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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)
REGULATION (EEC) No 670/73 OF THE COUNCIL of 22 January 1973 establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Iceland
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Member States and the Commission and whereas COMMUNITIES, the latter must, in particular, be able to follow the progress of amounts set off against the indicative Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro ceilings and keep the Member States informed ; pean Economic Community, and in particular whereas this cooperation must be all the closer Article 113 thereof -, since the Commission must be able to take adequate measures to reintroduce customs tariff Having regard to the proposal from the Commis duties whenever one of the ceilings has been sion ; reached ; Whereas an Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Wheras the indicative ceilings for the products listed Iceland (*) was signed on 22 July 1972 ; in Annex B to Protocol No 1 have been calculated for 1973 by reference to the situation of the customs Whereas Articles 2 and 3 of that Agreement make duties to be applied by the Community as originally provision for the progressive abolition of customs constituted on the one hand, and by the new duties in respect of the products to which the Agree Member States on the other ; whereas, consequently ment applies whereas by way of derogation from supervision of imports of certain products must these Articles, Articles i , 2 and 3 of Protocol No 1 begin on 1 January 1973 in certain Member States annexed to the Agreement lay down that, for and on 1 April 1973 in others ; imports of certain products listed in Annex B to that Protocol, the reduction of duties shall be Whereas, for the products which, in accordance limited in 1973 to indicative ceilings above which with Articles 2 and 3 of the Agreement, are subject the customs duties applicable to third countries may to the normal timetable for the abolition of be reintroduced ; whereas application of this last customs duties it is necessary to follow the trend of provision requires that the Community be regularly imports ; whereas to this end the Community informed of the trend of imports of the products in should be empowered to take, where appropriate, question originating in Iceland ; whereas it is, there measures to avoid any prejudice to industry in the fore, desirable that imports of these products be Community and whereas it is, therefore, desirable subjected to a system of supervision, that imports of these products also be subjected to a system of supervision ; Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of an administrative procedure based on setting off imports of the products in question against the indi cative ceilings at Community level, as and when HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : these products are submitted to the customs authori ties under cover of declarations that they have been Article 1 made available for consumption ; whereas this ad ministrative procedure must make provision for the reintroduction of customs tariff duties as soon as 1 . Imports of products originating in Iceland to the ceilings have been reached at Community level ; which annual indicative ceilings are applied in accor dance with Articles 1 , 2 and 3 and Annex B to Whereas this administrative procedure requires close Protocol No 1 to the Agreement between the Euro and particularly rapid cooperation between the pean Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland shall be subjected to Community super I1) OJ No L 301 , 31 . 12 . 1972, p. 1 . vision in 1973 .
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The description of the products referred to in the Protocol No 1 to the Agreement referred to in para preceding subparagraph, their tariff headings and graph 1 . statistic numbers, the levels of the indicative ceilings and the dates on which Community supervision Article 2 shall begin are given in Annex I. During the period from 1 January 1973 until 31 2. Amounts shall be set off against the indicative December 1973, imports of the products referred to ceilings as and when products are submitted to the in Annex II which originate in Iceland shall be customs authorities under cover of a declaration subjected to Community supervision . that they have been made available for consumption and accompanied by a movement , certificate The Member States shall periodically inform the conforming to the rules contained in Protocol No 3 Commission of imports of these products ; to this to the Agreement referred to in paragraph 1 . end, only products submitted to the customs authori Goods shall be set off against the indicative ceiling ties under cover of a declaration that they have only if the movement certificate has been submitted been made available for consumption and accompa before the date on which • customs duties are re nied by a movement certificate conforming to the imposed . rules contained in Protocol No 3 to the Agreement referred to in Article 1 shall be taken into considera The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at tion . Community level on the basis of imports set off against it in the manner defined in the preceding Article 3 subparagraphs .
The Member States shall periodically inform the For the implementation of this Regulation the Commission of imports effected in accordance with Commission shall take all necessary measures in the above rules . close cooperation with the Member States.
3 . As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the Article 4 Commission may issue a Regulation reimposing the customs duties applicable to third countries for the This Regulation shall enter into force on the day whole Community until the end of the ' calendar following its publication in the Official Journal year . of the European Communities. The new Member States shall simultaneously re impose the duties provided for in Article 3 (f) of It shall be applicable as 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 I
LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION IN 1973
CCT Level of Order No heading Description Nimexe Code ceiling No (metric tons) 1 2 3 4 5
76.01 Unwrought aluminium ; aluminium waste and scrap : I ISL 1 A. Unwrought 76.01-11,15 .27 276
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 II
LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2
Commencement of supervision : 1 January 1973
CCT Order No heading Description Nimexe Code No 1 2 3 4
78.01 Unwrought lead ( including argentiferous lead ) ; lead waste and scrap : A. Unwrought : II ISL 1 II . Other 78.01 - 12,13,15,19
79.01 Unwrought zinc ; zinc waste and scrap : II ISL 2 A. Unwrought 79.01 - 11,15
II ISL 3 81.01 Tungsten (wolfram), unwrought or wrought, and articles 81.01 - all Nos . thereof
II ISL 4II ISL 4 81.0281.02 Mölybdenum, unwrought or wrought, and articles 81.02 - all Nos . thereof
II ISL 5 81.0381.03 Tantalum , unwrought or wrought 81.03 - all Nos .
81.04 Other base metals, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof ; cermets, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof : II ISL 6 B. Cadmium 81.04 - 16,18 C. Cobalt : II ISL 7 II . Other 81.04 - 23 II ISL 8 D. Chromium 81.04 - 26,28 II ISL 9 E. Germanium 81.04 - 31,33 II ISL 10 F. Hafnium ( celtium ) 81.04 - 36,38 II ISL U G. Manganese 81.04 - 41,43 II ISL 12 H. Niobium (columbium ) 81.04 - 46,48 II ISL 13 IJ. Antimony 81.04 - 51,53 II ISL 14 K. Titanium 81.04 - 56,58 II ISL 15 L. Vanadium 81.04 - 61,63 II ISL 16 M. Uranium depleted in U 235 81.04 - 69 II ISL 17 O. Zirconium 81.04 - 81,83 II ISL 18 P. Rheium 81.04 - 91,93 II ISL 19 Q. Gallium ; indium ; thallium 81.04 - 94,95 II ISL 20 R. Cermets 81.04 97,98