CELEX: 51981PC0264
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Date: 1981-05-26
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) increasing the Community tariff quota opened for 1981 by Regulation (EEC) No 3441/80 for newsprint, falling within subheading 48.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                     COM(81)264 final
                                                     Brussels , 26 May 1981
                                  Proposal for a
                              COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
         increasing the Community tariff quota opened for 1981 by Regulation
         ( EEC ) No 3441 / 80 for newsprint , falling within subheading 48.01 A
        of the Common Customs Tariff
                 ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                         EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. Regulation (EEC) N° 3341/80 of 22 December 1980 ^ opened for 1981
      a Community tariff quota for newsprint, which was subject to review in
      the course of the year . The initial figure was set at 2 650 000 tonnes.
      The review was carried put at a meeting of the "Economic Tariff
      Problems" group on 15 April 1981 where it appeared that the
      supplementary needs which had arisen in certain Member States
      totalled 375 000 tonnes. This would bring the overall requirement to
      3 025 000 tonnes for the whole year, even though effective tariff
      utilisation ir> 1980 was no more than 2 721 500 tonnes. Growth in
      consumption and the current economic situation would not appear to
      justify such an increase.
2.    In the present case and in view of uncertainties regarding the level of
      consumption and the need to , ensure parallel development both of
      Community production and of supplies to user industries on favourable
      terms, the Commissioh considers it advisable to exercise caution in
      fixing the volume of the requested increase, in order not to jeopardize
      market equilibrium . ■
       Taking account of the abovemerrtioned factors, the Commission
       proposes to increase the volume of the quota opened in 1981 up to the
       level of foreseeable use.
       In view of the current economic situation in the newsprint sector, the
       Commission      estimates   that     this  level    should   not   exceed
       2 850 000 tonnes in '1981 -an increase of 200 000 tonnes. That is the aim
      of the Commission proposal. A further review of the situation could
      take place next September with a view to adapting the quota-volume to
      the actual needs of the industry.       .                •
(1 ) OJ N° L 359 of 31.12.1981 , p. 4
 ---pagebreak--- As is customary in similar cases, the proposed increase has oeen divided
into two tranches, the first ( 130 000 tonnes) being - allocated among the
Member States on a pro-rata basis according to their foreseeable
imports from non-member countries, while the second ( representing the
balance) forms a Community reserve - The constitution of such a reserve
is all the more justified in this case, since certain Member States have
not taken additional requirements into account and must therefore be
able to draw upon the reserve should the need arise, and since the
initial shares allotted to other Member States cannot be determined as
accurately as might be desired.
 ---pagebreak---                                     Proposal for a
                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
         increasing the Community tariff quota opened for 1981 by Regulation
         (EEC) N° 3441 /80 for newsprint, falling within subheading 48.01 A 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 thereof ,
 Having regard to the proposal of the Commission,
  Whereas, a duty-free Community tarif-f quota for newsprint , falling within
: subheading 48.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff , the amount of which
  was fixed at 2,650,000 tonnes, was opened by the Council and allocated
  among'the Member States by Regulation (EEC) N° 3441/80 ^ ; whereas by
  that Regulation the benefit of the tariff quota in question was extended to certain
 other       types of paper which, apart from the criterion of watermarks,
  correspond to the definition of newsprint given in the Additional Note to
  Chapter 48 of the Common Customs Tariff ;
   Whereas, on the basis of the most recent data on this product for 1981 , it
    is       estimated that the additional imports from non-member countries
t required by the. Community currently amount to 200,000 tonnes ; whereas
   the size of the quota should be increased by this quantity to take account of
   the requirements noted ; whereas, in order to safeguard the Community
   character of the tariff quota in question, part of the volume of the proposed
   increase should be allocated to the Community reserve^
                                  • the balance being allocated among certain
  Member States on a pro-rata basis according to their foreseeable
  requirements for imports originating in non-member countries ;
  ( I ) OJ N° L 359 of 31.12.1980, p. 4
 ---pagebreak--- HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
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The volume of the Community tariff quota opened by Regulation (EEC)
   N° 3441 /80 for newsprint falling withing subheading 48,01 A of the
Common       Customs     Tariff  is  hereby         increased     from 2,650,000 - to
2,8 50,000 tonnes .
                                     Article 2
1.   The first tranche of the additional volume referred to in Article 1 ,
     amounting to 150,000 tonnes, shall be allocated as follows among the
      Member States      concerned :
                                                    - in tonnes -
      Bénélux                                          7,935
     Germany                                          25,800
      Greece                                          11,910
     France                                           19,845
     Ireland                                           2,460
     Italy                                                705
     United Kingdom                                   81,345
2.    The second tranche , amounting to 50,000 tonnes , shall constitute the
      reserve .   The reserve provided for in Article 2(3 ) of Regulation ( EEC )
      No 3441 / 80 is thus increased from 150,000 to 200,000 tonnes .
                                     Article 3
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This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in
the Official Journal of the European Communities.
      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
     a ; i Member States .
      Done at Brussels ,