31978R0699

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 699/78

of 20 March 1978

establishing indicative ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain products originating in Finland ( 1978 )

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, off against the indicative ceilings and keep the Member States informed ; whereas this cooperation must be all the closer since the Commission must be able to take Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European adequate measures to reintroduce Common Customs Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 Tariff duties whenever one of the ceilings has been thereof, reached ;

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas the trend of imports should be followed for certain products for which, under Article 3 of Protocol Whereas an Agreement ( x) between the European 1 , the Community has suspended the application of ceil­ Economic Community and the Republic of Finland was ings and for products which are not subject to the ceil­ signed on 5 October 1973 ; ing system; whereas it is therefore desirable that imports of such products should be subject to supervision, Whereas Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol 1 annexed to that Agreement make provision .for a specific timetable for the progressive abolition of customs duties in respect of the products to which the Agreement applies; whereas HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : under Article 3 of that Protocol the imports of these products are limited to annual indicative ceilings above which the customs duties applicable to third countries may be reintroduced ; whereas, however, under Article 3 Article 1 ( b), the Community has to suspend the application of certain ceilings ; whereas, on the other hand, in the event 1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1978 , imports of of short-term economic difficulties, the Community products originating in Finland and indicated in Annex may, under Article 3 ( c) of Protocol 1 , maintain the ceil­ I to this Regulation shall be subject to indicative ceilings ing amounts of the preceding year; whereas, however, and to Community supervision. application of this measure must be limited to products most affected by the short-term difficulties; whereas, therefore, the ceilings to be applied in 1978 must be The description of the products referred to in the pre­ established; whereas in this situation it is also necessary ceding subparagraphs, their tariff headings and statisti­ that the Commission be regularly informed of the trend cal numbers ' and the levels of the indicative ceilings are of the imports of the products in question and, in given in Annex I. consequence, it is necessary to subject these imports to supervision ; 2 . Amounts shall be set off against the indicative ceil­ ings as and when products are entered with customs Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of an authorities for home use and accompanied by a move­ administrative procedure based on setting off imports of ment certificate conforming to the rules contained in the products in question against the indicative ceilings Protocol 3 to the Agreement. at Community level, as and when these products are entered with customs authorities of home use ; whereas this administrative procedure must make provision for Goods shall be set off against the indicative ceiling only the reintroduction of Common Customs Tariff duties as if the movement certificate has been submitted before soon as the ceilings have been reached at Community the date on which customs duties are reimposed. level ;

The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at Com­ Whereas this administrative procedure requires close munity level on the basis of imports set off against it in and particularly rapid cooperation between the Member the manner defined in the preceding subparagraphs. States and the Commission ; whereas the latter must, in particular, be able to follow the progress of amounts set The Member States shall periodically inform the Com­ mission of imports effected in accordance with the above rules; such information shrill be supplied under (') OJ No L 328 , 28 . 11 . 1973 , p. 2 . the conditions laid down in paragraph 4 .

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3 . As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the Member States shall forward to the Commission, not Commission may issue a Regulation reimposing the later than the 15th day of each month, statements of customs duties provided for in Article 3 (f) of Protocol 1 imports of the products in question effected during the to the Agreement until the end of the calendar year. preceding month ; to this end, only products submitted to the customs authorities under cover of an entry for home use and accompanied by a movement certificate conforming to the rules contained in Protocol 3 to the 4 . Member States shall forward to the Commission, not Agreement shall be taken into consideration. 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 such statements Article 3 for periods of 10 days and forward them within five clear days of expiry of the preceding 10-day period. For the implementation of this Regulation the Com­ mission shall take all necessary measures in close coop­ eration with the Member States. Article 2 Article 4

From 1 January to 31 December 1978 , imports of the This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day products referred to in Annex II which originate in following its publication in the Official Journal of the Finland shall be subject to Community supervision. European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 March 1978 .

For the Council

The President

K. HEINESEN

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ANNEX I

LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION IN 1978

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

1 2 3 4 5

48.01 Paper and paperboard (including cellulose wadding), in rolls or sheets : C. Kraft paper and kraft board : II . Other : ISF 1 — Kraft liner paper and board ( a) 48.01-15 , 21 , 27, 31 Ceiling delayed I SF 2 — Kraft paper for large capacity 48.01-16 , 23 , 28 Ceiling sacks ( a ) delayed ISF 3 — Other 48.01-08 , 09 , 11 , 12 , Ceiling 13 , 17, 19, 25 , delayed 26 , 29 , 33 ex F. Other : ISF 4 48.01-58 , 61 , 62 , 66 34 985 — Bible paper, manifold ( thin typing) pa­ per, printing paper and writing paper, containing not more than 5% of mechanical wood pulp ( a) I SF 5 48.01-64 , 65 , 69 — Printing paper and writing paper, con­ Ceiling taining more than 5% of mechanical delayed wood pulp (a ), excluding manifold (thin typing) paper I SF 6 — Semi-chemical fluting paper ( a ) 48.01-75 Ceiling delayed ISF 7 48.01-71 , 73 — Sulphite wrapping and packaging paper Ceiling ( a ) delayed ISF 8 48.01-41 , 43 , 45 , 52 , — Other, excluding cellulose wadding and Ceiling webs of cellulose fibres ( soft tissues) 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , delayed 77, 82 , 84 , 86 , 88 , 91 , 93 , 95 , 97

ISF 9 48.03 48.03 all Nos Parchment or greaseproof paper and paperboard , Ceiling and imitations thereof, and glazed transparent delayed 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 : I SF 10 B. Other 48.05-21 , 29 , 30 , 50 , Ceiling 80 delayed

48.07 Paper and paperboard , impregnated , coated, surface-coloured , surface-decorated or printed (not constituting printed matter within Chapter 49 ), in rolls or sheets :

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

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

1 2 3 4 5

48.07 C. Other : I SF 11 (cont'd) 48.07-57 , 58 , 59 48 040 — Coated printing or writing paper

I SF 12 — Other 48.07-55 , 56 , 64 , 65 , 190 705 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 , Ceiling 40 , 50 , 61 , 65 , delayed 95 , 99

73.02 Ferro-alloys : ISF 14 E. Ferro-chromium and ferro-silico-chromium 73.02-51, 55 12 453

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ANNEX II

LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2

Order CCT Description NIMEXE code No heading No

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 44.18 all Nos Reconstituted wood, being wood shavings, wood chips, 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 44.11 44.11 all Nos Fibre building board of wood or other vegetable material , whether or not bonded with natural or artificial resins or with other organic 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

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ANNEX III

DEFINITIONS

ex 48.01 C II Kraft liner 'Kraft liner' 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-capacity sacks 'Kraft paper for large-capacity 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 F Printing paper and writing paper, containing not more than 5% of mechan­ ical 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 F 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 F Semi-chemical fluting paper ' Semi-chemical fluting paper' 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 resist­ ance exceeding 20 kgf.

ex 48.01 F Sulphite wrapping and packaging paper 'Sulphite wrapping and packaging paper' means machine-glazed paper, con­ taining 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 Mul­ len burst ratio of not less than 15 .