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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)219final
Brussels }30May1978
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
suspendingtheapplicationofindicativeceilingestablished
byRegulation(EEC)No702/78fortheimportsofcertainprod­
uctsoriginatinginPortugal
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
C0M(78)219final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
4
1,1 Protocol No1totheAsvaamant beewaan theCommunity and
Portugal provide that imports ofcertain products
ι
originating inthis country andsubject toprogressive reductions
incustoms duties shall ,from theentry into force ofthis Agreement
in1973 ,besubject toanannual indicative ceiling above which
customs duties can bereintroduced .
TheCommunity hasaccordingly ,fixed ,under Council regulation ,the
ceilings applicable in1978toimports ofanumber ofproducts .
(Regulation (EEC)No'702/78,see0JNoL102of14.4.1978 ).
1.2 However ,provision ismade intheProtocol No1that ,if,for two ,
successive years ,imports ofaproduct subject toaceiling are less
than 90%ofthelevel fixed ,theCommunity shall suspend application
ofthis ceiling .TheCommunity totals ofamounts setoffagainst the
ceilings for1976 and1977 show that imports ofcertain products did
notreach 90%inthose years .This being so,theCommunity isobliged
tosuspend application oftheceiling already fixed for197?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 ;inPortugal are
subject .
2.2 This isthesubject ofthepresent proposal foraRegulation (see
Annex ). x •

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
suspendingtheapplicationofindicativeceilingsestablishedbyRegulation
(EEC)No"702//fortheImportsofcertainproducts
originating -inPortugal *<•- •-
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,pursuanttoProtocol1annexedtotheAgree­
mentbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
;andtheRepublicofPortugal,the
Communityhas,byRegulation (EEC)
No702/78(1),established the
indicativeceilingsapplicablein1978toimportsof
certainproductsoriginatinginthiscountry;
whereasprovisionismadeunderthesaidProtocol
thatif,fortwosuccessiveyears,importsofaproduct
subjecttoaceilingarelessthan90%oftheamount
fixed,theCommunityshallsuspendtheapplicationof
thisceiling;
WhereastheCommunities' statisticalsummariesfor
1976and1977showthatimportsofcertainproducts
whicharesubjecttoVeilinghavenotreached90%
oftheceilingindicated;whereas,therefore,the
Communityshouldsuspendappjicationofthisceil­
ingvalidforimportsoftheproductsinquestionfor
1978;whereas,however,itisdesirabletokeepunder
reviewthedevelopmentoftheseimportsbystatistical
supervision , ■
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
', Anide/ I
'.■■ ".'J
1.Theapplicationoftheindicativeceilingesta­
blishedbyArticle1ofRegulation(EEC)Nor02/78;
shallbesuspendedduring1978fortheimportsofthe
productsindicatedunderOrderNoIP1fotAnnexI;
tothesaidRegulation. ?
TheseimportsshallremainunderCommunitysupervi-.
sion.
Article2
Thi*Regulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe-EuropeanCommunities .
(1)0JNoL102of14.4.1978,p.21

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident