31975R2877

No L 292/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 12 . 11.75

REGULATION (EEC) No 2877/75 OF THE COUNCIL of 29 October 1975

on the opening, allocation and administration of a Community tariff quota for rosin, including 'brais resineux', falling within subheading 38.08 A of the Common Customs Tariff ( 1976)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, in metric tons Benelux 17 798 Denmark 280 Germany 33 163 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the France 10 922 European Economic Community, and in particular Ireland 16 Article 28 thereof ; Italy 17 325 United Kingdom 18 368

Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by Total 97 872 ; the Commission ;

Whereas 25% of this total represents 24 468 metric tons ; Whereas the production in the Community and in Greece of rosin falling within subheading 38.08 A Whereas, in view of the negligible size of such of the Common Customs Tariff is currently a quota in comparison with the Community's insufficient to meet the requirements of the requirements, a system of utilization should, without processing industries in the Community ; whereas, derogating from the Community nature of the tariff consequently, Community supplies of products of quota, be provided, based on a single allocation this type currently depend to a considerable extent between the Member States ; whereas this allocation on imports from third countries ; should be calculated by the same method as is used to establish a total quota of 25% of the imports of each Member State from the same third countries ; whereas, calculated in such a manner, this allocation Whereas , under Decision No 1 /75 of the Association should be as set out in Article 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 Kingdom of Belgium, the munity and Greece, the Community may open Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy autonomous tariff quotas for rosin provided that, of Luxembourg are united within and jointly for the Community as a whole, the annual quotas represented by the Benelux Economic Union, any do not exceed 25% of the Community's imports measure concerning the administration of the shares 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 out by any one of its members, for which statistics are available ; whereas the most urgent Community requirements for the products in question should be met immediately on the most HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : favourable terms ; whereas a nil duty Community tariff quota should therefore be opened within the limits of the above amount ; Article 1

Whereas, in 1974, the imports of rosin from third During the period 1 January to 31 December countries not associated with or linked to the Com­ 1976, the Common Customs Tariff duty for rosin munity by a preferential agreement were as follows : including 'brais resineux' falling within subheading

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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 24 468 metric tons. to the shares allocated to them.

The tariff quota rate of duty to be applied by the 2. The extent to which a Member State has used new Member States shall be nil. up its share shall be determined on the basis of the imports of the product in question entered with the customs authorities for home use. Article 2

The Community tariff quota referred to in Article 1 Article 4 shall be allocated as follows among the Member States : At the Commission's request, Member States shall m metric tons inform it of the imports actually charged against Benelux 4 450 their shares. Denmark 70 Germany 8 291 Article 5 France 2 730 Ireland 4 Member States and the Commission shall cooperate Italy 4 331 closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied 4 592 . with. United Kingdom

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1 . Member States shall take all appropriate This Regulation shall enter into force on measures to ensure that importers of the product in 1 January 1976.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 29 October 1975 .

For the Council

The President

G. MARCORA