CELEX: 51976PC0647
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Date: 1976-11-30
Title: Proposal amending the proposals for regulations (EEC) establishing indicative ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain products originating in Austria and Sweden (presented by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty)

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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                            COM(76)647 final
                                            Brussels , 30 November 1976
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                  Proposal amending the proposals for'
                  regulations (EEC ) establishing indicative
                  ceilings and Community supervision for
                  imports of certain products originating
                  in Austria and Sweden
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  ( presented by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the
    second paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty)
  COM176 ) 647 final
 ---pagebreak---               Proposal amending the proposals for regulations ( EEC )
              establishing indicative ceilings and Community
              supervision for imports of certain products originating
              in Austria and Sweden
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.  Background to the problem :
On 24 September the Commission put forward proposals for Council
regulations ( EEC ) establishing indicative ceilings and Community
supervision for imports of certain products originating in Austria
and Sweden ( Doc . C0M(76) 489 final of 24 September 1976 - Council
Document S / 1478/ 76 ( EFTA 40)). The products covered by these proposals
include certain products of the paper industry , in respect of which it
is proposed that the 1976 indicative ceilings should be increased by
5% for 1977 .
At the time these proposals were drawn up , the partial information
available suggested a certain downturn in the paper industry although
it was not possible at that stage to record an actual drop in the
level of activity . Since that time the situation in the paper industry
has become worse . The information supplied both by the national
administrations and the professional organizations of the paper industry
shows a marked decline in domestic and export orders and an increase in
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factory stocks . At the same time there are signs of an appreciable
increase in imports of these same products from the Scandinavian
countries and Austria . There seems to be little likelihood in the
near future of a reversal in these two phenomena which could lead to
an improvement in the situation for the Community industry .
2.  Conclusion :
An analysis of the problem leads to the conclusion that it is essential
that measures be taken to restore as far as possible some equilibrium
 ---pagebreak---  in this situation in order to help the Community industry .    One
possibility , the principle of which is provided for in Protocol 1
 to the EEC-EFTA Agreements , would be to maintain during 19 77 certain
 indicative ceilings at the levels set for 1976 .
Since it is held that this measure should be adopted only in respect
of products which are considered particularly sensitive or on which
it would have a sufficient economic impact , the application of this
measure can be justified for two categories ( i.e., two ceilings ) of
paper originating in Austria and four categories ( i.e. four ceilings )
of paper originating in Sweden .
PROPOSALS
It is proposed to amend as indicated below the proposals for Council
regulations ( EEC ) establishing indicative ceilings and Community
supervision for imports of certain products originating in Austria
and Sweden . ( C0M(76 ) 489 final of 24 September forwarded to the
Council on 24 September ).
1.   Austria    ( Annex A of the above document ) :
     The following shall be inserted in the second recital :
     " whereas , on the other hand , in the event of short-term economic
     difficulties , the Community may, under Article 3(c ) of Protocol 1
    maintain the ceiling amounts of the preceding year ; whereas ,
     however , application of this measure must be limited to products
    most affected by the short-term difficulties ;"     ;
    In column 5 of Annex I to Annex A , the ceiling amounts indicated
    opposite the following order'numbers shall be amended as follows
        I A 5        12 687 t ( in place of 13 321 t ),
        I A 6        17 826 t ( in place of 18 717 t ).
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Sweden ( Annex F of the above document ) :
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The following shall be inserted in the second        recital /
" whereas , on the other hand , in the event of short-term economic
difficulties , the Community may , under Article 3(c ) of Protocol 1
maintain the ceiling amounts of the preceding year ; whereas ,
however , application of this measure must be limited to products
most affected by the short-term difficulties ;"
In column 5 of Annex I of Annex F , the cei I ing • amounts indicated
opposite the following order numbers shall be amended as follows
    I S 4        32 312 t ( in  place of 33 928 t ),
    I S 11      114 789 t ( in  place of 120 528 t ),
    I S 12       12 613 t ( iri place of 13 244 t ),
    I S 14       13 840 t ( in  place of 14 532 t ).