31973R3469
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REGULATION (EEC) No 3469/73 OF THE COUNCIL
of 17 December 1973
establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Austria
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, for the products which, in accordance with Articles 2 and 3 of the Agreement, are subject to the Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; normal timetable for the abolition of customs duties it is necessary to follow the trend of imports ; whereas to this end the Community should be empowered to Whereas an Agreement ( 1 ) between the European take, where appropriate, measures to avoid any Economic Community and the Republic of Austria prejudice to industry in the Community and whereas was signed on 22 July 1972 ; it is, therefore, desirable that imports of these products also be subjected to a system of supervision, Whereas Articles 2 and 3 of that Agreement make provision for the progressive abolition of customs duties in respect of the products to which the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Agreement applies ; whereas by way of derogation from these Articles, Articles 1 , 2 and 3 of Protocol No 1 annexed to the Agreement lay down that, for Article 1 imports of certain products listed in Annex C to that Protocol, the reduction of duties shall be limited to 1 . From 1 January 1974 to 31 December 1974, indicative ceilings above which the customs duties imports of products originating in Austria to which applicable to third countries may be reintroduced ; annual indicative ceilings are applied in accordance whereas application of this last provision requires with Articles 1 , 2 and 3 and Annex C to Protocol No that the Community be regularly informed of the 1 to the Agreement between the European Economic trend of imports of the products in question Community and the Republic of Austria shall be originating in Austria ; whereas it is, therefore, subjected to Community supervision. desirable that imports of these products be subjected to a system of supervision ; The description of the products referred to in the preceding subparagraphs, their tariff headings and Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of statistic numbers and the levels of the indicative an administrative procedure based on setting off ceilings are given in Annex I. imports of the products in question against the indicative ceilings at Community level, as and when 2. Amounts shall be set off against the indicative these products are submitted to the customs ceilings as and when products are submitted to the authorities under cover of declarations that they have customs authorities under cover of a declaration that been made available for consumption ; whereas this they have been made available for consumption and administrative procedure must make provision for the reintroduction of customs tariff duties as soon as the accompanied by a movement certificate conforming to the rules contained in Protocol No 3 to the ceilings have been reached at Community level ; Agreement referred to in paragraph 1 .
Whereas this administrative procedure requires close Goods shall be set off against the indicative ceiling and particularly rapid cooperation between the only if the movement certificate has been submitted Member States and the Commission and whereas the before the date on which customs duties are latter must, in particular, be able to follow the reimposed. progress of amounts set off against the indicative ceilings and keep the Member States informed ; The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at Community level on the basis of imports set off against it in the manner defined in the preceding (* OJ No L 300, 31 . 12 . 1972, p . 1 . subparagraphs .
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The Member States shall periodically inform the end, only products submitted to the customs Commission of imports effected in accordance with authorities under cover of a declaration that they the above rules . have been made available for consumption and accompanied by a movement certificate conforming to the rules contained in Protocol No 3 to the 3 . As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the Agreement referred to in Article 1 shall be taken into Commission may issue a regulation reimposing the consideration . customs duties provided for in Article 3 (f) of Protocol No 1 to the Agreement until the end of the calendar year. Article 3
Article 2 For the implementation of this Regulation the Commission shall take all necessary measures in close During the period from 1 January 1974 until 31 cooperation with the Member States. December 1974, imports of the products referred to in Annex II which originate in Austria shall be subjected to Community supervision . Article 4
The Member States shall periodically inform the This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January Commission of imports of these products ; to this 1974 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 17 December 1973 .
For the Council
The President
I. N0RGAARD
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ANNEX 1
LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION IN 1974
Level CCT Order 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 : ex II . Other : I A 1 48.01-08, 09, 11 , 12, 13 , 14 696 — Excluding kraft liner ( a) and kraft paper for large bags ( a) 17, 19, 25, 26, 27, 28 , 29, 33 ex E. Other : I A 2 — Bible paper ( India paper), copying 48.01-58, 61 , 62, 66 57 735 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 A 3 — Printing paper and writing paper 48.01-64, 68 51450 containing mechanical wood pulp ( a ), excluding copying tissue I A 4 — Other, excluding cellulose wadding, 48.01-41, 43, 45, 52, 53 , 22 999 tissues, fluting paper for corrugated 54, 55 , 56, 77, 82, paperboard ( a ) and sulphite paper for 84, 86, 88, 91 , 93 , wrapping purposes ( a) 95 , 97
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 A 5 48.07-57, 58 , 59 31493 — Coated printing or writing paper I A 6 — Other 48.07-55 , 56, 64, 65 , 66, 11508 68 , 70, 81 , 85 , 91 , 97, 99
48.15 Other paper and paperboard, cut to size or shape : I A 7 B. Other 48.15-10, 21 , 29, 30, 40, 16 169 50, 61 , 65 , 95 , 99
73.02 Ferro-alloys : ex G. Other : I A 8 — Ferro-molybdenum 73.02-81 254 I A 9 — Ferro-vanadium 73.02-83 525
( a) Subject to compliance with the definitions in fine .
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Level CCT Order No Description Nimexe Code of ceiling heading No metric tons
1 2 3 4 5
73.15 Alloy steel and high-carbon steel in the forms mentioned in : heading Nos 73.06 to 73.14
I A 10 73.61-10, 20, 50, 90 7 007 A. High carbon steel 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
B. Alloy steel : I All — Stainless or refractory (a) 73.71-13, 23, 53, 93 16 209 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 A 12 — High-speed ( a) 73.71-14 , 24, 54, 94 3 360 (J ) 73.73-14, 24, 34, 54 73.74-54 73.75-24, 34, 44, 54, 64, 84 73.76-14 I A 13 — Other 51 221 73.71-19, 21,29, 55,56, 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
76.01 Unwrought aluminium ; aluminium waste and scrap : I A 14 A. Unwrought 76.01-11 , 15 30 339
( a) Subject to compliance with the definitions in fine . (1 ) Including products covered by the ECSC Treaty .
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DEFINITIONS
ex 48.01 C II Kraftliner
' Kraftliner' means machine-finished or machine-glazed paper or paperboard, in rolls, containing not less than 80 % of chemical sulphate softwood pulp calculated on total fibre content, -weighing more than 110 g/m2 and having a Mullen burst ratio of not less than 35 .
ex 48.01 C II Kraft paper for large sacks
' Kraft paper for large sacks' means machine-finished paper, in rolls, containing not less than 80 % 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 4.5 % in the cross direction and of more than 2 % in the machine direction .
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 % of mechanical wood pulp' means paper other than machine-glazed, used for printing or writing, which contains not more than 5 % of mechanical 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' means, 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' means paper, in rolls, containing not less than 65 % 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' means machine-glazed paper, containing more than 40 % of chemical bisulphite wood pulp, calculated on total fibre content, having an ash content of not more than 8 % and having a Mullen burst ratio of not less than 15 .
ex 73.15 B Alloy steel, stainless or heat-resisting
'Alloy steel, stainless or heat-resisting' means 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 alloy steel
'High-speed alloy steel' means alloy steel containing, with or without other alloy elements, at least two of the following three elements : tungsten (wolfram ), molybdenum and vanadium with a total content, by weight, of not less than 7 % of these elements taken together, and containing more than 0.6 % by weight, of carbon.
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ANNEX II
LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2
CCT Order No . Description Nimexe Code heading No
1 2 3 4
28.04 Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals : C. Other non-metals : II A 1 ex V. Silicon 28.04-93 , 95
II A 2 44.15 44.15 - all Nos Plywood, blockboard, laminboard, battenboard and similar laminated wood products (including veneered panels and sheets); inlaid wood and wood marquetry
II A 3 44.18 44.18 - all Nos Reconstituted wood, being wood shavings, wood chips, sawdust, wood flour or other ligneous waste agglomerated with natural or artifical resins or other organic binding substances, in sheets, blocks or the like
II A 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
56.01 Man-made fibres ( discontinuous), not carded, combed or otherwise prepared for spinning: II A 5 B. Regenerated textile fibres 56.01-21, 23, 25, 29
56.02 Continuous filament tow for the manufacture of man-made fibres : II A 6 B. Of regenerated textile fibres 56.02-21 , 23 , 25 , 29
II A 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 or artificial abrasives, or of pottery
II A 8 68.06 68.06 - all Nos Natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain , on a base of woven fabric, of paper, of paperboard or of other materials, whether or not cut to shape or sewn or otherwise made up
II A 9 68.08 68.08 - all Nos Articles of asphalt or of similar material ( for example, of petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch)
II A 10 68.16 Articles of stone or of other mineral substances (including articles of 68.16 - all Nos peat), not elsewhere specified or included
II A 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 A 12 74.03 74.03 - all Nos Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections of copper ; copper wire
II A 13 74.04 74.04 - all Nos Wrought plates, sheets and strips, of copper, of a thickness ( excluding any backing) exceeding 0.15 mm
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CCT Order No Description Nimexe Code heading No
1 2 3 4
II A 14 74.05 74.05 - all Nos Copper foil (whether or not embossed, cut to shape, perforated, coated, printed or backed with paper or other reinforcing material), of a thickness (excluding any backing ) not exceeding 0.15 mm
II A 15 74.06 74.06 - all Nos Copper powder and flakes
II A 16 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 A 17 II . Other 78.01-12, 13 , 15 , 19
79.01 Unwrought zinc ; zinc waste and scrap : II A 18 A. Unwrought 79.01-11 , 15
II A 19 81.01 81.01 - all Nos Tungsten (wolfram), unwrought or wrought and articles thereof
II A 20 81.02 Molybdenum, unwrought or wrought and articles thereof 81.02 - all Nos
II A 21 81.03 Tantalum , unwrought or wrought and articles thereof 81.03 - all Nos
81.04 Other base metals, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof; unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof: II A 22 B. Cadmium 81.04-16, 18 C. Cobalt : II A 23 II . Other 81.04-23 II A 24 D. Chromium 81.04-26, 28 II A 25 E. Germanium 81.04-31, 39 II A 26 F. Hafnium ( celtium) 81.04-36, 38
II A 27 G. Manganese 81.04-41 , 43 . II A 28 H. Niobium (columbium ) 81.04-46, 48 / II A 29 IJ. Antimony 81.04-51, 53 II A 30 K. Titanium 81.04-56, 58 II A 31 L. Vanadium 81.04-61 , 63 II A 32 M. Uranium depleted in U 235 81.04-69
II A 33 O. Zirconium 81.04-81 , 83 II A 34 P. Rhenium 81.04-91 , 93 II A 35 Q. Gallium ; indium ; thallium 81.04-94, 95
II A 36 R. Cermets 81.04-97, 98
85.24 Carbon brushes, arc-lamp carbons, battery carbons, carbon electrodes and other carbon articles of a kind used for electrical purposes : II A 37 85.24-10 A. Electrodes for electrolysis installations