NoL374/10 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.12.86
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4010/86
of16December1986
establishingceilingsandCommunitysurveillanceofimportsofcertainproductsoriginatingin
Malta(1987)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,productsinquestionagainsttheceilingsatCommunity
levelasandwhentheproductsareenteredwithcustoms
authoritiesforhomeuse;whereasthisadministrative
proceduremustmakeprovisionforthepossibilityof
customstariffdutiesbeingre-established assoonasthe
ceilingsarereachedatCommunitylevel;
Whereasthisadministrative procedurerequirescloseand
particularlyrapidcooperationbetweentheMemberStates
andtheCommissionandthelattermustinparticularbe
abletofollowtheprogressofquantitieschargedagainstthe
ceilingsandkeeptheMemberStatesinformed;whereas
thiscooperationhastobeparticularlyclosesincethe
Commissionmustbeabletotaketheappropriatemeasures
tore-establishcustomtariffdutiesifoneoftheceilingsis
reached,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereastheprovisionsoftheAdditionalProtocoltothe
Agreementestablishinganassociationbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandMalta(!)have
lapsed;
Whereas,pendingtheentryintoforceofanewProtocol,it
isnecessarytoextend,for1987,thearrangementswhich
theCommunityappliestotradewithMaltawithinthe
contextoftheAssociationwiththatcountry;
Whereas,theCounciladoptedRegulation (EEC)
No2357/86determiningthearrangementstobeapplied
withregardtoimportsintoGreeceofcertainproducts
originatinginMalta(2);
Whereas,sinceaProtocolasprovidedforinArticles179
and366oftheActofAccessionofSpainandPortugaldoes
notexist,theCommunitymusttakethemeasuresreferred
toinArticles180and367ofthatAct;whereasthis
Regulationapplies,therefore,totheCommunityas
constitutedon31December1985;
Whereastheabovementioned AdditionalProtocolmakes
provisionforthetotalabolitionofcustomsdutiesinrespect
oftheproductstowhichtheAgreementapplies;whereas,
however,foranumberofproductsexemptionfromduties
issubjecttoceilingsabovewhichthecustomsduties
applicabletothirdcountriesmaybere-established ;
whereas ,theceilingstobeappliedin1987shouldtherefore
bedetermined;whereastheapplicationofceilingsrequires
thattheCommunityberegularlyinformedonimportsof
theproductsinquestionoriginatinginMalta;whereasitis
thereforedesirablethatimportsoftheseproductsbe
subjectedtoasystemofsurveillance ;
Whereasthisobjectivemaybeachievedbymeansofan
administrative procedurebasedonchargingimportsoftheArticle1
1.From1Januaryto31December1987importsintothe
Community ,asconstitutedon31December1985,ofthe
productslistedintheAnnexandinMaltashallbesubject
toannualceilingsandCommunitysurveillance .
Thedescriptionoftheproductsreferredtointhefirst
subparagraph ,theirtariffheadingsandstatisticalnumbers
andtheceilingsshallbeassetoutintheAnnex.
2.Quantitiesshallbechargedagainsttheceilingsasand
whenproductsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulationandaccompaniedbyamovementcertificatein
accordancewiththerulescontainedintheProtocol
concerningthedefinitionoftheconceptof'originating
products'andmethodsofadministrative cooperation
annexedtotheProtocollayingdowncertainprovisions
relatingtotheAgreementestablishinganassociation
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
Malta(3).
HOJNoL304,29.11.1977,p.2.
(2)OJNoL205,29.7.1986,p.9. (3)OJNoL111,28.4.1976,p.3.

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Goodsmaybechargedagainsttheceilingonlyifthe
movementcertificateissubmittedbeforethedateonwhich
customsdutiesarereimposed.
Theextenttowhichaceilingisusedupshallbedetermined
atCommunitylevelonthebasisoftheimportscharged
againstitinthemannerdefinedinthepreceding
subparagraphs .
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission ,atthe
intervalsandwithinthetimelimitsspecifiedin
paragraph4,ofimportseffectedinaccordancewiththe
aboveprocedures .
3.Assoonastheceilingshavebeenreached,the
CommissionmayadoptaRegulationre-establishing until
theendofthecalendaryearthecustomsdutiesapplicable
tothirdcountries .4.MemberStatesshallforwardtotheCommissionnot
laterthanthe15thdayofeachmonthstatementsofthe
quantitieschargedduringtheprecedingmonth.Ifthe
Commissionsorequests,theyshallprovidesuchstatements
forperiodsof10daysandforwardthemwithinfiveclear
daysoftheendofeach10-dayperiod.
Article2
TheCommissionshalltakeallappropriatemeasures,in
closecooperationwiththeMemberStates,forthepurposes
ofapplyingthisRegulation.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1987.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16December1986.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.HOWE

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ANNEX
Listofproductssubjecttoimportceilingsin1987
Serial
NoCCT
heading
NoDescriptionNIMEXE
codeLevel
ofceiling
(tonnes)
1 2 3 4 5
11.0010
11.0020
11.0030
11.0040
11.005055.05
55.09
56.04
60.05
61.01Cottonyarn,notputupforretailsale
Otherwovenfabricsofcotton
Man-madefibres(discontinuousorwaste),carded,combedorotherwise
preparedforspinning
Outergarmentsandotherarticles,knittedorcrocheted,notelastic
Men'sandboys'outergarments55.05-all
numbers
55.09-all
numbers
56.04-all
numbers
60.05-all
numbers
61.01-all
numbersCeiling
delayed
Ceiling
delayed
Ceiling
delayed
Ceiling
delayed
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