Council Regulation (EEC) No 3182/80 of 4 December 1980 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for certain hand-made products
Official Journal L 337 , 13/12/1980 P. 0050 - 0139
Greek special edition: Chapter 02 Volume 11 P. 0052
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( 1 ) OJ NO L 333 , 30 . 11 . 1978 , P . 5 .
COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3182/80 OF 4 DECEMBER 1980 OPENING , ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR CERTAIN HAND-MADE PRODUCTS$$
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 , AS REGARDS CERTAIN HAND-MADE PRODUCTS , THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY HAS DECLARED ITS READINESS TO OPEN AN ANNUAL DUTY-FREE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF AN OVERALL AMOUNT OF 5 000 000 UNITS OF ACCOUNT WITH A LIMIT OF 500 000 UNITS OF ACCOUNT FOR EACH TARIFF HEADING OR SUBHEADING IN QUESTION ; WHEREAS , IN PURSUANCE OF THE DECLARATION OF INTENT CONCERNING TRADE RELATIONS WITH CERTAIN ASIAN COUNTRIES , THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE QUOTA AND THE MAXIMUM FOR EACH TARIFF HEADING OR SUBHEADING WERE RAISED TO 10 000 000 AND 1 200 000 UNITS OF ACCOUNT RESPECTIVELY ; WHEREAS PRODUCTS MAY HOWEVER BE ADMITTED UNDER THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA ONLY ON THE SUBMISSION TO THE COMMUNITY'S CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES OF A DOCUMENT ISSUED BY THE RECOGNIZED AUTHORITIES OF THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CERTIFYING THAT THE GOODS CONCERNED ARE HAND-MADE ; WHEREAS IT IS ACCORDINGLY APPROPRIATE TO OPEN THE TARIFF QUOTA IN QUESTION WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JANUARY 1981 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2779/78 OF 23 NOVEMBER 1978 ON THE PROCEDURE FOR APPLYING THE EUROPEAN UNIT OF ACCOUNT ( EUA ) TO LEGAL ACTS ADOPTED IN THE CUSTOMS SPHERE ( 1 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 2 THEREOF ;
WHEREAS EQUAL AND CONTINUOUS ACCESS TO THE QUOTA SHOULD BE ENSURED FOR ALL COMMUNITY IMPORTERS AND THE RATE LAID DOWN FOR THE TARIFF QUOTA SHOULD BE APPLIED CONSISTENTLY TO ALL IMPORTS UNTIL THE QUOTA IS USED UP ; WHEREAS A SYSTEM OF UTILIZATION OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA BASED ON AN ALLOCATION BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNED WOULD , IN THE LIGHT OF THE PRINCIPLES OUTLINED ABOVE , APPEAR CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMUNITY NATURE OF THE QUOTA ; WHEREAS , TO REPRESENT AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARKET IN THE SAID GOODS , THE ALLOCATION SHOULD FOLLOW PROPORTIONATELY THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES CALCULATED BOTH FROM STATISTICS OF IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES DURING A REPRESENTATIVE REFERENCE PERIOD AND ACCORDING TO THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE TARIFF YEAR IN QUESTION ;
WHEREAS HOWEVER , THERE IS NO SPECIFIC CLASSIFICATION OF THE SAID GOODS IN THE STATISTICAL NOMENCLATURES ; WHEREAS IT HAS THUS BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO COLLECT SUFFICIENTLY PRECISE AND REPRESENTATIVE STATISTICS ; WHEREAS