31979R2766

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( 1 ) OJ NO L 324 , 18 . 11 . 1978 , P . 4 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2766/79

OF 6 DECEMBER 1979

INCREASING THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OPENED FOR 1979 BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2691/78 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 FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS , FOR NEWSPRINT FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 48.01 A OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , A DUTY-FREE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA , THE AMOUNT OF WHICH WAS FIXED AT 2 500 000 TONNES , WAS OPENED BY THE COUNCIL AND ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2691/78 ( 1 ); WHEREAS BY THAT REGULATION , THE BENEFIT OF THE TARIFF QUOTA IN QUESTION WAS EXTENDED TO CERTAIN 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 1979 , IT CAN BE ESTIMATED THAT THE ADDITIONAL IMPORTS FROM NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES REQUIRED BY THE COMMUNITY 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 , A RELATIVELY LOW PART OF THE ADDITIONAL VOLUME SHOULD BE ALLOCATED TO THE COMMUNITY RESERVE SET UP PURSUANT TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2691/78 , THE BALANCE OF THIS VOLUME BEING APPORTIONED BETWEEN MEMBER STATES ON A PRO RATA BASIS FOR ACTUAL REQUIREMENTS NOTED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . THE VOLUME OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OPENED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2691/78 FOR NEWSPRINT FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 48.01 A OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF IS HEREBY INCREASED FROM 2 500 000 TO 2 700 000 TONNES .

2 . A FIRST INSTALMENT OF THE ADDITIONAL VOLUME , AMOUNTING TO 185 000 TONNES , SHALL BE APPORTIONED AS FOLLOWS AMONG CERTAIN MEMBER STATES :

DENMARK50 000 TONNES

GERMANY69 000 TONNES

UNITED KINGDOM66 000 TONNES

3 . THE SECOND INSTALMENT , AMOUNTING TO 15 000 TONNES , SHALL CONSTITUTE THE RESERVE .

THE AMOUNT OF THE COMMUNITY RESERVE SET UP BY VIRTUE OF ARTICLE 2 ( 3 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2691/78 IS THUS INCREASED FROM 241 000 TO 256 000 TONNES .

ARTICLE 2

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 ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 6 DECEMBER 1979 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

L . PRETI