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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(76)470 final
Brussels,14September 1976
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
establishing certainceilingsandCommunity
supervision ofimportsofcertainproducts
originating inAlgeria,MoroccoandTunisia
(1977)
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(submitted bytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
COM(76)470finalΛ

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Interim
The/Agreements between bytheEuropean Economic Community with
Algeria ,Morocco andTunisia provide from their entry into force ,in
particular inthecase ofindustrial products ,for theabolition of
Common Customs Tariff duties .Notwithstanding this provision ,
special arrangements arelaid down foracertain number ofsensitive
products :anannual ceiling may beimposed onthevolume ofsuch
products which maybeimported duty free .When this ceiling isreached
theCommunity mayreintroduce until theendofthecalendar year the
customs duties applicable tothird countries .
Theinitial volumes oftheannual ceilings operative for 1976 are
fixed bytheAgreements themselves .Theceilings are tobefixed
annually and their levels increased by3%forcork products (tariff
headings 45.02 ,45.03 and45.04 )andby5%forpetroleum ,products (ex
Chapter 27).They will beabolished not later than 31December 1979 .
Theoperation oftheceiling arrangements and thepower toreintroduce
customs duties will necessarily require theadoption ofdetailed
common rules tobeapplied uniformly byallMember States .This can
take theform ofaCommunity system ofsupervision ofactual imports
from thepartner State .Tothis end ,theMember States should take
appropriate measures topermit therapid collection ofstatistical
returns forthewhole Community .Inthis connection only imports of
theproducts inquestion should betaken into account ,asandwhen
they aresubmitted tothecustoms authorities under cover ofa
declaration ofentry forhome useandaccompanied byamovement
certificate conforming totherules contained intheAgreements
referred tounder 1.

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These returns are tobemade upbyeach Member State attheendof
every month andforwarded before thefifteenth dayofthefollowing
month tothe Commission soastoenable the latter tocommunicate
bytelex toall theMember States anoverall ,product -by-product
statement for thepreceding month oftheimports inquestion .The
system ofsupervision will require oftheresponsible departments of
theMember States and theCommission diligence andclose cooperation .
Inview ofthefact that theproducts concerned aresensitive products
andthat duty free imports inexcess oftheceilings could cause
disturbance oftheCommunity market ,itisabsolutely essential that
allMember States respect rigorously thefifteenth-day time limit
referred toabove .
Thefollowing procedure istobeadoptee )forsetting intrain machinery
toreintroduce duties :ifoneoftheoverall monthly statements drawn
upbytheCommission reveals that 75%oftheceiling fixed foragiven
product hasbeen reached ,theMember States would beinformed andconsul­
tations could beheld ,inparticular intheWorking Party onEconomic
Tariff Probl'ems ,either attherequest ofaMember State ortheCommission
initiative .Theaimofthese consultations would betoexamine ,case by
case ,whether ornotthecustoms duties applicable tonon-member countries
should bereintroduced once thetarget ceiling isactually reached .
Monthly returns would still bemade inrespect ofimports oftheproduct
inquestion or,iftheCommission sorequested ,itwould benotified by
telex ofsuch imports every tendays .Inthelatter case ,thetime limit
forforwarding theinformation would befive days .
Inthis way ,theCommission would beable totake ,within theshortest
possible time ,measures leading tothereintroduction byRegulation ,of
customs duties inrespect ofthepartner State which would apply until
theendofthecalendar year .Intheabove hypothesis ,thereintroduc­
tion ofthecustoms duties ontheproduct under consideration would ,
naturally ,beeffected within atime limit fixed bytheRegulation putting
anendtotheexemption ofduties provided forintheAgreements in
question .

3.Asfarasapplication oftherule onceilings andreintroduction of
duties isconcerned ,theattached proposal makes provision for the
Council toconfer powers upon theCommission .
Theproposed Regulation does nomore than outline how these powers
are tobeexercised sothat ,inconsultation with theMember States ,
themachinery tobesetintrain maybeadapted flexibly andrapidly .
Itiswith thesame view tomaximum efficiency andrapidity that the
proposed Regulation provides that theCommission would beresponsible for
reintroducing ,inrespect ofthepartner State ,theduties applicable to
non-member countries .
ANNEX 5
Proposal foraCouncil Regulation .

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
establishingceilingsandCommunitysupervisionforimportsofcertainproducts
originatinginAlgeria,MoroccoandTunisia(1977)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereastheInterimAgreementsbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityoftheonepartand
thePeople'sDemocraticRepublicofAlgeria,the
KingdomofMoroccoandtheRepublicofTunisia
oftheotherparteachstipulateinArticle2that
productsoriginatinginthesecountriesshallbe
importedintotheCommunityfreeofcustomsduties;
whereas,bywayofderogationtherefrom,Article5
ofeachoftheseAgreementsprovidesthatthereduc­
tionofdutiesshallapplytoimportsoftheproducts
listedthereinonlyuptoceilingsabovewhichthe
customsdutiesapplicabletothirdcountriesmaybe
reimposed;whereastheceilingstobe
appliedin1977shouldthereforebe
determined;
Article1
January '
1.From1/to31December1977importsofthe
productsoriginatinginAlgeria,MoroccoandTunisia
whicharelistedinAnnexesI,IIandIIIrespectively
shallbesubjecttoannualceilingsandCommunity
supervision.
Thedescriptionoftheproductsreferredtointhe
firstparagraph,theirtariffheadingsandstatistical
numbersandthelevelsoftheceilingsaregivenin
AnnexesI,IIandIII.Whereasthisobjectivemaybeachievedbymeansof
anadministrative procedurebasedonsettingoff
importsoftheproductsinquestionagainstthe
ceilingsatCommunitylevel,asandwhentheseprod­
uctsaresubmittedtothecustomsauthoritiesunder
coverofdeclarationsthattheyhavebeenmade
availableforconsumption ;whereasthisadministra­
tiveproceduremustmakeprovisionforthe
reintroduction ofcustomstariffdutiesassoonasthe
ceilingshavebeenreachedatCommunitylevel;
Whereasthisadministrative procedurerequiresclose
andparticularlyrapidcooperationbetweenthe
MemberStatesandtheCommission;' whereasthe
lattermust,inparticular,beabletofollowthe
progressofamountssetoffagainsttheceilingsand
keeptheMemberStatesinformed;whereasthisco­
operationmustbeallthecloserinthattheCom­
missionmustbeabletotakeadequatemeasuresto
reintroducecustomstariffdutieswheneveroneofthe
ceilingsisreached.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
WHereasthe
applicationofceilingsrequirestheCommunitytobe
regularlyinformedofthetrendofimportsofthe
relevantproductsoriginatinginthesecountries;
whereasimportsshouldthereforebemadesubjectto
asystemofsupervision;
(')OJNoL141,28.5.1976.

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2.Amountsshallbesetoffagainsttheceilingsas
andwhenproductsaresubmittedtothecustoms
authoritiesundercoverofadeclarationthatthey
havebeenmadeavailableforconsumption and
accompanied byamovementcertificateconforming
totherulescontainedintheProtocolsonrulesof
originannexedtothe Interim
AgreementsbetweentheCommunityoftheonepart
andAlgeria,MoroccoandTunisiaoftheotherpart.
However,inthecaseofproductsfallingwithin
Chapter27,acertificateoforiginmaybesubstituted
forthemovementcertificate.
Goodsshallbesetoffagainsttheceilingonlyifthe
movementcertificateor,inthecaseofgoodsfalling
withinChapter27,thecertificateoforiginhasbeen
submittedbeforethedateonwhichcustomsduties
arereimposed.
Thereachingofaceilingshallbedeterminedat
Communitylevelonthebasisofimportssetoff
againstitasdefinedintheprecedingsubparagraphs .
MemberStatesshallinformtheCommission atthe
intervalsandwithinthetimelimitsspecifiedinpara­graph4ofimportseffectedinaccordancewiththe
aboverules.
3.Assoonastheceilingshavebeenreached,the
CommissionmayissueaRegulationreimposingthe
customsdutiesapplicabletothirdcountriesuntilthe
endofthecalendaryear.
4.MemberStatesshallforwardtotheCommission
notlaterthanthe15thdayofeachmonthstatements
oftheamountssetoffduringtheprecedingmonth.
Theyshall,iftheCommissionsorequests,makeup
suchstatementsforperiodsof10daysandforward
themwithinfivecleardaysfromtheexpiryofthe
preceding10-dayperiod.
Article2
Fortheimplementation ofthisRegulationtheCom­
missionshalltakeallnecessarymeasuresinclose
cooperationwiththeMemberStates.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States. •
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

ANNEX/
ListofproductsoriginatinginAlgeriasubjecttoimportceilingsin1977
OrderNoCCT
headingNo Description 4.Nimexe
CodeLctcIof
ceiling
(metrictons)
iI2I 3 I«I5
27.10Petroleumoilsandoilsobtainedfrombituminous
minerals,otherthancrude;preparationsnotelsewhere
specifiedorincluded,containingnotlessthan70%
byweightofpetroleumoilsorofoilsobtainedfrom
bituminousminerals,theseoilsbeingthebasicconstitu­
entsofthepreparations :
A.Lightoils:
III.Forotherpurposes
B.Mediumoils:
III.Forotherpurposes
C.Heavyoils:
I.Gasoils:
c)Forotherpurposes
II.Fueloils:
c)Forotherpurposes
III.Lubricatingoils;otheroils:
c)Tobemixedinaccordancewiththeterms
ofAdditionalNote7tothisChapter(a)
d)Forotherpurposes
I27.10–15,
17,21,25,29
27.10–34,
38,39
27.10–59
27.10–69
27.10–75
27.10–79
IDZ1
\27.11Petroleumgasesandothergaseoushydrocarbons :
A.Propaneofapuritynotlessthan99%:
I.Foruseaspowerorheatingfuel
B.Other:
I.Commercialpropaneandcommercialbutane:
c)Forotherpurposes27.11–03
27.11–191,155,C
27.12Petroleumjelly
A.Crude:
III.Forotherpurposes
B.Other ;27.12–19
27.12–90
27.13Paraffinwax,micro-crystallinewax,slackwax,ozokerite,
lignitewax,peatwaxandothermineralwaxes,whether
ornotcoloured:
B.Other:
I.Crude:
c)Forotherpurposes
II.Other27.13–89
27.13–90
HEm™under*1,fadingi,»bjec,«ocondition,»bedefinedb,«heco^t.ufcoriuc

–2-
OnIhNoÇCTheadlngNo DmcrlptionNimcn
Code
1 2 3 i*
IDZ1
(cont'd)27.14Petroleumbitumen,petroleumcokeandotherresidues
ofpetroleumoilsorofoilsobtainedfrombituminous
minerals:
'C.Other:
II.Other 27.14–99
IDZ2 45.02Naturalcorkinblocks,plates,sheetsorstrips(including
cubesorsquareslabs,cuttosizeforcorksorstoppers)45.02
allNos51.5
IDZ3 45.03Articlesofnaturalcork 45.03
allNos154.5
IDZ4 45.04Agglomerated cork(beingcorkagglomeratedwithor
withoutabindingsubstance)andarticlesofagglomer­
atedcork45.04
allNos2,060

ANNEX11
ListofproductsoriginatinginMoroccosubjecttoimportceilingsin1977
OrderNoCCT
hcadingNoDescriptionNimexe
Code
iII2 3 |< i
!
i
!
i
!27.10Petroleumoilsandoilsobtainedfrombituminous
minerals,otherthancrude;preparationsnotelsewhere
specifiedorincluded,containingnotlessthan70%
byweightofpetroleumoilsorofoilsobtainedfrom
bituminousminerals,theseoilsbeingthebasicconstitu­
entsofthepreparations :
A.Lightoils:
III.Forotherpurposes
B.Mediumoils:
III.Forotherpurposes
C.Heavyoils:
I.Gasoils:
c)Forotherpurposes
II.Fueloils:
c)Forotherpurposes
III.Lubricatingoils;otheroils:
c)Tobemixedinaccordancewiththeterms
ofAdditionalNote7tothisChapter(a)
d)ForotherpurposesI
27.10–15,
17,21,25,29
27.10–34,
38,39
27.10–59
27.10–69
27.10–75
27.10–79!
IMA1 27.11Petroleumgasesandothergaseoushydrocarbons' :
A.Propaneofapuritynotlessthan99%:
I.Foruseaspowerorheatingfuel
B.Other:
I.Commercialpropaneandcommercialbutane:
c)Forotherpurposes27.11–03
27.11–19183,750
\ 27.12Petroleumjelly:
A.Crude:
III.Forotherpurposes
B.Other27.12–19
27.12–90m
27.13Paraffinwax,micro-crystalline wax,slackwax,ozokerite,
lignitewax,peatwaxandothermineralwaxes,whether
ornotcoloured:
B.Other:
I.Crude:
c)Forotherpurposes
II.Other27.13–89
27.13–90
(«)Entryunderthissubheadingiisubjecttoconditionstobedeterminedbythecompetentauthorities.

OrderNoCCT
headingNo DescriptionNimtxc
Code
I2I ?4
IMA1
(cont'd)27.14Petroleumbitumen,petroleumcokeandotherresidues
ofpetroleumoilsorofoilsobtainedfrombituminous
minerals:
C.Other:
II.Other 27.14–99
IMA2 45.02Naturalcorkinblocks,plates,sheetsorstrips(including
cubesorsquareslabs,cuttosizeforcorksorstoppers)45.02
allNos51.5
IMA3 45.03Articlesofnaturalcork
•'45.03
allNos618
IMA4 45.04Agglomerated cork(beingcorkagglomerated withor
withoutabindingsubstance)andarticlesofagglomer­
atedcork45.04
allNos2,060

AiNNJtAlit
ListofproductsoriginatinginTunisiasubjecttoimportceilingsin1977
OrderNoCCT
headingNoDescriptionNimexe
Code
i1»I __J I4
27.10Petroleumoilsandoilsobtainedfrombituminous
minerals,otherthancrude;preparationsnotelsewhere
specifiedorincluded,containingnotlessthan70%
byweightofpetroleumoilsorofoilsobtainedfrom
bituminousminerals,theseoilsbeingthebasicconstitu-
•entsofthepreparations :
A.Lightoils: '
III.Forotherpurposes
B.Mediumoils:.
III.Forotherpurposes ' ■i
C.Heavyoils:
I.Gasoils:
c)Forotherpurposes
II.Fueloils:
c)Forotherpurposes
III.Lubricatingoils;otheroils:
c)Tobemixedinaccordancewiththeterms
ofAdditionalNote7tothisChapter(a)
d)Forotherpurposes27.10–1S,
17,21,25,29
27.10–34,
38,39■
27.1Ô–59
27.10–69
i
I
|27.10–75
27.10–79
ITN1 27.11
27.12
27.13Petroleumgasesandothergaseoushydrocarbons :
A.Propaneofapuritynotlessthan99%!
I.Foruseaspowerorheatingfuel
B.Other:
I.Commercialpropaneandcommercialbutane:
c)Forotherpurposes
Petroleumjelly:
A.Crude:
III.Forotherpurposes
B.Other
j
Paraffinwax,micro-crystalline wax,slackwax,ozokerite,
lignitewax,peatwaxandothermineralwaxes,whether
ornotcoloured:
B.Other:
I.Crude:
c)Forotherpurposes
II.Other27.11–03
27.11–19
i
i27.12–19
•27.12–90
.
27.13–89
27.13–90183,750
(a)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttoconditionstobedeterminedbythecompetentauthorities.

2-
OrdetNoCCT
hudlHgNo PMcrlpilenNimcxt'
Cod*
,1 2I 34
ITN1
(cont'd)27.14Petroleumbitumen,petroleumcokeandotherresidues
ofpetroleumoilsorofoilsobtainedfrombituminous
minerals:
C.Other:
II.Other ;27.14–99
ITN2 45.02Naturalcorkinblocks,plates,sheetsorstrips(including
cubesorsquareslabs,cuttosizeforcorksorstoppers)45.02
allNos51.5
ITN3 45.03Articlesofnaturalcork 45.03
allNos51.5
ITN4 45.04Agglomerated c6rk(beingcorkagglomeratedwithor
withoutabindingsubstance)andarticlesofagglomer­
atedcork.45.04
allNos824