31973R3472
No L 356 /46 27 . 12 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities
REGULATION (EEC) No 3472/73 OF THE COUNCIL
of 17 December 1973 establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Norway
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , the Commission must be able to take adequate measures to reintroduce customs tariff duties whenever one of the ceilings has been reached ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and in particular Whereas , for the products which , in accordance with Article 113 thereof ; Articles 2 and 3 of the Agreement, are subject to the normal timetable for the abolition of customs duties Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; it is necessary to follow the trend of imports ; whereas to this end the Community should be empowered to take measures, where appropriate, to avoid any Whereas an Agreement (*) between the European prejudice to industry in the Community and whereas Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway it is, therefore, desirable that imports of these was signed on 14 May 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 1 . From 1 January 1974 to 31 December 1974, indicative ceilings above which the customs duties imports of products originating in Norway to which applicable to third countries may be reintroduced ; annual indicative ceilings are applied in accordancc whereas application of this last provision requires with Articles 1 , 2, 3 and 4 and Annex C to Protocol that the Community be regularly informed of the No 1 to the Agreement between the European trend of imports of the products in question Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway originating in Norway ; whereas it is, therefore, shall be 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 subparagraph, 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 administrative procedure must make provision for the they have been made available for consumption and 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 arc 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 ; whereas this cooperation must be all the closer since 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 171 , 27. 6. 1973 , p . 2. subparagraphs .
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The Member States shall periodically inform the authorities under cover of a declaration that they Commission of imports effected in accordance with have been made available for consumption and the above rules . 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 4 (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 Norway are subjected to Community supervision . Article 4 The Member States shall periodically inform the Commission of imports of these products ; to this This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1974 . end, only products submitted to the customs
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 I
LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION IN 1974
CCT Level Order No Description Nimexe Code of ceiling heading No — metric tons —
1 2 3 4 5
28.56 Carbides ( for example, silicon carbide, boron carbide, metal carbides): I N 1 A. Of silicon 28.56-10 36 225
48.01 Paper and paperboard ( including cellulose wad ding), machine-made, in rolls or sheets : C. Kraft paper and kraft board : II . Other : I N 2 — Kraft liner ( a ) 48.01-15, 21, 31 15 750 I N 3 — Kraft paper for large bags ( a) 48.01-16, 23 29 925 I N 4 — Other 28 350 48.01-08, 09, 11, 12, 13 , 17, 19, 25 , 26, 27, 28 , 29, 33 ex E. Other : I N 5 — Bible paper ( India paper), copying 48.01-58 , 61 , 62, 66 36 750 tissue ; other printing paper and other writing paper, not containing mecha nical wood pulp or in which mecha nical wood pulp does not represent more than 5 % ( a) I N 6 — Printing paper and writing paper, 48.01-64 , 68 119 700 containing mechanical wood pulp ( a), excluding copying tissue I N 7 — Fluting paper for corrugated paper 48.01-75 45 675 board ( a) I N 8 — Sulphite paper for wrapping pur 48.01-71, 73 21 000 poses ( a) I N 9 — Other, excluding cellulose wadding 48.01-41 , 43 , 45 , 52, 53 , 34 650 and tissues 54, 55 , 56, 77, 82, 84, 86, 88, 91, 93 , 95,97 IN 10 48.03 Parchment or greaseproof paper and paperboard, 48.03 - all Nos 22 050 and imitations thereof, and glazed transparent paper, in rolls or sheets
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 : IN 11 — Other, excluding coated printing or 48.07-55 , 56, 64, 65 , 66, 23 100 writing paper 68, 70, 81, 85, 91 , 97. 99
( 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
73.02 Ferro-alloys : A. Ferro-manganese : IN 12 73.02-19, 40 141 750 II . Other D. Ferro-silico-manganese IN 13 C. Ferro-silicon 73.02-30 189 000 IN 14 E. Ferro-chromium and ferro-silico-chromium 73.02-51, 55 24 150 G. Other : IN 15 — Ferro-vanadium 73.02-83 514 IN 16 — Other, excluding ferro-molybdenum 73.02-60, 70, 98 11550
Unwrought aluminium ; aluminium waste and scrap : IN 17 76.01 A. Unwrought 76.01-11 , 15 195 700 IN 18 76.02 Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, 76.02 - all Nos 12 600 of aluminium; aluminium wire
IN 19 76.03 Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of aluminium, 76.03 - all Nos 18 900 of a thickness not exceeding 0.20 mm
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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 .
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ANNEX 11
LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2
CCT Order Np Description Nimexe Code heading No
1 2 3 4
28.04 Hydrogen , rare gases and other non-metals : C. Other non-metals : II N 1 ex V. Silicon 28.04-93 , 95
II N 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 N 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
48.05 Paper and paperboard, corrugated (with or without flat surface sheets), creped, crinkled, embossed or perforated, in rolls or sheets : II N 4 B. Other 48.05-21 , 29, 30, 50, 80
II N 5 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 N 6 56.01-21 , 23 , 25 , 29 B. Regenerated textile fibres
56.02 Continuous filament tow for the manufacture of man-made fibres ( discontinuous): II N 7 56.02-21 , 23 , 25, 29 B. Of regenerated textile fibres
II N 8 74.03 74.03 - all Nos Wrought bars , rods, angles, shapes and sections, of copper ; copper wire
II N 9 74.04 74.04 - all Nos Wrought plates, sheets and strip , of copper
II N 10 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 Nil 74.06 74.06 - all Nos Copper powder and flakes
II N 12 74.07 74.07 - all Nos Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of copper ; hollow bars of copper
78.01 Unwrought lead ( including argentiforous lead ); lead waste and scrap : A. Unwrought : II N 13 II . Other . 78.01-12, 13 , 15 , 19
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CCT Order No Description Nimexe Code heading No
1 2 3 4
79.01 Unwrought zinc ; zinc waste and scrap : UN 14 A. Unwrought 79.01-11 , 15
UN 15 81.01 Tungsten (wolfram ), unwrought or wrought and articles thereof 81.01 - all Nos
UN 16 81.02 Molybdenum, unwrought or wrought and articles -thereof 81.02 - all Nos
UN 17 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 : UN 18 B. Cadmium 81.04-16, 18 UN 19 C. Cobalt : II . Other 81.04-23 II N 20 D. Chromium 81.04-26, 28 UN 21 E. Germanium 81.04-31 , 33 UN 22 F. Hafnium (celtium) 81.04-36, 38 UN 23 G. Manganese 81.04-41 , 43 UN 24 H. Niobium (columbium) 81.04-46, 48 UN 25 IJ. Antimony 81.04-51, 53 II N 26 K. Titanium 81.04-56, 58 UN 27 L. Vanadium 81.04-61, 63 UN 28 M. Uranium depleted in U 235 81.04-69 UN 29 O. Zirconium 81.04-81 , 83 UN 30 P. Rhenium 81.04-91 , 93 II N 31 Q. Gallium ; indium ; thallium 81.04-94, 95 II N 32 R. Cermets 81.04-97, 98