31977R2688

No L 314/ 2 Official Journal of the European Communities 8 . 12. 77

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 2688/77 of 5 December 1977 increasing the Community tariff quota opened for 1977 by Regulation (EEC) No 2931 /76 for newsprint falling within subheading 48.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN noted ; whereas, in order to safeguard the Community COMMUNITIES , character of the tariff quota in question, the volume of the proposed increase should be allocated to the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community reserve set up pursuant to Regulation Economic Community, and in particular Articles 28 (EEC) No 2931 /76, and 113 thereof, Having regard to the proposal of the Commission, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas, for newsprint falling within subheading 48.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff, a duty-free A rticle 1 Community tariff quota , the amount of which was 1 . The volume of the Community tariff quota fixed at 2 311 000 tonnes, was opened by the Council opened by Regulation (EEC) No 2931 /76 for news­ and allocated among the Member States by Regulation print falling within subheading 48.01 A of the (EEC) No 2931 /76 (') ; whereas by that Regulation , the Common Customs Tariff is hereby increased from benefit of the tariff quota in question was extended to 2 311 000 to 2 511 000 tonnes . certain types of paper which , apart from the criterion 2 . This increase of 200 000 tonnes shall be allo­ of watermarks, correspond to the definition of news­ print given in the Additional Note to Chapter 48 of cated to the Community reserve set up by virtue of the Common Customs Tariff ; Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2931 /76 which is thus increased from 124 000 to 324 000 tonnes . Whereas, on the basis of the most recent data on this product for 1977, it can be estimated that the addi­ Article 2 tional imports from non-member countries required by the Community amount to 200 000 tonnes ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the day whereas the size of the quota should be increased by following its publication in the Official Journal of this quantity to take account of the requirements the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 5 December 1977. For the Council The President

A. HUMBLET

(') OJ No L 334, 3 . 12 . 1976, p. 7 .