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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)551 final
Brussels .2October 1980
Ac >
-Proposât for a
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F COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )^ .. .
establishing ceilings andCommunity surveillance inrespect of
v.
imports ofcertain products -originating inPortugal (1981 )
(submitted bytheCommission totheCouncil )
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C0MC80 )551 final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
TheSupplementary ProtocolbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandthePortuguese Republic,annexedtothe
AgreementbetweentheCommunityandPortugalcompleted
bytheProtocolofadaptation totakeaccountofthe
accessionofGreecetotheCommunityprovidesforthe
exemptionfromdutyforcertaintypesofpaperandpaperboard
(subheadings ex48.01CIIand48.01FoftheCCT),originating
inPortugalimportedintotheCommunitywiththeexceptionofthe
UnitedKingdomandDenmark.Nevertheless ,theseimportsare
limitedtoannualceilings.
Whenaceilingisreached,theresidualcustomsdutiesaoplicable
toPortugalmaybereimposedbytheCommunityuntiltheend
ofthecalendaryear.•.\v.v
Theimplementation ofthesystemofceilingsandtheoptionof.
reintroducing customsdutiesrequiretheadoptionofprecisecommon
rulestobeapplieduniformlybytheMemberStatesconcerned.
Theserequirements maybemetbysettingupaCommunitysystemof
.«·
surveillance ofactualimportsfromthepartnerconcerned.
«
TothatendtheMemberStatesmusttakeappropriate measures
topermittherapidcollectionofsatistical returnsforthe
wholeCommunity , A
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Inthisconnection importsoftheproductsinquestionshould
-i ■. ■ '■■■■.■
berecordedonlyasandwhentheyareenteredforfree
'circulation accompanied byamovementcertificate conforming
totherulesoftheAgreementreferredtoin1above.v ■

ThereturnswillbedrawnupbytheMemberStatesattheend
ofeachmonthandforwardedbeforethefifteenth dayofthe
followingmonthtotheCommissioninordertoenablethelatter
tosend .'.totheMemberStatesacomprehensive product-.
by-product statementoftheimportsinquestioneffectedduring .
theprecedingmonth.Thesurveillance systemwillrequirequick
actionandclosecooperation betweentherelevantdepartments
oftheMemberStatesandtheCommission .Sincetheproductsin'
questionbelongtothesensitiveproductscategoryandduty-free
importsinexcessoftheceilingsmaydisturbtheCommunity _
market,itisabsolutelyessentialthattheMember'Statesobserve .
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strictlytheabove-mentioned timelimitoffifteendays.
Thefollowing'procedurewillbeusedforsettingintrainthe
machineryforreintroducingduties :assoon.asoneofthe
comprehensive monthlystatementscompiledbytheCommissionshow^fs
that75%oftheceilingfixedforagivenproducthasbeen
reached,theCommissionwillinformtheMemberStatesand
consultations maytakeplace,inparticularwithintheEconomicTar
ProblemsGroup,either ,attherequestofaMemberStatesoron
theCommission'sowninitiative.Thepurposeoftheseconsultations
willbetoexamineineachindividual casewhetherthecustoms
dutiesapplicabletoPortugalshouldbereimposed whentheceiling
isactuallyreached -,
Importsoftheproductinquestionwillcontinuetobethesubject
ofmonthlyreturnsor,iftheCommission sorequests,ofatelex
messagecoveringeachperiodoftendays.Thismessagemustreach
theCommissionwithinfivedays.
*
.Thecommission canthustakewithintheshortestpossibletimethe
measuresrequiredfortheadoptionofaregulationreintroducing
customsdutiesinrespectofthepartnercountryuntiltheendof
thecalendaryear.Inthatevent,thecustomsdutiesontheproduct

in-question wouldnaturally bereimposedwithinthetime
limitlaiddownbytheregulation endingexemptionfrom
duties.
Theattachedproposalprovidesforthedelegation bythe
CounciltotheCommissionofthepowertoapplytheruleon
ceilingsandthereintroduction ofduties.
Theproposalforaregulation merelyoutlineshowvhese
powersaretobeexercised sothatthemachinerytobeused
maybeadjustedflexiblyandrapidlyinconsultation with
theMemberStates.Againwithaviewtomaximumefficiency and
rapidity/theproposallaysdownthattheCommissionwillbe
responsibleforreintroducing /inrespectofthepartner
country*thedutiesapplicable.
ANNEX:.
ProposalforaCouncilRegulation

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
establishingceilingsandCommunitysurveillanceofimportsofcertainproductsoriginatingin
Portugal(1981)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
'WhereastheSupplementary Protocolannexedtothe
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andthePortugueseRepublic(')
assupplemented bytheProtocolofAdaptation
totakeaccountoftheaccessionoftheHellenic
RepublictotheCommunity(2),
providesforthe-
exemptionfromdutiesforkraftlinerandforotherpaper
andpaperboardfallingwithinsubheadingsex48.01CII
and48.01FoftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating
inPortugal,whenimportedintotheCommunity
withtheexceptionoftheUnitedKingdom
andDenmark;whereas,
nevertheless,thebenefitofdutyexemptionislimitedto
annualceilingsof6&000tonnesand2000tonnes
respectively,abovewhichtheresidualcustomsdutiesfor
-eachproductmaybereintroduceduntiltheendofthe
calendaryear;whereas,theapplicationofceilings
requiresthattheCommunityberegularlyinformedon
importsoftheproductsinquestionoriginatingin
Portugal;whereasitis,therefore,desirablethatimports
oftheseproductsbesubjectedtoasystemof
surveillance;
Whereasthisobjectivemaybeachievedbymeansofan ■
administrative procedurebasedonchargingimportsof
theproductsinquestionagainsttheceilings -at
Communitylevelasandwhentheproductsareentered
forfreecirculation;whereasthisadministrative 1
proceduremustprovideforthepossiblereintroduction
'ofresidualcustomstariffdutiesoncetheceilings 'arereutLct •
Whereasthisadministrativeprocedurerequirescloseand
particularlypromptcooperationbetweentheMember'
StatesandtheCommission;whereasthelattermust,in
particular,beabletofollowtheprogressofquantities
chargedagainsttheceilingsandkeeptheMemberStates
informed;whereasthiscooperationhastobe
(particularlyclosesincetheCommissionmustbeableto
taketheappropriatemeasurestoreintroducecustoms
tariffdutiesifoneoftheceilingsisreached;
(')OJNoL3Vo34-41
Qjg?ti'oL.

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1981',imports
intotheCommunitywiththeexceptionoftheUnitedKingdomandDen­
markoftheproductslistedintheAnnexheretoand
originatinginPortugalshallbesubjecttoannualceilings •
andCommunitysurveillance. /
Thedescriptionoftheproductsreferredtointhefirst'
subparagraph ,theirtariffheadingsandstatistical '
numbersandtheceilingsshallbesetoutintheAnnex
Hereto.'.
2.Quantitiesshallbechargedagainsttheceilingsas
andwhenproductsareenteredforfreecirculation,
accompanied byamovementcertificatewhichshall
complywiththerulessetoutinProtocol3tothe
Agreement. ■
Goodsmaybechargedagainsttheceilingonlyifthe (
movementcertificateissubmittedbeforethedateon-
whichcustomsdutiesarereintroduced .
Theextenttowhichaceilingisusedupshallbej
determinedatCommunitylevelonthebasisofthe
importschargedagainstitinthemannerdefinedinthe
precedingsubparagraphs . .-,
"v .■-....
TheMemberStatesconcernedshall,attheintervalsand
withinthetimelimitsspecifiedinparagraph4,inform.
theCommissionofimportseffectedinaccordancewith.
theaboveprocedures.
3.-Assoonastheceilingshavebeen-reached ,the
CommissionmayadoptaRegulationreintroducing -
residualcustomsdutiesuntiltheendofthecalendaryear..
Inthecaseofsuchareintroduction,
Greeceshallintroducethecustomsdutieswhichit
appliestothirdcountriesatthedateinquestion.
4.MemberStatesconcernedshall,notlaterthanthe
15thdayofeachmonth,forwardtotheCommission '
statementsofthequantitieschargedduringthepreceding
month.IftheCommissionsorequests,theyshallprovide
suchstatementsforperiodsof10daysandforwardthem
withinfivecleardaysoftheendofeach10-dayperiod.

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Article2 Article3
TheCommissionshall,inclosecooperationwiththeThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1981.
MemberStates,takeailappropriatestepstoapplythis •
Regulation.
.ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
'
DoneatBrussels, -f ,
FortheCouncil'.
ThePresident

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ANNEX
Listofproductssubjecttoimportceilingsin1981
Striai
_NoCCT
headingNoDescriptionN1MEXE
codeLevel
of
ceiling
(ronncs)
1 2 3 4 5
Ρ148.01
1Paperandpaperboard (includingcellulose
wadding),machine-made ,inrollsorsheets:
C.Kraftpaperandkraftboard:
exII.Other:
- –,Kraftliner(a) 48.01-14,15,21,27,3162.000
Ρ2 F.Other 48.01-41to97 2000
(a)'Kraftliner'meansmachine-finished ormachine-glazed paperorpaperboard,inrolls,containingnotlessthan80%ofchemicalsulphatesoftwood
pulpcalculatedontotalfibrecontent,weighingmorethan115g/m2andhavingaMullenburstratioofnotlessthan35.