CELEX: 51976PC0459
Language: en
Date: 1976-09-08
Title: Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) opening, allocating and providing for administration of tariff quotas for certain paper and paperboard, falling within subheadings ex 48.01 C II and 48.01 E of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Portugal. (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak---     COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                         COM(76)459 final
                                                Brussels , 8 September 1976 .
                                   Proposal for
                  a Council Regulation ( EEC ) opening , allocating and
                  providing for administration of tariff quotas for
                  certain paper and paperboard , falling within
                  subheadings ex 48.01 C II and 48.01 E of the Common
                  Customs Tariff , originating in Portugal .
                  ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
, C0M(76 ) 459 final .
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 ---pagebreak---                       EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
             jn EO September 1976 the European Economic Community signed an
Interim Agreement with the Portuguese Republic . Article 4 of this
Agreement lays down that for Kraft liner and for other paper and paperboard
falling within subheadings ex 48.01 C II and 48.01 E, originating in Portugal/
the Community as originally constituted and Ireland should open for the
period 1 January 1976 to 31 December 1983 annual duty-free tariff quotas
of 42 000 and 1 500 metric tons respectively . As regards these volumes ,
the "prorata temporis" clause is applicable .
              It seems certain that this Agreement will enter into force
on 1 November 1976 . These tariff quotas should therefore be opened for
the period 1 November to 31 December 1976.
              The provisions of the Regulation as usual provide for the
 allocation of the quota shares among the Member States concerned . This
 allocation is based on the statistical concessions of priority for the
 last three years and on the foreseeable development of the market in the
 products in question during the period concerned .
              Moreover , since the tariff quota is small and the quota
 period very short , it seems advisable not to set up an instalment in
 respect of the Community reserve .
              This is the objective of the proposal .
 ---pagebreak---                                    Proposal for
                        Council Regulation ( EEC )
                  opening , allocating and providing for the administration
                  of Community tariff quotas for certain paper and paperboard ,
                  falling within subheadings ex 48.01 C II and 48.01 E of the
                  Common Customs Tariff , originating in Portugal
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article 113 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas Article 4 of the Interim Agreement concluded between the European
Economic Community and the Portuguese Republic ( 1 ) lays down that the Community
as originally constituted and Ireland should open annual duty-free tariff quotas
for Kraft I iner and for other paper and paperboard falling within subheadings
ex 48.01 C II and 48.01 E of the Common Customs Tariff originating in Portugal , of
42 000 and 1 500 metric tons respectively; whereas the "prorata temporis" clause
is applicable; whereas the abovementioned Agreement enters into force on 1 November
1976 * whereas the tariff quotas in question should therefore be opened on 1 November
1976 ;
Whereas a system of utilization of the Community tariff quota , based on an allocation
 among the Member States concerned, would appear consistent with the Community nature
of the said quotas ; whereas , to represent as closely as possible the actual market
 trends in the product in question, the allocation should be proportionate to the
 requirements calculated with reference to statistical data on imports from Portugal
 during a representative reference period and to the economic projspects for the
 quota period in question ;
                                                                             asm/•••
  (1) 0J No L
 ---pagebreak---  Whereas the corresponding Imports by each of the Member States during
the past three years for which statistical data are entirely available,
represent the following percentages of the total imports of the product
concerned :
                    CCT subheading ex 48.01 C II       CCT subheading 48 . 01 E
                    1973       1974          1975       1973         1974        1975
     Bénélux                    15.6           20,1                               2,8
      Germany                   24.8          34,7                    0,1
     France          38,1       22,6          21,4       99,9        99,9        73,1
      Ireland                    2.9            6,7       0.1                    24,1
      Italy          61,9       34.1           17,1
 Whereas, in view of these data and the foreseeable development of the
 market in the products concerned during the quota period in question,
 the quota shares may be fixed approximately at the following percentages :
                                        CCT subheading          f-CT subheading
                                       ex 48.01 C II                     48 - 01 E
         Bénélux
          rnnmanw
          Germany
                                              30                                ^
                                              22                               76
         France
                                                *                              11
          Ireland                               ®
                                              24                                  '
          Italy
  Whereas, since the tariff quotas in question are relatively small and the
  quota period very short , it ought to be possible to provide for a system
  of allocation based on a single apportionment, without thereby derogating
  from the Community nature of these tariff quotas; whereas this apportionment
  could therefore be carried out according to the percentages shown in the
  abovementioned table ;
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas , since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of the Netherlands
and the Grand Duchy of . Luxembourg are jointly represented by the
Benelux Economic Union , any operation concerning the administration
of the quota shares allocated to that economic union may be carried
out by any one of its members ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                  Article 1
For the period 1 November 1976 to 31 December 1976 duty-free tariff quotas
shall be opened in the European Economic Community as originally constituted
and Ireland for products originating in Portugal and within the limits
shown below :
CCT No
48.01          Paper and paperboard ( including cellulose
               wadding ), machine-made , in rolls or sheets :
               C . Kraft paper and kraft board :
                   ex II . Other :
                           - Kraftlmer                            7 000 metric tons
                                                                    250 metric tons
               E. Other
                                   Article 2
 The Community tariff quotas indicated in Article 1 shall be allocated as
 follows among the Member States mentioned in Article 1 :
                                                            - In metric tons
 Member State                      Products falling within subheading
                                   ex 48.01 C , II            48.01   E
 Bénélux                                 1,260                     10
                                                                   15
 Germany                                2 , 100
                                                                  189
 France                                  1,540
                                            420                    28
  Ireland
                                                                    8
                                         1,680
  Italy
 ---pagebreak---                              Article 3
 1.   The Member States shall guarantee importers of the product in question
established within their territories free access to the quota shares allocated
to them .
2.    The extent to which the shares of the Member States have been used up
shall be verified on the basis of imports of the product in question as the
product is presented for customs clearance under the declaration for consumption .
                             Article 4
At the Commission 's request the Member States shall jeep it informed of imports
which have been charged against their shares . .
                             Article 5
The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure that
this Regulation is complied with .
                             Article 6
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 1976 .
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
            directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels .                                      For the Council
                                                         The President