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of22December1986
openingandprovidingfortheadministrationofaCommunitypreferentialceilingforcertain
petroleumproductsrefinedinTurkeyandestablishingCommunitysupervisionofimports
thereof(1987)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,importsoftheseproducts;whereastheimportofthese
productsshouldthereforebesubjecttoasystemof
supervision ;
Whereasthisobjectivemaybeattainedbymeansofan
administrative procedurebasedonsettingoffimportsof
theproductsinquestionagainsttheceiling,atCommunity
level,asandwhentheseproductsaresubmittedtothe
customsauthoritiesundercoverofdeclarationsthatthey
havebeenmadeavailableforfreecirculation;whereasthis
administrative proceduremustmakeprovisionforthe
reintroduction oftheCommonCustomsTariffdutyas
soonasthesaidceilinghasbeenreachedatCommunity
level;
Whereasthisadministrative procedurerequirescloseand
veryrapidcooperationbetweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission ,whichmustbeabletomonitortheamounts
setoffagainsttheceilingandkeeptheMemberStates
informedthereof;whereasthiscooperationmustbeallthe
closertoenabletheCommissiontotakeadequatemeasures
toreintroducetheCommonCustomsTariffdutywhenever
theceilingisreached,HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasArticle7oftheSupplementary Protocoltothe
AgreementontheassociationbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandTurkeyconsequentonthe
accessionofnewMemberStatestotheCommunity (!),
whichwassignedinAnkaraon30June1973andentered
intoforceon1March1986(2),providesforthetotal
suspensionofcustomsdutiesapplicabletocertain
petroleumproductsfallingwithinChapter27ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,refinedinTurkey,withinthe
limitofanannualCommunitytariffquotaof340000
tonnes;whereas,fortheproductsconcerned,aprovisional
adjustmentshouldbemadetothosetariffpreferences,
consistingessentiallyofsubstitutingfortheCommunity
tariffquotaaCommunityceilingwhichamounts,after
successiveincreases,to705000tonnes,abovewhichthe
customsdutiesapplicabletothirdcountriesmaybe
reintroduced ;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle119oftheActof
AccessionofGreece,theCounciladoptedRegulation
(EEC)No3555/80determiningthearrangementstobe
appliedwithregardtoimportsintoGreece,originatingin
Algeria,Israel,Malta,Morocco,Portugal,Syria,Tunisia
orTurkey(3);whereasintheabsenceofaProtocolas
providedforinArticles179and366oftheActof
AccessionofSpainandPortugal,theCommunitymusttake
themeasuresreferredtoinArticles180and367ofthat
Act;whereasthisRegulationthereforeappliestothe
CommunityofNine;
Whereastheapplicationoftheceilingrequiresthatthe
CommunityshouldberegularlyinformedofthetrendofHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1987theCommon
CustomsTariffdutiesshall,subjecttoArticle2,betotally
suspendedintheCommunityofNineforcertainpetroleum
productsreferredtohereinafterandrefinedinTurkey,
withinthelimitsofaCommunityceilingof705000
tonnes.
2.Thepetroleumproductstowhichparagraph1applies
shallbethefollowing:
(>)OJNoL361,31.12.1977,p.2.
(2)OJNoL48,26.2.1986,p.36.
(3)OJNoL382,31.12.1980,p.1.

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Order
NoCCT
heading
NoDescription
13.0010 27.10Petroleumoilsandoilsobtainedfrombituminousmineralsotherthancrude;preparationsnotelsewhere
specifiedorincluded,containingnotlessthan70%byweightofpetroleumoilorofoilsobtainedfrom
bituminousminerals,theseoilsbeingthebasicconstituentsofthepreparations :l A.Lightoils:l III.Forotherpurposesl B.Mediumoils:l III.Forotherpurposesl C.Heavyoils:l I.Gasoils:\ c)Forotherpurposesl II.Fueloils:\ c)ForotherpurposesI III.Lubricatingoils,otheroils:I c)TobemixedinaccordancewiththetermsofAdditionalNote7tothischapter(a)Id)Forotherpurposes
27.11Petroleumgasesandothergaseoushydrocarbonsl B.Other:II.Commercialpropaneandcommercialbutane:
c)Forotherpurposes
27.12Petroleumjelly:l A.Crude:
III.ForotherpurposesIB.Other
27.13Paraffinwax,micro-crystalline wax,slackwax,ozokerite,lignitewax,pestwaxandothermineralwaxes,
whetherornotcoloured:
B.Other:\ I.Crude:
c)ForotherpurposesIII.Other
27.14Petroleumbitumen,petroleumcokeandotherresiduesofpetroleumoilsorofoilsobtainedfrom
bituminousminerals:IC.Other
(a)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttoconditionstobedeterminedbythecompetentauthorities .
6.MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission atthe
intervalsandwithinthetimelimitsspecifiedinArticle3of
anyimportseffectedinaccordancewiththerulesreferred
tointhisArticle.3.Importsofthepetroleumproductsreferredtoin
paragraph1shallbesubjecttoCommunitysupervision .
4.Importsoftheproductsshallbesetoffagainstthe
ceilingasandwhentheyaresubmittedtothecustoms
authoritiesundercoverofadeclarationthattheyhavebeen
madeavailableforfreecirculation .
5.Theextenttowhichtheceilinghasbeenusedshallbe
determinedatCommunitylevelonthebasisoftheimports
setoffagainstitinthemannerdefinedinparagraph4.Article2
AssoonastheceilingreferredtoinArticle1(1)hasbeen
reachedatCommunitylevel,theCommissionmayissuea
Regulationreintroducing theCommonCustomsTariff

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Article4
TheCommissionshalltakeallnecessarymeasuresforthe
implementation ofthisRegulationinclosecooperation
withtheMemberStates.dutiesapplicabletothirdcountriesuntiltheendofthe
calendaryear.
Article3
MemberStatesshallforwardtotheCommissionnotlater
thanthe15thdayofeachmonthastatementoftheimports
effectedduringtheprecedingmonth.IftheCommissionso
requests,theyshallforwardthisstatement,inrespectof
10-dayperiods,whithinfivecleardaysoftheexpiryof
eachsuch10-dayperiod.ArticleS
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1987.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22December1986.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.SHAW