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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Brussels ,17June 1982
Recommendation for a
COUNCIL REGULATION
concerning theconclusion oftheAgreement intheform ofanexchange
ofletters amending certain zero-duty tariff quotas opened bythe
United Kingdom for1982 inaccordance with Protocol 1oftheAgreement
between theEuropean Economic Community andtheRepublic ofFinland
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.4sin191911980and1961theUnitedKingdomhasreqaestsid thatth«
I9B2E«ero~dutytariffquotaforpristingandwritijagpaper,•
including ligjitwight©oated®eoha;cdcal paperweighing Xlessthan
65gm®/®*'(2MQ)tprovidedfori**ProtocolWo1oftheFr«jeTrad®Agre«–
s>er,tfeet&ree®the©aropeaa So-fmoraio C%n2®o:aity (SSC)amFiolasad "bo
increased .
Thereasonsforthisrequestare'thefoXlowings
–Sine©theeoxxeliasion oftheAgreement i»19731:1x4'deraawdstruotiisr©
:forpaperproducts issported f-oai^irtlassdhaschangedconsiderably *
™Thedisaaadforlightw«ightcoatedpaperha*inoreaee& sharplysince
1973-
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*='Pher*is'noproduction ofthistjrpeofpap«rintheunitedKingdom
sadesrenthoughtherehe®'beenaconsiderable increase laimports
ofthis#typeofpaperfrcw©illswitfciatb.sCoimrimitj c-*«?rthepast
I;
years*Unitedmrtg&osscosrer'pers arecortinv-d'ag toexperience difficulties
laobtaining adequate suppli-asi»thepresenttigJtsituatioa *IXihough
there®tofthsOosOT-gaxity 1.*«?».abletosupplym.increasing praporlla®
ofU.K.demand,®uehofthelatterhasstilltobemetbyduty-paid
supplies fromFinland.
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Theincreaseinthequotasforcoatedprinting szidwritingpaperwouldbe
for1982andwould'beaccomplished through ,atemporarytransferof7»57Xtorn
frosstheunderutilized quotaforex4"*010II(kraftpaperforlarge
capacitysacks)tothequotaex43*07®(coated,printingandwritingpaper).
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Inviewofthepresentshortageoflightweightcoatedpaperinthe
Community andthefactthattheIncrease requested islimitedtothe
year1932,thisfacilitation ofiapoitstotheUnitedKingdomshouldnot
causedifficulties totheCommunity ,paperindustry *Theincreaseofimports
ofl&iGfro®otherMemberStatesintotheUnitedKingdominthecourseof
thelastyearsshowsthatimportsfromFinlandhavenothurtthspenetration
oftheUnitedEingdosaearket "byComnmity producers®

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5.Asaresultofthenegoci&tioBs betweentheCommission andFinland
theattached draftexchange oflettersproposes toamendtheUnited
Kingdomzero-dutytariffquotasforcoatedprinting andwritingpaper
andkraftpaperforlarg«capacity sackscontained inAnnexAto
Protocol Fo1oftheabovementioned FreeTradeAgreement •
6.ItisproposedthatMr.PierreBuehateau signsonbehalfofthe
Community .TheFinnishAmbassador couldsignonbehalfofhisgovern­
ment„ -
7.IftheCouncilagreestotheproposed temporary transfer fromthessero-»
dutytariffquotaex.48"^1CIItothazero-dutytariff <£uofcaex48,07®
thecorresponding quotaswillhavetobemodified byanexchange ofletters®
Adraftregulation tothisendiaattached .

fXikJ-Q-J-ffirv
Thaincrease "by7,571 "fcofthedotijMfree quotawouldweanarsdactioni
of205,707 UQ'SinCustomsdutiesleryiedoaligfets^eiglitcoatedpaper-
Itisutxlikelythatthereremwfroadutieslevied©akraftpap«rwould
iaoreaa® fcscaasaofthsquotaredact Biaootliessquotaswere».ot
fully isthepast.
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RECOMMENDATION FORA
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)No
of
ondieconclusion oftheAgreement intheformofanexchange ofletters
amending certainzero-duty tariffquotasopenedbytheUnitedKingdom foir
198^inaccordance withProtocol 1ofthe.Agreement betweentheEuropean
Economic Community andtheRepublic ofFinland
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,andioparticular Article1.13
thereof,
HavingregardtotheAgreement betweentheEuro­
peanEconomic Community andtheRepublic of
Finland(')signedinBrusselson5October1973,
Havingregardtotherecommendation fromthe
Commission ,
Whereascertainzero-dutytariffquotasopenedbythe
UnitedKingdom for1982inaccordance with
Protocol 1oftheAgreement shouldbeamended ;
whereastheAgreement intheformofanexchangeof
lettersnegotiated tothiseffectshouldbeapproved,theUnitedKingdom for19<5inaccordance with.
F'rotocol IoftheAgreement betweentheEuropean
Economic Community andtheRepublicofFinlandis
herebyapprovedonbehalfoftheCommunity .
T^ctextoftheAgreement isattachedtothisRegula­
tion.
Article2
ThePresidentoftheCouncilisherebyauthorized to
dfsif.natcthepersonempowered tosigntheAgree­
mentinordertobindtheCommunity .
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION ; ArticleJ
^ Article1 ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceomthethirdday
TheAgreement intheformofanexchangeoflettesrs following itspublication intireOfficialJournalof
•mendingcertainzero-duty tariffquotasopenedbytheEuropean Communities .
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ThisRegulation shallfeebindinginitsendretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMernbcir
States.
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DoneatBrusseta,
FortheCouncil
TbtPresident
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AGREEMENT
intfeeformofasexchangeofIcttereamendingccminssro-dutytariffquotas
opened 5?/dseUfistefiKingdom f.or1982inaccordance withProtocol 1ofthe
Agreement feetrwtentheEuropeanEconomic Comj»wr!!Sy sisidtheRejnsbljeof
Finland
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Inaccordance withProtocol IoftheAgreement betweentheEuropean Economic
Community anddieRepublicofFinlandsignedinBrusselson5October1973,die
UnitedKingdomhassince1January1974-opened tariffquotasforcoatedprintingpaper
andwritingpaper(subheading ex4807DoftheCommonCustomsTariff)aswellasfor
kraftpaperforlarge-capacity sacks(subheading ex48.01CIIoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff).Thepermissible maximaforthesequotaswerefixedonthebasisofstatisticsavail­
ablefortheperiod1968to1971.
WithinthequotaforcoatedprintingandwritingpapertheUnitedKingdomhasestab­
lishedesubquotaforlightweight coatedmechanical paperweighinglessthan65g/m*
(LWCA ,, ,,
DuringrecentyearsthedemandforLWChasincreasedsignificantly intheUnited
Kingdomandelsewhere.Asin1979,1980andinI98Ithepaperinquestionispr®S«atly \
inshortsupplyintheCommunity .Inviewofthus 1continued shortageitistherefore
proposedthatthepermissible maximum forthequotawhichtheUnitedKingdommay
openin1982forcoatedprintingandwritingpaperbeincreasedby7571tonnestoa
totalof'30o149tonnes ,itbeingunderstood thattheincreasewillbeconfinedtothe
subquotaforLWC.Bywayofcompensation thepermissible maximum forthequotafor
kraftpaperforlarge-capacity sackswillbereducedfor1982by7571tonnesto4^*722
xtonnes.Thequotaforthistypeofpaperhasbeenunder-utilized duringrecentyears.
1shouldbegratefulifyouwouldconfirmthatyourGovernment isinagreement witlithe
above. 1
Pleaseaccept,Sir,theassuranceofmyhighestconsideration .
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Sir,
Ihavethehonourtoacknowledge receiptofyourletteroftodaysdatewhichreadsas
follows :
'Inaccordance withProtocol 1oftheAgreement betweentheEuropean Economic
Community andtheRepublicofFinlandsignedinBrusselson5October J973,the
UnitedKingdomhassince1January1974openedtariffquotasforcoatedprinting
paperandwritingpaper(subheading ex48.07DoftheCommonCustomsTariff)as
wellasforkraftpaperforlarge-capacity sacks(subheading ex48.01CIIofthe
CommonCustomsTariff).Thepermissible maximaforthesequotaswerefixedonthe
basisofstatisticsavailablefortheperiod1968to1971.
WithinthequotaforcoatedprintingandwritingpapertheUnitedKingdom has
established asubquotaforlightweight coatedmechanical paperweighing lessthan'
65g/m-'(LWC).
DuringrecentyearsthedemandforLWChasincreasedsignificantly intheUnited /
Kingdomandelsewhere .Asin1979,1?80andin1981thepaperinquestionispresently
inshortsupplyintheCommunity .Inviewofthiscontinued shortageitistherefore , •
proposedthatthepermissible maximum forthequotawhichtheUnitedKingdom
mayopenini982forcoatedprintingandwritingpaperbeincreasedby7571tonnes .
toatotalof39®14P*onnes ,itbeingunderstood thattheincreasewillbeconfinedto -*
thesubquota fc-rLWC.Bywayofcompensation thepermissible maximum forthe
quotaforkraf?paperforlarge-capacitysackswillbereducedfor19f2by7571tonnes
to4^«T22tonnes .Thequotaforthistypeofpaper !hasbeenunder-utilized during
recentyears. i•
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IshouldbegratefulifyouwouldconfirmthatyourO-vemment isinagreement with
theabove.'
IhavethehonourtoconfirmthatmyGovernment jsLnagreement withthecontentsof
yourletter. -
Pleaseaccept.Sir,theassuranceofmyhighestconsideration .
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