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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(76)459 final
Brussels,8September 1976.
Proposalfor
aCouncilRegulation (EEC)opening,allocating and
providingforadministration oftariffquotasfor
certainpaperandpaperboard,fallingwithin
subheadings ex48.01CIIand48.01EoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originating inPortugal.
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
,C0M(76)459final.\
\

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
jnEOSeptember1976theEuropeanEconomicCommunitysignedan
InterimAgreementwiththePortugueseRepublic.Article4ofthis
AgreementlaysdownthatforKraftlinerandforotherpaperandpaperboard
fallingwithinsubheadingsex48.01CIIand48.01E,originatinginPortugal/
theCommunityasoriginallyconstituted andIrelandshouldopenforthe
period1January1976to31December1983annualduty-freetariffquotas
of42000and1500metrictonsrespectively.Asregardsthesevolumes,
the"proratatemporis"clauseisapplicable.
ItseemscertainthatthisAgreementwillenterintoforce
on1November1976.Thesetariffquotasshouldthereforebeopenedfor
theperiod1Novemberto31December1976.
TheprovisionsoftheRegulationasusualprovideforthe
allocationofthequotasharesamongtheMemberStatesconcerned.This
allocationisbasedonthestatisticalconcessionsofpriorityforthe
lastthreeyearsandontheforeseeabledevelopmentofthemarketinthe
productsinquestionduringtheperiodconcerned.
Moreover,sincethetariffquotaissmallandthequota
periodveryshort,itseemsadvisablenottosetupaninstalmentin
respectoftheCommunityreserve.
Thisistheobjectiveoftheproposal.

Proposalfor
CouncilRegulation (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration
ofCommunitytariffquotasforcertainpaperandpaperboard,
fallingwithinsubheadings ex48.01CIIand48.01Eofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originating inPortugal
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasArticle4oftheInterimAgreementconcludedbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandthePortugueseRepublic(1)laysdownthattheCommunity
asoriginallyconstitutedandIrelandshouldopenannualduty-freetariffquotas
forKraftIinerandforotherpaperandpaperboardfallingwithinsubheadings
ex48.01CIIand48.01EoftheCommonCustomsTarifforiginatinginPortugal,of
42000and1500metrictonsrespectively;whereasthe"proratatemporis"clause
isapplicable;whereastheabovementioned Agreemententersintoforceon1November
1976*whereasthetariffquotasinquestionshouldthereforebeopenedon1November
1976;
WhereasasystemofutilizationoftheCommunitytariffquota,basedonanallocation
amongtheMemberStatesconcerned,wouldappearconsistentwiththeCommunitynature
ofthesaidquotas;whereas,torepresentascloselyaspossibletheactualmarket
trendsintheproductinquestion,theallocationshouldbeproportionatetothe
requirementscalculatedwithreferencetostatisticaldataonimportsfromPortugal
duringarepresentativereferenceperiodandtotheeconomicprojspectsforthe
quotaperiodinquestion;
asm/•••
(1)0JNoL

Whereas thecorresponding Imports byeach oftheMember States during
thepastthree years forwhich statistical dataareentirely available ,
represent thefollowing percentages ofthetotal imports oftheproduct
concerned :
CCTsubheading ex48.01 CII CCTsubheading 48.01E
1973 1974 1975 1973 1974 1975
Bénélux 15.6 20,1 2,8
Germany 24.8 34,7 0,1
France 38,1 22,6 21,4 99,9 99,9 73,1
Ireland 2.9 6,7 0.1 24,1
Italy 61,9 34.1 17,1
Whereas ,inviewofthese dataandtheforeseeable development ofthe
market intheproducts concerned during thequota period inquestion ,
thequota shares maybefixed approximately atthefollowing percentages :
CCTsubheading f-CTsubheading
ex48.01 CII 48-01E
Bénélux
rnnmanw 30 ^Germany
22France
* 112276
Ireland ®
Italy24 '
Whereas ,since thetariff quotas inquestion arerelatively small andthe
quota period veryshort ,itought tobepossible toprovide forasystem
ofallocation based onasingle apportionment ,without thereby derogating
fromtheCommunity nature ofthese tariff quotas ;whereas thisapportionment
could therefore becarried outaccording tothepercentages shown inthe
abovementioned table ;

Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomoftheNetherlands
andtheGrandDuchyof.Luxembourgarejointlyrepresented bythe
BeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationconcerningtheadministration
ofthequotasharesallocatedtothateconomicunionmaybecarried
outbyanyoneofitsmembers;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
Fortheperiod1November1976to31December1976duty-freetariffquotas
shallbeopenedintheEuropeanEconomicCommunityasoriginallyconstituted
andIrelandforproductsoriginatinginPortugalandwithinthelimits
shownbelow:
CCTNo
48.01 Paperandpaperboard (includingcellulose
wadding),machine-made,inrollsorsheets:
C.Kraftpaperandkraftboard:
exII.Other:
-Kraftlmer7000metrictons
E.Other250metrictons
Article2
TheCommunitytariffquotasindicatedinArticle1shallbeallocatedas
followsamongtheMemberStatesmentionedinArticle1:
-Inmetrictons
MemberState Productsfallingwithinsubheading
ex48.01C,II 48.01E
Bénélux
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy1,260
2,100
1,540
420
1,68010
15
189
28
8

Article3
1.TheMemberStatesshallguaranteeimportersoftheproductinquestion
established withintheirterritories freeaccesstothequotasharesallocated
tothem.
2.TheextenttowhichthesharesoftheMemberStateshavebeenusedup
shallbeverifiedonthebasisofimportsoftheproductinquestionasthe
productispresentedforcustomsclearanceunderthedeclaration forconsumption .
Article4
AttheCommission'srequesttheMemberStatesshalljeepitinformedofimports
whichhavebeenchargedagainsttheirshares..
Article 5
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperatecloselytoensurethat
thisRegulationiscompliedwith.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1November1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyand
directlyapplicable inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels. FortheCouncil
ThePresident