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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)534 final
Brussels,31October1977
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION
amendingCouncilRegulation (EEC)"No1279/77
suspendingtheapplicationofindicativeceilings
establishedbyRegulations (EEC).No3230/76,(EEC)
No3231/76,(EEC)No3233/76,(EEC)No3234/76
and(EEC)No3235/76fortheimportsofcertain
productsoriginatinginAustria,Finland,Norway,
PortugalandSweden
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(77)534final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Protocol 1totheAgreement between theCommunity andPortugal
provides that imports ofcertain products originating inPortugal
andsubject toprogressive reductions incustoms duties shall /
from theentry into force oftheAgreement in1973 ,besubject
to annual indicative ceilings above which customs duties can
bereintroduced .
Provision isalso made inProtocol 1that if,fortwosuccessive
years ,imports ofaproduct subject toaceiling areless than 90%
ofthelevel fixed ,theCommunity shall suspend application ofthis
ceiling .AsCommunity totals ofamounts setoffagainst theceilings
for1975 and1976 ,drawn uponthebasis ofmonthly communications
from theMember States ,showed that imports ofcertain products
didnotreach 90%inthose years ,theCommunity suspended ,by
Council Regulation (EEC)No1279 /77,application oftheceilings
already fixed for1977 .
Investigations have shown ,however ,that in1976 thecommunications
ofsome oftheMember States concerning acertain product were
erroneous ,andthat imports hadinfact exceeded 90%ofthelevel
fixed .
TheCommunity istherefore obliged toestablish theceiling for
this product once again :andtoamend theabovementioned
regulation accordingly .
This isthesubject ofthepresent proposal foraregulation .
ANNEX :Proposai for aCouncil Regulation

Proposalfor
CouncilRegulation (EEC)
amendingCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1279/77suspending
theapplicationofindicativeceilingsestablished by
Regulations (EEC)No3230/76,(EEC)3231/76,-
(EEC)No3233/76,(EEC)No3234/76and(EEC)No3235/76
fortheimportsofcertainproductsoriginating in
Austria,Finland,Norway,PortugalandSweden
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andinparticularArticle113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereas,pursuanttoProtocol 1annexedtotheAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity andtheRepublicofPortugal,the
1Communityhas,byCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1279/77,suspended
theapplication oftheceilingsforimportsofcertainproducts;
Whereasithasbeenfoundthat,in1976,thecommunications from
theMemberStatesrelatingtothequantitiestobesetoffagainst
theceilingestablished -foracertainproductwereerroneous;
whereas thecorrectedfigures donotjustify
thesuspensionbyCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1279/77ofthe
application ofthesaidceiling;whereas'theaboveRegulationshould'
thereforebeamendedaccordingly,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
OrderNumberIP5.isherebydeletedfromthefirstsubparagraph of-•-*
Article1(4)ofRegulation (EEC)No1279/77.
1OJL148,16.6.1977,p.2.

Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowingits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectly
applicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels/ FortheCounclI
ThePresident