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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2816/77
of28November1977
establishingceilingsandCommunitysupervisionforimportsofcertainproducts
originatinginMalta(1978)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,totaketheappropriatemeasurestoreintroduce
customstariffdutiesifoneoftheceilingsisreached,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle
113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereastheAgreementestablishinganassociation
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
Malta(1),asamendedbytheAdditionalProtocolto
thatAgreement (2),makesprovisionforthetotalabo­
litionofcustomsdutiesinrespectoftheproductsto
whichtheAgreementapplies;whereas,however,for
anumberofproductsexemptionfromdutiesissub­
jecttoceilingsabovewhichthecustomsdutiesappli­
cabletothirdcountriesmaybereintroduced ;where­
astheceilingstobeappliedin1978shouldtherefore
bedetermined ;whereastheapplicationofceilingsre­
quiresthattheCommunityberegularlyinformedon
importsoftheproductsinquestionoriginatingin
Malta;whereasitisthereforedesirablethatimports
oftheseproductsbesubjectedtoasystemofsupervi­
sion;
Whereasthisobjectivemaybeachievedbymeansof
anadministrative procedurebasedonchargingim­
portsoftheproductsinquestionagainsttheceilings
atCommunitylevelasandwhentheproductsareen­
teredwithcustomsauthoritiesforhomeuse;whereas
thisadministrative proceduremustmakeprovision
forthepossibilityofcustomstariffdutiesbeingrein­
troducedassoonastheceilingsarereachedatCom­
munitylevel;
Whereasthisadministrative procedurerequiresclose
andparticularlyrapidcooperationbetweentheMem­
berStatesandtheCommission andthelattermustin
particularbeabletofollowtheprogressofquantities
chargedagainsttheceilingsandkeeptheMember
Statesinformed;whereasthiscooperationhastobe
particularlyclosesincetheCommissionmustbeableHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1978,imports
oftheproductsoriginatinginMaltalistedinthe
AnnexshallbesubjecttoannualceilingsandCom­
munitysupervision .
Thedescriptionoftheproductsreferredtointhefirst
subparagraph ,theirtariffheadingsandstatistical
numbersandthelevelsoftheceilingsaregiveninthe
Annex.
2.Quantitiesshallbechargedagainsttheceilings
asandwhenproductsareenteredwithcustoms
authoritiesforhomeuseaccompaniedbyamovement
certificateinaccordancewiththerulescontainedin
theProtocolconcerningthedefinitionoftheconcept
of'originatingproducts'andmethodsofadministra­
tivecooperationannexedtotheProtocollaying
downcertainprovisionsrelatingtotheAgreement
establishinganassociationbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandMalta(3).
Goodsmaybechargedagainsttheceilingonlyifthe
movementcertificateissubmittedbeforethedateon
whichcustomsdutiesarereimposed .
Theextenttowhichaceilingisusedupshallbede­
terminedatCommunitylevelonthebasisoftheim­
portschargedagainstitinthemannerdefinedinthe
precedingsubparagraphs .
TheMemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
theintervalsandwithinthetimelimitsspecifiedin
paragraph4ofimportseffectedinaccordancewith
theaboveprocedures .
3.Assoonastheceilingshavebeenreached,the
CommissionmayadoptaRegulationreimposing
(!)OJNoL61,14.3.1971,p.2.
(2)OJNoL304,29.11.1977,p.2. (3)OJNoL111,28.4.1976,p.3.

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untiltheendofthecalendaryearthecustomsduties
applicabletothirdcountries.
4.MemberStatesshallforwardtotheCommission
notlaterthanthe15thdayofeachmonthstatements
ofthequantitieschargedduringtheprecedingmonth.
IftheCommissionsorequests,theyshallprovide
suchstatementsforperiodsof10daysandforward
themwithinfivecleardaysoftheendofeach10-day
period.Article2
TheCommissionshalltakeallappropriatemeasures,
inclosecooperationwiththeMemberStates,forthe
purposesofapplyingthisRegulation.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28November1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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ANNEX
Listofproductssubjecttoimportceilingsin1978
SerialNoCCT
headingNoDescriptionNIMEXE
codeLevelof
ceiling
(tonnes)
1 2 3 4 5
IM1 55.05Cottonyarn,notputupforretailsale 55.05-allNos 1260
IM2 55.09Otherwovenfabricsofcotton 55.09-allNos 105
IM3 56.04Man-madefibres(discontinuous orwaste),carded,
combedorotherwisepreparedforspinning 56.04-allNos 840
IM4 60.05Outergarmentsandotherarticles,knittedorcrocheted,
notelasticorrubberized 60.05-allNos 227
IM5 61.01Men'sandboys'outergarments 61.01-allNos 856