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COMMISSION OFTHEKUROPEÂN COMMUN !"!
COM(77)370 final.
Brussels .,26July1977
Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening ,allocating andproviding fortheadministration
oftariffquotasforcertaintypesof-paperandpaperboard ofsub
headings ex48.01CIIand48.01F>oftheCommonCustomsTariff
originating inPortugal (1978)°
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission )
CCM.(n)370final

1.On20September 1.976theEuropsailEconomic Community signedanInterim
Agreement withthePortuguese Republic ,Article4oftheAgreement
stipulates "thatforkraftpaperandkraft "boardforwrapping ,known
as"kraftliner ",andforpaperandpaperboard ,other,oftariff
subheadings ex48,010IIand48.01originating inPortugal ,the.
Community ,asoriginally constituted ,aridIreland,shallopen,forthe
periodfrom1January197^'to31December 1933,annualzero–dutytarsff
quotasof42000tb'v./=csand1^00tonnesrespectively ^"ihssequotasshould
beincreased year!/by5%.Thetariffquotasfor1972shouldnowbeopened *
2.Thedraftregulation openingthetariffquotasprovides-asisthe
ruleinthisfield~foreachquotavolumetobedividedintotwo
instalments ,thefirstbeingallocated amongtheMemberStatesinthe
formofquotasharesandthesecondformingthereserve.
Concerning theallocation ofthevolumeofth8firstinstalment ,theusual
procedure shouldbeapplied,thatistheproportion ofthetotalimports
ofeachMemberStateoverthelastthreeyearstoCommunity importsoverthe
sameperiodiswoi-kedoutajndthe'resulting percentages areapplied–
perMemberState–tothevo'lumoofthefirstinstalment .
ewLodofedminis»tiationtobeusedbyalltheMemberStatesisthe
"grey-fcund-jnethod ". •
4.meforegoingiathesubjectoftheproposalforaregulation.
AgX:1proposalforaregulation (EEC)oftheCouncil.

Proposai fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)No/77
of
ontheopening ,allocation andadministration oftariffquotasforcertaintypes
ofpaperandpaperboard ,failingwithinsubheadings ex48.01CIIand48.01'k.of
theCommon CustomsTariff,originating inPortugal (1978)I
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasArticle4oftheInterimAgreement between
theEuropean Economic Community andthePortu­
gueseRepublic (')laysdownthattheCommunity as
originallyconstituted andIrelandshouldopenannual
duty-freetariffquotasforKraftliner andforother
paperandpaperboard fallingwithinsubheadings ex-
48.01CIIand48.01p'oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originating inPortugal,of42000and1500
"tonnes respectively ,whichshouldbeincreased
yearlyby5%asfrom1January1977;whereasthe
tariffquotasconcerned shouldbeopenedfor1978;
Whereasequalanduninterrupted accesstothesaid
quotasshouldbeensuredforallCommunity impor­tersandtheratesofdutyforthesequotasshouldbe
appliedconsistently toallimportsoftheproductsin
questionintotheMemberStatesconcerned untilthe
quotashavebeenusedup;whereas,inthelightofthe
principlesoutlinedabove,arrangements fortheutiliza­
tionoftheCommunity tariffquotasbasedonanallo­
cationamongMemberStateswouldseemconsistent
withtheCommunity natureofthequotas;whereas,
inorderthatitmaycorrespond ascloselyaspossible
totheactualmarkettrendsintheproductsinques­
tion,allocation ofthequotasshouldbeinproportion
totherequirements oftheMemberStatesascalcu­
latedbyreferencetostatisticaldataonimportsofthe
saidproductsfromPortugalduringarepresentative
referenceperiodandtotheeconomic prospects for
thequotaperiodinquestion ;
Whereas ,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatis­
ticsareavailable,thecorresponding importsintoeach
oftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowingpercen­
tagesoftotalimportsoftheproductinquestion,origi­
natinginPortugal:
Subheading ex48.01CIJ Subheading 48.01Ρ
Member States1
1974 19751976 1974 1975I1976
r
Bénélux ■
i■15-6 201 !■25.2 2-828.7
Germany 24-8 I34-728.1 '.5.0 54.0
France 22-6 21-4 •18.2 :95.0 7318.0
I
Ireand I'2-9 6-76.71
I2419.3
Italy 34-1
i
I17121.8 II
I
(■)OJNoL266,29.9.1976.p.1.

Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarketfore­
castsfortheproductsconcernedduringthequota
periodinquestion,thepercentagesharesinthequota
volumesmaybeexpressedroughlyasfollows;
Subheading -SubheadiQ£
x48.01CII 48-01&
Bénélux 2(M 16
Germany •j34-7 32
France 22-4L35
Ireland 5-8 12
Italy 17-0 5
Whereas,inordertotakeaccountoffuturetrendsin
importsoftheproductsinquestionintothevarious
MemberStates,eachofthequotasshouldbedivided
intotwotranches,thefirsttobeallocatedamongall
theMemberStatesandthesecondtoformareserve
intendedtocoveranysubsequentrequirements of
MemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
shares;whereas,inordertoensureacertaindegreeof
securityforimportersineachMemberState,thefirst
trancheofthetariffquotashouldbesetatalevel
whichinthiscasemightbe75%ofeachofthe'
quotavolumes;.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
ArticleI
Fortheperiod1Januaryto31December1935duty-
freetariffquotasshallbeopenedintheCommunity
asoriginallyconstitutedandIrelandforproductsorigi­
natinginPortugalandwithinthelimitsshown
below:
(inmetrictons)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoodsTarif.
□U".U
48.01 Paperandpaperboard
(including cellulose
wadding),machine-made ,in
rollsorsheets:
C.Kraftpaperandkraft
board:
exII.Other:
–Kraftlîncr 46305
pTOther1653
WhereasMemberStatesmayuseuptheirinitial
sharesatdifferentrates;whereas,toprovideforthis
eventualityandtoavoiddisruptionofsupplies,any
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedup.anyofits
initialsharesshoulddrawnanadditionalsharefrom
thecorresponding reserve;whereasthisshouldbe
donebyeachMemberStatewheneachofitsaddi­
tionalshareshasbeenalmostusedup,asmanytimes
asthereserveallows;whereaseachoftheinitialand
additionalsharesshouldbevaliduntiltheendofthe
quotaperiod;whereasthisformofadministration
requiresclosecollaboration betweenMemberStates
andtheCommission ,inwhichthelattermust,in
particular,beabletokeeparecordoftheextentto
whichthequotahasbeenusedupandinformthe
MemberStatesaccordingly ;
Whereas,ifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerablequantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunused,itisessentialthatthatMemberState
shouldreturnasignificantproportiontothecorres­
pondingreserve,soastoavoidapartofanyofthe
tariffquotasremainingunusedinoneMemberState
whenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,the
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,Article2
1.ThetariffquotaslaiddowninArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwotranches.
2.Afirsttrancheofeachquota,i.e.
34730and1240tonnes
respectively,shallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStates;theshares,whichsubjecttoArticle5
Shallbevaliduntil31December197$shallbeis
follows:
MemberStates Subheading
ex48.01CillJ.1I c
Subhfidinc -
48.01
4
Bénélux 6980• "200
Germany 12'050 400
France I7780 435
Ireland 2020 145
Italy 5900 60
3.Thesecondtrancheofeachquota,i.e.Tj575
and413tonnesrespectively,shallconstitutethe
corresponding reserve.
Article3
1.If90%ormoreofanyofaMemberState's
initialshares–asfixedinArticle2(2)–orofth.it
shareminusanyportionreturnedtothecorres­
pondingreserve,whereArticle5hasbeenapplied,has
beenusedup,thatMemberStateshallforthwith,by

notifyingtheCommission ,drawasecondshare,tothe
extentthatthereservesopermits,equalto15%ofits
initialshare,roundedoffupwardstothenextwhole
number,ifnecessary .
2.If,afteranyofitsinitialshareshasbeenusedup,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shall,undertheconditions laiddowninparagraph 1
andtotheextentthatthereservesopermits,drawa
thirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,rounded
offupwardstothenextwholenumber,ifnecessary .
3.If,afteranyofitssecondshareshasbeenused
up,90%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbya
MemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shall,undertheconditions laiddowninparagraph 1,
drawafourthshareequaltothethird.
Thisprocedure shallapplyuntilthereserveisused
up.
4.Bywayofderogation fromparagraphs 1,2and
3,MemberStatesmaydrawshareslessthanthose
specifiedthereiniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbefullyusedup.They
shallinformtheCommission oftheirreasonsfor
applyingthisparagraph .
Article4
Eachoftheadditional sharesdrawnpursuantto
Article3shallbevaliduntil31December 1978.'
ArticleJ
MemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,notlater
than1October1978,theunusedportionsoftheir
initialshareswhich,on15September 197garein
excessof20%oftheinitialamounts .Theymay
returnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsfor
believingthatsuchportionmaynotbefullyusedup.
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission ,notlater
than1October1978,ofthetotalquantities ofthe
productinquestionimporteduptoandincluding 15
September 1978andchargedagainstthetariffquotas
andofanyportionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedto
thereserves .Article6
TheCommission shallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3and,qbsoona&ithasbeennotified,shallinform'
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserveshave
beenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
October197&ofthestatusofeachofthereserves
afteramountsfiavebeenreturnedthereto *pursuantto
Article5.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichexhaustsanyof
thereservesdoesnotexceedthebalanceavailableand,
tothisend,notifytheamountofthatbalancetothe
MemberStatemakingthelastdrawing.
Article7
1.Member Statesihalltakeallappropriate
measures toensurethatadditional sharesdrawn
pusuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruption against
theiraggregatesharesofthetariffquota.
2.MemberStatesshallensurethatimportersofthe
productinquestionestablished intheirterritoryhave
.freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.The'MemberStatesshallchargetheimports
■oftheproductsconcerned againsttheirshares
:asand:"when.thegoodsareenteredforhomeuse.
'4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasused
upitssharesshallbedetermined ontnebasis
■oftheimportschargedundertheconditions
stipulated inparagraph 3.
} Article8
AttheCommission 'srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommission shallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulation iscomplied
with.
Article10
iThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
*'1978.'.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsenti'etyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

FINANCIAL STATEMtNT
1.Budgetlineconcerned :Ch.12Art.120
2.Leqalbasis:Art113
3.Titleofthetariffmeasure:
ProposalforaCouncil .Regulation (EEC)opening,allocating andproviding
fortheadministration oftariffquotasforcertaintypesofpaperand
paperboardofsubheadings ex48.01CIIand48.01^oftheCommonCustoms
Tarifforiginating inPortug&aal (1978)
4.Objectives :
Executionofcontractual obligation-Agreement EEC/Portural-
5.Methodofcalculation :
-NoofCCT :ex48.01CII 48.01
-Quotavolume :46,305mt 1,653mt
-Quotadutyrate?rree free
-DutyrateCCT;8»5% 12%
6,Lossofreceipts:
680,000EURto1,120,000 EUR,accordingtotheuseofthequota
(ex48.01CII)
15,000EURto62,000EUR,accordingtotheuseofthequota
(48.01p