CELEX: 51977PC0336
Language: en
Date: 1977-07-19
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 1978 (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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COM (77) 336
Vol. 1977/0112
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                                                               COM(77)336 Final
                                                               Brussels , 19 July 1977
                                                 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 1978
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         •               ( submitted to the Council by' the Commission)
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 : ( 77 ) 336 FINAL
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      1', Tho nurpose of ; this memorandum is to submit to "CA « Or
             a draft. 'Regr\l<M; ion on ithrs.-ortenin^, allocation anc.                                                                                             ..vlstravion
^v * OF an autonom OUR dutyjfrfce Community . tariff qnota for roninn'W .
             faliin^vdt-hin ieu'v .e'ading 38«OS A of the COT fWISTS which- - does
r:4' ; not- exceed tho>Tittits permitted, "by decision ho 1/75 on the appli–
iL'^v^ation
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                                                                         of - pareimtioibt 3 of Protocol                        ' * _ •'
                                                                                                                                                    no 10. of the .As&o---
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'■ ,i ziatioh\iferecm6nt . betwoen /the / Community and GreoceV; This Eecisioii , •' ;
it ' i                                                    - the < '              «•                                                                        V*                            \ f                        '     **
             lbys do\m that . Community may/ without^ the, approval of the Aaao- 's ' .                                                                                                                                  .
^/V^-ci^iW\C<«o»cil;'EEl^Pi%ece^. open a tariff quota of;'aiy amount notJ
  v         exceeding 25 . ¥> of the; Commynity Im|>orfcs of these product^ "frosi third . coimtrirt?
        . . not associated. 'br linked" witii it "by a, preferential acrrtementV;
;V~- ' •; 5* ■                                                  ^wing the latest year "for which; statistics arfer; /
            àvailable.: ^                                                                   V-v^V-                                           *' '                          . " ■ ' • ;V'' - "V
t '2* These , imports, . ill" JLS*T 6 have-' amounted to '84.049 metric tons,.' .so .the
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        ^^omraunity ^tariff^.q^ota, ;»utft.. sW;fixed, for- 1978 at;;aa" amownt . .of ;21 . 01 3 . .
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   .^ ■Sirtca th«s Community tariff' quota in question is felatiVoly srnski'1, . ' ' '
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                                                                          bo used wp.' quickly
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     , .does , n^t peem that an ,allocation of* it in shares' among the Mcwnber
  ^         Stated would derogate from the CcTOTiunity nature thei»eof. Such a •" '                                                                                                                                   •"
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^•^ .^ Qfyt^ort has .previously been availed in cases of . this nature . ..
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   4* Th® •M^sb«*r States * experts who participated in the consultative neetin©
            of the Economic S^riff Problems" Group ( 13/ 14 April 197 7) expressed agree
              »  «•« .             s-.-               -,            .         -        -v       •                                                                       r           ■ : '                 a        '  .
           meat ia principle *io' t&e , pcheise . for allocation of shaves proposed by the
            Commission in the framework of the regulations annexed.'
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                                                        Draft
                           . ' REGULATION (EEC) No • • •/7T *^F THE COUNCIL
                                                    ν» ΜβΙβ»««ϊβ »«
                 on the opening,,, allocation and administration of a Community tariff quota for ros»n,>
                 including 'brass r&ineux', falling within subheading 38 OS A of the Common Customs
                                                       Tarif < 1973
. THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                                              tn metric Ions
                                                                          Bénélux                         15.961
                                                                          Denrr.ark                            259
                                                                          Germany                         26.443
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                            France                            9.767
  European Economic Community, and in particular
                                                                          Ireland                              214
   Article ? 8'hereof,
                                                                          Italy                           10.206
                                                                          United Kingdom                  21.199
  Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by
                                                                          Total                           84 . 049
  the Commission,
                                                                  Whereaj 25% of this total represents 21 >= 013 metric
                                                                  tons ;
  Whereas the production in the Community and in
  Greece of rosin falling within subheading 38.03 A               Whereas, in view of the negligible siz.c of su.h
  of the Common Customs Tariff is currently
                                                                 a quota in comparison with the Community'1
  insufficient to meet the requirements cf the
                                                                 requirements, a system of utilization should, without
  processing industries in the Community ; whereas,
  consequently, Community supplies of products of
                                                                 derogating from the Community nature of the tariff
  this type currently depend to a considerable extent            quora , b* provided , based on a single allocation
                                                                 between the Member States ; whereas this allocation
  on imports from third countries:
                                                                 should be calculated by the same method a?i is used
                                                                 to establish a tora ,     iiota of 25% of the imports
                                                                of each Member St.;         - mi the same third counuie.y
  Whereas, under Decision No 1 /75 of the Association           whereas, calculated              n manner, this allocation
                                                                 shouid bc as set out i <. âî\.    2:
 Council on the application of paragraph 3 of
 Protocol. No 10 to the Agreement establishing an
 Association between the European Economic Com­                 Whereas, since the Kinr;> om of Belgium , the
 munity and Greece, the Comrnunpy may open                       Kingdom of the Nether!,u.i and the Grand Dtn_hy
 autonomous tariff quotas for rosin piovuLti that,              of Luxembourg are un..al within and jointly
 for the Community as a whole, the annual quotas                represented by the Benelux Economic Union, uny
 do not exceed 25% of the Community's imports                   measure concerning the administration of the jharcs
 from third countries not associated with or linked             allocated to that Economic Union may be carried
 to it by a preferential agreement during the last year         one by any one of its members,
  for which statistics arc available ; whereas the most
  urgent Community requirements for the products in
 question should be nict immediately on the must
 favourable terms ; whereas a nil duty Community                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION-
 tariff quota should therefore be opened within the
 limits of the above amount;
                                                                                          Article 1.
 Whereas, in 197 6 the imports of rosin from third              During the period 1 January to 31 r'Cie;r.brr
 countr.os not associated with or linked to the Com­                     the Common Customs Tariff duty ;'or n-si»
  munity by a preferential agreement were as follows :          including 'brais resir.eux' failing within subiicrdint
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 38.08 A shall be totally suspended within the limits          question established in their territory have free access
 of a Community tariff quota of 21 . 01 3 metric               to the shares allocated to them.
  tons .
                                                              2. The extent to which a Member State has used
                                                              up its share shall be determined on the basis of the
                                                              imports of the product in question entered with the
                       Article 2                              customs authorities for home use.
The Community tariff quota referred to in Article 1                                     Article 4
shall be allocated as follows among the Member
States:
                                     in metric tons
                                                             At the Commission's request, Member States shall
        Bénélux                         3.990
                                                             inform it of the imports actually charged against
                                                              their shares.
        Denmark                              65
        Germany                         6.611
        France                          2.442                                           Article S
        Ireland                             54
        Italy                           2.551                Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
                                                             closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied
        United Kingdom                  5.300                with.
                       Article 3                                                       Article 6
1. Member States shall take all appropriate
measures to ensure that importers of the product in           The Member States shall forward to the
                                                              Commission within 45 days of the
                                                              publication of this Regulation in
                                                              the Q TY -• c '! a I Journal of the European
                                                              Communi t ies , the provisions they
                                                              have adopted with a view to its
                                                              app L i cat ion .
                                                                                    Article 7
                                                          This     Regulation     shall    enter  into  force   on
                                                          1 January 197 8
           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at
                                                                              for the Council
                                                                                The President
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FINANCIAL      STATEMENT
 1 . Budget Line concerned : Ch . 12 Art . 120
 2 . Legal basis :   Art . 28
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 3 . Title of the tariff measure :
      Draft Regulation ( EEC ) of the Council on the opening , allocation and
      administration of a Community tariff quota for rosin , including
      " brais resineux " falling within subheading No 3^.08 A of the
      Common Customs Tariff for 1978 .
4 . Objectives :
      Opening of a tariff quota within the limits fixed in Council
      of Association EEC-Greece decision No 1 / 75 .
5 . Method of calculation :
     - No cf CCT         ;    38.08 A
     ~ Quota volume      :    21.013 tonnes
     - Quota duty rate :      0%
     - Duty rate CCT - ;      5%
6 . Loss of receipts :     600 000 UCE