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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No3923/90
of21December1990
openingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitypreferentialceilingforcertain
petroleumproductsrefinedinTurkeyandestablishingCommunitysurveillanceforimports
thereof(1991)
should,therefore,bemadesubjecttoasystemof
surveillance;
Whereasthisobjectivemaybeachievedbymeansofan
administrativeprocedurebasedonoffsettingimportsofthe
productsinquestionagainsttheceilingatCommunitylevel
asandwhentheseproductsareenteredwiththecustoms
authoritiesforfreecirculation;whereasthisadministrative
proceduremustmakeprovisionforthepossible
re-establishment ofcustomstariffdutiesassoonastheceiling
isreachedatCommunitylevel;
Whereasthisadministrative procedurerequirescloseand
particularlyswiftcooperationbetweentheMemberStates
andtheCommission ;whereasthelattermust,inparticular,
beabletofollowtheprogressofquantitieschargedagainst
theceilingandkeeptheMemberStatesinformed;whereas
thiscooperationhastobeparticularlyclosesincethe
Commissionmustbeabletotaketheappropriatemeasures
tore-establishcustomstariffdutiesiftheceilingis
reached,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasArticle7oftheSupplementary Protocoltothe
AssociationAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandTurkeyconsequentontheaccessionofnew
MemberStatestotheCommunity('),whichwassignedin
Ankaraon30June1973andenteredintoforceon1March
1986(2),providesforthetotalsuspensionofcustomsduties
applicabletocertainpetroleumproductsrefinedinTurkey
fallingwithinChapter27oftheCommonCustomsTariff
withinthelimitsofanannualCommunitytariffquotaof
340000tonnes;whereas,fortheproductsconcerned,a
provisionaladjustmentshouldbemadetothosetariff
preferences,consistingessentiallyofsubstitutingforthe
CommunitytariffquotaaCommunityceilingamounting,
aftersuccessiveincreases,to740250tonnes,abovewhich
thecustomsdutiesapplicabletothirdcountriesmaybe
re-established ;
WhereastheCounciladoptedRegulation (EEC)No
1059/88layingdown,thearrangements applicableto
Greece'stradewithTurkey(3);whereas,theCouncilalso
adoptedRegulation(EEC)No2573/87layingdownthe
arrangementsfortradebetweenSpainandPortugal,onthe
onehand,andAlgeria,Egypt,Jordan,Lebanon,Tunisiaand
TTurkey,ontheother(4);whereasthetariffquotainquestion
appliesthereforetothecurrentCommunity ;
WhereastheapplicationofceilingsrequirestheCommunity
toberegularlyinformedofthetrendofimportsofthe
relevantproductsoriginatinginTurkey;whereasimportsHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1991theduties
applicabletoimportsintotheCommunityofthepetroleum
productsrefinedinTTurkeyandindicatedinparagraph2shall
besuspendedinfullwithinthelimitsofaCommunityceiling
of740250tonnes.
Withinthelimitsofthisceiling,theKingdomofSpainandthe
PortugueseRepublicshallapplythedutiescalculatedin
accordancewithRegulation (EEC)No2573/87.
2.Thepetroleumproductstowhichparagraph1applies
shallbethefollowing:
Order
NoCNcode Description
13.0010 271000Petroleumoilsandoilsobtainedfrombituminousminerals,otherthancrude
I I preparationsnotelsewherespecifiedorincluded,containingbyweight70%
I ormoreofpetroleumoilsorofoilsobtainedfrombituminousminerals,these
III oilsbeingthebasicconstituentsofthepreparations :
\ —Lightoils:
l \ ——Forotherpurposes:
(>)OJNoL361,31.12.1977,p.2.
(2)OJNoL48,26.2.1986,p.36.
(3)OJNoL104,23.4.1988,p.4.
(«)OJNoL250,1.9.1987,p.1.

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Order
NoCNcode Description
13.0010
(cont'd)27100021———Specialspirits:
————Whitespirit
27100025————Other
———Other:
____Motorspirit:
27100031—————Aviationspirit:
—————Other,withaleadcontent:
27100033——————Notexceeding0,013g/1
27100035——————Exceeding0,013g/1
27100037————Spirittypejetfuel
27100039————Otherlightoils
—Mediumoils:
——Forotherpurposes:
___Kerosene :
27100051————Jetfuel
27100055----Other
27100059———Other
—Heavyoils:
——Gasoils:
27100069———Forotherpurposes
——Fueloils:
27100079———Forotherpurposes
——Lubricatingoils;otheroils:
27100095———Tobemixedinaccordancewiththetermsofadditionalnote6(CN)
tothischapter(*)
27100099•———Forotherpurposes
2711 Petroleumgasesandothergaseoushydrocarbons :
271112 ——Propane:
———Other:
27111299————Forotherpurposes
271113 ——Butanes:
27111390___Forotherpurposes
2712 Petroleumjelly,paraffinwax,microcrystalline petrolumwax,slackwax,
ozbkerite,lignitewax,peatwax,othermineralwaxes,andsimilarproducts
obtainedbysynthesisorbyotherprocesses,whetherornotcoloured:
271210 —Petroleumjelly:
I 27121010——Crude
27121090——Other
l27122000—Paraffinwaxcontainingbyweightlessthan0,75%ofoil
271290 —Other:
——Other:
———Crude:
27129039————Forotherpurposes
27129090———Other
2713 Petroleumcoke,petroleumbitumenandotherresiduesofpetroleumoilsorof
oilsobtainedfrombituminousminerals:
271390 —Otherresiduesofpetroleumoilsorofoilsobtainedfrombituminous
minerals:
27139090——Other
(J)EntryunderthiscodeissubjecttoconditionslaiddownintherelevantCommunityprovisions.

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Article3
MemberStatesshallsendtheCommission statementsof
thequantitieschargedfortheprecedingmonthnolaterthan
the15thdayofeachmonth.AttheCommission'srequest,
theyshallsendstatementsofthequantitieschargedfor
periodsof10days,tobeforwardedwithinfivecleardaysof
theendofeach10-dayperiod.3.Importsofthepetroleumproductsreferredtoin
paragraph1shallbesubjecttoCommunitysurveillance .
4.Quantitiesshallbechargedagainsttheceilingasand
whenproductsareenteredwiththecustomsauthoritiesfor
freecirculation.
5.Theextenttowhichtheceilingisusedupshall
bedeterminedatCommunitylevelonthebasisofthe
importschargedagainstit,inthemannerspecifiedin
paragraph4.
6.MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission ,atthe
intervalsandwithinthetimelimitsspecifiedinArticle3,of
importseffectedinaccordancewiththerulesreferredtoin
thisArticle.Article4
TheCommissionshalltakeallappropriatemeasures,inclose
cooperationwiththeMemberStates,toensurethe
implementation ofthisRegulation.
Article2
AssoonastheceilingreferredtoArticle1(1)hasbeen
reachedatCommunitylevel,theCommissionmayadopta
regulationre-establishing ,untiltheendofthecalendaryear,
thecollectionofthedutiesnormallyapplicable.Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1991.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21December1990.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.RUBERTI