31973R0487

21 . 2 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 48/ 11

REGULATION (EEC) No 487/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 13 February 1973

extending the validity of Regulation (EEC) No 1629/72 establishing a Community surveillance of imports of unwrought aluminium from countries listed in Annex II of Regulation (EEC) No 1025/70

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN production capacity, has continued subsequently ; COMMUNITIES, whereas it is in the interest of the Community to have available at frequent intervals the main facts concerning the import of unwrought aluminium in Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ order to follow market trends closely while keeping pean Economic Community ; an eye on likely injury to Community producers ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1025/70 (1 ) of 25 May 1970 establishing common rules for imports from third countries, and in parti­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : cular Article 7 thereof ;

After consultation within the Committee referred to Article 1 in Article 5 of that Regulation ; Regulation (EEC) No 1629/72 of 28 July 1972 estab­ Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 1629/72 (2) of 28 lishing a Community surveillance of imports of July 1972 the Commission decided, pursuant to unwrought aluminium (subheading No 76.01 A of Regulation ( EEC) No 1025/70, to establish a pro­ the Common Customs Tariff) shall continue in cedure for Community surveillance of imports of force until 30 June 1973 . unwrought aluminium with effect from 1 August 1972 until 31 December 1972 ; Article 2 Whereas disequilibrium between supply and demand in the market in unwrought aluminium, confirmed This Regulation shall enter into force on the day in July 1972, due partly to a significant decline in following its publication in the Official Journal of consumption and partly to a substantial increase in the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 February 1973 . For the Commission

The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(*) OJ No L 124, 8 . 6. 1970, p. 6 . (l) OJ No L 171 , 29 . 7. 1972, p. 36.