31987R4175

31 . 12 . 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 399 / 5

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) No 4175 / 87

of 21 December 1987

opening and providing for the administration of a Community preferential ceiling for certain petroleum products refined in Turkey and establishing Community surveillance for imports thereof 1988

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , other ( 4 ); whereas the tariff quota in question applies therefore to the current Community with the exception of Greece ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic community , and in particular Article 113 thereof, Whereas the application of ceilings requires the Community to be regularly informed of the trend of imports of the relevant products originating in Turkey; whereas imports Having regard to the proposal from the Commission , should , therefore , be made subject to a system of surveillance ;

Whereas Article 7 of the Supplementary Protocol to the Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of an Association Agreement between the European Economic administrative procedure based on offsetting imports of the Community and Turkey consequent on the accession of new products in question against the ceiling at Community level Member States to the Community ( 1 ), which was signed in as and when these products are entered with the customs Ankara on 30 June 1973 and entered into force on 1 March authorities for free circulation ; whereas this administrative 1986 ( 2 ), provides for the total suspension of customs duties procedure must make provision for the possible applicable to certain petroleum products refined in Turkey re-establishment of customs tariff duties as soon as the ceiling falling within Chapter 27 of the Common Customs Tariff is reached at Community level ; within the limits of an annual Community tariff quota of 340 000 tonnes ; whereas , for the products concerned , a provisional adjustment should be made to those tariff Whereas this administrative procedure requires close and particularly swift cooperation between the Member States preferences , consisting essentially of substituting for the and the Commission ; whereas the latter must, in particular, Community tariff quota a Community ceiling amounting , be able to follow the progress of quantities charged against after successive increases , to 705 000 tonnes , above which the ceiling and keep the Member States informed ; whereas the customs duties applicable to third countries may be re-established ; this cooperation has to be particularly close since the Commission must be able to take the appropriate measures to re-establish customs tariff duties if the ceiling is Whereas the Community has adopted , with effect from reached , 1 January 1988 , a combined nomenclature for goods which meets the requirements of the Common Customs Tariff and the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States; whereas in order to accomodate specific Community measures this nomenclature has been expanded into an integrated tariff of HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : the European Communities ( Taric); whereas , from the date given above , the combined nomenclature and , where appropriate , the Taric code numbers should be used for the description of the products covered by this Regulation ; Article 1

1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1988 the duties Whereas , in accordance with Article 119 of the Act of applicable to imports into the current Community with the Accession of Greece , the Council adopted Regulation (EEC) exception of Greece of the petroleum products refined in No 3555 / 80 of 16 December 1980 determining the Turkey indicated below shall be suspended in full within the arrangements to be applied with regard to imports into limits of a Community ceiling of 705 000 tonnes . Greece originating in Algeria , Israel , Malta , Morocco , Portugal , Syria , Tunisia or Turkey ( 3 ); whereas , the Council has also adopted Regulation ( EEC ) No 2573 / 87 of 11 Within the limits of this ceiling , the Kingdom of Spain and the August 1987 laying down the arrangements for trade Portuguese Republic shall apply the duties calculated in between Spain and Portugal , on the one hand , and Algeria , accordance with Regulation (EEC ) No 2573 / 87 . Egypt , Jordan , Lebanon, Tunisia and Turkey, on the 2 . The petroleum products to which paragraph 1 applies 0 ) OJ No L 361 , 31 . 12 . 1977 , p. 2 . shall be the following: ( 2 ) OJ No L 48 , 26 . 2 . 1986 , p. 36 . ( 3 ) OJ No L 382 , 31 . 12 . 1980 , p. 1 . ( 4 ) OJ No L 250 , 1 . 9 . 1987 , p. 1 .

No L 399 / 6 31 . 12 . 87 Official Journal of the European Communities

Order CN code Description No

13.0010 2710 00 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals , other than crude ; preparations not elsewhere specified or included , containing by weight 70 % or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals , these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations : — Light oils : — — For other purposes : — — — Special spirits : 2710 00 21 — — — — White spirit 2710 00 25 — — — — Other — — — Other : — — — — Motor spirit: 2710 00 31 — — — — — Aviation spirit: — — — — — Other , with a lead content: 2710 00 33 — — — — — — Not exceeding 0,013 g / 1 2710 00 35 — — — — — — Exceeding 0,013 g / 1 2710 00 37 — — — — Spirit type jet fuel 2710 00 39 — — — — Other light oils — Medium oils : — — For other purposes : — — — Kerosene : ^ 2710 00 51 — — — — Jet fuel 2710 00 55 — — — — Other 2710 00 59 — — — Other — Heavy oils : — — Gas oils : 2710 00 69 — — — For other purposes — — Fuel oils : 2710 00 79 — — — For other purposes — — Lubricating oils ; other oils : 2710 00 95 — — — To be mixed in accordance with the terms of additional note 6 ( CN ) to this chapter ( x ) 2710 00 99 — — — For other purposes

2711 Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons : 2711 12 — — Propane : — — — Other : 2711 12 99 — — — — For other purposes 2711 13 — — Butanes : 2711 13 90 — — — For other purposes

2712 Petroleum jelly , paraffin wax , microcrystalline petrolum wax , slack wax , ozokerite , lignite wax , peat wax , other mineral waxes , and similar products obtained by synthesis or by other processes , whether or not coloured : 2712 10 — Petroleum jelly : 2712 10 10 — — Crude 2712 10 90 — — Other 2712 20 00 — Paraffin wax containing by weight less than 0,75 % of oil

31 . 12 . 87 No L 399 / 7 Official Journal of the European Communities

Order CN code Description No

13.0010 2712 90 — Other : (cont'd) — — Other : — — — Crude : 2712 90 39 — — — — For other purposes 2712 90 90 — — — Other

2713 Petroleum coke , petroleum bitumen and other residues of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals : 2713 90 — Other residues of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals : 2713 90 90 — — Other

(*) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions .

3 . Imports of the petroleum products referred to in Article 3 paragraph 1 shall be subject to Community surveillance . Member States shall send the Commission statements of the 4 . Quantities shall be charged against the ceiling as and quantities charged for the preceding month no later than the when products are entered with the customs authorities for 15th day of each month . At the Commission's request, they free circulation . shall send statements of the quantities charged for periods of ten days , to be forwarded within five clear days of the end of 5 . The extent to which the ceiling is used up shall each ten-day period . be determined at Community level on the basis of the imports charged against it , in the manner specified in paragraph 4 . Article 4

6 . Member States shall inform the Commission , at the The Commission shall take all appropriate measures , in close intervals and within the time limits specified in Article 3 , of cooperation with the Member States , to ensure the imports effected in accordance with the rules referred to in implementation of this Regulation. this Article .

Article 5 Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following As soon as the ceiling referred to Article 1 ( 1 ) has been that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European reached at Community level , the Commission may adopt a Communities . Regulation re-establishing, until the end of the calendar year, the collection of Common Customs Tariff duties . It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1988 .

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

Done at Brussels , 21 December 1987 .

For the Council The President B. HAARDER