31978R0701

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 701 /78

of 20 March 1978

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

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, particular, be able to follow the progress of amounts set 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 Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 adequate measures to reintroduce Common Customs thereof, Tariff duties whenever one of the ceilings has been reached ;

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas the trend of imports should be followed for Whereas an Agreement ( 1) between the European certain products for which, under Article 4 of Protocol Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway 1 , the Community has suspended the application of ceil­ was signed on 14 May 1973 ; ings and for products which are not subject to the ceil­ ing system; whereas it is therefore desirable that imports of such products should be subject to supervision, Whereas Articles 1 , 2 and 3 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; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: whereas under Article 4 of that Protocol the imports of these products are limited to annual indicative ceilings Article 1 above which the customs duties applicable to third countries may be reintroduced ; whereas, however, 1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1978 , imports of under Article 4 (b ), the Community has to suspend the products originating in Norway and indicated in Annex application of certain ceilings; whereas, on the other I to this Regulation shall be subject to indicative ceilings hand, in the event of short-term economic difficulties, and to Community supervision. the Community may, under Article 4 (c) of Protocol 1 , maintain the ceiling amounts of the preceding year; whereas, however, application of this measure must be The description of the products referred to in the pre­ limited to products most affected by the short-term dif­ ceding subparagraphs, their tariff headings and statisti­ ficulties; whereas, therefore, the ceilings to be applied in cal numbers and the levels of the indicative ceilings are 1978 must be established ; whereas in this situation it is given in Annex I. also necessary that the Commission be regularly in­ formed of the trend of the imports of the products in question and, in consequence, it is necessary to subject 2 . Amounts shall be set off against the indicative ceil­ these imports to supervision ; ings as and when the goods are entered with customs authorities for home use and accompanied by a move­ Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of an ment certificate conforming to the rules contained in administrative procedure based on setting off imports of Protocol 3 to the Agreement. the products in question against the indicative ceilings at Community level, as and when these products are Goods shall be set off against the indicative ceiling only entered with customs authorities for home use ; whereas if the movement certificate has been submitted before this administrative procedure must make provision for the reintroduction of Common Customs Tariff duties as the date on which customs duties are reimposed. soon as the ceilings have been reached at Community level ; The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at Com­ munity level on the basis of imports set off against it in Whereas this administrative procedure requires close the manner defined in the preceding subparagraphs. and particularly rapid cooperation between the Member States and the Commission ; whereas the latter must, in The Member States shall periodically inform the Com­ mission of imports effected in accordance with the above rules; such information shall be supplied under (!) OJ No L 171 , 27. 6 . 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 4 (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 4 . Member States shall forward to the Commission, conforming to the rules contained in Protocol 3 to the not later than the 15th day of each month, statements Agreement shall be taken into consideration. of the amounts set off during the preceding month. They shall, if the Commission so requests, make up Article 3 such statements for periods of 10 days and forward them within five clear days of expiry of the preceding For the implementation of this Regulation the Commis­ 10-day period . sion shall take all necessary measures in close coopera­ tion with the Member States.

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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 Norway 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

28.56 Carbides, whether or not chemically defined : INI A. Of silicon 28.56-10 Ceiling delayed

48.01 Paper and paperboard ( including cellulose wadding), in rolls or sheets : C. Kraft paper and kraft board : II . Other : I N 2 — Kraft liner paper and board ( a ) 48.01-15 , 21 , 27 , 31 19 144 I N 3 — Kraft paper for large-capacity sacks ( 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 F. Other : I N 5 48.01-58 , 61 , 62 , 66 Ceiling — Bible paper, manifold ( thin typing) paper, printing paper and writing paper, delayed containing not more than .5% of mechanical wood pulp ( a ) I N 6 — Printing paper and writing paper, con­ 48.01-64 , 65 , 69 Ceiling taining more than 5% of mechanical delayed wood pulp ( a ), excluding manifold ( thin typing paper I N 7 48.01-75 Ceiling — Semi-chemical fluting paper ( a) delayed I N 8 — Sulphite wrapping and packaging 48.01-71 , 73 Ceiling paper ( a) delayed I N 9 — Other, excluding cellulose wadding and 48.01-41 , 43 , 45 , 52 , Ceiling webs of cellulose fibres ( soft tissues) 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , delayed 77 , 82 , 84 , 86 , 88 , 91 , 93 , 95 , 97

I N 10 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

( 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 Paper and paperboard, impregnated , coated, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed (not constituting printed matter within Chapter 49 ), in rolls or sheets: C. Other : I N 11 ;— Other, excluding coated printing or 48.07-55 , 56 , 64 , 65 , 26 741 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 — Other, excluding ferro-molybdenum 73.02-60 , 70 , 98 14 039

76.01 Unwrought aluminium ; aluminium waste and scrap : I N 17 A. Unwrought 76.01-11 , 15 228 899

IN 18 76.02 76.02 all Nos 15 316 Wrought bars, rods , angles, shapes and sections, of aluminium ; aluminium wire

I N 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 II

LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2

Order CCT Description NIMEXE code No heading No

1 2 3 4

UN 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 :

UN 2 B. Other 48.05-21 , 29, 30, 50 , 80

UN 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: UN 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 but 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 'Printing paper and writing paper, containing not more than 5% of mechan­ ical wood pulp' means paper other than machine-glazed, used for printing or writing, which contains not more than 5% of mechanical wood pulp calcu­ lated 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 .