CELEX: 51976PC0353
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-08
Title: DRAFT REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL on the opening, allocation and administration of a Community tariff quota for rosin, including 'brais résineux' falling within subheading No 38.08 A of the Common Customs Tariff for 1977 (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                 COM(76)353 final.             ,
                                                 Brussels ,. 8 July 1976
             V         .          DRAFT
                    REGULATION ( EEC ) OF THE COUNCIL                    •
   on the opening , allocation and administration of a Community tariff
  'quota for rosin , including 'brais résineux' falling within subheading
               No 38,08 A of the Common Customs Tariff for 1977
               ( submitted to the Council by the Commission }
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    C0M(76 ; 353 final »
 ---pagebreak---                           TOPLANATORY MTCMOHANIHJM
Tho nurpose of this memorandum is to submit to the Council
 a draft Reflation on tho o^enin ,^, allocation and administration
 of an autonomous duty free Community tariff quota for ronins
 ffil .lin.rj within subheading 38.08 A of the OCT for 1977 which doe3
not exceed tho limits permitted by ftecision no l/75 on "the appli-
c-dion of the terms of paragraph 3 of Protocol no 10 of the Asso-
ziation Ajreennnt between the Community and Greece . This Decision
                   the
lays down that Community may , without the approval of the Asso­
ciation Council FED/Oreece , open a tariff quota of ail amount not
exceeding 25 $ of the Community imports of these products from third. countrirp
not associated or linked with it by a preferential agreement
                      during the latest year for which statistics are
available .
These imports in 1975 have amounted to 58 660 metric tons , so the
Community tariff quota must be fixed for 1977 at an amoxint of 14 665
metric tons .
Since the Community tariff quota in question is relatively small
pnd will undoubtedly be used up quickly iji 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 previously been availed in cases of thii nature .
The Member States 1 experts who participated in the consultative meeting
of the "Economic Tariff Problems" Group                 April 1976 ) expressed agree­
ment in principle to the scheme for allocation of shares proposed by the
Commission in the framework of the regulations annexed#
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                          ,    REGULATION (EEC) No .../76OF THE COUNCIL
                                                   of ••••••••••••
                on the opening, allocation and administration of a Community tariff quota for rosin,
                including 'brais r&ineux', falling within subheading 38.08 A of the Common Customs
                                                      Tariff (1977)
. THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                                           tn meirtc tons
                                                                       Bénélux                           7 638
                                                                       Denmark .                             145
                                                                       Germany                          25 329 .
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
                                                                       France                            7 127
  European Economic Community, and in particular
                                                                       Ireland                                81
  Article 28 thereof,
                                                                       Italy                             9 050
                                                                       United Kingdom                    9 290
  Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by
                                                                       Total
  the Commission,                                                                                       58 660
                                                                Wherea^ 25% of this total represents ff.tlSmctnc
                                                                tons ;
  Whereas the production in the Community and in
  Greece of rosin falling within subheading 38.08 A             Whereas, in view of the negligible size of such
  of the Common Customs Tariff is currently                     a quota in comparison with the Community's
  insufficient to meet the requirements of the                  requirements, a system of utilization should, without
  processing industries in the Community; whereas,             derogating from the Community nature of the tariff
  consequently, Community supplies of products of               quota, be provided, based on a single allocation
  this type currently depend to a considerable extent           between the Member States; whereas this allocation
  on imports from third countries;
                                                               should be calculated by the same method as is used
                                                               to establish a total quota of 25% of the imports
                                                               of each Member State from the same third countries;
                                                               whereas, calculated in such a manner, this allocation
  Whereas, under Decision No 1/75 of the Association
                                                               should be as set out in Article 2;
  Council on the application of paragraph 3 of
  Protocol No 10 to the Agreement establishing an
  Association between the European Economic Com­               Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the
  munity and Greece, the Community may open                    Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy
  autonomous tariff quotas for rosin provided that,            of Luxembourg are united within and jointly
  for the Community as a whole, the annual quotas              represented by the Benelux Economic Union, any
  do not exceed 25% of the Community's imports                 measure concerning the administration of the shares
  from third countries not associated with or linked           allocated to that Economic Union may be carried
  to it by a preferential agreement during the last year       out by any one of its members,
  for which statistics are available; whereas the most
  urgent Community requirements for the products in
  question should be met immediately on the most
  favourable terms ; whereas a nil duty Community              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  tariff quota should therefore be opened within the
  limits of the above amount;
                                                                                      Article 1
  Whereas, in 1975, the imports of rosin from third            During the period 1 January to 31 December
  countries not associated with or linked to the Com­          197^, the Common Customs Tariff duty for rosin
   munity by a preferential agreement were as follows:         including 'brais r£sineux' falling within subheading
                                                                          \
                                                                            \
                                                                             \
 ---pagebreak--- 38.08 A shall be totally suspended within the limits         question established in their territory have free access
of a Community tariff quota ofl-4       metric tons.         to the shares allocated to them.
TheAariff quota rate of duty to be applied by the            2. The extent to which a Member State has used
new Member States shall be nil.                              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.
                      Article 2
The Community tariff quota referred to in Article 1                                 Article 4
shall be allocated as follows among the Member
States:
                                                             At the Commission's request, Member States shall
                                     tn metric tons
                                                             inform it of the imports actually charged against
        Bénélux                            1 910             their shares.
        Denmark                                 36
        Germany                            6 332
                                                                                    Article 5
        France                             1 782
        Ireland                                 20
                                                             Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
        Italy                              2 262
                                                             closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied
        United Kingdom                     2 323             with.
                      Article 3                                                     Article 6
1 . Member States shall take all appropriate                 This Regulation       shall   enter    into  force    on
measures to ensure that importers of the product in          1 January 1977 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at
                                                                                For the Council
                                                                                 The President