PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) INCREASING THE VOLUME OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OPENED FOR 1991 FOR NEWSPRINT
Date: 1991-07-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: paper, tariff quota

COMMISSION  OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

C0M(91)  271 final 

Brussels,  18 Jul y 1991 

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Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  TEECn 

increasing  the volume of the Community  tariff quota 

opened  for 1991  for newsprint 

(presented  by  the  Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

Under its external relations policy, the Commupity  reached an agreement 

providing  for the annual opening for a duty-free  Community tariff quota 

for newsprint.  The volume of this quota, amounting  to 650 000 tonnes, is 

divided  into two parts  : the first, 600 OÛ0 tomes, is assigned to products 

coming from  Canada, and the second, 50 000 tonnes, to products coming from 

other non-member countries. 

The agreement provides also for the necessity of  increasing by 5 X 

that part of the quota reserved  for imports from  Canada, if it should 

be used up before the end of a given period  of one year. 

From the economic data, at present available, it is believed that 

the volume of 600 000 tonnes might.not satisfy  Community neecjs for 

products of this type, as about 435 000  tonnes of the tariff quota had 

already been used, as of  15 June. 

The attached proposal aims at increasing  the quota, in compliance with 

the obligations undertaken. 

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C O U N C IL  R E G U L A T I ON  (EEC)  No 

. . . / 91 

of 

increasing 

the  volume  of 

the  C o m m u n i ty 

tariff  quota  opened 

for  199' 

for 

newsprint 

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES, 

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European 
Economic  Community,  and 
in  particular  Article  113 
thereof. 

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the  Commission, 

Whereas,  for  newsprint,  the  Community  has  reached  an 
agreement  which  provides  in  particular  for  the  opening  of 
a  Community  tariff  quota  of  650 000  tonnes,  of  which 
600 000  tonnes  are  reserved,  until  30  November  of  each 
year,  exclusively  for  products  from  Canada,  in  accordance 
with  Article  XIII  of  the  General  Agreement  on  Tariffs 
and  Trade  ;  whereas  this  agreement  provides  equally  for 
the  obligation  to  increase,  by  5 %,  that  part  of  the  quota 
reserved  for  imports  from  Canada,  in  the  event  that  that 
part  is  used  up  before  the  end  of  a  given  period  of  one 
year ; whereas  the  quota  of  650 000  tonnes  was opened  for 
199  1by  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No 3275/90  (') ; 

Whereas  the  economic  data  at  present  available  give  rise 
importing 
to 

requirements 

the  belief 

that 

the 

for 

newsprint  from  Canada  could  reach  a  level  higher  than 
the  said  volume  of  600 000  tonnes  ;  whereas  the  volume 
of  that  part  of  quota  reserved  for  these  imports  should  be 
increased,  therefore,  by  30 000  tonnes. 

HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION 

Article  1 

The  volume  of  the  Community  tariff  quota  opened  by 
Regulation  (EEC)  No32o/VO  for  newsprint  from  Canada 
shall  be  increased  from  600 000  tonnes  to  630 000  tonnes. 

Article  2 

This  Regulation  shall  enter  into  force  on  the  seventh  day 
following  its  publication  in  the  0///W..7  Journjl  <>f  tin 
European  Communities. 

This  Regulation  shall  be  binding  in  its  entirety  and  directly  applicable  in  all  Member 
States. 

Done  at  Brussels, 

For  the  Council 

The  President 

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FICHE  FINANCIERE 

1. 

Liane budgétaire concernée  : Chap. 12 art. 120 

2. 

Base  juridique  : art. 113 du  traité 

3.  . Intitulé de  la mesure  tarifaire  : Proposition  de règlement  du Conseil 

portant  augmentation  du volume du contingent  tarifaire  communautaire 

pour  le papier  Journal  (1991). 

*• 

Objectif  : Respect  des engagemcmtt contractés  au GATT et  assurer 

la couverture des besoins de  l& Communauté  en papier  Journal 

5. 

Hpcfr tfg Calcul  : 

Codes N.C. 

4801  00 10 et 4801  00 90 

Volume du contingent 

30 000 tonnes 

Oro i t a app i i quer 

OX 

Droit  normal 

4,9 et 9 X 

Perte de  recettes 

Prix moyen à  la tonne 

Valeur des 30 000 tonnes 

609 écus 

18.270.000 écus 

Importations  sous  le 4801  00 10 (± 5 X) 

913.500 écus 

Importations  sous  le 4801  00 90  (t 95 X) 

17.356.500 écus 

Perte : 

4801  00 *Û 

i 033 500 écus X 4,9 X - 

44.761  écus 

4801  00 30  : 19 536 500 écus X 9 X  - 1.562.085  écus 

I.606.346 écus 

1 

M. 

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