Council Regulation (EEC) No 3804/81 of 21 December 1981 establishing ceilings and Community surveillance of imports of certain products originating in Malta (1982)
Official Journal L 382 , 31/12/1981 P. 0013
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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3804/81 OF 21 DECEMBER 1981 ESTABLISHING CEILINGS AND COMMUNITY SURVEILLANCE OF IMPORTS OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN MALTA ( 1982 )$$
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 THE PROVISIONS OF THE ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND MALTA ( 1 ) HAVE LAPSED ;
WHEREAS , PENDING THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF A NEW PROTOCOL , IT IS NECESSARY ON THE BASIS OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3670/81 ( 2 ) , TO EXTEND , FOR 1982 , THE ARRANGEMENTS WHICH THE COMMUNITY APPLIES TO TRADE WITH MALTA WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE ASSOCIATION WITH THAT COUNTRY ;
WHEREAS , SINCE A PROTOCOL AS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 118 OF THE 1979 ACT OF ACCESSION DOES NOT EXIST , THE COMMUNITY MUST ADOPT THE MEASURES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 119 OF THAT ACT ; WHEREAS THE TARIFF MEASURE CONCERNED WILL , THEREFORE , APPLY TO THE COMMUNITY OF NINE ;
WHEREAS THE ABOVEMENTIONED ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL MAKES PROVISION FOR THE TOTAL ABOLITION OF CUSTOMS DUTIES IN RESPECT OF THE PRODUCTS TO WHICH THE AGREEMENT APPLIES ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , FOR A NUMBER OF PRODUCTS EXEMPTION FROM DUTIES IS SUBJECT TO CEILINGS ABOVE WHICH THE CUSTOMS DUTIES APPLICABLE TO THIRD COUNTRIES MAY BE REINTRODUCED ; WHEREAS THE CEILINGS TO BE APPLIED IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1982 SHOULD THEREFORE BE DETERMINED ; WHEREAS THE APPLICATION OF CEILINGS REQUIRES THAT THE COMMUNITY BE REGULARLY INFORMED ON IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN MALTA ; WHEREAS IT IS THEREFORE DESIRABLE THAT IMPORTS OF THESE PRODUCTS BE SUBJECTED TO A SYSTEM OF SURVEILLANCE ;
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 THE PRODUCTS ARE ENTERED WITH CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES FOR HOME USE ; WHEREAS THIS ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE MUST MAKE PROVISION FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES BEING REINTRODUCED AS SOON AS THE CEILINGS ARE REACHED AT COMMUNITY LEVEL ;
WHEREAS THIS ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE REQUIRES CLOSE AND PARTICULARLY RAPID COOPERATION BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION AND THE LATTER MUST IN PARTICULAR BE ABLE TO FOLLOW THE PROGRESS OF QUANTITIES CHARGED AGAINST THE CEILINGS AND KEEP THE MEMBER STATES INFORMED