31974R2905

No L 313 / 24 Official Journal of the European Communities 25 . 11 . 74

REGULATION (EEC) No 2905 /74 OF THE COUNCIL of 7 November 1974 establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Portugal

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , 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 Treaty establishing the it is necessary to follow the trend of imports ; European Economic Community , and in particular whereas to this end the Community should be Article 113 thereof ; empowered to take, where appropriate, measures to avoid any prejudice to industry in the Community; Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; whereas it is, therefore, desirable that imports of these products also be subjected to a system of Whereas an Agreement (*) between the European supervision , Economic Community and the Portuguese Republic was signed on 22 July 1972 ;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 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 Article 1 Agreement applies ; whereas by way of derogation from these Articles, Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol 1 annexed to the Agreement lay down that, for imports of certain products listed in Annex B to that 1 . From 1 January until 31 December 1975 Protocol , the reduction of duties shall be limited to imports of products originating in Portugal to which annual indicative ceilings are applied in accordance indicative ceilings above which the customs duties with Articles 1 and 2 and Annex B to Protocol 1 of applicable to third countries may be reintroduced ; whereas application of this last provision requires the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Portuguese Republic shall be that the Community be regularly informed of the trend of imports of the products in question subjected to Community supervision . originating in Portugal , whereas it is , therefore, desirable that imports of these products be subjected The description of the products referred to in the to a system of supervision ; preceding subparagraph, their tariff headings and statistic numbers and the levels of the indicative Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of ceilings are given in Annex I. an administrative procedure based on setting off imports of the products in question against the 2. Amounts shall be set off against the indicative indicative ceilings at Community level, as and when ceilings as and when products are submitted to the these products are submitted to the customs customs authorities under cover of a declaration that authorities under cover of declarations that they they have been made available for consumption and have been made available for consumption ; whereas accompanied by a movement certificate conforming this administrative procedure must make provision to the rules contained in Protocol 3 of the for the reintroduction of customs tariff duties as Agreement referred to in paragraph 1 . soon as the ceilings have been reached at Community level ; Goods shall be set off against the indicative ceiling only if the movement certificate has been submitted Whereas this administrative procedure requires close before the date on which customs duties are and particularly rapid cooperation between the reimposed . Member States and the Commission ; whereas the latter must, in particular, be able to follow the progress of amounts " set off against the indicative The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at ceilings and keep the Member States informed ; Community level on the basis of imports set off whereas this cooperation must be all the closer since against it in the manner defined in the preceding the Commission must be able to take adequate subparagraphs . measures to reintroduce customs tariff duties whenever one of the ceilings has been reached ; The Member States shall periodically inform the Commission of imports effected in accordance with (!) OJ No L 301 , 31 . 12 . 1972 , p. 10 . the above rules .

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3 . As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the have been made available for consumption and Commission may issue a regulation reimposing the accompanied by a movement certificate conforming customs duties provided for in Article 2 (7) of to the rules contained in Protocol 3 of the Protocol 1 of the Agreement until the end of the Agreement referred to in Article 1 shall be taken into calendar year. consideration .

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During the period from 1 January until 31 December For the implementation of this Regulation the 1975 , imports of the products referred to in Annex II Commission shall take all necessary measures in which originate in Portugal shall be subjected to close cooperation with the Member States. Community supervision.

The Member States shall periodically inform the Article 4 Commission of imports of these products ; to this end, only products submitted to the customs This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January authorities under cover of a declaration that they 1975 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 7 November 1974.

For the Council The President A. JARROT

No L 313 / 26 Official Journal of the European Communities 25 . 11 . 74

ANNEX 1

LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION IN 1975

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

1 2 3 4 5

IP 1 45.02 Natural cork in blocks, plates, sheets or strips 45.02-all Nos 1 354 ( 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 11 139

I P 3 45.04 Agglomerated cork (being cork agglomerated 45.04-all Nos 12 108 with or without a binding substance) and articles of agglomerated cork

I P 4 55.05 Cotton yarn, not put up for retail sale 55.05-all Nos 8 883

I P 5 56.07 Woven fabrics of man-made fibres 5 6 .07 - all Nos 2 515 ( discontinuous or waste)

I P 6 57.10 Woven fabrics of jute or of other textile bast 57.10-all Nos 4 168 fibres of heading No 57.03

I P 7 59.04 59.04-all Nos 8 893 Twine, cordage, ropes and cables, plaited or not

I P 8 60.04 Under garments, knitted or crocheted, not 60.04-all Nos 3 176 elastic nor rubberized

I P 9 60.05 Outer garments and other articles, knitted or 60.05-all Nos 766 crocheted, not elastic nor rubberized

I P 10 61.01 Men's and boys' outer garments 61.01-all Nos 961

I P 11 61.02 Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments 61.02-all Nos 294

I P 12 61.03 Men's and boys' under garments, including 61.03-all Nos 1 113 collars, shirt fronts and cuffs

I P 13 61.04 Women's, girls' and infants' under garments 61.04-all Nos 94

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ANNEX U

LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2

Order CCT Description Nimexe Code No heading No

1 I 2 I 3 I 4

II P 1 44.15 Plywood, blockboard, laminboard, battenboard and similar 44.15-all Nos laminated 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 5 6 .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 : IIP 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 Road and paving setts, curbs and flagstones, of natural stone 68.01 - all Nos ( except slate)

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