CELEX: 51980PC0721
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Date: 1980-11-11
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) INCREASING THE VOLUME OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OPENED FOR 1980 BY REGULATION (EEC) No 2898/79 FOR CERTAIN PLYWOODS OF CONIFEROUS SPECIES FALLING WITHIN HEADING No EX 44.15 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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                  PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
          INCREASING THE VOLUME OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OPENED
            FOR 1980 BY REGULATION ( EEC ) No 2898/ 79 FOR CERTAIN
               PLYWOODS OF CONIFEROUS SPECIES FALLING WITHIN
             HEADING No EX 44.15 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF
                (presented by the Commission to the Council )
 COM ( 80 ) 721 final
 ---pagebreak---                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM '
                                                         1
In Regulation ( EEC ) No 2898 / 79 of 18 December 1979 , the Council opened
a Community tariff quota for certain plywoods of coniferous species for
1980 , the volume of which , fixed at 700 000 m3 , was to be reviewed again
during the quota year in the light of requirements .
This review was carried out. on 9 September 1980 at a meeting of the
Working Party on'Economic Tariff Questions , from which it emerged that :
 ( a ) in view of the current balance of the Community reserve and of fore­
seeable transfers in this reserve , the additional requirements announced
                                                                  •%
by the Member States for imports from third countries amounted to
200 000 m3 ;
( b ) an increase of 200 000 m3 in the quota for the current year would
bring this volume up to 900 000 m3 , whereas the effective utilization
of the quota in recent years was only 579 000 m3 in 1977 , 696 000 m3 in
1978 and 768 000 m? in 1979 , and that the growth in consumption and the
present economic situation in the building sector did justify such an
increase ;      .          .
 ( c ) according 4:0 the statement by the producing Member State , the condi­
tion laid down by Protocol 11 to the Act of Accession regarding the
opening of autonomous , ni l-duty tariff quotas ( exhaustion of all possibi­
lities on the internal market of the Community during the period for
which the quotas are open ) is not fulfilled at present ;
( d ) there were differing interpretations in the Member States with regard
to the eligility for quotas opened so far of plywoods of coniferous species
which , prior to had been grooved-and-tongued to enable panels to be fitted
together during installation ;        imports of such plywoods were . not incon­
siderable , but their total volume had not yet been determined .
  0J No L 326 of 22.12.1979 , p. 3 .
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3 . Generally speaking , in the present case and in view of the uncertainties
     regarding the level of consumption and the need to ensure parallel
     development of Community production and supply on conditions favourable
    to the user industries , the Commission considers it advisable to exerci­
     se caution in fixing the volume of the increase requested , in order not
    to jeopardize the market equilibrium .
    Taking account of the aboveraentioned factors , the Commission proposes to
    increase the volume of the quota opened in 1980 , to bring it up to the
     level of foreseeable use, and to limit the( initial quota in 1981 to the
    volume consolidated in GATT , "i.e. 600 000 m3 .  As the maximum effective
    use of the quota in 1979 was 768 000 m3 , it seems permissible , taking
    account of the current economic situation in the construction sector ,
    to estimate that the use should not exceed 800 000 HI 3 in 1980 - an
     increase of 100 000 m3 . That is the aim of the Commission proposal .
4 . As is customary in similar cases , the volume of the proposed increase
    has been divided into two tranches , the first , which represents about
 .  80% of the volume, being allocated among the Member States on a pro rata
    basis according to their foreseeable imports from non-member countries ,
    while the second , representing the balance of that volume , forms a Com­
    munity reserve .   The constitution of such a volume is all the aore jus­
    tified in this case > since certain Member States have not taken additio­
    nal requirements into account and must therefore be able to draw upon
    the reserve should the need arise, and since the initial shares allotted
    to the other Member States cannot be determined as accurately as might be
    desirable .
 ---pagebreak---                                    Proposal for a
                             COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
              increasing " the volume of the Community tariff quota opened
              for 1980 by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2898 / 79 for certain plywoods
              of coniferous species failing within heading No ex 44.15 of
              the Common Customs Tariff           ;  :
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 ,                          *
                                             1
Whereas in Regulation " ( EEC ) No 2898 / 79   the Council opened and allocated
among the Member States , for certain plywoods of coniferous species falling
within heading No ex 44.15 of the Common Customs Tariff , a Community tariff
quota at a zero rate of duty , the volume of which was fixed at a level of
700 000 cubic metres ;
Whereas , on the basis of the most recent data on these products for 1980 ,
it is estimated that the additional imports from non-member countries
required by the Community could reach 100 OOOcubic metres ;        whereas it is
desirable to increase the quota by 100 000 cubic metres to take account of
the said immediate requirements ;     v
Whereas , with regard to the allocation of this volume among the Member          ;
States , it is desirable to allot part of the additional volume to the
Community reserve , the balance                     being allocated among the
Member States on a pro rata , basis according to their foreseeable require­
ments for imports from non-member countries ,                      V           .   #
HAS' ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 OJ No. L 326 of 22.12.1979 , p. 3 .
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                                 •  Art i c L « 1
The volume of the Community tariff quota opened by Regulation ( EEC )
No 2898 / 79 for certain plywoods of coniferous species falling within
heading No ex 44.15 of the#Common Customs Tariff is hereby increased
from 700 000 to 800 000 cubic metres .
                                    Article 2
      first tranche of the additional volume referred to in Article 1 /
                  ' *     metres ,
amounting to 80 000 cubic /     shall be allocated as follows among the
Member States :•
                                                  - in cubic metres -
            Benelux                                    38 648
            Germany                                    21 256
                                                            #
            Italy                                       4 640
            United Kingdom                             15 456 .
                      *                                               >
2 . The second tranche of 20 000      cubic metres shall constitute the
reserve .
The reserve provided - for ; in Article 2(3 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2898 / 79
is hereby increased from 30 000 to 50 000 cubic metres . .
                                   Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publica­
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
        This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
        applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels .      ;                             For the Council
                                                      The President