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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)428 final
Brussels/8September 1978
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
establishing ceilingsand-Communitysurveillance ofimports
ofcertainproductsoriginating inMalta(1979)
(submittedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
C0M(78)428final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM'
The'1971AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandMalta/
asamendedbytheAdditionalProtocoltothatAgreement/provides/in.
particularinrespectofindustrialproducts/fortheabolitionofthe
dutieslaiddownintheCommonCustomsTariff.Notwithstanding this.
provision/'Specialarrangementsexistforanumberofsensitiveproducts:
thevolumeofsuchproductswhichmaybflimportedfreeofdutiesis
limitedtoanannualceiling.Whenthisceilingisreached/the-customs ,
dutiesapplicabletothirdcountriesmaybereimposedbytheCommunity
untiltheendofthecalendaryear.
Theinitialvolumesoftheannualceilingsarefixedbytheamended
Agreementitself.Eachyeartheseceilingsarereopenedandtheirlevel
isincreasedby5%. '■
■ Y
Theimplementation ofthesystemofceilingsandtheoptionofreintro­
ducingcustomsdutiesrequiretheadoptionofprecisecommonrulesto
beapplieduniformlybyalltheMemberStates.Theserequirements maybe
metbysettingupaCommunitysystemofsurveillance ofactualimports
fromMalta.TothatendtheMemberStatesmusttakeappropriate measures
topermittherapidcollectionofstatisticalreturnsforthewhole
Community.
>L
Inthisconnectionimportsoftheproductsinquestionshouldberecorded
onlyasandwhentheyareenteredforhomeuseaccompanied byamovement
certificate conformingtotherulesoftheAgreementreferredtoin1above
ThereturnswillbedrawnupbyeachMemberStateattheendofeachmonth
.andforwardedbeforethefifteenthdaythefollowingmonthtothe
CommissioninordertoenablethelattertosendbytelextoalltheV
MemberStatesacomprehensive product^by-product statementoftheimports
inquestioneffectedduringtheprecedingmonth.Thesurveillance system
willrequirequickactionandclosecooperation betweentherelevant
departmentsoftheMemberStatesandtheCommission.Sincetheproducts
inquestionbelongtothesensitiveproductscategoryandduty-free
importsinexcessoftheceilingsmaydisturbtheCommunitymarket/itis
absolutelyessentialthatalltheMemberStatesobservestrictlythe
abovementioned timelimitoffifteendays.

Thefollowing procedure will beused forsetting intrain themachinery
forreintroducing duties :assoon asoneofthecomprehensive monthly
statements compiled bytheCommission showj^s that 75/»oftheceiling
fixed foragiven product hasbeen reached /theCommission will inform
theMember States andconsultations maytake place ,inparticular
within theEconomic Tariff Problems Group ,either attherequest ofa
Member State orontheCommission 'sowninitiative .Thepurpose ofthese
consultations will betoexamine ineach individual case whether 'the
customs duties applicable tothird countries should bereimposed when
theceiling isactually reached .
/
Imports oftheproduct inquestion will continue tobethesubject of
monthly returns or,iftheCommission sorequests ,ofatelex message
covering each period oftendays .This message must reach the
Commission within five days .
»
TheCommission canthus take within theshortest possible time the
measures required fortheadoption ofaregulation reintroducing customs
duties inrespect of Malta until theend ofthecalendar year .In
that event ,thecustoms duties ontheproduct inquestion would naturally
bereimposed within thetime limit laid down bytheregulation ending
exemption from duties .
3.Theattached proposal provides forthedelegation bytheCouncil tothe
Commission ofthepower toapply therule onceilings andthereintroduc­
tion ofduties .
Theproposal foraregulation merely outlines howthese powers are
tobeexercised sothat themachinery tobeused maybeadjusted flexibly
andrapidly inconsultation with theMember States .Again with aview to
maximum efficiency andrapidity ,theproposal lays down that theCommission
will beresponsible forreintroducing ,inrespect ofMalta ,theduties
applicable tothird countries .
ANNEX :
Proposal foraCouncil Regulation .

PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No/78
of ,;
establishingceilingsandCommunitys^ve'1180re.$r■UPor*"ofterrainproHuHs
originatinginMalta(1979)•• <■f
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle
113thereof,
\ • •
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheAgreementestablishinganassociation
betweentheEuropean'EconomicCommunityand•
Malta('),asamendedbytheAdditionalProtocolto
thatAgreement(*),makesprovisionforthetotalabo­
litionofcustomsdutiesinrespectoftheproductsto
whichtheAgreementapplies;whereas,however,for
anumberofproductsexemptionfromdutiesissub­
jecttoceilingsabovewhichtheCustomsdutiesappli­
cabletothirdcountriesmaybereintroduced ;where­
astheceilingstobeappliedin1979shouldtherefore >
bedetermined;whereastheapplicationofceilingsre­
quiresthattheCommunityberegularlyinformedon
importsoftheproductsinquestionoriginatingin
Malta;whereasitisthereforedesirablethatimports
oftheseproductsbesubjectedtoasystemof;sur–
velllante;
Whereas'his">biert1vemaybeachievedby
mean*ifana-WniVrsMveprocedurebaserf
on"therharninoofin-^' 1
portsoftheproductsinquestionagainsttheceilings
atCommunitylevelasandwhentheproductsareen­
teredwithcustomsauthoritiesforhomeuse;whereas
thisadministrativeproceduremustmakeprovision
forthepossibilityofcustomstariffdutiesbeingrein­
troducedassoonastheceilingsarereachedatCom­
munitylevel;
Whereasthisadministrativeprocedurerequiresclose
andparticularlyrapidcooperationbetweentheMem­
berStatesandtheCommissionandthelattermustin
particularbeabletofollowtheprogressofquantities
chargedagainsttheceilingsandkeeptheMember
Statesinformed;whereasthiscooperationhastobe
particularlyclosesincetheCommissionmustbeabletotaketheappropriatemeasurestoreintroduce
customstariffdutiesifoneoftheceilingsisreached,
'HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December197yimports
oftheproductsoriginatinginMaltalistedinthe
AnnexshallbesubjecttoannualceilingsandCom­
'munity-surv&ì11dnc.G*
Thedescriptionoftheproductsreferredtointhefifst
-subparagraph ,theirtariffheadingsandstatistical
numbersandthelevelsoftheceilingsaregiveninthe
Annex. , .,
2.Quantitiesshallbechargedagainsttheceilings
asandwhenproductsareenteredwithcustoms
^authoritiesforhomeuseaccompaniedbyamovement
certificateinaccordancewiththerulescontainedin
theProtocolconcerningthedefinitionoftheconcept
of'originatingproducts'andmethodsofadministra­
tivecooperationannexedtotheProtocollaying
downcertainprovisionsrelatingt®theAgreement
establishinganassociationbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandMalta(s).•„
■!
Goodsmaybechargedagainsttheceilingonlyifthe
movementcertificateissubmittedbeforethedateon
whichcustomsdutiesarereimposed.
Theextenttowhichaceilingisusedupshallbede­
terminedatCommunitylevelonthebasisoftheim­
portschargedagainstitinthemannerdefinedinthe
precedingsubparagraphs .
TheMemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
theintervalsandwithinthetimelimitsspecifiedin
paragraph4ofimportseffectedinaccordancewith
theaboveprocedures.
3.Assoonastheceilingshavebeenreached,the
CommissionmayadoptaRegulationreimposing
(')OJN0L6I,14.3.1971,p.2.
(')OJNoL304,29.11.1977,p.2. {»)OJNoL111,28.4.1976,p.3.

untiltheendofthecalendaryearthecustomsduties
applicabletothirdcountries.
4.MemberStatesshallforwardtotheCommission
notlaterthanthe15thdayofeachmonthstatements
ofthequantitieschargedduringthepreceding -month.
IftheCommissionsoreauests,theyshallprovide
suchstatementsInresper.'ofperlnHsif10ctevs
andfirwsrfithemwithin"fivotleardaysofthe
enHAfea^hlO-^avperioH,Article2
TheCommissionshalltakeallappropriatemeasures,
inclosecooperationwiththeMemberStates,forthe
purposesofapplyingthisRegulation.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1979.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretysnddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,"
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

ANNEX
Listofproductssubjecttoimportceilingsin'1979
SériaiNoCCT
headingNo DescriptionNIMEXE
codeLevelof
ceiling
(tonnes)
11»I 3 i< 'i
IM1 .55.05JCottonyarn,notputupforretailsale 55.05-aIiNos •1123
IM2
ISS.09
IOtherwovenfabricsofcotton55.09-aIlNos 110
IM3 I56.04k I
[Man-madefibres(discontinuousorwaste),carded,
combedorotherwisepreparedforspinning 56.04-allNosI882
IM4 60.05Outergarmentsandotherarticles,knittedorcrocheted,notelasticorrubberized60.05-aIlNos .,238
1M5 61.01Men'sandboys'outergarments ■ 61.01-allNos 89S
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