31973R0418

No L 59 / 8 Official Journal of the European Communities 5 . 3 , 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 418/73 OF THE COUNCIL of 22 January 1973

establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Portugal

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , whereas this cooperation must be all the closer since the Commission must be able to take adequate measures to reintroduce customs tariff duties Having regard to the Treaty establishing the whenever one of the ceilings has been reached ; European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof ; Whereas the indicative ceilings for the products listed in Annex B to the above Protocol have been Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; calculated for 1973 by reference to the situation of the customs duties to be applied by the Community Whereas an Agreement ( 1 ) between the European as originally constituted on the one hand, and by the Economic Community and the Portuguese Republic new Member States on the other ; whereas , was signed on 22 July 1972 ; consequently, supervision of imports of certain products must begin on 1 January 1973 in certain Whereas Articles 2- and 3 of that Agreement make Member States and on 1 April 1973 in others ; provision for the progressive abolition of customs duties in respect of the products to which the Whereas, for the products which, in accordance with Agreement applies ; whereas by way of derogation Articles 2 and 3 of the Agreement, are subject to the from these Articles, Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol No 1 normal timetable for the abolition of customs duties annexed to the Agreement lay down that, for imports it is necessary to follow the trend of imports ; whereas of certain products listed in Annex B to that to this end the Community should be empowered to Protocol, the reduction of duties shall be limited in take, where appropriate, measures to avoid any 1973 to indicative ceilings above which the customs prejudice to industry in the Community and whereas duties applicable to third countries may be it is, therefore, desirable that imports of these reintroduced; whereas application of this last products also be subjected to a system of supervision ; provision requires that the Community be regularly informed of the trend of imports of the products in question originating in Portugal, whereas it is, therefore, desirable that imports of these products be HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : subjected to a system of supervision ;

Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of Article 1 an administrative procedure based on setting off imports of the products in question against the indicative ceilings at Community level, as and when 1 . Imports of products originating in Portugal to these products are submitted to the customs which annual indicative ceilings are applied in authorities under cover of declarations that they have accordance with Articles 1 and 2 and Annex B to been made available for consumption ; whereas this Protocol No 1 to the Agreement between the administrative procedure must make provision for the European Economic Community and the Portuguese reintroduction of customs tariff duties as soon as the Republic shall be subjected to Community ceilings have been reached at Community level ; supervision in 1973 .

Whereas this administrative procedure requires close The description of the products referred to in the and particularly rapid cooperation between the preceding subparagraph, their tariff headings and Member States and the Commission and whereas the statistic numbers, the levels of the indicative ceilings latter must, in particular, be able to follow the and the dates on which Community supervision shall progress of amounts set off against the indicative begin are given in Annex I. ceilings and keep the Member States informed ;

2. Amounts shall be set off against the indicative ceilings as and when products are submitted to the (!) OJ No L 301 , 31 . 12. 1972, p. 10. customs authorities under cover of a declaration that

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they have been made available for consumption and Article 2 accompanied by a movement certificate conforming to the rules contained in Protocol No 3 to the During the period from 1 January 1973 until 31 Agreement referred to in paragraph 1 . December 1973 , imports of the products referred to in Annex II which originate in Portugal shall be subjected to Community supervision . Goods shall be set off against the indicative ceiling only if the movement certificate has been submitted before the date on which customs duties are The Member States shall periodically inform the Commission of imports of these products ; to this reimposed. end, only products submitted to the customs authorities under cover of a declaration that they The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at have been made available for consumption and Community level on the basis of imports set off accompanied by a movement certificate conforming to the rules contained in Protocol No 3 to the against it in the manner defined in the preceding Agreement referred to in Article 1 shall be taken into subparagraphs. consideration .

The Member States shall periodically inform the Article 3 Commission of imports effected in accordance with the above rules . For the implementation of this Regulation the Commission shall take all necessary measures in close 3 . As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the cooperation with the Member States. Commission may issue a regulation reimposing the customs duties applicable to third countries for the Article 4 whole Community until the end of the calendar year.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day The new Member States shall simultaneously following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. reimpose the duties provided for in Article 2 (7) of Protocol No 1 to the Agreement referred to in paragraph 1 . This Regulation shall apply from 1 January 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 22 January 1973 .

For the Council The President

L. TINDEMANS

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ANNEX 1

LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION IN 1973

Level Order CCT No Description Nimexe Code of ceiling heading No — metric tons —

1 2 3 4 5

I PI 45.02 Natural cork in blocks, plates, sheets or strips (including cubes or square slabs, cut to size for corks or stoppers) 45.02 - all Nos 1 100

I P 2 45.03 Articles of natural cork 45.03 - all Nos 8 200

I P 3 45.04 Agglomerated cork ( being cork agglomerated with or without a binding substance) and articles of agglomerated cork 45.04 - all Nos 10 000

I P 4 55.05 Cotton yarn, not put up for retail sale 55.05 - all Nos 8 000

IP 5 56.07 Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste) 56.07 - all Nos 2 400

I P 6 57.10 Woven fabrics of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading No 57.03 57.10 - all Nos 4100

I P 7 59.04 Twine, cordage, ropes and cables, plaited or not 59.04 - all Nos 7 700

I P 8 60.04 Under garments, knitted or crocheted, not elastic nor rubberized 60.04 - all Nos 3 000

I P 9 60.05 Outer garments and other articles, knitted or crocheted, not elastic nor rubberized 60.05 - all Nos 720

I P 10 61.01 Men's and boys' outer garments 61.01 - all Nos 980

I P 11 61.02 Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments 61.02 - all Nos 290

I P 12 61.03 Men's and boys' under garments, including collars, shirt fronts and cuffs 61.03 - all Nos 970

I P 13 61.04 Women's, girls' and infants' under garments 61.04 - all Nos 110

Dates on which supervision commences :

— in the Community as originally constituted : 1 April 1973 , — in the United Kingdom and Denmark : 1 January 1973 , — in Ireland : 1 April 1973 .

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ANNEX U

LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2

Date on which supervision commences : 1 January 1973

Order CCT Nimexe Code No Description heading No

1 2 3 4

II P 1 44.15 Plywood , blockboard, laminboard, battenboard and similar laminated wood products (including veneered panels and sheets); inlaid wood and wood marquetry 44.15 - all Nos

II P 2 44.18 Reconstituted wood, being wood shavings, wood chips, sawdust, wood flour or other ligneous waste agglomerated with natural or artificial resins or other organic binding substances, in sheets, blocks or the like 44.18 - all Nos

II P 3 48.09 Building board of wood pulp or of vegetable fibre, whether or not bonded with natural or artificial resins or with similar binders 48.09 - all Nos

II P 4 55.08 Terry towelling and similar terry fabrics, of cotton 55.08 - all Nos

II P 5 56.05 Yarn of man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste), not put up for retail sale 56.05 - all Nos

II P 6 57.06 Yarn of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading No 57.03 57.06 - all Nos

II P 7 62.02 Bed linen, table linen , toilet linen and kitchen linen ; curtains and other furnishing articles 62.02 - all Nos

62.03 Sacks and bags , of a kind used for the packing of goods : II P 8 A. Of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading No 57.03 62.03-11 , 13 , 15 , 17 B. Of other textile materials : II P 9 II . Other 62.03-95 , 96, 97, 98

II P 10 68.01 Road and paving setts, curbs and flagstones, of natural stone ( except slate) 68.01 - all Nos

II P 11 68.03 Worked slate and articles of slate, including articles of agglomerated slate 68.03 - all Nos