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of5December 1977
openingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitypreferential
ceilingforcertainpetroleumproductsrefinedinTurkeyandestablishing
Communitysupervisionofimportsthereof
Whereastheapplicationoftheceilingrequiresthat
theCommunityshouldberegularlyinformedofthe
trendofimportsoftheseproductsrefinedinTurkey;
whereasimportsoftheseproductsshouldthereforebe
subjecttoasystemofsupervision ;
Whereasthisobjectivemaybeattainedbymeansof
anadministrative procedurebasedonsettingoff
importsoftheproductsinquestionagainstthe
ceiling,atCommunity level,asandwhenthese
productsaresubmittedtothecustomsauthorities
undercoverofdeclarationsthattheyhavebeenmade
availableforhomeuse;whereasthisadministrative
proceduremustmakeprovisionforthereintroduction
oftheCommonCustomsTariffdutyassoonasthe
saidceilinghasbeenreachedatCommunitylevel;
Whereasthisadministrative procedurerequiresclose
andveryrapidcooperationbetweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission ,whichmustbeableto
monitortheamountssetoffagainsttheceilingand
keeptheMemberStatesinformedthereof;whereas
thiscooperationmustbealltheclosertoenablethe
Commissiontotakeadequatemeasurestoreintroduce
theCommonCustomsTariffdutywheneverthe
ceilingisreached,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,pendingtheentryintoforceoftheSupple­
mentaryProtocolsignedinAnkaraon30June1973
containingtheadjustmentstobemadetotheAgree­
mentestablishinganassociationbetweentheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityandTurkeyandtothe
AdditionalProtocol(')consequentontheaccessionof
newMemberStates,theCommunityhasundertaken,
inanInterimAgreement (2)whichrunsonlyfora
limitedperiodpriortotheentryintoforceofthis
Supplementary Protocol,whichisapplicableuntil31
December1974butwhichhasbeenextendedfor
1978inaccordance withthetermslaiddownin
Article13thereof,toimplementcertainprovisionsof
theSupplementary Protocolrelatingtotradein
goods;whereasunderArticle6oftheInterimAgree­
mentamendingthefirstparagraphoftheSoleArticle
ofAnnex1totheAdditionalProtocol,theCommu­
nitymusttotallysuspendthecustomsdutiesappli­
cabletocertainpetroleumproductsfallingwithin
Chapter27oftheCommonCustomsTariff,refinedin
Turkey,withinthelimitofanannualCommunity
tariffquotaof340000tonnes;whereas,forthe
productsconcerned,aprovisionaladjustmentshould
bemadetothesetariffpreferences,consistingessen­
tiallyofsubstitutingfortheCommunitytariffquotaa
Communityceilingwhichamounts,aftersuccessive
increases,to391000tonnes,abovewhichthecustoms
dutiesapplicabletothirdcountriesmaybereintro­
duced;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1978,the
CommonCustomsTariffdutiesshall,subjectto
Article2,betotallysuspendedforthepetroleum
products,refinedinTurkey,specifiedbelow,withina
limitofaCommunityceilingof391000tonnes:
(•)OJNoL293,29.12.1972,p.4
(*)OJNoL277,3.10.1973,p.2.

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NoDescription
2
Petroleumoilsandoilsobtainedfrombituminousmineralsotherthancrude;prepa­
rationsnotelsewherespecifiedorincluded,containingnotlessthan70%byweight
ofpetroleumoilorofoilsobtainedfrombituminousminerals,theseoilsbeingthe
basicconstituentsofthepreparations :
A.Lightoils:
III.Forotherpurposes
B.Mediumoils:
III.Forotherpurposes
C.Heavyoils:
I.Gasoils:
c)Forotherpurposes
II.Fueloils:
c)Forotherpurposes
III.Lubricatingoils,otheroils:
c)TobemixedinaccordancewiththetermsofAdditionalNote7to
Chapter27(a)
d)Forotherpurposes
Petroleumgasesandothergaseoushydrocarbons :
B.Other:
I.Commericalpropaneandcommercialbutane:
c)Forotherpurposes
Petroleumjelly:
A.Crude:
III.Forotherpurposes
B.Otherl
27.10
27.11
27.12
27.13
27.14Paraffinwax,micro-crystalline wax,slackwax,ozokerite,lignitewax,peatwaxand
othermineralwaxes,whetherornotcoloured :
B.Other:
I.Crude:
c)Forotherpurposes
II.Other
Petroleumbitumen,petroleumcokeandotherresiduesofpetroleumoilsorofoils
obtainedfrombituminousminerals :
C.Other
(a)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttoconditionstobedeterminedbythecompetentauthorities .

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2.Importsofthepetroleumproductsreferredtoin
paragraph 1shallbesubjecttoCommunitysupervi­
sion.
3.Importsoftheproductsshallbesetoffagainst
theceilingasandwhentheyaresubmittedtothe
customsauthoritiesundercoverofadeclarationthat
theyhavebeenmadeavailableforhomeuse.
4.Theextenttowhichtheceilinghasbeenused
shallbedeterminedatCommunitylevelonthebasis
oftheimportssetoffagainstitinthemannerdefined
inparagraph3.
5.MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
theintervalsandwithinthetimelimitsspecifiedin
Article3ofanyimportseffectedinaccordancewith
theaboverules.
Article2
AssoonastheceilingreferredtoinArticle1(1)has
beenreachedatCommunitylevel,theCommissionmayissueaRegulationre-introducing theCommon
CustomsTariffdutiesapplicabletothirdcountries
untiltheendofthecalendaryear.
ArticleJ
MemberStatesshallforwardtotheCommission not
laterthanthe15thdayofeachmonthastatementof
theimportseffectedduringtheprecedingmonth.If
theCommissionsorequests,theyshallforwardthis
statement,inrespectof10-dayperiods,withinfive
cleardaysoftheexpiryofeachsuch10-dayperiod.
Article4
TheCommissionshalltakeallnecessarymeasuresfor
theimplementation ofthisRegulationinclosecooper­
ationwiththeMemberStates.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,5December1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.HUMBLET