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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)587final.
Brussels,18November1977
Proposalfora
COUNCIL,REGULATION(EEC)
th*Communitytariffquotaopenedfor1977by
f.Regulation(EEC)No293l2931/76tornewsprintfallingwithin
48.01Aof"theCommonCustomsTarif
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
W«U7)"?<>!final.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Regulation (EEC)No2931 /76of29November 1976 (1)opened for
1977 fornewsprint aCommunity tariff quota which was subject to
review inthecourse oftheyear .Theinitial quantity was
2311 000 mt .
Therevision wasdone atameeting ofthe "Economic Tariff Problems "
group on27September 1977 where itseemed that thesupplementary
needs which have appeared incertain Member States were 100000metric
tons .
This proposition isintended tointroduce theincrease ,equal tothe
supplementary needs ,bymeans ofincreasing theCommunity reserve to
which allMember States which have used uptheir initial share have
access .
(1)OJNoL334of3.12.1976 .

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)
increasingtheCommunitytariffquotaopenedfor1977"by
Regulation(EEC)No2931/76fornewsprintfallingwithin
subheading48.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff
5HECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity ,
andinparticularArticles28and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposaloftheCommission ,
Whereas,byRegulation(EEC)No2931/76(l),theCouncilopenedandallocated
amongtheMemberStates,fornewsprintfallingwithinsubheading48.01Aof
theCommonCustomsTariff,aduty-freeCommunitytariffquota,theamountof
whichwasfixedat2311000tonnes;whereas,bythesameRegulation ,the
benefitofthetariffquotainquestionwasex-tendedtocertaintypesof
paperwhich,apartfromthecriterionofwatermarks ,correspondstothe
definitionofnewsprintgivenintheAdditionalNotetoChapter48ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff;
Whereasthemostrecentdataonthisproductfor1977suggeststhatthe
additionalimportsfromnon-membercountriesrequiredbytheCommunity
willamountto100000tonnes;whereasthesizeofthequotashouldbe
increasedbythisamounttotakeaccountoftherequirements noted;whereas,
inordertosafeguardtheCommunitycharacterofthetariffquotainquestion,
theproposedincreaseBhouldbeaddedtotheCommunityreservesetupbythe
aboveRegulation ,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
1.TheCommunitytariffquotaopenedbyRegulation(EEC)No2931/76for
newsprintfallingwithinsubheading48.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariffis
•••/•••
(1)OJNo334of3.12.1976,p.7

herebyincreasedfrom2311000to2411000tonnes.
2.Thesaidincreaseof100000tonnesshallheaddedtotheCommunity
reservesetupunderArticle2(3)oftheaboveRegulation,whichisthus
increasedfrom124000to224000tonnes.
Article2
••
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheseventhdayfollowingits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyand
directlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
V
DoneatBrussels. FortheCouncil
ThePresident

FINANCIAL STATEMENTDate
1.Budget lineconcerned :CH.12Art,120
2.Legal basis : Art .28and 113
3.Title ofthetariff measure :
Proposal foraCouncil Regulation increasing theCommunity tariff quota
opened for1977fornewsprint falling within subheading 48.01 Aofthe..
Common Customs Tariff
4.Objectives :
Toensure covering theneeds oftheCommunity fornewsprint )
5.Method ofcalculation :
t
-NoofCCT :48.01 Aandex48.01 E
-Quota volume :joo000T ' .
-Quota duty rate ïo%
-Duty rate CCT !7%and12%
,»
6.Loss ofreceipts : 2100000UA .•