31976R2860

27 . 11 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 329/ 15

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 2860/ 76 of 23 November 1976 increasing the Community tariff quota opened for 1976 by Regulation ( EEC) No 2886/75 for newsprint falling within subheading 48.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN this quantity to take account of the requirements COMMUNITIES , noted ; whereas, in order to safeguard the Community character of the tariff quota in question, a Community Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European reserve equal to the proposed increase should be set Economic Community, and in particular Articles 28 up , and 113 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission , HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas, for newsprint falling within subheading Article 1 48.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff, a duty-free Community tariff quota, the amount of which was 1 . The volume of the Community tariff quota fixed at 2 250 000 metric tons, was opened by the opened by Regulation ( EEC) No 2886/75 for news­ Council and allocated among the Member States by print falling within subheading 48.01 A of the Regulation ( EEC) No 2886/75 ('); whereas by that Common Customs Tariff is hereby increased from Regulation , as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2 250 000 to 2 400 000 metric tons . 1 171 /76 (2), the benefit of the tariff quota in question was extended to certain types of paper which , apart 2 . This increase of 150 000 metric tons shall consti­ from the criterion of watermarks, correspond to the tute a reserve . The Community reserve set up by definition of newsprint given in the Additional Note virtue of Article 2 (3) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2886/75 to Chapter 48 of the Common Customs Tariff ; is thus increased from 109 000 to 259 000 metric tons .

Whereas , on the basis of the most recent data on this Article 2 product for 1976, it can be estimated that the addi­ tional imports from non-member countries required This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day by the Community amount to 150 000 metric » tons ; following its publication in the Official Journal of whereas the size of the quota should be increased by the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 November 1976 . < . For the Council

The President A. P. L. M. M. van der STEE

(') OJ No L 292, 12 . 11 . 1975, p . Mi . (2 ) OJ No L 131 , 20 . 5 . 1976, p . 6 .