Council Regulation (EEC) No 2934/79 of 20 December 1979 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for newsprint, falling within subheading 48.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff and extending this quota to include certain other types of paper
Official Journal L 334 , 28/12/1979 P. 0011 - 0012
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( 1 ) OJ NO L 324 , 18 . 11 . 1978 , P . 4 .
( 2 ) OJ NO L 315 , 11 . 12 . 1979 , P . 3 .
( 3 ) ENTRY UNDER THIS SUBHEADING IS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS TO BE DETERMINED BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITIES .
COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2934/79
OF 20 DECEMBER 1979
OPENING , ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR NEWSPRINT , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 48.01 A OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND EXTENDING THIS QUOTA TO INCLUDE CERTAIN OTHER TYPES OF PAPER
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 28 THEREOF ,
WHEREAS IN REGULATIONS ( EEC ) NO 2691/78 ( 1 ) AND ( EEC ) NO 2766/79 ( 2 ) THE COUNCIL OPENED AND ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES , FOR NEWSPRINT FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 48.01 A OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA WITH ZERO DUTY , THE VOLUME OF WHICH WAS FIXED AT A LEVEL OF 2 700 000 TONNES ;
WHEREAS ON THE BASIS OF THE MOST RECENT DATA ON THIS PRODUCT FOR 1979 , IT MAY BE ESTIMATED THAT THE ADDITIONAL IMPORTS FROM NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES REQUIRED BY THE COMMUNITY COULD REACH 40 000 TONNES ; WHEREAS , THEREFORE , FOR THE REMAINDER OF 1979 AND FOR THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION A NEW COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA , WITH ZERO DUTY , OF A VOLUME OF 40 000 TONNES SHOULD BE OPENED IN ORDER TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF IMMEDIATE AND ESTABLISHED NEEDS ;
WHEREAS PROVISION SHOULD BE MADE FOR EXTENDING THE TARIFF QUOTA IN QUESTION TO INCLUDE CERTAIN TYPES OF PAPER FULFILLING ALL THE CONDITIONS SET OUT IN THE ADDITIONAL NOTE TO CHAPTER 48 EXCEPT THOSE RELATING TO WATERMARKS ;
WHEREAS IT IS NECESSARY IN PARTICULAR TO GUARANTEE ALL COMMUNITY IMPORTERS EQUAL AND UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS TO THE ABOVEMENTIONED QUOTA , AND UNINTERRUPTED APPLICATION OF THE RATES LAID DOWN FOR THAT QUOTA TO ALL IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED INTO ALL MEMBER STATES UNTIL THE QUOTA HAS BEEN USED UP ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , SINCE THE TARIFF QUOTA INVOLVED IS OF A RELATIVELY LOW VOLUME AND THE PERIOD OF APPLICATION IS VERY SHORT , IT SEEMS POSSIBLE TO ALLOCATE THE WHOLE QUOTA VOLUME TO THE COMMUNITY RESERVE AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF THOSE MEMBER STATES IN WHICH NEEDS MIGHT ARISE DRAWING APPROPRIATE QUANTITIES FROM THAT RESERVE ; WHEREAS THE SHARES THUS DRAWN FROM THE RESERVE MUST BE VALID UNTIL THE END OF THE QUOTA PERIOD ; WHEREAS THIS METHOD OF