31973R3470

No L 356 /36 Official Journal of the European Communities 27 . 12 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 3470/73 OF THE COUNCIL

of 17 December 1973 establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Finland

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , measures to reintroduce customs tariff duties whenever one of the ceilings has been reached,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Whereas, for the products which, in accordance with European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 2 and 3 of the Agreement, are subject to the Article 113 thereof; normal timetable for the abolition of customs duties it is necessary to follow the trend of imports, whereas Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; to this end the Community should be empowered to take, where appropriate, measures to avoid any Whereas an Agreement (*) between the European prejudice to industry in the Community and whereas Economic Community and the Republic of Finland it is, therefore, desirable that imports of these was signed on 5 October 1973 ; 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 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : duties in respect of the products to which the Agreement applies ; whereas by way of derogation from these Articles, Articles 1 , 2 and 3 of Protocol Article 1 No 1 annexed to the Agreement lay down that, for imports of certain products listed in Annex C to that Protocol, the reduction of duties shall be limited to indicative ceilings above which the customs duties 1 . From 1 January 1974 to 31 December 1974, applicable to third countries may be reintroduced ; imports of products originating in Finland to which whereas application of this last provision requires annual indicative ceilings are applied in accordance that the Community be regularly informed of the with Articles 1 , 2 and 3 and Annex C to Protocol No 1 to the Agreement between the European Economic trend of imports of the products in question Community and the Republic of Finland shall be originating in Finland ; 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 Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of preceding subparagraph, their tariff headings and an administrative procedure based on setting off statistic numbers and the levels of the indicative imports of the products in question against the ceilings are given in Annex I. indicative ceilings at Community level, as and when these products are submitted to the customs authorities under cover of declarations that they have 2. Amounts shall be set off against the indicative been made available for consumption ; whereas this ceilings as and when products are submitted to the administrative procedure must make provision for the customs authorities under cover of a declaration that reintroduction of customs tariff duties as soon as the they hjive been made available for consumption and ceilings have been reached at Community level ; accompanied by a movement certificate conforming to the rules contained in Protocol No 3 to the Whereas this administrative procedure requires close Agreement referred to in paragraph 1 . and particularly rapid cooperation between the Member States and the Commission and whereas the Goods shall be set off against the indicative ceiling latter must, in particular, be able to follow the only if the movement certificate has been submitted progress of amounts set off against the indicative before the date on which customs duties are ceilings and keep the Member States informed ; reimposed . whereas this cooperation must be all the closer since the Commission must be able to take adequate 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 I 1 ) OJ No L 328 , 28 . 11 . 1973 , p . 2 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 Finland shall be Article 4 subjected to Community supervision.

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

L N0RGAARD

No L 356 /38 Official Journal of the European Communities 27 . 12 . 73

ANNEX I LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION IN 1974

CCT Level Order No heading No Description Nimexe Code of ceiling — 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 SF 1 219 970 — Kraft liner ( a) 48.01-15, 21, 31

I SF 2 151 796 — Kraft paper for large bags ( a) 48.01-16, 23

I SF 3 — Other 156 453 48.01-08 , 09, 11 , 12, 13 , 17, 19 , 25 , 26, 27, 28 , 29 , 33

ex E. Other :

I SF 4 48.01-58 , 61 , 62, 66 28 782 — Bible paper (India paper), copying 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 SF 5 48.01-64 , 68 362 219 — Printing paper and writing paper, containing mechanical wood pulp ( a), excluding copying tissue

I SF 6 48.01-75 238 350 — Fluting paper for corrugated paperboard ( a)

I SF 7 48.01-71 , 73 15 688. — Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes ( a)

I SF 8 48.01-41, 43, 45, 52 , 53 , 188 108 — Other, excluding cellulose wadding and tissues 54, 55 , 56, 77, 82, 84, 86, 88, 91 , 93 , 95,97

I SF 9 48.03 Parchment or greaseproof paper and paperboard, 48.03 - all Nos 11093 and imitations thereof, and glazed transparent paper, 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 SF 10 B. Other 40 880 48.05-21 , 29, 30, 50, 80

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

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

1 2 3 4 5

48.07 Paper and paperboard, impregnated, coated, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed (not being merely rules, lined or squared and not constituting printed matter within Chapter 49), in rolls or sheets : B. Other : I SF 11 48.07-57, 58 , 59 39 522 — Coated printing or writing paper I SF 12 — Other 48.07-55, 56, 64, 65 , 66, 156 893 68, 70, 81 , 85 , 91 , 97, 99

48.15 Other paper and paperboard, cut to size or shape : I SF 13 B. Other 48.15-10, 21, 29, 30, 40, 12 435 50, 61 , 65, 95 , 99

. 73.02 Ferro-alloys : I SF 14 E. Ferro-chromium and ferro-silico-chromium 73.02-51, 55 10 245

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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 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 .

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ANNEX 11

LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2

COMMENCEMENT OF SUPERVISION : 1 JANUARY 1973

CCT Order No heading No Description Nimexe Code

1 2 3 ' 4

II SF 1 44.15 Plywood, blockboard, laminboard, battenboard and similar laminated 44.15 - all Nos wood products (including veneered panels and sheets); inlaid wood and wood marquetry

II SF 2 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 SF 3 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 SF 4 B. Regenerated textile fibres 56.01-21 , 23 , 25, 29

56.02 Continuous filament tow for the manufacture of man-made fibres ( discontinuous): II SF 5 B. Of regenerated textile fibres 56.02-21 , 23 , 25 , 29

II SF 6 74.03 Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections , of copper ; copper 74.03 - all Nos wire

II SF 7 74.04 Wrought plates, sheets and strips, of copper 74.04 - all Nos f II SF 8 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 SF 9 74.06 Copper powders and flakes 74.06 - all Nos

II SF 10 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 SF 11 II. Other 78.01-12, 13, 15, 19

79.01 Unwrought zinc ; zinc waste and scrap : II SF 12 A. Unwrought 79.01-11 , 15

II SF 13 81.01 Tungsten ( wolfram ), unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof 81.01 - all Nos

II SF 14 81.02 Molybdenum, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof 81.02 - all Nos

II SF 15 81.03 81.03 - all Nos Tantalum, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof

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CCT Order No heading No Description Nimexe Code

1 2 3 4

81.04 Other base metals, unwrought or wrought, cermets, unwrought or wrought : II SF 16 B. Cadmium 81.04-16, 18 C. Cobalt : II SF 17 II. Wrought 81.04-23 II SF 18 D. Chromium 81.04-26, 28 II SF 19 E. Germanium 81.04-31 , 33 II SF 20 F. Hafnium (celtium) 81.04-36, 38 II SF 21 G. Manganese 81.04-41 , 43 II SF 22 H. Niobium (columbium) 81.04-46, 48 II SF 23 IJ. Antimony 81.04-51, 53 II SF 24 K. Titanium 81.04-56, 58 II SF 25 L. Vanadium 81.04-61, 63 II SF 26 M. Uranium depleted in U 235 81.04-69 II SF 27 O. Zirconium 81.04-81, 83 II SF 28 . P. Rhenium 81.04-91, 93 II SF 29 Q. Gallium ; indium ; thallium 81.04-94, 95 II SF 30 R. Cermets 81.04-97, 98