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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 349/84

of 6 February 1984

suspending tariff concessions and increasing duties under the Common Customs Tariff with regard to certain products originating in the United States of America, and establishing quantitative restrictions with regard to other products originating in that country

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas the United States of America decided, with reference to Article XIX of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, unilaterally as of 20 July 1983 to increase tariffs and to impose quantitative restrictions on the import of certain iron and steel products;

Whereas these measures are causing considerable injury to the Community producers concerned, and call into question the balance of concessions and obligations resulting from the General Agreement;

Whereas the consultations which were held between the United States of America and the Community in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article XIX did not reach a satisfactory conclusion;

Whereas in accordance with paragraph 3 (a) of Article XIX any Contracting Party injured by such measures has the right to suspend concessions or other substantially equivalent obligations resulting from the General Agreement, with regard to the trade of the Contracting Party which has taken such measures;

Whereas it is necessary, in the present situation, to invoke these provisions in regard to the United States of America;

Whereas it follows that it is advisable to suspend the application of concessions granted to the United States of America for certain products and to increase the rates of duty applicable to those products;

Whereas it is also necessary to subject certain products originating in the United States of America to quantitative restrictions;

Whereas provision should be made for the appropriate measures in order to ensure the administration of these quantitative restrictions,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex 'Common Customs Tariff' to Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3678/83 (2), is hereby amended as follows:

1.2.3,4 // // // // Heading number // Description // Rates of duty // 1.2.3.4 // // // Autonomous % // Conventional % // // // // // 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // // // // // 29.04 // Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives: // // // // A. Saturated monohydric alcohols: // // // // I. Methanol (methyl alcohol) // 18 (b) // 13,5 (c) // // II to V. (unchanged) // (unchanged) // (unchanged) // // B and C. (unchanged) // (unchanged) // (unchanged) // // // //

(a) (Unchanged).

(b) The autonomous duty applicable to products originating in the United States of America is set at 19,9 %.

(c) Products originating in the United States of America do not receive the benefit of the conventional duty rate.

1.2.3,4 // // // // Heading number // Description // Rates of duty // 1.2.3.4 // // // Autonomous % // Conventional % // // // // // 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // // // // // 29.14 // Monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peracids, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives: // // // // A. Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids: // // // // I. (unchanged) // (unchanged) // (unchanged) // // II. Acetic acid and its salts and esters: // // // // a) (unchanged) // (unchanged) // (unchanged) // // b) (unchanged) // (unchanged) // (unchanged) // // c) Esters of acetic acid: // // // // 1. Ethyl acetate, vinyl acetate, propyl acetate and isopropyl acetate // 20 (a) // 13,2 (b) // // 2 to 4. (unchanged) // (unchanged) // (unchanged) // // III to XI. (unchanged) // (unchanged) // (unchanged) // // B to D. (unchanged) // (unchanged) // (unchanged) // // // //

(a) The autonomous duty applicable to vinyl acetate originating in the United States of America is set at 19,6 %.

(b) Vinyl acetate originating in the United States of America does not receive the benefit of this conventional duty.

1.2.3,4 // // // // Heading number // Description // Rates of duty // 1.2.3.4 // // // Autonomous % // Conventional % // // // // // 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // // // // // 85.17 // Electric sound or visual signalling apparatus (such as bells, sirens, indicator panels, burglar and fire alarms), other than those of heading No 85.09 or 85.16: // // // // A. For use in civil aircraft, excluding parts of such goods (a) // (unchanged) // (unchanged) // // B. Other // 15 (b) // 5 (c) // // // //

(a) Unchanged.

(b) The autonomous duty applicable to signalling apparatus against burglary, fire and similar situations (excluding their components and parts), originating in the United States of America, is set at 11,7 %.

(c) Signalling apparatus against burglary, fire and similar situations (excluding their components and parts), originating in the United States of America, does not receive the benefit of this conventional duty. Article 2

The free circulation of products referred to in the Annex and originating in the United States of America is hereby made subject to the quotas established corresponding to each product.

Article 3

1. The free circulation of the products referred to in Article 2 is hereby made subject to the presentation of an import authorization.

2. The distribution of the quotas between Member States shall be established in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 1023/70 (1), on the basis of imports into the Member States in the course of the year 1982.

3. The provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1023/70, relating to the administration of the quotas, shall apply to the products referred to in Article 2.

4. The quotas may be increased only by a Council decision.

Article 4

1. The free circulation of the products referred to in this Regulation may be made subject to the presentation of proof of their origin.

2. The detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be laid down in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 (2).

Article 5

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1984.

It shall apply until 28 February 1985.

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

Done at Brussels, 6 February 1984.

For the Council

The President

M. ROCARD

(1) OJ No L 172, 22. 7. 1968, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 366, 28. 12. 1983, p. 53.

(1) OJ No L 124, 8. 6. 1970, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 1.

ANNEX

(million ECU)

1.2.3.4 // // // // // CCT heading No // NIMEXE code (1984) // Description // Quota level from 1 March 1984 to 28 February 1985 // // // // // 29.01 D II // 29.01-71 // Styrene // 25,600 // ex 39.02 C I b) // // Polyethylene in one of the forms mentioned in Note 3 (d) to Chapter 39, of a thickness: // // // // - of 0,10 mm or less, of a density: // // // 39.02-09 // - of less than 0,94 g/cm3 // 9,100 // // 39.02-11 // - of 0,94 g/cm3 or more // 2,000 // // 39.02-12 // - of more than 0,10 mm // 2,500 // ex 93.04 A // 93.04-20, 30, 41, 49, 60 // Sporting and target shooting guns, rifles and carbines other than double barrelled, smooth bore // 7,400 // ex 97.06 C // 97.06-10 // Gymnastics and athletics equipment // 3,600 // ex 97.06 C // 97.06-33, 34 // Snow skis // 3,900 // // // //