CELEX: 51979PC0707
Language: en
Date: 1979-11-29
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) increasing the Community tariff quota opened for 1979 by Regulation (EEC) N° 2691/78 for newsprint falling within subheading 48.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                   COM ( 79 ) 707 final
                                                   Brussels . 29th November 1979
                               Proposal for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
  increasing the Community tariff quota opened for 1979 by Regulation
  ( EEC ) N° 2691 /78 for newsprint falling within subheading 48.01 A of
                          the Common Customs Tariff       ■* ,
                                     .'A •
              ( presented by the Commission to the Council )
COM ( 79 ) 707 final
 ---pagebreak---                  EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Regulation ( EEC ) N° 2691 / 78 of 16 November 1978 ( 1 ) opened
for 1979 a , Community tariff quota for newsprint , which was
subject to review in the course of the year . The initial .
                                                   «
quantity was 2.500.000 tonnes .             .
The revision was done at a meeting of the " Economic Tariff
problems " group on 5'october 1979 where it seemed that the
supplementary needs which have appeared in certain Member
States were 200.000 tonnes , account being taken of the
 returns to the reserve effected .
This proposition is intended to introduced the increase , equal
to the supplementary needs , by means of increasing the Community
 reserve to which all Member States which have used up their initial
share have access .                                       •
(.1 ) 0J N° L 324 of 18.11.1978 , p. 4
 ---pagebreak---                                                   Proposal for a
                                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                   increasing the Community tariff quota opened for 1978 by Regulation (EEC) No
                 2691 / 78 i°r newsprint, falling within subheading 48.01 A of the Common
                                                           Customs Tariff
                                                              *
     THE COUNCIL JCIL OPOP THE
                            THE EUROPEAN
                                 EUROPEAN                            noted ; whereas, in order to safeguard the Community
     COMMUNITIES,HES.                                                character of the tariff quota in question, the volume of
                    ,      « m                         _             the proposed increase should be allocated to the
                 ard toto the
     Having regard
     Economic Community,
                          the Treaty
                              Treaty establishing
                                     establishing the
                                                   the European
                                                       European      Communlty reserve set up pursuant to Regulation
                 Community, and
     and 1 1 3 thereof.
                                 and inin particular
                                          particular Articles
                                                     Articles 2828   (EEC) No 2691 / 78
     Having regard to the proposal of the Commission,                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     Whereas, for newsprint, falling within subheading
     48.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff, a duty-free                                        Article 1
     Community tariff quota, the amount of which was                 !.    The volume of the Community tariff quota
     fixed at 25 00 000 tonnes, was opened by the Council            opened by Regulation (EEC) No269l / 7gfor news­
     and allocated among the Member States by Regulation             print, falling within subheading 48.01 A of the
( EEC ) Nc 2691 / 73 ( 1)-whereas by that Regulation, the            Common Customs Tariff is hereby increased from
     benefit of the tariff quota in question was extended to         25 '00 000 to 27 00 000 tonnes.
     certain types of paper which, apart from the criterion
     of watermarks, correspond to the definition of news-            2."   This increase of 200 000 tonnes shall be allo­
   ~ print given in the Additional Note to Chapter 48 of           ; cated to the Community reserve set up by virtue of .
     the Common Customs Tariff ;                                     Article 2(3) of Regulation (EEC) Na 2691 / 73 which
                                                                     thus increased from 241 . 000 to 441.000 tonnes
     Whereas, on the basis of the most recent data on this
     product for 19 / % it can be estimated that the addi­                                    Article 2
     tional imports from non-member countries required
     by the Community amount to 200 000 tonnes ;                     This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
     whereas the size of the quota should be increased by            following its publication in the Official Journal of
     this quantity to take account of the requirements               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
     (') OJ No L 324, 18.11 . 1978 , p. 4
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1 . Ligne budgétaire concernée : Chap . 12 arc . 120
2 . Basé juridique : Art . 28 et 113 ,.
3 . Intitulé de la mesure tarifaire : Proposition de règlement du Conseil
      portant augmentation du volume du contingent tarifaire communautaire
      ouvert en . 1979 pour le papier journal de la sous-position 48.01 A
      du tarif douanier ' commun .                . . •
4 . Objectif : Assurer la couverture des besoins.de la Communauté en
      papier journal
5 . Mode de calcul :                     . .
      - N° du T.D.C.                      : '48.01 et ex 48.01 E
         Volume du/d^s contingent (^) : 200.000 T
      - Droits à appliquer                : 0^ %^
      - Droits du T.D.C.             ■ : ? % et 12 %
              ..                I                             •
6 . Perte de recettes :
                                      '•   . . •          - r '
      Prix moyen à la tonne : 340 UCE                           • ..
      Valeur des 200.000 tonnes = 68.000.000 UCE
       Importations sous le 48.01 A (+ 40 % ) =         '            ' 27.200.000 UCE
       Importations sous le 48.01 E (+ 60' % ) =                       40.800.000 UCE
    ' Perte : 27.200.000 à 7 % = 1 . 904.000 UCE                             ■
           •     40.800.000 à 12 % = 4.896.000 UCE
  '                     '    •«>»»
                      ' ■; ,      ■  6.800.000 UCE                              '