Council Regulation (EEC) No 2848/78 of 23 November 1978, opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for certain petroleum products, falling within Chapter 27 of the Common Customs Tariff and refined in Spain (1979)
Official Journal L 343 , 08/12/1978 P. 0001 - 0004
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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2848/78
OF 23 NOVEMBER 1978
OPENING , ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR CERTAIN PETROLEUM PRODUCTS , FALLING WITHIN CHAPTER 27 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND REFINED IN SPAIN ( 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 THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND SPAIN ( 1 ) PROVIDES IN ARTICLE 2 ( 1 ) TOGETHER WITH ARTICLE 3 OF ANNEX I FOR THE OPENING BY THE COMMUNITY OF AN ANNUAL TOTAL COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF 1 200 000 TONNES OF CERTAIN PETROLEUM PRODUCTS , FALLING WITHIN CHAPTER 27 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND REFINED IN SPAIN ; WHEREAS , PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 2 OF THE SAID ANNEX , THE QUOTA DUTY IS EQUAL TO 40 % OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES ; WHEREAS THIS PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENT HAS BEEN PROVIDED ONLY FOR IMPORTS OF THESE PRODUCTS INTO THE MEMBER STATES OF THE COMMUNITY IN ITS ORIGINAL COMPOSITION ; WHEREAS , ACCORDING TO THE ACT OF ACCESSION , IMPORTS OF THESE PRODUCTS INTO THE THREE NEW MEMBER STATES ARE SUBJECT TO THE RATES OF DUTY OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF FROM 1 JULY 1977 ; WHEREAS THE IMPORT ARRANGEMENTS RELATING TO THESE PRODUCTS SHOULD BE UNIFORM THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS THE AFOREMENTIONED ANNUAL QUOTA VOLUME SHOULD BE INCREASED TO 1 400 000 TONNES ; WHEREAS THIS COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA SHOULD BE OPENED FOR 1979 ;
WHEREAS IT IS IN PARTICULAR NECESSARY TO ENSURE FOR ALL COMMUNITY IMPORTERS EQUAL AND UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS TO THE ABOVEMENTIONED QUOTA AND UNINTERRUPTED APPLICATION OF THE RATE LAID DOWN FOR THAT QUOTA TO ALL IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCT CONCERNED INTO ALL MEMBER STATES UNTIL THE QUOTA HAS BEEN USED UP ; WHEREAS , HAVING REGARD TO THE ABOVE PRINCIPLES , THE COMMUNITY NATURE OF THE QUOTA CAN BE RESPECTED BY ALLOCATING THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA AMONG THE MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS , 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 SPAIN OVER A REPRESENTATIVE PERIOD AND ALSO TO THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE QUOTA PERIOD CONCERNED ;
WHEREAS , DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS FOR WHICH STATISTICS ARE AVAILABLE , THE CORRESPONDING IMPORTS BY EACH OF THE MEMBER STATES REPRESENT THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF THE IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY FROM SPAIN OF THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED :