QUESTION :
*1975*1976*1977*
BENELUX*14,06*12,55*14,41*
DENMARK*5,23*5,92*5,43*
GERMANY*27,05*26,90*27,85*
FRANCE*11,86*11,50*11,82*
IRELAND*2,02*2,03*1,85*
ITALY*0,50*0,50*0,49*
UNITED KINGDOM*39,28*40,60*38,15 ; *
WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE AND OF THE FORESEEABLE TREND ON THE MARKET IN NEWSPRINT , IN GENERAL , AND OF PRODUCTION IN PARTICULAR DURING 1979 , THE INITIAL QUOTA MAY BE ALLOCATED APPROXIMATELY IN THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES :
BENELUX : 13,41
DENMARK : 7,76
GERMANY : 27,45
FRANCE : 12,61
IRELAND : 2,17
ITALY : 0,04
UNITED KINGDOM : 36,56 ;
WHEREAS , TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF IMPORT TRENDS FOR THE PRODUCT CONCERNED , THE QUOTA SHOULD BE DIVIDED INTO TWO TRANCHES , THE FIRST BEING ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES AND THE SECOND HELD AS A RESERVE TO COVER SUBSEQUENTLY THE REQUIREMENTS OF MEMBER STATES WHICH HAVE EXHAUSTED THEIR INITIAL SHARES ; WHEREAS , TO GIVE IMPORTERS SOME DEGREE OF CERTAINTY AND YET ENABLE COMMUNITY PRODUCTION TO BE DISPOSED OF ON SATISFACTORY TERMS , THE FIRST TRANCHE OF THE QUOTA SHOULD BE FIXED AT ABOUT 90 % OF THE FULL AMOUNT ;
WHEREAS MEMBER STATES MAY EXHAUST THEIR INITIAL SHARES AT DIFFERENT RATES ; WHEREAS TO PROVIDE FOR THIS EVENTUALITY AND AVOID DISRUPTION OF SUPPLIES ANY MEMBER STATE WHICH HAS ALMOST USED UP ITS INITIAL SHARE SHOULD DRAW AN ADDITIONAL SHARE FROM THE RESERVE ; WHEREAS EACH TIME ITS ADDITIONAL SHARE IS ALMOST EXHAUSTED A MEMBER STATE SHOULD DRAW A FURTHER SHARE , AND SO ON AS MANY TIMES AS THE RESERVE ALLOWS ; WHEREAS THE INITIAL AND ADDITIONAL SHARES SHOULD BE VALID UNTIL THE END OF THE QUOTA PERIOD ; WHEREAS THIS FORM OF ADMINISTRATION REQUIRES CLOSE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION , WHICH LATTER MUST BE IN A POSITION TO KEEP ACCOUNT OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE QUOTA HAS BEEN USED UP AND TO INFORM THE MEMBER STATES ACCORDINGLY ;
WHEREAS IF AT A GIVEN DATE IN THE QUOTA PERIOD A CONSIDERABLE QUANTITY OF A MEMBER STATE'S INITIAL SHARE REMAINS UNUSED IT IS ESSENTIAL , TO PREVENT A PART OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FROM REMAINING UNUSED IN ONE MEMBER STATE WHILE IT COULD BE USED IN OTHERS , THAT SUCH STATE SHOULD RETURN A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION THEREOF TO THE RESERVE ;
WHEREAS , SINCE THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM , THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS AND THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG ARE UNITED WITHIN AND JOINTLY REPRESENTED BY THE BENELUX ECONOMIC UNION , ANY TRANSACTION IN RESPECT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SHARES ALLOCATED TO THAT ECONOMIC UNION MAY BE CARRIED OUT BY ANY ONE OF ITS MEMBERS ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ARTICLE 1
1 . DURING THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY TO 31 DECEMBER 1979 , A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF 2 500 000 TONNES SHALL BE OPENED IN RESPECT OF NEWSPRINT FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 48.01 A OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ( 1 ) .
2 . MEMBER STATES MAY CHARGE AGAINST THIS TARIFF QUOTA THE OTHER TYPES OF PAPER COMPLYING WITH THE DEFINITION OF NEWSPRINT CONTAINED IN THE ADDITIONAL NOTE TO CHAPTER 48