ARCHIVESHISTORIQUES
DELACOMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEEDES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM(74)882
Vol.1974/0134

Disclaimer
Conformément aurèglement(CEE,Euratom)n°354/83duConseildu1erfévrier1983
concernantl'ouvertureaupublicdesarchiveshistoriquesdelaCommunauté économique
européenneetdelaCommunautéeuropéennedel'énergieatomique(JOL43du15.2.1983,
p.1),telquemodifiéparlerèglement(CE,Euratom)n°1700/2003du22septembre2003
(JOL243du27.9.2003,p.1),cedossierestouvertaupublic.Lecaséchéant,lesdocuments
classifiésprésentsdanscedossierontétédéclassifiésconformément àl'article5dudit
règlement.
InaccordancewithCouncilRegulation(EEC,Euratom)No354/83of1February1983
concerningtheopeningtothepublicofthehistoricalarchivesoftheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity(OJL43,15.2.1983,p.1),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC,Euratom)No1700/2003of22September2003(OJL243,
27.9.2003,p.1),thisfileisopentothepublic.Wherenecessary,classifieddocumentsinthis
filehavebeendeclassified inconformitywithArticle5oftheaforementioned regulation.
InÜbereinstimmung mitderVerordnung(EWG,Euratom)Nr.354/83desRatesvom1.
Februar1983überdieFreigabederhistorischen ArchivederEuropäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft undderEuropäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI.L43vom15.2.1983,
S.1),geändertdurchdieVerordnung(EG,Euratom)Nr.1700/2003vom22.September2003
(ABI.L243vom27.9.2003,S.1),istdieseDateiderÖffentlichkeitzugänglich.Soweit
erforderlich,wurdendieVerschlusssachen indieserDateiinÜbereinstimmung mitArtikel5
dergenanntenVerordnungfreigegeben.

COMMISSION OFTHEEUSOHBAN COMMUNITÏES
COM(74 )882final
Brussels ,19June 1974
PROPOSAL FOR A.
REGULATION (EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
ontheopening ,allocation andadministration ofa
Community tariff quota for
newsprint falling within subheading No48•01A
ofthe Common Customs Tariff
(1975 )
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
C0M(74 )882final

^IXPLAITATOPY lOWDRAraUM
1.Atthelastmultinational GATTnegotiations ,theCommunity
undertooktoopenannuallyanildutyCommunitytariffquotafor
625000metrictonsofnewsprintfallingwithinsubheading ITo43»01A
oftheCommonCustomsTariff.
Furthermore ,theCommunityinformedtheNordicdelegation(textNord4
ofdocumentNCG(67)44rev.)thatithaddecidedtoopenanilduty
tariffquotaeachyearunderArticle23oftheTreatyofRomeifit
wereestablishedthatallpossibilities ofsupplyontheinternal
marketoftheCommunityhadbeenexhaustedduringagiventrading
yearandafterhavingentirelyusedupthenildutyquotaof625000
metrictonsboundunderGATT.
Judgingfrommarkettrendsoverthepastfewyearsitisclearalready
thatthe1975Communitytariffquotamustbegreaterthanthe
625000metrictonsoriginallyestablished.ThisiswaytheCommission
considersthatitcanproposetheopeningofatariffquotafor
3100000metrictons.Thisamountisbasedonprovisionalestimates,
sothatareviewofthesituationduringthecofjrseoftheyearis
naturallynotexcluded.
2.Therestillremainsageneralproblemoftariffquotasbound
underGATT,sincenegotiations arestilltalcingplacetorevisequota
amountsfollowingtheaccessiontotheCommunityofnewMemberStates.
Itappearsunlikelythattheresultsofthesenegotiations willbe
knoi.TibeforethisproposalissubmittedtotheCouncil.Instruments
mustthereforebepreparedwhichwillenableexistinginternational
obligationstobefulfilled.

ThisisthesolepurposeoftheproposedRegulation.TheCommission
is,however,awareoftheproblemscreated "bythechangingsituation
inrespectofnewsprintandthereforereservestherighttoalterits
proposalinthelightofanyneedswhichmayarise.
3«Thetariffquotaisallocatedinaccordancewiththemethodwhich
hasnormallyteenapplied:allocationisbasedonpastimportfigures
andonestimatesforthequotayearinquestion.
Furthermore ,inviewofthesizeofthequotaproposedfromthestart,
theCommissionconsidersthatitwould "becontrarytotheCommunity
natureofthisquotatodivideitupintosharesallocateddefinitively
toalltheMemberStates.Itthereforeproposesasystemofadministration
basedontheinstitutionofaCommunityreserveofsome10Jfe.This
systemofallocationandadministration was,moreover,unanimously
approvedbyalltheMemberStatesatameetingoftheWorkingParty
onEconomictariffproblemsheldon16and17April1974»

Proposalfora
REGULATION (EEC)OPTEECOUNCIL
ontheopening,allocationandadministration ofaCommunitytariff
quotafornewsprintfallingwithinsubheadingNo43*01Aofthe
CommonCustomsTariff
(1S75)
THECOUNCIL07THEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomic
Community,andinparticularArticles113and28thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereastheEuropeanEconomicCommunityhasundertakentoopenan
annualnildutyCommunitytariffquotaof625000metrictonsof
newsprintfallingwithintariffsubheading No48.01A;
Whereas,inviewofpresentproductioncapacitywithintheCommunity,
thatquantityisinsufficient tomeetforeseeable importrequirements ;
whereasprovision -shouldthereforebemadeforanautonomous
supplementary quotawhich,havingregardtotheestimatessubmitted,
maybefixedatpresentat2475000metrictons;whereasthefact
thatthisfigurehasbeenadoptedfortheautonomoussupplementary
quotadocsnotexcludethepossibility ofreadjustment duringthequota
period;whereasaCommunitytariffquotashouldthereforebeopenedfor
1S75foratotalquantityof3100000metrictonsofnewsprint ;
Whereasequalandcontinuousaccesstothequotashouldbeensuredfor
allComnrunityimportersandtherateofdutyforthetariffquota
shouldbeappliedconsistently toallimportsontheproductin
questionuntilthequotaisexhausted;whereasinthelightofthese
principles ,arrangements fortheutilizationoftheCommunitytariff
quotabasedonanallocation amongMemberStateswouldseemtobe
consistentwiththeCommunitynatureofthequota;whereas,inorder
thatitmaycorrespondascloselyaspossibletotheactualtrendofthe
marketintheproductinquestion,allocationofthequotashouldbein
proportiontotherequirements oftheMemberStatesascalculatedby
referencetostatisticsofimportsfromthirdcountriesduringa
representative referenceperiodandtotheeconomicoutlookforthequota
periodinquestion ;

Whereas,forthelastthreeyearsforwhichfullstatisticsare
available,theimportsofeachof:theMemberStatesrepresentedthe
followingpercentages oftotalimportsoftheproductinquestion:
1971 1223
Bénélux 11.7411.5312.18
Denmark 4.667.026.92
Germany 29.1226.6527.03
France 6.867.649.45
Ireland 1.551.950
Italy .0.070.060.34
UnitedKingdom 46.0045.1544.08
Whereas,inordertoevaluatethosestatisticsproperly,however,
accountmustbetakenofthefactthattheopeningofaCommunitytariff
quotafortheenlargedCommunitymayalterthepatternoftradeof
MemberStateswiththirdcountries ;whereas,inviewoftheaboveand
oftheexpectedevolutionofthemarketinnewsprintingeneraland
ofproductioninparticular,thefirsttrancheofthe1975quotamay
beallocatedapproximately inthefollowingpercentages :
Bénélux ,13.40
Denmark 6.80
Germany '25.30
France 11.00
Ireland 0.72
Italy 1.43
UnitedKingdom 40.85

-3-
Whereas,totakeaccountoffutureimporttrendsfortheproduct
concerned,thequotashould "bedividedintotwotranches,thefirst
"beingallocatedamongtheMemberStatesandthesecondheldasa
reservetocoversubsequently therequirements ofMemberStateswhich
haveexhaustedtheirinitialshares;whereas,togiveimporterssome
degreeofcertainty,whilestillenablingCommunityproductiontobe
disposedofonsatisfactory terms,thefirsttrancheofthequota
shouldbefixedat90?°of"thefullamount;
WhereasMemberStatesmayexhausttheirinitialsharesatdifferent
rates;whereastoavoiddisruptionofsuppliesonthisaccountit
shouldbeprovidedthatanyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedup
itsinitialshareshoulddrawanadditionalsharefromthereserve;
whereaseachtimeitsadditional shareisalmostexhaustedaMember
Stateshoulddrawafurthershare,andsoonasmanytimesasthe
reserveallows;whereastheinitialandadditionalsharesshouldbe
validuntiltheendofthequotaperiod;whereasthisformof
administration requiresclosecollaboration betweentheMemberStates
andtheCommission,andtheCommissionmustbeinapositiontokeep
accountoftheextenttowhichthequotahasbeenusedupandto
informtheMemberStatesaccordingly ;

-4-
Whereasifatagivendateinthequotaperiodaconsiderable quantity
ofaMemberState'sinitialshareremainsunuseditisessential,to
preventapartoftheCommunitytariffquotafromremainingmused
inoneMemberStatewhileitcouldbeusedinothers,thatsuchState
shouldreturnasignificantproportionthereoftothereserve;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomoftheNetherlands
andtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgareunitedwithinandjointly
represented bytheBeneluxEconomicUnion,anytransactioninrespect
oftheadministration ofthesharesallocatedtothatEconomicUnion.,
maybecarriedoutbyanyoneofitsmembers;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
1.ThereshallbeopenedwithintheCommunityfortheperiod1January
to31December1975»inrespectofnewsprintfallingwithin
subheadingNo48.01AoftheCommonCustomsTariff,aCommunitytariff
quotaof3100000metrictons.
2.Importsoftheproductinquestionshallnotbecountedunder
thistariffquotaiftheyarealreadyfreeofcustomsdutiesunder
otherpreferentialtarifftreatment ~".■
3.TheCommonCustomsTariffdutyshallbetotallysuspendedin
respectofimportations undertheabovequota.
4.NewMemberStatesshallapplyinrespectofimportations withinthe
quotadutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththerelevantprovisionsof
theActofAccession.

-5-
Article2
1.TheCommunitytariffquotaprovidedforinArticle1shallbe
dividedintotwotranches."
2.Afirsttrancheof3000metrictonsshallbeallocatedamongthe
MemberStates.Theshares,whichsubjecttoArticle6shallbevalid
until31December1974,shallbeasfollows:
Benelux 374000metrictons
Denmark 190000metrictons
Germany 720000metrictons
France 307000metrictons
Ireland 20000metrictons
Italy 40000metrictons
UnitedKingdom 1140000metrictons
3.Thesecondtranche,of309000tons,shallconstituteareserve.
Article3
1.AssoonasaMemberStatehasusedormoreofitsinitial
shareasfixedin.article2(2),orofthatshareminusanyportion
returnedtothereservepursuanttoArticle5ishallforthwith,by
notifyingtheCommission,drawasecondshare,totheextentthatthe
reservesopermits,equalto15/°ofitsinitialshare,roundedupas
necessarytothenextwholenumber.
2.AssoonasaMemberState,afterexhaustingitsinitialshare,
hasusedormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyit,thatMemberState
shallforthwith,inthemannerandtotheextentprovidedinparagraph
1,drawathirdshareequalto7*57®ofitsinitialshare.

-6-
3.AssoonasaMemberState,afterexhaustingitssecondshare,has
used$0$ormoreofthethirdsharedrawn"byit,thatMemberState
shall,inthemannerandtotheextentprovidedin-paragraph 1,draw
afourthshareequaltothethird.
Itshallcontinueinthisfashionuntilthereserveisexhausted.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3,aMemberStatemay
drawshareslowerthanthosespecifiedinthoseparagraphsifthere
aregroundsforbelievingthatthosespecifiedmaynotbeusedinfull.
AnyMemberStateapplyingthisparagraphshallinformtheCommission
ofitsgroundsforsodoing.
Article4
AdditionalsharesdrampursuanttoArticle3shallbevaliduntil
31December1975*
Article5
AMemberStatewhichon15September1975hasno"texhaustedits
initialshareshallnotlaterthan10October1975returntothereserve
anyunusedportioninexcessof20/&oftheinitialamount.
Itmayreturnagreaterportioniftherearegroundsforbelievingthat
suchportionmaynotbeusedinfull.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan10October1S75»notifytheCommission
ofthetotalquantitiesoftheproductinquestionimporteduptoand
including 15September 1975andchargedagainsttheCommunityquotaand
ofanyportionoftheirinitialsharesreturnedtothereserve.

-7-
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountofthesharesopenedbytheMember
StatespursuanttoArticles2and3andshall,assoonastheinformation
reachesit,informeachStateoftheextenttot<hichthereservehas
beenusedup.
Itshall,notlaterthan15October1975*informtheMemberStatesof
theamountstillinreservefollowinganyreturnofsharespursuantto
Article5«
Itshallensurethatwhenanamountexhaustingthereserveisdrawn
theamountsodrawndoesnotexceedthebalanceavailable,andtothis
endshallnotifytheamountofthatbalancetotheMemberStatemaking
thelastdrawing.
Article7
1.EveryMemberStateshalltaiceallappropriate measurestoensure
thatadditionalsharesdra..TipursuanttoArticle3areopenedinsuch
awaythatimportations maybechargedwithoutinterruption against
itsaccumulated shareoftheCommunityquota.
2.EveryMemberStateshallensurethatimportersoftheproductin
questionestablishedinitsterritoryhavefreeaccesstotheshares
allocatedtoit.
3.Hieextentto-./hichaMemberStatehasusedupitsshareshall
bedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportations oftheproductin
questionenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesforhomeuse.
Article3
iweryMemberStateshallnotifytheCommissionatregularintervalsof
theimportations chargedagainstitsshare.

Article9
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperatecloselytoensure
thattheprovisionsoftheprecedingArticlesarecompliedwith.
Article10
ThisRegulationshallonterintoforceon1January1975*
ThisRegulationshall"bebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inaliMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePrésident