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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)534 final
Brussels ,21September 1982
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
establishing ceilings and Community supervision for imports
ofcertain products originating inPortugal (1983 )
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(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )^
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.TheSupplementary ProtocolbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
thePortuguese Republic,annexedtotheAgreementbetweenthe
Community andPortugalcompletedbytheProtocolofadaptationtotake
accountoftheaccessionofGreecetotheCommunityprovidesforthe
exemptionfromdutyforcertaintypesofpaperandpaperboard
(subheadings ex48.01CIIand48.01FoftheCCT),originating
inPortugalimportedintotheCommunitywiththeexeptionof■the
UnitedKingdomandDenmark.Nevertheless ,theseimportsare
limitedtoannualceilings.
Whenaceilingisreached,theresidualcustomsdutiesapplicable
toPortugal maybereimposed bytheCommunityuntiltheendofthe
calendaryear.
2.Theimplementation ofthesystemofceilingsandtheoptionof
reintroducing customsdutiesrequiretheadoptionofprecisecommon
rulestobeapplieduniformly bytheMemberStatesconcerned .
Theserequirements maybemetbysettingupaCommunity systemof
surveillance ofactualimportsfromthepartnerconcerned.
TothatendtheMemberStatesmusttakeappropriate measuresto
permittherapidcollection ofstatistical returnsforthewhole
Community .
Inthisconnection importsoftheproductsinquestionshould
berecordedonlyasandwhentheyareenteredforfreecirculation
accompanied byamovementcertificate conformingtotherulesofthe
Agreementreferredtoin1above.

The returns will bedrawn upbythe Member States attheend ofeach
month and forwarded before the fifteenth day ofthefollowing month
tothe Commission inorder toenable the latter tosend tothe Member
States acomprehensive product -by-product statement ofthe imports in
question effected during thepreceding month .Thesurveillance system
will require quick action and close cooperation between the relevant
departments oftheMember States andtheCommission .iSince theproducts
inquestion belong tothesensitive products category andduty-free
imports inexcess oftheceilings maydisturb theCommunity market ,it
isabsolutely essential that the Member States observe strictly the
abovement ioned time limit offifteen days .
The following procedure will beused forsetting intrain themachinery
forreintroducing duties :assoon asone ofthecomprehensive monthly
statements compiled bytheCommission shows that 75%ofthe ceiling fixed
for agiven product hasbeen reached ,theCommission wi11inform the
Member States andconsultations maytake place ,inparticular within
theEconomic Tariff Problems Group ,either attherequest ofaMember
States oronthe Commission 'sowninitiative .Thepurpose ofthese
consultations will betoexamine ineach individual case whether the
customs duties applicable toPortugal should bereimposed when the
ceiling isactually reached .
Imports oftheproduct inquestion will continue tobethesubject
ofmonthly returns or,iftheCommission sorequests ,ofatelex
message covering each period oftendays .This message must reach
the Commission within five days .
The Commission canthus take within theshortest possible time the
measures required fortheadoption ofaregulation reintroducing
customs duties inrespect ofthepartner country until theendof
thecalendar year .Inthat event ,thecustoms duties ontheproduct
inquestion would naturally bereimposed within thetime limit laid
down bytheregulation ending exemption from duties .

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However,asLongasforacertainproducttheLevyingofthecustoms
dutieshasnotyetbeenintroduced atCommunity LeveLGreececanre­
introducethisLevyingassoonastheimputations onthisterritory
havereachedtheamountfixedbytheadditionaL protocoLinquestion.
3.TheattachedproposaLprovidesforthedeLegation bytheCounciL
totheCommissionofthepowertoappLytheruLeonceiLingsand
thereintroduction ofduties.
TheproposaLforareguLation mereLyoutLineshowthesepowersare
tobeexercised sothatthemachinerytobeusedmaybeadjusted
fLexibLyandrapidLyinconsuLtation withtheMemberStates.Again
withaviewtomaximumefficiency andrapidity,theproposaLLays
downthattheCommission wiLLberesponsibLe forreintroducing ,in
respectofthepartnercountry,thedutiesappLicabLe .
ANNEX:
ProposaLforaCounciLReguLation

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
establishingceilingsandCommunitysupervisionforimportsofcertainproducts
originatinginPortugal(1983)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Article113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheSupplementary Protocol(')tothe
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandthePortugueseRepublic(J),as
supplementedby^heProtocoltothe
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheProtugueseRepublic
consequent ontheaccessionofthe
HellenicRepublictotheCommunity (3),
providesfortheexemptionfromduties
ofkraftliner .andofotherpaperandpaperboard
fallingwithinsubheadingsex48.01CIIand48.01F
oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatingin
Portugal,whenimportedintotheCommunity,with
theexceptionoftheUnitedKingdomandDenmark;
whereas,nevertheless,thebenefitofdutyexemption
islimitedtoannualceilingsof62000and2000
tonnesrespectively,abovewhichtheresidualcustoms
dutiesforeachproductmaybereintroduceduntilthe
endofthecalendaryear;whereastheapplicationof
ceilingsrequiresthattheCommunityberegularly
informedonimportsoftheproductsinquestionorig­
inatinginPortugal;whereasitis,therefore,desirable
thatimportsoftheseproductsbesubjectedtoa
systemofsurveillance ;Whereasthisadministrativeprocedurerequiresclose
andparticularlypromptcooperationbetweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission;whereasthe
lattermust,inparticular,beabletofollowthe
progressofquantitieschargedagainsttheceilingsand
keeptheMemberStatesinformed;whereasthis
cooperationhastobeparticularlyclosesincethe
Commissionmustbeabletotake-theappropriate
measurestoreintroducecustomstariffdutiesifoneof
theceilingsisreached,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1983,imports
intotheCommunitywiththeexceptionoftheUnited
KingdomandDenmarkoftheproductslistedinthe
AnnexheretoandoriginatinginPortugalshallbe
subjecttoannualceilingsandCommunitysur­
veillance.
Thedescriptionoftheproductsreferredtointhefirst
subparagraph ,theirtariffheadingsandstatistical
numbersandtheceilingsshallbesetoutintheAnnex
hereto.
2.Quantitiesshallbechargedagainsttheceilings
asandwhenproductsareenteredforfreecirculation
andaccompaniedbyamovementcertificatewhich
shallcomplywiththerulessetoutinProtocol3to
theAgreement .
Whereasthisobjectivemaybeachievedbymeansof
anadministrative procedurebasedoncharging
importsoftheproductsinquestionagainstthe
ceilingsatCommunitylevelasandwhentheproducts
areenteredforfreecirculation;whereasthis
administrative proceduremustprovideforthe
possiblereintroduction ofresidualcustomstariff
dutiesoncetheceilingsarereached;Goodmaybechargedagainsttheceilingonlyifthe
movementcertificateissubmittedbeforethedateon
whichcustomsdutiesarereintroduced .
Theextenttowhichaceilingisusedupshallbe
determinedatCommunitylevelonthebasisofthe
importschargedagainstitinthemannerdefinedin
theprecedingsubparagraphs .
(')OJNoL348,31.12.1979,p.44.
(')OJNoL301,31.12.1972,p.165.
(')OJNoLTheMemberStatesconcernedshall,attheintervals
andwithinthetimelimitsspecifiedinparagraph4,
informtheCommissionofimportseffectedin
accordancewiththeaboveprocedures.

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3.Assoonastheceilingshavebeenreached,the
CommissionmayadoptaRegulationreintroducing
residualcustomsdutiesuntiltheendofthecalendar
year.
Inthecaseofsuchreimposition,Greeceshall
introducethelevyingofthedutiescalculatedin
accordancewithRegulation(EEC)No2370/81.
Assoonastheamountssetoffagainsttheceilings
withinitsterritoryhavereachedtheamounts
indicatedintheAnnex,Greecemayreintroduce ,until
theendofthecalendaryear,thelevyingofthe
customsdutiescalculatedinaccordancewithRegu­
lation(EEC)No2370/81.Itshallnotifythe
Commission,whichshallinformtheotherMember
Statesofthisfact.Paragraph2shallapplymutatis
mutandis.4.MemberStatesconcernedshall,notlaterthan
the15thdayofeachmonth,forwardtothe
Commissionstatementsofthequantitiescharf.•)
duringtheprecedingmonth.IftheCommissionco
requests,theyshallprovidesuchstatements
periodsof10daysandforwardthemwithinfiveclear
daysoftheendofeach10-dayperiod.
Article2
TheCommissionshall,inclosecooperationwithr,■.
MemberStates,takeallapproprictestepstoapply
thisRegiSation.
■Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1Janua-y
1983.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

ANNEX
LISTOFPRODUCTSSUBJECTTOIMPORTCEILINGSIN1983
SerialNoCCT
heading
NoDescription N1MEXEcodeLevelofthe
a)Community
ceiling
b)Amountconcerning
Greece
(tonnes)
1 2 3 4 5
Ρ148.01Paperandpaperboard (includingcellulose
wadding),inrollsorsheets:
C.Kraftpaperandkraftboard:
exII.Other:
–Kraftlinerpaperandboard(a)48.01-20;22;24;30;
32;34;36;38;
39a)62000
b)2000
Ρ2 F.Other 48.01-60to99 a)2000
b)2000
(a)'Kraftliner'meansmachine-finished ormachine-glazed paperorpaperboard,inrolls,containingnotlessthan80%of
chemicalsulphatesoftwoodpulpcalculatedontotalfibrecontent,weighingmorethan115g/m2andhavingaMullenburstratioofnotlessthan35.