ARCHIVESHISTORIQUES
DELACOMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEEDES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM(78)218
Vol.1978/0074

Disclaimer
Conformément aurèglement(CEE,Euratom)n°354/83duConseildu1erfévrier1983
concernantl'ouvertureaupublicdesarchiveshistoriquesdelaCommunauté économique
européenne etdelaCommunauté européenne del'énergieatomique(JOL43du15.2.1983,
p.1),telquemodifiéparlerèglement(CE,Euratom)n°1700/2003du22septembre2003
(JOL243du27.9.2003,p.1),cedossierestouvertaupublic.Lecaséchéant,lesdocuments
classifiésprésentsdanscedossierontétédéclassifiés conformément àl'article5dudit
règlement.
Inaccordance withCouncilRegulation(EEC,Euratom)No354/83of1February1983
concerningtheopeningtothepublicofthehistoricalarchivesoftheEuropeanEconomic
Community andtheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity (OJL43,15.2.1983,p.1),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC,Euratom)No1700/2003of22September2003(OJL243,
27.9.2003,p.1),thisfileisopentothepublic.Wherenecessary,classifieddocuments inthis
filehavebeendeclassified inconformitywithArticle5oftheaforementioned regulation.
InÜbereinstimmung mitderVerordnung(EWG,Euratom)Nr.354/83desRatesvom1.
Februar1983überdieFreigabederhistorischen ArchivederEuropäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft undderEuropäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI.L43vom15.2.1983,
S.1),geändertdurchdieVerordnung (EG,Euratom)Nr.1700/2003vom22.September2003
(ABI.L243vom27.9.2003,S.1),istdieseDateiderÖffentlichkeit zugänglich.Soweit
erforderlich,wurdendieVerschlusssachen indieserDateiinÜbereinstimmung mitArtikel5
dergenanntenVerordnungfreigegeben.

COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)218 final
Brussels,30May1978
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
suspending theapplication ofindicativeceilings
established byRegulation (EEC)No2818/77forthe
importsofcertainproductsoriginating inIsrael
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
■^''V
< ''
C0M(78)218finalV 'V*"V/ y' *
/

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1,1 Protocol No1toeh«A8*««mantt betwaan theCommunity and -
Israel "provide that iImport s_.of...certainDrodu cts.....
originating inthis ,country andsubject toprogressive reductions
incustoms duties shall ,from theentry into force ofthese Agreement
in1975,besubject toanannual indicative ceiling above which
customs duties canbereintroduced .
TheCommunity hasaccordingly ,fixed ,under Council regulation the
.ceilings applicable in1978toimports ofanumber ofproducts .
(Regulation (EEC)•No-2818 /77,seeOJNoL331of23.12.1977 ).
1.2 However ,provision ismade in Protocol No1that ,if,for two
successive years ,imports ofaproduct subject toaceiling are less
than 90Zofthelevel fixed ,theCommunity shall suspend application
ofthis ceiling .TheCommunity totals of -amounts setoffagainst the
ceilings for1976and1977 show that imports ofcertain products did
notreach 90%inthose years .This being so,theCommunity isobliged
tosuspend application oftheceilings already fixed for1978 and to
amend theabove mentioned Regulation' accordingly .
2.1 Itissubmitted that theproposal fortheCouncil regulation annexed
hereto beapproved ,i.e. providing for :
suspension oftheapplication oftheindicative ceiling towhich .-
imports ofcertain products originating inIsrael ........... n.-.are
subject .
2.2 This i6thesubject ofthepresent proposal foraRegulation (see
'■Annex ). :•N ■

Proposalfora
V... VV•
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
suspendingtheapplicationofindicativeceilingsestablishedbyRegulation
'(EEC)No*2818/77fortheimportsofcertainproducts "'
originatinginIsrael
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN TheseimportsshallremainunderCommunitysupervi-
COMMUNITIES , sion.
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113' Article2
thereof,
■ Jh'sRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
Whereas,pursuanttoProtocol 1annexedtotheAgree- -
mentbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
and,theStateofIsrael,theCommunity ThisRegulationshallbebindingin
has,byRegulation (EEC)No2818/77(1),itsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
■■establishedthe"'inallMemberStates,
indicativeceilingsapplicablein1978toimportsof
certainproductsoriginatinginthosecountries;DoneatBrussels,FortheCounci .
whereasprovisionismadeunderthesaidProtocol
thatif,fortwosuccessiveyears,importsofaproduct ThePresident
subjecttoaceilingarelessthan90%oftheamount
fixed,theCommunityshallsuspendtheapplicationof
thisceiling;
WhereastheCommunities' statisticalsummariesfor
1976and1977showthatimportsofcertainproducts
whicharesubjecttoceilingshavenotreached90%
oftheceilingsindicated;whereas,therefore,the
Communityshouldsuspendapplicationoftheceil-.
ingsvalidforimportsoftheproductsinquestionfor
1978;whereas,however,itisdesirabletokeepunder
reviewthedevelopmentoftheseimportsbystatistical
supervision,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
ArticleI
1.Theapplicationoftheindicativeceilingsesta­blishedbyArticle1ofRegulation(EEC)No^818/77
shallbesuspendedduring197Sfortheimportsofthe
productsindicatedunderOrderNoSIIL1,IIL3andIIL6ofAnnexI
tothe.saidRegulation . -TheseimportsshallremainunderCommunitysupervi­
sion.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
OOJNoL'33^23.12.1977,p.21.