CELEX: 51978PC0571
Language: en
Date: 1978-10-30
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) INCREASING THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OPENED FOR 1978 BY REGULATION (EEC) No 2301/77 FOR CERTAIN PLYWOODS OF CONIFEROUS SPECIES FALLING WITHIN HEADING No ex 44.15 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF (Submitted by the Commission to the Council)

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                                           Brussels . 30 Ootober 197°
                   PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
   INCREASING THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OPENED FOR 1978 BY REGULATION
   (EEC ) No 2301/77 FOR CERTAIN PLYWOODS OF CONIFEROUS SPECIES FALLING
         WITHIN HEADING No ex 44.15 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF
                   (Submitted "by the Commission to the Council )
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 ---pagebreak---                             EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Regulation ( EEC ) No 2301 / 77 of 18 October 1977 ( 1 ) opened for 1978
 for certain plywoods of coniferous species a Community tariff quota
which was subject to review in the course of the year . The initial
quantity was 700,000 m3 .
 Following a request made by the United Kingdom, this review was carried out
of 22 September 1978 . It emerged from consultation with the Member States
that additional requirements amounted to £/?,nnn M3 .
This proposition is intended to introduce the increase , by means of
increasing the Community reserve to which all Member States which have
used up their initial share have access .
( 1 ) 0J No L 269 of 21.10.1977 . p. 1 .
 ---pagebreak---                                        Proposal for a
                                COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                      increasing the Community tariff quota opened
                      for 1978 by Regulation ( EEC ) No2301 / 77 for
                      certain plywoods of coniferous species falling
                      within heading No ex 44*15 of the Common Customs
                      Tariff                                                      ,
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
 and in particular Articles 28 and 113 therieof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2301 /77                         ( l ) the Council opened
and allocated among the Member States , for certain plywoods of coniferous
species falling within heading No ex 44*15 of the Common Customs Tariff ,
a Community tariff quota with ni I duty , the volume of which was fixed
at                700,000 cubic metres;.
Whereas , on the basis of the most recent data on this product for 1978,
 it may be estimated that the additional imports from third countries
required by the Community amount to 43,000 cubic metres           whereas the
size of the quota should be increased by this quantity to take account
of         these requirements ; whereas , in order to safeguard the Community
character of the tariff quota in question , the proposed increase should
be added to the Community reserve set up under the above-mentioned
Regulation ,
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                             Article 1
1-                        The Community tariff quota opened by Regulation ( EEC )
No 2301 /77 for certain plywoods of coniferous species falling within heading
No QX          44.15 of the Common Customs Tariff is hereby increased from
700,000 to743,000 cubic metres .
( 1 ) 0J No L 269       ■ 2Î . 10 . 1977 p. 1 .
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2.    This increase of 43,000 ciibic metres shall "be allocated to the
 reserve                  set up by virtue of Article 2(3 ) of Regulation (EEC )
No 2301 / 77, which 'is thus increased from 30,000 to 73,000 cubic metiers .
                                 Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
        directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                        For the Council
                                                           The President