Council Regulation (EEC) No 1929/81 of 6 July 1981 increasing the Community tariff quota opened for 1981 by Regulation (EEC) No 3441/80 for newsprint, falling within subheading 48.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff

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Council Regulation (EEC) No 1929/81 of 6 July 1981 increasing the Community tariff quota opened for 1981 by Regulation (EEC) No 3441/80 for newsprint, falling within subheading 48.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff Official Journal L 191 , 14/07/1981 P. 0001

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( 1 ) OJ NO L 359 , 31 . 12 . 1980 , P . 4 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1929/81

OF 6 JULY 1981

INCREASING THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OPENED FOR 1981 BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3441/80 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 THE COUNCIL , BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3441/80 ( 1 ), OPENED AND ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES A DUTY-FREE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA FOR NEWSPRINT , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 48.01 A OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , THE AMOUNT OF WHICH WAS FIXED AT 2 650 000 TONNES ; WHEREAS BY THAT REGULATION THE BENEFIT OF THE TARIFF QUOTA IN QUESTION WAS EXTENDED TO CERTAIN OTHER 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 1981 , IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE ADDITIONAL IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES REQUIRED BY THE COMMUNITY CURRENTLY AMOUNT TO 350 000 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 , PART OF THE VOLUME OF THE PROPOSED INCREASE SHOULD BE ALLOCATED TO THE COMMUNITY RESERVE , THE BALANCE BEING ALLOCATED AMONG CERTAIN MEMBER STATES ON A PRO RATA BASIS ACCORDING TO THEIR FORESEEABLE REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPORTS ORIGINATING IN THIRD COUNTRIES ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Article1¶

THE VOLUME OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OPENED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3441/80 FOR NEWSPRINT FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 48.01 A OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF IS HEREBY INCREASED FROM 2 650 000 TO 3 000 000 TONNES .

Article2¶

1 . THE FIRST TRANCHE OF THE ADDITIONAL VOLUME REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 , AMOUNTING TO 250 000 TONNES , SHALL BE ALLOCATED AS FOLLOWS AMONG THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNED : // // ( TONNES ) //

BENELUX // 13 225 //

GERMANY // 43 000 //

GREECE // 19 850 //

FRANCE // 33 075 //

IRELAND // 4 100 //

ITALY // 1 175 //

UNITED KINGDOM // 135 575 //

2 . THE SECOND TRANCHE , AMOUNTING TO 100 000 TONNES , SHALL CONSTITUTE THE RESERVE .

THE RESERVE PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 2 ( 3 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3441/80 IS THUS INCREASED FROM 150 000 TO 250 000 TONNES .

Article3¶

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 JULY 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

G . HOWE