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MMISSION OFTHESUROPEAN COMMUMTTES
COM(72))1203final
Brussels ,4October1972
Proposai fora
COUNCIL REGULATION
establishing acommonsystemforimportsofhydrocarbons fromthirdcountries
(cubmittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission )
C0M(72)1203final

EXPLMTATOHY îEimuroUM
1„Oneoftheimportant elements ofasupply policy forhydrocarbons
istomap outanddefine animport policy which ensures dependable
supplies atthelowest possible cost ,-
Efforts should bemade toachieve the widest diversification of
supply sources and todevelop stable relations with those
non~ia ember countries which provide theCommunity with itscrude oil .
12,TheCouncil Regulation cnnotifying theCommission ofimports
ofcrude oilandnatural gaswill ensure that thelatter isinformed
of '.thequantities andorigins ofeach firm fsimports during the
preceding half-year andalso theestimated imports byeach
Member State forthecoming year ;insome cases theimport forecasts
ofindividual firms will also beavailable .Hie Commission isthus
already inaposition toassess thesupply situation inthe
Community ,andonthis basis itwill organize exchanges ofviews with
the Feraber States .
3-Acommon supply policy must also usecommercial policy
instruments togive ittheincreasing effectiveness andcoherence
that itstill lacks atCommunity level .
Ontheonehand ,there must bemaximum freedom ofdevelopment for
thevarious possibilities ofsupply .Ontheother hand ,however ,
theneed mayarise forsafeguard measures atCommunity level inorder
toensure security ofsupply , -
Régulation (EEC)NO1055/72(0JNoL120/3,25May1972).

Tothisend,itisproposed -thathydrocarbons bemadesubjectto
liberalization rules,togetherwithsurveillance and/orsafeguard
measures whichcouldbetakenifthesupplysituation sowarranted
Forthispurposehydrocarbons areincludedinthescopeof
Regulation (EEC)No1025/70oftheCouncilof25May1970establishing
1commonrulesforimportsfromthirdcountries .•
'Inordertotakeaccountoftheobjectives ofahydrocarbons supply
policy,certainspecificprovisions aretobelaiddownasregards
theconditions andprocedures fortheapplication ofRegulation
No1025/70tohydrocarbons c
OJNoL124/6,8June1970

PROPOSAI ,FORACOUNCIL REGULATION
-establishing acommonsystemforimportsof
.v
hycLrocarbonsfronthirdcountries .
THECOUNCIL OPTH3EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean Economic
Community ,andinparticular Article 113thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1025/70of
25May1970establishing commonrulesforimportsfromthird
1countries ,andinparticular Article 2thereof;
Havingregardtotheproposal fromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean Parliament ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEconomic andSocialCommittee :
Whereastheintroduction ofaCommunity energypolicyisoneofthe
objectives oftheCommunities ;whereasitisthetaskofthe
Commission toproposethemeasures tobetakenforthispurpose;
VJIiareasdependable suppliesatrelatively stablepricesandthe
lowestpossible costconstitute oneoftheessential objectives of
energypolicy;
Whereasmosthydrocarbon 'sareimported fromthirdcountries and
whereasthesecurity oftheCommunity *ssupplydependsonthe
regularity oftheseimports onacceptable terms;
VJhereasthereshouldbetheminimumrestriction onhydrocarbon
importsandwhereasthebestwayofensuringthisisbyasystemof
OJNo124/6.8June1970

liberalization }
Whereas theinclusion ofHydrocarbons "Sh'thd list contained in
Annex ItoRegulation No102^/70isnotliable tobring about
asituation inwhich theapplication ofsafeguard measures would
bejustified }
Whereas itisaccordingly appropriate toaddhydrocarbons tothe
above-mentioned list ;
Whereas ,however ,iftheterms onwhich certain supplies are
obtained nolonger conform totherequirements ofsecurity of
supply ,theCommunity Bust beable toremedy thesituation by
applying measures ofsurveillance and/orsafeguard }
Whereas theimplementation ofCouncil Regulation (EEC)No1055/72
of18,May1972 onnotifying theCommission ofimports ofcrude oil
andnatural gasenables theCommission toassess thesupply
situation intheCommunity }
Whereas this fact must beduly taken into consideration inthe
application oftheprocedures ofinformation andsurveillance "
provided forinRegulation No1025/70}
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
Article 1
Theproducts listed intheAnnex tothis Regulation shall be
included inthelist inAnnex ItoRegulation (EEC)NO1025/70.
OJNoL120/3,25May1972 .

Article 2
Regulation (SEC)No1025/70shallapplytotheproducts shownin
theAnnextothisRegulation subjecttothefollowing special
provisions :
(a)theinformation andconsultation procedure providedforin
TitleIIofRegulation No1025/70andtheCommunitysurveillance
procedure providedforinTitleIIIofthesameRegulation shall
beappliedwithdueregardtotheinformation alreadyinthe
possession oftheCommission pursuanttoRegulation (EEC)
No1055/72;
(b)themeasuresofsurveillance andsafeguard providedforin
Articles 7»10,11and12ofRegulation (EEC)No1025/70maybe
appliedtotheproductslistedintheAnnexhereto,notonly
forthereasonssetoutintheseprovisions butalsoifthe
security oftheCommunity *ssupplyjustifies theirapplication ..
Article 3
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon1January 1974
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentirety anddirectly
applicable inallMemberStates ,
DoneatBrussels , FortheCouncil
ThePrésident

AMEX
27.09Petroleum oilsandoilsobtained from'bituminous minerals ,crude;
27.10Petroleum oilsandoilsobtained frombituminous minerals ,
otherthancrude;preparations notelsewhere specified or
included,containing notlessthan70%byweightof
petroleum oilsorofoilsobtained frombituminous
minerals ,theseoilsbeingthebasioconstituents of:the
preparations ;
27<11Petroleum gasesandothergaseoushydrocarbons ;
27.12Petroleum jelly;
27=13Paraffin wax,micro-oystallme wax,slackwax,ozokerite ,
lignitewax,peatwaxandothermineralwaxes,whetheror
notcoloured ;
27.14Petroleum bitumen,petroleum cokeandotherresidues of
petroleum oilsorofoilsobtained frombituminous minerals