CELEX: 31977R2756
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-05 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2756/77 of 5 December 1977 opening and providing for the administration of a Community preferential ceiling for certain petroleum products refined in Turkey and establishing Community supervision of imports thereof

14. 12. 77                           Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 319 / 1
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                                           (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                    COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2756/77
                                                   of 5 December 1977
               opening and providing for the administration of a Community preferential
               ceiling for certain petroleum products refined in Turkey and establishing
                                      Community supervision of imports thereof
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas the application of the ceiling requires that
 COMMUNITIES,                                                    the Community should be regularly informed of the
                                                                 trend of imports of these products refined in Turkey ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           whereas imports of these products should therefore be
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 113               subject to a system of supervision ;
 thereof,
                                                                 Whereas this objective may be attained by means of
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                 an administrative procedure based on setting off
 Whereas, pending the entry into force of the Supple­            imports of the products in question against the
 mentary Protocol signed in Ankara on 30 June 1973               ceiling, at Community level, as and when these
 containing the adjustments to be made to the Agree­             products are submitted to the customs authorities
 ment establishing an association between the Euro­              under cover of declarations that they have been made
 pean Economic Community and Turkey and to the                   available for home use ; whereas this administrative
 Additional Protocol (') consequent on the accession of          procedure must make provision for the reintroduction
 new Member States, the Community has undertaken,                of the Common Customs Tariff duty as soon as the
 in an Interim Agreement (2) which runs only for a               said ceiling has been reached at Community level ;
 limited period prior to the entry into force of this
 Supplementary Protocol, which is applicable until 31            Whereas this administrative procedure requires close
 December 1974 but which has been extended for                   and very rapid cooperation between the Member
 1978 in accordance with the terms laid down in                  States and the Commission , which must be able to
 Article 13 thereof, to implement certain provisions of          monitor the amounts set off against the ceiling and
 the Supplementary Protocol relating to trade in                 keep the Member States informed thereof ; whereas
goods ; whereas under Article 6 of the Interim Agree­            this cooperation must be all the closer to enable the
 ment amending the first paragraph of the Sole Article           Commission to take adequate measures to reintroduce
 of Annex 1 to the Additional Protocol , the Commu­              the Common Customs Tariff duty whenever the
 nity must totally suspend the customs duties appli­             ceiling is reached,
 cable to certain petroleum products falling within
 Chapter 27 of the Common Customs Tariff, refined in
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Turkey, within the limit of an annual Community
 tariff quota of 340 000 tonnes ; whereas, for the
 products concerned, a provisional adjustment should                                   Article 1
 be made to these tariff preferences, consisting essen­
 tially of substituting for the Community tariff quota a         1.    From 1 January to 31 December 1978, the
 Community ceiling which amounts, after successive               Common Customs Tariff duties shall, subject to
 increases, to 391 000 tonnes, above which the customs           Article 2, be totally suspended for the petroleum
duties applicable to third countries may be reintro­             products, refined in Turkey, specified below, within a
duced ;                                                          limit of a Community ceiling of 391 000 tonnes :
(•) OJ No L 293, 29 . 12. 1972, p. 4
(*) OJ No L 277, 3 . 10 . 1973, p. 2.
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           27.10                Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals other than crude ; prepa­
                                rations not elsewhere specified or included, containing not less than 70 % by weight
                                of petroleum oil or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the
                                basic constituents of the preparations :
                                A. Light oils :
                                    III . For other purposes
                                B. Medium oils :
                                    III . For other purposes
                                C. Heavy oils :
                                       I. Gas oils :
                                           c) For other purposes
                                      II . Fuel oils :
                                           c) For other purposes
                                    III . Lubricating oils, other oils :
                                           c) To be mixed in accordance with the terms of Additional Note 7 to
                                              Chapter 27 (a)
                                           d) For other purposes
           27.11                Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons :
                                B. Other :
                                    I. Commerical propane and commercial butane :
                                          c) For other purposes
           27.12                Petroleum jelly :
                                A. Crude :
                                    III . For other purposes
                                B. Other
           27.13                Paraffin wax, micro-crystalline wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax and
                                other mineral waxes, whether or not coloured :
                                B. Other :
                                      I. Crude :
                                           c) For other purposes
                                     II . Other
           27.14                Petroleum bitumen, petroleum coke and other residues of petroleum oils or of oils
                                obtained from bituminous minerals :
                                C. Other
           (a) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities.
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2. Imports of the petroleum products referred to in          may issue a Regulation re-introducing the Common
paragraph 1 shall be subject to Community supervi­           Customs Tariff duties applicable to third countries
sion .                                                       until the end of the calendar year.
3 . Imports of the products shall be set off against                                Article J
the ceiling as and when they are submitted to the
customs authorities under cover of a declaration that        Member States shall forward to the Commission not
they have been made available for home use.                  later than the 15th day of each month a statement of
                                                             the imports effected during the preceding month. If
4. The extent to which the ceiling has been used             the Commission so requests, they shall forward this
shall be determined at Community level on the basis          statement, in respect of 10-day periods, within five
of the imports set off against it in the manner defined      clear days of the expiry of each such 10-day period.
in paragraph 3 .
5.     Member States shall inform the Commission at                                 Article 4
the intervals and within the time limits specified in        The Commission shall take all necessary measures for
Article 3 of any imports effected in accordance with         the implementation of this Regulation in close cooper­
the above rules .                                            ation with the Member States.
                        Article 2                                                   Article 5
As soon as the ceiling referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) has    This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
been reached at Community level, the Commission              1978 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 5 December 1977.
                                                                         For the Council
                                                                          The President
                                                                          A. HUMBLET