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COM(73)1854Final
Brussels,6November1973
DRAFT .
COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunity
tariffquotaforrosin,including"braisresineux"
fallingwithinsubheading38.08AoftheCommon
CustomsTariff
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
C0M(?3)1854final

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Atthemeeting ofthemixed group ofnational experts ,entrusted
bytheCommission with thetariff economy ,therequest tosuspend
thecustoms duty forrosins falling within subheading 38.08Aof
theCommon Customs Tariff wasnotagreed onbytheexperts ofall
the Member States .
However ftheproposal toopen aCommunity tariff quota forthis
product within thequantitative limit provided forinProtocol
No10annexed totheAthens Agreement wasfavourably received .
This Protocol lays down that theCommunity may ,without tiie
approval oftheAssociation Council EEC/Greece ,open atariff
<p»ota ofanamount notexceeding 15%oftheCommunity imports of
these products from third countries during thelatest year for
which statistics are available .
2.Thepurpose ofthis memorandum istosubmit totheCouncil a
draft Regulation ontheopening ,allocation andadministration
ofanautonomous Community tariff quota which does not exceed
thelimits permitted under theabovementioned provisions ofthe
Athens Agreement .
3.Intheevent ,the total Community tariff quota involved should
notexceed 15%oftheimports ofthese products intheCommunity
from third countries (with theexception ofGreece )during 1972 .
Theimports ofthese products this year have risen to .13&.44Q .
metric tons ,hence theCommunity tariff quota is metric
tons .
Since theCommunity tariff quota inquestion isrelatively small
and will undoubtedly beused upquickly intheMember States it
does not seem that anallocation ofitinshares among the
Member States would derogate from theCommunity nature thereof .
Such asolution haspreviously been availed ofincases ofthis
nature .

DRAFT
COUITCILKCGUUTÌOIT(ECC)
ontheopening,allocation andadministration ofa
Communitytariffquotaforrosin,including"brais,
resineux"fallingwithinsubheading38.08Aofthe
CommonCustomsTariff •.v
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPS/UFGCMBQHITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomic
Community,andinparticularArticle28thereof;
HavingregardtothedraftRegulationsubmittedbythe
Commission ;
Whereastheproduction "intheCommunity'andinGreeceofrosin
fallingwithinsubheading38.08AoftheCommonCustomsTariff
isnowinsufficient tomeettherequirements oftheprocessing
industriesintheCommunity ;whereas,consequently ,Community
suppliesofproductsofthistypedependtoaconsiderable
extentonimportsfromthirdcountries ;" o-
Whereasbyvirtue-oftheprovisionsofProtocolNo10annexed
totheAgreementcreatinganAssociation withGreece,the
Communitymayopenautonomoustariffquotasonconditionthat
thesedonotexceedannuallyfortherosinsinquestion15%
ofthetotalimportsintheCommunityfromthirdcountries
duringthelatestyearforwhichstatisticsareavailable ;
whereasurgentCommunityrequirements oftheproductsin
questionshouldbemetimmediately onthemostfavourable
terms;whereasataxfreetariffquotashouldthereforebe
openedwithin -theabovementioned limit;: ,;
Whereasin197?theimportsofrosinfromthirdcountrieswas
asfollows:

" ,'T"O"*-~inmetric tons -
* */ '
Germany 59.695
Bénélux : :- 23.729
fr«nc*■' :T'' '' 19.087.' '."
••• 16.882
Denmark 'V8oo
Ireland ^
United Kingdom .^.... "17.233
Total 138.440
Whereas 15%ofthis total represents 20.765metric tons ;
Whereas ,inview ofthenegligible size ofsuch aquota in
comparison with theCommunity 'srequirements ,asystem of
utilization should ,without derogating 3:rom theCommunity nature
v. -*• '' *
ofthetariff quota ,beprovided based onasingle allocation
between theMember States ;.whereas this .allocation should be
calculated bythesame method asisused toestablish ,atotal
quota of15%oftheimports of ;e^ch Member State from third
countries ;whereas ,calculated insuch amstnneE this allocation
should beasfollows :
. . • .V." ■■■■> -inmetric 'tons -
Germahy • 8.954
Bénélux 3.559
France 2.863
Italy 2.532
Penmark 270
Ireland 2
United Kingdom 2.585
Whereas since theKingdom ofBelgium ,theKingdom ofthe
Netherlands and theGrand Duchy ofLuxembourg ,are jointly
represented bythe'Benelux Economic Union anymeasure concerning
theadministration oftheshares allocated tothat Economic Union
maybecarried outbyoneofitsmembers ;

HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Duringtheperiodfrom1January1974-to31December197^the
dutyoftheCommonCustomsTariffforrosinincluding"brais
resineux"fallingwithinsubheading38.08Ashallbetotally
suspendedinrespectofaCommunitytariffquotaof20.765metriotons.
ThetariffquotaratetobeappliedbythenewMemberStatesisdutyfree.
Article2
TheCommunitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle1shallbe
allocatedasfollowsamongtheMemberStates:
Germany 8.954metrictons
Benelux 3*559metrictons
France 2.863metrictons
Italy 2.532metrictons
Denmark 270metrictons
Ireland 2metrictons
UnitedKingdom 2.585metrictons
Article3
1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallnecessarystepstoensure
thatimportersoftheproductinquestionestablishedin
theirterritoryhavefreeaccesstothesharesallocatedto
them.
Articleh
TheMemberStatesshallregularlyinformtheCommissionof
importsactuallycountedagainsttheirshares.
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperateclosely
toensurethattheprovisionsofthisRegulationareobserved

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Article 6
This Regulation shall enter into force on1January 197^•
This Regulation shall be -binding initsentirety anddirectly
applicable inallMembe^States -
Done atBrussels , 1973
,cxri For theCouncil
The President