Council Regulation (EEC) No 2608/78 of 30 October 1978 on the opening, allocation and administration of tariff quotas for certain types of paper and paperboard, falling within subheadings ex 48.01 C II and 48.01 F of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Portugal (1979)
Official Journal L 315 , 09/11/1978 P. 0006 - 0009
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( 1 ) OJ NO L 266 , 29 . 9 . 1976 , P . 1 .
COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2608/78
OF 30 OCTOBER 1978
ON THE OPENING , ALLOCATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF TARIFF QUOTAS FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF PAPER AND PAPERBOARD , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADINGS EX 48.01 C II AND 48.01 F OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , ORIGINATING IN PORTUGAL ( 1979 )
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 ARTICLE 4 OF THE INTERIM AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC ( 1 ) LAYS DOWN THAT THE COMMUNITY AS ORIGINALLY CONSTITUTED AND IRELAND SHOULD OPEN ANNUAL DUTY-FREE TARIFF QUOTAS FOR KRAFT LINER AND FOR OTHER PAPER AND PAPERBOARD FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADINGS EX 48.01 C II AND 48.01 F OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , ORIGINATING IN PORTUGAL , OF 42 000 AND 1 500 TONNES RESPECTIVELY , WHICH SHOULD BE INCREASED YEARLY BY 5 % AS FROM 1 JANUARY 1977 ; WHEREAS THE TARIFF QUOTAS CONCERNED SHOULD BE OPENED FOR 1979 ;
WHEREAS IT IS IN PARTICULAR NECESSARY TO ENSURE FOR ALL COMMUNITY IMPORTERS EQUAL AND UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS TO THE ABOVEMENTIONED QUOTAS AND UNINTERRUPTED APPLICATION OF THE RATES LAID DOWN FOR THESE QUOTAS TO ALL IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED INTO ALL MEMBER STATES UNTIL THE QUOTAS HAVE BEEN USED UP ; WHEREAS , HAVING REGARD TO THE ABOVE PRINCIPLES , THE COMMUNITY NATURE OF THE QUOTAS CAN BE RESPECTED BY ALLOCATING THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS AMONG THE MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO REFLECT AS ACCURATELY AS POSSIBLE THE TRUE TREND OF THE MARKET IN THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION , SUCH ALLOCATION SHOULD BE IN PROPORTION TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES , CALCULATED BY REFERENCE TO THE STATISTICS FOR IMPORTS FROM PORTUGAL OVER A REPRESENTATIVE REFERENCE PERIOD AND ALSO TO THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE QUOTA PERIOD IN QUESTION ;
WHEREAS , DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS FOR WHICH STATISTICS ARE AVAILABLE , THE CORRESPONDING IMPORTS INTO EACH OF THE MEMBER STATES REPRESENT THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF TOTAL IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION , ORIGINATING IN PORTUGAL :
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// SUBHEADING EX 48.01 C II // SUBHEADING 48.01 F //
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// 1975 // 1976 // 1977 // 1975 // 1976 // 1977 //
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BENELUX // 20.1 // 25.2 // 31.4 // 2.8 // 28.7 // - //
GERMANY // 34.7 // 28.1 // 32.1 // - // 54.0 // 20.7 //
FRANCE // 21.4 // 18.2 //