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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Brussels.8December1980
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofa
Communitytariffquotafornewsprintfallingwithinsubheading
48.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff(1981)andextendingthis
quotatoincludecertainothertypesofpaper
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
AtthelastmultilateralGATTnegotiations ,theCommunityundertooktoopen_
annuallyanil-dutyCommunitytariffquotafor1500000tonnesofnewsprint
fallingwithinsubheading48.0'1AoftheCommonCustomsTariff.
Furthermore ,theCommunityinformedtheNordicdelegation(textNord4of
documentNCG(67)44rev.)thatithaddecidedtoopenanil-dutytariffquota
eachyearunderArticle28oftheTreatyofRomeifitwereestablishedthatall
possibilitiesofsupplyontheinternalmarketoftheCommunityhadbeen
exhaustedduringagivenaccountingperiodandafterhavingentirelyusedupthe
nildutyquotaboundunderGATT.
Moreover,ProtocolN°13annexedtotheActofAccessionalsoprovidesforthe~
openingofanautonomousCommunitytariffquotaforthisproductwhenithas
beenestablishedthatallpossibilitiesofsupplyontheinternalmarketofthe
Communityhavebeenexhaustedduringthe.periodforwhichthequotaisopened.
Judgingfrommarkettrendsoverthepastfewyearsitisalreadyclearthatthe
.1981Communitytariffquotatobeopenedmustbegreaterthanthe1500000
tonnesoriginallyestablished !Thematterofthequotaamounttobeprovidedfor
1981wasthesubjectofadiscussionbytheEconomicTariffQuestionsGroupon
9September1980,attheconclusionofwhichittranspiredthat:
(i)themarketforCommunityproductionin1981didnotseemtobeguaranteed
atthemomentand,therefore,thattheconditionimposedontheopeningofan
autonomoustariffquotabyProtocolN°13,andbythecommitmententeredinto
withtheNordicdelegation,didnotthereforeappeartobecurrentlyfulfilled;
(ii)theestimates,putforwardby•theMemberStates,fixedtheirimport
requirements fromthirdcountriesat2740000or2870000tonnes,according -to
thelevelwhichmightbereachedbyCommunityproduction,althoughtheactual
utilizationofquotasopenedfor1977,1978and1979wasonly2385000,2500
000and2660000respectivelyandfor1980itcouldbelessthan2700000.
tonnes,whiletheconsumptiontrendandtheunfavourablecurrentgeneral
economicsituationwouldnotjustifysuchrequirements for1981.

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3.Generallyspeaking,theCommissionconsidersinthiscasethatinviewofthe
uncertainties regardingthe,levelsofconsumption ,productionandimportsfrom
thirdcountries,aswellas'oftheneedtoensureparalleldevelopmentof
Community productionandofsuppliesfortheconsumerindustries ,on
satisfactoryterms,itisnecessarytoshowdiscretioninfixingthequotatobe
openedsoasnottojeopardizethestabilityofthemarket.Fortheabovereasons,
theCommissionproposesthatthequotabefixedfor1981attheanticipated
minimumlevelofimportrequirements oftheMemberStates,namely2500000
tonnes,andthatthesituationbereviewedinthecourseoftheyear.
4.Thetariffquotaisallocatedinaccordancewiththemethodwhichhasnormally
beenapplied:allocationisbasedonpastimportfiguresandonestimatesforthe
quotayearinquestion.
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Furthermore ,inviewofthesizeofthequotaproposedfromthestart,the
CommissionconsidersthatitwouldbecontrarytotheCommunitynatureofthis
quotatodivideitupintosharesallocateddefinitivelytoalltheMemberStates.
Itthereforeproposesasystemofadministration basedontheestablishment ofa
.Community .reservelimitedto6%.Thissystemofallocationandadministration
was,moreover,unanimouslyapprovedbyallMemberStatesatthetimeofthe
openingofthetariffquotaforpreviousyears.
5.Pendingadefinitivedecisionontheproblemofwatermarkcriteria,containedin
theAdditionalNotetoChapter48,itisproposedtorenewfor1981the
possibilityfortheMemberStatestochargeagainstthequotaconcernedother
typesofpaperwhich,leavingasidethecriteriaofwatermarks ,correspondtothe
definitionofnewsprinttobefoundintheabovementioned AdditionalNote.

Proposalfor
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofa
Communitytariffquotafornewsprintfallingwithinsubheading48.01A
oftheCommonCustomsTariff(1981)andextendingthisquotatoinclude
_certainothertypesofpaper
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , v
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,andin
particularArticles28and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheCommunityhasundertakentoopenanannualdutyfreeCommunity
tariff.quotaof1500000£onnesofnewsprint'fallingwithinsubheading48.01A
Whereas,inaccordancewithProtocolNo13annexedtotheActofAccession(1),
eachyearanautonomousCommunitytariffquotaistobeopenedforthis j
productwhenithasbeenestablishedthatallpossibilities ofsupplyonthe
internalmarketoftheCommunitywillbeexhaustedduringtheperiodfor'
whichthequotaisopened;' !
Whereas,inviewofpresentCom'munityproductioncapacity,thecontractualquotaof.
1500000tonnesisinsufficienttomeetanticipatedimportrequirements ;whereas
provisionshouldthereforebemadeforianautonomoussupplementary quotawhich,in
ordernottojeopardizethestabilityofthemarketandsoastoensureparallel
development ofthemarketforCommunityproductionandofsuppliesforthe
consumerindustriesonsatisfactoryterms,shouldbefixedatalevelsothatthetotal
quotadoesnotexceeditsanticipatedminimumutilization,namely2500000tonnes;
whereasthefactthatthefigureof1000000tonneshasbeenadoptedforthe
autonomoussupplementary quotadoesnotruleoutareadjustment duringthequota
period;whereasaCommunitytariffquotashouldthereforebeopenedfor1981fora.
totalquantityof2500000tonnesoftheproductinquestion:
(1)03NoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.

Whereasprovisionshouldbemadeforextendingthe
tariffquotainquestiontoincludecertaintypesofpaper
fulfillingalltheconditionssetoutintheAdditional
'NotetoChapter48exceptthoserelatingtowater
marks;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunityimportersandthe-
rateofdutyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
withoutinterruptiontoallimportsoftheproductin
questionuntilthequotaisexhausted;whereasinthe
Jightoftheseprinciples,arrangementsfortheutilization
oftheCommunitytariffquotabasedonanallocation
amongMemberStateswouldseemtobeconsistentwith
theCommunitynatureofthequota;whereas,inorder-
thatitmaycorrespondascloselyaspossibletothe
actualtrendofthemarketintheproductinquestion,
allocationofthequotashouldbeinproportiontothe
requirementsofdie-MemberStatesascalculatedby
referencetostatisticsonimportsfromthirdcountries
duringarepresentative referenceperiodandtothe
economicoutlookfortheyearcoveredbythequotain
question;
Whereas,forthelastthreeyearsforwhichcompletestatisticsareavailable,the
importsofeachoftheMemberStatessharingintheaboveallocationamountedtothe
followingpercentagesoftotalimportsoftheproductsinquestion:
.1977 1978 1979
Bénélux . 1-,14.41 14.78 13.05
Denmark 5.43 6.55 5.85
Germany 27.85 25.28 25.64
Greece 1.77 1.66 1.16
France • 11.82 11,12 12.08
Ireland 1.85 -1.94 1.76
Italy 0.49-0.89 1.03
UnitedKingdom 38.15 39.44 39.43;

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Whereas,inviewoftheaboveandoftheforeseeabletrendofthemarketinnewsprint
ingeneralandofCommunityproductioninparticularduring1983„tbeinitialquota
maybeallocatedapproximately inthefollowingpercentages :
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany11.91
7.00
25.57
2.45
11.56
0.53
0.70
kQ.28;Greece
France
Ireland\
Italy
UnitedKingdom
Whereas,totakeaccountofimporttrendsforthe
productconcerned,thequotashouldbedividedinto
twotranches,thefirstbeingallocatedamongthe
MemberStatesandthesecondheldasareservetocover
subsequentlytherequirementsofMemberStateswhich
haveexhaustedtheirinitialshares;whereas,togive
importerssomedegreeofcertaintyandyetenable
Communityproductiontobedisposedofon
satisfactoryterms,thefirsttrancheofthequotashould
befixedatabout94%ofthefullamount;
WhereasMemberStatesmayexhausttheirinitialshares
atdifferentrates;whereastoprovideforthiseventuality
andavoiddisruptionofsuppliesanyMemberState
whichhasalmostusedupitsinitialshareshoulddraw
anadditionalsharefromthereserve;whereaseachtime
itsadditionalshareisalmostexhaustedaMemberState
shoulddrawafurthershare,andsoonasmanytimesas
thereserveallows;whereasth^initialandadditional
sharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
collaboration betweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission,andthelattermustbeinapositiontokeep
accountoftheextenttowhichthequotahasbeenused
upandtoinformtheMemberStatesaccordingly;
Whereas,ifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunuseditisessential,topreventapartofthe
Communitytariffquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhileitcouldbeusedinothers,thattheStateinquestionshouldreturna
significantproportionthereoftothereserve;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgarelihitedwithinandjointly1represented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anytransactionin
respectoftheadministration ofthesharesallocatedto
thateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyanyoneof
itsmembers,

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Duringtheperiod1Januaryto31December1981,
aCommunitytariffquotaof2500000tonnesshallbe
openedinrespectofnewsprintfalling"within
subheading48.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff(1).
2.MemberStatesmaychargeagainstthistariffquota
theothertypesofpapercomplyingwiththedefinition
ofnewsprintcontainedintheAdditionalNoteto
Chapter48,exceptasregardsthecriteriagoverning
watermarks .
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3.Importsofnewsprintshallnotbechargedagainst
thistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfree-ofcustoms
dutiesunderotherpreferentialtarifftreatment.
Furthermore,importsofanyotherpaperreferred10in-
paragraph2enjoyingduty-freeexemptionunderthe
saidtariffquotashallnotbechargedagainstthe_
'targetceilingsfixedundercertainfreetrade
agreements .'
k.TheCommonCustomsTariff,,dutyshallbetotallysuspendedwithinthelimitsofthe
abovementioned quota.-
Withinthelimitsoftheabovementioned quota,Greeceshallapplycustoms
dutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththerelevant,provisionslaiddownin
(2)theActofAccessionofGreece
Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbedividedintotwo
tranches. - ,
(1)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttoconditionstobedetermined
bythecompetentauthorities
(2)OJNoL291,19.11.1979,p.17

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2.Afirsttrancheof2350000tonnesshallbeallocatedamongtheMemberStates.
MemberStates'shares ,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevalidfrom1Januaryuntil31
December1981,shallbeasfollows:
tonnes
Bénélux e>°J
Denmark 164500
Germany . 600895
Greece 575
France' 271660
Ireland 12445
Italy * 16450
UnitedKingdom 946580
3.Thesecondtranche,of150000tonnes,shallconstitutethereserve.
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Article3
'1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshareas
fixedinArticle2(2),orofthatshareminustheportion,
returnedtothereservewhereArticle5hasbeenapplied,
hasbeenusedupitshallforthwith,bynotifyingthe
Commission ,drawasecondshare,-totheextentthatthe-
reservesopermits,equalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupasnecessarytothenextwholenumber.
2.If,after.itsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted,90%or
moreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehas
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inthemanner*
andtotheextentprovidedinparagraph1,drawathird
shareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare.
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3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inthe
mannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraph 1,
drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocedureshallapplyuntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1,2and-3,Member
Statesmaydrawlessersharesthanthosespecifiedin
thoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
thosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.Theyshall
informtheCommissionoftheirreasonsforapplying
thisprovision.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December1984>
ArticleS
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October198*7,theunusedportionoftheirinitial
sharewhich,on15September1987,isinexcessof
20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturnagreater
portioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthatsuch
portionmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October1987,
notify-theCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
productsinquestionimporteduptoandincluding15
September198*7andchargedagainsttheCommunity
tariffquotaandofanyportionoftheirinitialshares
returnedtothereserve.
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Article6Itshallensurethatwhenaquantityexhaustingthe
reserveisdrawn,theamountsodrawndoesnotexceed
thebalanceavailable,andtothisendshallnotifythe
amountofthatbalancetotheMemberStatemakingthe
lastdrawing.
Article7
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriatemeasures
toensurethatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3areopenedinsuchawaythatimportsmaybe
chargedwithoutinterruptionagainsttheiraccumulated
shareoftheCommunityquota.
2.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessaryto
ensurethatthetypesofpaperreferredtoinArticle1(2)
includedinthistariffquotaareinfactintendedforthe
printingofnewspapers,weeklypapersorother
.periodicalsfallingunderheadingNo
4'9V02oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
publishedatleast10timesperyear..
Insuchacase,checkstoensurethat
thegoodsareusedfortheirprescribed
end-useshallbecarriedoutbyemploy­
ingtherelevantCommunityprovisions.
3.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productsinquestionestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtoit.
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupits
sharesshallbedeterminedonthebasisofimportsofthe
productsinquestionenteredwiththecustoms
authoritiesforfreecirculation.
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and
3andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,informeach
MemberStateoftheextenttowhich*thereservehas
beenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
October1987oftheamountstillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article5.

Article8
AttheCommission'srequest,theMemberStatesshallinformitofimportsactually
chargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9 -
MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate •
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscompliedwith.
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Article10
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1987. ' '
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
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