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REGULATION (EEC)No670/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of22January1973
establishingCommunitysupervisionofimportsofcertainproductsoriginatingin
Iceland
MemberStatesandtheCommission andwhereas
thelattermust,inparticular,beabletofollowthe
progressofamountssetoffagainsttheindicative
ceilingsandkeeptheMemberStatesinformed;
whereasthiscooperationmustbeallthecloser
sincetheCommission mustbeabletotake
adequatemeasurestoreintroducecustomstariff
dutieswheneveroneoftheceilingshasbeen
reached;
Wherastheindicativeceilingsfortheproductslisted
inAnnexBtoProtocolNo1havebeencalculated
for1973byreferencetothesituationofthecustoms
dutiestobeappliedbytheCommunityasoriginally
constitutedontheonehand,andbythenew
MemberStatesontheother;whereas,consequently
supervisionofimportsofcertainproductsmust
beginon1January1973incertainMemberStates
andon1April1973inothers;
Whereas,fortheproductswhich,inaccordance
withArticles2and3oftheAgreement,aresubject
tothenormaltimetablefortheabolitionof
customsdutiesitisnecessarytofollowthetrendof
imports;whereastothisendtheCommunity
shouldbeempoweredtotake,whereappropriate,
measurestoavoidanyprejudicetoindustryinthe
Communityandwhereasitis,therefore,desirable
thatimportsoftheseproductsalsobesubjectedto
asystemofsupervision ;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Article113thereof -,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommis­
sion;
WhereasanAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunity andtheRepublicof
Iceland(*)wassignedon22July1972;
WhereasArticles2and3ofthatAgreementmake
provisionfortheprogressiveabolitionofcustoms
dutiesinrespectoftheproductstowhichtheAgree­
mentapplieswhereasbywayofderogationfrom
theseArticles,Articlesi,2and3ofProtocolNo1
annexedtotheAgreementlaydownthat,for
importsofcertainproductslistedinAnnexBto
thatProtocol,thereductionofdutiesshallbe
limitedin1973toindicativeceilingsabovewhich
thecustomsdutiesapplicabletothirdcountriesmay
bereintroduced ;whereasapplicationofthislast
provisionrequiresthattheCommunityberegularly
informedofthetrendofimportsoftheproductsin
questionoriginatinginIceland;whereasitis,there­
fore,desirablethatimportsoftheseproductsbe
subjectedtoasystemofsupervision,
Whereasthisobjectivemaybeachievedbymeans
ofanadministrativeprocedurebasedonsettingoff
importsoftheproductsinquestionagainsttheindi­
cativeceilingsatCommunitylevel,asandwhen
theseproductsaresubmittedtothecustomsauthori­
tiesundercoverofdeclarationsthattheyhavebeen
madeavailableforconsumption ;whereasthisad­
ministrativeproceduremustmakeprovisionforthe
reintroduction ofcustomstariffdutiesassoonas
theceilingshavebeenreachedatCommunitylevel;
Whereasthisadministrativeprocedurerequiresclose
andparticularlyrapidcooperationbetweentheHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.ImportsofproductsoriginatinginIcelandto
whichannualindicativeceilingsareappliedinaccor­
dancewithArticles1,2and3andAnnexBto
ProtocolNo1totheAgreementbetweentheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublicof
IcelandshallbesubjectedtoCommunitysuper­
visionin1973. I1)OJNoL301,31.12.1972,p.1.

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Thedescriptionoftheproductsreferredtointhe
precedingsubparagraph ,theirtariffheadingsand
statisticnumbers,thelevelsoftheindicativeceilings
andthedatesonwhichCommunitysupervision
shallbeginaregiveninAnnexI.
2.Amountsshallbesetoffagainsttheindicative
ceilingsasandwhenproductsaresubmittedtothe
customsauthoritiesundercoverofadeclaration
thattheyhavebeenmadeavailableforconsumption
andaccompanied byamovement ,certificate
conformingtotherulescontainedinProtocolNo3
totheAgreementreferredtoinparagraph1.
Goodsshallbesetoffagainsttheindicativeceiling
onlyifthemovementcertificatehasbeensubmitted
beforethedateonwhich •customsdutiesarere­
imposed.
Thereachingofaceilingshallbedeterminedat
Communitylevelonthebasisofimportssetoff
againstitinthemannerdefinedinthepreceding
subparagraphs .
TheMemberStatesshallperiodicallyinformthe
Commissionofimportseffectedinaccordancewith
theaboverules.
3.Assoonastheceilingshavebeenreached,the
CommissionmayissueaRegulationreimposingthe
customsdutiesapplicabletothirdcountriesforthe
wholeCommunityuntiltheendofthe'calendar
year.
ThenewMemberStatesshallsimultaneously re­
imposethedutiesprovidedforinArticle3(f)ofProtocolNo1totheAgreementreferredtoinpara­
graph1.
Article2
Duringtheperiodfrom1January1973until31
December1973,importsoftheproductsreferredto
inAnnexIIwhichoriginateinIcelandshallbe
subjectedtoCommunitysupervision .
TheMemberStatesshallperiodicallyinformthe
Commissionofimportsoftheseproducts;tothis
end,onlyproductssubmittedtothecustomsauthori­
tiesundercoverofadeclarationthattheyhave
beenmadeavailableforconsumptionandaccompa­
niedbyamovementcertificateconformingtothe
rulescontainedinProtocolNo3totheAgreement
referredtoinArticle1shallbetakenintoconsidera­
tion.
Article3
Fortheimplementation ofthisRegulationthe
Commissionshalltakeallnecessarymeasuresin
closecooperationwiththeMemberStates.
Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
Itshallbeapplicableasfrom1January1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22January1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
L.TINDEMANS

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ANNEXI
LISTOFPRODUCTSSUBJECTTOINDICATIVE CEILINGSUPONIMPORTATION IN
1973
OrderNoCCT
heading
NoDescription NimexeCodeLevelof
ceiling
(metrictons)
1 2 3 4 5
76.01Unwroughtaluminium;aluminiumwaste
andscrap:
IISL1 A.Unwrought 76.01-11,15 .27276
Datesonwhichsupervisioncommences :
—intheCommunityasoriginallyconstituted :1April1973
—intheUnitedKingdomandDenmark :1January1973
—inIreland:1April1973

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ANNEXII
LISTOFPRODUCTS REFERRED TOINARTICLE2
Commencement ofsupervision :1January1973
IIISL481.02
81.03OrderNoCCT
heading
NoDescription NimexeCode
1 2 3 4
78.01Unwroughtlead(includingargentiferous lead);lead
wasteandscrap:
A.Unwrought :
IIISL1
79.01II.Other
Unwroughtzinc;zincwasteandscrap:78.01-12,13,15,19
IIISL2 A.Unwrought 79.01-11,15
IIISL381.01Tungsten(wolfram),unwroughtorwrought,andarticles
thereof81.01-allNos.
IIISL481.02Mölybdenum ,unwroughtorwrought,andarticles
thereof81.02-allNos.
IIISL581.03
81.04Tantalum,unwroughtorwrought
Otherbasemetals,unwroughtorwrought,andarticles
thereof;cermets,unwroughtorwrought,andarticles
thereof:81.03-allNos.
IIISL6 B.Cadmium
C.Cobalt:81.04-16,18
IIISL7 II.Other 81.04-23
IIISL8 D.Chromium 81.04-26,28
IIISL9 E.Germanium 81.04-31,33
IIISL10 F.Hafnium(celtium) 81.04-36,38
IIISLU G.Manganese 81.04-41,43
IIISL12 H.Niobium(columbium ) 81.04-46,48
IIISL13 IJ.Antimony 81.04-51,53
IIISL14 K.Titanium 81.04-56,58
IIISL15 L.Vanadium 81.04-61,63
IIISL16 M.UraniumdepletedinU235 81.04-69
IIISL17 O.Zirconium 81.04-81,83
IIISL18 P.Rheium 81.04-91,93
IIISL19 Q.Gallium;indium;thallium 81.04-94,95
IIISL20 R.Cermets 81.0497,98