Council Regulation (EEC) No 2865/78 of 23 November 1978 establishing ceilings and Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Israel (1979)
Official Journal L 343 , 08/12/1978 P. 0063 - 0068
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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2865/78
OF 23 NOVEMBER 1978
ESTABLISHING CEILINGS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION OF IMPORTS OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN ISRAEL ( 1979 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 113 THEREOF ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,
WHEREAS ARTICLE 2 OF THE AGREEMENT ( 1 ) BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE STATE OF ISRAEL , SIGNED ON 11 MAY 1975 , AND ARTICLES 1 AND 2 OF PROTOCOL 1 ANNEXED THERETO , MAKE PROVISION FOR THE PROGRESSIVE ABOLITION OF CUSTOMS DUTIES IN RESPECT OF THE PRODUCTS TO WHICH THE AGREEMENT APPLIES ; WHEREAS , BY WAY OF DEROGATION FROM THESE ARTICLES , ARTICLE 5 OF THAT PROTOCOL PROVIDES THAT , FOR IMPORTS OF PRODUCTS LISTED IN THAT ARTICLE , THE REDUCTION OF DUTIES SHALL BE LIMITED TO CEILINGS ABOVE WHICH THE CUSTOMS DUTIES APPLICABLE TO THIRD COUNTRIES MAY BE REINTRODUCED ; WHEREAS THE CEILINGS TO BE APPLIED IN 1979 SHOULD THEREFORE BE DETERMINED ; WHEREAS THE APPLICATION OF CEILINGS REQUIRES THAT THE COMMUNITY BE REGULARLY INFORMED OF THE TREND OF IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN ISRAEL ; WHEREAS IT IS , THEREFORE , DESIRABLE THAT IMPORTS OF THESE PRODUCTS BE SUBJECTED TO A SYSTEM OF SUPERVISION ;
WHEREAS THIS OBJECTIVE MAY BE ACHIEVED BY MEANS OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE BASED ON CHARGING IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION AGAINST THE CEILINGS AT COMMUNITY LEVEL , AS AND WHEN THESE PRODUCTS ARE SUBMITTED TO THE CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES UNDER COVER OF DECLARATIONS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE FOR HOME USE ; WHEREAS THIS ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE MUST MAKE PROVISION FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF CUSTOMS DUTIES BEING REINTRODUCED AS SOON AS THE CEILINGS HAVE BEEN REACHED AT COMMUNITY LEVEL ;
WHEREAS THIS ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE REQUIRES CLOSE AND PARTICULARLY RAPID COOPERATION BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION ; WHEREAS THE LATTER MUST , IN PARTICULAR , BE ABLE TO FOLLOW THE PROGRESS OF AMOUNTS SET OFF AGAINST THE CEILINGS AND KEEP THE MEMBER STATES INFORMED ; WHEREAS THIS COOPERATION HAS TO BE PARTICULARLY CLOSE SINCE THE COMMISSION MUST BE ABLE TO TAKE THE APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO REINTRODUCE CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES IF ONE OF THE CEILINGS IS REACHED ;
WHEREAS THE TREND OF IMPORTS OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS NOT SUBJECT TO CEILINGS SHOULD ALSO BE FOLLOWED ; WHEREAS IT IS THEREFORE DESIRABLE THAT IMPORTS OF SUCH PRODUCTS SHOULD ALSO BE SUBJECTED TO A SYSTEM OF SUPERVISION ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ARTICLE 1
1 . FROM 1 JANUARY UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1979 , IMPORTS OF PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN ISRAEL LISTED IN ANNEX I SHALL BE SUBJECT TO ANNUAL CEILINGS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION .
THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN