31976R0092

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 92/76

of 20 January 1976

establishing indicative ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain products originating in Sweden ( 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 Commis­ Whereas an Agreement between the European sion must be able to take adequate measures to re­ Economic Community and the Kingdom of introduce customs tariff duties whenever one of the Sweden ( 1 ) was signed on 22 July 1972 ; ceilings has been reached;

Whereas Articles 1 and 2 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 3 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 3 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 3 (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 3 ( c) of Protocol 1 , maintain the ceiling amounts of the preceding year ; whereas, however, application of this measure must be limited to pro­ 1 . From 1 January until 31 December 1976, imports ducts most affected by the short-term difficulties ; of products originating in Sweden 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 preceding subparagraphs, their tariff headings and subject these imports to supervision ; 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 been made available for consumption ; whereas this accompanied by a movement certificate conforming administrative procedure must make provision for to the rules contained in Protocol 3 to the Agreement.

Goods shall be set off against the indicative ceiling ( J ) OJ No L 300, 31 . 12. 1972, p . 96. 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 Sweden shall be subject to Community Community level on the basis of imports set of 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 Protocol 3 to the Agreement shall be taken into 3 . As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the consideration. Commission may issue a Regulation reimposing the customs duties provided for in Article 3 (f) of Protocol 1 to the Agreement until the end of the Article 3 calender 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

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

1 2 3 4 5

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

C. Kraft paper and Kraft board : II . Other : IS 1 — Kraftliner (a) 48.01-15 , 21 , 31 400 897 I S 2 — Kraft paper for large bags ( a) 48.01-16, 23 468 283 I S 3 — Other 48.01-08 , 09, 11 , 12, 213 764 13 , 17, 19 , 25 , 26, 27, 28 , 29 , 33

ex E. Other : I S 4 — Bible paper (India paper), copying 48.01-58 , 61 , 62, 66 32 312 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°/o ( a) I S 5 — Printing paper and writing paper, 48.01-64, 68 124 573 containing mechanical wood pulp (a), excluding copying tissue I S 6 — Fluting paper for corrugated 48.01-75 174 057 paperboard ( a) I S 7 — Other, excluding cellulose wadding 48.01-41 , 43 , 45 , 52, 159 315 and tissues 53 , 54, 55 , 56, 77, 82, 84, 86, 88 , 91 , 93 , 95 , 97

I S 8 48.04 Composite paper or paperboard (made by 48.04 - all Nos 21 278 sticking flat layers together with an adhesive), not surface-coated or impregnated, whether or not internally reinforced, in rolls or sheets

48.05 Paper and paperboard, corrugated (with or without flat surface sheets), creped, crinkled, embossed or perforated, in rolls or sheets :

I S 9 B. Other 48.05-21 , 29, 30, 50, 49 266 80

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

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Order CCT Level No heading No Description Nimexe code of ceiling (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 :

IS 10 — Coated printing or writing paper 48.07-57, 58 , 59 40 862

IS 11 — Other 48.07-55 , 56, 64, 65 , 114 789 66, 68 , 70 , 81 , 85 , 91,97, 99

48.15 Other paper and paperboard, cut to size or shape :

IS 12 B. Other 48.15-10, 21 , 29 , 30 , 12 613 40 , 50 , 61 , 65 , 95 , 99

IS 13 48.16 Boxes, bags and other packing containers, of 48.16 - all Nos 21 270 paper or paperboard

48.21 Other articles of paper pulp, paper, paperboard or cellulose wadding:

B. Napkins and napkinliner, for babies, put 48.21-11 up for retail sale I S 14 C. Other ■ 13 840 48.21-15 , 21 , 25 , 31 , 33 , 37, 40, 50 , 60 , 70 , 80, 91

73.02 Ferro-alloys :

IS 15 E. Ferro-chromium and ferro-silico-chromium 73.02-51 , 55 21 066

G. Other : IS 16 — Ferro-molybdenum 73.02-81 568

73.15 Alloy steel and high carbon steel in the forms mentioned in heading Nos 73.06 to 73.14 :

B. Alloy steel : IS 17 — Stainless or refractory (a) 73.71-13 , 23 , 53 , 93 82 101 i1) 73.72-13 , 33 73.73-13 , 23 , 33 , 43 , 53,83 73.74-23 , 53 , 83 73.75-23 , 33 , 43 , 53 , 63 , 73 , 83 , 93 73.76-13

(a) Subject to compliance with the definitions given in Annex III. i1) Including products covered by the ECSC Treaty.

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

1 2 3 4 5

73.15 I S 18 Ccont'd') — High speed ( a) 73.71-14, 24, 54, 94 5 550 (x) 73.73-14 , 24, 34, 54 73.74-54 73.75-24, 34, 44, 54, 64, 84 73.76-14

I S 19 — Other 73.71-19 , 21 , 29 , 55 , 79 657 i1) 56 , 59 , 99 73.72-11 , 19, 39 73-73.19 , 25 , 26, 29 , 35 , 36, 39, 49, 55 , 59, 72, 74, 89 73.74-21 , 29 , 51 , 52, 59, 72, 74, 89 , 90 73.75-11 , 19, 29, 39 , 49 , 59, 69, 79 , 89 , 99 73.76-15 , 16, 19

73.18 Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of iron (other than of cast iron) or steel, excluding high-pressure hydro-electric conduits : ex C. Other : I S 20 — Tubes and pipes, of stainless or 73.18-44, 51 , 66, 76 17 623 refractory steel (a)

81.04 Other base metals, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof ; cermets, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof :

K. Titanium : I S 21 II . Other 81.04-58 44

(x) Including products covered by the ECSC Treaty. (a) Subject to compliance with the definitions given in Annex III.

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ANNEX II

LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2

Order CCT No Description Nimexe code heading No

1 2 3 4

IIS 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 S 2 44.18 Reconstituted wood, being wood shavings, wood chips, 44.18-all Nos sawdust, wood flour or other ligneous waste agglomerated with natural or artificial resins or other organic binding substances, in sheets, blocks or the like

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

ex E. Other : II S 3 — Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes (a) 48.01-71,73

II S 4 48.03 Parchment or greaseproof paper and paperboard, and 48.03-all Nos imitations thereof, and glazed transparent paper, in rolls or sheets

II S 5 48.09 Building board of wood pulp or of vegetable fibre, whether 48.09-all Nos or not bonded with natural or artificial resins or with similar binders

73.02 Ferro-alloys :

A. Ferro-manganese : IIS 6 II. Other • 73.02-19, 40

D. Ferro-silicio-manganese -

II S 7 C. Ferro-silicon 73.02-30

G. Other : IIS 8 — Ferro-vanadium 73.02-83 II S 9 — Others excluding ferro-molybdenum and ferro-vana­ 73.02-60, 70 , 98 dium

(a) Subject to compliance with the definition given m Annex III.

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Order CCT No heading No Description Nimexe code

1 2 3 4

73.15 Alloy steel and high carbon steel in the form mentioned in heading Nos 73.06 to 73.14 : IIS 10 A. High carbon steel i1) 73.61-10, 20, 50, 90 73.62-10, 30 73.63-10, 21 , 29 , 50, 72, 74, 79 73.64-20, 50, 72 , 75 , 79, 90 73.65-21 , 23 , 25 , 53 , 55 , 70, 81 , 83 73.66-40, 81 , 86, 89

73.18 Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of iron (other than of cast iron) or steel, excluding high-pressure hydro-electric conduits : B. Straight and of uniform wall-thicknéss, other than 73.18-15 those falling in A above, of a maximum length of 4-50 m, of alloy steel containing by weight not less than 0-90% but not more than 1· 15% of carbon, not less than 0-50% but not more than 2% of chromium and not more than 0-50% of molybdenum

II S 11 ex C. Other : — Tubes and pipes, straight, and of uniform wall­ 73.18-21 thickness, other than those falling in A above, of a length of more than 4-50 m, of alloy steel containing by weight not less than 0·90%· but not more than 1-15% of carbon, not less than 0-50% but not more than 2% of chromium and not more than 0-50% of molybdenum

76.01 Unwrought aluminium, aluminium waste and scrap : IIS 12 A. Unwrought 76.01-11 , 15

81.04 Other base metals, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof; cermets, unwrought or wrought, and articles thèreof:

K. Titanium : IIS 13 I. Unwrought, waste and scrap 81.04-56

(*) Including products covered by the ECSC Treaty.

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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 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 .

ex 73.15 B Alloy steel, stainless or heat-resisting ex 73.18 C 'Alloy steel, stainless or heat-resisting' means alloy steel, containing, by weight 12% or more of chromium , with or without other alloy elements, and less than 1 % of carbon .

ex 73.15 B High-speed alloy steel ' High-speed alloy steel' means alloy steel containing, with or without other alloy elements , at least two of the following three elements : tungsten (wolfram), molybdenum and vanadium with a total content, by weight, of not less than 7 % of these elements taken together, and containing more than 0-6% , by weight, of carbon.