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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM (83) 605 final
Brussels, 17 October 1983
Draft
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
o p e n in g , a llo c a t in g  and p ro v id in g  f o r  th e  a d m in is tr a tio n  o f a Community t a r i f f  
quota f o r  ya rn  o f p o ly  (p -p h e n y le n e te re p h th a la m id e ), f o r  use in  th e  m anufacture 
o f t y r e s ,  o r o f p ro d u c ts  used in  th e  m anufacture o f t y r e s ,  f a l l i n g  w ith in  sub-  
heading ex 51.01 A  o f th e  Common Customs T a r i f f
(s u b m itte d  to  th e  C o u n cil by th e  Commission)
COM (83) 605 final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. C o u ncil R e g u la tio n  (EEC) No 1180/83 o f 16 May 1983 (1) opened, f o r  th e  
second h a lf  o f 1983, an autonomous Community t a r i f f  quota o f 600 tonnes 
a t a d u ty - r a te  o f 2 %  f o r  y a rn  o f p o ly (p -p h e n y le n e te re p h ta la m id e ) to
be used in  th e  m a n u fa ctu re  o f t y r e s .
2 . The p o s s i b i l i t y  o f opening a new quota f o r  th e  f i r s t  h a lf o f 1984 was 
c o n s id e re d  a t a m e e ting  o f th e  "Economic T a r i f f  P roblem s" group
on 13 September 1983.
I t  appeared th a t a s o lu tio n  e n v is a g in g  a quota on th e  same c o n d itio n s , 
w ith  an id e n t ic a l amount shared among Member S ta te s  p ro ra ta  to  t h e ir  
re q u ire m e n ts  c o u ld  be a ccepted by a l l  Member S ta te s .
T h is  is  th e  o b je c t o f th e  p re s e n t d r a f t  re g u la tio n .
(1) 0J No L 129, 19.5.1983, p. 9.

DRAFT
C O U N C IL  R EG U L A T IO N  (EEC)
opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff  
quota for yarn of poly (^-phenyleneterephthalamide), for use in the manufacture  
of tyrer> , or of products used in the manufacture of tyres, falling within sub­
heading ex 51.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 28 
thereof,
Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by 
the Commission,
Whereas the production of yarn of poly 
(/>-phenyleneterephthalamide) is currently insufficient 
in the Community to meet the requirements of the 
user industries in the Community ;  whereas, conse­
quently, Community supplies of products of this type 
currently depend to a considerable extent on imports 
from third countries ; whereas it is in the Commu­
nity’ s interest to partially suspend the Common 
Customs Tariff duty for the yarn in question, within 
the Community tariff quota, of an appropriate volume 
for a relatively limited period ; whereas, in order not to 
bring into question the development prospects of this 
production in the Community while ensuring an 
adequate supply to satisfy user industries, it is advis­
able to limit the benefits of tariff quotas solely to 
products for use in the manufacture of tyres, to open
the quota for the period l Ja nuary to  30 June 
1984, and to fix the volume of this quota at a level of 600 
tonnes, corresponding to the needs for imports from 
third countries during that period, and to fix the quota 
duty at 2 % ;
Whereas equal and continuous access to the quota 
should be ensured for all Community importers and 
the rate of duty for the tariff quota should be applied 
consistently to all imports until the quota is 
exhausted ; whereas, in the light of these principles, 
arrangements for the utilization of the tariff quota 
based on an allocation among Member States would 
seem to be consistent with the Community nature of 
the quota ; whereas, to correspond as closely as 
possible to the actual trend in the market in the 
product in question, allocation of the quota should be 
in proportion to the requirements of the Member 
States as calculated by reference to statistics of imports 
from third countries during a representative referenceperiod and to the economic outlook for the quota 
period in question ;
Whereas, however, since the quota is an autonomous 
Community tariff quota intended to cover import 
needs arising in the Community, for experimental 
purposes, the quota volume may be allocated on the 
basis of the temporary import needs from third coun­
tries expressed by each of the Member States ; whereas 
these arrangements for allocation will equally ensure 
the uniform application of the Common Customs 
Tariff;
Whereas, to take account of possible import trends for 
the product concerned, the quota volume should be 
divided into two tranches, the first being allocated 
between certain Member States and the second held as 
a reserve to meet subsequent requirements of Member 
States which have used up their initial shares and any 
additional requirements which might arise in the other 
Member States; whereas, to give importers of the 
Member States some degree of certainty, the first 
tranche of the tariff quota should be fixed at a rela­
tively high level, which in this case could be 564 
tonnes ;
Whereas initial shares may be used up at different 
rates ; whereas, to avoid disruption of supplies on this 
account, it should be provided that any Member State 
which has almost used up its initial share should draw 
an additional share from the reserve ; whereas each 
time its additional share is almost used up a Member 
State should draw a further share, and so on as many 
times as the reserve allows ; whereas the initial and 
additional shares should be valid until the end of the 
quota period;  whereas this form of administration 
requires close collaboration between the Member 
States and the Commission, which latter must be in a 
position to keep account of the extent to which the 
quotas have been used up and to inform the Member 
States accordingly;
Whereas, if at a given date in the quota period a con­
siderable quantity of a Member State’ s initial share 
remains unused, it is essential that the Member State 
should return a significant proportion to the reserve, in 
order to prevent a part of the Community quota 
remaining unused in one Member State while it could 
be used in others;

Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the 
Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the Grand Duchy of 
Luxembourg are united within and jointly represented 
by the Benelux Economic Union, any measure con­
cerning the administration of the shares allocated to 
that economic union may be carried out by any one of 
its members,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
J a n u a ry /
1. From 1  ~ until 30 June 1 9 8 4 , the
Common Customs Tariff duty for yarns of poly 
(/>-phenyleneterephthalamide), falling within sub­
heading ex 51.01 A, for use in the manufacture of 
tyres, or of products used in the manufacture of tyres, 
shall be suspended at the level of 2 % within the 
framework of a Community tariff quota of 600 tonnes.
2. Within the limits of this tariff quota, Greece shall 
apply customs duties calculated in accordance with the 
relevant provisions in the 1979 Act of Accession.2. If a Member State, after exhausting its initial 
share, has used 90 % or more of the second share 
drawn by it, that Member State shall forthwith, in the 
manner and to the extent provided in paragraph 1, 
draw a third share equal to 2,5 % of its initial share 
rounded up as necessary to the next whole number.
3. If a Member State, after exhausting its second 
share, has used 90 % or more of the third share drawn 
by it, that Member State shall, in the manner and to 
the extent provided in paragraph 1, draw a fourth 
share equal to the third.
This process shall apply until the reserve is used up.
4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, 
a Member State may draw shares lower than those 
specified in those paragraphs if there are grounds for 
believing that those specified may not be used in full. 
Any Member State applying this paragraph shall 
inform the Commission of its grounds for so doing.
Article 4
Additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 3 shall be 
valid until 30 June 1984.
Article 2
1. A first tranche of 564tonnes of this Community 
tariff quota shall be allocated among certain Member 
States; the shares, which subject to Article 5 shall be 
valid until 30 June 1984, shall be as follows:
(tonnes)
Benelux s o
Denmark *"1
Germany 40
Greece 1
France 340
Ireland 2
Italy 70
United Kingdom 30
2. The second tranche of 36 tonnes shall constitute 
the reserve.
Article 3
1. If a Member State has used 90 % or more of its 
initial share as fixed in Article 2 (1), or of that share 
minus any portion returned to the reserve pursuant to 
Article 5, it shall forthwith, by notifying the Commis­
sion draw a second share, to the extent that the reserve 
so permits, equal to 5 % of its initial share rounded up 
as necessary to the next whole number.Article 5
Member States shall, not later than 15 May 
1 9 8 4 ,, return to the reserve the unused portion of their 
initial share which, o n '| jv(ay 1 9 8 4 , is in excess 
of 20 % of the initial volume. They may return a 
greater position if there are grounds for believing that 
it may not be used in full.
Member States shall, not later than 15 M 3 y 
1 9 8 4 , notify the Commission of the total quantities of 
the products in question imported up to 1  May 
1984 and charged against the Community quota and 
of any portion of their initial shares returned to the 
reserve.
Article 6
The Commission shall keep an account of the shares 
opened by the Member States pursuant to Articles 2 
and 3 and shall, as soon as the notifications reach it, 
inform each Member State of the extent to which the 
reserve has been used up. It shall, not later than 20 
May 1 9 8 4 , inform the Member States of the 
amounts still in reserve following any return of shares 
pursuant to Article 5.
It shall ensure that the drawing which exhausts the 
reserve does not exceed the balance available, and to 
this end shall notify the amount of that balance to the 
Member State making the last drawing.

Article  7
1. Member States shall take all appropriate measures 
to ensure that additional shares drawn pursuant to 
Article 3 are opened in such a way that imports may 
be charged without interruption against their aggregate 
shares of the Community tariff quota.
2. Member States shall take all appropriate measures 
to ensure that the products listed in Article 1  (1), bene­
fiting from the Community tariff quota, are indeed 
destined for use in the manufacture of tyres.
Control of the use for this special purpose shall be 
carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provi­
sions.
3. Member States shall ensure that importers of the 
product in question have free access to the shares 
allotted to them.
4. Member States shall charge imports of the 
product in question against their shares as the productis entered with the customs authorities for free circula­
tion.
5. The extent to which Member States have used up 
their shares shall be determined on the basis of 
imports charged against them under the conditions set 
out in paragraph 4.
Article 8
At the Commission’s request, the Member States shall 
inform it of imports actually charged against their 
shares.
Article 9
The Member States and the Commission shall coope­
rate closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied 
with.
Article 10
This Regulation shall enter into force on
1  January 1984.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States.
Done at Brussels,
For the Council
The President