Council Regulation (EEC) No 2798/79 of 10 December 1979 establishing indicative ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain products originating in Norway (1980)
Official Journal L 330 , 27/12/1979 P. 0010 - 0014
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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2798/79
OF 10 DECEMBER 1979
ESTABLISHING INDICATIVE CEILINGS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR IMPORTS OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN NORWAY ( 1980 )
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 AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY ( 1 ) WAS SIGNED ON 14 MAY 1973 ;
WHEREAS ARTICLES 1 , 2 AND 3 OF PROTOCOL 1 ANNEXED TO THIS AGREEMENT MAKE PROVISION FOR A SPECIFIC TIMETABLE FOR THE PROGRESSIVE ABOLITION OF CUSTOMS DUTIES IN RESPECT OF THE PRODUCTS TO WHICH THE AGREEMENT APPLIES ; WHEREAS UNDER ARTICLE 4 OF THAT PROTOCOL THE IMPORTS OF THESE PRODUCTS ARE LIMITED TO ANNUAL INDICATIVE CEILINGS ABOVE WHICH THE CUSTOMS DUTIES APPLICABLE TO THIRD COUNTRIES MAY BE REINTRODUCED ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , UNDER ARTICLE 4 ( B ) THE COMMUNITY HAS TO SUSPEND THE APPLICATION OF CERTAIN CEILINGS ; WHEREAS , THEREFORE , THE CEILINGS TO BE APPLIED IN 1980 MUST BE ESTABLISHED ; WHEREAS IN THIS SITUATION IT IS ALSO NECESSARY THAT THE COMMISSION BE REGULARLY INFORMED OF THE TREND OF THE IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION AND , IN CONSEQUENCE , IT IS NECESSARY TO SUBJECT THESE IMPORTS TO SUPERVISION ;
WHEREAS THIS OBJECTIVE MAY BE ACHIEVED BY MEANS OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE BASED ON SETTING OFF IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION AGAINST THE INDICATIVE CEILINGS AT COMMUNITY LEVEL , AS AND WHEN THESE PRODUCTS ARE ENTERED WITH CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES FOR FREE CIRCULATION ; WHEREAS THIS ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE MUST MAKE PROVISION FOR THE REINTRODUCTION OF CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES 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 INDICATIVE CEILINGS AND KEEP THE MEMBER STATES INFORMED ; WHEREAS THIS COOPERATION MUST BE ALL THE CLOSER SINCE THE COMMISSION MUST BE ABLE TO TAKE ADEQUATE MEASURES TO REINTRODUCE CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES WHENEVER ONE OF THE CEILINGS HAS BEEN REACHED ;
WHEREAS THE TREND OF IMPORTS SHOULD BE FOLLOWED FOR CERTAIN PRODUCTS FOR WHICH , UNDER ARTICLE 4 OF PROTOCOL 1 , THE COMMUNITY HAS SUSPENDED THE APPLICATION OF CEILINGS ; WHEREAS IT IS THEREFORE DESIRABLE THAT IMPORTS OF SUCH PRODUCTS SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO SUPERVISION ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ARTICLE 1
1 . FROM 1 JANUARY TO 31 DECEMBER 1980 , IMPORTS OF PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN NORWAY AND INDICATED IN ANNEX I SHALL BE SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS AND TO COMMUNITY SUPERVISION .
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