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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)707final
Brussels.29thNovember1979
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
increasingtheCommunitytariffquotaopenedfor1979byRegulation
(EEC)N°2691/78fornewsprintfallingwithinsubheading48.01Aof
theCommonCustomsTariff ■*,
.'A•
(presentedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
COM(79)707final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Regulation (EEC)N°2691/78of16November1978(1)opened
for1979a,Communitytariffquotafornewsprint,whichwas
subjecttoreviewinthecourseoftheyear.Theinitial .
«
quantitywas2.500.000tonnes. .
Therevisionwasdoneatameetingofthe"EconomicTariff
problems"groupon5'october 1979whereitseemedthatthe
supplementary needswhichhaveappearedincertainMember
Stateswere200.000tonnes,accountbeingtakenofthe
returnstothereserveeffected.
Thisproposition isintendedtointroduced theincrease,equal
tothesupplementary needs,bymeansofincreasing theCommunity
reservetowhichallMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial
sharehaveaccess. •
(.1)0JN°L324of18.11.1978,p.4

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
increasingtheCommunitytariffquotaopenedfor1978byRegulation (EEC)No
2691/78i°rnewsprint,fallingwithinsubheading 48.01AoftheCommon
CustomsTariff
*
JCILOPTHEEUROPEAN noted;whereas,inordertosafeguardtheCommunity
HES. characterofthetariffquotainquestion,thevolumeof
,«m _ theproposedincreaseshouldbeallocatedtothe
ardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanCommunltyreservesetuppursuanttoRegulation
Community,andinparticularArticles28(EEC)No2691/78
HavingregardtotheproposaloftheCommission ,
Whereas,fornewsprint,fallingwithinsubheading
48.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff,aduty-free
Communitytariffquota,theamountofwhichwas
fixedat2500000tonnes,wasopenedbytheCouncil
andallocatedamongtheMemberStatesbyRegulation
(EEC)Nc2691/73(1)-whereasbythatRegulation,the
benefitofthetariffquotainquestionwasextendedto
certaintypesofpaperwhich,apartfromthecriterion
ofwatermarks,correspondtothedefinitionofnews-
~printgivenintheAdditionalNotetoChapter48of
theCommonCustomsTariff;
Whereas,onthebasisofthemostrecentdataonthis
productfor19/%itcanbeestimatedthattheaddi­
tionalimportsfromnon-membercountriesrequired
bytheCommunityamountto200000tonnes;
whereasthesizeofthequotashouldbeincreasedby
thisquantitytotakeaccountoftherequirements
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels, «»
> FortheCouncil
ThePresidentTHECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticles28
and113thereof.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
!.ThevolumeoftheCommunitytariffquota
openedbyRegulation(EEC)No269l/7gfornews­
print,fallingwithinsubheading48.01Aofthe
CommonCustomsTariffisherebyincreasedfrom
25'00000to2700000tonnes.
2."Thisincreaseof200000tonnesshallbeallo­
;catedtotheCommunityreservesetupbyvirtueof.
Article2(3)ofRegulation(EEC)Na2691/73which
thusincreasedfrom241.000to441.000tonnes
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
(')OJNoL324,18.11.1978,p.4

FICHE FINANCIERE Date z
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1.Ligne budgétaire concernée :Chap .12arc .120
2.Basé juridique :Art .28et113,.
3.Intitulé delamesure tarifaire :Proposition derèglement duConseil
portant augmentation duvolume ducontingent tarifaire communautaire
ouvert en .1979 pour lepapier journal delasous-position 48.01 A
dutarif douanier 'commun . . . •
4.Objectif :Assurer lacouverture desbesoins.de laCommunauté en
papier journal
5.Mode decalcul : ..
-N°duT.D.C. :'48.01 etex48.01 E
Volume du/d^scontingent (^) :200.000 T
-Droits àappliquer :^^0%
-Droits duT.D.C. ■:?%et12%
.. I •
6.Perte derecettes :
'• . .• -r '
Prix moyen àlatonne :340 UCE •..
Valeur des 200.000 tonnes =68.000.000 UCE
Importations sous le48.01 A(+40%)= ' '27.200.000 UCE
Importations sous le48.01 E(+60'%)= 40.800.000 UCE
'Perte :27.200.000 à7%=1.904.000 UCE ■
• 40.800.000 à12%=4.896.000 UCE
' ' •«>»»
'■; , ■6.800.000 UCE '