CELEX: 51980PC0646
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Date: 1980-11-03
Title: DRAFT COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) ON THE OPENING, ALLOCATING AND ADMINISTRATING OF A COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR ROSIN, INCLUDING "BRAIS RESINEUX", FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 38.08 A OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF (1981) (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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                                           Brussels , 3rd November 1980
                     DRAFT COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
     ON THE OPENING , ALLOCATING AND ADMINISTRATING OF A COMMUNITY
     TARIFF QUOTA FOR ROSIN , INCLUDING "BRAIS RESINEUX", FALLING
     WITHIN SUBHEADING 38.08 A OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ( 1981 )
                (presented by the Commission to the Council )
C0M(80 ) 646 final
 ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORY, MEMORANDUM
1 . The purpose of this memorandum is to submit to the Council a draft
    Regulation on the opening , allocation and administration of an auto­
    nomous duty free Community tariff quota for rosins "falling within sub­
    heading 38.08 A of the CCT for 1981 which corresponds to 25% of the
    Community 's imports of these products from third countries not associated
    with or linked to it by a oreferential agreement during the last year
    for which statistics are available .
2 . Those imports in 1979 amounted to 79 834.3 tonnes , so the Community
    tariff quota must be fixed at an amount of 19 959 tonnes for 1981 .
3 . Since the Community tariff quota in question is relatively small and
    will undoubtedly be used up quickly in the Member States it does not
    seem that an allocation of it in shares among the Member States would
    derogate from the Community nature thereof . Such a solution has pre­
    viously been adopted in cases of this nature .
 ---pagebreak---                          DRAFT
                   COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
on the opening , allocating and administration of a Community tariff
quota for rosin , including " brais resineux ", falling within subheading
38.08 A of the Common Customs Tariff ( 1981 ).
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article 28 thereof .
Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by the Commission ,
Whereas the production in the Community of rosin falling within subhea'ding
38.08 A of the Common Customs Tariff is currently insufficient to meet the
requirements of the processing industries in the Community ; whereas ,
consequently . Community supplies of products of this type currently
depend to a considerable extent on imports from third countries ;, whereas
the most urgent Community requirements for the products in question
should be met immediately on the most favourable terms ; whereas a ni I
duty Community tariff quota should therefore be opened within the limits
of an appropriate amount      corresponding        to 25% of the Community 's
imports from third countries riot associated with or linked to it by a
preferential agreement daring the last year for which statistics are
available ;
Whereas , in 1979 , the imports of rosin from third countries, not associated
with or linked to the Community by a preferential agreement were as follows
                                       ( in tonnen )
Bénélux                       13 953
Denmark                         123
Germany                       26 802.6
Greece                              0
France                         8 835
Ireland                        2 500
Italy    ,                  •  8 836,7
United Kingdom                18 784
Total                     •   79 334.3
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Whereas 25% of this total represents 19 959 tonnes ; •
Whereas ,, in view of the negligible size of such a quota in comparison
with the Community 's requirements , a system of uti Uzation should , without
derogating from the Community nature of the tariff quota , be provided ,
based on a single allocaticyi between the Member States ; whereas this
allocation should be calculated by the same method as is used to establish
a total quota of 25% of the imprts of each Member State from the same
third countries ; whereas , in order to safeguard the Community nature of
the quota ,, a share should, be allocated to Greece by levying the same
percentage on the share allocated to each of the other Member States ;
whereas , calculated in such a manner , this allocation should be as set "
out in Article 2 ;                             -       ■
Whereas , since the Kingdom of Belgium , the Kingdom of the Netherlands and
the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are united within and jointly represented
by the Benelux Economic Union , any measure concerning the administration
of the shares allocated to that economic union may be carried out by
any one of its members ,                                               ~
HAS . ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                          • '
                              Article 1
1 .   During the period 1 January to 31 December 1981 the Common Customs
Tariff duty for rosin including 'brais resineux' falling within sub­
heading 38.08 A shall be totally suspended within the limits of a
Community tariff quota of 19 959 tonnes . '                   '      .     ,
2.    Within the limits of this tariff quota , Greece shall apply duties
calculated in accordance with the relevant provisions laid down in the
Act of Accession of that country ( 1 ).
( 1 ) 0J No . L 291 , 19.11.1979 , p. 17
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                            - 3 -
                            Arti cle 2
The Community tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall be allocated as
follows among the Member States :      ,   . ^     x
                                       ( in tonnes )         ^
Bénélux                     3 487
Denmark                         30       *
Germany                     6 700
Greece                             7
France                      2 208
Ireland                         624
Italy      ,                2 208
United Kingdom              4 695
                            Article 3
1 .
1.    Member States shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that
importers of the product in question established in their territory
have free access to the shares allocated to them .
2.    The extent to which a Member State has used up its share shall be
determined on the basis of the imports of the product in question entered
with the customs authorities for home use .
                            Arti ele 4
At the Commission 's request , Member States shall inform it of the
imports actually charged against their shares .
                            Article 5
Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure that
this Regulation is complied with .
                            Article 6
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1981 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety
             and directly applicable in all Member States .
             Done at Brussels ,                 For the Council
                                                The President ,