CELEX: 31973R3458
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-17 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3458/73 of the Council of 17 December 1973 on the increase in the Community tariff quota for newsprint falling within subheading No 48.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff for 1973

27. 12 . 73                             Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 356/ 3
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 3458/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                     of 17 December 1973
              on the increase in the Community tariff quota for newsprint falling within subheading
                                    No 48.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff for 1973
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                          whereas therefore it should be provided that only the
                                                                   Member States of the Community as originally
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                       constituted should use the tariff quotas and count
European Economic Community, and in particular                     against their share products imported both from
Article 28 thereof;                                                third countries and from the new Member States ;
                                                                   whereas the quota must reflect the conditions
Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by                 specified above,
the Commission ;
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas by Council Regulation (EEC ) No 2738 /72 ( l )
the Council opened and allocated among the
Member States a Community tariff quota of                                                 Article 1
 1 160 000 metric tons of newsprint for 1973 , which
quota comprises a conventional quota volume of                     The amount specified in Article 1 of Regulation
625 000 metric tons and an autonomous quota                        (EEC) No 2738/72 is increased to 1 343 500 metric
volume of 535 000 metric tons ;                                    tons .
Whereas, in view of current Community production                                           Article 2
potential , the abovementioned ,1 160 000 metric ton
quota does not suffice to cover Community import
requirements for newsprint from third countries ;                  The shares allocated by Article 2 of Regulation
whereas it is therefore desirable to increase the said             (EEC ) No 2738 /72 to the following Member States
                                                                   shall be amended as follows :
quota by an amount which may at present, in view of
the estimates made by each of the Member States, be                         Germany          718 000 metric tons
set at 183 500 metric tons ; whereas this amount, the
result of a conservative estimate of the situation, does                    Benelux          335 000 metric . tons
not however exclude the possibility of an adjustment                        France           280 000 metric tons
during the tariff period ;
                                                                            Italy              10 500 metric tons
Whereas in 1973 the new Member States do not have
to make any movement towards alignment of the
national tariffs with the Common Customs Tariff                                           Article 3
as regards the product in question ; whereas the
increase in a Community tariff quota thus involves                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
no obligation for the new Member States to modify                  day following its publication in the Official Journal
their customs tariffs as regards third countries ;                 of the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States,
              Done at Brussels, 17 December 1973 .
                                                                                        For the Council
                                                                                         The President
                                                                                        I. N0RGAARD
H OJ No- L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972, p . 133 .