NoL188/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.7.77
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1693/77
of25July1977
extendingthetermofvalidityofthearrangements applicabletotradewith
MaltabeyondthedateofexpiryofthefirststageoftheAssociationAgreement
Article2
FortheproductscoveredbyArticle59(l)(b)ofthe
ActofAccession(6),Article4oftheProtocollaying
downcertainprovisionsrelatingtotheAgreement
establishinganassociationbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandMaltashallremainappli­
cableuntil31December1977.THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles43
and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(1),
Whereastheprovisionsgoverningthefirststageofthe
Agreementestablishinganassociationbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity andMalta(2),
includingtheProtocollayingdowncertainprovisions
relatingtotheAgreementestablishinganassociation
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
Malta(3),whichwereextendedbytheAgreementof
26February1976(4),expireon30June1977;
WhereasanAdditionalProtocoltotheAssociation
Agreementhasbeennegotiated ;
Whereas,pendingtheentryintoforceofthat
Protocol,thearrangements whichtheCommunity
appliestotradewithMaltaundertheassociationwith
thatcountryshouldbeextended,inthelightofthe
outcomeofthenegotiationoftheaforesaidProtocol,
soastoavoidthesuddendisruptionofcertaintradi­
tionaltradepatterns,Article3
1.UntilthedateofentryintoforceoftheAddi­
tionalProtocoloruntil31December1977,whichever
isthesooner,theCommonCustomsTariffdutiesin
respectoftheproductsoriginatinginMaltaindicated
belowshallbetotallysuspendedwithinthelimitsofa
globalCommunitytariffquotaof375tonnes:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
16.02 Otherpreparedorpreservedmeatormeat
offal:
B.Other:
III.Other:
b)Other:
1.Containingbovinemeator
offal:
bb)OtherHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ThetradearrangementsprovidedforintheAgree­
mentestablishinganassociationbetweentheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityandMalta,includingthe
ProtocollayingdowncertainprovisionstothatAgree­
ment,exceptforArticles4,9(1)and11ofthesaid
ProtocolandinDecisionNo1/76oftheEEC-Malta
AssociationCouncilof29June1976derogatingfrom
theconceptof'originatingproducts'forreception
apparatusfallingwithinheadingNo85.15oftheBrus­
selstariffnomenclature (5),shallremainapplicablein
theCommunitybeyond30June1977.2.Bywayofderogationfromthespecialprovisions
containedinAnnexIItothe'origin'Protocolfor
headingNo16.02,whichprovidesthatthenon-origi­
natingproductsofChapter2maynotbeused,tinned
stewedsteakmanufactured inMaltashallberegarded
asaproductoriginatinginMalta,wherethiscondition
isnotobserved,providedthattheotherconditions
applicabletothisheadingareobserved.
ThefollowingentrymustbemadeinSection7of
movementcertificatesEUR.l,issuedinrespectoforig­
inatingproductspursuanttothederogationreferredto
inthisparagraph :
'Derogationstewedsteak.'(')Opiniondeliveredon8July1977(notyetpublishedin
theOfficialJournal).
(2)OJNoL61,14.3.1971,p.2.
(3)OJNoL111,28.4.1976,p.3.
(<)OJNoL81,27.3.1976,p.2.
(5)OJNoL185,9.7.1976,p.5. (<•)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.

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Article4
1.Afirstinstalmentof350tonnesoftheCommu­
nitytariffquotareferredtoinArticle3shallbeallo­
catedamongtheMemberStates;therespectiveshares
which,subjecttoArticle7,shallbevaliduntiltheend
oftheperiodspecifiedinArticle3(1)shallbeas
follows:
tonnes
Benelux
Denmark
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
UnitedKingdom2
2
2
2
2
2
338Article7
TheMemberStatesshallreturntothereserve,not
laterthan1November1977,theunusedportionof
theirinitialsharewhich,on15October1977,isin
excessof20%oftheinitialamount.Theymayreturn
alargerquantityiftherearereasonstobelievethat
thisquantitymaynotbeused.
MemberStatesshall,notlaterthan1November1977,
notifytheCommissionofthetotalquantitiesofthe
saidgoodsimporteduptoandincluding15October
1977andchargedagainsttheCommunitytariffquota
andanyquantitiesoftheinitialsharesreturnedtothe
reserve.
Article8
TheCommissionshallkeepanaccountoftheshares
openedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoArticles4
and5andshall,assoonasithasbeennotified,inform
eachStateoftheextenttowhichthereservehasbeen
usedup.
ItshallinformtheMemberStates,notlaterthan5
November1977,oftheamountstillinreserveafter
amountshavebeenreturnedtheretopursuantto
Article7.
Itshallensurethatthedrawingwhichusesupthe
reserveislimitedtothebalanceavailableandtothis
endshallspecifytheamountthereoftotheMember
Statemakingthelastdrawing.
Article9
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresnecessary
toensurethatsupplementary sharesdrawnpursuant
toArticle5areopenedinsuchawaythatimports
maybechargedwithoutinterrruptionagainsttheir
accumulatedsharesintheCommunitytariffquota.
2.TheMemberStatesshallensurethatimporters
ofthesaidgoodsestablishedintheirterritoryhave
freeaccesstothesharesallocatedtothem.
3.TheextenttowhichaMemberStatehasusedup
itsshareshallbedetermined onthebasisofthe
importsfromMaltaenteredforhomeuse.
Article10
AttherequestoftheCommission ,MemberStates
shallinformitofimportsactuallychargedagainst
theirshares.
Article11
TheMemberStatesandtheCommissionshallcoop­
eratecloselyinordertoensurethatArticles3to10
areobserved.2.Thesecondinstalmentof25tonnesshallbe
heldastheCommunityreserve.
Article5
1.If90%ormoreofaMemberState'sinitialshare
asspecifiedinArticle4(1),orofthatshareminusthe
portionreturnedtothereservewhereArticle7is
applied,hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall
withoutdelay,bynotifyingtheCommission ,drawa
secondshareequalto15%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit,tothe
extentpermittedbytheamountofthereserve.
2.If,afteritsinitialsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthesecondsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccor­
dancewiththeconditionsimposedbyparagraph 1,
drawathirdshareequalto7-5%ofitsinitialshare,
roundedupwherenecessarytothenextunit.
3.If,afteritssecondsharehasbeenusedup,90%
ormoreofthethirdsharedrawnbyaMemberState
hasbeenusedup,thatMemberStateshall,inaccor­
dancewiththesameconditions,drawafourthshare
equaltothethird.
Thisprocessshallcontinuetoapplyuntilthereserve
isusedup.
4.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1to3,a
MemberStatemaydrawsharessmallerthanthose
fixedinthoseparagraphsiftherearegroundsfor
believingthatthosefixedmaynotbeusedup.Itshall
informtheCommissionofitsreasonsforapplying
thisparagraph .
Article6
Supplementary sharesdrawnpursuanttoArticle5
shallbevaliduntiltheendoftheperiodspecifiedin
Article3(1).

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Article12
1.ThefollowingproductsoriginatinginMaltashall
beexemptedfromthefixedcomponentofthetax
imposedontheseproductsonimportationintothe
Community :
CCT
heading
NoDescription
18.06 Chocolateandotherfoodpreparations
containingcocoaoriginatinginMalta,wherethisconditionisnot
observed,providedthattheotherconditionsappli­
cabletothisheadingareobserved.
ThefollowingentrymustbemadeinSection7of
movementcertificatesEUR.1,issuedinrespectoforig­
inatingproductspursuanttothederogationreferredto
inthisparagraph :
'DerogationIFT.'
2.Bywayofderogationfromthespecialprovisions
containedinAnnexIItothe'origin'Protocolfor
headingNo92.11,whichprovidesthatnon-origi­
natingtransistorsmaynotrepresentmorethan3%
ofthevalueofthefinishedproduct,taperecorders
manufactured inMaltashallberegardedasproducts
originatinginMaltaifthevalueofthenon-origi­
natingtransistordoesnotexceed5%ofthevalueof
thefinishedproduct,providedthattheothercondi­
tionsapplicabletothisheadingareobserved.
ThefollowingentrymustbemadeinSection7of
movementcertificatesEUR.1,issuedinrespectoforig­
inatingproductspursuanttothederogationreferredto
inthisparagraph :
'Derogationtaperecorders.'
Article14
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
Itshallapplyfrom1July1977.
TheprovisionsofthisRegulationshallremainappli­
cableuntiltheentryintoforceoftheAdditional
Protocoloruntil31December1977,whicheveristhe
sooner.2.Bywayofderogationfromthespecialprovisions
containedinAnnexIItothe'origin'Protocolfor
headingNo18.06,whichprovidesthatnon-origi­
natingproductsofChapter17maynotrepresent
morethan30%ofthevalueofthefinishedproducts,
chocolatesmanufactured inMaltashallberegardedas
productsoriginatinginMalta,wherethisconditionis
notobserved,providedthattheotherconditionsappli­
cabletothisheadingareobserved.
ThefollowingentrymustbemadeinSection7of
movementcertificatesEUR.1,issuedinrespectoforig­
inatingproductspursuanttothederogationreferredto
inthisparagraph :
'Derogationchocolates.'
Article13
1.Bywayofderogationfromthespecialprovisions
containedinAnnexIItothe'origin'Protocolfor
headingNo85.15,whichprovidesthatatleast50%
invalueofthematerialsandpartsusedmustbeorigi­
natingproducts,intermediate-frequency transformers
manufactured inMaltashallberegardedasproducts
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25July1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
H.SIMONET