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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Brussels.20thMarch1981
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PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
suspending theapplication ofceilingsestablished byRegulation
(EEC)No3517/80forimportsofcertainproductsoriginating in
Malta
(presentedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.1.TheAgreementbetweentheCommunityandMaltaprovidesinArticle2
ofAnnexIthatimportsofcertainproductsoriginatinginMaltabesubject
toanannualceilingabovewhichcustomsdutiescanbereintroduced .
TheCommunityhasaccordinglyfixed,underCouncilRegulation,the
ceilingsapplicableinthefirsthalf-yeaTyl981toimportsofanumberof
products.(Regulation(EEC)No3517/80,see03NoL370of31.12.1980).
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1.2.However,provisionisalsomadeinArticle^ifi~Iortwosuccessiveyears,
importsofaproductsubjecttoaceilingarelessthan90%ofthelevel
fixed,theCommunityshallsuspendapplicationofthisceiling.The
Communitytotalsofamountssetoffagainsttheceilingsfor1979and
1980showthatimportsofcertainproductsdidnotreach90%inthose
years.Thisbeingso,theCommunityisobligedtosuspendapplicationof
ceilingsalreadyfixedfor1981andtoamendtheabovementioned
Regulationaccordingly.
2.1.ItissubmittedthattheproposalfortheCouncilRegulationannexed
heretobeapproved,i.e.providingfor:
suspensionoftheapplicationoftwoceilingstowhichimportsofcertain
productsoriginatinginMaltaaresubject.
2.2.ThisisthesubjectofthepresentproposalforaRegulation(seeAnnex).

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Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
suspendingtheapplicationofceilingsestablishedbyRegulation(EEC)
No.3517/80forimportsofcertainproductsoriginatinginMalta
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
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HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,and
inparticularArticle113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle2ofAnnexItotheAgreementestablishingan
associationbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandMalta,theCommunity
has,byRegulation(EEC)No3517/80(1),establishedtheceilingsapplicablein1981
toimportsofcertainproductsoriginatinginMalta;whereasthatArticle
provides thatif,fortwosuccessiveyears,importsofaproductsubjectto
aceilingarelessthat90%oftheamountfixed,theCommunityshallsuspendthe
applicationofthisceiling;(.
WhereastheCommunities' statisticalsummariesfor1979and1980showthat
importsofcertainproductswhicharesubjecttoceilingsdidnot,duringthose
years,reach90%oftheceilingsindicated;whereas,therefore,theCommunity
shouldsuspendapplicationoftheceilingsvalidforimportsoftheproductsin
questionfrom1January1981;whereas,however,itisdesirabletofollowthe
development oftheseimportsmeansofstatisticalsurveillance.
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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION s
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Article1
TheapplicationoftheceilingsestablishedbyArticle1ofRegulation(EEC)No
3517/80shallbesuspendedfrom1January1981forimportsofcottonyarn,notput
upforretailsale,failingwithinheading55.0£*oftheCommonCustomsTariffand
ofman-madefibres(discontinuousorwaste),carded,combedorotherwiseprepared
forspinning,failingwithinheading56.04oftheCommonCustomsTariff,listed
underSerialNosIM1andIM3inAnnexItothesaidRegulation.
TheseimportsshallremainunderCommunitysurveillance.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowingitspublicationin
theOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinall
MemberStates. *
DoneatBrussels,1981
FortheCouncil
ThePresident