Council Regulation (EEC) No 2632/79 of 20 November 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 (1980) and extending this quota to include certain other types of paper
Official Journal L 306 , 03/12/1979 P. 0001 - 0003
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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2632/79
OF 20 NOVEMBER 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 ( 1980 ) 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 ARTICLES 28 AND 113 THEREOF ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,
WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY HAS UNDERTAKEN TO OPEN AN ANNUAL DUTY-FREE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF 1 500 000 TONNES OF NEWSPRINT FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 48.01 A ;
WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF PRESENT COMMUNITY PRODUCTION CAPACITY , THAT QUANTITY IS INSUFFICIENT TO MEET ANTICIPATED IMPORT REQUIREMENTS ; WHEREAS PROVISION SHOULD THEREFORE BE MADE FOR AN AUTONOMOUS SUPPLEMENTARY QUOTA WHICH , ACCORDING TO THE ESTIMATES SUBMITTED , MAY BE FIXED AT PRESENT AT 1 300 000 TONNES ; WHEREAS THE FACT THAT THIS FIGURE HAS BEEN ADOPTED FOR THE AUTONOMOUS SUPPLEMENTARY QUOTA DOES NOT RULE OUT A READJUSTMENT DURING THE QUOTA PERIOD ; WHEREAS A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA SHOULD THEREFORE BE OPENED FOR 1980 FOR A TOTAL QUANTITY OF 2 800 000 TONNES OF THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION ;
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 WATER MARKS ;
WHEREAS EQUAL AND CONTINUOUS ACCESS TO THE QUOTA SHOULD BE ENSURED FOR ALL COMMUNITY IMPORTERS AND THE RATE OF DUTY FOR THE TARIFF QUOTA SCHOULD BE APPLIED WITHOUT INTERRUPTION TO ALL IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION UNTIL THE QUOTA IS EXHAUSTED ; WHEREAS IN THE LIGHT OF THESE PRINCIPLES , ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE UTILIZATION OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA BASED ON AN ALLOCATION AMONG MEMBER STATES WOULD SEEM TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMUNITY NATURE OF THE QUOTA ; WHEREAS , IN ORDER THAT IT MAY CORRESPOND AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE TO THE ACTUAL TREND OF THE MARKET IN THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION , ALLOCATION OF THE QUOTA SHOULD BE IN PROPORTION TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES AS CALCULATED BY REFERENCE TO STATISTICS ON IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES DURING A REPRESENTATIVE REFERENCE PERIOD AND TO THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE YEAR COVERED BY THE QUOTA IN QUESTION ;
WHEREAS , FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS FOR WHICH COMPLETE STATISTICS ARE AVAILABLE , THE IMPORTS OF EACH OF THE MEMBER STATES AMOUNTED TO THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES OF TOTAL IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION :
*1976*1977*1978*
BENELUX*12,55*14,41*14,78*
DENMARK*5,92*5,43*6,55*
GERMANY*26,90*27,85*25,28*
FRANCE*11,50*11,82*11,12*
IRELAND*2,03*1,85*1,94*