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PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
OPENING ANDPROVIDING FORTHEADMINISTRATION OFA
COMMUNITY PREFERENTIAL CEILING FORCERTAINPETROLEUM
PRODUCTS REFINEDINTURKEYANDESTABLISHING
COMMUNITY SUPERVISION OFIMPORTSTHEREOF
(presented bytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Asaconsequence oftheAccession ofthenexMember States and
theensuing negotiations with Turkey forthepurpose ofadjusting
herAssociation Agreement with theCommunity and itsAdditional
Protocol ,theCommunity signed atAnkara ,on30June 1973 ,a
Supplementary Protocol which will enter into force onratifica­
tion .
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Pending entry into force oftheProtocol theCommunity concluded
anInterim Agreement ,intended tobevalid only until theProtocol
does enter into force ,inorder tosecure theapplication from
1January 1974 ofcertain provisions oftheProtocol relating to
trade ingoods .
TheSupplementary Protocol andtheInterim Agreement provide
inter alia for theopening ofanannual Community tariff quota
of340000tonnes forcertain petroleum products falling under
Chapter 27oftheCommon Customs Tariff .
Itisnotpossible tosayatthemoment whether thetariff .
measures laid down bythese Agreements inTurkey 'sfavour
should begranted for 1980 onthebasis oftheSupplementary
Protocol oroftheInterim Agreement .Theproposed Regulation
annexed hereto isbased ontheInterim Agreement andwould
therefore have tobeamended iftheSupplementary Protocol
entered into force before 1January 1980 .
Asaresult ofthedecision bytheCouncil ofAssociation in
June 1973 that Turkey should betreated not less favourably
than thecountries benefiting from generalised tariff preferences ,
the Commission and the Turkish authorities have studied the
problem ofgiving equivalent tariff treatment toboth the
devleoping countries andTurkey .

TheCommunity tariff quotas opened infavour ofthedeveloping
countries during theyears 1971 to1973 were converted with
effect from 1January 1974 into Community ceilings ,volumes
being calculated bytheusual method .For 1975 these
volumes were fixed atthe 1974 levels plus 12% ,for 1976
they were fixed atthe 1975 level plus 15% ,for 1977 at
the 1976 level plus (forthemost pose )4.6% andfor 1978 , '
1979 and 1980 atthe 1977 levels .
When theproblem hadbeen studied ,theCommission ultimately
recognized that already for 1976 *inview oftheprovisions
ofparagraph 4oftheSole Article ofAnnex ItotheAdditional
Protocol ,thetariff quota of340000tonnes laid down in
Turkey 'sfavour should beconverted into aCommunity ceiling
with thevolume increased provisionally intheproportions
used for .
Theonly purpose oftheproposed Regulation istoopen inthe
case ofthese products for1980 aCommunity ceiling fixed .at -
458000tonnes and tosetupCommunity supervision ofimportations
ofthese products .
Adoption ofprecise common rules uniformy applied bytheMember
States will necessary iftheceilings system incorporating en­
titlement toreintroduce the customs duties istowork success­
fully .These requirements canbemetbysetting upaCommunity
system forsupervising imports actually made from thepartner
country .Member States will accordingly require totake steps
toensure that statistical data for thewhole oftheCommunity
canbecollected rapidly .Forthis purpose importations will
becounted only asthegoods areactually entered with the
customs authorities for home use .

Statistics will becompiled byeach Member State attheend
ofeach month and will beforwarded toreach the Commission
bythefifteenth dayofthefollowing month inorder to
enable ittocommunicate toMember States bytelex an
inclusive return oftheimports system will call forthe
exercice ofcareful attention bytherelevant departments
intheMember States and forclose cooperation between these
departments and theCommission . 1 .
Thefollowing system will beadopted forsetting offthe
mechanism forreintroducing duties' :when oneoftheinclu­
sive monthly returns drawn upbytheCommission shows that
75%oftheceiling figure hasbeen reached ,theCommission
will inform theMember States andconsultations maythen be
held -particularly intheGroup onEconomic Tariff Problems
either at .therequest ofaMember State orontheinitiative
oftheCommission .Thepurpose oftheconsultations will
betoconsider whether ornot torecommence collecting
customs duties atthethird-country rate when theceiling has
actually been reached . ' ,
Amonthly return will continue tobemade fortheproduct in
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question .IftheCommission sorequests ,returns will bemade
every tendays bytelex ,within atime limit of5days .
TheCommission will thus beinaposition totake quick action
torestore byregulation customs duties onimports from the
partner country until theendofthecalendar year .Naturally ,
insuch acase reintroduction ofthe duties would beeffective
from adate fixed bytheregulation ending theduty reduction
laid down .
Theproposed Regulation provides that theCouncil should delegate
authority totheCommission asregards application oftherules
onceilings andintroduction ofduties «

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Theproposed Regulation only sketches ageneral framework for .
theexercice ofthese powers inorder that themechanism to
beused canbeflexibly andrapidly adjusted ,inconsultation
with theMember States .Itisprecisely with this aimofoptimum
efficiency andrapidity that theproposed Regulation gives the
Commission thetask ofreintroducing third country rate duties
onimports ofthegoods inquestion from thepartner country .
ANNEX :Proposal foraCouncil Regulation .

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
,openingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitypreferential
ceilingforcertainpetroleumproductsrefinedinTurkeyandestablishing
Communitysupervisionofimportsthereof
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES .
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof.
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereas,pendingtheentryintoforceoftheSupple­
mentaryProtocolsignedinAnkaraon30June1973
containingtheadjustmentstobemadetotheAgree­
mentestablishinganassociationbetweentheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityandTurkeyandtothe
AdditionalProtocol(')consequentontheaccessionof
newMemberStates,theCommunityhasundertaken,
inanInterimAgreement(2)whichrunsonlyfora
limitedperiodpriortotheentryintoforceofthis
Supplementary Protocol,whichisapplicableuntil31
December 1974butwhichhasbeenextendedfor
1980inaccordancewiththetermslaiddownin
Article13thereof,toimplementcertainprovisionsof
theSupplementary Protocolrelatingtotradein
goods;whereasunderArticle6oftheInterimAgree­
mentamendingthefirstparagraphoftheSoleArticle
ofAnnex1totheAdditionalProtocol,theCommu­
nitymusttotallysuspendthecustomsdutiesappli­
cabletocertainpetroleumproductsfallingwithin
Chapter27oftheCommonCustomsTariff,refinedin
Turkey,withinthelimitofanannualCommunity
tariffquotaof340000tonnes;whereas,forthe
productsconcernedaprovisionaladjustmentshould
bemadetothesetariffpreferences,consistingessen­
tiallyofsubstitutingfortheCommunitytariffquotaa
Communityceilingwhichamounts,aftersuccessive
increases,tt>458000tonnes,abovewhichthecustoms
dutiesapplicabletothirdcountriesmaybereintro­
duced;Whereastheapplicationoftheceilingrequiresthat
theCommunityshouldberegularlyinformedofthe
trendofimportsoftheseproductsrefinedinTurkey;
whereasimportsoftheseproductsshouldthereforebe
subjecttoasystemofsupervision;
Whereasthisobjectivemaybeattainedbymeansof
anadministrative procedurebasedonsettingoff
importsoftheproductsinquestionagainstthe
ceiling,atCommunity ,level,asandwhenthese
productsaresubmittedtothecustomsauthorities
undercoverofdeclarationsthattheyhavebeenmade
availableforhomeuse;whereasthisadministrative
proceduremustmakeprovisionforthereintroduction
oftheCommonCustomsTariffdutyassoonasthe
saidceilinghasbeenreachedatCommunitylevel;
Whereasthisadministrative procedurerequiresclose
andveryrapidcooperationbetweentheMember
StatesandtheCommission ,whichmustbeableto
monitortheamountssetoffagainsttheceilingand
keeptheMemberStatesinformedthereof;whereas
thiscooperationmustbealltheclosertoenablethe
Commissiontotakeadequatemeasurestoreintroduce
theCommonCustomsTariffdutywheneverthe
ceilingisleached,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
ArticleI
1.From1Januaryto31December1980the
CommonCustomsTariffdutiesshall,subjectto
Article2,betotallysuspendedforthepetroleum
products,refinedinTurkey,specifiedbelow,withina
limitofaCommunityceilingof458000tonnes:
(')OJNoL293,29.12.1972,p.4.
(')OJNoL277,3.10.1973,p.2.

CCT
heading
NoDescription
27.10
27.Î1
27.12
27.13
27.17Petroleumoilsandoilsobtainedfrombituminousmineralsotherthancrude;prep­
arationsnotelsewherespecifiedorincluded,containingnotlessthan70%by
weightofpetroleumoilorofoilsobtainedfrombituminousminerals,theseoils
beingthebasicconstituentsofthepreparations :
A.Lightoils:
ill.Forotherpurposes
B.Médiumoils:
III.Forotherpurposes
C.Heavyotls:
I.Gasoils:
c)Forotherpurposes
II.Fueloils:
c)Forotherpurposes
III-Lubricatingoils,otheroils:
c)TobemixedinaccordancewiththetermsofAdditionalNote7to
Chapter27(a)
d)Forotherpurposes
Petroleumgasesandothergaseoushydrocarbons :
B.Other:
I.Commercialpropaneandcommercialbutane-:
c)Forotherpurposes
Petroleumjelly: '.•
A.Crude:
III.Forotherpurposes
B.Other
Paraffinwax,micro-crystalline wax,slackwax,ozokerite,lignitewax,peatwaxand
othermineralwaxes,whetherornotco)oured:
B.Other:
I.Crude:
c)Forotherpurposes
II.Other
Petroleumbitumen,petroleurttcokeandotherresiduesofpetroleumoilsorofoils
obtainedfrombituminousminerals:
C.Other
(#)Entryunderthissobhetdingissubjecttoconditionstobedeterminedbythecompetentauthorities.
2.Importsofthepetroleumproductsreferredtoin
paragraph 1shallbesubjecttoCommunitysupervi­
sion.
3.Importsoftheproductsshallbesetoffagainst
theceilingasandwhentheyaresubmittedtothe
customsauthoritiesundercoverofadeclarationthat
theyhavebeenmadeavailableforhomeuse.4.Theextenttowhichtheceilinghasbeenused
shallbedeterminedatCommunitylevelonthebasis
oftheimportssetoffagainstitinthemannerdefined
inparagraph3.
5.MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
theintervalsandwithinthetimelimitsspecifiedin
Article3ofanyimportseffectedinaccordancewith
theaboverules.

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Artide2
AssoonastheceilingreferredtoinArticle1(1)has
beenreachedatCommunitylevel,theCommission
mayissueaRegulationreintroducingtheCommon
CustomsTariffdutiesapplicabletothirdcountries
untiltheendofthecalendaryear.
Artide3
MemberStatesshallforwardtotheCommission not
laterthanthe15thdayofeachmonthastatementof
theimportseffectedduringtheprecedingmonth.If
theCommissionsorequests,theyshallforwardthisistatement,inrespectof10dayperiods,withinfive
cleardaysoftheexpiryofeach10dayperiod.
Artide4
TheCommissionshalltakeallnecessarymeasuresfor
theimplementation ofthisRegulationinclosecooper­
ationwiththeMemberStates.
•-•---Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1980.'
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels.
FortheCounal
ThePresident
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