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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)631 final
Brussels,5November1981
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Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
openingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunity
preferential ceilingforcertainpetroleumproductsrefined
inTurkeyandestablishing Communitysupervision of
importsthereof(1982)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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C0M(81)631final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Asaconsequence oftheAccessionofthenextMemberStatesandth
ensuingnegotiations withTurkeyforthepurposeofadjustingher
Association AgreementwiththeCommunity anditsAdditional
• I
Protocol,theCommunitysignedatAnkara,on30June1973,a
Supplementary Protocolwhichwillenterintoforceonratification
PendingentryintoforceoftheProtocoltheCommunityconcluded '
anInterimAgreement,intendedtobevalidonlyuntiltheProtocol
doesenterintoforce,inordertosecuretheapplication from ,
1January1974ofcertainprovisionsoftheProtocolrelatingto
tradeingoods.
» t
TheSupplementary ProtocolandtheInterimAgreementprovide
interaliafortheopeningofanannualCommunitytariffquota
of340000tonnesforcertainpetroleumproductsfallingunder
Chapter27oftheCommonCustomsTariff.
Itisnotpossibletosayatthemomentwhetherthetariff
measureslaiddownbytheseAgreements inTurkey'sfavourshould
begrantedfor1982onthebasisoftheSupplementary Protocol
oroftheInterimAgreement.TheproposedRegulation annexed
heretoisbasedontheInterimAgreement andwouldtherefore
havetobeamendediftheSupplementary Protocolenteredinto
forceduringthecourseoftheadoptionprocedure.
1
TheCommissionisawarethatthisconcession mightbemodified
inthecontextofafuturenegotiation withTurkey.Inthe
absenceofadecisiononthisthisproposalisaninstrument
whichwillallowrespect'oftheengagements contracted bythe
Community._ , \v'..
ThereforetheCommission reservesthepossibility ofmodifying
thisproposalduringtheproceduretoadaptit>1inecessary,
tothefinalresultofthenegotiations *

AsaresultofthrdcislonbytheCouncilofAssociation In
June1W3thatTurkeyshouldbetreatednotlessfavourably
thanthecountriesbenefiting fromgeneralisedtariffpreferences,
thpCommission andtheTurkishauthorities havestudiedtheproblem
ofgivingequivalenttarifftreatmenttoboththedeveloping
countries andTurkey.
TheCommunitytariffquotasopenedinfavourofthedeveloping
Countriesduringtheyears1971to1973wereconvertedwith
effectfrorft1January1974intoCommunityceilings/Volumes
beingcalculated bytheusualfnethod.For*975thesevolumes
werefixedatthe1974levelsplus12%,for1976theywere
fixedatthe1975levelplus15X,for1977atthe1976level
plus(forthemostpose)4.6%*for1978,1979and1980atthe
1977leveis>for1981atthe1980levelplus2and-for1982
atthe1981levelpluslC^t.
Whentheproblemhadbeenstudied,theCommissionultimately
recognizedthatalreadyfor1976>inviewoftheprovisions ,
ofparagraph 4oftheSoleArticleofAnnexItbtheAdditional
Protocol,thetariffquotaof340000tonneslaiddownin
Turkey'sfavourshouldbeconvertedintoaCommunitycelling
withthevolumeincreasedprovisionally intheproportion*
usedfor*
TheonlypurposeoftheproposedRegulationistx»openirt
caseoftheseproductsfor1982aCommunityceilingfixedat
5I3.876tonnesandtesetupCommunitysupervision ofImpof*
tationsoftheseproducts.
AdoptionofprecisecommonrulesuniformyappliedbytheWefcbef '
Stateswillnecessaryiftheceilingssystemincorporating err*
tittementtoreintroduce thecustomsdutiesistoworksuccess**
fully.Theserequirements canbemetbysettingpptCommunity
Systemforsupervising importsactuallymadefromthepartner
country.MemberStateswillaccordingly requiretotakest#*>#
toensurethatstatistical dataforthewholeoftheCommurHty
canbecollectedrapidly.Forthispurposeimportations wilt
becountedonlyasthegoodsareactually ,enteredwiththe
customsauthorities forfreecirculation .

Statistics wiLl becompiled byeach Member State attheend ofeach
month andwill beforwarded toreach theCommission ,bythefifteenth .
day ofthe following month inorder toenable ittocommunicate to
,Member States bytelex aninclusive return ofthe imports system will
call for theexercice ofcareful attention bytherelevant departments
intheMember States and forclose cooperation between these
departments and theCommission .
The following system will beadopted forsetting off themechanism
for reintroducing duties :when one ofthe inclusive monthly returns
«drawn upbythe Commission shows that 75Xofthe ceiling figure has
been reached ,the Commission will inform theMember States and consul­
tations may then beheld -particularly intheGroup onEconomic
Tariff Problems -either atthe request ofaMember State oronthe
initiative oftheCommission .Thepurpose oftheconsultations will
betoconsider whether ornot torecommence collecting customs duties
atthethird-country rate when theceiling hasactually been reached .
Amonthly return will continue to6emade fortheproduct inquestion .
IftheCommission sorequests /returns will bemade every tendays
bytelex ,within atime limit or5days .
The Commission will thus beinaposition totake quick action to .
restore byregulation customs duties onimports from thepartner
country until theendofthecalendar year ."Naturally ,insuch a
case reintroduction ofthe duties would beeffective from adate
fixed bytheregulation ending theduty reduction laid down .
4.Theproposed Regulation provides that theCouncil should delegate
authority totheCommission asregards application oftherules
oneeilings andintroduction ofduties . •

theproposedRegut.itiononlysketchedageneralframeworkforthe
fexerciceofthesepowersinorderthatthemechanismtobeused
canbeflexiblyaridrapidlyadjusted,inconsultation withthe
MemberStates.Itispreciselywiththisaimofoptimumefficiency
< , •^
andrapiditythattheproposedRegulation givestheCommission th#
taskofreintroducing thirdcountryfatedutiesonimportsOfthe
goodsinquestionfromthepartnercountry*
ANNEXiProposalfor•CouncilRegulation.
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PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULAT10N (EEC)
openingandprovidingfortheadministration ofaCommunitypreferentialceilingforcer­
tainpetroleumproductsrefinedinTurkeyandestablishingCommunitysupervisionof
importsthereof•(1^82)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticularArti­
cle113thereof.
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommis­
sion,
Whereas,pendingthe'entryin>oforceoftheSupple­
mentaryProtocolsignedinAnkaraon30June1973
containingtheadjustmentstobemadetotheAgree­
mentestablishinganassociationbetweentheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityandTurkeyandtothe
AdditionalProtocol (')consequentontheaccession
ofnewMemberStates,theCommunityhasunder­
taken,inanInterimAgreement(:)whichrunsonly
foralimitedperiodpriortotheentryintoforceof
.thisSupplementary Protocol,whichisapplicable
until31December 1974butwhichhasbeenex­
tendedfor1982inaccordancewiththetermslaid
downinArticle13thereof,toimplementcertain
provisionsoftheSupplementary Protocolrelatingto
tradeingoods:whereasunderArticle6oftheIn­
terimAgreementamending^theJlrstparagraphOf
_the_Sole-Afl!cle ofAnnexItotheAdditionalProto­
col,theCommunity musttotallysuspendthe
customsdutiesapplicabletocertainpetroleum
product*fallingwithinChapter27oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,refinedinTurkey,withinthelimit
ofanannujlCommunitytariffquotaof340000
tonnes;whereas,fortheproductsconcernedaprov­
isionaladjustmentshouldbemadetothesetariff
preferences,consistingessentiallyofsubstitutingfor
theCommunitytariffquotaaCommunityceiling
>hichamounts,aftersuccessiveincreases,to
513«876tonnes,abovewhichthecustomsdutiesap­
plicabletothirdcountriesmaybereintroduced ;,
Whereastheapplicationoftheceilingrequiresthat
theCommunityshouldberegularlyinformedofthe
trendofimportsoftheseproductsrefinedinTur­
key;whereasimportsoftheseproductsshould
thereforebesubjecttoasystemofsupervision;Whereasthisobjectivemaybeattainedbymeansof
anadministrative procedurebasedonsettingoffim­
portsoftheproductsinquestionagainsttheceiling,
atCommunitylevel,asandwhentheseproductsare
submittedtothecustomsauthoritiesundercoverof
declarationsthattheyhavebeenmadeavailablefor
freecirculation;whereasthisadministrative proce­
duremustmakeprovisionforthereintroduction of
theCommonCustomsTariffdutyassoonasthe
saidceilinghasbeenreachedatCommunitylevel;
Whereasthisadministrative procedurerequires
closeandveryrapidcooperationbetweentheMem­
berStatesandtheCommission ,whichmustbeable
tomonitortheamountssetoffagainsttheceiling
andkeeptheMemberStatesinformedthereof;
whereasthiscooperationmustbeallthecloserto
enabletheCommissiontotakeadequatemeasures
toreintroducetheCommonCustomsTariffduty
whenevertheceilingisreached,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :~
Article/
1.From1Januaryto31December1982^6Com­
monCustomsTariffdutiesshall,subjecttoArti­
cle2,betotallysuspendedforcertainpetroleum
products,referredtohereinafterandrefinedinTur­
key,withinthelimitsofaCommunityceilingof
-513.876
Withinthelimitsofthisceiling,Greeceshallapply
dutiescalculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisions
ofArticle117ofthe1979ActofAccession.
2.ThepetroleumproductstowhichparagraphI
appliesarethefollowing:
(')OJNoL293,29.12.1972,p.4.
(!)OJNoL277,J.10.1973,p.2.

CCT
heading
NoDescription
27.10
27.11
27.12
27.13
27.14Petroleumoilsandoiisobtainedfrombituminousmineralsotherthancrude;prep­
arationsnotelsewherespecifiedo;included,containingnotlessthan70%by
weightofpetroleumoilorofoilsobtainedfrombituminousminerals,theseoils
beingthebasicconstituentsofthepreparations :
A.Lightoils:
III.Forotherpurposes
B.Médiumotls:
III.Forotherpurposes
C.Heavyoils:
I.Gasoils:
c)Forotherpurposes
II.rueoiis:
c)Forotherpurposes
111.Lubricatingoils,oiheroils:
c)TobemixedinaccordancewiththetermsofAdditionalNote7tothischapler(aj
d)Forotherpurpeses
Petroleumgasesandothergaseoushydrocarbons :
B.Other:
I.Commercialpropaneandcommercialbutane:
c)Forotherpurposes
Fetrcleuiiijelly:
A.Crude: ^
ill.Forotn^rpurpose;
B.Other
Paraffinwax,micro-crystal ,inewax,slackwax,ozokerite,lignitewax,peatwaxand
othermineralwaxes,whetherornotcoloured:
B.Other:
I.Crude:
c)Forotherpurposes
II.Other
Petroleumbitumen,petroleumcokeandotherresiduesofpetroleumoilsorofoils
obtainedfrombituminousminerals :
C.Other
Entryunderthissubhei'lmqissubjecttoconditions (ixdeterminedbythecompetentauthorities .

3.Importsofthepetroleumproductsreferredtom
paragraph 1shallbesubjecttoCommunitysupervi­
sion.
4.Importsoftheproductsshallbesetoffagainst
theceilingasaridwhentheyaresubmittedtothe
customsauthoritiesundercoverofadeclaration
thattheyhavebeenmadeavailableforfreecircula­
tion.
5.Theextenttowhichtheceilinghasbeenused
shallbedeterminedatCommunitylevelonthebasis
oftheimportssetoffagainstitinthemannerde­
finedinparagraph4.
6.MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission at
theintervalsandwithinthetimelimitsspecifiedin
Article3ofanyimportseffectedinaccordancewith
theaboverules.
Article2
AssoonastheceilingreferredtoinArticle1(1)has
beenreachedatCommunitylevel,theCommissionmayissueaRegulationre-introducing theCommon
CustomsTariffdutiesapplicabletothirdcountries
untiltheendofthecalendaryear.
Article3
MemberStatesshallforwardtotheCommission not
laterthanthe15thdayofeachmonthastatementof
theimportseffectedduringtheprecedingmonth.If
theCommissionsorequests,theyshallforwardthis
statement,inrespectof10dayperiods,withinfive
cleardaysoftheexpiryofeachsuch10dayperiod.
Article4
TheCommissionshalltakeallnecessarymeasures
fortheimplementation ofthisRegulationinclose
cooperationwiththeMemberStates.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1982.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels.FortheCouncil
ThePresident