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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)578 final.
Brussels,7November1978
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Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
increasingtheCommunitytariffquotaopenedfor1978byRegulation
(EEC)No2608/77fornewsprintfallingwithinsubheading 48.01Aof
theCommonCustomsTariff
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
C0M(78)578final.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM ;
Regulation (EEC)No2608 /77o£ 21November 1977 (1)opened for
1978 aCommunity tariff quota fornewsprint ,which was .subject to
review inthecourse oftheyear .Theinitial quantity was
2300000mt.
Therevision wasdone atameeting ofthe "Economic Tariff Problems "
group on22September 1978' where itseemed that thesupplementary
needs which have appeared incertain Member States were 1^0000 ^metric
tons ,account being taken ofthereturns tothereserve effected or
expected ,aswell asstocks held intheCommunity during the year .
This proposition isintended tointroduce theincrease ,equal tothe
supplementary needs ,bymeans ofincreasing theCommunity reserve to
which allMember States which have used uptheir initial share have
access *
(1)OJNoL305of29.11.1977 ,p.1.

Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
increasing theCocraimnity tariff quota opened ,for197® "by
Regulation (EEC)NO2608 /77fornewsprint falling within
subheading 48.01AoftheCommon Customs Tariff
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinpartioular Artioles 28and113thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommi ssion .
Whereas ,byRegulation (EEC)NO2608 /77(1),theCouncil opened andallocated
among theMember States ,fornewsprint falling within subheading 48.01 Aof
theCommon Customs Tariff ,aduty-free Community tariff quota ,theamount of
which wasfixed at2300000tonnes ;whereas ,bythesame Regulation ,the
tariff quota inquestion wasextended toinclude certain other types of
paper which ,apart from theoriterion ofwatermarks ,correspond tothe
definition ofnewsprint given intheAdditional Note toChapter 48ofthe
Common Customs Tariff ;
Whereas themost recent data onthis product for 197® suggest that the
additional imports from non-member oountries required bytheCommunity
will amount to130000tonnes ;whereas thesize ofthequota should be
inoreased bythis amount totake account oftherequirements noted ;whereas ,
inorder tosafeguard theCommunity character ofthetariff quota inquestion ,
theproposed inorease should boadded totheCommunity reserve setupbythe
above Regulation ,
HAS ADOPTED SHIS REGULATION :
Article 1
1.TheCommunity tariff quota opened byRegulation (SEC)No2608 /77FQR
newsprint falling within subheading 48.01 AoftheCommon Customs Tariff is
(1)0JNo305of29.11 .1977 ,p.1.

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hereby increased from 23^0000to24^0000tonnes#
2. Theadditional quantity of130000tonnes shall beadded totheCommunity
reserve setupunder Artiole 2(3)oftheabove Rtgulfe .tion ,which isthus
increased from 140.500 to270.500 tonnes *
Article 2
* ••
This Regulation shall enter into force ontheseventh dayfollowing its
publication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities . "
Ihia Regulation shall "bebinding initsentirety and ' .
direotly applicable inallMember States *
Done atBrussels . For the Council
The President'

FICÎÎi£ FINANCIERE Date :3octobre 1978
1.Ligno bud^iT :Caire concernée :Chap .12art .120
2.iiatîCi juriciiciue :Art .28et113 .
3.Intitulé delamesure tarifaire :Proposition derèglement duConseil
portant augmentation duvolume diicontingent tarifaire communautaire
ouvert en1978pour lepapier journal delasous-position 48.01 A
dutarif douanier commun .
4.Objectif :Assurer laconverture desbesoins delaCommunauté en
papier journal .
5.Mode decalcul :
-N°duT.D.C.
-Volume duyc^s contingent fr.yV
–Droits àappliquer
-Droits duT.D.C.48.01 Aetex48.01 E
130.000 t
0%
7%et12%
6.Perte derecettes :
Prix moyen àlatonne :340UCE
Valeur des'130.000 tonnes =44.200.000 UCE
Importations .sous le48.01 A(+40%)=
Importations sous le48.01 E(+_60%)=
Perte :17.680.000 à7%»1.237.600 UCE
26.520.000 à12%=3.182.400 UCE17.680.000 UCE
26.520.000 UCE
4.420.000 UCE