CELEX: 51982PC0387
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Date: 1982-06-24
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) increasing the Community tariff quota opened for 1982 by Regulation (EEC) No 3276/81 for newsprint, falling within subheading 48.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                      COM(82)387 final
                                                      Brussels , 24 June 1982
                                 Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
         increasing the Community tariff quota opened for 1982 by
            Regulation ( EEC ) No 3276 / 81 for newsprint , falling
          within, subheading 48.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff
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                ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
 C0M(82 ) 387 final
 ---pagebreak---                         Z X PL AN A TORY M EMOR ANDU M
1.    Regulation ( EEC) N° 3276 / 81 of 16 November 1981 '        opened for 1982
      a Community tariff quota for newsprint , which was subject to review in.'
      the course of the year . The initial figure was set at2 700 000 tonnes.
      The review was carried out at a meeting of the " Economic Tariff
      Problems" group on - 28 April 1982          where it appeared that the
      supplementary needs which "had arisen in certain Member States
      totalled 100 000 tonnes. This would bring the overall requirement to
    2 800 000 tonnes for the whole year                ~
2 . As in previous cases and in view , on the one hand, of uncertainties
     regarding the level of consumption and , on the other hand , the need
    to ensure parallel development both of Community production and of
     supplies to user industries on favourable terms , the Commission
     considers it advisable to exercise caution in fixing the volume of
    the requested increase , in order not to jeopardize market equilibrium .
     It appears nevertheless that the use of tariff quotas - opened during
   the past year      and the development of consumption in the present econo­
    mic situation justify this relatively limited increase .
    The Commission thus proposes the increase the quota volume in question
    to bring it to 2 800 000 tonnes .
                                                                V
    This is the purpose of the present proposal .            A further review of'
               taxe place next September with a view to adapting the quota-volume to
               the actual needs of the industry.              '
         (i ) OJ N° L331 of . 19.11.1 98?1 P« 7                               '
 ---pagebreak--- As is ojntomary In similar carss, the proposed jncreuce has been divided
into two tranches, the first ( 3Q 0V0 tonn^} being allocated among the
Membsr Stat«s on a p/o-r&ta • basis according to t'rjeir _ foreseeable
imports from non-member countries, while the second (representing the
balance) forms a Community reserve. The constitution o{f such a reserve
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is all the more justified in this case, since certain Member States have
not taken additional requirements into account and must therefore be
able to draw upon the reserve should the need arise, and since the
initial shares allotted . to other' Member States cannot be determined as
accurately as might be desired.
 ---pagebreak---                                                  Proposal for a
                                    COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                 increasing the Community tariff quota opened for 198 by Regulation (EEC) No
             3276 / 81 for newsprint, falling within subheading 48.01 A of the Common
                                                    Customs Tariff
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                  within subheading 48.01 A of the Common Customs
   COMMUNITIES,                                                 Tariff is hereby increased from 2700 000 to 2800 000
                                                                tonnes.
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
   Economic Community, and in particular Articles 28
   and 1 1 3 thereof,
   Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                                   Article 2
   Whereas the Council, by Regulation (EEC) No
3276 / 81 (•), opened and allocated among the Member            1.    The   first tranche   of  the additional  volume
   States a duty-free Community tariff quota for news­          referred to in Article 1 , amounting to 50 000 tonnes,
   print, falling within subheading 48.01 A of the              shall be allocated as follows among the Member States
   Common Customs Tariff, the amount of which was               concerned :
   fixed at 2700 000 tonnes ; whereas by that Regulation
   the benefit of the tariff quota in question was                                                     (tonnes)
   extended to certain other types of paper which, apart               Bénélux                          6 300
   from the criterion of watermarks, correspond to the                  Denmark                         1 400
   definition of newsprint given in the Additional Note
   to Chapter 48 of the Common Customs Tariff ;                         Germany                         4 400
   Whereas, on the basis of the most recent data on this                United Kingdom .               37 900
   product for 198.2>it is estimated that the additional
   imports from third countries required by the Commu­                 United Kingdom
   nity currently amount to 1 Q3 000 tonnes ; whereas the
   size of the quota should be increased by this quantity       2.    The second tranche, amounting to          5'0 000
   to take account of the requirements noted ; whereas,         tonnes, shall constitute the reserve.
   in order to safeguard the Community character of the
   tariff quota in question, part of the volume of the
   proposed increase should be allocated to the Commu­          The reserve provided for in Article 2 (3) of Regulation
   nity reserve, the balance being allocated among              (EEC) No3276 /81is thus increased from 150 000 to
                                                                2 00000 tonnes.
   certain Member States on a pro rata basis according
   to their foreseeable requirements for imports origi­
   nating in third countries,
                                                                                        Article 3
   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                          Article 1
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
   The volume of the Community tariff quota opened by           following its publication in the Official Journal of
   Regulation (EEC) No3276 / 81for newsprint falling            the European Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels. 4        1982
                                                                            For the Council
                                                                              The President
   (')OJNoL 331 , 19.11 . 1981 , p. 7 .