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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(76)467 final.
Brussels-8September1976
/,
Proposalfora
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL ,
establishing certainceilingsandCommunitysupervision of
'importsofcertainproductsoriginating intheStateofIsrael
(1977)
"S
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(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDU M
1.TheAgreement .-conoludedbytheEuropeanEconomioCommunitywiththe
StateofIsraelprovides,inparticularinthecaseofindustrialproducts,
forthephasedabolitionofCommonCustomsTariffdutiesoveratransitional
periodextendinguntil1July1977»Notwithstanding thisprovision,
specialarrangements arelaiddownforacertainnumberofsensitive
products:.anannualceilingmaybeimposedonthevolumeofsuchproducts
whichmaybeimportedatthepreferential rateofduty.Whenthis
ceilingisreachedtheCommunitymayreintroduceuntiltheend.ofthe
calendary;earthecustomsdutiesapplicable'tothirdcountries.In
oertaincasesit,isthebasicdutieswhichsiretobeapplied;.theseare
thedutiestowhichthereductionsprovidedforintheAgreementapply.
Theinitialvolumesoftheannualceilings/arefixed
I
bytheAgreementitself.Theceilingsaretobefixedannuallyandtheir
levelsincreasedby5/°«Theywillbeabolishednotlaterthan31December
1979. ' "
2.Theoperationofthoceilingarrangements andthepowertoreintroduce
customsdutiesvri.ll'necessarilyrequirotheadoptionofdetailedcommon
rulestobeapplieduniformlybyallMemberStates.Thiscantakethe
formofaCommunitysystemofsupervisionofactualimportsfroriithepartner
State.Tothisend,theMemberStatesshouldtakeappropriatemeasures
topermittherapidcollectionofstatisticalreturnsforthewhole
Community.Inthisconnectiononlyimports .oftheproductsinquestion
shouldbetakenintoaccount,asandwhontheyaresubmittedtotho
customsauthoritiesunderooverofadeclarationofentryforhomeuse
andaccompanied .byanEUR1movementcertificateconformingtotherules
containedintheAgreement "referredtounder1.'

esereturns areto "bo eachMember State attheendofevery
month andforwarded bythe Jdayofthefollowing 'month totheCommission
soastoenable thelatter tooommunioate bytelex toalltheMember States
anoverall' ,produot -by-produot statement forthepreceding 1month ofthe
imports inquestion .Thesystem ofsupervision willrequire ofthe
responsible dopartments „oftheMember States andthe ■Commission diligenoe
andolose oooperation .Inview 6fthefaotthat th^'products concerned
aresensitive products andthat'imports atareduced 'rate ofduty in
excess oftheoeilings oould oause disturbance oftheCommunity market ,
itisabsolutely essential thatallMember States respect rigorously the
fifteen-day tim©limit referred toabove . ' ' ■. .
Ih©following proocdure istoboadopted forsetting intrain machinery to
reintroduce duties :ifoneoftheoverall monthly statements drawn upby
theCommission reveals that' 75i°oftheceiling fixed fonaerven produot ;
hasboenreached ,theMember States would boinformed andconsultations
could beheld ,forexample intheWorkingrParty on'Economic Tariff -•
Problems ,either atthe'request ofaMember State ortheCommission 's
initiative .®i©aimofthese consultations would betoexamine ;oase
"bycase ,whether ornotthecustoms duties applicable to..non-member
countries should bereintroduced oncethe ;target ceiling.iis actually
reached .- '
*' • •• r
Ionthly returns would still bemadeinrespect ofimports oftheproduct
m(faeotion or,ifthe ^Commission so...requested ,itwould benotified by
telex ,of .suchimp.orts every ten ..days ,..In .thelatter case ,thetime
limit forforwarding ^thoinformation ,would befivedays .;
Inthisway,theCommission would boable -totake ,within theshortest
possible time ,measures ^leading totherointroduction byRegulation ,of
customs duties inrespeot ofthe "partner State which would apply until
eendofwhocalendar year .'Intheabove hypothosis ,thereintroduction
Oxthecustoms duties ontheproduot under consideration would ,naturally ,
beeffected within atimelimit fixed bytheRegulation putting anend
to ^thoreduction ofduties provided forintheProtoools' No1.

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3.Asfarasapplicationofthoruleonceilingsandrointroduction of
dutiesis.ooncemed|theattachedproposalmakesprovisionforthoCouncil
toconferpowersuponthoCommission.
ThoproposedRegulationdoesnomore'thanoutlinehowthesepowers
areto"becxeroisedsothat,inconsultation withtheMemberStates,
themachinerytobosetintrainmaybeadaptedflexiblyandrapidly.
Itiswiththosameviewtomaximumefficiencyandrapiditythatthe
proposedRegulationprovidesthattheCommissionwouldberesponsible
forrointroduoing ,inrespeotofthopartnerStato,thedutiesapplicable
tononr-memborcountries.
AÎTÎ7EX:
ProposalforaCounoilRegulation.
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ΑΪΠΤΕΧ
Proposalfora
REGULATION (EEC)No.../iSOFTHECOUNCIL .
establishingceilingsandCommunitysupervisionofimportsofcertainproducts
originatinginIsrael(1977)
THECOUNCILQFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission;
WhereasArticle2oftheAgreement(')betweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheStateof
Israel,signedon11May1975,andArticles1and2
ofIrotocol1annexedtheretomakeprovisionforthe
progressiveabolitionofcustomsdutiesinrespectof
theproductstowhichtheAgreementapplies;
whereasbywayofderogationfromtheseArticles,
Article5ofthatProtocolprovidesthatforimports
ofproductslistedinthatArticlethereductionof
dutiesshallbelimitedtoceilings,abovewhichthe
customsdutiesapplicabletothirdcountriesmaybe
re-introduced;whereastheceilingstobeappliedin
197?shouldthereforebedetermined;whereasthe
applicationofceilingsrequiresthattheCommunity
beregularlyinformedofthetrendofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginIsrael;whereasit
is,therefore,desirablethatimportsoftheseproducts
besubjectedtoasystemofsupervision;
Whereasthisobjectivemaybeachievedbymeansof
anadministrativeprocedurebasedonsettingoff
importsoftheproductsinquestionagainstthe
ceilingsatCommunitylevel,asandwhenthesepro­
ductsaresubmittedtothecustomsauthoritiesunder
coverofdeclarationsthattheyhavebeenmade
availableforhomeuse;whereasthisadministrative
proceduremustmakeprovisionforthere-introduc­
tionofcustomstariffdutiesassoonastheceilings
havebeenreachedatCommunitylevel;
Whereasthisadministrativeprocedurerequiresclose
andparticularlyrapidcooperationbetweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission;whereasthe
lattermust,inparticular,beabletofollowthe
progressofamountssetoffagainsttheceilingsand
keeptheMemberStatesinformed;whereasthisco-
OOJNoL136,28.5.1975,p.3.operationmustbealltheclosersincetheCommis­
sionmustbeabletotakeadequatemeasurestore­
introducecustomstariffdutieswheneveroneofthe
ceilingshasbeenreached;
Whereasthetrendofimportsofcertainproductsnot
subjecttoceilingsshouldalsobefollowed;whereas
itisthereforedesirablethatimportsofsuchproducts,
shouldalsobesubjectedtoasystemofsupervision,'
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1977importsof
productsoriginatinginIsrael,listedinAnnexI,shall
besubjecttoannual,ceilingsandCommunity
supervision .
Thedescriptionoftheproductsreferredtointhe
firstparagraph,theirtariffheadingsandstatistic
numbersandthelevelsoftheceilingsaregivenin
AnnexI.
2.Amountsshallbesetoffagainsttheceilingsas'
andwhenproductsaresubmittedtothecustoms
authoritiesundercoverofadeclarationthatthey
havebeenmadeavailableforhome.useand
accompaniedbyamovementcertificateconforming
totherulescontainedinProtocol3totheAgreement
betweentheCommunityandIsrael.However,"
inthecaseofproductsfallingwithin
Chapter27,themovementcertificate
maybereplacedbyacertificateof
oririn.
Goodsshallbesetoffagainsttheceilingonlyifthe
movementcertificateor,inthecaseofgoodsfalling
withinChapter27,thecertificateoforiginhasbeen
submittedbeforethedateonwhichcustomsduties
arere-introduced .
Thereachingofaceilingshallbedeterminedat
Communitylevelonthebasisofimportssetoff
againstitinthemannerdefinedinthepreceding
subparagraphs .

TheMemberStatesshallinformtheCommission
attheintervalsandwithinthetimelimitsspecified
inparagraph4ofanyimportseffectedinaccordance
withtheaboverules.
3.Assoonastheceilingshavebeenreached,the
CommissionmayissueaRegulationre-introducing
thecustomsdutiesspecifiedinArticles2and5(6).
ofProtocol1totheAgreementuntiltheendofthe
calendaryear.
4.MemberStatesshallforwardtotheCommission
notlaterthanthe15thdayofeachmonthstatements
oftheamountssetoffduringtheprecedingmonth.
Theyshall,iftheCommissionsorequests,makeup
.suchstatementsforperiodsof10daysandforward
themwithinfivecleardaysofexpiryofthepreceding
10-dayperiod.
Article2
Duringtheperiod1Januaryto31December1977
importsoftheproductsreferredtoinAnnexIIwhichoriginateinIsraelshallbesubjectedtoCommunity
supervision.
MemberStatesshallforwardtotheCommissionnot
laterthanthe15thdayofeachmonthstatementsof
importsoftheproductsinquestioneffectedduring
theprecedingmonth;onlyproductssubmittedtothe
customsauthoritiesundercoverofadeclarationthat
theyaretobemadeavailableforhomeuseand
accompaniedbyamovementcertificateconforming
totherulescontainedinProtocol3totheAgreement
shallbetakenintoconsiderationforthispurpose.
Article3
Fortheimplementation ofthisRegulationtheCom­
missionshalltakeallnecessarymeasuresinclose
cooperationwiththeMemberStates.
Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

ANNEXI
Liitofproduct!mibjccttoimportceiling)in1977
OrderNoCCT
headingNoDescriptionNimexe
CodeLevel
ofceiling
(metrictons)
2 3 4 5
IIL127.10
27.11
27.12
27.13Petroleumoilsandoilsobtainedfrombituminous
minerals,otherthancrude;preparationsnotelsewhere
specifiedorincluded,containingnotlessthan70%
byweightofpetroleumoilsorofoilsobtainedfrom
bituminousminerals,theseoilsbeingthebasicconstitu­
entsofthepreparations :
A.Lightoils:
III.Forotherpurposes
B.Médiumoils:
III.Forotherpurposes
C.Heavyoils:
I.Gasoil:
c)Forotherpurposes
II.Fueloil:
c)Forotherpurposes
III.Lubricatingoils;otheroils:
c)Tobemixedinaccordancewiththeterms
ofAdditionalNote7tothisChapter(a)
d)Forotherpurposes
Petroleumgasesandothergaseoushydrocarbons :
A.Propaneofapuritynotlessthan99%:
I.Foruseaspowerorheatingfuel
B.Other:
I.Commercialpropaneandcommercialbutane:
c)Forotherpurposes
Petroleumjelly:
A.Crude:
III.Forotherpurposes
B.Other
Paraffinwax,micro-crystalline wax,slackwax,
ozokerite,lignitewax,peatwaxandothermineral
waxes,whetherornotcoloured:
B.Other: -
I.Crude:
c)Forotherpurposes
II.Other27.10–15,
17,21,25,29
27.10–34,
38,39
27.10–59
27.10–69
27.10–75
27.10–79
27.11–03
27.11–19
27.12–19
27.12–90
27.13–89
27.13–90661.500
(a)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttoconditionstobedeterminedbythecompetentauthorities.

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OrderNoCCT
headingNoDescriptionNimexe
Code
1 2 3
IIIL9
i42.03Articlesofapparelandclothingaccessories,ofleatherorofcomposition
leather:. ...
A.Articlesofapparel
C.Otherclothingaccessories42.03–10
42.03–51,
59
IIIL1051.04Wovenfabricsofman-madefibres(continuous),includingwoven
fabricsofmonopolorstripofheadingNo51.01or51.02
i •51.04–
allNos
IIIL1156.05Yarnofman-madefibres,(discontinuousorwaste),notputupfor
retailsale 56.05–
allNos
IIIL12.56.07Wovenfabricsofman-madefibres(discontinuousorwaste)56.07–
allNos
IIIL1370.05Unworkeddrawnorblownglass(includingflashedglass),inrectangles70.05–
allNos
IIIL1476.03Wroughtplates,sheetsandstrip,ofaluminium 76.03–
allNos

ANNEX11■
ListofproductsreferredtoinArticle2
OrderNoCCT
headingNo DescriptionNimexc
Code
IIIL1
IIIL2
IIIL328.01
28.10
28.33
28.40
29.16
31.03
39.02
42.02Halogens(fluorine,chlorine,bromineandiodine):
C.Bromine
Phosphoruspentoxideandphosphoricacids(meta-,ortho-andpyro-)
Bromides,oxybromides,bromatesandperbromates,andhypobromites
Phosphites,hydrophosphites andphosphates :
)B.Phosphates (includingpolyphosphates ):
II.Other
Carboxylicacidswithalcohol,phenol,aldehydeorketonefunction
andothersingleorcomplexoxygen-function carboxylicacidsand
theiranhydrides,halides,peroxidesandperacids,andtheirhaloge­
nated,sulphonated,nitratedornitrosatedderivatives :
A.Carboxylicacidswithalcoholfunction:
IV.Citricacidanditssaltsandesters
Mineralorchemicalfertilizers,phosphatic:
A.MentionedinNote2(A)toChapter31:
I.Superphosphates
Polymerization andcopolymerization products(forexample,poly­
ethylene,polytetrahaloethylenes ,polyisobutylene ,polystyrene,poly­
vinylchloride,polyvinylacetate,polyvinylchloroacetateandother
polyvinylderivatives,polyacrylicandpolymethacrylic derivatives,
coumarone-indene (resins):
C.Other:
VII.Polyvinylchloride
Travelgoods(forexample,trunks,suitcases,hatboxes,travelling
bags,rucksacks),shopping-bags ,handbags,satchels,brief-cases,
wallets,purses,toilet-cases,tool-cases,tobacco-pouches ,sheaths,
cases,boxes(forexample,forarms,musicalinstruments,binoculars,
jewellery,bottles,collars,footwear,brushes)andsimilarcontainers
ofleatherorofcompositionleather,ofvulcanizedfibre,ofartificial
plasticsheeting,ofpaperboardoroftextilefabric:
exB.Ofothermaterials:
–Ofleather28.01–50
28.10–00
28.33–10,
90
28.40–30,
62,65,71,
79,81,85
29.16–21,
23,29
31.03–15
39.02-41,43,45
46,47,51,52,53 ,
54,57,59,61,66
42.02–ex21,
ex31,ex41,
ex51,ex81

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OrderNoCCT
headingNoDescriptionNimexe
Code
1 »4
IIIL942.03Articlesofapparelandclothingaccessories,ofleatherorofcomposition
leather:
A.Articlesofapparel
C.Otherclothingaccessories42.03–10
42.03–51,
59
IIIL1051.04Wovenfabricsofman-madefibres(continuous),includingwoven
fabricsofmonopolorstripofheadingNo51.01or51.0251.04–
allNos
IIIL1156.05Yarnofman-madefibres(discontinuousorwaste),notputupfor
retailsale56.05–
allNos
IIIL1256.07Wovenfabricsofman-madefibres(discontinuousorwaste)56.07–
allNos
IIIL1370.05Unworkeddrawnorblownglass(includingflashedglass),inrectangles70.05–
allNos
IIIL1476.03Wroughtplates,sheetsandstrip,ofaluminium76.03–
allNos