31976R3037

20 . 12 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 350/31

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3037/76 of 9 December 1976

establishing ceilings and Community supervision of imports of certain products origina­ ting in Israel ( 1977)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, progress of amounts set off against the ceilings and keep the Member States informed ; whereas this cooperation must 'be all the closer since the Com­ mission must be able to take adequate measures to Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European reintroduce customs tariff duties whenever one of the Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 ceilings has been reached ; thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas the trend of imports of certain products not subject to ceilings should also be followed ; whereas it is therefore desirable that imports of such products Whereas Article 2 of the Agreement between the should also be subjected to a system of supervision, European Economic Community and the State of Israel (*), signed on 11 May 1975 , and Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol 1 annexed thereto , make provision HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : for the progressive abolition of customs duties in respect of the products to which the Agreement applies ; whereas by way of derogation from these Article 1 Articles, Article 5 of that Protocol provides that for imports of products listed in that Article the reduction of duties shall be limited to ceilings, above which the 1 . From 1 January until 31 December 1977, imports customs duties applicable to third countries may be of products originating in Israel listed in Annex I shall reintroduced ; whereas the ceilings to be applied in be subject to annual ceilings and Community 1977 should therefore be determined ; whereas the supervision . application of ceilings requires that the Community be regularly informed of the trend of imports of the products in question originating in Israel ; whereas it The description of the products referred to in the is, therefore, desirable that imports of these products first paragraph, their tariff headings and statistic be subjected to a system of supervision ; numbers and the levels of the ceilings are given in Annex 1 . Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of an administrative procedure based on setting off 2 . Amounts shall be set off against the ceilings as imports of the products in question against the and when products are submitted to the customs ceilings at Community level , as and when these prod­ ucts are submitted to the customs authorities under authorities under cover of a declaration that they have been made available for home use and cover of declarations that they have been made accompanied by a movement certificate conforming available for home use ; whereas this administrative to the rules contained in Protocol 3 to the Agreement procedure must make provision for the reintroduction between the Community and Israel . However, in the of customs tariff duties as soon as the ceilings have case of products falling within Chapter 27, the been reached at Community level ; certificate of origin may replace the movement certificate . Whereas this administrative procedure requires close and particulary rapid cooperation between the Member States and the Commission ; whereas the Goods shall be set off against the ceiling only if the latter must, in particular, be able to follow the movement certificate or, in the case of goods falling within Chapter 27, the certificate of origin has been submitted before the date on which customs duties W OJ No L 136, 28 . 5 . 1975, p. 3 . are reimposed.

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The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at Article 2 Community level on the basis of imports set off ' against it in the manner defined in the preceding From 1 January until 31 December 1977, imports of subparagraphs. the products referred to in Annex II which originate in Israel shall be subjected to Community supervision.

Member States shall forward to the Commission, not The Member States shall inform the Commission at later than the 15th day of each month, statements of the intervals and within the time limits specified in imports of the products in question effected during paragraph 4 of any imports effected in accordance the preceding month ; only products submitted to the with the above rules. customs authorities under cover of a declaration that they are to be made available for home use and accompanied by a movement certificate conforming 3 . As soon as the ceilings have 'been reached, the to Che rules contained in Protocol 3 to the Agreement Commission may issue a Regulation reimposing the shall be taken into consideration for this purpose. customs duties specified in Articles 2 and 5 (6) of Protocol 1 to the Agreement until the end of the Article 3 calendar year.

The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely in order to ensure that this 4. Member States shall forward to the Commission Regulation is observed. not ilater than the 15th day of each month statements of the amounts set off during the preceding month. Article 4 They shall, if the Commission so requests, make up such statements for periods of 10 days and forward them within five clear days of expiry of the preceding This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 10-day period. 1977.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 December 1976 .

For the Council The President

P. J. J. MERTENS

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ANNEX 1 List of products subject to import ceilings in 1977

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

1 2 3 4 5

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

A. Light oils : III. For other purposes 27.10-15, 17,21,25, 29 B. Medium oils : III. For other purposes 27.10-34, 3*8, 39 C. Heavy oils : I. Gas oil : c) For other purposes 27.10-59 II . Fuel oil : c) For other purposes 27.10-69 III. Lubricating oils ; other oils : c) To be mixed in accordance with the terms of Additional Note 7 to this Chapter (a) 27.10-75 d) For other purposes 27.10-79 661 500 27.11 Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons : I IL 1 A. Propane of a purity not less than 99 % : I. For use as power or heating fuel 27.11-03 B. Other : I. Commercial propane and commercial butane : c) For other purposes 27.11-19

27.12 Petroleum jelly : A. Crude : III . For other purposes 27.12-19 B. Other 27.12-90

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 27.13-89 II. Other 27.13-90

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

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

1 2 3 4 5

I IL 1 27.14 Petroleum bitumen, petroleum coke and other residues (cont'd) of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals : C. Other : II. Other 27.14-99

I IL 2 29.02 Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons : A. Halogenated derivatives of acrylic hydrocarbons : III. Bromides and polybromides 29.02-40 1985

I IL 3 42.03 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of composition leather : B. Gloves, including mittens and mitts 42.03-21, 3-3 25 , 27, 28 I IL 4 55.05 Cotton yarn, not up for retail sale 55.05 992 all Nos

I IL 5 55.09 Other woven fabrics of cotton 55.09 441 all Nos

I IL 6 60.03 Stockings, under stockings, socks, ankle-socks, sock­ ettes and the like, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized 60.03 110 all Nos

I IL 7 60.05 Outer garments and other articles, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized 60.05 496 all Nos

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ANNEX 11 List of products referred to in Article 2

Order No CCT Nimexe Description code heading No

1 2 3 4

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

C. Bromine 28.01-50

II IL 2 28.10 Phosphorus pentoxide and phosphoric acids (meta-, ortho- and pyro-) 28.10-00

II IL 3 28.33 Bromides, oxybromides, bromates and perbromates, and hypobromites 28.33-10, 90

II IL 4 28.40 Phosphites, hydrophosphites and phosphates :

B. Phosphates (including polyphosphates) : II. Other 28.40-30, 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 haloge­ nated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives :

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

II IL 6 31.03 Mineral or chemical fertilizers, phosphatic :

A. Mentioned in Note 2 (A) to Chapter 31 : I. Superphosphates 31.03-15

Π 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 39.02-41, 43,45, 46,47,51,52, 53, 54,57,59,61,66 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 - ex 21, ex 31 , ex 41 , ex 51, ex 81

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CÇT Nimexe Order No Description heading No code

1 2 3 4

II IL 9 42.03 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of composition leather :

A. Articles of apparel 42.03-10

C. Other clothing accessories 42.03-51, 59

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

II IL 11 56.05 Yarn of man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste), not put up for retail sale 56.05 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 rectangles 70.05 all Nos

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