CELEX: 31974R1409
Language: en
Date: 1974-06-04 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1409/74 of the Council of 4 June 1974 extending the Community tariff quota opened by Regulation (EEC) No 3509/73 for newsprint falling within subheading 48.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff to include certain papers falling within subheading 48.01 E thereof

7. 6. 74                            Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 150/3
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 1409/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                     of 4 June 1974
                extending the Community tariff quota opened by Regulation (EEC) No 3590/73
                for newsprint falling within subheading 48.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff
                         to include certain papers falling within subheading 48.01 E thereof
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                    marks and falling at present within tariff subheading
COMMUNITIES,                                                   48.01 E,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community, and in particular Articles 28             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
and 113 thereof ;
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                                  Article 1
Whereas, by its Regulation (EEC) No 3590/73 (J), the            1.   Member States shall, until 31 December 1974, be
Council opened and allocated among the Member                  authorized to charge against the Community tariff
States for 1974 a duty-free Community tariff quota of          quota opened by Regulation (EEC) No 3590/73 for
3 053 000 metric tons for newsprint falling within             newsprint falling within subheading 48.01 A of the
subheading 48.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff ;              Common Customs Tariff paper falling within
whereas, according to the Additional Note to Chapter           subheading 48.01 E and meeting the definition of
48, the expression 'newsprint' shall for the purposes of       newsprint contained in the Additional Note to
subheading 48.01 A be taken to apply to white paper            Chapter 48, save that relating to watermarks.
or to paper which has been slightly coloured in the
pulp, the mechanical pulp content of which repre­              2. Imports of the paper concerned enjoying duty-
sents at least 70 % of the total fibre content, glazed to      free exemption under the said tariff quota shall not be
an extent not exceeding 130 seconds Bekk, unsized,             charged against the guide ceilings fixed under certain
weighing not less than 40 g/m2 and not more than 57            free trade agreements.
g/m 2, with watermarks not less than 4 cm but not
more than 10 cm apart, imported in reels of a width                                   Article 2
of not less than 31 cm, containing 8 % or less by
weight of fillers, and intended for the printing of daily      Member States shall take all measures necessary to
newspapers, weekly papers or other periodicals of              ensure that the paper concerned is in fact intended for
heading No 49.02, published at least ten times per             the printing of newspapers, weekly papers or other
year ;
                                                               periodicals of heading No 49.02, published at least ten
                                                               times per year.
Whereas, on account of the present world shortage of
paper meeting the aforementioned requirements, in                                     Article 3
particular that relating to watermarks, provision
should be made for provisionally extending the tariff          This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
quota in question to include certain types of paper            following its publication in the Official Journal of
fulfilling all requirements except that relating to water-     the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Luxembourg, 4 June 1974.
                                                                           For the Council
                                                                            The President
                                                                          H. D. GENSCHER
(') OJ No L 365, 31 . 12. 1973, p. 36.