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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)471 final
.;Brussels,14September1981
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
establishing ceilingsandCommunitysurveillance ofimportsof
certainproductsoriginating inPortugal(1982)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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;1.TheSupplementary ProtocolbetweentheEuropeanEconomic '♦
j^-CommunityandthePortugueseRepublic,annexedtothe>-
,AgreementbetweentheCommunityandPortugalcompleted
\bytheProtocolofadaptationtotakeaccountofthe,-.
*"•accessionofGreecetotheCommunityprovidesforthe.
'exemption fromdutyforcertaintypesofpaperandpaperboard '
!(subheadings ex48.01CIIand48.01FoftheCCT),originating
inPortugalimportedintotheCommunitywiththeexceptionofthe
L;UnitedKingdomandDenmark.Nevertheless/theseimportsare
.... V-,•-limitedtoannualceilings.
^Whenaceilingisreached,theresidualcustoms.dutiesapplicable <
|toPortugalmaylaereimposedbytheCommunity -unt-ill.the.end^
I-■of'the',calendaryear...'•v'...-■'^ :
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2«Theimplementation ofthesystemofceilingsandtheoptionof.
|Vreintroducingcustomsdutiesrequiretheadoptionofprecisecommon
i'rulestobeapplieduniformlybythe-MemberStatesconcerned *
• ■ ...v
FTheserequirements maybeitietbysettingupaCommunitysystem -lof
f•surveillance ofactualimportsfromthepartnerconcerned..
TothatendtheMemberStatesmusttakeappropriatemeasures ,^
?. è...> a«t ^ 'M■.i''*'*$
vtopermittherapidcollectionof>satisticalreturnsforthe.
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?■._wholeCommunity .•• ^-v.*•<■
•Inthisconnectionimportsoftheproductsinquestionshould "
!berecordedonlyasandwhentheyareenteredforfree
'circulation accompanied byamovementcertificate conforming *
td'.the .rultt-'pf "the'Agreementi6efe'rredjto.-in ;;1Xabdve.\-^"v;V ,;.,·:

■Thereturns will bedrawn upbytheMember States attheend
ofeach month andforwarded before the fifteenth dayofthe
following month totheCommission inorder toenable thelatter
tosend .totheMember States acomprehensive product -
by-product statement ofthe imports inquestion effected during
thepreceding month.' The surveillance system will require quick
:action and close cooperation between the relevant departments
ofthe ,Member States andtheCommission .Since theproducts in
*question belong tothesensitive products category andduty-free
■imports inexcess ofthe ceilings maydisturb theCommunity
*
market ,itisabsolutely essential that theMember States observe .
>strictly theabove-mentioned time limit offifteen days . .<
i * .1
The following' procedure will beused forsetting intrain the
*machinery forreintroducing'duties :assoon .asoneofthe
"comprehensive monthly statements compiled bytheCommission shawls
that 75%ofthe ceiling fixed for agiven product hasbeen
I'reached ,theCommission will Inform theMember States end '
'consultations maytake place ,inparticular within theEconomic Tariff
iProblems Group ,either attherequest ofaMember States oron
;•theCommission 'sown .initiative *-Thepurpose of .these consultations' .
■'will betoexamine ine^ch individual case whether the customs
;duties ,applicable toPortugal should bere.imposed 'when theceiling
isactually reached , . ■
Importsoftheproduct inquestion will continue tobsthesubject •
.ofmonthly returns ,or,iftheCommission sorequests /ofatelex
:-'message covering each period' oftendays .This message must reach '
.theCommission within five days .
» •
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.Thecommission canthus take within theshortest possible time the
measures required for .theadoption ofaregulation reintroducing
customs duties inrespect ofthepartner -.country until theend'of
thecalendar year®' Intfcat -event ;-the .cu&tORs -duties er»theproduct .

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'limitla-iddownbytheregulationendingexemptionfrom
duties.•/•
However,asIpngasforacertainproduct -thelevyingofthecustoms
dutieshasnotyetbeenintroducedatCommunitylevelGreececanre­
introducethislevyingassoonastheimputationsonitsterritory
havereachedtheamountfixedby"theadditionalprotocolinquestions
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■c?Counciltothe-Commission .ofthe.powerto-'apply"therule''on
ceilines,andthereintroduction ofdutiesd !.-V'"'3
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powersaretobe.exercisedsothatthemachinerytobeusedy.ij
rImaybeadjustedflexiblyand-rapidly inconsultation with->-'j
VtheMemberStates®Againwith.aviewtomaxi&umefficiency
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V~-?JNCJLRiXJL'LATiON (EEC)
esSoWisfesngcesSingsasajlComrrnr;-<,tysruvti'Sa^C;ofimportsofcertainproducts'
originatinginiportugal(198?)
THECOUNCSLGFTHEEUROPEAM
COMMUNITIES ,,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticularArti­
cle!S3thereof,
Havingregardtotheproposalfro:ntheCommis­
sion,- ' ,
WhereastheSupplementary Protocol(')tothe
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCom­
munityandthePortugueseRepublic(2)assupple­
mented 3'
bytheProtocolannexedtotheAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andthePortugueseRepublicconsequent
ontheaccessionoftheHellenicRepublic
totheCommunity,hereinafterreferredto
asthe"Protocol",providesfor
theexemptionfromdutiesofkraftlinerandof-
other-paperandpapcrboardfallingv/ithinsubhead­
ingsex48.01CIIand48.01FoftheCommonCus-'
tornsTariff,originatinginPortugal,when.imported
intotheCommunitywiththeexceptionofthe
UnitedKingdomandpenrnark ;whereas,nevertheless,
thebenefitofdutyexemptionislimitedtoannua!:
ceilingsor62000tonnesand2000tonnesrespec­
tive!)',abovewhichtheresidualcustomsdutiesfor
eachproductmaybereintroduceduntiltheendof;
thecalendaryear;whereastheapplicationofceii-;
ingsrequiresthattheCommunityberegularlyin­
formedonimportsoftheproductsinquestionori--
ginatinginPortugal;whereasitis,'heref'ore,desira­
blethatimportsoftheseproductsbesubjectedtoa.1
systemofsurveillance ;thelattermust,inparticular,beabletofollowthe
progressofquantitieschargedagainsttheceilings
andkeeptheMemberStatesinformed;whereasthis
cooperationhastobeparticularlyclosesincethe
Commission ,mustbeabletotaketheappropriate
measurastoreintroduceetistorastariffdutiesifone
oftheceilingsisreached,
HASADOPTEDTHIS REGULATION :
Article!
I.FromiJanuaryto3iDecember1982,imports
intotheCommunity withtheexceptionof"
theUnitedKingdomandDenmarkoftheproducts,
listedintheAnnexheretoandoriginatinginPortu­
galshallbesubjecttoannualceilingsandCommu­
nitysurveillance .*■
Thedescriptionoftheproductsreferredtointhe
firstsubparagraph ,theirtariffheadingsandstatisti­
calnumbersandtheceilingsshalibesetoutinthe
Annexhereto.
2.'Quantitiesshallbechargedagainsttheceilings
asandwhenproductsareenteredforfreecircula­
tion,accompanied byamovementcertificatewhich
shallcomplywiththerulessetoutinProtocol3to
theAgreement .
Goodsmaybechargedagainsttheceilingonlyifthe
movementcertificateissubmittedbeforethedateon
whichcustomsdutiesarereintroduced ..
Whereasthisobjectivemaybeachievedbymeansof
anadministrative procedurebasedonchargingim­
portsoftheproductsinquestionagainsttheceilings
z*.Communitylevelasandwhentheproductsare
enteredforfreecirculation;whereasthisadministra-.
liveproceduremustprovideforthepossiblerein-
irooiactionofresidua!customstariffdutiesoncethe
ceilingsarercarhed; •
Whereasthisadministrative procedurerequires
closear^dparticularlypromptcooperationbetween
UieMemberStatesandtheCommission ;-whereas
V-
(';OJNoL34S,31.12.1979,p,44.
{')OJNeL301,3?.«2.1912,p.!65.
(3)0JNO.......Theextenttowhichaceilingisusedupshallbede­
terminedatCommunity s'evesonthebasisoftheim­
portschargedagainstitinthemarinerdefinedinthe
precedingsubparagraphs .
TheMemberStatesconcernedshall,attheintervals
andwithinthetime.Urnitsspecified :nparagraph4,
informtheCommissionufimportseffectedinac­
■cordancewiththeaboveprocedures .
3.Assoonastheceilingshavebeer,reached,the
Cotnmissiono»aysu'op?eRflguktionreintroducing
•residualsascomsdwti-ssusitilUi««:idofthecalendar
year.. •

Inthecaseofsuchreimposition ,Greece
shallintroducethelevyingoftheduties
whichitappliestonon-membercountriesat
thedateinquestion.
Assoonastheamountssetoffagainst
theceilingswithinitsterritory have
.thtL
reachedtheamountsindicatedinyflhnex,
Greecemayreintroduce,untiltheend
ofthecalendaryea£,thelevyingof
thecustomsdutieswhichitapplies
ι,tonon-member countriesatthedatein
question.ItshallnotifytheCom­
mission,whichshallinformtheother
MemberStatesofthisfact.Para­
graph2shallapplymutatismutandis.
4.MemberStatesconcernedshall,notlaterthan Article2
the15thdayofeachmonth,forwardtotheCommis-
""sionstatementsofthe-quantitieschargedduringthe*"T'ieCommissidnshallinclosecooperationwiththe
precedingmonth.IftheCommissionsorequests,MemberStates,takeallappropriatestepstoapply
.theyshallprovidesuch"statementsforperiods6f^isRegulation.
lOdaysandforwardthemwithinfivecleardaysof
theendofeach10-dayperiod. Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
.' ' 1982.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
-States.
vDoneatBrussels,. "v,
'' FortheCouncil
<'I "■ ''''''"
JftePresident

ANNEX
LastofproductssubjecttoImportceilingsinl?82
SerialNoCCTheadingNo Description NIMEXEcodeLevelofthe
aJCommunityceiling
tø>Amountconcerning
Greece
(tonnes)1 2 3 4
PI
P2>48.01Paperandpaperboard (includingcellulose
wadding),machine-made ,inrollsorsheets:
C.Kraftpaperandkraftboard:
exII.Other:
–Kraftliner(a) >
F.Other 1 ,
I48.01-20;22;24;30;
32;34;36;38;39
48.01-60to995
a)62000
b)2000
ol)2000
Nil
(a)Kraftiinermeansmachine-finished ormachine-giazed paperorpaperboard ,inrolls,containingnotlessthan80%of
chemicalsulphatesoftwoodpulpcalculatedontotalfibrecontent,weighingmorethan115g/m2andhavingaMullen
burstratioofnotlessthan35.