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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)440final.
Brussels.12September1978
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
establishing ceilingsandCommunitysupervisionforimportsof
certainproductsoriginatinginAlgeria.MoroccoandTunisia
(1979)
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
COM(78)440final.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
'TheCo-operation Agreements between theEuropean Economic Community af>fi
Algeria ,Morocco andTunisia provide from their entry into force ,in
particular inthecase ofindustrial products ,for theabolitioa of .
Common Customs Tariff duties 4Notwithstanding chis provision ,
special arrangements arelaid down for acertain number ofsensitive
"products :anannual ceiling maybeimposed onthevolume ofsuch
■products which maybeimported duty free .When this ceiling isreached
theCommunity mayreintroduce until th<iendofthecalendar year th«
customs duties ^applicable tothird countries .
Theinitial volumes ofthe _annual ceilings operative for 1976 arc
fixed bytheAgreements themselves .The ceilings are tobefixed
annually and their levels increased by3%forcork products (tariff
headings 45.02 ,45.03 and45.04 )andby5%forpetroleum products (ox
• \ •
Chapter 27).They will beabolished not later than 31December 1979 .
Theoperation oftheceiling arrangements and thepower toreintroduce
customs duties will necessarily require theadoption ofdetailed
common rules tobeapplied uniformly byallMember *States .This can
take theform ofaCommunity system ofsupervision ofactual imports
from thepartner State *Tothis end ,theMember States should take '
-^appropriate measures topermit ;therapid collection ofstatistical
Returns forthewhole Community .Inthis connection only imports of
theproducts inquestion should botaken into account ,asandwhan
they aresubmitted tothecustoms ,authorities under covar ofa
declaration ofentry forhomo useandaccompanied byamovement
certificate conforming tothe *yules contained intho .Agsraementa
reten'bd tour.dex "1, '

'w'.'.TEhfllfi® t&urns arc tobemade upbyoach Member State attheendof
;v .every month aridforwarded before thefifteenth' dayofthefollowing ■' ■,
'v;'/'-;»oaeh totheCommission soastoenable thelatter tocommunicate
bytalex toailtheMarcher States anoverall ,product -by-product ,
statement for thepreceding month 'oftheimports inquestion .The
'/.^system ofsupervision will require ofthoresponeibl«departments of
theMember States and theCommission diligence andclose cooperation *
view' of'the' fact that theproducts concerned aresensitive products
endthat duty free imports inexcess oftheceilings could cause
•';'idisturbance oftheCommunity market :,"'it'is .absolutely essential that
...allMember States respect rigorously thefifteenth-day time limit
'preferred toabove . ■ ' .
Thefollowing procedure istobeadopted fo*setting intrain machinery
»•••co'reintroduce duties :ifoneoftheoverall monthly statements drawn
v,upbytheCommission reveals that 75%oftheceiling fixed foragiven
i.product hasbeen reached ,\theMember States would beinformed andconsul -
1tations could beheld ,inparticular intheWorking Farcy onEconomic
Tariff Probl'ems ,either attherequest ofaMember Stat® ortheCommission 's
:initiative .Theaimofthec-e consultations would betoermine ,'case by
case ,whether ornot thecustoms duties applicable' tonon-member countries
should bereintroduced once thetarget coiling ,ia -actually reached .
.Monthly returns would still "bemade inrespect ofimports ofchaproduct
•r•inquestion or,iftheCommission sorequested ,itwould benotified by
telex ofsuch imports every tendays .Inthelatter case ,thetime limit
;foeforwarding theinformation would befive days .
Inthis way ,theCommission would beable totake/within theshortest
possible time ,measures leading tothereiptroduction byRegulation ,of
••4 • • I
customs duties inrespect ofthepartner State which would apply until
theendofthecalendar year .Intheabove hypothesis ,thereintroduc -
..• i •
;tion ofthecustoms duties ontheproduct undetf consideration would , '
naturally ,beeffected within atime limit fisted bytheRegulation putting
anendtotheexemption ofduties provided for?intheAgreements in ■
question . ■> •*v- 1

3
\ •
3.Acfarasapplication ofCherule onceilings andreintroduction of
duties isconcerned ,the .attached proposal makes provision for the
'Council toconfer powers upon theCommission .
•The proposed Regulation does nomore than outline how these powers
are tob,eexercised oothat ,inconsultation with theMember States ,
themachinery tobesetintrain maybeadapted flexibly andrapidly .
j£tiswith the sarae view tomaximum efficiency andrapidity that the
proposed Regulation provides that theCommission would boresponsible fo£
reintroducing ,inrespect ofthepartner State ,theduties applicable to
non-memb a*."countries .
jvNNE X 5 \ .
Propoo&l for aCouncil Regulation *

FaKl&l-fCR k
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
COUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle
113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,totaketheappropriatemeasurestoreintroduce
customstariffdutiesifoneoftheceilingsisreached,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
WhereastheCooperationAgreementsbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityoftheoneoartand
thePeople'sDemocraticRepublicofAlgeria,the
KingdomofMoroccoandtheRepublicof-Tunisiaof
theotherparteachstipulateinArticle9thatproducts
originatinginthesecountriesshallbeimported
intotheCommunityfreeofcustomsduties;,whereas
bywayofderogationtherefrom,Article12ofeachof
theseAgreementsprovidesthatthereductionof
uuticsshallapplytoimportsoftheproductslisred
thereinonlyuptoceilingsabovewhichthecustoms
dutiesapplicabletothirdcountriesmayhercyn-
posed;whereastheceilingstobeappliedin1&/Sshouldthereforebedetsroineds
WhereastheapplicationofceilingsrequirestheCom­
munitytoberegularlyinformedofthetrendofim­
portsoftherelevantproductsoriginatinginthese
countries;whereasimportsshouldthereforebemace
subjecttoasystemofsupervision:
Whereasthisobjectivemaybeachievedbymeansof
anadministrativeprocedurebasedonchargingim­
portsoftheproductsillquestionagainsttireceilings
atCommunitylevelasandwhentheproductsareen­
teredwithcustomsauthoritiesforhorpcuse;whereas
thisadministrativeproceduremustmakeprovision
'k®possibilityofcustomstariffdutiesbeingrein­
troducedassoonastheceilingsarcreachedatCom­
munitylevel:
Whereasthisadministrativeprocedurerecrairesclose
andparticularlyrapidcooperationbetweentheMem­
berSlatesandtheCommissionandthelattermustin
particularbeabletofollowtheprogressofquantities
chargedagainsttheceilingsandkeeptheMember
Statesinformed;whereasthiscooperationhastobe
particularlyciosesincetheCommissionmustbsable

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Article1 > j
.'' ' ■ I
1.From1Januaryto31December1979,importsoftheproductsoriginating
inAlgeria,MoroccoandTunisialistedinAnnexesI,IIandIII,shall j
besubjecttoannualceilingsandCommunitysupervision .
Thedescriptionoftheproductsreferredtointhefirstsubparagraph,[
theirtariffheadingsandstatisticalnumbersandthelevelsofthej
ceilingsaregiveninAnnexesI,IIandIII.
2.Quantitiesshallbechargedagainsttheceilingsasandwhenproducts
areenteredwithcustomsauthorities forhomeuseaccompanied bya
movementcertificate inaccordance withtherulescontainedinthe
Protocols onrulesoforiginannexedtotheCooperation Agreements
betweentheCommunityoftheonepartandAlgeria,MoroccoandTunisia
oftheotherpart.However;inthecaseofproductsfallingwithin
Chapter27,acertificate oforiginmaybesubstituted forthemovement
certificate . f
'' ' ■- ■■ j
Goodsmaybechargedagainsttheceilingonlyifthemovementcertificate
or,inthecaseofgoodsfallingwithinChapter27,thecertificateofj
originis'submittedbeforethedateonwhichcustomsdutiesarereimpo-|
sed. ■. ■'• |

WhlCh3CfnfeisUSed"Pbede~ternin,datCommunitylevelonthebasisoftheim-
SnTenrf''lgalnStUthemannerdefinedintheprecedingsubparagraphs .
SMI™1',"St"esAh<>»Commission«
i/f^Wst^,nfketimelimitsspecifiedinparagraph4ofimportseffectedinaccordancewiththeaDoveprocedures ,
3.Assoonastheceilingshavebeenreadiedthe
CommissionmayadoPtaRegulation-reim^ing
untiltheendofthecalendaryearthecustomsduties
applicabletothirdcountries.
4.MemberStatesshallforwardtotheCommission
notlaterthanthe15thdayofeachmonthstatements
ofthequantitieschargedduringtheprecedingmonth.
theCommissionsorequests,theyshallprovide
suchstatementsforperiodsof10daysandforward
themwithinfivecleardaysoftheendofeach10-dayperiod. '
Article2
TheCommissionshalllakeallappropriatemeasures,
inclosecooperationwiththeMemberStates,forthe
purposesofapplyingthisRegulation.
4
Article3
IhisRegulationshallcntetintoforceon1January
1979.
TnisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiietyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

ANNEX 1
ListofproductsoriginatinginAlgeriasubjecttoimportceilingsin1979
OrderNoCCT
headingNoDescription ;NÎMEXË
code'
1I2 3 A,
27.10Petroleumoilsandoilsobtainedfrombituminous
minerals,otherthancrude;preparationsnotelsewhere
specifiedorincluded,containingnotlessthan70%;
byweightofpetroleumoilsorofoilsobtainedfrom
bituminousminerals,theseoilsbeingthebasicconstitu­
entsofthepreparations :
A.Lightoils:
IIII.Forotherpurposes
'B.Mediumoils:
III.Forotherpurposes
C.Heavyoils:
I.Gasoils:
c)Forotherpurposes
II.Fueloils:
c)Forotherpurposes
III.Lubricatingoils:otheroils:
c)Tobemixedinaccordancewiththeterms
ofAdditionalNote7tothisChapter(a)
d)Forotherpurposes27.1Θ-15,17,
21,25,29
27.10-34,38,33
27.10-59
27.10-69
27.10-75
27.1Θ-79I
IDZ1
i27.11
i
27.12
27.13Petroleumgasesandothergaseoushydrocarbons' .
A.Propaneofapuritynotlessthan99%:
I.Foruseaspowerorheatingfuel
B.Other:
I.Commercialpropaneandcommercialbutane:
c)Forotherpurposes
Petroleumjelly:
A.Crude:
III.Forotherpurposes
B.Other
Paraffinwax,microcrystallinewax,slackwax,ozo­
kerite,lignitewax,peatwaxandothermineralwaxes,
whetherornotcoloured:
B.Other:
I.Crude:
c)Forotherpurposes
II.Other27.11-03
27.11-19
27.12-19
27.12-90
27.13-89
27.13-90I
!
!1.21;
(a)Entryunderthesubheadingissubjecttoconditionstobedeterminedbythecompetentauthorities.

-c~
OrderNoCCT
headingNoDescription;NIMEXE
|code
L.fc&TOtOÍ
cniniR
♦rumies)
1 j2I 3– OU
IDZ1
(cont'd)27.14Petroleumbitumen,petroleumcokeandotherresidues
ofpetroleumoilsorofoilsobtained(rambituminous
minerals :
C.Other:
II.Other 27.14-99
IDZ2 45.02, . j
Naturalcorkinblocks,plates,sheetsorstrips
(includingcubesorsquareslabs,cuttosizeforcorks
orstoppers) 45.02-allNofi 53
IDZ3 45.03 Articlesofnaturalcork 45.03-allNotI
159
IDZ4 45.04Agglomerated cork(beingcorkagglomerated withor
withoutabindingsubstance)andarticlesofagglomer­
atedcork 45.04-allNosI121

ANNEXil
ListofproductsoriginatinginMoroccosubjecttoimportceilingsin1979
OrderNoCCT
headingNoDescriptionNIMEXE
codeLevelel
ceiling
(foancs*.
i 2I 3 4 I
27.10Petroleumoilsandoilsobtainedfrombituminous
minerals,otherthancrude;preparationsnotelsewhere
specifiedorincluded,containingnotlessthan70%
byweightofpetroleumoiisorofoilsobtainedfrom
bituminousminerals,theseoilsbeingthebasicconstitu­
entsofthepreparations :
A.Lightoils:, 1
III.Forotherpurposes
B.Mediumoils:
III.Forotherpurposes
C.Heavyoils: '
I.Gasoils:
c)Forotherpurposes
II.Fueloils:
c)Forotherpurposes
;III.Lubricatingoils;otheroils:
c)Tobemixedinaccordancewiththeterms
ofAdditionalNote7tothisChapter(a)
d)Forotherpurposes27.10-15,
17,21,25,29
27.10-34,
38,39
27.10-59
27.10-69
■
27.10-75
27.10-79s
IMA1I27.11
■IPetroleumgasesandothergaseoushydrocarbons :,|
A.Propaneofapuritynotlessthan99%: j
I.Foruseaspowerorheatingfuel
B.Other:
I.Commercialpropaneandcommercialbutane:
c)Forotherpurposes27.11-03
27.11-19192
27.12Petroleumjelly:
A.Crude:
III.Forotherpurposes
B.Other27.12-19
27.12-90
27.13Pataffinwax,micro-crystalline wax,slackwax,ozoke­
rite,lignitewax,peatwaxandothermineralwaxes,
whetherornotcoloured:
B.Other:
I.Crude:
c)Forotherpurposes
II.Other27.13-89
27.13-90
(•)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttoconditionstobedeterminedbythecompetentauthorities.

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OrderNoCCT
headingNoDescriptionNIMEXE
CodeIxvelof
CCllt'lp,
(torvncs)
i !I2I 3 ^ is
IMA1
(cont'd)27.14Petroleumbitumen,petroleumcokeandotherresi­
duesofpetroleumoilsorofoilsobtainedfrombitu­
minousminerals:
C.Other:
II.Other1 I
I
27.14-99
IMA2 45.02Naturalcorkinblocks,plates,sheetsorstrips(in­
cludingcubesorsquareslabs,cuttosizeforcorksor
stoppers) 45.02-allNos 53
IMA3 45.03 Articlesofnaturalcork 45.03-allNos
I636
IMA4
iI
45.04 i
|Agglomerated cork(beingcorkagglomerated withor
withoutabindingsubstance)andarticlesofagglomer­
atedcork 45.04-allNos2121

ANNEXIII
ListofproductsoriginatinginTunisiasubjecttoimportceilingsin1979
OrderNoCCT
headingNo*DescriptionNIMF.XE
codeLevcloÉ^crtfuig 1'
(tOtttlC*)'
1I>I •> "-I4Is
27.10Petroleumoilsandoilsobtainedftornbituminous
minerals,otherthancrude;preparationsnotelsewhere
specifiedorincluded,containingnotlessthan70%
byweightofpetroleumoilsorofoilsobtainedfrom
bituminousminerals,theseoilsbeingth<tbasicconstitu­
entsofthepreparations :
A.Lightoils:
111.Forotherpurposes
B.Mediumoils:
III.Forotherpurposes
C.Heavyoils:
I.Gasoil:
c)Forotherpurposes
U.Fueloil:
c)Forotherpurposes
III.Lubricatingoils;otheroils:
c)Tobemixedinaccordancewiththeterms
ofAdditionalNote7tothisChapter(a).
d)Forotherpurposes27.10-15,1
17,21,25,2.9
27.10-34,
38,39
27.10-59
2.7.10-69 '
27.10-75
27.10-79
ITN127.11Petroleumgasesandothergaseoushydrocarbons :
■A.Propaneofapuritynotlessthan99%:
I.Foruseaspowerorheatingfuel
B.Other: .
I.Commercialpropaneandcommercialbutane:
c)Forotherpurposes
•*27.11-03
27.11-19192937
27.12
1Petroleumjelly:
A.Crude:
III.Forotherpurposes
B.Otherι;
27.12-19
27,12-90
127.13Paraffinwax,micro-crystalline wax,slackwax,czo-
kerite,lignitewax,peatwaxandothermineralwaxes,
whetherornotcoloured:
B.Other:
I.Crude:
c)Forotherpurposes
II.Other/
27.13-89
27.13-90
(a)EntryunderthesubheadingissubjecttoconditionstobedeterminedbyfhccompetentauthomiM.

OrderNoCOT :
headingNo 1 ,>Description jftlMcXU )
oc-Jo j
»Leve;
ccilinjj
(fnr»f»c9)
I»i 'v. .■14is
ITN1
(cont'd)27.14\
Petroleumbitumen,petroleumcokeandotherresidues
ofpetroleumoilsorofoilsobtainedfrombituminous
minerals:
C.Other:
11.Other 27.14-39i
j
ITN2
\45.02 ■Naturalcorkinblocks,plates,sheetsorstrips(including !
cubesorsquareslabs,cuttosi/.eforcorksorstoppers)• ■'■■!
45.02-aI!'NosI53
ITN3ji45.03,Articlesofnaturalcork > 45.03-aUNosj53
ITN4 45.04
I
i
iAgglomerated cork(beingcorkagglomerated withor
-withoutabindingsubstance)andarticlesofagglomer­
atedcotk: ■ 45.04-ailNos ■8Λ8