30.12.85 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL354/1
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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No3665/85
of20December1985
openingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitypreferentialceilingforcertain
petroleumproductsrefinedinTurkeyandestablishingCommunitysupervisionofimportsthereof
1986
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle119oftheActof
AccessionofGreece,theCounciladoptedRegulation
(EEC)No3555/80determiningthearrangementstobe
appliedwithregardtoimportsintoGreece,originatingin
Algeria,Israel,Malta,Morocco,Portugal,Syria,Tunisia
orTurkey(3);
WhereasintheabsenceofaProtocolasprovidedforin
Articles179and366oftheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,theCommunitymusttakethemeasuresreferred
toinArticles180and367ofthatAct;whereas,this
RegulationthereforeappliestotheCommunityofNine;
Whereastheapplicationoftheceilingrequiresthatthe
Communityshouldberegularlyinformedofthetrendof
importsoftheseproductsshouldthereforebesubjecttoa
systemofsupervision;
Whereasthisobjectivemaybeattainedbymeansofan
administrative procedurebasedonsettingoffimportsof
theproductsinquestionagainsttheceiling,atCommunity
level,asandwhentheseproductsaresubmittedtothe
customsauthoritiesundercoverofdeclarationsthatthey
havebeenmadeavailableforfreecirculation;whereasthis
administrative proceduremusttakeprovisionforthe
reintroduction oftheCommonCustomsTariffdutyas
soonasthesaidceilinghasbeenreachedatCommunity
level;
Whereasthisadministrative procedurerequirescloseand
veryrapidcooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,whichmustbeabletomonitortheamounts
setoffagainsttheceilingandkeeptheMemberStates
informedthereof;whereasthiscooperationmustbeallthe
closertoenabletheCommissiontotakeadequatemeasures
toreintroducetheCommonCustomsTariffdutywhenever
theceilingisreached.Whereas,pendingtheentryintoforceofthe
Supplementary ProtocolsignedinAnkaraon30June1973
containingtheadjustmentstobemadetotheAgreement
establishinganassociationbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandTurkeyandtotheAdditional
Protocol0)consequentontheaccessionofnewMember
States,theCommunityhasundertaken,inanInterim
Agreement(2)whichrunsonlyforalimitedperiodpriorto
theentryintoforceofthisSupplementary Protocol,which
isapplicableuntil31December1974butwhichhasbeen
extendedfor1986inaccordancewiththetermslaiddown
inArticle13thereof,toimplementcertainprovisionsofthe
Supplementary Protocolrelatingtotradeingoods;
whereas,underArticle6oftheInterimAgreement
amendingthefirstparagraphoftheSoleArticleofAnnex1
totheAdditionalProtocol,theCommunitymusttotally
suspendthecustomsdutiesapplicabletocertainpetroleum
productsfallingwithinChapter27oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,refinedinTurkey,withinthelimitofan
annualCommunitytariffquotaof340000tonnes;
whereasjfortheproductsconcerned,aprovisional
adjustmentshouldbemadetothesetariffpreferences,
consistingessentiallyofsubstitutingfortheCommunity
tariffquotaaCommunityceilingwhichamounts,after
successiveincreases,to705000tonnes,abovewhichthe
customsdutiesapplicabletothirdcountriesmaybe
reintroduced ;
(!)OJNoL293,29.12.1972,p.4.
HOJNoL277,3.10.1973,p.2. (3)OJNoL382,31.12.1980,p.1.

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION suspendedintheCommunityofNineforcertainpetroleum
productsreferredtohereinafterandrefinedinTurkey,
withinthelimitsofaCommunityceilingof705000
tonnes.
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1986theCommon
CustomsTariffdutiesshall,subjecttoArticle2,betotally2.Thepetroleumproductstowhichparagraph1applies
arethefollowing:
CCT
heading
NoDescription
27.10Petroleumoilsandoilsobtainedfrombituminousmineralsotherthancrude;
preparationsnotelsewherespecifiedorincluded,containingnotlessthan70%by
weightofpetroleumoilorofoilsobtainedfrombituminousminerals,theseoilsbeing
thebasicconstituentsofthepreparations :
A.Lightoils:
III.Forotherpurposes
B.Mediumoils:
III.Forotherpurposes
C.Heavyoils:
I.Gasoils:
c)Forotherpurposes
II.Fueloils:
c)Forotherpurposes
III.Lubricatingoils,otheroils:
c)TobemixedinaccordancewiththetermsofAdditionalNote7tothis
chapter(a)
d)Forotherpurposes
Petroleumgasesandothergaseoushydrocarbons :
B.Other:27.11
I.Commercialpropaneandcommercialbutane:
27.12
27.13c)Forotherpurposes
Petroleumjelly:
A.Crude:
III.Forotherpurposes
B.Other
Paraffinwax,micro-crystalline wax,slackwax,ozokerite,lignitewax,pestwaxand
othermineralwaxes,whetherornotcoloured:
B.Other:
I.Crude:
c)Forotherpurposes
II.Other
Petroleumbitumen,petroleumcokeandotherresiduesofpetroleumoilsorofoils
obtainedfrombituminousminerals:
C.Other27.14
(a)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttoconditionstobedeterminedbythecompetent
authorities .

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3.Importsofthepetroleumproductsreferredtoin
paragraph1shallbesubjecttoCommunitysupervision.
4.Importsoftheproductsshallbesetoffagainstthe
ceilingasandwhentheyaresubmittedtothecustoms
authoritiesundercoverofadeclarationthattheyhavebeen
madeavailableforfreecirculation .
5.Theextenttowhichtheceilinghasbeenusedshallbe
determinedatCommunitylevelonthebasisoftheimports
setoffagainstitinthemannerdefinedinparagraph4.
6.MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission atthe
intervalsandwithinthetimelimitsspecifiedinArticle3of
anyimportseffectedinaccordancewiththeaboverules.dutiesapplicabletothirdcountriesuntiltheendofthe
calendaryear.
Article3
MemberStatesshallforwardtotheCommissionnotlater
thanthe15thdayofeachmonthastatementoftheimports
effectedduringtheprecedingmonth.IftheCommissionso
requests,theyshallforwardthisstatement,inrespectof
10-dayperiods,whithinfivecleardaysoftheexpiryof
eachsuch10-dayperiod.
Article4
TheCommissionshalltakeallnecessarymeasuresforthe
implementation ofthisRegulationinclosecooperation
withtheMemberStates.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1986.Article2
AssoonastheceilingreferredtoinArticle1(1)hasbeen
reachedatCommunitylevel,theCommissionmayissuea
Regulationreintroducing theCommonCustomsTariff
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20December1985.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
R.KRIEPS