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REGULATION (EEC) No 3473 /73 OF THE COUNCIL of 17 December 1973

establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Portugal

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 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 Whereas an Agreement (*) between the European take, where appropriate, measures to avoid any Economic Community and the Portuguese Republic 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 and 2 of Protocol No 1 annexed to the Agreement lay down that, for imports Article 1 of certain products listed in Annex B 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 Portugal 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 and 2 and Annex B to Protocol No 1 that the Community be regularly informed of the to the Agreement between the European Economic trend of imports of the products in question Community and the Portuguese Republic shall be originating in Portugal, 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 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 these products are submitted to the customs 2 . Amounts shall be set off against the indicative authorities under cover of declarations that they have ceilings as and when products are submitted to the 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 O ) OJ No L 301 , 31 . 12. 1972, p . 10. subparagraphs .

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The Member States shall periodically inform the end, only products submitted to the customs authorities under cover of a declaration that they Commission of imports effected in accordance with 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 2 (7) of Protocol No 1 to the Agreement until the end of the Article 3 calendar year.

Article 2 For the implementation of this Regulation the Commission shall take all necessary measures in close cooperation with the Member States. During the period from 1 January 1974 until 31 December 1974, imports of the products referred to in Annex II which originate in Portugal 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

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

i 2 3 4 5

I P 1 45.02 Natural cork in blocks, plates, sheets or strips 45.02 - all Nos 1315 ( including cubes or square slabs, cut to size for corks or stoppers )

I P 2 45.03 Articles of natural cork 45.03 - all Nos 10 815

I P 3 45.04 45.04 - all Nos 11755 Agglomerated cork (being cork agglomerated with or without a binding substance) and articles of agglomerated cork

I P 4 55.05 55.05 - all Nos 8 460 Cotton yarn, not put up for retail sale

I P 5 56.07 Woven fabrics of man-made fibres ( discontinuous or 56.07 - all Nos 2 395 waste)

I P 6 57.10 Woven fabrics of jute or of other textile bast fibres of 57.10 - all Nos 3 970 heading No 57.03

I P 7 59.04 Twine, cordage, ropes and cables, plaited or not 59.04 - all Nos 8 470

I P 8 60.04 Under garments, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or 60.04 - all Nos 3 025 rubberized

I P 9 60.05 Outer garments and other articles, knitted or 60.05 - all Nos 730 crocheted, not elastic or rubberized

IP 10 61.01 Men 's and boys' outer garments 61.01 - all Nos 915

IP 11 61.02 Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments 61.02 - all Nos 280

IP 12 61.03 Men 's and boys' under garments, including collars, 61.03 - all Nos 1060 shirt fronts and cuffs

IP 13 61.04 Women 's, girls' and infants ' under garments 61.04 - all Nos 90

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ANNEX 11

LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2

CCT Order No Description Nimexe Code heading No

1 2 3 4

II P 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 P 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 P 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

II P 4 55.08 Terry towelling and similar terry fabrics, of cotton 55.08 - all Nos

II P 5 56.05 Yarn of man-made fibres ( discontinuous or waste), not put up for 56.05 - all Nos retail sale

II P 6 57.06 Yarn of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading No 57.03 57.06 - all Nos

II P 7 62.02 Bed linen, table linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen ; curtains and 62.02 - all Nos other furnishing articles

62.03 Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods : II P 8 A. Of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading No 57.03 62.03-11 , 13 , 15 , 17 B. Of other textile materials : II P 9 II . Other 62.03-95 , 96, 97, 98

II P 10 68.01 68.01 - all Nos Road and paving setts, curbs and flagstones, of natural stone (except slate)

II P 11 68.03 • Worked slate and articles of slate, including articles of agglomerated 68.03 - all Nos slate