Council Regulation (EEC) No 3441/80 of 22 December 1980 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 (1981) and extending this quota to include certain other types of paper
Official Journal L 359 , 31/12/1980 P. 0004 - 0007
Greek special edition: Chapter 02 Volume 12 P. 0134
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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3441/80
OF 22 DECEMBER 1980
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 ( 1981 ) 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 ACCORDANCE WITH PROTOCOL 13 ANNEXED TO THE 1972 ACT OF ACCESSION , EACH YEAR AN AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA IS TO BE OPENED FOR THIS PRODUCT WHEN IT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED THAT ALL POSSIBILITIES OF SUPPLY ON THE INTERNAL MARKET OF THE COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED DURING THE PERIOD FOR WHICH THE QUOTA IS OPENED ;
WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF PRESENT COMMUNITY PRODUCTION CAPACITY , THE CONTRACTUAL QUOTA VOLUME OF 1 500 000 TONNES IS INSUFFICIENT TO MEET ANTICIPATED IMPORT REQUIREMENTS ; WHEREAS PROVISION SHOULD THEREFORE BE MADE FOR AN AUTONOMOUS SUPPLEMENTARY QUOTA WHICH , IN ORDER NOT TO JEOPARDIZE THE STABILITY OF THE MARKET AND SO AS TO ENSURE PARALLEL DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARKET FOR COMMUNITY PRODUCTION AND OF SUPPLIES FOR THE CONSUMER INDUSTRIES ON SATISFACTORY TERMS , SHOULD BE FIXED AT A LEVEL SO THAT THE TOTAL QUOTA DOES NOT EXCEED ITS ANTICIPATED MINIMUM UTILIZATION , NAMELY 2 650 000 TONNES ; WHEREAS THE FIXING OF A FIGURE OF 1 150 000 TONNES 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 1981 FOR A TOTAL QUANTITY OF 2 650 000 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 SHOULD BE APPLIED WITHOUT INTERRUPTION TO ALL IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION UNTIL THE QUOTA IS EXHAUSTED ; WHEREAS IN THE LIGHT OF THESES PRINCIPLES , ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE UTILIZATION OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA BASED ON AN ALLOCATION AMONG MEMBER STATES WOULD SEEM TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE