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'=!Brussels,22October 1979
Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocating andproviding fortheadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotafornewsprint fallingwithinsubheading No48.01Aofthe
CommonCustomsTariff(1980)andextending thisquotatoincludecertain
othertypesofpaper ;
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
C0M(79)549final

•■EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM , ■
AtheLastmultilateral GATTnegotiati ons,theCommunity undertook
topenannually anildutyCommunitytariffquotafor1,500,000
.metrictons'ofnewsprint' fallingwithinsubheading'NoAS.01A
ofthe-CommonCustomsTariff. .y
Furthermore ,theCommunity informed theNordicdelegation :(text
Nord4ofdocument NC6<67>44 rev.>thatithaddecidedto'ooen
aniIdutytariffquota yearui.dorArticle 28oftheTreaty
pfRomeifitwereestablished thatallpossibilities ofsupply-
ontheinternal marketoftheCommunity hadbeen ,exhausted during
agiventradingyearandafterhavingentirely usedupthenil
dutyquotaboundunder'GATT.
»*• " » ' »
Judgingfrommarkettrendsover'the.pastfewyearsitisclear
alreadythatthe1980Communitytariffquotamustbegreaterthan
the1,500,.000metric -tonsoriginally established .Thisiswhy'the
Commission considers thatitcanproposetheopeningofatariff
quotefor2.700.000metrictons..'Hiis--amountisbasedon'first
estimates ,,sothatareviewofthesituation duringthecourse
oftheyearisnattrtrally not'excluded .
tl ' ''
Thetariffquotaisallocatedinaccordance withtjnemethodwhich
has.normally been .applied :allocation isbasedonpastimport
•* » » .' ■•' «
figures andonestimated forthequotayearinquestion .'
.•• • :. • ---.■. :•
Furthermore ,inviewofthesizeofthequotaproposed fromthe
start,the'Commission considers thatitwouldbecontrary tothe
'Community natureofthisquotatodiv.i'deitup*intoshares
allocated definitively toall"theMemberStates.Ittherefore
proposes a^systemofadministration basedontheinstitution .
(ofaCommunity reservelimited ,to7.Thissystemofallocation
andadministration was,moreover ,,unanimously approved by
ailMemberStatesat'the:timeoftheopeningofthetariff
quotaforprevious years ,• : : '

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3. Intheexpectation ofadefinitive decision ontheproblem of
the watermark criteria ,contained inthe additional note to
Chapter .48/
i-8 proposed torenew for1980 thepossibility for
theMember States tocount against the quota concerned other
»
types ofpaper which correspond ,leaving aside thecriteria of
watermarks ,tothedefinition ofnewsprint tobefound inthe
additional note toChapter 48. •

Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)No
o£ '/79
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity tariff
quotafornewsprint fallingwithinsubheading 48.01AoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff(1980)andextending thisquotatoincludecertainothertypesofpaper
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES .
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,andinparticular Articles28
and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereastheCommunity hasundertaken toopenan
annualduty-freeCommunity tariffquotaof1500000
tonnesofnewsprint fallingwithinsubheading 48.01
A'»
Whereas,inviewofpresentCommunity production
capacity,thatquantityisinsufficient tomeetantici­
patedimportrequirements ;whereasprovisionshould
thereforebemadfforanautonomous supplementary
quotawhich,according totheestimatessubmitted ,
maybefixedatpresentat1200000tonnes;whereas
thefactthatthisfigurehasbeenadoptedfortheauto­
nomoussupplementary quotadoesnotruleoutare­
adjustment duringthequotaperiod;whereas a
Community tariffquotashouldthereforebeopened
for1900foratotalquantityof2700000tonnesof
thrproductinquestion ;
Whereasprovisionshouldbemadeforextending the
tariffquotainquestiontoincludecertaintypesof
paperfulfillingalltheconditions setoutintheAddi­
tionalNotetoChapter*8exceptthoserelatingto
watermarks ;
Whereasequalandcontinuous accesstothequota
shouldbeensuredforallCommunity importers and
therateofdutyforthetariffquotashouldbeapplied
withoutinterruption toailimportsoftheproductin
questionuntilthequotaisexhausted ;whereasinthe
lightoftheseprinciples ,arrangements fortheutiliza­
tionoftheCommunity tariffquotabasedonanalloca­
tionamongMember Stateswouldseemtobe
consistent withtheCommunity natureofthequota;
whereas,inorderthatitmaycorrespond ascloselyas
possibletotheactualtrendofthemarketinthe
productinquestion,allocation ofthequotashouldbe
inproportion totherequirements oftheMember
Statesascalculated byreference tostatisticson
importsfromthirdcountriesduringarepresentative
referenceperiodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthe
yearcoveredbythequotainquestion;whereas,forthelastthreeyearsforwhichcomplete
statistics Areavailable,theimportsofeachofthe
MemberStatesamounted tothefollowingpercentages
oftotalimportsoftheproductsinquestion:
1976 19771978
Bénélux 12-55 14-41 14.78
Denmark 5-92 5-436.55
Germany 26-90 27-8525.28
France 11-50 11-8211.12
Ireland 2-03 1-85 1.94
Italy 0-50 0-490.89
UnitedKingdom 40-60 38-15;39.44
whereas ,inviewoftheaboveandoftheforeseeable
trendonthemarketinnewsprint,ingeneral,andof
production inparticularduring1986,theinitialquota
maybeallocatedapproximately inthtfollowing
percentages :
Bénélux 13.85
Denmark 7.39
Germany 27.33
France 10.71
Ireland * 1.87
Italy i.ii
UnitedKingdom ..37.74
whereas,totakeaccountofimporttrendsforthe
productconcerned ,thequotashouldbedividedinto
twotranches,thefirstbeingallocatedamongthe
Member Statesandthesecondheldasareserveto
coversubsequently therequirements ofMemberStates
whichhaveexhausted theirinitialshares;whereas,to
giveimporters somedegreeofcertaintyandyet
enableCommunity production tobedisposedofon
satisfactory terms,thefir=t.tranche ofthequotashould
befixedatabout93%ofthefullamount:
Whereas Member Statesmayexhausttheirinitial
sharesatdifferentrates;whereastoprovideforthis
eventuality andavoiddisruption ofsuppliesany
MemberStatewhichhasalmostusedupitsinitial
shareshoulddrawanadditional' sharefromthe
reserve;whereaseachtimeitsadditional shareis
almostexhausted aMember State .shoulddrawa
furthershare,andsoonasmanytimesasthereserve

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allows;whereastheInitialandadditional shares
shouldbevaliduntiltheendofthequotaperiod;
whereasthisformofadministration requiresclose
collaboration between theMcnibcr Statesandthe
Commission ,whichlattermustbeinapositionto
keepaccountoftheextenttowhichthequotahas
beenusedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesaccord­
ingly;
Whereas ifatagivendateinthequotaperioda
considerable quantityofaMemberState'sinitialshare
remainsunuseditisessential,topreventapartofthe
Community tariffquotafromremaining unusedin
oneMember Statewhileitcouldbeusedinothers,
that,suchStateshouldreturnasignificant proportion
thereoftothereserve;
Whereas ,sincetheKingdom ofBelgium,the
Kingdom oftheNetherlands andtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourg areunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomic Union,anytransaction in
respcctoftheadministration ofthesharesallocatedto
thateconomic unionmaybecarriedoutbyanyone
ofitsmembers ,2.Afirsttrancheof2500000 tonnesshallbeallo­
cated;.ongtheMemberStates.MemberStates'
shi>j"2s,v.hichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevalidfrom1
Tanurryuntil3!December 1900,shallbeasfollows :
F>enelux
Dcnmark
Germany
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom(intonnes)
346250
184750
683250
267750
46750
27750
943500.
3.Thesecondtranche,of200QMtonnes,shall
constitute thereserve.
Article3
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
ArticleÎ
1.Duringtheperiod 1Januaryto31December
190UaCommunity tariffquotaof2700000tonnes
shallbeopenedinrespectofnewsprint fallingwithin
subheading 48.01AoftheCommon Customs
Tariff(')■
2.MemberStatesmaychargeagainstthistariff
quotatheothertypesofpapercomplying withthe
definition ofnewsprint contained intheAdditional
NotetoChapter48,.exceptasregardsthecriteria
governing wafermarks .
3.Importsofnewsprint shallnotbecharged
againstthistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfreeof
customsdutiesur.derotherpreferential tarifftreat­
ment.Furthermore ,importsofanyotherpaper
referredtoinparagraph 2enjoyingduty-freeexemp­
tionunderthesaidtariffquotashallnotbecharged
againsttheindicativeceilingsfixedundercertainfree
tradeagreements .
4.TheCommon CustomsTariffdutyshailbe
totallysuspended withinthelimitsoftheabovequota.
Article2
5.TheCommunity tariffquotareferredtoin
Article 1shallbedividedintotwotranches .
(')Entryunderthissubheading issubjecttoconditions tobe
deunniried bythecompetent authorities .1.If90%ormoreofaMember Statesinitialshare
asfixedinArticle2(2),orofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle5has
beenapplied,hasbeenusedupitshallforthwith ,by
notifyingtheCommission ,drawasecondshare,tothe
extentthatthereservesopermits,equalto35%ofits
initialsnare,roundedupasnecessary tothenext
whoienumber.
2..If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenexhausted ,
90%ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbya
MemberSlatehasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shall,inthemannerandtotheextentprovidedin-
paragraph 5,drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofits
initialshare.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenexhausted ,
SC%ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMember
Statehasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,in
themannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraph 1,
drawafourthshareequaitothethird.
*hisprocedure shallapplyuntilthereserveis
exhausted .
4.Notwithstanding paragraphs I,2and3,Member
Slatesrnayrirawlessersharesthanthosespecifiedin
thoseparagraphs ifth<?rearegroundsforbelieving
thatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.They
shfilinformtheCommission ofihtirreasonsfor
app'yingthisprovision .

Article4-3-
Additional sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbe
validuntil31December 1980.
Article 5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1October1980,theunusedportionoftheir
initialsharewhich,on15September 1S{30.is>n
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturn
agreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatsuchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1October198Q
notifytheCommission ofthetotalquantities ofthe
productsinquestionimporteduptoandincluding 15
September iS60andchargedagainsttheCommunity
tariffquotaandofanyportionoftheirinkklshares
returned tothereserve.
Article6
TheCommission shallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles2
and3andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,inform
eachMember Stateoftheextenttowhichthereserve
hasbeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
October 1980,oftheamountstillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuant to
Article5.
Itshallensurethatwhenaquantityexhausting the
reserveisdrawn,theamountsodrawndoesnot
exceedthebalanceavailable,andtothisendshall
notifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberState
makingthelastdrawing.Article7
1.Member Statesshalltakeallappropriate
measures toensurethatadditional sharesdrawn
pursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuchawaythat
importsmaybechargedwithoutinterruption against
theiraccumulated shareoftheCommunity quota.
2.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatthetypesofpaperreferredtoinArticle
1(2)includedinthistariffquotaareinfactintended
fortheprintingofnewspapers ,weeklypapersorother
periodicals ofheadingNo49.02,published atleast10
timesperyear.
3.MemberStatesshallensurethatimporters ofthe
productsinquestionestablished intheirterritoryhave
fre*accesstothesharesallocated toit
4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itssharesshallbedetermined onthebasisofimports
o?theproductsinquestionenteredwiththecustoms
authorities forhomeuse.
Article8
OnreceiptofarequestfromtheCommission the
MemberStatesshallnotifyitoftheimportations
chargedagainstitsshare. ..
Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommission shallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulation iscomplied
with.
Article10
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon1January
1980.
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

FICHE FINANCIERE
1.Ligne budgétaire concernée :Chap .12ert' .1*.0
»,
2.Base juridique ;articles 28et113dutraité
3.Intitulé delamesure tarifaire 2
Proposition derèglement duConseil portant ouverture ,répartition etmode
degestion ducontingent tarifaire communautaire depapier journal dela
sous-position 48.01 duTDCetétendant lebénéfice dece .même contingent
àcertains autres papiers (année 1980 )
4.Objectif :
Respect desengagements contractés auGATT etassurer lacouverture
desbesoins delaCommunauté enpapier journal .
5.Mode decalcul î
-N°duT.D.C. ' î48.01 Aetex48.01 F
-Volume du/ibescontingente# )-2.700.000 tonnes
-Droits àappliquer :0I '
-Droits duT.D.C. :6,7etils6%(3,3et6%pour AELE )
6.Perte derecettes : t
Prix moyen àlatonne :362 UCET
Valeur des 2.700.000 tonnes :977.400.000 UCE '
Importations sous le48.01 A(-17%)=166.158.000 UCE
Importations sous le48.01 F(-83%)=811.242.000 UCE
- ' • .'y • . ,
:Perte : ■
£8.01 A:166.158.000 UCE ,dont ' ■ ■ ' '
AELE (74%)=122.956.920 UCEx3,3 %.= 4.057.578 UCE
pays tiers 43.201.080 UCEx6,7 1=\ 2.894.472 UCE
ex48.01 F:811.242.000 UCE ,dont
AELE (74,5 %)=604.375.250 UCE x6%«- '36.252.517 UCE
pays tiers 206.856.7:0 UCEx11,6 %=23.996.538 UCE
•67.21 1.105UCE
Parrapport àl'année 1979 ,diminution de?pertes de
85.000.000 -67.211.105 UCE «17.7S8.895 UCE •