CELEX: 51982PC0369
Language: en
Date: 1982-06-17 00:00:00
Title: Recommendation for a COUNCIL DECISION authorizing the Commission to negotiate on behalf of the Community an agreement in the form of an exchange of letters amending certain zero-duty tariff quotas opened by the United Kingdom for 1982 in accordance with Protocol 1 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Finland (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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COM (82) 369
Vol. 1982/0130
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                                                       COM(82)369 final
                                                       Brussels . 17 June 1982
                                Recommendation for a
                                 COUNCIL DECISION
         authorizing the Commission to negotiate on behalf of the Community
         an agreement in the form of an exchange of letters amending certain
         zero-duty tariff quotas opened by the United Kingdom for 1982 in
         accordance with Protocol 1 to the Agreement between the European
         Economic Community and the Republic of Finland
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                   ( submitted to thfc-Council^by the Commission )
C0M(82 ) 369 final
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The increase "by 7»571 t of the duty-free quota would mean a reduction
of 205,707 UCE in Customs duties levied on light weight coated paper .
It is unlikely that the revenue from duties levied on kraft paper would
increase "because of the quota reduction , since these quotas were not
fully utilized in the past .
 ---pagebreak---                      Explanatory Memorandum
1. As in 1979 » 1980 and 1981 the United Kingdom has requested that the
   1982 zero-duty tariff quota for coated printing and writing paper , including
   light weight coated mechanical paper weighing less than 65 gms/m^ (LtfC ), provided
   for in Protocol No 1 of the Free Trade Agreement "between the European
   Economic Community (EEC ) and Finland "be increased .
2. The reasons for this request are the following:
   - Since the conclusion of the Agreement in 1973 the demand structure
     for paper products imported from Finland has changed considerably .
   - The demand for light weight coated paper has increased sharply since
     1973 .
   - There is no production of this type of paper in the United Kingdom
     and even though there has "been a considerable increase in imports
     of this type of paper from mills within the Community over the past
     years , United Kingdom converters are continuing to experience difficulties
     in obtaining adequate supplies in the present tight situation . Although
     the rest of the Community has been able to supply an increasing proportion
     of U.K. demand , much of the latter has still to be met by duty-paid
     supplies from Finland .
3. The increase in the quotas for coated printing and writing paper would
   be for 1982 and would be accomplished through a temporary transfer of
   7.571 tons from the underutilized quota for ex 48.OI C II ( kraft paper
   for large capacity sacks ) to the quota ex 48 . 07 D ( coated printing and
   writing paper ).
4. In view of the present shortage of light weight coated paper in the
   Community, this facilitation of imports to the United Kingdom should
   not cause difficulties to the Community paper industry . The increase
   of imports of LWC from other Member States into the United Kingdom in
   the course of the last years shows that imports from Finland have not
   hurt the penetration of the United Kingdom market by Community producers .
 ---pagebreak--- Therefore , the Commission presents to the Council the attached
recommendation for a Council Decision authorizing the Commission to
negotiate on "behalf of the Community an agreement in the form of
an exchange of letters amending certain zero-duty tariff quotas
opened "by the United Kingdom for 1982 in accordance with Protocol 1
of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the
Republic of Finland .
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                     RECOMMENDATION FOR A
                       COUNCIL DECISION
authorizing the Commission to negotiate on "behalf of the Community an
agreement in the form of an exchange of letters amending certain zero-
duty tariff quotas opened by the United Kingdom for 1982 in accordance
with Protocol 1 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community
                and the Republic of Finland
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 Agreement signed in Brussels on 5 October 1973 between
the European Economic Community and the Republic of Finland ( l ) ,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission ;
Whereas certain zero-duty tariff quotas opened by the United Kingdom for
1982 in accordance with Protocol 1 to the aforementioned Agreement should be
amended,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                         Sole Article
The Commission is hereby authorized to negotiate on behalf of the Community
an agreement in the form of an exchange of letters amending certain zero-duty
tariff quotas opened by the United Kingdom for 1982 in accordance with Proto­
col 1 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the
Republic of Finland.
(!) OJïo L 328 , 28.11.1973 , p. 2
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The Commission , assisted by representatives of the Member States , shall
conduct the negotiations in accordance with the annexed directives .
                                        Done at Brussels ,
                                             For the Council
                                              The President
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         Directives for negotiation from the Council to the Commission
According to Protocol 1 to the Agreement between the European Economic
Community and the Republic of Finland signed in Brussels on 5 October 1973 (l )
the United Kingdom has since 1 January 1974 opened zero-duty tariff quotas
for coated printing and writing paper ( ex 48 . 07    as well as for kraft paper
for large capacity sacks ( ex 48.01 C II ). The permissible maxima for these
quotas were fixed on the basis of statistics for the period 1968 to 1971 .
Since 1974 "the demand for light weight coated paper (LWC ) has increased
significantly and there is no production of this type of paper in the
United Kingdom and LWC is also in short supply in the Community .
Thus an increase in the quota for coated printing and writing paper ( ex 48 . 07 D )
for 1982 should be accomplished through a temporary transfer of 7 571 t from
the underutilized quota for kraft paper for large capacity sacks ( ex 48 . 01 C II )
to the former quota.
 ( 1 ) OJITo L 328, 28.11.1973 , p. 2