CELEX: 51983PC0248
Language: en
Date: 1983-05-05 00:00:00
Title: Recommendation for a COUNCIL DECISION authorizing the Commission to negotiate on behalf of the Community an agreement in the form of an exchange of letters amending certain zero-duty tariff quotas opened by the United Kingdom for 1983 in accordance with Protocol No 1 of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Finland (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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COM (83) 248
Vol. 1983/0103
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                                                                                 COM(83) 248          final
                                                                                 B r u s s e l s , 5 May 1983
                                             Recommendation           for a
                                                 COUNCIL DECISION
    a u t h o r i z i n g t h e Commission t o n e g o t i a t e o n b e h a l f o f t h e Community
           an a g r e e m e n t  i n the form of a n exchange of l e t t e r s                      amending
          certain         zero-duty t a r i f f quotas opened b yt h e United                         Kingdom
                      for   1983   i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h P r o t o c o l No 1 o f t h e
                      Agreement between t h e European Economic                             Community
                                      and t h e R e p u b l i c o f F i n l a n d
                          (submitted to the Council by the                         Commission)
 COM(83) 248            final
 ---pagebreak---                                            Explanatory Memorandum
1. As for the Last four years the United Kingdom has requested that the
   1983 zero-duty t a r i f f quota for coated p r i n t i n g and w r i t i n g paper,
   including Light weight coated mechanical paper weighing less than
   65 gms/m 2 (LWC), provided for i n Protocol No 1 of the Free Trade Agree­
   ment between the European Economic Community (EEC) and Finland be i n ­
   creased.
2. The reasons for t h i s request are the f o l l o w i n g :
   - Since the conclusion of the Agreement i n 1973 the demand structure
       for paper products imported from Finland has changed considerably.
   - The demand f o r l i g h t weight coated paper has increased sharply since
       1973, i n p a r t i c u l a r for a special type of t h i s paper supplied by
       Finland.
   - There i s no production of t h i s type of paper in the United Kingdom
       and although the rest of the Community has been able to supply an
       increasing proportion of U.K.                demand, much of the l a t t e r has still
       to be met by supplies from Finland. P o l i t i c a l l y and economically i t
       would not be desirable to impose customs duties - even very minor
       ones - on t h i s t r a d i t i o n a l commerce during the last year of t r a n s i t i o n
       towards f u l l free trade.
3. The increase i n the quotas for coated p r i n t i n g and w r i t i n g paper would be
   for 1983 and would be accomplished through a temporary transfer of
   7.571       tons from the u n d e r u t i l i z e d quota for ex 48.01 C I I (kraft paper
   for     large capacity sacks) to the quota ex 48.07 D (coated p r i n t i n g and
   w r i t i n g paper).
4. Therefore, the Commission presents to the Council the attached recommen­
   dation for a Council Decision authorizing the Commission to negotiate on
   behalf of the Community an agreement i n the form of an exchange of l e t t e r s
   amending certain zero-duty t a r i f f quotas opened by the United Kingdom for
   1983      i n accordance with Protocol No 1 of the Agreement between the
   European Economic Community and the Republic of Finland.
 ---pagebreak---                                    RBCCKNEimATION FOR A
                                       COUNCIL DECISION
 authorising the Commission to negotiate on "behalf of the Community an
agreement i n the form of an exchange of letters amending certain zero-
duty t a r i f f (footas opened by the United Kingdom for 1933 in accordance-- ^
 with Protocol No 1 of the Agreement between the Europe n Economic Community
                             and the Republic of Finland                                                   />>·...:;·'··.··
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THE COUWCIL OF SHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                                                ^?'v:"-.'- - -;:.?·/'···
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Coarounity,
and in particular Article 113 thereof}                                                                                     . .. ·.
Having regard to the Agreement signed in Brussels on 5 October 1973 between
the European Economic Community'and the Republic of Finland ( l )
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission}
Whereas certain zero-duty t a r i f f quotas opened by the United Kingdom for
 1 9 8 3 i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h P r o t o c o l No 1 o f t h e a f o r e m e n t i o n e d A g r e e m e n t s h o u l d b e
amended,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWSt
                                        Sole, Article
The Commission is hereby authorized to negotiate on behalf of the Community
an agreement in the form of an exchange of letters amending certain zero-duty
t a r i f f quotas opened by the United Kingdom for 198 3 i n accordance with Proto­
 c o l No 1 o f t h e A g r e e m e n t b e t w e e n t h e E u r o p e a n E c o n o m i c C o m m u n i t y a n d t h e
Republio of Finland.
( l ) OJ No L 328, 28.11.1973, p.2
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The Commission, assisted by representatives of the Member States, s h a l l
conduct the negotiations i n accordance with the annexed d i r e c t i v e s .
                                        Done at Brussels,
                                             For the Counoil
                                              The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                                 Annex
                   D i r e c t i v e s f o r n e g o t i a t i o n from the              Council     to the        Commission
  According         to Protocol             No    1 of the          Agreement between the                 European         Economic
  Community and             the      Republic         of    Finland signed              in Brussels         on    5 O c t o b e r 1973  (1)
 the      United      Kingdom has             s i n c e 1 J a n u a r y 1974          opened zero-duty             tariff        quotas
 for coated           p r i n t i n g and       w r i t i n g paper       ( e x 4 8 . 0 7 D)     as w e l l as      f o r k r a f t paper
 for      large capacity              sacks       Cex     48.01       C I I ) . The      permissible         maxima f o r         these
 q u o t a s w e r e f i x e d on        the b a s i s of s t a t i s t i c s          f o r the p e r i o d      1968-1971.
 Since      1974     t h e demand f o r l i g h t w e i g h t c o a t e d                paper     (LWC)     has     increased
significantly              i n p a r t i c u l a r f o r a s p e c i a l type of t h i s paper                     supplied
by      Finland.
T h u s an      increase          i n the      quota f o r coated              p r i n t i n g and   w r i t i n g paper
 ( e x 4 8 . 0 7 D)      f o r 1983        should        be    accomplished through a temporary                           trans­
f e r o f 7 571          t from the            u n d e r u t i l i z e d quota f o r k r a f t paper f o r              large
capacity         sacks       (ex 48.01           C I I ) to the          former        quota.
( 1 ) OJ     No   L 328,        2 8 . 1 1 . 1 9 7 3 , p.       2
 ---pagebreak---                                    Financial sheet
The inoreaae by 7,571             t of the duty-free quota would mean a reduction
of     98.600       E C U i n Customs duties levied on light weight coated paper.
It i s unlikely that the revenue from duties levied on kraft paper w o u l d
increase "because of the quota reduction, since these .quotas were n o t
f u l l y u t i l i z e d i n the past.