31976R0090

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 90/76 of 20 January 1976

establishing indicative ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain products originating in Norway ( 1976)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , the reintroduction of customs tariff duties as soon as the ceilings have been reached at Community level ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ Whereas this administrative procedure requires close pean Economic Community, and in particular and particularly rapid cooperation between the Article 113 thereof, Member States and the Commission ; whereas the latter must, in particular, be able to follow the pro­ Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, gress of amounts set off against the indicative ceilings and keep the Member States informed ; whereas this cooperation must be all the closer since the Com­ Whereas an Agreement between the European mission must be able to take adequate measures to Economic Community and the Kingdom of Nor­ re-introduce customs tariff duties whenever one of the way i 1) was signed on 14 May 1973 ; ceilings has been reached ;

Whereas Articles 1 , 2 and 3 of Protocol 1 annexed to Whereas the trend of imports should be followed this Agreement make provision for a specific time­ for certain products for which, under Article 4 of table for the progressive abolition of customs duties Protocol 1 , the Community has suspended the in respect of the products to which the Agreement application of ceilings and for products which are applies ; whereas under Article 4 of that Protocol the not subject to the ceiling system ; whereas it is there­ imports of these products are limited to annual fore desirable that imports of such products should indicative ceilings above which the customs duties be subject to supervision, applicable to third countries may be re-introduced; whereas , however, under Article 4 (b ) the Community has to suspend the application of certain ceilings; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : whereas, on the other hand, in the event of short­ term economic difficulties , the Community may, Article 1 under Article 4 (c) of Protocol 1 , maintain the ceiling amounts of the preceding year ; whereas, however, application of this measure must be limited to prod­ 1 . From 1 January until 31 December 1976, imports ucts most affected by the short-term difficulties ; of products originating in Norway and indicated in whereas, therefore, the ceilings to be applied in 1976 Annex I to this Regulation shall be subject to must be established ; whereas in this situation it is indicative ceilings and to Community supervision. also necessary that the Commission be regularly informed of the trend of the imports of the products The description of the products referred to in the in question and, in consequence, it is necessary to subject these imports to supervision ; preceding subparagraphs, their tariff headings and statistic numbers and the levels of the indicative ceilings are given in Annex I. Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of an administrative procedure based on setting off 2. Amounts shall be set off against the indicative imports of the products in question against the indicative ceilings at Community level, as and when ceilings as and when products are submitted to the customs authorities under cover of a declaration that these products are submitted to the customs auth­ orities under cover of declarations that they have they have been made available for consumption and accompanied by a movement certificate conforming been made available for consumption ; whereas this to the rules contained in Protocol 3 to the Agreement. administrative procedure must make provision for

Goods shall be set off against the indicative ceiling (*) OJ No L 171 , 27. 6. 1973, p . 2. only if the movement certificate has been submitted

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before the date on which customs duties are Article 2 reimposed . From 1 January until 31 December 1976, imports of the products referred to in Annex II which The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at originate in Norway shall be subject to Community Community level on the basis of imports set off supervision. against it in the manner defined in the preceding subparagraphs . Member States shall forward to the Commission not later than the 15th day of each month statements of imports of the products in question effected during The Member States shall periodically inform the the preceding month ; to this end, only products Commission of imports effected in accordance with submitted to the customs authorities under cover the above rules ; such information shall be supplied of a declaration that they have been made available under the conditions laid down in paragraph 4. for consumption and accompanied by a movement certificate conforming to the rules contained in 3 . As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the Protocol 3 to the Agreement shall be taken into consideration . Commission may issue a Regulation reimposing the customs duties provided for in Article 4 (f) of Protocol 1 to the Agreement until the end of the Article 3 calendar year. For the implementation of this Regulation the Com­ mission shall take all necessary measures in close 4. Member States shall forward to the Commission cooperation with the Member States. not later than the 15th day of each month statements of the amounts set off during the preceding month. They shall, if the Commission so requests, make Article 4 up such statements for periods of 10 days and for­ ward them within five clear days of expiry of the This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January preceding 10-day period. 1976 .

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

Done at Brussels, 20 January 1976.

For the Council The President

G. THORN

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ANNEX 1

LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION IN 1976

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

1 2 3 4 5

28.56 Carbides ( for example, silicon carbide, boron carbide, metal carbides): INI A. Of silicon 28.56-10 39 938

48.01 Paper and paperboard (including cellulose wadding), machine-made, in rolls or sheets :

C. Kraft paper and Kraft board :

II . Other : I N 2 — Kraftliner ( a) 48.01-15,21,31 17 364 I N 3 — Kraft paper for large bags (a) 48.01-16, 23 32 992 I N 4 — Other 48.01-08,09 , 11 , 12 , 31 255 13 , 17, 19 , 25, 26, 27, 18 , 29 , 33 ex E. Other : I N 5 — Bible paper (India paper), copying 48.01-58 , 61 , 62 , 66 38 587 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 N 6 — Printing paper and writing paper, 48.01-64, 68 131 969 containing mechanical wood pulp ( a), excluding copying tissue I N 7 — Fluting paper for corrugated 48.01-75 50 357 paperboard ( a) I N 8 — Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes 48.01-71 , 73 23 153 I N 9 — other, excluding cellulose wadding 48.01-41 , 43 , 45 , 52, 36 382 and tissues 53 , 54, 55, 56 , 77, 82, 84, 86, 88 , 91 , 93 , 95 , 97,

I N 10 48.03 Parchment or greaseproof paper and 48.03-all Nos 23 152 paperboard, and imitations thereof, and glazed transparent paper, in rolls or sheets

(a) Subject to compliance with the definitions given in Annex III.

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

1 2 3 4 5

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 : I N 11 — Other, excluding coated printing or 48.07-55 , 56 , 64 , 65 , 25 468 writing paper 66, 68 , 70, 81 , 85 , 91 , 97 , 99

73.02 Ferro-alloys :

A. Ferro-manganese : II . Other 73.02-19 , 40 156 279 I N 12 · D. Ferro-silico-manganese I N 13 C. Ferro-silicon ' 73.02-30 208 373 IN 14 E. Ferro-chromium and ferro-silico-chromium 73.02-51 , 55 26 625 G. Other : I N 15 — Ferro-vanadium 73.02-83 567 I N 16 — Other, excluding ferro-molybdenum 73.02-60, 70, 98 12 733

76.01 Unwrought aluminium ; aluminium waste and scrap : I N 17 A. Unwrought 76.01-11 , 15 207 618

I N 18 76.02 Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and 76.02-all Nos 13 892 sections, of aluminium ; aluminium wire

I N 19 76.03 Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of aluminium, 76-03-all Nos 20 837 of a thickness not exceeding 0-20 mm

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ANNEX 11

LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2

Order CCT No Description Nimcxe code heading No

1 2 3 4

UNI 44.18 Reconstituted wood, being wood shavings, wood chips, 44. 1 8 -all Nos 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 sur­ face sheets), creped, crinkled, embossed or perforated, in rolls or sheets : II N 2 B. Other 48.05-21 , 29, 30, 50, 80 II N 3 48.09 Building board of wood pulp or of vegetable, fibre, whether 48.09-all Nos or not bonded with natural or artifical resins or with similar binders

56.01 Man-made fibres (discontinuous), not carded, combed or otherwise prepared for spinning: II N 4 B. Regenerated textile fibres 56.01-21 , 23 , 25, 29

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ANNEX 111

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 115 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 and 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 .