31975R1626

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REGULATION ( EEC) No 1626/75 OF THE COUNCIL of 26 June 1975 establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Israel

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN since the Agreement is to enter into force on 1 July COMMUNITIES, 1975, the provision relating to pro rata application is operative ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 Whereas the trend of imports of certain products not thereof ; subject to ceilings should also be followed ; whereas it is therefore desirable that imports of such products Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; should also be subjected to a system of supervision,

Whereas Article 2 of the Agreement ( x ) between the European Economic Community and the State of Israel, signed on 11 May 1975, and Articles 1 and 2 of HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Protocol 1 annexed thereto make provision for the progressive abolition of customs duties in respect of the products to which the Agreement applies ; Article 1 whereas by way of derogation from these Articles, Article 5 of that Protocol provides that for imports of 1 . From 1 July until 31 December 1975, imports of certain products listed in Annex B to that Protocol products originating in Israel to which annual ceilings the reduction of duties shall be limited to ceilings are applied in accordance with Article 5 and Annex B above which the customs duties applicable to third to Protocol 1 to the Agreement between the European countries may be re-introduced ; whereas, however, Economic Community and the State of Israel shall be the Community may suspend totally or partially the subjected to Community supervision . application of such ceilings ; whereas the application of ceilings requires that the Community be regularly The description of the products referred to in the first informed of the trend of imports of the products in paragraph , their tariff headings and statistic numbers question originating in Israel ; whereas it is, therefore, and the levels of the ceilings are given in Annex I. desirable that imports of these products be subjected to a system of supervision ; 2 . Amounts shall be set off against the ceilings as and when products are submitted to the customs Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of authorities under cover of a declaration that they have an administrative procedure based on setting off been made available for consumption and accompa­ imports of the products in question against the ceil­ nied by a movement certificate conforming to the ings at Community level , as and when these products are submitted to the customs authorities under cover rules contained in Protocol 3 to the Agreement referred to in paragraph 1 . of declarations that they have been made available for consumption ; whereas this administrative procedure Goods shall be set off against the ceiling only if the must make provision for the re-introduction of movement certificate has been submitted before the customs tariff duties as soon as the ceilings have been date on which customs duties are re-imposed. reached at Community level ;

The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at Whereas this administrative procedure requires close and particularly rapid cooperation between the Community level on the basis of imports set off Member States and the Commission ; whereas the against it in the manner defined in the preceding latter must, in particular, be able to follow the subparagraphs . progress of amounts set off against the ceilings and The Member States shall inform the Commission at keep the Member States informed ; whereas this coop­ eration must be all the closer since the Commission the intervals and within the time limits specified in must be able to take adequate measures to re-intro­ paragraph 4 of any imports effected in accordance duce customs tariff duties whenever one of the ceil­ with the above rules . ings has been reached ; 3 . As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the Whereas the amounts referred to in Annex B to the Commission may issue a Regulation re-imposing the said Protocol are annual ceilings ; whereas, however, customs duties specified in Articles 2 and 5 (6) of Protocol 1 to the Agreement until the end of the (') OJ No L 136, 28 . 5 . 197.5 , p. 3 . calendar year.

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4. Member States shall forward to the Commission the preceding month ; only products submitted to the not later than the fifteenth day of each month state­ customs authorities under cover of a declaration that ments of the amounts set off during the preceding they are to be made available for consumption and month . They shall, if the Commission so requests, accompanied by a movement certificate conforming make up such statements for periods of 10 days and to the rules contained in Protocol 3 to the Agreement forward them within five clear days of expiry of the referred to in Article 1 shall be taken into considera­ preceding 10-day period. tion for this purpose.

Article 2 Article 3 During the period from 1 July 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 close which originate in Israel shall be subjected to Commu­ cooperation with the Member States. nity supervision .

Member States shall forward to the Commission not Article 4 later than the tenth day of each month statements of imports of the products in question effected during This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1975.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 26 June 1975. For the Council

The President

P. BARRY

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ANNEX 1

List of products subject to ceilings upon importation in 1975

Level of CCT Order No Description Nimexe code ceiling heading Nc ( metric tons)

1 2 3 4 5 l

27.10 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude ; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing not less than 70 °/o by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations :

A. Light oils :

III . For other purposes 27.10 to 15 , 17,21,25,29 B. Medium oils : III . For other purposes 27.10 to 34 , 38 , 39

C. Heavy oils : I. Gas oil c ) For other purposes 27.10 to 59 II . Fuel oil : c) For other purposes 27.10 to 69 III . Lubricating oils ; other oils : c) To be mixed in accordance with the terms of Additional Note 7 to this Chapter ( a ) 27.10 to 75 d ) For other purposes 27.10 to 79 i I

27.11 Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons :

A. Propane of a purity not less than 99 % : I IL 1 300 000 I. For use as power or heating fuel 27.11 to 05

B. Other : I. Commercial propane and commercial butane : c) For other purposes 27.11 to 19

27.12 Petroleum jelly :

A. Crude : III . For other purposes 27.12 to 19

B. Other 27.12 to 90

27.13 Paraffin wax, micro-crystalline wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax and other mineral waxes, whether or not coloured :

B. Other : I. Crude : c ) For other purposes 27.13 to 89 II . Other 27.13 to 90

27.14 Petroleum bitumen , petroleum coke and other residues of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals :

C. Other : II . Other 27.14 to 99

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CCT Level of Order No Description Nimexe code ceiling heading No ( metric tons) . 1 2 3 4 5

I IL 2 29.02 Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons :

A. Halogenated derivatives of acrylic hydrocarbons : III . Bromides and polybromides 29.02 to 40 900

I IL 3 42.03 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of composition leather :

B. Gloves , including mittens and mitts 42.03 to 21 , 25 , 27 , 28 1-5

I IL 4 55.05 Cotton yarn , not put up for retail sale 55.05 — 450 all Nos I IL 5 55.09 Other woven fabrics of cotton 55.09 — 200 all Nos TIL 6 60.03 Stockings, under stockings , socks, ankle-socks , sockettes 60.03 — 50 and the like, knitted or crocheted , not elastic or all Nos rubberized

I IL 7 60.05 Outer garments and other articles, knitted or crocheted, 60.05 — 225 not elastic or rubberized all Nos

( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .

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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

II IL 1 28.01 Halogens (fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine ) :

C. Bromine 28.01 to 50 II IL 2 28.10 28.10 to 00 Phosphorus pentoxyde and phosphoric acids (meta-, ortho- and pyro-) II IL 3 28.33 28.33 to 00 Bromides, oxybromides, bromates and perbromates , and hypo­ bromites II IL 4 28.40 Phosphites, hypophosphites and phosphates :

B. Phosphates : II . Other, including polyphosphates 28.40 to 50, 62, 65 , 71 , 79, 81 , 85 II IL 5 29.16 Carboxylic acids with alcohol, phenol, aldehyde or ketone function and other single or complex oxygen-function carboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peracids, and their halo,genated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosatea derivatives :

A. Carboxylic acids with alcohol function : IV . Citric acid and its salts and esters 29.16 to 21 , 23 , 29

II IL 6 31.03 Mineral or chemical fertilizers, phosphatic :

A. Mentioned in Note 2 ( A ) to Chapter 31 : I. Superphosphates 31.03 to 15 II IL 7 39.02 Polymerization and copolymerization products (for example, poly­ ethylene, polytetrahaloethylenes, polyisobutylene, polystyrene, poly­ vinyl chloride, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl chloroacetate and other polyvinyl derivatives, polyacrylic and polymethacrylic derivatives, coumarone-indene ( resins) :

C. Other : VII . Polyvinyl chloride 39.02 to 52, 53 , 55 , 56 , 58 , 62 , 64 , 66 II IL 8 42.02 Travel goods (for example, trunks, suitcases, hat boxes, travelling bags, rucksacks), shopping-bags, handbags, satchels, brief-cases, wallets, purses, toilet-cases, tool-cases, tobacco-pouches, sheaths, cases, boxes (for example, for arms, musical instruments, binoculars, jewellery, bottles, collars, footwear, brushes ) and similar containers, of leather or of composition leather, of vulcanized fibre, of artificial plastic sheeting, of paperboard or of textile fabric :

ex B. Of other materials : — Of leather 42.02 to ex 21 , ex 31 , ex 41 , ex 51 , ex 81 II IL 9 42.03 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of com­ position leather :

A. Articles of apparel 42.03 to 10

C. Other clothing accessories 42.03 to 51 , 59

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CCT Order No Description Nimexe code heading No

1 2 3 4

II IL 10 51.04 Woven fabrics of man-made fibres ( continuous), including woven 51.04 — fabrics of monofil or strip of heading No 51.01 or 51.02 all Nos

II IL 11 56.05 Yarn of man-made fibres ( discontinuous or waste ), not put up for 56.05 — retail sale all Nos

II IL 12 56.07 Woven fabrics of man-made fibres ( discontinuous or waste) 56.07 — all Nos II IL 13 70.05 Unworked drawn or blown glass ( including flashed glass), in rect­ 70.05 — angles all Nos

II IL 14 76.03 Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of aluminium 76.03 — all Nos