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REGULATION (EEC)No3471/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of17December1973
establishingCommunitysupervisionofimportsofcertainproductsoriginatinginIceland
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,measurestoreintroduce customstariffduties
wheneveroneoftheceilingshasbeenreached;
Whereas,fortheproductswhich,inaccordancewith
Articles2and3oftheAgreement,aresubjecttothe
normaltimetablefortheabolitionofcustomsduties
itisnecessarytofollowthetrendofimports;whereas
tothisendtheCommunityshouldbeempoweredto
take,whereappropriate ,measurestoavoidany
prejudicetoindustryintheCommunityandwhereas
itis,therefore,desirablethatimportsofthese
productsalsobesubjectedtoasystemofsupervision ,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Article113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereasanAgreement (x)betweentheEuropean
EconomicCommurtityandtheRepublicofIceland
wassignedon22July1972;
WhereasArticles2and3ofthatAgreementmake
provisionfortheprogressiveabolitionofcustoms
dutiesinrespectoftheproductstowhichthe
Agreementapplies;whereasbywayofderogation
fromtheseArticles,Articles1,2and3ofProtocol
No1annexedtotheAgreementlaydownthat,for
importsofcertainproductslistedinAnnexBtothat
Protocol,thereductionofdutiesshallbelimitedto
indicativeceilingsabovewhichthecustomsduties
applicabletothirdcountriesmaybereintroduced ;
whereasapplicationofthislastprovisionrequires
thattheCommunityberegularlyinformedofthe
trendofimportsoftheproductsinquestion
originatinginIceland;whereasitis,therefore,
desirablethatimportsoftheseproductsbesubjected
toasystemofsupervison;
Whereasthisobjectivemaybeachievedbymeansof
anadministrative procedurebasedonsettingoff
importsoftheproductsinquestionagainstthe
indicativeceilingsatCommunitylevel,asandwhen
theseproductsaresubmittedtothecustoms
authoritiesundercoverofdeclarationthattheyhave
beenmadeavailableforconsumption ;whereasthis
administrative proceduremustmakeprovisionforthe
reintroduction ofcustomstariffdutiesassoonasthe
ceilingshavebeenreachedatCommunitylevel;
Whereasthisadministrative procedurerequiresclose
andparticularlyrapidcooperationbetweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommissionandwhereasthe
lattermust,inparticular,beabletofollowthe
progressofamountssetoffagainsttheindicative
ceilingsandkeeptheMemberStatesinformed;
whereasthiscooperationmustbealltheclosersince
theCommissionmustbeabletotakeadequate1.From1January1974to31December1974,
importsofproductsoriginatinginIcelandtowhich
annualindicativeceilingsareappliedinaccordance
withArticles1,2and3,andAnnexBtoProtocol
No1totheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEcon­
omicCommunityandtheRepublicofIcelandshall
besubjectedtoCommunitysupervision .
Thedescriptionoftheproductsreferredtointhe
precedingsubparagraph ,theirtariffheadingsand
statisticnumbersandthelevelsoftheindicative
ceilingsaregiveninAnnexI.
2.Amountsshallbesetoffagainsttheindicative
ceilingsasandwhenproductsaresubmittedtothe
customsauthoritiesundercoverofadeclarationthat
theyhavebeenmadeavailableforconsumptionand
accompanied byamovementcertificateconforming
totherulescontainedinProtocolNo3tothe
Agreementreferredtoinparagraph1.
Goodsshallbesetoffagainsttheindicativeceiling
onlyifthemovementcertificatehasbeensubmitted
beforethedateonwhichcustomsdutiesare
reimposed .
Thereachingofaceilingshallbedeterminedat
Communitylevelonthebasisofimportssetoff
againstitinthemannerdefinedinthepreceding
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end,onlyproductssubmittedtothecustoms
authoritiesundercoverofadeclarationthatthey
havebeenmadeavailableforconsumption and
accompaniedbyamovementcertificateconforming
totherulescontainedinProtocolNo3tothe
AgreementreferredtoinArticle1shallbetakeninto
consideration .TheMemberStatesshallperiodicallyinformthe
Commissionofimportseffectedinaccordancewith
theaboverules.
3.Assoonastheceilingshavebeenreached,the
CommissionmayissueaRegulationreimposingthe
customsdutiesprovidedforinArticle3(f)of
ProtocolNo1totheAgreementuntiltheendofthe
calendaryear. Article3
Article2 Fortheimplementation ofthisRegulationthe
Commissionshalltakeallnecessarymeasuresinclose
cooperationwiththeMemberStates.
Article4Duringtheperiodfrom1January1974,until31
December1974,importsoftheproductsreferredto
inAnnexIIwhichoriginateinIcelandshallbe
subjectedtoCommunitysupervision .
TheMemberStatesshallperiodicallyinformthe
Commissionofimportsoftheseproducts;tothisThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1974.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17December1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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ANNEX 1
LISTOFPRODUCTS SUBJECTTOINDICATIVE CEILINGSUPONIMPORTATION
IN1974
OrderNoCCT
headingNo Description NimexeCodeLevel
ofceiling
—•metrictons—
1 2 3 4 5
IISL176.01Unwroughtaluminium;aluminiumwasteandscrap:
A.Unwrought 76.01-11,15 31500
ANNEXII
LISTOFPRODUCTS REFERRED TOINARTICLE2
OrderNoCCT
headingNo Description NimexeCode
1 2 3 4
IIISL1
IIISL2
IIISL3
IIISL4
IIISL5
IIISL6
IIISL7
IIISL8
IIISL9
IIISL10
IIISL11
IIISL12
IIISL13
IIISL14
IIISL15
IIISL16
IIISL17
IIISL18
IIISL19
IIISL2078.01
79.01
81.01
81.02
81.03
81.04Unwroughtlead(includingargentiferouslead);leadwasteandscrap:
A.Unwrought :
II.Other
Unwroughtzinc;zincwasteandscrap:
A.Unwrought
Tungsten(wolfram),unwroughtorwrought,andarticlesthereof
Molybdenum ,unwroughtorwrought,andarticlesthereof
Tantalum,unwroughtorwrought
Otherbasemetals,unwroughtorwrought,andarticlesthereof;
cermets,unwroughtorwrought,andarticlesthereof:
B.Cadmium
C.Cobalt:
II.Other
D.Chromium
E.Germanium
F.Hafnium(celtium)
G.Manganese
H.Niobium(columbium )
IJ.Antimony
K.Titanium
L.Vanadium
M.UraniumdepletedinU235
O.Zirconium
P.Rhenium
Q.Gallium;indium;thallium
R.Cermets78.01-12,13,15,19
79.01-11,15
81.01-allNos
81.02-allNos
81.03-allNos
81.04-16,18
81.04-23
81.04-26,28
81.04-31,33
81.04-36,38
81.04-41,43
81.04-46,48
81.04-51,53
81.04-56,58
81.04-61,63
81.04-69
81.04-81,83
81.04-91,93
81.04-94,95
81.04-97,98