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REGULATION (EEC) No 419/73 OF THE COUNCIL

of 22 January 1973

establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Sweden

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 C to Protocol No 1 have been calculated Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; for 1973 by reference to the situation of the customs duties to be applied by the Community as originally Whereas an Agreement ( 1 ) between the European constituted on the one hand, and by the new Member Economic Community and the Kingdom of Sweden States on the other; whereas, consequently, was signed on 22 July 1972 ; supervision of imports of certain products must begin on 1 January 1973 in certain Member States and on 1 Whereas Articles 2 and 3 of that Agreement make 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 , 2 and 3 of Protocol normal timetable for the abolition of customs duties No 1 annexed to the Agreement lay down that, for it is necessary to follow the trend of imports ; whereas imports of certain products listed in Annex C 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 about 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 Sweden ; whereas it is, therefore, desirable that imports of these products be HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : subjected to a system of supervision ;

Article 1 Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of an administrative procedure based on setting off imports of the products' in question against the 1 . Imports of products originating in Sweden to indicative ceilings at Community level , as and when which annual indicative ceilings are applied in these products are subrriltted to the customs accordance with Articles 1 , 2 and 3 and Annex C to authorities under cover of declarations that they have Protocol No 1 to the Agreement between the been made available for consumption ; whereas this European Economic Community and the Kingdom of administrative procedure must make provision for the reintroduction of customs tariff duties as soon as the Sweden shall be subjected to Community supervision in 1973 . ceilings have been reached at Community level ;

The description of the products referred to in the Whereas this administrative procedure requires close preceding subparagraph, their tariff headings and and particularly rapid cooperation between the Member States and the Commission and whereas the statistic numbers, the levels of the indicative ceilings and the dates on which Community supervision shall latter must, in particular, be able to follow the begin are given in Annex I. progress of amounts set off against the indicative 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 customs authorities under cover of a declaration that (*) OJ No L 300, 31 . 12 . 1972, p. 96 . they have been made available for consumption and

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

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 reimpose the duties provided for in Article 3 ( f) of European Communities . 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

48.01 Paper and paperboard (including cellulose wadding), machine-made, in rolls or sheets :

C. Kraft paper and kraft board :

II . Other : I S 1 — Kraft liner ( a ) 48.01-15,21,31 309 061 I S 2 — Kraft paper for large bags ( a) 48.01-16 , 23 353 706

I S 3 — Other 48.01-08 , 09, 11 , 12, 13 , 166 172 17, 19, 25, 26, 27, 28 , 29, 33

ex E. Other : I S 4 — Bible paper ( India paper), copying 48.01-58,61,62, 63 29 397 tissue ; other printing paper and other writing paper, not containing mechanical wood pulp or in which mechanical wood pulp does not represent more than 5 % (a )

I S 5 — Printing paper and writing paper, 48.01-64, 68 99 460 containing mechanical wood pulp ( a), excluding copying tissue I S 6 — Fluting paper for corrugated 48.01-75 132 272 paperboard ( a) I S 7 — Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes 48.01-71 , 73 35 865 I S 8 — Other, excluding cellulose wadding 48.01-41 , 43 , 45 , 52, 53 , 1 33 620 and tissues 54, 55 , 56 , 77, 82, 84, 86, 88 , 91 , 93 , 95 , 97

I S 9 48.03 Parchment or greaseproof paper and 48.03 - all Nos 15 081 paperboard, and imitations thereof, and glazed transparent paper, in rolls or sheets

I S 10 48.04 Composite paper or paperboard (made by 48.04 - all Nos 19 099 sticking flat layers together with an adhesive), not surface-coated or impregnated , whether or not internally reinforced, in rolls or sheets

48.05 Paper and paperboard, corrugated (with or without flat surface sheets ), creped, crinkled, embossed or perforated, in rolls or sheets :

I S 11 B. Other 48.05-21 , 29, 30, 50, 80 39 800

(a) Subject to compliance with the definitions in fine .

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

1 2 3 4 5

48.07 Paper and paperboard, impregnated , coated, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed ( not being merely ruled, lined or squared and not constituting printed matter within Chapter 49), in rolls or sheets :

B. Other : I S 12 — Coated printing or writing paper 48.07-57, 58 , 59 35 863 I S 13 — Other 48.07-55 , 56, 64, 65, 66, 92 147 68 , 70, 81 , 85, 91 , 97, 99 48.15 Other paper and paperboard , cut to size or shape : I S 14 B. Other 48.15-10, 21 , 29 , 30, 40 , 10 612 50, 61 , 65 , 95 , 99

I S 15 48.16 Boxes, bags and other packing containers, of 48.16 - all Nos 22 379 paper or paperboard

48.21 Other articles of paper pulp , paper, paperboard or cellulose wadding : I S 16 B. Other 48.21-21,23,25,31,33 , 14 037 37 , 40, 50, 60 , 70 , 80,91

73.02 Ferro-alloys :

A. Ferro-manganese : I S 17 II . Other 73.02-19 , 40 6 587

D. Ferro-silico-manganese I S 18 C. Ferro-silicon 73.02-30 12 427

I S 19 E. Ferro-chromium and ferro-silico-chromium 73.02-51 , 55 19 628

G. Other : I S 20 — Ferro-molybdenum 73.02-81 487 I S 21 — Ferro-vanadium 73.02-83 180 I S 22 —· Other 73.02-60, 70, 98 199

73.15 ' Alloy steel and high carbon steel in the forms mentioned in headings Nos 73.06 to 73.14 : 1 S 23 A. High carbon steel 73.61-10, 20,50,90 70 057 (M 73.62-10, 30 73.63-10 , 21 , 29 , 50, 72, 74, 79 73.64-20, 50 , 72, 75 , 79, 90 73.65-21 , 23 , 25 , 53 , 55 , 70 , 81 , 83 73.66-40, 81 , 86, 89

(l ) Including products covered by the ECSC Treaty .

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

73.15 (cont'd) B. Alloy steel : I S 24 — Stainless or refractory (a) 73.71-13, 23 , 53 , 93 65 910 i 1 ) 73.72-13 , 33 73.73-13 , 23 , 33 , 43 , 53 , 83 73.74-23, 53 , 83 73.75 -23 , 33 , 43 , 53 , 63 , 73, 83, 93 73.76-13 I S 25 — High speed ( a) 73.71-14, 24, 54 , 94 2 908 (!) 73.73-14, 24, 34, 54 73.74-54 73.75-24, 34, 44, 54, 64, 84 73.76-14 I S 26 — other 73.71-19, 21 , 29, 55, 59 418 C) 56, 59, 99 73.72-11 , 19, 39 73.73-19, 25, 26, 29, 35, 36, 39, 49, 55, 59 , 72, 74, 89 73.74-21, 29, 51 , 52, 59, 72, 74, 89, 90 73.75-11, 19, 29, 39, 49, 59, 69, 79, 89, 99 73.76-15, 16, 19

73.18 Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of iron ( other than of cast iron) or steel, excluding high-pressure hydro-electric conduits : B. Straight and of uniform wall-thickness, 73.18-15 other than those falling in A above, of a maximum length of 4-50 m, of alloy steel containing by weight not less than 0-90 % but not more than 1· 15 % of carbon , not less than 0*50 % but not more than 2 % of chromium and not more than 0-50 % of molybdenum ex C. Other : I S 27 30 075 — Tubes and pipes, straight, and of 73.18-21 uniform wall-thickness, other than those falling in A above, of a length of more than 4-50 m, of alloy steel containing by weight not less than 0-90 % but not more than 1-15 % of carbon, not less than 0-50 % but not more than 2 % of chromium and not more than 0-50 % of molybdenum I S 28 — Tubes and pipes, of stainless or 73.18-61,71,81,91 13 226 refractory steel ( a)

(a) Subject to compliance with the definitions in fine t1 ) Including products covered by the ECSC Treaty.

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

1 2 3 4 5

76.01 Unwrought aluminium ; aluminium waste and scrap : I S 29 A. Unwrought 76.01-11 , 15 14 343

81.04 Other base metals, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof; cermets, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof :

K. Titanium : I S 30 I. Unwrought, waste and scrap 81.04-56 31 I S 31 II . Other 81.04-58 30

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 : — for products falling within numbers I S 1 to I S 8 and I S 10 to I S 13 : 1 January 1973 ,

— for all other products : 1 April 1973 .

DEFINITIONS

ex 48.01 C II Kraft liner

'Kraft liner' is to be taken to apply to machine-finished or machine-glazed paper or paperboard, in rolls of a width of not less than 110 cm, containing not less than 90 % of chemical sulphate softwood pulp calculated on total fibre content, weighing more than 115 g/m2 and having a Mullen burst ratio of not less than 35 .

ex 48.01 C II Kraft paper for large bags

' Kraft paper for large bags' is to be taken to apply to machine-finished paper, in rolls of a width exceeding 70 cm, containing not less than 90 % of chemical sulphate softwood pulp calculated on total fibre content, weighing not less than 60 g/m2 but not more than 115 g/m2 , having a Mullen burst ratio of not less than 38 , and having a stretch factor of more than 5 % in the cross direction and of more than 3 % in the machine direction .

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ex 48.01 E Other printing paper and other writing paper, not containing mechanical wood pulp or containing not more than 5 % of mechanical wood pulp

' Other printing paper and other writing paper, not containing mechanical wood pulp or containing not more than 5 % om mechanical wood pulp ' is to be taken to apply to paper, other than machine-glazed, used for printing or writing, which contains not more than 5 % of chemical wood pulp calculated on total fibre content.

ex 48.01 E Printing paper and writing paper, containing mechanical wood pulp

' Printing paper and writing paper containing mechanical wood pulp ' is to be taken to apply to paper, other than machine-glazed, used for printing and writing, containing more than 5 % of mechanical wood pulp calculated on total fibre content.

ex 48.01 E Fluting paper for corrugated paperboard

'Fluting paper for corrugated paperboard' is to be taken to apply to paper, in rolls of a width of not less than 110 cm, containing not less than 70 % of unbleached semi-chemical hardwood pulp (pulp obtained from wood by light chemical treatment followed by mechanical treatment) calculated on total fibre content, and having a CMT ( Concora Medium Test) crush resistance exceeding 20 kp.

ex 48.01 E Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes

' Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes' is to be taken to apply to machine-glazed paper not coloured in the mass containing more than 40 % of chemical bisulphite wood pulp, bleached or unbleached, calculated on total fibre content, having an ash content of not more than 8 % and having a Mullen burst ratio of not less than 25 .

ex 73.15 B Stainless steel (including heat-resisting steel) ex 73.18 C ' Stainless steel ( including heat-resisting steel)' is to be taken to apply to alloy steel containing, by weight, 12 % or more of chromium , with or without other alloy elements, and less than 1 % of carbon.

ex 73.15 B High-speed steel

' High-speed steel' is to be taken to apply to alloy steel containing, with or without other alloy elements, not less than two of the three elements tungsten , molybdenum and vanadium , representing a total content, by weight, of 7 % or more, and containing more than 0-6 % , by weight, of carbon .

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ANNEX 11

LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2

Date on which supervision commences : 1 January 1973

Order CCT Description Nimexe Code No heading No

1 2 3 4

28.04 Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals C. Other non-metals :

II S 1 ex V. Silicon 28.04-93 , 95

II S 2 44.15 Plywood, blockboard , laminboard , battenboard and similar 44.15 - all Nos laminated wood products (inlcuding veneered panels and sheets ); inlaid wood and wood marquetry

II S 3 44.18 Reconstituted wood, being wood shavings, wood chips, sawdust, 44.18 - all Nos wood flour or other ligneous waste agglomerated with natural or artificial resins or other organic binding substances, in sheets, blocks or the like

II S 4 48.09 Building board of wood pulp or of vegetable fibre, whether or not 48.09 - all Nos bonded with natural or artificial resins or with similar binders

56.01 Man-made fibres (discontinuous ), not carded , combed or otherwise prepared for spinning : II S 5 B. Regenerated textile fibres 56.01-21 , 23 , 25 , 29

56.02 Continuous filament tow for the manufacture of man-made fibres ( discontinuous ): II S 6 B. Of regenerated textile fibres 56.02-21,23,25,29

II S 7 68.04 68.04 - all Nos Millstones, grindstones , grinding wheels and the like (including grinding, sharpening, polishing, trueing and cutting wheels, heads, discs and points ), of natural stone ( agglomerated or not), of agglomerated natural or artificial abrasives, or of pottery, with or without cores, shanks, sockets, axles and the like of other materials, but without frameworks ; segments and other finished parts of such stones and wheels, of natural stone ( agglomerated or not), of agglomerated natural of artificial abrasives, or of pottery

II S 8 68.06 Natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain, on a base of woven 68.06 - all Nos fabric, of paper, of paperboard or of other materials, whether or not cut to shape or sewn or otherwise made up

II S 9 68.08 Articles of asphalt or of similar material ( for example, of petroleum 68.08 - all Nos bitumen or coal tar pitch )

II S 10 68.16 Articles of stone or of other mineral substances ( including articles of 68.16 - all Nos peat), not elsewhere specified or included

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■ Order CCT No Description Nimexe Code heading No

1 2 3 4

II S 11 69.02 Refractory bricks, blocks, tiles and similar refractory constructional 69.02 - all Nos goods, other than goods falling within heading No 69.01

II S 12 74.03 Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of copper ; copper 74.03 - all Nos wire

II S 13 74.04 Wrought plates, sheets and strip , of copper 74.04 - all Nos

II S 14 74.05 Copper foil (whether or not embossed, cut to shape, perforated, 74.05 - all Nos coated , printed, or backed with paper or other reinforcing material), of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding 0-15 mm

II S 15 74.06 Copper powder and flakes 74.06 - all Nos

II S 16 74.07 74.07 - all Nos Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of copper; hollow bars of copper

78.01 Unwrought lead ( including argentiferous lead ); lead waste and scrap : A. Unwrought : II S 17 II . Other 78.01-12 , 13 , 15 , 19

79.01 Unwrought zinc ; zinc waste and scrap : II S 18 A. Unwrought 79.01-11 , 15

II S 19 81.01 ' 81.01 - all Nos Tungsten ( wolfram), unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof

II S 20 81.02 81.02 - all Nos Molybdenum , unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof

II S 21 81.03 81.03 - all Nos Tantalum , unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof

81.04 Other base metals, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof; cermets, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof : II S 22 B. Cadmium 81.04-16, 18 C. Cobalt :

II S 23 II . Other 81.04-23 II S 24 D. Chromium 81.04-26, 28

II S 25 E. Germanium 81.04-31 , 33 II S 26 F. Hafnium (celtium ) 81.04-36, 38

II S 27 G. Manganese 81.04-41 , 43 II S 28 H. Niobium ( columbium ) 81.04-46, 48

II S 29 IJ. Antimony 81.04-51 , 53 II S 30 L. Vanadium 81.04-61 , 63 II S 31 M. Uranium depleted in U 235 81.04-69

II S 32 O. Zirconium 81.04-81 , 83

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Order CCT Nimexe Code No Description heading No

1 2 3 4

II S 33 81.04 P. Rhenium 81.04-91 , 93 (cont'd) II S 34 Q. Gallium ; indium ; thallium 81.04-94, 95

II S 35 R. Cermets 81.04-97, 98

II S 36 84.62 Ball , roller or needle roller bearings 84.62 - all Nos

85.24 Carbon brushes, arc-lamp carbons, battery carbons, carbon electrodes and other carbon articles of a kind used for electrical purposes : II S 37 A. Electrodes for electrolysis installations 85.24-10

87.01 Tractors (other than those falling within heading No 87.07), whether or not fitted with power take-offs, winches or pulleys :

II S 38 ex C. Road tractors 87.01-96, 97