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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)387 final
Brussels,24June1982
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
increasingtheCommunitytariffquotaopenedfor1982by
Regulation (EEC)No3276/81fornewsprint,falling
within,subheading 48.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff
CO,::v­
\\ri*^
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(82)387final

ZXPLANATORYMEMORANDUM
1.Regulation (EEC)N°3276/81of16November1981'openedfor1982
aCommunitytariffquotafornewsprint,whichwassubjecttoreviewin.'
thecourseoftheyear.Theinitialfigurewassetat2700000tonnes.
Thereviewwascarriedoutatameetingofthe"EconomicTariff
Problems"groupon-28April1982whereitappearedthatthe
supplementary needswhich"hadarisenincertainMemberStates
totalled100000tonnes.Thiswouldbringtheoverallrequirement to
2800000tonnesforthewholeyear ~
2.Asinpreviouscasesandinview,ontheonehand,ofuncertainties
regardingthelevelofconsumption and,ontheotherhand,theneed
toensureparalleldevelopment bothofCommunityproduction andof
suppliestouserindustries onfavourable terms,theCommission
considersitadvisabletoexercisecautioninfixingthevolumeof
therequestedincrease,inordernottojeopardize marketequilibrium .
Itappearsnevertheless thattheuseoftariffquotas -openedduring
thepastyearandthedevelopment ofconsumption inthepresentecono­
micsituationjustifythisrelativelylimitedincrease.
TheCommission thusproposestheincreasethequotavolumeinquestion
tobringitto2800000tonnes.
V
Thisisthepurposeofthepresentproposal.Afurtherreviewof'
taxeplacenextSeptemberwithaviewtoadaptingthequota-volumeto
theactualneedsoftheindustry. '
(i)OJN°L331of.19.11.198?1P«7 '

AsisojntomaryInsimilarcarss,theproposedjncreucehasbeendivided
intotwotranches,thefirst(3Q0V0tonn^}beingallocatedamongthe
MembsrStat«sonap/o-r&ta•basisaccordingtot'rjeir_foreseeable
importsfromnon-membercountries,whilethesecond(representingthe
balance)formsaCommunityreserve.Theconstitutiono{fsuchareserve
J•
isallthemorejustifiedinthiscase,sincecertainMemberStateshave
nottakenadditionalrequirements intoaccountandmustthereforebe
abletodrawuponthereserveshouldtheneedarise,andsincethe
initialsharesallotted.toother'MemberStatescannotbedeterminedas
accuratelyasmightbedesired.

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
increasingtheCommunitytariffquotaopenedfor198byRegulation (EEC)No
3276/81fornewsprint,fallingwithinsubheading48.01AoftheCommon
CustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles28
and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereastheCouncil,byRegulation (EEC)No
3276/81(•),openedandallocatedamongtheMember
Statesaduty-freeCommunitytariffquotafornews­
print,fallingwithinsubheading48.01Aofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,theamountofwhichwas
fixedat2700000tonnes;whereasbythatRegulation
thebenefitofthetariffquotainquestionwas
extendedtocertainothertypesofpaperwhich,apart
fromthecriterionofwatermarks ,correspondtothe
definitionofnewsprintgivenintheAdditionalNote
toChapter48oftheCommonCustomsTariff;
Whereas,onthebasisofthemostrecentdataonthis
productfor198.2>itisestimatedthattheadditional
importsfromthirdcountriesrequiredbytheCommu­
nitycurrentlyamountto1Q3000tonnes;whereasthe
sizeofthequotashouldbeincreasedbythisquantity
totakeaccountoftherequirementsnoted;whereas,
inordertosafeguardtheCommunitycharacterofthe
tariffquotainquestion,partofthevolumeofthe
proposedincreaseshouldbeallocatedtotheCommu­
nityreserve,thebalancebeingallocatedamong
certainMemberStatesonaproratabasisaccording
totheirforeseeablerequirements forimportsorigi­
natinginthirdcountries,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ThevolumeoftheCommunitytariffquotaopenedby
Regulation(EEC)No3276/81fornewsprintfallingwithinsubheading48.01AoftheCommonCustoms
Tariffisherebyincreasedfrom2700000to2800000
tonnes.
Article2
1.Thefirsttrancheoftheadditionalvolume
referredtoinArticle1,amountingto50000tonnes,
shallbeallocatedasfollowsamongtheMemberStates
concerned :
(tonnes)
Bénélux 6300
Denmark 1400
Germany 4400
UnitedKingdom .37900
UnitedKingdom
2.Thesecondtranche,amountingto5'0000
tonnes,shallconstitutethereserve.
ThereserveprovidedforinArticle2(3)ofRegulation
(EEC)No3276/81isthusincreasedfrom150000to
200000tonnes.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels.41982
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
(')OJNoL331,19.11.1981,p.7.