>cceir.hrr
1979^theCommonCustomsTariffdutyiorrosin
including'braisr&incux'failingwithinlubhcrdinj;Dnrin;;meperiod
1979.theCommon

-2-
38.08Ashallbetotallysuspendedwithinthelimits
ofaCommunitytariffquotaof15.627tonnes
Article2
iTheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
|shallbeallocatedasfollowsamongtheMember
>States:
Article3
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measurestoensurethatimportersoftheproductinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhavefreeaccess
tothesharesallocatedtothem.
2.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitsshareshallbedeterminedonthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductinquestionenteredwiththe
customsauthoritiesforhomeuse.
Article4
AttheCommission'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
ArticleS
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate "
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterinto'forceon
1January1979.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
I , ,
'ι.*',
Doneat
PortheCouncit
ThePresident

FINANCIAL STATEMENTDate
1.Budgetlineconcerned :Ch.12Art.120
2.Leqalbasis:Art.28
* *
3.Titleofthetariffmeasure:
DraftRegulation (EEC)oftheCouncilontheopening,allocation and
administration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforrosin,including .
i"braisr^sineux-"fallingwithinsubheading No.38.08Aofthe
■CommonCustomsTarifffor1979.
4.Objectives :
|OpeningofatariffquotawithinthelimitsfixedinCouncil
IofAssociation EEC-Greece decision No1/75.
5.Methodofcalculation :
-NoofCCT :38.08A
-Quotavolume:21;013tonnes
-Quotadutyrate:0%
i-DutyrateCCT-Ï5%
6.:Lossofreceiptsï276,900EUA