31976R3231

31 . 12. 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 367/7

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3231/76 of 21 December 1976

establishing indicative ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain products originating in Finland ( 1977)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Member States and the Commission ; whereas the COMMUNITIES, latter must, in particular, be able to follow the pro­ gress of amounts set off against the indicative ceilings and keep the Member States informed ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the whereas this cooperation must be all the closer since European Economic Community, and in particular the Commission must be a'ble to take adequate Article 113 thereof, measures to reintroduce customs tariff duties when­ ever one of the ceilings has been reached ;

Having regard to the proposal ifrom the Commission, Whereas the trend of imports should be followed for certain products for which, under Article 3 of Whereas an Agreement (*) between the European Protocol 1 , the Community has suspended the appli­ Economic Community and the Republic of Finland cation of ceilings and for products which are not was signed on 5 October 1973 , subject to the ceiling system ; whereas it is therefore desirable that imports of such products should be Whereas Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol 1 annexed to subject to supervision, this Agreement make provision for a specific time­ table for the progressive abolition of customs duties in respect of the products to which the Agreement applies ; whereas under Artidle 3 of that Protocol HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : the imports of these products are limited to annual indicative ceilings above which the customs duties Article 1 applicable to third countries may be reintroduced; whereas, however, under Article 3 (b) the Community has to suspend the application of certain 1 . From 1 January until 31 December 1977, imports ceilings ; whereas, therefore, the ceilings to be applied of products originating in Fiinlland and indicated in in 1977 must be established ; whereas in this situation Annex I to this Regulation shall be subject to indica­ it is also necessary that the Commission be regularly tive ceilings and to Community supervision. informed of the trend of the imports of the products in question and, in consequence, it is necessary to subject these imports to supervision ; The description of the products referred to in the preceding subparagraphs, their tariff headings and statistic numbers and the levels of the indicative Whereas this objective may be achieved by means ceilings are given in Annex I. of an administrative procedure based on setting off imports of the products in question against the indicative ceilings at Community level, as and when these products are submitted to the customs auth­ 2. Amounts shall be set off against the indicative orities under cover of . declarations that they have ceilings as and when products are submitted to the customs authorities under cover of a declaration been made available for consumption ; whereas this administrative procedure must make provision for that they have been made available for consumption the reintroduction of customs tariff duties as soon as and accompanied by a movement certificate the ceilings have been reached at Community level ; conforming to the rules contained in Protocol 3 to the Agreement. Whereas this administrative procedure requires close and particularly rapid cooperation between the Goods shall be set off against the indicative ceiling only if the movement certificate has been submitted before the date on which customs duties are (») OJ No L 328, 28 . 11 . 1973, p. 2. reimposed.

No L 367/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 31 . 12 . 76

The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at Article 2 Community level on the basis olf 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 Finland shall be subject to Community supervision. Member States shall forward to the Commission not The Member States shall periodically inform the later than the 15th day of each month statements of Commission of imports effected in accordance with imports of the products in question effected during the above rules ; such information shall be supplied the preceding month ; to this end, only products under the conditions laid down in paragraph 4. submitted to the customs authorities under cover of a declaration that they have been made available 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 Commission may issue a Regulation reimposing the consideration . customs duties provided for in Article 3 (f) of . Protocol 1 to the Agreement until the end of the calendar year. Article 3

For the implementation of this Regulation the Commission shall take all necessary measures in 4. Member States sh^ll forward to the Commission close 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 up Article 4 such statements for periods of 10 days and forward them within five clear days of exipiry of the This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January preceding 10-day period. 1977.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 December 1976 .

For the Council The President A. P. L. M. M. van der STEE

31 . 12 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 367/9

ANNEX I

LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION IN 1977

Order CCT Level No Description NIMEXE còde of ceiling heading No (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 :

ISF 1 48.01-15* 21 , 27, 31 — Kraftliner (a) 254 642 I SF 2 — Kraft paper for large bags (a) 48.01-16,23,28 ceiling ISF 3 delayed — Other 48.01-08, 09, 11 , 12, ceiling 13 , 17, 19, 25, delayed 26, 29, 33 ex E. Other :

ISF 4 — Bible paper (India paper), copying 48.01-58 , 61 , 61, 66 33319 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) ISF 5 — Printing paper and writing paper, 48.01-64, 65, 69 ceiling containing mechanical wood pulp (a), delayed excluding copying tissue ISF 6 — Fluting paper for corrugated paper­ 48.01-75 ceiling board (a) delayed ISF 7 — Sulphite paper for wrapping pur­ 48.01-71 , 73 ceiling poses (a) delayed ISF 8 — Other, excluding cellulose wadding 48.01-41 , 43 , 45 , 52, 207 389 and tissues 53 , 54, 55 , 56, 77, 82, 84, 86 , 88 , 91 , 93 , 95, 97 ISF 9 48.03 48.03 - all Nos ceiling Parchment or greaseproof paper and paper­ board, and imitations thereof, and glazed delayed transparent paper, 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 :

ISF 10 B. Other 48.05-21 , 29, 30, 50, 45 07 80

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

No L 367/ 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 31 . 12. 76

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 :

ISF 11 — Coated printing or writing paper 48.07-57, 58 , 59 45 752 ISF 12 — Other 48.07-55, 56 , 64, 65, 181624 66, 68 , 70, 81 , 85, 91 , 97, 99

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

I SF 13 B. Other 48.15-10, 21 , 29, 30, 14 396 40, 50 , 61 , 65, 95, 99

73.02 Ferro-alloys :

ISF 14 E. Ferro-chromium and ferro-silico-chromium 73.02-51 , 55 11 860

31 . 12 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 367/ 11

ANNEX II

LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2

Order CCT No heading No Description NIMEXE code

1 2 3 4

II SF 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 SF 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

II SF 3 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

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

No L 367/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 31 . 12 . 76

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°/o of mechanical wood pulp ' Other printing paper and other writing paper, not containing mechanical wood pulp or containing not more than 5°/o of mechanical wood pulp' means paper other than machine-glazed, used for printing or writing, which contains not more than 5°/o 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°/o and having a Mullen burst ratio of not less than 15 .