31.12.87 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL399/5
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4175/87
of21December1987
openingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitypreferentialceilingforcertain
petroleumproductsrefinedinTurkeyandestablishingCommunitysurveillanceforimportsthereof
1988
other(4);whereasthetariffquotainquestionapplies
thereforetothecurrentCommunitywiththeexceptionof
Greece;
WhereastheapplicationofceilingsrequirestheCommunity
toberegularlyinformedofthetrendofimportsofthe
relevantproductsoriginatinginTurkey;whereasimports
should,therefore,bemadesubjecttoasystemof
surveillance ;
Whereasthisobjectivemaybeachievedbymeansofan
administrativeprocedurebasedonoffsettingimportsofthe
productsinquestionagainsttheceilingatCommunitylevel
asandwhentheseproductsareenteredwiththecustoms
authoritiesforfreecirculation;whereasthisadministrative
proceduremustmakeprovisionforthepossible
re-establishment ofcustomstariffdutiesassoonastheceiling
isreachedatCommunitylevel;
Whereasthisadministrative procedurerequirescloseand
particularlyswiftcooperationbetweentheMemberStates
andtheCommission ;whereasthelattermust,inparticular,
beabletofollowtheprogressofquantitieschargedagainst
theceilingandkeeptheMemberStatesinformed;whereas
thiscooperationhastobeparticularlyclosesincethe
Commissionmustbeabletotaketheappropriatemeasures
tore-establishcustomstariffdutiesiftheceilingis
reached,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Economiccommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasArticle7oftheSupplementary Protocoltothe
AssociationAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandTurkeyconsequentontheaccessionofnew
MemberStatestotheCommunity (1),whichwassignedin
Ankaraon30June1973andenteredintoforceon1March
1986(2),providesforthetotalsuspensionofcustomsduties
applicabletocertainpetroleumproductsrefinedinTurkey
fallingwithinChapter27oftheCommonCustomsTariff
withinthelimitsofanannualCommunitytariffquotaof
340000tonnes;whereas,fortheproductsconcerned,a
provisionaladjustmentshouldbemadetothosetariff
preferences,consistingessentiallyofsubstitutingforthe
CommunitytariffquotaaCommunityceilingamounting,
aftersuccessiveincreases,to705000tonnes,abovewhich
thecustomsdutiesapplicabletothirdcountriesmaybe
re-established ;
WhereastheCommunityhasadopted,witheffectfrom
1January1988,acombinednomenclatureforgoodswhich
meetstherequirementsoftheCommonCustomsTariffand
theexternaltradestatisticsoftheCommunityandstatistics
oftradebetweenMemberStates;whereasinorderto
accomodate specificCommunity measuresthis
nomenclaturehasbeenexpandedintoanintegratedtariffof
theEuropeanCommunities (Taric);whereas,fromthedate
givenabove,thecombinednomenclature and,where
appropriate,theTariccodenumbersshouldbeusedforthe
descriptionoftheproductscoveredbythisRegulation;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle119oftheActof
AccessionofGreece,theCounciladoptedRegulation(EEC)
No3555/80of16December1980determiningthe
arrangementstobeappliedwithregardtoimportsinto
GreeceoriginatinginAlgeria,Israel,Malta,Morocco,
Portugal,Syria,TunisiaorTurkey(3);whereas,theCouncil
hasalsoadoptedRegulation (EEC)No2573/87of11
August1987layingdownthearrangements fortrade
betweenSpainandPortugal,ontheonehand,andAlgeria,
Egypt,Jordan,Lebanon,TunisiaandTurkey,ontheHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1988theduties
applicabletoimportsintothecurrentCommunitywiththe
exceptionofGreeceofthepetroleumproductsrefinedin
Turkeyindicatedbelowshallbesuspendedinfullwithinthe
limitsofaCommunityceilingof705000tonnes.
Withinthelimitsofthisceiling,theKingdomofSpainandthe
PortugueseRepublicshallapplythedutiescalculatedin
accordancewithRegulation (EEC)No2573/87.
2.Thepetroleumproductstowhichparagraph1applies
shallbethefollowing: 0)OJNoL361,31.12.1977,p.2.
(2)OJNoL48,26.2.1986,p.36.
(3)OJNoL382,31.12.1980,p.1. (4)OJNoL250,1.9.1987,p.1.

NoL399/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.12.87
Order
NoCNcode Description
13.0010 271000
27100021
27100025
27100031
27100033
27100035
27100037
27100039
27100051
27100055
27100059Petroleumoilsandoilsobtainedfrombituminousminerals,otherthancrude;
preparationsnotelsewherespecifiedorincluded,containingbyweight70%or
moreofpetroleumoilsorofoilsobtainedfrombituminousminerals,theseoils
beingthebasicconstituentsofthepreparations :
—Lightoils:
——Forotherpurposes:
———Specialspirits:
————Whitespirit
————Other
———Other:
————Motorspirit:
—————Aviationspirit:
—————Other,withaleadcontent:
——————Notexceeding0,013g/1
——————Exceeding0,013g/1
————Spirittypejetfuel
————Otherlightoils
—Mediumoils:
——Forotherpurposes:
———Kerosene:^
————Jetfuel
————Other
———Other
—Heavyoils:
——Gasoils:
———Forotherpurposes
——Fueloils:
———Forotherpurposes
——Lubricatingoils;otheroils:
———Tobemixedinaccordancewiththetermsofadditionalnote6(CN)
tothischapter(x)
———Forotherpurposes
Petroleumgasesandothergaseoushydrocarbons :
——Propane:
———Other:
————Forotherpurposes
——Butanes:
———Forotherpurposes
Petroleumjelly,paraffinwax,microcrystalline petrolumwax,slackwax,
ozokerite,lignitewax,peatwax,othermineralwaxes,andsimilarproducts
obtainedbysynthesisorbyotherprocesses,whetherornotcoloured:
—Petroleumjelly:
——Crude
——Other
—Paraffinwaxcontainingbyweightlessthan0,75%ofoil27100069
27100079
27100095
27100099
2711
271112
27111299
271113
27111390
2712
271210
27121010
27121090
27122000

NoL399/7 31.12.87 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
Order
NoCNcode Description
13.0010
(cont'd)271290 —Other:
——Other:
———Crude:
27129039————Forotherpurposes
27129090———Other
2713 Petroleumcoke,petroleumbitumenandotherresiduesofpetroleumoilsorof
oilsobtainedfrombituminousminerals:
271390—Otherresiduesofpetroleumoilsorofoilsobtainedfrombituminous
minerals:
27139090——Other
(*)EntryunderthissubheadingissubjecttoconditionslaiddownintherelevantCommunityprovisions .
Article3
MemberStatesshallsendtheCommissionstatementsofthe
quantitieschargedfortheprecedingmonthnolaterthanthe
15thdayofeachmonth.AttheCommission'srequest,they
shallsendstatementsofthequantitieschargedforperiodsof
tendays,tobeforwardedwithinfivecleardaysoftheendof
eachten-dayperiod.3.Importsofthepetroleumproductsreferredtoin
paragraph1shallbesubjecttoCommunitysurveillance .
4.Quantitiesshallbechargedagainsttheceilingasand
whenproductsareenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesfor
freecirculation .
5.Theextenttowhichtheceilingisusedupshall
bedeterminedatCommunitylevelonthebasisofthe
importschargedagainstit,inthemannerspecifiedin
paragraph4.
6.MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission ,atthe
intervalsandwithinthetimelimitsspecifiedinArticle3,of
importseffectedinaccordancewiththerulesreferredtoin
thisArticle.Article4
TheCommissionshalltakeallappropriatemeasures,inclose
cooperationwiththeMemberStates,toensurethe
implementation ofthisRegulation.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowing
thatofitspublicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
Itshallapplywitheffectfrom1January1988.Article2
AssoonastheceilingreferredtoArticle1(1)hasbeen
reachedatCommunitylevel,theCommissionmayadopta
Regulationre-establishing ,untiltheendofthecalendaryear,
thecollectionofCommonCustomsTariffduties.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.;
DoneatBrussels,21December1987.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.HAARDER