CELEX: 51988PC0555
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Date: 1988-10-14
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for newsprint (1989) and extending this quota to include certain types of paper (presented by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                COM ( 88 ) 555 final
                                                Brussels ,   14 October 1988
                               Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
     opening , allocating and providing for the administration of
            a Community tariff quota for newsprint (1989 )
              and extending this quota to include certain
                               types of paper
                       ( presented by the Commission )
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                       EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Under its external relations policy, the Oorrmunity reached an
agreement providing for the opening of a zero-duty Cbmnunity tariff
quota for newsprint . Hie volume of this quota , amounting to 650 000
tonnes , is divided into two parts ; the first , 600 000 tonnes , is
assigned to products coming from Canada and the second, 50 000
tonnes , to products coming from other non-member countries .
The aim of this proposal is to ensure the Oorrmunity1 s compliance
which it has undertaken and to ensure favourable supply conditions
for user industries from 1st January 1983 onwards .
Naturally, the proposal would have to be amended if, prior to its
final adoption , further developments made this appropriate . Further ,
the overall tariff quota volume would require review if, in the
course of the year , additional needs were to manifest themselves .
Hie purpose of the present proposal is to implement this tariff
quota for 1989 , taking account of the entry into force on 1 January
1988 of the Obrribined Nomenclature .
Hie Commission1 s proposal is based mainly on those usually put
forward in the field of tariff quotas in so far as :
- the quota volume is divided into two parts , the first consisting
   of a fairly large quantity allocated among all the Member States ,
   and the second being a reserve to cover any supplementary needs ;
- the allocation of the initial shares to the Member States is
   based on past imports from non-preferential third countries over
   the last three years for which statistics are available and on
   the estimated needs of these Member States over the quota period;
 - provided that Member States are not constrained by their
    international commitments , they may extend this tariff quota to
   otiier types of paper covered by the definition of newsprint in
    the additional Note to Chapter 48 except as regards the watermark
    criterion .
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                                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No
                                                         of '
                   opening, allocating and providina (or the administration of a Community tariff quota for
                   newsprint .                                                                   ( 19(1?) and extending
                                           this quota to include certain other types of paper
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                               third countries which do not benefit from equivalent
                                                                        preference during a representative reference penod and on
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   the economic outlook for the quota year in question ;
Economic Community , and in particular Article 113
thereof,
                                                                        Whereas during the last three years for which complete
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,                     statistics are available the corresponding imports into each of
                                                                        the Member States represented the following percentages of
Whereas , for newsprint                                                 total imports of the product in question from third countries
                                 . the Community has decided to         which do not benefit from an equivalent preferential tariff
                                                                        measure :
conclude an agreement which provides in particular for the
opening of a Community tariff quota of 650 000 tonnes , of
which 600 000 tonnes are reserved until 30 November each
year , in accordance with Article XIII of the General                   – from Canada :
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade , exclusively for products
from Canada ; whereas this agreement provides equally that
from 30 November each year the residue which has not been
used by 29 November can be applied to imports of newsprint
                                                                                  Member State                        m5        1986    1987
of any origin ; whereas , therfore , an overall zero-duty
Community tariff quota of 650 000 tonnes should be opened
                                                                        Benelux                                        3,81    10,11      6,95
for the product in question for 198? , subdivided as indicated          Denmark                                       0,01      0,04      0,04
above ;                                                                 Germany                                      15,18     22,62    0,26
                                                                        Greece                                        0,01      0         0
Whereas provision should be made for extending the tariff               Spain                                          1,05     0,88      0,88
quota in question to include certain types of paper fulfilling          France                                        0,82      3,31      4,97
all the conditions set out in the Additional Note to Chapter            Ireland                                        1,10      1,08     0,79
48 except those relating to watermarks ;                                Italy                                         2,34       1,68     3,44
                                                                        Portugal                                      0,09      0,22      1,20
                                                                        United Kingdom                               75,59     60,06    •>8,47
                                                                       – from other countries :
                                                                                  Member State                        1985      1986    1987
                                                                        Benelux                                        1,75     2,01      2,57
                                                                       Denmark                                        0         0         0
                                                                       Germany                                       39,39     27,80    24,06
                                                                       Greece                                        10,11     15,12    27,09
                                                                        Spain                                        24,52      3,49      1,46
                                                                       France                                         2,20      1,21      0,34
Whereas equal and continuous access to the quotas should be
ensured for all Community importers and the rates laid down
                                                                        Ireland                                       0,01      0,01      0,01
for the quotas should be applied consistently to all imports of         Italy                                         0,53     21.97    23,57
the product in question into the Member States until the               Portugal                                       7,79      6,12      4.24
quotas are exhausted ; whereas , in the light of these                 United Kingdom                                13,-0    22,27     16,66
principles , allocarion of the tariff quotas among the Member
States would setm to preserve the Community nature of the
quotas ; whereas in order to correspond as closely as possible
to the real trend of r he market for the products in question the      Whereas in view of these factors and of market forecasts for
allocation should reflect the requirements of the Member               newsprint in general and fer Community gKaduJti&o in
States based on statistics of imper's of the said products from        particular during 198 9( and of the effective use of the
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quotas opened for 1986 to 19$ , the initial percentage                               should draw an additional share from die corresponding
shares of the quota volume can be expressed approximately                            reserve ; whereas each time one of its additional shares is
as follows :
                                                                                     almost used up a Member State should draw a further share,
                                                                                     and so on as many times as the reserve allows; whereas the
                                         Volume of           Volume of               initial and additional shares must be valid until the end of the
                                      600 000 tonnes        50 000 tonnes            quota period; whereas this form of administration requires
                                                                                     close cooperation between the Member States and the
Benelux                                       7.16               2.13                Commission and the latter must be able to monitor the extent
Denmark                                       0.(33              0,01               to which the quota volumes have been used up and inform the
Germany                                      20,öi5             25.34               Member States accordingly;
Greece                                        0.01              17.84
Spain                                         0.93               7.84               Whereas if at a given date in the quota period a quantity of a
France                                        3,31               1.16               Member State’s initial share remains unused, it is essential
Ireland                                       0.97               o.cn
                                                                                    that the Member State concerned should return a significant
                                                                                    proportion thereof to the corresponding reserve in order to
Italy                                         2,56              ¡7.38               prevent part of the Community tariff quota from remaining
Portugal                                      0,58        ■      5.90               unused in one Member State when it could be used in
United Kingdom                              63,57               18.39               others ;
                                                                                    Whereas since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of the
                                                                                    Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are united
Whereas , to allow for the trend of imports of the product                          within and jointly represented by the Benelux Economic
concerned , the quota volumes should be divided into two                            Union, any operation concerning the administration of the
parts , the first being allocated among the Member States and                       quota shares allocated to that economic union may be carried
the second held as a reserve to cover any subsequent                                out by any one of its members ,
requirements of Member States which have used up their
initial share ; whereas , to afford importers in each Member
State some degree of certainty and yet enable Community                             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
production to be marketed on satisfactory terms, the first
part of the Community quotas should be set at a certain level,
which in this case could be 60 % and 54 % of the quota
volumes ;                                                                                                       Article 1
Whereas the initial shares may be used up at different rates;                       1.      From 1 Januaryto31 December 1989 the customs duty
whereas, in order to avoid any break in the continuity of                           applicable to imports of the following product shall be
supplies on this account , it should be provided that any                           suspended at the level indicated and within the limits of
Member State which has almost used up its initial share                             Community tariff quotas as shown below:
                                                                                                                   Amount of
      Order No
                                                                                                                                     Rate of duty
                            CN code                                       Description                                   quota
                                                                                                                                         (%)
                                                                                                                     ( tonnes )
09.0015                 4801 00 10                Newsprint ( ' ):
                                                 – from Canada                                                      600 000               0
09.0017                                          – from other third countries                                          50 000             0
0 ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions determined by the relevant Community provisions.
2 . Within the limit of this tariff quota the Kingdom of                            tariff quota the other types of paper corresponding, except as
Spain and the Portuguese Republic shall apply customs duties                        regards the criterion relating to watermarks , to the definition
calculated in accordance with the relevant provisions of the                        of newsprint contained in Additional Note 1 to Chapter 48
1985 Act of Accession .                                                             and falling within subheading 4801 00 90 of the combined
                                                                                    nomenclature .
3 . Imports of newsprint may not be charged against this
tariff quota if they are already free of customs duties under
other preferential tariff arrangements .                                                                        Article 2
4 . Without prejudice to the international obligations of                           From 30 November 1989 , the residue of the amounts
the Community, Member State:: may charge against this                               referred to in Article 1 which have net actually been
                                                                                                                                           H!
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 used by 29 November 19&9, or which are not expected to be             This process shall continue until the reserve is used up .
 used before 31 December 1987 , can be applied to imports of
 the product in question whether from Canada or from                   4.     By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 , 2 and 3 ,
 another third country .                                                Member States may draw smaller shares than those specified
                                                                       in the said paragraphs if there is reason to believe that they
                                                                       might not be used in full . Member States shall inform the
                                                                       Commission of their reasons for applying this paragraph.
                                Article 3
 1.     The first part of each of the amounts referred to in                                         Article 5
Article 1 , consisting of360 000 tonnes for the amount
referred to under Order No 09.0015 and 2rli 00 tonnes for
the amount referred to under Order No 09.0017 , shall be                The additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 4 shall be
                                                                       valid until 31 December 198 >.
 allocated among the Member States; the quota shares,
which, subject to Article 6 , shall be valid from 1 January to
31 December 198 V, shall be as follows:
                                                                                                  ■  Article 6
                                                              (tonnes)
                                     Amount referred
                                       under Order
                                                     Amount referred
                                                       under Order
                                                                       By 1 October 198? at the latest, Member States must return
                                      No 09.0015       No 09.0017      to the reserve the unused portion of their initial share which ,
                                                                       on 15 September 1989, is in excess of 20% of the initial
Benelux                                 25 776             5/5         volume . They may return a greater portion if there is reason
Denmark                                      108             3         to believe that it might not be used.
Germany                                 75 168          7 922
Greece                                        36        4 817          By 1 October 1989 at the latest, Member States must notify
Spain                                     3  340        2 117          the Commission of the total quantities of the products
France                                  11   916          313          concerned imported on or before 15 September 1989 and
Ireland                                   3  492             3         charged against the Community quotas and of any portion
                                                                       of their initial shares that they are returning to the
Italy                                     9  216        4 693
                                                                       corresponding reserves.
Portugal                                  2  088        1 593
United Kingdom                         228   852        4 964
                                                                                                     Article 7
2.      The second parts, amounting to 240 000 tonnes and              The Commission shall keep account of the shares drawn by
23 OQOtonnes respectively, shall constitute the reserve.               Member States pursuant to Articles 3 and 4 and shall inform
                                                                       each Member State of the extent to which the reserves have
                                                                       been used up as soon as it has been notified.
                                                                       It shall inform the Member States not later than 5 October
                                Article 4
                                                                       1 9 89 of the state of the reserves following any return of quota
                                                                       shares pursuant to Article 6 .
1.      If a Member State has used 90 % or more of one of its
initial shares as specified in Article 3 ( 1 ), or of that share less  It shall ensure that the drawing which exhausts the reserve
any portion returned to the reserve pursuant to Article 6 , it         does not exceed the balance available , and to this end shall
shall forthwith , by notifying the Commission and to the               notify the amount of that balance to the Member State
extent that the reserve so permits , draw a second share equal         making the final drawing .
to 10 % of its initial share , rounded up where necessary to the
next whole number .
2.      If, after one of its initial quota shares has been used up ,                                 Article 8
a Member State has used 90 % or more of its second share as
well , it shall forthwith , using the procedure provided for in        1.     Member States shall take all appropriate measures to
paragraph 1 , dr'.w a third share equal to 5 % of the initial          ensure that additional drawings of shares pursuant to
share .
                                                                       Article 4 enable imports to be charged without interrupt :! n
                                                                       against their accumulated share of the Community tariff
3.      If, after one of its second shares has been used up , a        quota .
Member State has used 90 % or more of its third share , it
shall , using ■ b - procedure provider! for in paragraph 1 , draw      2.     Member States shall take all appropriate
a fourth share equal to the third .                                    to make sure that the papsr referred to in Article A
                                                                                                                                      4^
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fully meets the criteria for admission to this tariff quota.                                Article 9
                                                                  At the request of the Commission, Member States shall
Where this is the case, the relevant Community procedures         inform it of imports actually charged against their quota
shall be applied in order to monitor use of the paper for the     shares .
prescribed specific purpose.
                                                                                            Article 10
3 . Member States shall ensure that importers of the
products concerned have free access to the quota shares
allocated to them .                                               The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
                                                                  closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with .
4 . The extent to which a Member State has used up it
shares shall be determined on the basis of the imports of the                               Article 11        '
products concerned entered with the customs authorities for
free circulation .                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1989
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels ,
                                                                                        For the Council
                                                                                          The President
                                                                                                                            G
 ---pagebreak--- FICHE FINANCIERE
1.      Ligne budgetaire concernée : Chap . 12 art . 120
2.      Base juridique : art . 113 du traité
3.      Intitulé de la mesure tarifaire : Proposition de règlement ( CEE ) du
        Conseil portant ouverture , répartition et mode de gestion d' un
        contingent tarifaire ccmnunautaire de papier journal , étendant le
        bénéfice de ce mène contingent à certains autres papiers ( année
        1989 )
4.      Objectif : Respect des engagements contractés au GATT et assurer la
        couverture des besoins de la Ccrrmunauté en papier journal
5.      Mode de calcul :
        N° de la NC           : 4801 00 uu 10 ecet 4801 00
                                                         uu 90
        Volune du contingent : 650
                                650 000000 tonnes
                                           tonnes
        Droit à appliquer     : 00 %%
        Droit normal          :  4,9
                                 4 , 9 % et 9 %
6.      Perte de recettes :
        Prix moyen à la tonne        :   573 , 20 écus
        Valeur des 650 000 tonnes :      372 580 000 écus
        importations sous le 4801 00 10 (+5 % ) = 18 629 000 écus
        importations sous le 4801 00 90 ( + 95 % ) = 353 951 000 écus
        Perte :
        4801 00 10 :  18 629 000 écus x 4,9 % =           912 821 écus
        4801 00 90 : 353 951 000 écus x 9 %         = 31 855 590 écus
                                                       32 768 411 écus
        Par rapport au contingent de 1988 , augmentaiLon des pertes de :
        32 768 411 écus - 31 220 315 écus = 1 548 096 écus
 ---pagebreak---                FICHE D' IMPACT SUR IA COMPETITIVITE ET L' EMPLOI
Cette proposition est formulée en conformité avec un engagement contractuel
da la Communauté . L' impact découlant de cette concession a été pris en
considération lors de la prise de décision d' adoption de ce contingent et
il n' aura pas un caractère sérieux sur la compétitivité et l' etploi dans la
Communauté .