CELEX: 31976R2580
Language: en
Date: 1976-10-21 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2580/76 of 21 October 1976 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for certain paper and paperboard, falling within subheading ex 48.01 C II and 48.01 E of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Portugal

26. 10 . 76                             Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 295/ 1
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                                             (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2580/76
                                                      of 21 October 1976
              opening, allocating and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for
              certain paper and paperboard, falling within subheadings ex 48.01 C II and 48.01
                           E of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Portugal
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                        tionally, a single scale for the allocation of these two
COMMUNITIES,                                                       quotas among the Member States, which could be
                                                                   approximately as follows :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                      Benelux                                27,
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113                          Germany                                41 ,
thereof,                                                                   France                                 21 ,
                                                                           Ireland                                 2,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,                        Italy                                   9;
                                                                   Whereas, since the tariff quotas in question are rela­
Whereas Article 4 of the Interim Agreement between                 tively small, it would seem possible to provide for a
the European Economic Community and the Portu­                     system of allocation based on a single apportionment,
guese Republic (') lays down that the Community as                 without thereby derogating from the Community
originally constituted and Ireland should open annual              nature of these tariff quotas ; whereas this apportion­
duty-free tariff quotas for Kraftliner and for other               ment could therefore be carried out according to the
paper and paperboard falling within subheadings ex                 percentages shown in the abovementioned table ;
48.01   C II and 48.01      E of the Common Customs
Tariff originating in Portugal, of 42 000 and 1 500
metric tons respectively ; whereas the pro rata                    Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the
temporis clause is applicable ; whereas the abovemen­              Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of
tioned Agreement enters into force on 1 November                    Luxembourg are united within and jointly represented
 1976 ; whereas the- tariff quotas in question should              by the Benelux Economic Union , any measure
therefore be opened on 1 November 1976 ;                           concerning the administration of the quota shares allo­
                                                                   cated to that Economic Union may be carried out by
                                                                    any one of its members,
Whereas a system of utilizing Community tariff
quotas based on allocation among the Member States
concerned would appear consistent with the Commu­
 nity nature of the said quotal ; whereas, in order to
 represent as closely as possible actual trends in the
 market in the product in question , the allocation                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 should be proportionate to the requirements calcu­
 lated with reference both to statistical data on imports
 originating in Portugal during a representative refer­
 ence period and to the economic prospects for the
 quota period in question ;                                                                 Article 1
 Whereas, however, since the quota period is very                   For the period 1 November 1976 to 31 December
 short, and without thereby derogating from the above­              1976 duty-free tariff quotas shall be opened in the
 mentioned principle, it is advisable to apply, excep­              Community as originally constituted and Ireland for
                                                                    products originating in Portugal and within the limits
 (') OJ No L 266, 29 . 9 . 1976, p . 1 .                            shown below :
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                                                                                                                    (in metric tons)
                      CCT                                                                                               Tariff
                     heading                                         Description of goods
                                                                                                                        quota
                       No
                48.01                Paper and paperboard (including cellulose wadding), machine­
                                     made, in rolls or sheets :
                                     C. Kraft paper and kraft board :
                                         ex II . Other :
                                                   — Kraftliner                                                        7 000
                                     E. Other                                                                             250
                             Article 2                                              territory have free access to the quota shares allocated
                                                                                    to them .
The tariff quotas indicated in Article 1 shall be allo­
cated as follows among the Member States referred to                                2.     The extent to which the shares of the Member
in Article 1 :                                                                      States have been used up shall be determined on the
                                                           (tn metric tons)         basis of imports of the product in question as the
                                                                                    product is entered for home use .
                               Products falling within subheading
      Member State
                              ex 48.01 C Π                 48.0 1 E
                                                                                                            Article 4
                                                                                    At the Commission s request the Member States shall
Benelux                           1 890                       67-5                  keep it informed of the imports actually charged
Germany                          2 870                      102-5
                                                                                    against their shares.
France                            1 470                       52-5                                          Article 5
Ireland                             140                        5-0
                                                                                    The Member States and the Commission shall coop­
Italy                               630                       22-5
                                                                                    erate closely to ensure that this Regulation is
                                                                                    complied with .
                             Article 3                                                                      Article 6
 1 .' The Member States shall ensure that importers                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
of the product in question established within their                                  1976 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Luxembourg, 21 October 1976.
                                                                                                For the Council
                                                                                                  The President
                                                                                               L.J. BRINKHORST