NoL148/2 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 16.6.77
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1279/77
of14June1977
suspendingtheapplicationofindicativeceilingsestablishedbyRegulations
(EEC)No3230/76,(EEC)No3231/76,(EEC)No3233/76,(EEC)No3234/76and
EECNo3235/76fortheimportsofcertainproductsoriginatinginAustria,
Finland,Norway,PortugalandSweden
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,pursuanttoProtocol1annexedtotheAgree­
mentsbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andtheRepublicofAustria,theRepublicofFinland,
theKingdomofNorway,theRepublicofPortugal
andtheKingdomofSweden,theCommunityhas,by
Regulations (EEC)No3230/76(*),(EEC)No
3231/76(2),(EEC)No3233/76(3),(EEC)No
3234/76(4)and(EEC)No3235/76(5),establishedthe
indicativeceilingsapplicablein1977toimportsof
certainproductsoriginatinginthosecountries;
whereasprovisionismadeunderthesaidProtocols
thatif,fortwosuccessiveyears,importsofaproduct
subjecttoaceilingarelessthan90%oftheamount
fixed,theCommunityshallsuspendtheapplicationof
thisceiling;
WhereastheCommunities 'statisticalsummariesfor
1975and1976showthatimportsofcertainproducts
whicharesubjecttoceilingshavenotreached90%
oftheceilingsindicated;whereas,therefore,the
Communityshouldsuspendapplicationoftheceil­
ingsvalidforimportsoftheproductsinquestionfor
1977;whereas,however,itisdesirabletokeepunder
reviewthedevelopmentoftheseimportsbystatistical
supervision ,TheseimportsshallremainunderCommunitysupervi­
sion.
2.Theapplicationoftheindicativeceilingsesta­
blishedbyArticle1ofRegulation(EEC)No3231/76
shallbesuspendedduring1977fortheimportsofthe
productsindicatedunderOrderNosISF1,ISF8,I
SF10andISF13ofAnnexItothesaidRegulation .
TheseimportsshallremainunderCommunitysupervi­
sion.
3.Theapplicationoftheindicativeceilingsesta­
blishedbyArticle1ofRegulation(EEC)No3233/76
shallbesuspendedduring1977fortheimportsofthe
productsindicatedunderOrderNosIN1,IN5,IN
9andIN10ofAnnexItothesaidRegulation .
TheseimportsshallremainunderCommunitysupervi­
sion.
4.Theapplicationoftheindicativeceilingsesta­
blishedbyArticle1ofRegulation(EEC)No3234/76
shallbesuspendedduring1977fortheimportsofthe
productsindicatedunderOrderNosIP2,IP5andI
P10ofAnnexItothesaidRegulation .
TheseimportsshallremainunderCommunitysupervi­
sion.
5.Theapplicationoftheindicativeceilingsesta­
blishedbyArticle1ofRegulation(EEC)No3235/76
shallbesuspendedduring1977fortheimportsofthe
productsindicatedunderOrderNosIS2,IS3,IS6,
IS7,IS8,IS13,IS17andIS20ofAnnexItothe
saidRegulation.
TheseimportsshallremainunderCommunitysupervi­
sion.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Theapplicationoftheindicativeceilingsesta­
blishedbyArticle1ofRegulation(EEC)No3230/76
shallbesuspendedduring1977fortheimportsofthe
productsindicatedunderOrderNoIA1ofAnnexI
tothesaidRegulation .Article2
(')OJNoL367,31.12.1976,p.1.
(*)OJNoL367,31.12.1976,p.7.
(>)OJNoL367,31.12.1976,p.15.
(«)OJNoL367,31.12.1976,p.21.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (5)OJNoL367,31.12.1976,p.25.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,14June1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
T.BENN