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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
COM(78)434 final .
Brussels ,12September 1978
Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
ontheopening ,allocating andadministration oftariff quotas
forcertain types ofpaper andpaperboard falling within
subheadings ex48.01 CIIand48.01 Fofthe
Common Customs Tariff originating
inPortugal (1979 )
(submitted totheCouncil "bytheCommission )
COM(78 )434final .

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.On20September1976theEuropeanEconomicCommunitysignedanInterim
AgreementwiththePortugueseRepublic.Article4oftheAgreement
stipulatesthatforkraftpaperandkraftboardforwrapping,known
as"Kraftliner",andforpaperandpaperboard,other,oftariff
subheadings ex48.01CIIand48.01F,originating inPortugal,
theCommunity,asoriginallyconstituted,andIreland,shallopen,
fortheperiodfrom1January1976to31December1983,annual"zero-
dutytariffquotasof42000tonnesand1500tonnesrespectively .
Thesequotasshouldbeincreasedyearlyby5%.Thetariffquotasfor
1979shouldno*beopened.
2.Thedraftregulation openingthetariffquotasprovides-asiscusto-
meryinthisfield-forthedivisionofeachquotavolumeintotwo
instalments,thefirstbeingallocated amongtheMemberStatesasquota
sharesandthesecondbeingheldasareserve.
Theallocationofthevolumeofthefirstinstalmentofthequota
shouldbebasedontherulesgenerallyapplied.Theseinvolvecalcula­
tingeachMemberState'stotalimportsoverthelastthreeyearsasa
proportionoftotalCommunityimportsduringthe"sameperiodandapplying,
foreachMemberStates,thepercentages thusobtainedtothevolumeof
thefirstinstalment .
3.Theforegoingisthesubjectoftheproposalforaregulation.
ANNEX:1proposalforaRegulation.

PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
> ■ • , •,
*ontheopening,allocationandadministration oftariffquotasforcertaintypes
ofpaperandpaperboardfallingwithinsubheadingsex48.01CIIand48.01Fof
theCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginPortugal(1979)>
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN , : \
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof, ' ' i
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission, *
WhereasArticle4oftheInterimAgreementbetween
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthePortu- ?
guescRepublic(')laysdownthattheCommunityas, !
originallyconstitutedandIrelandshouldopenannual
duty-freetariffquotasforKraftlinerandforother -
paperandpaperboardfallingwithinsubheadingsex -
48.01CIIand48.01FoftheCommon .Customs
Tariff,originatinginPortugal,of42000and1500
tonnesrespectively,whichshouldbeincreasedyearly
by5%asfrom1January1977;whereasthetariff I
quotasconcernedshouldbeopenedfor1979}
WhereasitisinparticularnecessarytoensureforallCommunityimporters ,
equalanduninterrupted accesstotheabovementioned quotasanduninterrupted
applicationoftherateslaiddownforthesequotastoallimportsofthe
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'productsconcernedintoallMemberStatesuntilthequotashavebeenusedup
whereas,havingregardtotheaboveprinciples,theCommunitynatureofthe
quotascanberespectedbyallocatingtheCommunitytariffquotasamongthe
MemberStates;whereas,inordertoreflectasaccurate^,aspossiblethe
truetrendofthemarketintheproductsinquestion,suchallocationshould
beinproportiontotherequirements oftheMemberStates,calculatedby
referencetothestatisticsforimportsfromPortugaloverarepresentative
•referenceperiodandalsototheeconomicoutlookforthequotaperiodin
question;
Whereas,duringthelastthreeyearsforwhichstatisticsareavailable,the
corresponding' importsbyeachoftheMemberStatesrepresentthefollowing
percentagesofimportsintotheCommunityfromPortugaloftheproducts
concerned : '•
(1)0JN°L-266,29.9.1976,p.1.

subheadingex48.01ICII subheading48.01r
1S7519761S771975 i19761977
Bénélux20,125,2 ■31.* •2.828,7
Germany34,72/132,1a»54,020,7
France 21Λ18,22V73,1'8,079,3
Ireland 6.76.7m.24.1A3m:
Italy 17,121,814,8 ^' m;
Whereas,inviewofthesefactorsandofmarketfore­
castsfortheproductsconcernedduringthequota
periodinquestion,thepercentagesharesinthequota
volumesmaybeexpressedroughlyasfollows:
subheading
ex40.01Cilsubheading
,48.01F
Bénélux 20-1 6,0
Germany34-7 9,0
France 22-4 64,0
Ireland 5-8 6
Italy17-04,5
Whereas,inordertotakeintoaccountimporttrendsfortheproducts
concernedinthevariousMemberStates,eachofthequotaamountsshould
bedividedintotwoinstalments,thefirstbeingsharedamongtheMember
Statesandthesecondconstituting areservetocoveratalaterdate
therequirements oftheMemberStateswhichhaveuseduptheirinitial-
quotashares;whereas,inordertogiveimportersineachMemberState
acertaindegreeofsecurity,thefirstinstalmentoftheCommunityquotas
mightunderthepresentcircumstances befixedat75%and50%respectively
ofthequotavolumes.

WhereastheMemberStates'initialsharesmaybeusedupatdifferent
times;whereas,inordertotakethisfactintoaccountandavoid
anybreakincontinuity,anyMemberStatewhichhasalmostusedup
itsinitialquotashares,shoulddrawanadditional sharefromthe
corresponding reserve;whereasthismustbedonebyeachMemberState-
asandwheneachofitsadditional sharesinalmostusedup,and
repeatedasmanytimesasthereserveallows;whereastheinitial
andadditionalsharesmustbevaliduntiltheend^ofthequotaperiod;
whereasthismethodofadministration requiresclosecooperation '
betweentheMemberStatesandtheCommission,andthelattermust
beinapositiontomonitortheextenttowhichthequotavolumes >,'■<'
have 1beenusedupandtoinformtheMemberStatesthereof;
Whereasif,atagivendateinthequotaperiod,asubstantial '
quantityremainsuqused,n'tisessentialthatMemberStateshould
returnasignificant proportiontothecorresponding reserveto
preventapartofanyCommunityquotafromremainingunusedinone
MemberStatewhenitcouldbeusedinothers;
Whereas,sincetheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdomoftheNetherlands
andtheGrandDuchyofLuxembourgareunitedinandrepresented by
theBeneluxEconomicUnion,anyoperationrelatingtotheadministra­
tionofthequotasharesallocatedtotheEconomicUnionmaybecarried
outbyanyofitsmembers, -.',
« ,HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :'
»''! 1,. '..'' [■.
i' 'ArticleI
Fortheperiod1Januaryto31December'1979.duty-
freetariffquotasshallbeopenedintheCommunity
asoriginallyconstitutedandIrelandforproductsorigi­
natinginPortugal,andwithinthelimitsSetout
below:
CCT
heading
NoDescription;Tariffquota
(tonnes)
48.01Paperandpaperboard(including
cellulose •wadding),machine-
made,inrollsorsheets:
C.Kra?kpaperandkraftboard:
-exII.Other:
–•Kraft!iner 48*620
I
"■ IF.Other1.736Λ

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- Article2
1.ThetariffquotasreferredtoinArticle1shallbedividedinto
twoinstalments .
2.Afirstinstalmentofeachquota,thatis36.465and868tonnes
respectively,shallbesharedamongtheMemberStates;the
respectiveshares,whichsubjecttoArticle5shallbevaliduntil
31December1979andshallbeasfollows:
-ftonnts)
MemberStatessubheadtng
ex4*01Cilsubheadtng
48.01F
Bénélux 7330 52
Germany 12.650
France 8170 ...555,
Ireland 2.115 143
Italy 6,200 39
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3.Thesecondinstalmentofeachquota,12.155and868tonnes
respectively,shallconstitutethecorresponding reserve.

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Article3
1.If90°/.ormoreofoneoftheMemberState'sinitialsharesasspecified
-inArticle2(2),or90%of.thatshareminustheportionreturnedtothe
corresponding reservewhereArticle5isapplied,hasbeenusedup,then,
totheextentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMemberState
shallforthwith,bynotifyingtheCommission,drawasecondshareequal
.to15%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit..
2.If,afteroneofitsinitialshareshasbeenusedup,90%ormoreofthe
secondsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,then,totheextent
permittedbytheamountofthereserve,thatMemberStateshall,inaccor­
dancewiththeconditionslaiddowninparagraph 1,drawathirdshare
equalto7,5%ofitsinitialshare,roundedupwherenecessarytothe
nextunit. .',
-3.If,afteroneofitssecondshareshasbeenusedup,90%ormoreofthe
thirdsharedrawnbyaMemberStatehasbeenusedup,thatMemberState
shall,inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninparagraph 1,draw
afourthshareequaltothetii:*d.
-' '■.• ,v\ •.•
Thisprocessshallcontinueuntilthereserveisusedup.
4.Bywayofderogation fromparagraph 1to3,aMemberStatemaydraw
sharessmallerthanthosefixedinthoseparagraphsifthereis"
reasontobelievethattheymightnotbeusedup.Itshallinform \
theCommissionofitsreasonsforapplyingthisparagraph.

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Article7
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1.TheMemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessarytoensure
thatadditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3,areopened
insuchawaythatimportsmaybechargedwithoutinterruption
againsttheiraccumulatedsharesoftheCommunityquotas.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimportersoftheproducts
inquestionestablishedintheir.territoryhavefreeaccessto
thesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheMemberStatesshallchargeimportsoftheproductsin
questionagainsttheirsharesasandwhentheproductsare
enteredforhomeuse.- ,
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4.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedupitssharesshall
bedeterminedonthebasisoftheimportschargedinaccordance'
withparagraph3.
Arti-le8
AttherequestoftheCommission,theMemberStatesshallinformit
ofimportsactuallychargedagainsttheirshares.
Article9
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TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcooperatecloselyinorder
toensurecompliancewiththisRegulation.
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Article10 '
X s
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1979.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyand
directlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, < FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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Article4
AdditionalsharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle3shallbevaliduntil
31December1979.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not'laterthan
1October1979,Juohunusedportionsoftheirinitialsharesas,
on15September1979,areinexcessof20%oftheinitialvolumes.
Theymayreturnalargerquantityiftherearegroundsforbelieving
thatthisquantitymaynotbeused.
TheMemberStatesshall,notlaterthy1October1979,notifythe
Commissionofthetotalquantitiesoftheproductsinquestion
importedupto15September1979andchargedagainsttheCommunity
quotas,andofanyquantitiesoftheinitialsharesreturnedto
thereserve.
Article6
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountofthesharesopenedbythe
MemberStatespursuanttoArticles2and3andshall,assoonas
itisnotified,informeachStateoftheextenttowhichthereserves
havebeenusedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5October'1979,■
oftheamountineachreserveafterquantitieshavebeenreturned
pursuanttoArticle5.
TheCommissionshallensurethatanydrawingwhichusesupanyv
reserve'islimitedtothebalanceavailable,andtothisendshall
indicatetheamountoftheirbalancetotheMemberStatewhich
makesfUih.lastdrawing.