Council Regulation (EEC) No 3514/80 of 22 December 1980 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 (1981)
Official Journal L 370 , 31/12/1980 P. 0001 - 0004
Greek special edition: Chapter 02 Volume 12 P. 0232
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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3514/80
OF 22 DECEMBER 1980
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 ( 1981 )
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 EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY CONCLUDED AN AGREEMENT WITH SPAIN ON 29 JUNE 1970 ( 1 ) ;
WHEREAS UNDER THE SAID AGREEMENT AND THE PROTOCOL OF ADAPTATION BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND SPAIN CONSEQUENT ON THE ACCESSION OF GREECE TO THE COMMUNITY , THE COMMUNITY COMMITTED ITSELF TO OPENING AN ANNUAL TOTAL COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF 1 424 00 TONNES OF CERTAIN PETROLEUM PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN CHAPTER 27 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND REFINED IN SPAIN ; WHEREAS , THE QUOTA DUTY IS EQUAL TO 40 % OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES ; WHEREAS THIS COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA SHOULD BE OPENED FOR 1981 ;
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 , IN RESPECT OF 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 :
MEMBER STATES*1977*1978*1979*
BENELUX*38,0*10,6*50,1*
DENMARK*6,4* - * - *
GERMANY*15,5*13,9*3,9*
GREECE* - * - * - *
FRANCE*13,0*28,4*8,8*
IRELAND* - * - *0,7*
ITALY*15,8*31,4*9,8*
UNITED KINGDOM*11,3*15,7*26,7*
WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF THESE FACTORS , AND OF MARKET FORECASTS FOR THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED AND IN PARTICULAR OF THE ESTIMATES SUBMITTED BY CERTAIN MEMBER STATES , INITIAL QUOTA SHARES MAY BE FIXED APPROXIMATELY AT THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES :
BENELUX : 22,38
DENMARK : 7,00
GERMANY : 42,10
GREECE : 0,17