Council Regulation (EEC) No 2534/79 of 12 November 1979 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for rosin, inclusing 'brais résineux' falling within subheading 38.08 A of the Common Customs Tariff (1980)
Official Journal L 290 , 17/11/1979 P. 0003 - 0004
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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2534/79
OF 12 NOVEMBER 1979
OPENING , ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR ROSIN , INCLUDING ' BRAIS RESINEUX ' FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 38.08 A OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ( 1980 )
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 IN THE COMMUNITY OF ROSIN FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 38.08 A OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF IS CURRENTLY INSUFFICIENT TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROCESSING INDUSTRIES IN THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS , CONSEQUENTLY , COMMUNITY SUPPLIES OF PRODUCTS OF THIS TYPE CURRENTLY DEPEND TO A CONSIDERABLE EXTENT ON IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES ;
WHEREAS , UNDER DECISION NO 1/79 OF THE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL ON THE APPLICATION OF PARAGRAPH 3 OF PROTOCOL 10 TO THE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND GREECE , THE COMMUNITY MAY OPEN AUTONOMOUS TARIFF QUOTAS FOR ROSIN PROVIDED THAT , FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE , THE ANNUAL QUOTAS DO NOT EXCEED 25 % OF THE COMMUNITY ' S IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES NOT ASSOCIATED WITH OR LINKED TO IT BY A PREFERENTIAL AGREEMENT DURING THE LAST YEAR FOR WHICH STATISTICS ARE AVAILABLE ; WHEREAS THE ABOVEMENTIONED DECISION IS APPLICABLE UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1979 ; WHEREAS THE MOST URGENT COMMUNITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION SHOULD BE MET IMMEDIATELY ON THE MOST FAVOURABLE TERMS ; WHEREAS A NIL DUTY COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA SHOULD THEREFORE BE OPENED WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE ABOVE AMOUNT , WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO ANY MEASURES TO BE ADOPTED FOLLOWING THE DECISION TO BE TAKEN WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE EEC AND GREECE ;
WHEREAS , IN 1978 , THE IMPORTS OF ROSIN FROM THIRD COUNTRIES NOT ASSOCIATED WITH OR LINKED TO THE COMMUNITY BY A PREFERENTIAL AGREEMENT WERE AS FOLLOWS :
// // TONNES //
BENELUX // 12 276 //
DENMARK // 176.3 //
GERMANY // 23 181.2 //
FRANCE // 8 025 //
IRELAND // 0 //
ITALY // 3 324 //
UNITED KINGDOM // 12 204 //
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TOTAL // 59 186.5 //
WHEREAS 25 % OF THIS TOTAL REPRESENTS 14 796 TONNES ;
WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF THE NEGLIGIBLE SIZE OF SUCH A QUOTA IN COMPARISON WITH THE COMMUNITY ' S REQUIREMENTS , A SYSTEM OF UTILIZATION SHOULD , WITHOUT DEROGATING FROM THE COMMUNITY NATURE OF THE TARIFF QUOTA , BE PROVIDED , BASED ON A SINGLE ALLOCATION BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS THIS ALLOCATION SHOULD BE CALCULATED BY THE SAME METHOD AS IS USED TO