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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)356 final
Brussels-6July1981
Draft
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC.)
opening,allocating andprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforrosin,including"BraisResineux",fallingwithinsub­
heading38.08AoftheCommonCustomsTariff <1982)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Thepurposeofthismemorandum istosubmittotheCounciladraft
Regulation ontheopening,allocation andadministration ofanauto-•
nomousdutyfreeCommunitytariffquotaforrosinsfallingwithinsub­
heading38.08AoftheCCTfor1982whichcorresponds to25%ofthe
Community'simportsoftheseproductsfromthirdcountriesnotassociated
withorlinkedtoitbyaoreferential agreementduringthelastyear
forwhichstatistics areavailable . .\ ■
/
2.Thoseimportsin1.980amountedto85443.8tonnes,sotheCommunity -
tariffquotamustbefixedatanamountof21361tonnesfor1982.
/
'3.SincetheCommunitytariffquotainquestionisrelatively smalland
willundoubtedly beusedupquicklyintheMemberStatesitdoesnot'
%•
seemthatantallocationofitinsharesamongtheMemberStateswould
•derogatefromtheCommunitynaturethereof.Suchasolutionhaspre-
•viouslybeenadoptedincasesofthisnature. ■'

Draft
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
opening,allocatingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotaforrosin,including'braisresineux',fallingwithinsubheading38.08Aof
theCommonCustomsTariff(198?)
rHECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle28
thereof,'
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedby
theCommission ,
WhereasproductionintheCommunityofrosin
fallingwithinsubheading38.08AoftheCommon
CustomsTariffiscurrentlyinsufficienttomeetthe
requirements oftheprocessingindustriesinthe
Community ;whereas,consequently ,Community
suppliesofproductsofthistypecurrentlydependtoa
considerableextentonimportsfromthirdcountries;
whereasthemosturgentCommunityrequirements
fortheproductsinquestionshouldbemetimmedi­
atelyonthemostfavourableterms;whereasanilduty
Communitytariffquotashouldthereforebeopened
withinthelimitsofanappropriateamountcorres­
pondingto25%oftheCommunity'simportsfrom
thirdcountriesnotassociatedwithorlinkedtothe
Communitybyapreferentialagreementduringthe
lastyearforwhichstatisticsareavailable;
Whereas,in1980,importsofrosinfromthirdcoun­
triesnotassociatedwithorlinkedtotheCommunity
byapreferentialagreementwereasfollows:(tonnes)
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
Greece
France
Ireland
Italy
United
Kingdom16
31
13912
153.9
205.2
29
535
0
132.7
16476
Total85443.8
Whereas25%ofthistotalrepresents21361
tonnes;
Whereas,inviewofthenegligiblesizeofsuchaquota
incomparisonwiththeCommunity'srequirements ,a
systemofutilizationshould,withoutderogatingfrom
theCommunitynatureofthetariffquota,beprovided
forbasedonasingleallocationbetweentheMemberStates;whereasthisallocationmaybecalculatedby
thesamemethodasisusedtoestablishthetotal
quotaof25%oftheimportsofeachMemberState
fromthesamethirdcountries;whereas,inorderto
safeguardtheCommunitynatureofthequota,ashare
shouldbeallocatedtobylevyingthesame
percentageontheshareallocatedtocertainothe
MemberStates;whereas,calculatedinsuchamanner,
thisallocationisassetoutinArticle2;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgiumthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsandtheGrandDuchyof
Luxembourgareunitedwithinandjointlyrepresented
bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anymeasure
concerningtheadministration ofthesharesallocated
tothateconomicunionmaybecarriedoutbyany
oneofitsmembers,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
ArticleÎ
1.From1Januaryto31December1982the
CommonCustomsTariffdutyforrosinincluding
'braisresineux'fallingwithin:subheading38.08A
shallbetotallysuspendedwithinthelimitsofa
Communitytariffquotaof21361tonnes.
2.Withinthelimitsofthistariffquota,Greece
shallapplydutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththe
relevantprovisionslaiddownintheActofAccession
of1979.
Article2
TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1
shallbeallocatedasfollowsamongtheMember
States:
Bénélux
Denmark
Germany
Greece ,
France
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom
X(tonnes)
4227
37
7800
7
3383
7
1782
4118

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Article3 Article5
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallappropriate
measures!toensurethatimportersoftheproductin
questionestablishedintheirterritoryhavefreeaccess
tothesharesallocatedtothem.
2.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importsoftheproductinquestionenteredwiththe
customsauthoritiesforfreecirculation .
Article4
AttheCommission srequest,MemberStatesshall
informitoftheimportsactuallychargedagainsttheir
shares.MemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperate
closelytoensurethatthisRegulationiscomplied
with.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1982.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortjheCouncil
ThePresident