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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)472 final
Brussels,11September 1981
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION(EEC))
establishing ceilingsandCommunitysurveillance ofimports
ofcertainproductsoriginating inMalta(1982)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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C0M(81)472final

.EXPÍ.ANATCRY ncrSORAN&UM ,' •
* '1"' *
; . .■ P..•'\.v-.1
1.a)The''/71■AQroenontbetweenthoEuropean .EconomieCommunityandMalta,'•'
aaernerirfedbythe*Additional'PretocoltothatAgreement,provicias,-Hrt
particularinrespectofindustrialproducts,,for'the'abolitionofthe'
dutieslaiddownintheCommonCustomsTariffNotwithstandingthis-.
, ■ ' .
provision,special 'arrangements existforanumberofsensitiveproducts':
thevolumeofsuchproductswhichmaybe":importedfreeofdutiesvis~,•;
: . >.» • ' ■
limitedtoanannualceiling.Whenthis'ceilingis.reached,'the*customs -'
dutiesapplicable ,tothirdcountries'maybe.reimposedbytheCommunity "...
untiltheendofthecalendaryear..
Theinitialvolumesoftheannualceilingsarefixed'bytheamended ;'
Agreementitself..Ea'chyeartheseceilingsarereopenedandtheirlevel-''
isincreasedby5'/.\'<■•' -■' •■'' k
b)TheprovisionsoftheAdditional ^ProtocoltotheAgreementestablishing\
anAssociationbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandMalta' -i• ■
.lapsed. ^ Pendingtheentryintoforceofanew'
Protocolit.isnecessarytoextendthearrangementsthattheCommunity
appliestotradewithMaltawithinthecontextoftheAssociationwith
.thatcountry; •• ; ..4
c)SinceaProtocolasprovidedforinArticle118'ofthe1979Actof
Accessibn doesnotexist,theCommunity mustadoptthe.measuresreferred _
toinArticle119oftheAct;themeasureconcernedwill,therefore,
applytotheCommunityofNine;
2.The-implementation ofthesystemofceilingsandthe'optionofreintro^.'
ducingcustomsduties'requiretheadoptionofprecisecommonrulesto>
' r* .•1 .i' •
beapplied'uniformlybyalltheMemberStates.These,requirements maybeV
'metbysettingupaCommunitysystemofsurveitlanceofactualimports
fromMalta.To.thatend'theMemberStatesmusttakeappropriate measures ,
•topermittherapidcollection'ofstatisticalreturnsforthe.whoiev,v'\
» »' ' •
Community.•.:v■i..-;. .i "y•'•'-
$ • •.. . . -, _.
i*'.•''*• ......f t... ^ ^•.•-^..
Inthisconnection .importsoftheproductsinquestionshouldberecorded .
onlyasandwhentheyareenteredforhomeuseaccompanied byamovement
'certificate conformingtotherules-oftheAgreement Areferredtoin1above

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■hereturnswillbed,Aawnup'byeachMeniberStateattheendofeachmonth
andforworceabeforethefifteenthdayffjthefollowi-rtgownthtothe
Commissior*inordertoenablethelatter^tosend' 'toallthe'
MecioerStates'acomprehensiveproduct-by-product'statementoftheimports ■
inquestioneffectedduringtheprecedingmonth,'Thesurveillancesystem'
willrecjuirecu'^act"iona/idclo-^ecoops-rationbetweenth@'relevant
cepyrt-mcuts ofcnoftember*StatesandthaCommissioft*Sine^theoAJCr-'.ct' *
inquestionbelongto-thesensitiveproductscategoryandduty-free
importsinexcessofthe'ceilingsmaydisturbtheCommunitymarket,itis
absolute !lyeusentlaIthat'alltheMemberStates/observestrictly -the'
abovementioned timeUjnitoffifteendays. i:
Thefollowingprocedurewillbe-usedforsettingintrainthemachinery'
forreintroducingduties:assoonasoneofthecomprehensive -monthly.
'statementscompiledbytheCommissionshoves,th.at7*5Aoitheceiling
fixedforagivenproducthasbeenreached^the'Commissionwillinform
' \. ·'theMemberStatesandconsultations maytakeplace,,inparticular
withintheEconomicTariffProblemsGroupseither-.attherequestofa
MemberStateorontheCommission'sowninitiativeo Thepurposeof-these
consultations willbetoexamineineachindividualcasewhether-the
customsdutiesapplicabletothirdcountriesshouldbereimposedwhen ^-
theceiIingisactually'reached»
Imports'oftheproductin.questionwillcontinuetobethesubjectof
monthlyreturnsor,-iftheCommissionsorequests/ofatelexmessage
coveringeachperiodofteno'ayst,Thismessagemustreachthe.
Commissionwithinfivedays,;.•;\ ■ •
TheCommissioncanthustakewithintheshortestpossibletimethe
measuresrequiredfortheadoptionofaregulationreintroducing customs ■
dur.esinrespectof..-.Maltauntiltheendofthecalendaryear.In
thatevent,thecustomsdutiesontheproductinquestionwouldnaturally ,
bereimposedwithinthetimelimitlaiddownbytheregulationending
.exemptionfromduties. -;;-
3.TheattachedproposalprovidesforthedelegationbytheCounciItothe
Commissionofthepower'toapplytheruleonceilingsandthereintroc'uc-
tionofduties..' •: v' ;

'iheproposalforaregulation merelyoutlineshowthesepowersare
tobeexercisedsothatthemachinerytobeusedmaybeadjustedflexibly
andrapidlyinconsultation withtheMemberStates.Againvnthaviewto
ir.aximuroefficiency andrapidity,theproposalLaysdownthattheCommission
.willbe-responsibleforreintroducing,respectofMalta,'the'duties
applicabletothirdcountries.• '■ "v •.

Th^Regulationmightbemodifiedinthecontextofthe
present;negotiations withthecontracting countryinviewofthe
conclu^ionofanAdaptationProtocoltothesbove .r;;entionedAgreeme
Awaitingtheresults,theproposedRegulation •permittherespect
theengagements contracted bytheCommunity.
TheCommissionreservesthepossibility ofmodifyingtheproposal
duringtheprocedure,ifnecessary,toadaptittotheAdaptation
Protocol. .
\
Annex:
ProposalforaCouncilRegulation .

Proposalíor£
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No
establishingceilings^ndof
Communitysurveillanceoiimports
originatinginMalta(1982)cfcertainoroduccs
THECOUNCILOI;THEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
'HavingregardtotheTreaty
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,:
Article113thereof,establishingthe
andinparticular
RegulationHavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,■
WhereastheprovisionsoftheAdditionalProtocolto
theAgreementestablishinganassociationbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityand.Malta(')
.lapsed. ,-
Whereas,pendingtheentryintoforceofanew
Protocol,itisnecessaryonthebasisofCounciI
(EEC)No!'*),toextenduntil1982
thearrangementswhichtheCommunityappliesto
tradewithMalta,withinthecontextofthe
Associationwiththatcountry;,
wnereas,sinceaProtocolasprovidedforinArticle
118ofthe1979ActofAccessiondoesnotexist,the
Communitymustadoptthemeasuresreferredtoin
Article119ofthatAct;whereasthetariffmeasure
concernedwill,therefore,applytotheCommunityof
Nine; ..
Whereastheabovementipned AdditionalProtocol
makesprovisionforthetotalabolitionofcustoms
dutiesinrespectoftheproductstowhichthe
Agreementapplies;whereas,however,foranumber
ofproductsexemptionfromdutiesissubjectto
ceilingsabovewhichthecustomsdutiesapplicableto
thirdcountriesmaybereintroduced ;whereasthe
ceilingstobeappliedin1982 ~should
thereforebedetermined ;whereastheapplicationof
ceilingsrequires'thattheCommunityberegularly
informedonimportsoftheproductsinquestionorig­
inatinginMalca;whereasitisthereforedesirablethat
importsoftheseproductsbesubjectedtoasystemof
surveillance ;N i
Whereasthisobjectivemaybeachievedbymeansof
anadministrative procedurebasedon,charging
importsoftheproductsinquestionagainstthe
ceilingsatCommunitylevelasandwhenthe^products
(')OJNoL304,29.11.1977,p.2.
(')OJNoLenteredwithcustomsauthoritiesforhomeuse;
whereasthisadministrative proceduremustmake
provisionforthepossibilityofcustomstariffduties
beingreintroducedassoonastheceilingsarereached
atCommunitylevel;
Whereasthisadministrativeprocedurerequiresclose"
andparticularlyrapidcooperationbetweenthe­
•MemberStatesandtheCommission -andtheiatte
mustinparticular'beabletofollowtheprogressof
quantitieschargedagainsttheceilingsandkeepthe
MemberStatesinformed;-whereasthiscooperation
hastobeparticularlyclose.sincetheCommission
mustbeabletotaketheappropriatemeasuresto
reintroducecustomstariffdutiesifoneoftheceilings
isreached,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December
1982,-importsinto
theCommunityofNim'oftheproductslistedinthe
AnnexoriginatinginMaltashallbesubjecttoannual
ceilingsandCommunitysurveillance .
Thedescription'oftheproductsreferredtointhefirst
subparagraph ,theirtariffheadingsandstatistical
numbersandtheceilingsshallbe^ssetoutinthe
Annex.
,2.Quantitiesshallbechargedagainsttheceilings
asandwhenproductsareenteredwithcustomsauth­
oritiesfor.freecirculation accompanied
byamovementcertificate.inaccord­
ancewiththerulescontainedin
theProtocolconcerningthedefinitionoftheconcept
of'originatingproducts'andmethodsof
administrative cooperationannexedtotheProtocol
layingdowncertainprovisionsrelatingtothe
Agreementestablishinganassociationbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandMalta(3).
Goodsmaybechargedagainsttheceilingor.iyifthe
movementcertificateissubmittedbeforethedateon
whichcustomsdutiesarereimposed.
(')OJNoL111,28.4.1976,p.3.

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Tlii'extenttowhichaceilingisusedupsnailbe
dcieimined.aC.\.i:in,iii>av level"iititcbasisotthe
importschargedagainstitintiicmannerdefinedin
theprecedingsubparagraphs .
"IheMemberStalesshallinformtheCommission at
theintervalsandwithinthetimelimitsspecifiedin
paragraph4otimportseffectedinaccordancewith
theaboveprocedures .
3.Assoonastheceilingshavebeenreached,the
CommissionmayadoptaRegulationrcimposinguntil
theendofthecalendaryearthecustomsduties
applicabletothirdcountries .
4.MemberSlatesshallforwardtotheCommission
notlaterthanthe15thdayofeachmonthstatementsofthequantitieschargedduringtheprecedingmonth.
IftheCommissionsorequests,theysiiaiiprovide
suchstatementslorperiodsof10daysandforward
themwithinfivecleardaysoftheendofeach10-day
period.
Article2
TheCommissionshalltakeailappropriatemeasures,
inclosecooperationwiththeMemberStates,forthe
purposesofapplyingthisRegulation .
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1982.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
ANNEX
Listofproductssubjecttoimportceilingsin1982
SerialNoCCI"
lu\n!in|;
NoDescriptionNIMEXE
code
(1980)Leve!ofceiling
(lonnes)
I 2 3 4 5
IM155.05Cottonyarn,notputupforretailsale 55.05-
ailNosceiLing
delayed
1M255.09Otherwovenfabricsofcotton 55.09-
allNos126
1M356.04Man-madefibres(discontinuous orwaste),carded,
combedorotherwisepreparedforspinning 56.04-
allNosceiIing
delayed
IM460.05Outergarmentsandotherarticles,knittedorcrocheted,
notelasticorrubberized 60.05-
allNos275
1M561.01Men'sandboys'outergarments 61.01-
allNos1040