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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(76)108 final
Brussels ,29.March 1976
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Proposai for a /
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.COUNCIL REGULATION
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amending Regulation (EEC )No2886/75opening ,allocating
and providing for the administration ofaCommunity
tariff quota fornewsprint ,falling within subheading
48.01 AoftheCommon Customs Tariff ,andextending
temporarily this quota toinclude certain other types
ofpaper .
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(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
C0M(76 )108final

Explanatory Memorandum
1.Article 1(2)ofRegulation (EEC )No2886 /75of29October 1975
opening ,allocating andproviding for theadministration (for 1976 )of
aCommunity tariff quota fornewsprint authorizes Member States to
charge against this tariff quota ,until 30June 1976 ,other types of
paper which comply with thedefinition ofnewsprint contained inthe
Additional Note toChapter 48,except asregards thecriteria
governing watermarks .
2.Thequestion oftheextending therelevant authorization to31
December 1976 ,asrequested bytheFederal Republic ofGermany ,was
examined atthemeeting ofthe "Economic Tariff Problems "Group held
on11February 1976 .
From thediscussion which took place onthat occasion itemerged that ,
pending adecision onthemore general problem ofreplacement ,inthe
definition ofnewsprint ,ofcriteria governing watermarks byanother -
control system ,theextension requested would beaccepted byavery
large majority oftheMember States andpossibly unanimously .
3.This proposal foraregulation forextending to31December 1976 the
provisions ofArticle 1(2)oftheabove-mentioned regulation .
OJNoL292 of12November 1975 .

Proposai for
Counoil Régulation (EEC )
of 29March 1976
amending Regulation (EEC)No2886 /75opening ,allocating and
providing for theadministration ofaCommunity tariff quota
fornewsprint ,falling within subheading 48.01 AoftheCommon
Customs Tariff andextending temporarily this quota toinclude
certain other types ofpaper
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Articles 28and 113thereof ,
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Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas initsRegulation (EEC)No2886/75of29October 1975 'theCouncil
opened andallocated among Member States aduty-free Community tariff quota
of2250000metric tons inrespect ofnewsprint ,falling within subheading '
48.01 A,andauthorized theMember States tocharge against this tariff quota
until 30June 1976 other types ofpaper complying with thedefinition of '
newsprint contained intheAdditional Note toChapter 48,except asregards
thecriteria governing watermarks ;
Whereas ,pending adecision onthemore general problem ofretaining the
criteria governing watermarks inthedefinition ofnewsprint and its
possible replacement byanother control system ,thetime-limit fortheabove -
mentioned authorization should beextended to31December 1976 t
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
InArticle 1(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No2886 /75of29October 1975 for
"Until 30June 1976 "read "Until 31December 1976 ".
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OJNoL292of12November 1975 .p.30.

Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1July 1976 .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety and
directly applicable inallMember States .
Done atBrussels ,29March 1976 For theCouncil
The President
(