31973R0420

No L 59 /22 Official Journal of the European Communities 5 . 3 . 73

REGULATION ( EEC) No 420/73 OF THE COUNCIL of 22 January 1973 establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Switzerland

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 Protocol No 1 have been calculated for Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; 1973 by reference to the situation of the customs duties to be applied by the Community as originally Whereas an Agreement (*) between the European constituted on the one hand , and by the new Member Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation 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 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 Switzerland ; whereas it is, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : therefore, desirable that imports of these products be 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 Switzerland indicative ceilings , at Communtiy level as and when to which annual indicative ceilings are applied in these products are submitted to the customs accordance with Articles 1 , 2 and 3 and Annex B 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 Swiss administrative procedure must make provision for the Confederation shall be subjected to Community reintroduction of customs tariff duties as soon as the 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 statistic numbers, the levels of the indicative ceilings Member States and the Commission and whereas the 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 0 ) OJ No L 300 , 31 . 12 . 1972 , p . 188 . 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 Switzerland shall be Goods shall be set off against the indicative ceiling subjected to Community supervision . 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 against it in the manner defined in the preceding to the rules contained in Protocol No 3 to the subparagraphs. Agreement referred to in Article 1 shall be taken into consideration . The Member States shall periodically inform the Commission of imports effected in accordance with Article 3 the above rules . For the implementation of this Regulation the 3 . As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the Commission shall take all necessary measures in close Commission may issue a regulation reimposing the cooperation with the Member States. customs duties applicable to third countries for the whole Community until the end of the calendar year. Article 4

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

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

1 2 3 4 5

73.02 Ferro-alloys : I CH 1 C. Ferro-silicon 73.02-30 6 617

76.01 Unwrought aluminium , aluminium waste and scrap : I CH 2 A. Unwrought 76.01-11 , 15 9 824

Dates on which supervision commences :

— in the Community as originally constituted : 1 April 1973 , — in the United Kingdom and Demark : 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 Description Nimexe Code No heading No

1 2 3 4

28.04 Hydrogen, rare gases and other non metals : C. Other non-metals II CH 1 ex V. Silicon 28.04-93 , 95

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

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

II CH 5 74.03 Wrought bars, rods , angles, shapes and sections of copper ; copper 74.03 - all Nos wire

II CH 6 74.04 Wrought plates, sheets and strips , of copper 74.04 - all Nos

II CH 7 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 CH 8 74.06 Copper powders and flakes 74.06 - all Nos

II CH 9 74.07 Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of copper ; hollow bars of 74.07 - all Nos copper

78.01 Unwrought lead ( including argentiferous lead ); lead waste and scrap : A. Unwrought : II CH 10 II . Other 78.01-12 , 13 , 15 , 19

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

II CH 12 81.01 Tungsten ( wolfram ), unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof 81.01 - all Nos

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Order CCT Description Nimexe Code No heading No

1 2 3 4

II CH 13 81.02 Molybdenum , unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof 81.02 - all Nos

II CH 14 81.03 Tantalum , unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof 81.03 - all Nos

81.04 Other base metals, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof; cermets, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof: II CH 15 B. Cadmium 81.04-16, 18 C. Cobalt : II CH 1 6 II. wrought 81.04-23 II CH 17 D. Chromium 81.04-26, 28 II CH 18 E. Germanium 81.04-31 , 33 II CH 19 F. Hafnium ( celtium ) 81.04-36,38 II CH 20 G. Manganese 81.04-41 , 43 II CH 21 H. Niobium ( columbium) 81.04-46, 48 II CH 22 IJ. Antimony 81.04-51,53 II CH 23 K. Titanium 81.04-56, 58 11 CH 24 L. Vanadium 81.04-61 , 63 II CH 25 M. Uranium depleted in U 235 81.04-69 II CH 26 O. Zirconium 81.04-81 , 83 II CH 27 P. Rhenium 81.04-91 , 93 II CH 28 Q. Gallium ; indium ; thallium 81.04-94, 95 II CH 29 R. Cermets 81.04-97, 98