31974R1409

7 . 6 . 74 No L 150/3 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION (EEC) No 1409/74 OF THE COUNCIL of 4 June 1974 extending the Community tariff quota opened by Regulation (EEC) No 3590/73 for newsprint falling within subheading 48.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff to include certain papers falling within subheading 48.01 E thereof

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN marks and falling at present within tariff subheading COMMUNITIES, 48.01 E,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 28 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : and 113 thereof ; Article 1 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;

Whereas, by its Regulation (EEC) No 3590/73 (J), the 1 . Member States shall , until 31 December 1974, be Council opened and allocated among the Member authorized to charge against the Community tariff States for 1974 a duty-free Community tariff quota of quota opened by Regulation (EEC) No 3590/73 for 3 053 000 metric tons for newsprint falling within newsprint falling within subheading 48.01 A of the subheading 48.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff ; Common Customs Tariff paper falling within whereas, according to the Additional Note to Chapter subheading 48.01 E and meeting the definition of 48 , the expression 'newsprint' shall for the purposes of newsprint contained in the Additional Note to subheading 48.01 A be taken to apply to white paper Chapter 48, save that relating to watermarks. or to paper which has been slightly coloured in the 2. Imports of the paper concerned enjoying dutypulp, the mechanical pulp content of which repre­ free exemption under the said tariff quota shall not be sents at least 70 % of the total fibre content, glazed to charged against the guide ceilings fixed under certain an extent not exceeding 130 seconds Bekk, unsized, free trade agreements . weighing not less than 40 g/m2 and not more than 57 g/m 2, with watermarks not less than 4 cm but not Article 2 more than 10 cm apart, imported in reels of a width of not less than 31 cm, containing 8 % or less by Member States shall take all measures necessary to weight of fillers, and intended for the printing of daily ensure that the paper concerned is in fact intended for newspapers, weekly papers or other periodicals of the printing of newspapers, weekly papers or other heading No 49.02, published at least ten times per periodicals of heading No 49.02, published at least ten year ; times per year. Whereas, on account of the present world shortage of paper meeting the aforementioned requirements, in Article 3 particular that relating to watermarks, provision should be made for provisionally extending the tariff This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day quota in question to include certain types of paper following its publication in the Official Journal of fulfilling all requirements except that relating to water- the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Luxembourg, 4 June 1974.

For the Council The President

H. D. GENSCHER

(') OJ No L 365, 31 . 12. 1973 , p. 36.