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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)791 final
Brussels,29November1982
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulations (EEC)No1893/79and(EEC)No2592/79introducing
registration forcrudeoilimportsintheCommunity
i
YSortiduSecrétariat !VGénéra!
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommissi
C0M(82)791final

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.FollowingthetroublesinIrantheCounciladopted,on28August1979,
Regulation (EEC)N°1893/79introducing registration forcrudeoiland/or
petroleumproductimportsintheCommunity asameansofmonitoringoil
pricesonthemarket.
2.WiththeadoptionofRegulations (EEC)N°2592/79and(EEC)N°649/80
theCouncillaiddownrulesforcarryingouttheregistration ofcrudeoil
andpetroleumproductimportsintheCommunity.
3.ThebasicRegulation (EEC)N°1893*/79andthecomplementary Regulation
(EEC)N°2592/79layingdowntherulesforcarryingoutregistration
ofcrudeoilimportshavebeenrenewedeachyearbutwillexpireon
31December 1982.
4.Thecomplementary Regulation (EEC)N°649/80layingdownrulesfor
carryingouttheregistration ofpetroleumproductimportsexpiredon
31June1981andhasnotbeenrenewed.
5.Thesystem,thoughsetuptomonitormarketpricesinaperiodoftension,
hasturnedoutalsotobeagoodmeansofobtaining,innormalcircumstances ,
abetterpictureofthecrudeoilsupplyconditionsoftheMemberStates
oftheCommunity.Theinteresting andusefulresultsithasproducedat
nationalandCommunitylevelwarrantitsrenewalforaperiodofthree
years.
Thiswouldgiveavirtuallypermanentinformation systemwhichwould:
serveasaninstrumentofcontinuous marketanalysisandasameansof
monitoringpricesontheworldmarketinperiodsoftension.
6.Asimilardecisionhasalreadybeenadoptedbyotherconsumercountries
withintheOECD/IEA.

Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
amending Regulations (EEC )N°1893 /79and (EEC )
N°2592 /79introducing registration forcrude
oil imports intheCommunity
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Article 103thereof .
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas theCouncil ,bymeans ofRegulation (EEC )N°1893 /79 (1),as
last amended byRegulation (EEC )N°3721 /81 (2),which expires on
31December 1982 ,introduced registration forcrude oil imports inthe
Community ;
Whereas theCouncil ,bymeans ofRegulation (EEC )N°2592 /79 (3),asamended
byRegulation (EEC )N°3721 /81,which expires on31December 1982 ,laid
down therules forcarrying out registration ofcrude oiland/orpetroleum
product imports intheCommunity provided for inRegulation (EEC )
N01893 /79;
Whereas ,inview ofthe supply situation ,theMember States andthe
Commission should bekept regularly informed ofcrude oil supply costs ;
whereas ,accordingly thesystem forproviding information oncrude oil
imports should beretained for alonger period ;
./.
(1)0JN°L220,30.8.1979 ,p.1
(2)0JN°L373,29.12.1981 ,p.9
(3)0JN°L297,24.11.1979 ,p.1

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
InArticle 5ofRegulation (EEC)No1893/79andArticle 8ofRegulation (EEC)
No2592/79"31December 1982"ishereby replaced by"31December 1985".
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force ontheday ofitspublication inthe
Official Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
Itshall apply from 1January 1983 .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable in
all Member States .
Done atBrussels , FortheCouncil
The President