CELEX: 51975PC0358
Language: en
Date: 1975-07-11
Title: Draft REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL on the opening, allocation and administration of a Community tariff quota for rosin, including "brais résineux" falling within subheading No 38.08 A of the Common Customs Tariff for 1976

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                                                                          COM(75 ) 358 final
                                                                    Brussels , 11 July 1975
                                        Draft
                          REGULATION ( EEC ) OF THE COUNCIL
       on the opening, Allocation and administration of a Community tariff quota for rosin
       including brais résineux* falling within subheading No 38.08 A of the Common
                                      Customs Tariff for 1976
                 ( submitted by the Commission to the Council )
COM ( 75 ) 358 final
 ---pagebreak---                          EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1 . The purpose of this memorandum is to submit to the Council
    a draft Regulation on the onening , allocation a.nd administration
    of an autonomous duty free Community tariff quota for rosins
    falling within subheading 38.08 A of the CCT for 1976 which does
    not exceed the limits permitted by decision no l/ 5 on "the appli­
    cation of the terms of paragraph 3 of Protocol no 10 of the Asso–
    ziation Agreement between the Community and Greece . This Decision
                  the
    lays down that Community may , without the approval of the Asso­
    ciation Council EED/Greece , open a tariff quota of an amount not
    exceeding 25 % of the Community imports of these products from third countries
    not associated or linked with it by a preferential agreement
                     during the latest year for which statistics are
    available .
2 . These imports in 1974 have amounted to 97 > 872 metric tons , so the
    Community tariff quota must be fixed for 1976 at an amount of 24,468
    metric tons .
3 . Since the Community tariff quota in question is relatively small
    and will undoubtedly be used up quickly in the Member States it
    does not seem that an allocation of it in shares among the Member
    States would derogate from the Community nature thereof . Such a
    solution has previously been availed in cases of this natiire .
4 . The question of opening a quota amount greater than the limits
    set above , which had been raised or supported by different Member
    States , is still being studied by the Commission at the time of .
    preparing this draft Regulation . It will possibly be the subject
    of a modifying draft or a supplementary draft when this examina­
    tion is finished .
 ---pagebreak---                                                           DRAFT
                                      REGULATION (EEC) 'OP THE C0U1TCIL
                       on the opening, allocation and administration of a Community tariff quota for rosin,
                       including 'brais resineux' falling within subheading No 38.08 A of the Common
                                                       Customs Tariff for 197 6
         THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      Whereas, in view of the negligible size of such a
                                                                       quota in comparison with the Community's
                                                                       requirements, a system of utilization should, without
         Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                  derogating from the Community nature of the tariff
         European Economic Community, and in particular                quota, be provided based on a single allocation
         Article 28 thereof;                                           between the Member States; whereas this allocation
                                                                       should be calculated by the same method as is used
         Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by            to establish a total quota of2 5 % of the imports of
       . the Commission :                                              each Member State from third countries ; whereas,
                                                                       calculated in such a manner this allocation should be
                                                                       as follows :
         Whereas the production in the Community and in
         Greece of resin, falling within subheading No 38 08 A .             'Benelux
                                                                                  Bénélux             4,450
                                                                                                      4,450 metric tons
                                                                                                                metric tons
         of the Common Customs Tariff, is now insufficient                      .
         to meet the requirements- of the processing industries                   Denmark ..
                                                                                  Denmark                   70 metric
                                                                                                                metnc tons
                                                                                                                        tons .•
         in" the . Community;
                            ..
                                       whereas,
                                       , , c\u • .
                                                  consequently,
                                                         j    j    >
                                                                                   „
                                                                                  Germany
                                                                                                      a ooi metric
                                                                                                      8,291
                                                                                                      o,2yl
                                                                                                                     • tons
                                                                                                                metric tons
         Community supplies of products of this type depend                                             7
         to a considerable extent on imports from third                           France
                                                                                  France              2,730 metric      tons ..
                                                                                                                metric tons
         countries;                                                               TIreland
                                                                                        i J               -- *
                               „ ,,     _   ...                                    Ireland                " A4 Vnetnc
                                                                                                               vnetric tons
'ihereas , "by virtue of - the Decision No 1/ 75 of- the ,-
Council of Association , concerning the applies-                                   itaiy
                                                                                   Italy                        metric tons
                                                                                                      4,331 metric      tons
tion of the measures of paragraph 3 of Protocol
no 10 of the Agreement setting up Association                                      United Kingdom 4,592
                                                                                                      4,592 metric
                                                                                                                metric tons
                                                                                                                        tons
with Greece , the Community may open autonomous
tariff     quotas for the rosins' m question to
the extent that they do not exceed annually for , ,
                                                                       Whereas since        the Kingdomj of Belgium,
                                                                                       XT .u t a               % j
                                                                                                                      the Kingdom
                                                                                                                             \      t
the Community as a whole 25 % of the Community                              l^e Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of
imports coming from third countries not asso-. Luxembourg, are jointly represented by the Benelux
 ciated or linked with it by a' preferential                           Economic Union any measure                 concerning the
agreement during the latest year for which                           " administration of the shares allocated to that
 statistics are available ; whereas- urgent. Com–. Economic Union may be carried out by one of its
nunity requirements of -the products in question ,^^^
 should be met immediately on the most favourab-                                     '
 le terms ; whereas a tax free tari,ff quota
 should therefore be opened within the above-                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: '
mentioned limit :
                                                                                                   Article 1
                                                                       During the period from 1 January                        to 31
         Whereas in 197 4 the imports pf roiin from third              December 19% the duty' of the Common Customs
         countries were as follows :        <
                                                                       Tariff for resin including 'brais resineux* falling
                                                                       within subheading No 38.08 A shall be totally
                 Benelux          . 17,798 metric tons                 suspended in respect of a Community tariff quota of
                 Denmark               280 metric tons                  24,468metric tons#
                 Germany _          33,163 metric tons                 The tariff quota rate of duty to be applied by the
                                                                       new Member States shall be nil.
                 France t           10,922 metric tons
                                                                                                   Article 2
                 Ireland                 16 metric tons
                 Italy              17,325 metric tons                 The Community tariff quota referred to in Article 1
                                                                        ihall be allocated as follows among the Member
                 United Kingdom 18 , 368 metric tons                   States :
                                    97,872 •metric tons
         Whereas 25 % of this total represents 24,468
        " metric tons :
 ---pagebreak---         Benelux            4>450 metric tons                    basis of the imports of the product concerned entered
                                                                for home use.
        Denmark                   70 metric tons
        Germany            8,291' netric tons                                          Artide 4
        Francp              2,730 metric tons                  On receipt of a request for the Commission ,
        Ireland                     4 metric tons              the Member States shall inform it of im­
        Italy               4 » 331 metric tons                ports actually charged against their
                                                               shares . '
        United Kingdom 4 ? 592 metric tons                                             Artide S
                        Artide 3                                The Member States and the Commission shall
                                                               cooperate closely to ensure that this Regulation is
                                                                observed.
1.    The Member States shall ensure that importers
of the said product established in their territory have
free access to the shares allocated to them.                                           Artide 6
2.    The extent to which the shares of Member                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
States have been used up shall be determined on the             197 6 .
              Tliis Regulation .shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.            'i
              Done at Brussels.'                                  ,
                                    r                                                For the Coundl
                                                                                   '  The President