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'COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
COM(74)418Final
Brussels,3April1974
Proposalfora
REGULATION (SEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
extendingtheCommunitytariffquotaopened"byRegulation(EEC)No3590/73
of28December1973fornewsprintfallingwithinsubheading No43.01Aof
theCommonCustomsTarifftoincludecertainpapersfallingwithin
subheading No43.01Ethereof.
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(74)418Final

EXPLâMTOHY MEMORAMITÏI
1.ThisproposalforaRegulationfollowsarequest "bytheBeneluxcountries
thatpaperwhichmeetsalltherequirementsofnewsprint(seeadditional
notetoChapter48)1exceptasregardswatermarks,"beadmittedfreeof
customsdutiesonthesamehasisasnewsprintfallingwithinsubheading
No48.OIA.Thisrequestwasjustifiedonaccountofthesupplydifficul­
tiesencountered "byindustriesusingpaperowingtothepresentacute
worldshortageofnewsprint.
2.Thequestionwasstudiedatanumberofmeetingsorganized "bythe
Commissionandwas"basedonthreepossiblesolutionswhichemergedduring
thediscussions ,namely:
(a)theabolition,foralimitedperiodoftime,ofthewatermarks
criterioninthedefinitionofnewsprintcontainedintheadditional
notetoChapter48oftheCommonCustomsTariff;
(b)thecreationofatariffquotaatareducedrateofdutywithinsub­
headingNo48.OIEforpapermeetingalltherequirements ofnewsprint
exceptasregardswatermarks ;
(c)thepossibilityofcountingpaperwithoutwatermarks,whetherlimited
inquantityornot,undertheCommunitytariffquotaopenedfor
newsprintbyRegulation (EEC)No3590/73of28December1973(OJ
NoL365,31December1973)»
3.Attheendofthesemeetingsitseemedthat,giventhelikelytemporary
natureofthepresentshortageandthefactthatthemarketinpaperis
verysensitiveintheCommunityandhasbeenthesubjectofspecial
provisionsinagreementsmadewithcertainsupplyingcountries,unanimous
agreementcouldonlybereachedonthelastsolutionmentionedaboveon
conditionthatthepaperinquestionshouldbeverystrictlycontrolled
ineachMemberStatesoastoensurethatitisusedforthepurpose
describedintheadditionalnotetoChapter48.

TheCommissionbelieves,asregardsthequantitative limitationabout
whichMemberStates'arenot.yetaltogetheragreed,thatinthepresent
situation,it-wouldbepreferabletoallowtheimportstobecounted -
underthetariffquotaonlyuptoalimitof5CfJaofthequota,sharesallotted
toMemberStateswhenallocatingthequotavolume.
4.TheproposalforaRegulationprovides,moreover,giventheobjectin
view,thatimportsofpaperwithoutwatermarksfallingwithinsubheading
Ho48.OIEandfreefromcustomsdutiesunderthetariffquotainquestion
shallnotbecountedundertheceilingsfixedforthatsubheadingwithin
theframeworkoffreetradeagreeemBnts madebytheCommunitywiththe
non-candidate EFTAcountriesonaccession.

Proposal ro?a
Regulation (EEC)oftheCouncil •>
extending theCommunity tariff quota opened byRegulation (EEC)No3590/73
of28December 1973 fornewsprint falling within subheading No48.OIAof
theCommon Customs Okriff toinclude certain papers falling within
subheading No48»01E thereof .
THECOUNCIL 0FTHEEUROPEEN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Articles 113and28thereof ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Whereas byitsRegulation (EEC)No3590/73^of28December 1973 "theCouncil
opened andallocated among theMember States for1974 aduty-free Community
tariff quota of3053000metric tons fornewsprint falling within subheading
No48.OIAoftheCommon Customs Tariff ;whereas according totheadditional
note toChapter 48theexpression "newsprint "shall forthepu-rpose of
subheading 48.01A betaken toapply towhite paper ortopaper which has
been slightly coloured inthepulp ,themechanical pulp content ofwhich
represents atleast 70$ofthetotal fibre content ,glazed toanextent not
exceeding 130seconds Bekk ,unsized ,weighing notless than 40g/m2andhot
more than 57 with watermarks not less than 4cmbut notmore than
10cmapart ,imported inreels ofawidth ofnotless than 31cm,containing
8foorless byweight offillers ,andintended fortheprinting ofdaily
newspapers ,weekly papers orother periodicals ofheading No49•02,published
atleast ten .times peryear ;
OJNoL365of31December 19731P«3^

Whereas,onaccountofthepresentworldshortageofpapermeetingthe
aforementioned requirements ,inparticularthatrelatingtowatermarks,
itisappropriatethatprovisionshould "bemadeonatemporary "basisfor
extending,withinappropriatequantitativelimits,thetariffquotain
questiontoincludecertaintypesofpaperwhichfulfilalltherequirements
exceptthatrelatingtowatermarksandwhich,atpresent,fallwithin
tariffsubheading No48.OIE:
HASADOPTEDTHISEDGULATION :
'••• .: i■
Article1
1.MemberStatesareauthorized,until31December1974»"toimport,Tinder
theCommunitytariffquotaopened,"byRegulation(EEC)No3590/73^of
28December1973fornewsprintfallingwithinsubheading No48.OIAof
theCommonCustomsTariff,paperfallingwithinsubheadingNo48.OIE
whichmeetsall'thecriteriaforthe.definitionofnewsprintcontained
intheadditionalnotetoChapter48savethatrelatingtowatermarks,
providedthatsuchimportsshallnotexceed50$bftherespectiveshares
allocatedtotheminthesaidquota.
2.Importsofthepaperconcernedfreeofdutiesunderthesaidtariff
quotashallnotbecountedagainsttheceilingsfixedundercertainfree
tradeagreements.
Article2
MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessarytoensurethatthepaper
concernedisinfactintendedfortheprintingofnewspapers,weeklypapers
orotherperiodicalsofheadingNo49*02,publishedatleasttentimes
peryear.
0JNoL365,31December1973,P.36

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Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird dayfollowing its
publication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
This Regulation shall "bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable
inallMember States ,
Done atBrussels ,
Por the Council
The Président