CELEX: 51977PC0327
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Date: 1977-07-14
Title: Proposal for a REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL on the opening, allocation and administration of a Community tariff quota for certain plywoods of coniferous species, falling within heading No ex 44.15 of the Common Customs Tariff (1978) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak---     COMMISSION OF THE                         UROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                              COM(77)327 final.
                                              Brussels , 14 Jul y 1977
                                 Proposal for a -
                        REGULATION (EEC) OF THE_ COUNCIL
            on trie opening , allocation and administration of a
            Community tariff quota for certain plywoods of coniferous
            species , .falling within heading No ex 44.15 of the Common
            Customs Tariff ( 1978 )
                        ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission )
C OM ( 77 )   327 final .
 ---pagebreak---                                    EXPI.ANATORÏ MEHORAKD'JM
1 . Pi-oioco". Vn 11 to tho Act oonceming the Conditions of Acceaoion and tho
      Adjustment o to tho Treaties1 provides for tho opening by the Community from
      1 January 1974 of autonomous zero duty Community, tariff quotaa for oortain
      plywoods of coniferous species , the volume thereof to be decided annually
    ' when it is established vhat all possibilities of supply on tho Internal
      maiv.ct of tho rommunity rill be exhausted during the period for which tho
      quoVid aro opft .. In an -. i ;her context , in the oourGe of th >, laat GAIT negotiation^
      tho Cor.vnunity .'ino undorv iken to open , for those produota , a Community tariff
      quotii of 400 C ;0 oubio vitreo free from customs duties .
2 . This proponed Ho^ulation ooncorna tho Cotnniunity tariff quotaa in question to
      be opened for 1978 and allocated among Ileuber States .
3 . This matter was dealt with at             advisory meotin£sof experts from tha
      Kimbor States hold on 1975 and 197<} at which it became clear that taking
      into acoount tho poooibil itioo of supply on the Community market , whioh
      are in fact eoivewhat limited , and on the basis of ODtimatoa submitted by
      the K::mbcr Statoo , the tariff quotas in quootion could yet be
                                                                     for 1978 .
      Croup rd undo r a single quota of 700 , 000 cubic metres/       Tho B3 ZQ of tho
      quotf.\, fixed on the basic of provisional estimates , remains of couroe
      Bubjo.jt. to a reexamination of the situation during tho quota period .
4 * The method of administration proposod is the same an that usually adopted
      for autonomous Community tariff quotaa and consists basioally of »ha
      following;
      - the setting up of a reserve of 30,000         oubio metres ;
      – the allocation of the t'rst trmcho in proportion to the' neads oxproooed
        by Member States ;
     «• the oharging of imports u^jainnt Member States' shares us and when tho
        products are entered with the customs authorities for horuo Use .
  •                                                                          *
     This method of administration whioh wao moroover alroady uvod for 1975 , 1976
     and 1977, has been discussed in the course of the meeting of the " Economic
    tariff problems" group of 13/ 14 April 1977, with Member States' experts ,
    who considered that it could be maintained for 1978 .
        X0J No L 7i ,       27 ViBXO): 1972 , p. 170
 ---pagebreak---                                 REGULATION (EEC) No                    OI: THE COUNCIL
               on 'tin- .ncning, allc.ation and administration of a Community tariff quota for certain
               olvivovJ* of conifer . us tpccics, falling within heading No cx 44.15 of the Common
               '                                 Customs Tariff ( 197 8 )
THL COUNCIL OP THE EUROPl'AN COMMUNITIES,                       Whereas, to take more precise account of future
                                                                trends in imports of the products concerned, the
                                                                quota should he divided into two tranches,, the first
                                                                being allocated among all the Member States and
Having rcR.irii to the Treaty establishing the European         the set oud held as a reserve to cover the subsequent
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 28               requirements of Member States whish have exhausted
amM H thereof;                                                   their initial shares ; whereas , in order to offer
                                                                 impoiti is some degree of security, the first tranche of
                                                                 the quota should be fise-l at a ■ datively high h-vel , or
Having reg.ud to tiio proposal frun the Commission ;             about 46"'"       •'*    " mount ; whereas, on the basis
                                                                 of Member Slates' estimates <•(        liieir needs , the
                                                                 initial « harcs may be fixed as set out in Article 2 ;
Wh.'i'eas, 'iiiln P'otocol No II to tnc Act of
Av " «sion i' ;. il'i- i oinniunii ) is required to open
C .uh ) T .II nil ilmy Community tarili' quoias : lor
certain plvwood* of coniferous species falling within            Wheteas Member St.ncs may use up their initial
heading No ex <14.15 of the Common Customs                       shares at iliUcrent rates ; whereas, to provide for this
Tarilf, i lie xflnnu- thereof to he decided annually             eventuality ami to avoid disruption of supplies, any
 when it is established that all possibilities ol supply          Member Stale which has almost used up its initial
  »n the internal market of the Community h.iyc been              share should draw an additional share          liom     the
 "xhauvteil tint ntft the period for which the quotas             resn w ; whereas, c.uh time its additional share is
              '.In- i'-as, in view of the aforesaid possi­        almost usf-d up , * Member State should draw a
 bilities of Mipnly and on the basis of forecasts of              funher additional shaie, and so on as .many times
 requiicineiii . made I •)" the Member Suites, the vol­           a* the leserve allows ; whereas the initial and
 ume i >1 the tanfl quota to he openedfor 1978 may                additional shaics should be valid until the end of
 he fi\id -< 1700 M" 1 '""l whereas the opening of the            l he quota period ; whereas this form of administration
 aforementioned tariff quota also covers the' commit­             requires close coll.iboiation between Member States
 ment entered into hy the Community within the                    and'thc Commission , which lattct must, in particular,
 GAIT to grant in respect of these products an                    he able to kiep a record of the extent to which the
 annual duty-free tariff quota of '100 000 m'j whereas            quota has been used up and to inform the Member
 the nhovcmciitioucd requirements do not include                  States accordingly ;  .
 imports to which other preferential tariff arrange­
 ments may apply ; whereas, in view of flic
 relatively small quantities produced in t he Com­                Wheteas if, at , a given date in the quot.-v period , a
 munity, it is nor mccssory to apportion this amount              considerable quantity of a Member Stale 's initial .-. hare
 between the categories of plywood specified in the                remains unused, it is essential that that Member
 abovcmcntioiicd Protocol No 11 :
                                                                  State should return a significant proportion to the
                                                                   reserve, so as to avoid a part of the quota remaining
                                                                   unused in one Member State when it could be used
 (' ) OJ No L 7 », 27. J. 1972, p. 170                             in othcis :
 ---pagebreak---                                                      - 2 -
                                                                                                           in cubic metres
   Whereas, niucc the Kingdom •> belgium , the Kingdom
   of the           Netherlands   and    me  (. rand Ducliy    of
                                                                             Bciwlux          •            125 900
    l.uvcmbourg .ire united within and jointly represented
   by ; Ih- lU-miux Economic Union, any measure                               Denmark                      100 050
   toiKi mm;: ir administration of the shares allocated
                                                                              Gerniany                       86 200
   to th.it 1'i.i'iioin.c Union may be carried out by any
   oik of lis members,                                                       France                          17 200
                                                                              Ireland                        12 950
                                                                                                             25 850
                                                                              Italy
  1 r.\r. AD . i'iT.D THIS RF.GUJ . llON :
                                                                              United Kingdom               -)u 1 850
                                                                                                           301   o;,u
                                                                  3. The second tranche of30/ 000ni* shall constitute
                                 Artide I                         the reserve.
  1 . During the neriod 1 Jan lary to 31 December                             ,                 Article .1
   1978, a Comnuuiity tariff quot i of700<)00 m* shall
  be opened for the following products falling within
  heading No cx *14.15 of the Common Customs                       I.   If 90% or more of a Member State 's initial shai
 Tariff :
                                                                  as ii\cil in Auicle 2 (?.), or '.if that share inii..is tr ;*
                                                                   portion rein rued to the tescive when / m>ic > ■
 (a ) plywood of coniferous species, without- the                 been applied , has ben use ! n ;-. that Member l i>ti
        addition mi other substances, of a             liiickiwss shall forthvith , by ooiiiving tin* ( t*i:i-i>i <- ii»n , lir ;v
        greater than 9 nun , the hices of which arc not           a second shaie , lo ilu* est - m that the icscive so
         fiii'lv prepared than the peeling process ;              permits, equal to iO'/'o of its initial share, rounded
                                                                   up as necessary to the next whole number.
 , ii / ji 1 y \ < ot'i! of co/iiforritis species, without tin.
        rdi ! : tion of other substances, saix.Ii' I, and of a
        i!uc ; iicss greater than 18-5 mm .                             'I , alter its initial share has been exhausted . '<()%
                                                                  oi more »>I .llii-' sci "inl sh.uc drrvn by a Member
                                                                  Sta'e iias been used up, that iM ciii I ht St.i'' - shall .
        imports of the products in question may not be            the manner au i to tl»r extent piovided             | aiai;r.ipi
oniji'd against liiis tariff quota if they arc already             I , draw a thiid shaie equal to .5% of its initial '.bare,
free of customs duties under other piefen niial tariff            rounded up n.s necessary to the next whole number.
 .irr.in^mcitlfc.
                                                                  3 . If, afn:r its second share •' >s ben exhausted ,
.>. The Common Customs Tai iff' , clufy " shall be                9<)% or more of the third shaic drawn by a Member
tol.i'iy suspended within the limits of the above                 State hi , been tt'.iil up ,, thru Member State shall , in
quota .                                                           the manner and to" the extent provided in para­
                                                                  graph I , draw a fourth share equal to the third.
                                                                  This procedure shall apply until the reserve is used
                                                                  up .
                                                                  4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 , 2. and
                                                                  3 , Member States may draw lesser shares than those
                                Article 2                         specified therein if there are grounds for believing
                                                                  that those specified may not be used in full . They
                                                                  shall inform the Commission of their reasons for
1 . The tariff quota referred to in Article I ( I ) shall         applying this paragraph.
be divided into two tranches .
                                                                                                Article 4
2. A first tranche of 670<X0ma shall b<. allocated
among the Member ' ; ntes. Member State ' shares
which, subject to Article 5, shall be valid until                 Additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 3 shall
31 December 1978,sha ;i be as follows :                           be valid until 31 December 1978 •
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                AriitU' /
                                Article S
                                                                   1 . Member States sli.ill lake all :\ j-prnpnah.m««'>suri , s
Mci.iim Si .ires shall rcium ro the reserve, not later             to ensure lhat additional .shares drawn , pur&»owt to
than 1 Oct<»b<r I '>78, 'he umr'.d poi lions ol their              Article 3 are opened in such a way that iniparte rrviy
iniii.il shares wh.ch , «" o September 1978, are in                be charged without interruption against thr i <"
             >f 2n% •>( 'he initial amounts. They may              aggregate shares of the Community quota .
icfwrn a vjrott . po-non if there arc grounds for
K' M .". HIJ; i liiir So- 1* portion ma / not be used in full.     2. Member States shall ensure that importers of the
                                                                   products in question established in their territory
                                                                    have free access to tlu- shares allocated to them .
Me.nber SMIOS *-»■ '' ! notify , he Commission , not
J.ii . than I Octc.ni IV78, of . ie total quantities of             3. Member States '.hall charge imports of the
the ;> r<»«l > .s in i|iies'i'»n imported up to and                 prodmit in i|:; -stion ,»(*.ainM iluir shares as and v. hen
                     Sept' mix-     '•'8 and chan* d against the    the p > • lm:i > ■ i' em i 'd wnii the < usroms authoimes
T.'      • nun       mot • and        any portion >f their initial  ior K      U" MM
            ret     cd u> liic ix ervc.
                                                                    4. 'I in extent to which a Member Slate has used
                                                                    up !i       shirr  . hall ■ •       •;( tint ' on i ! e b .< ''>■
  ii . i.omiiiisMoi - hall keep a > anoun ; ol me 'unit                                          Art,,!,' A'
opened by liie Member Stair*, pursuant to Arii'les
2 and 3 and , a * soon as it 1 >s been notified , sli.til           At the Commission' reqe-sr , Member '•'.ues 'hah
 ini'TMi each Slau of the extern to which the reserve                inlmm i ( ol ( lie n > .'oils aciu.ill'- iht.^ed -if.
                                                                     tbeii sii ires.
 has been usi i up .
                                                                                                  Artici.- 9
Tr shall inform the Member Sintei . not later than
1 Oirol/er I978, of the amouii s: til in reserve after                Member Stales ami the Commission sh.ill cooperate
 amnu'its lii.ve been returned thereto pursuant to                    clo<" I ) to ensure lhat this Regulation is complied
 Auii i.5 .                                                           with .
 It shall ensure"that the drawing which exhausts the                                             Article 10
 reserve docs n«»r exceed il.c balance available . and,
 to this end, shall notify the amount of that balance               The Member States shall forward to the
  i' i the Member Slate making the last drawing.                    Commission within 45 days of the
                                                                    publication of this Regulation in
                                                                    the Officiai Journal of the European
                                                                    Communities , the provisions they have
                                                                    adopted with a view to its application .
                                                                                                   *
                                                                                                Article 11
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on i January
                                                                     1»?8 .
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirely and directly Applicable in all Member
                    States.
                    Done at '
                                                                                           For the Council
                                                                                             The President
 ---pagebreak--- FINANCIAL              STATEMENT                              Date :   24 May 1977
1 . Budget line concerned : Ch . 12 Art . 120
2 . Legal basis : Art . 28a>d113 of the Treaty
3 . TitU of the toriff meavjre :
     Proposal for a Regulation ( EEC ) of the Council on the opening , allocation and
     administration of a Community tariff quota for certain plywoods of coniferous
     species, fallir.g within heading No ex 44.15 of the Common Customs Tariff ( 1978 ).
4 . Objectives :
     Respect of engagements contracted under the GATT and to assure meeting the
     Communities' needs for products of this type .
 5 . Method of calculation :
     - No of CCT                ex 44.15
     - Quota volume             700;000 m3
     - Quota duty rate          0%
     - Duty rate CCT            13%
 6 . Loss of receipts :     11,300,000 - UCE