CELEX: 51976PC0226
Language: en
Date: 1976-05-20
Title: Proposal for a REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulations (EEC) Nos 3152/75 and 3153/75 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for outer garments falling within headings Nos 60.05 and 61.01 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Malta (1976) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                            Proposal for a          /
                   REGULATION ( EEC ) OF THE COUNCIL
       amending Regulations ( EEC ) Nos 3152/75 and 3153/75
       opening , allocating and providing for the administration
       of Community tariff quotas for outer garments falling
       within headings Nos 60.05\ and 61.01 of the Common
       Customs Tariff , originating in Malta ( 1976 )
             ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
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COM ( 76 ) 226 final
 ---pagebreak---                    EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.1 The Association Agreement of 5 December 1970 between the
    European Economic Community and Malta provides for the opening
    by the Community of the following annual Community tariff
    quotas on importation into the Community as originally constituted :
                                                            Quota
    CCT heading No            Description of products       volume
                                                            in t
          55.05    Cotton yarn, not put up for retail       750
                   sale
          56.04    Man-made fibres ( discontinuous or       600
                   waste ), carded , combed or otherwise
                   prepared for spinning
          60.05    Outer garments , and other articles ,    100
                   knitted or crocheted , not elastic nor
                   rubberised
          61.01    Men s and boys    outer garments         300
1.2 At its meeting of 4 and 5 June 1973 the Council agreed that as
    from 1 January 1974 Malta would be granted treatment not less
    favourable than that accorded to the countries eligible for the
    generalised tariff preferences system . This treatment implies the
    admission of these products free of customs duties , annual increases
    in the contracted quota volumes and participation by the new Member
    States in these tariff quotas .
    The contractual quota volumes have accordingly been increased each
    year and have now reached the amounts indicated in the table in point
    1.3 .
1.3 Then, to take into account the accession of the new Member States
    to the Community, a Protocol laying down certain provisions relating
    to the Agreement establishing an Association between the EEC and
    Malta was signed on 4 March 1976 . Under that Protocol the annual
    volumes of the contractual tariff are increased .
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    In addition , , a~Joint Declaration annexed to the Protocol stipulates
    that the supplementary quantities should be allocated among the new
    Member States .      The current situation is therefore as follows :
                                                  Quota volumes in mt
    Tariff heading        1976 Agreement Opened for 1976            1976 Protocol
                                                            Total         of which for
                                                                          Denmark ,
                                                                          Ireland , UK
    55.05                    750            1,240            910            160
    56.04                    600              992            800            200
    60.05                    100              165             190            90
    61 . 01                  300              496            730            430
2.1 The table shows that the tariff advantage currently granted to Malta
    for products falling within tariff headings Nos 55.05 and 56.04 is
    higher than the new contractual volumes . It is therefore not necessary
    to adjust the tariff quotas opened for the current year . It must
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    also be noted that the tariff quota for products falling within tariff
    heading No 55.05iis almost entirely exhausted and that the quota for
    products falling within heading 56.04 remains unused since Malta no
    longer exports the products eligible for that tariff advantage .
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2.2 As regards the other two tariff quotas , however , the quota volumes
    currently open should be increased respectively by 25 mt and 234 mt .
    The Joint Declaration mentioned above fixes the participation by the
    new Member States in these quotas at 90 mt and 430 mt respectively
    whereas their participation at present is only 31 mt and 89 mt . It
    is therefore necessary to allocate supplementary quantities to these
    Member States , which means increasing the shares of each of them in
    such a way that the present percentage ratio of their shares remains
    unchanged .
    Consequently the shares indicated in Article 2(1 ) of Regulations
    (EEC) 3152 / 75 and 3153 / 75 for the new Member States should be
    increased to the following amounts :
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                            Regulation 3152 / 75     Regulation 3153 / 75
                            Tariff heading 60.05     Tariff heading 61.01
        Denmark                  9 metric tons            210 metric tons
        Ireland                  9 metric tons               3 metric tons
        United Kingdom          38 metric tons             110 metric tons .
3. It is proposed that the proposal for a Council regulation annexed
   hereto and described above should be approved . This Regulation
   should enter into force at the same time as the Protocol signed
   on 4 March 1976 .
 ---pagebreak---                               Proposal for
                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC ) 7"..         -
      amending Regulations (EEC) Nos 3152 /75 and 3153 / 75 opening ,
      allocating and providing for the administration of Community
      tariff quotas for outer garments falling within headings
      Nos 60.05 and 61.01 of the Common Customs Tariff , originating
      in Malta ( 1976 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article 113 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas the Agreement of 5 December 1970 between the European Economic
Community and Malta' provides for the opening by the Community of annual
Community tariff quotas , on importation into the Community as originally
constituted , of 100 metric tons of outer garments and other articles ,
knitted or crocheted , not elastic or rubberised , falling whithin heading
No 60.05 , and 300 metric tons of men 's and boys' outer garments , falling
within heading No 61.01 ; whereas at its meeting of 4 / 5 June 1973 the
Council agreed that from 1 January 1974 Malta should enjoy treatment not
less favourable than that accorded to countries eligible for generalised
preferences ; whereas , on that basis and by Regulations (EEC ) Nos 3152 / 75
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and 3153 / 75 , as amended by Regulation (EEC) No .../ 76 , the Community
opened , for 1976 , tariff quotas of 165 metric tons and 496 metric tons
respectively for products falling within tariff headings Nos 60.05 and
61.01 in which , following the decision of 4 /5 June 1975 , the new Member
States participate by the allocation of initial quota shares and by the
possibility of using the Community reserves which' were set upt
*0J No L 61 % 14.3.1971.
  0J No L 317 , «♦ 12.1975 » P». 49 and 52.    /
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 Whereas under the Protocol laying down certain conditions relating to
 the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic
 Community and Malta, signed on 4 March 1976 ^, the volumes of the tariff
 quotas in question have been increased to 190 metric tons and 730 metric
 tons respectively for the above-mentioned products , i.e. , to levels
 higher than the volumes opened for the current year ; whereas , in
 addition, the Contracting Parties to the above-mentioned Agreement
 agreed in a Joint Declaration that , of the volumes of 190 metric tons
 and 730 metric tons , quantities of 90 metric tons and 430 metric tons
"resepctively should "be allocated to the new Member States under these
~T;wo~tariff quotas ;
 Whereas the respective volumes allocated to the new Member States in the
 allocation of the tariff quotas opened for 1976 are lower than the
 quantities of 90 metric tons and 430 metric tons ; whereas therefore the
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 difference between the present quota volumes of 165 metric tons and 496
 metric tons and the new quota volumes of 190 metric tons and 730 metric
 tons , should be allocated to the initial shares of the new Member States ;
 whereas it is therefore necessary to amend Regulations Nos 3152 / 75 and
 3153 / 75 ,
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                             Article 1
 1.    The quota volumes provided for in Article 1 of Regulations (EEC )
       Nos 3152 / 75 and 3153 /75 , as amended by Regulation (EEC ) No .../76 ,
        shall be increased respectively to 190 metric tons and 730 metric
        tons .
 2.    The initial shares provided for in Article 2(1 ) of the said
       Regulations in favour of Denmark , Ireland and the United Kingdom
        shall be amended as follows :
 'OJ No L
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     - Regulation (EEC) No 3152 / 75 :
       Denmark                    9 metric tons ,
       Ireland                    9 metric tons .
       United kingdom            38 metric tons ;
       Regulation ( EEC ) 3153 / 75
       Denmark                 210 metric tons ,
       Ireland                    3 metric tons ,
       United Kingdom          10 metric tons .
                           Article 2
This Regulation shall enteE into force on 1 June 1976 .
     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
     directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                For the Council
                                                   The President