31.12.86 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL380/39
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No4122/86
of22December1986
establishingceilingsandCommunitysurveillanceofimportsofcertaintextileproducts
originatinginCyprus(1987)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,thetariffmeasureinquestionthereforeappliestothe
CommunityofTen;
Whereasthisobjectivemaybeachievedbymeansofan
administrativeprocedurebasedonchargingimportsofthe
productsinquestionagainsttheceilingsatCommunity
levelasandwhentheproductsareenteredwithcustoms
authoritiesforfreecirculation;whereasthisadministrative
proceduremustmakeprovisionforthepossibilityof
customstariffdutiesbeingreintroducedassoonasthe
ceilingsarereachedatCommunitylevel;
Whereasthisadministrative procedurerequirescloseand
particularlyrapidcooperationbetweenMemberStatesand
theCommissionandthelattermustinparticularbeableto
followtheprogressofquantitieschargedagainstthe
ceilingsandkeepMemberStatesinformed;whereasthis
cooperationhastobeallthemoreclosesincethe
Commissionmustbeabletotaketheappropriatemeasures
toreintroducecustomstariffdutiesifoneoftheceilingsis
reached,WhereasunderArticle2ofAnnexItotheAgreement
establishinganassociationbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheRepublicofCyprus(!),the
arrangements applicabletotradewithCyprus,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No3700/83(2),provide
for1984theexemptionofcustomsdutiesfor:
—man-madefibres(discontinuous orwaste),carded,
combedorotherwisepreparedforspinning,falling
withinheadingNo56.04oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,andfor
—men'sandboys'outergarmentsfallingwithinheading
No61.01oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1987importsintothe
CommunityofTenoftheproductslistedintheAnnexand
originatinginCyprusshallbesubjecttoannualceilingsand
Communitysurveillance .
Thedescriptionoftheproductsreferredtointhefirst
subparagraph ,theirtariffheadingsandstatisticalnumbers
andtheceilingsshallbeassetoutintheAnnex.Withinthelimitsofannualceilingsrespectivelyof100
tonnesand525tonnesabovewhichthecustomsduties
actuallyapppliedtothirdcountriesmaybereintroduced
untiltheendofthecalendaryear;
Whereas,pendingthedefinitionofarrangementsapplicable
beyond31December1984itisnecessarytoextend
provisionally for1987thearrangements whichthe
CommunityappliescurrentlytotradewithCyprusonthe
basisoftheabovementioned provisions;whereas,
therefore,theceilingsfor1987mustbeestablished;
whereastheapplicationofceilingsrequiresthatthe
Communityberegularlyinformedonimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginCyprus;whereasitis
thereforedesirablethatimportsoftheseproductsbe
subjectedtoasystemofsurveillance ;
Whereas,intheabsenceofaprotocolsuchasthatprovided
forinArticles179and366oftheActofAccessionofSpain
andPortugal,theCommunitymusttakethemeasures
referredtoinArticles180and367ofthesaidAct;whereas2.Quantitiesshallbechargedagainsttheceilingsasand
whenproductsareenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforfree
circulationandaccompaniedbyamovementcertificatein
accordancewiththerulescontainedintheProtocol
concerningthedefinitionoftheconceptof'originating
products'andmethodsofadministrative cooperation
annexedtotheAdditionalProtocoltotheAgreement
establishing anassociationbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandCyprus(3).
(')OJNoL133,21.5.1973,p.2.
(2)OJNoL369,30.12.1983,p.1. (3)OJNoL339,28.12.1977,p.19.

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4.MemberStatesshallforwardtotheCommissionnot
laterthanthe15thdayofeachmonthstatementsofthe
quantitieschargedduringtheprecedingmonth.Ifthe
Commission sorequests,theyshallprovidesuch
statementsforperiodsof10daysandforwardthemwithin
fivecleardaysoftheendofeach10-dayperiod.Goodsmaybechargedagainsttheceilingonlyifthe
movementcertificateissubmittedbeforethedateonwhich
customsdutiesarereimposed.
Theextenttowhichaceilingisusedupshallbedetermined
atCommunitylevelonthebasisoftheimportscharged
againstitinthemannerdefinedinthefirstandsecond
subparagraphs .
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission atthe
intervalsandwithinthetimelimitsspecifiedinparagraph4
ofimportseffectedinaccordancewiththeabove
procedures .
3.Assoonastheceilingsarereached,theCommission
mayadoptaRegulationreimposinguntiltheendofthe
calendaryearthecustomsdutiesapplicabletothird
countries.Article2
TheCommissionshalltakeallappropriatemeasures,in
closecooperationwiththeMemberStatesforthepurposes
ofapplyingthisRegulation .
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1987.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22December1986.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.SHAW
ANNEX
Listofproductssubjecttoimportceilingsin1987
Serial
NoCCT
heading
NoDescriptionNIMEXE
codeLevel
ofceiling
(tonnes)
1 2 3 4 5
14.0010 56.04Man-madefibres(discontinuousorwaste),carded,combedorotherwise
preparedforspinning56.04­
allNos100
14.0020 61.01Men'sandboys'outergarments 61.01­
allNos525