31976R3233

31 . 12 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 367/15

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3233/76

of 21 December 1976

establishing indicative ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain products originating in Norway ( 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 keeip 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 able 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 from the Commission, Whereas the trend of imports should be followed for certain products for which, under Article 4 of Whereas an Agreement (*) between the European Protocol 1 , the Community has suspended the appli­ Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway cation of ceilings and for products which are not was signed on 14 May 1973 ; subject to the ceiling system ; whereas it is therefore desirable that imports of such products should be Whereas Articles 1 , 2 and 3 of Protocol 1 annexed subject to supervision, to 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 Article 4 of that Protocol the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : imports of these products are limited to annual indi­ cative ceilings above which the customs duties appli­ cable to third countries may be reintroduced ; whereas, however, under Article 4 (b) the Community Article 1 has to suspend the application of certain ceilings ; whereas, therefore, the ceilings to be applied in 1977 must be established'; whereas in this situation it is 1 . From 1 January until 31 December 1977, imports also necessary that the Commission be regularly in­ of products originating in Norway and indicated in formed of the trend of the imports of the products Annex I to this Regulation shall be subject to indi­ in question and, in consequence, it iis necessary to cative ceilings and to Community supervision. subject these imports to supervision ; The description of the products referred to in the preceding subparagraphs, their tartiff headings and Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of statistic numbers and the levels of the indicative an administrative procedure based on setting off ceilings are given in Annex I. imports of the products in question against the indi­ cative ceilings at Community level, as and when these products are submitted to the customs authorities 2. Amounts shall be set off against the indicative under cover of declarations that they have been made ceilings as and when products are submitted to the available for consumption ; whereas this administra­ customs authorities under cover of a declaration that tive procedure must make provision for the they have been made available for consumption and reintroduction of customs tariff duties as soon as the accompanied by a movement certificate conforming ceilings have been reached at Community level ; 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 H OJ No L 171 , 27. 6. 1973, p. 2. redmposed.

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

The Member States shall periodically inform the Member States shall forward to the Commission Commission of imports effected in accordance with not later than the 15th day of each month statements the above rules ; such information shall be supplied of imports of the products in question effected during under the conditions laid down in paragraph 4. the preceding month ; to this end, only products sub­ mitted to the customs authorities under cover of a declaration that they have been made available for consumption and accompanied by a movement 3 . As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the certificate conforming to the rules contained in Commission may issue a Regulation reimposing the Protocol 3 to the Agreement shall be taken into customs duties provided for in Article 4 (f) of consideration . Protocol 1 to the Agreement until the end of the calendar year. Article 3

For the implementation of this Regulation the 4. Member States shall forward to the Commission Commission shall take all necessary measures in not later than the 15th day of each month statements close cooperation with the Member States. 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 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, 21 December 1976.

For the Council

The President

A. P. L. M. M. van der STEE

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ANNEX I

LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION IN 1977

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

1 2 3 4 5

28.56 Carbides (for example, silicon carbide, boron carbide, metal carbides):

I N 1 A. Of silicon 28.56-10 41 935

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 , 27, 31 18 232 I N 3 — Kraft paper for large bags (a) 48.01-16, 23 , 28 ceiling delayed I N 4 — Other 48.01-08 , 09, 11 , 12, ceiling 13 , 17, 19, 25, delayed . 26, 29, 33

ex E. Other : I N 5 — Bible paper (India paper), copying 48.01-58 , 61 , 62, 66 40 516 tissue ; other printing paper and other writing paper, not containing mech­ anical wood pulp or in which mech­ anical wood pulp does not rep­ resent more than 5% (a) I N 6 — Printing paper and writing paper, 48.01-64, 65 , 69 ceiling containg mechanical wood pulp (a), delayed excluding copying tissue I N 7 — Fluting paper for corrugated paper­ 48.01-75 ceiling board (a) delayed I N 8 — Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes 48.01-71 , 73 ceiling (a) delayed I N 9 — Other, excluding cellulose wadding 48.01-41 , 43 , 45, 52, 38 201 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 paperboard, 48.03 - all Nos 24 310 and imitations thereof, and glazed transparent paper, in rolls or sheets

(a) Subjcct 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 : I N 11 48.07-55 , 56, 64, 65 , 26 741 — Other , excluding coated printing . or writing paper 66 , 68 , 70, 81 , 85 , 91 , 97, 99

73.02 Ferro-alloys :

A. Ferro-manganese : I N 12 II . Other 73.02-19 , 40 ceiling delayed D. Ferro-silico-manganese I N 13 C. Ferro-silicon 73.02-30 ceiling delayed I N 14 E. Ferro-chromium and ferro-silico-chromium 73.02-51 , 55 ceiling delayed

G. Other : I N 15 — Ferro-vanadium 73.02-83 ceiling delayed I N 16 73.02-60, 70, 98 13 370 — Other, excluding ferro-molybdenuin

76.01 Unwrought aluminium ; aluminium waste and scrap : I N 17 76.01-11 , 15 217 999 A. Unwrought

I N 18 76.02 76.02 - all Nos 14 587 Wrought bars , rods , angles , shapes and sections, of aluminium ; aluminium wire

IN 19 76.03 Wrought plates , sheets and strip , of aluminium , 76.03 - all Nos ceiling of a thickness not exceeding 0-20 mm delayed

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ANNEX U

LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2

Order CCT No Description NI MEXE code heading No

1 2 3 4

II N 1 . 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

48.05 Paper and paperboard, corrugated (with or without flat surface sheets), creped, crinkled, embossed or perforated , in rolls or sheets : II N 2 B. Other 48.05-21 , 29, 30, 50, s 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 artificial 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°/o 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% 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 .

L. 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 .