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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
làigCOM(81)256final
Brussels-19thMay1981
SYSTEMFORTHEREGISTRATION OFCRUDEOILANDPETROLEUM
PRODUCTPRICES
(Communication fromtheCommission totheCouncil)
COM(81)256final

COMMUNICATION FROMTHECOMMISSION TOTHECOUNCIL
SYSTEMFORTHEREGISTRATION OFCRUDEOILANDPETROLEUM
PRODUCTPRICES
1.Introduction
On24February1981theCouncildecidedtoextendthesystemofregistering
pricesofcrudeoilimportsuntil31December1981andthatforimported
(1)petroleumproductsuntil30June1981.
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InadoptingthisdecisiontheCouncilalsonotedthecommitment bythe
Commissiontotransmitinduecourse,afterconsulting expertsfromthe
MemberStates,proposalsforappropriate amendments toCouncilRegulation .
(EEC)2592/79layingdowntherulesforcarryingouttheregistration of
crudeoilimportsintheCommunity andintroducing newconditionsforthe
gatheringofinformation onthepricesofimportedpetroleumproducts.
Afterconsulting,asprovidedforinthedecision,theMemberStates,the
oilindustryandtheotherconsumercountrieshavingintroduced thesame..
information systemsfollowingthedecisionstakenatthe1979TokyoSummit,
theCommission hasreachedthefollowingconclusions .
2.Registration ofcrudeoilimports
Afteranormalrunning-in periodinNovemberandDecember1979,the
registration ofcrudeoilpricesbecameoperational inJanuary1980.
^0JL52of27February1981,p.1.

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TheCommission'sserviceshavesincepreparedanddiscussedwith
MemberStateexpertsmonthlysummaryreportscoveringthewhole
of1980andearly1981.Theinformation systemhasinterestboth
atnationalandCommunitylevelinproviding aninstrumentforthe
collection andcomparison ofpricesintheoilmarket.More
particularly ,thankstotheinformation receivedoneachcargo
imported,ithasprovidedpreciseinformation onspotandpremium
purchases. '• ■•
Ithasemergedfromdiscussions withMemberStateexpertsthat
thereiscurrently noneedtoalterthesystem.The
Commissionwill,however,continueitsexamination andwill,where
appropriate,putnewproposalstotheCouncilbeforetheendofthe ■
year,whenthequestionofextensionwillarise^inthelightof,
inparticular,anydecisionstakenbytheotherconsumercountries.
3.Registration ofthepricesofimportedpetroleumproducts
Theregistration ofpetroleumproductimportscameintobeingmore
recently-on1April1980.Ithasemergedduringthebrief
application periodthat,formanycountries,theadministrative
burdeninvolvedhasbeenoutofproportion totheintendedobjectives .
theotherindustrial consumernationshavedrawnthesameconclusions .
Nevertheless ,theproportion oftotalCommunityimportsaccountedfor
bypetroleumproductsissignificant (anaverageof23%including
intra-Community trade)andinformation onthepricesofimported
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petroleumproductsisanessentialelementfortheknowledgeofour
supplycosts,andfurthermore,theyhavesince1976beenprovidedon
.aquarterlybasisunderDirective76/491/EEC.
TheCommissiondoesnotintendtoproposeanewsystem,butto
continuetoimplementthisdirective,whichhasalwaysworked
satisfactorily.
TheCommissionmerelyproposes,inlinewithitsconsultation of
MemberStateexperts,toextendthelistofpetroleumproductsto
includepetrochemical naphthaandkerosenejetfuel,andtointroduce
adistinction betweenEECandnon-EECimportsandtypesoftransaction
(affiliateandnon-affiliate ).
.Conelusions
TheCouncilisrequestedtotakenotethat:
for_crudeoil
-TheCommissiondoesnotintend,fortheperiodfrom1Julyto
31December1981,toamendCouncilRegulation (EEC)2592/79laying
downtherulesforcarryingouttheregistration ofcrudeoil
importsintheCommunity.
forpetroleumproducts
-TheCommissiondoesnotproposetoextendtheregistration of
petroleumproductimportsbeyond30June1981;
./.

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-InpursuanceofArticles7and8ofDirective 76/491/EECthe
Commissionwillamend,asfollows,TabLe3inCommission Decision
77/190/EECimplementing thisDirective :
a)tobeaddedtothelistofpetroleumproductstobedecalred:
-naphtha,
-kerosene/keroseneturbo-jet;
b)thequantities andpricesofpetroleumproductsimportedto
berecordedseparately :
-byaffiliates andnon-affiliates ,x
-fromEECandnon-EECcountries.
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