CELEX: 31977R2815
Language: en
Date: 1977-11-28 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2815/77 of 28 November 1977 establishing ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain products originating in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria (1978)

23 . 12. 77                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 331 / 1
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                                            (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2815/77
                                                    of 28 November 1977
               establishing ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain products
                                  originating in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria ( 1978 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           countries ; whereas imports should therefore be made
                                                                   subject to a system of supervision ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community, and in particular Article                 Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of
 113 thereof,                                                      an administrative procedure based on charging im­
                                                                  ports of the products in question against the ceilings
                                                                   at Community level, as and when these products are
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                 entered with customs authorities for home use;
                                                                  whereas this administrative procedure must make
                                                                  provision for the reintroduction of customs tariff
Whereas the Interim Agreements between the Euro­                  duties as soon as the ceilings have been reached at
pean Economic Community and the Arab Republic                      Community level ;
of Egypt ( 1 ), the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan ( 1 ),
the Lebanese Republic (2) and the Syrian Arab Re­
public (*) each stipulate in Article 2 that products              Whereas this administrative procedure requires close
originating in these countries shall be imported into             and particularly rapid cooperation between the Mem­
the Community duty free as from 1 July 1977;                      ber States and the Commission ; whereas the latter
whereas, by way of derogation therefrom, Article 6                must, in particular, be able to follow the progress of
or 7, according to the Agreement concerned, provides              amounts set off against the ceilings and keep the
that the reduction of duties shall apply to imports of           Member States informed ; whereas this cooperation
the products listed therein only up to ceilings above             must be all the closer in that the Commission must
which the customs duties applicable to third coun­                be able to take adequate measures to reintroduce
tries may be reimposed ; whereas the ceilings to be               customs tariff duties whenever one of the ceilings is
applied in 1978 should therefore be established ;                 reached ;
whereas, however, the Agreements expire on 30 June
1978 ; whereas the Community intends to maintain its             Whereas the trend of imports of certain products not
trading relations with these countries ; whereas the              subject to ceilings should also be followed; whereas it
provisions governing the second half of 1978 should               is therefore desirable that imports of such products
not be less favourable than those laid down for the               should also be subject to a system of supervision,
first; whereas in order not to disrupt trading patterns
for the products in question, ceilings should be estab­
lished for the whole of 1978 ;
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the application of ceilings requires the Com­                                     Article 1
munity to be regularly informed of the trend of im­
ports of the relevant products originating in these
                                                                  1.    From 1 January to 31 December 1978, imports
                                                                 of the products originating in Egypt, Jordan, Leba­
                                                                 non and Syria which are enumerated in Lists A of
(*) OJ No L 126, 23 . 5. 1977, pp. 1 , 89 and 166.               Annexes I, II, III and IV respectively shall be subject to
(2) OJ No L 133 , 27. 5 . 1977, p. 1 .                           annual ceilings and Community supervision.
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The description of the said products, their tariff            of the amounts set off during the preceding month.
headings and statistical numbers and the levels of the        They shall, if the Commission so requests, make up
ceilings are given in the aforementioned lists .              such statements for periods of 10 days and forward
                                                              them within five clear days from the expiry of the
2. Amounts shall be set off against the ceilings as           preceding 10-day period.
and when products are submitted to the customs
authorities under cover of a declaration that they are
being entered for home use and accompanied by a                                       Article 2
movement certificate conforming to the rules con­
tained in the Protocols on rules of origin to the             From 1 January until 31 December 1978 , imports of
Interim Agreements between the Community of the               the products referred to in lists B of Annexes I, II, III
one part and Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria of the           and IV which originate in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon
other part. However, in the case of products falling           and Syria shall be subject to Community supervision.
within Chapter 27, a certificate of origin may be sub­
stituted for the movement certificate.
                                                              Member States shall forward to the Commission, not
Goods shall be set off against the ceiling only if the         later than the 15th day of each month, statements of
 movement certificate or, in the case of goods falling         imports of the products in question effected during
 within Chapter 27, the certificate of origin has been         the preceding month; only products submitted to the
 submitted before the date on which customs duties             customs authorities under cover of a declaration that
 are reimposed.                                                they are being entered for home use and accompanied
                                                               by a movement certificate conforming to the rules
 The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at              contained in the Protocols on rules of origin to the
 Community level on the basis of imports set off               Interim Agreements.
 against it as defined in the preceding subparagraphs.
 Member States shall inform the Commission at the
 intervals and within the time limits specified in para­                               Article 3
 graph 4 of imports effected in accordance with the
 above rules .                                                  For the implementation of this Regulation the Com­
                                                                mission shall take all necessary measures in close
 3.    As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the           cooperation with the Member States .
 Commission may issue a Regulation reimposing the
 customs duties applicable to third countries until the
  end of the calendar year.                                                            Article 4
 4.    Member States shall forward to the Commission            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
 not later than the 15th day of each month statements           1978 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 28 November 1977.
                                                                                     For the Council
                                                                                      The President
                                                                                       L. OUTERS
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                                                                         ANNEX 1
                                                                           LIST A
                                   List of products originating in Egypt subject to import ceilings in 1978
                                                                                                                             Level of
                          CCT                                                                                 NIMEXE
     Order No
                      heading No                                      Description                                code          ceiling
                                                                                                                              (tonnes)
         1                 2                                              3                                        4              5
                        27.10           Petroleum oils and           oils obtained from bituminous
                                        minerals, other than crude ; preparations not elsewhere
                                        specified or included, containing not less than 70 %
                                        by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from
                                        bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic consti­
                                        tuents of the preparations :
                                        A. Light oils :
                                             III . For other purposes                                      27.10-15 , 17,
                                                                                                             21 , 25 , 29
                                        B. Medium oils :
                                             III . For other purposes                                     27.10-34, 38 , 39
                                        C. Heavy oils :
                                               I. Gas oils:·
                                                    c) For other purposes                                     27.10-59
                                              II . Fuel oils :
                                                    c) For other purposes                                    27.10-69
                                             III. Lubricating oils ; other oils :
                                                    c) To be mixed in accordance with the terms of
                                                       Additional Note 7 to this Chapter (a)                  27.10-75
                                                    d) For other purposes                                     27.10-79
 ET 1                    27.11          Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons :                                          472 500
                                        A. Propane of a purity not less than 99 % :
                                             I. For use as power or heating fuel                              27.11-03
                                         B. Other :
                                             I. Commercial propane and commercial butane :
                                                  c) For other purposes                                       27.11-19
                         27.12          Petroleum jelly :
                                        A. Crude :
                                             III. For other purposes                                          27.12-19
                                         B. Other                                                             27.12-90
                         27.13          Paraffin wax, micro-crystalline wax, slack wax, ozo­
                                        kerite, lignite wax, peat wax and other mineral waxes,
                                        whether or not coloured :
                                         B. Other :
                                              I. Crude :
                                                   c) For other purposes                                      27.13-89
                                             II . Other                                                       27.13-90
(a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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                                                                                                                  Level of
                   CCT                                                                      NIMEXE
     Order No                                       Description                                code                ceiling
               heading No                                                                                         (tonnes)
         1           2                                  3                                        4                     5
I ET 1            27.14    Petroleum bitumen, petroleum coke and other residues
( cont'd)                  of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bitu­
                           minous minerals :
                           C. Other :
                               II . Other                                                   27.14-99
 I ET 2           31.03    Mineral or chemical fertilizers, phosphatic :
                           A. Mentioned in Note 2 ( A) to this Chapter :                                        ■ 36 750
                               I. Superphosphates                                           31.03-15
                           B. Mentioned in Note 2 (B) or ( C) to this Chapter               31.03-30
 I ET 3           55.05    Cotton yarn, not put up for retail sale                            55.05­                 7 350
                                                                                             all Nos
I ET 4            55.09    Other woven fabrics of cotton                                      55.09­                 3 413
                                                                                             all Nos
                                                          LIST B
                             List of products referred to in Article 2 originating in Egypt
                    CCT                                                                                  NIMEXE
      Order No                                           Description
                heading No                                                                                 code
           1          2                                        3                                             4
  II ET 1         28.40    Phosphites, hypophosphites and phosphates :
                            B. Phosphates ( including polyphosphates) :
                                II . Other                                                       28.40-30, 62, 65 , 71 , 79 ,
                                                                                                           81 , 85
  II ET 2         76.01    Unwrought aluminium ; aluminium waste and scrap :
                            A. Unwrought                                                               76.01-11 , 15
                            B. Waste and scrap :
                                I. Waste :
                                    b) Other (including factory rejects)                                 76.01-33
  II ET 3         76.02     Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of aluminium ;
                            aluminium wire                                                            76.02-all Nos
 II ET 4          76.03    Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of aluminium                             76.03-all Nos
  II ET 5         76.04    Aluminium foil (whether or not embossed, cut to shape,
                           perforated, coated, printed, or backed with paper or other
                           reinforcing material), of a thickness (excluding any backing)
                           not exceeding 0-20 mm                                                       76.04-all Nos
                                                                               *
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                                                          ANNEX II
                                                             LIST A
                          List of products originating in Jordan subject to import ceilings in 1978
                                                                                                                         Level of
                   CCT                                                                             NIMEXE
      Order No
               heading No                               Description                                  code                 ceiling
                                                                                                                         (tonnes)
          1          2                                      3                                          4                     5
  I JOR 1         55.09        Other woven fabrics of cotton                                    55.09-all Nos               105
                                                              LIST B
                                List of products referred to in Article 2 originating in Jordan
                   CCT                                                                                          NIMEXE
     Order No
               heading No                                  Description                                            code
         1          2                                           3                                                   4
 II JOR 1        28.40         Phosphites, hypophosphites and phosphates :
                               B. Phosphates (including polyphosphates) :
                                   II. Other                                                          28.40-30, 62, 65, 71 , 79,
                                                                                                                 81 , 85
II JOR 2         31.03         Mineral or chemical fertilizers, phosphatic :
                               A. Mentioned in Note 2 (A) to this Chapter :
                                   I. Superphosphates                                                          31.03-15
                               B. Mentioned in Note 2 (B) or (C) to this Chapter                               31.03-30
                 31.05         Other fertilizers ; goods of this Chapter in tablets, lozenges
                               and similar prepared forms or in packings of a gross weight
                               not exceeding 10 kg :
                               A. Other fertilizers :
II JOR 3                            I. Containing the three fertilizing substances : nitrogen,
                                       phosphorus and potassium                                              31.05-04, 06
II JOR 4                          II. Containing the two fertilizing substances : nitrogen and
                                       phosphorus                                                        31.05-12, 14, 16, 19
II JOR 5        55.05          Cotton yarn, not put up for retail sale                                      55.05-all Nos
II JOR 6        76.01         Unwrought aluminium ; aluminium waste and scrap :
                              A. Unwrought                                                                   76.01-11 , 15
                               B. Waste and scrap :
                                  I. Waste :
                                      b) Other (including factory rejects)                                     76.01-33
II JOR 7        76.02         Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of aluminium ;
                              aluminium wire                                                                76.02-all Nos
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                CCT                                                                      NIMEXE
    Order No
             heading No                            Description                             code
       1          2                                     3                                    4
II JOR 8       76.03    Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of aluminium                76.03-all Nos
II JOR 9       76.04    Aluminium foil (whether or not embossed, cut to shape,
                        perforated, coated, printed, or backed with paper or other
                        reinforcing material), of a thickness (excluding any backing)
                        not exceeding 0*20 mm                                         76.04-all Nos
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                                                            ANNEX 111
                                                               LIST A
                        List of products originating in the Lebanon subject to import ceilings in 1978
                                                                                                                         Level of
                    CCT                                                                             NIMEXE
       Order No
                heading No                                Description                                 code                ceiling
                                                                                                                         (tonnes)
          1          2                                        3                                        4                     5
  I RL 1           31.03         Mineral or chemical fertilizers, phosphatic :
                                 A. Mentioned in Note 2 ( A) to this Chapter :
                                     I. Superphosphates                                            31.03-15
                                                                                                                       • 15 750
                                 B. Mentioned in Note 2 (B) or ( C) to this Chapter                31.03-30
  I RL 2           55.09         Other woven fabrics of cotton                                  55.09-all Nos                210
                                                               LIST B
                             List of products referred to in Article 2 originating in the Lebanon
                    CCT                                                                                         NIMEXE
      Order No                                                Description
                heading No                                                                                        code
         1           2                                             ■3                                              4
 II RL 1          28.40         Phosphites, hypophosphites and phosphates :
                                 B. Phosphates ( including polyphosphates) :
                                    II . Other                                                           28.40-30, 62, 65 , 71 ,
                                                                                                              79, 81 , 85
 II RL 2          42.02         Travel goods (for example, trunks, suit-cases, hat-boxes,
                                travelling-bags, rucksacks), shopping-bags, handbags, satchels,
                                brief-cases, wallets, purses, toilet-cases, tool-cases, tobacco­
                                pouches, sheaths, cases, boxes (for example, for arms, musical
                                instruments, binoculars, jewellery, bottles, collars, footwear,
                                brushes) and similar containers, of leather or of composition
                                leather, of vulcanized fibre, of artificial plastic sheeting, of
                                paperboard or of textile fabric                                             42.02-all Nos
II RL 3           55.05         Cotton yarn, not put up for retail sale                                     55.05-all Nos
II RL 4          76.01          Unwrought aluminium ; aluminium waste and scrap :
                                A. Unwrought                                                                 76.01-11 , 15
                                B. Waste and scrap :
                                    I. Waste :
                                        b) Other ( including factory rejects)                                 76.01-33
II RL 5          76.02          Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of aluminium ;
                                aluminium wire                                                              76.02-all Nos
II RL 6          76.03         Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of aluminium                               76.03-all Nos
II RL 7          76.04         Aluminium foil (whether or not embossed, cut to shape,
                               perforated, coated, printed, or backed with paper or other rein­
                               forcing material), of a thickness (excluding any backing) not
                               exceeding 0-20 mm                                                            76.04-all Nos
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                                                                     ANNEX IV
                                                                        LIST A
                                  List of products originating in Syria subject to import ceilings in 1978
                                                                                                                              Level of
                         CCT                                                                                  NIMEXE
     Order No
                      heading No                                   Description                                  code           ceiling
                                                                                                                              (tonnes)
         1                 2                                            3                                         4               5
                        27.10          Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous
                                       minerals, other than crude ; preparations not elsewhere
                                       specified or included, containing not less than 70 %
                                       by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from
                                       bituminous minerals , these oils being the basic constitu­
                                       ents of the preparations :
                                       A. Light oil :
                                           III. For other purposes                                           27.10-15 ,
                                                                                                           17, 21 , 25, 29
                                       B. Medium oils :
                                           III. For other purposes                                        27.10-34, 38 , 39
                                       C. Heavy oils :
                                              I. Gas oils :
                                                  c) For other purposes                                       27.10-59
                                            II . Fuel oils :
                                                  c) For other purposes                                       27.10-69
                                           III. Lubricating oils ; other oils :
                                                  c) To be mixed in accordance with the terms
                                                     of Additional Note 7 to this Chapter (a)                 27.10-75
                                                  d) For other purposes                                       27.10-79
I SYR 1                 27.11          Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons :                                     • 183 750
                                       A. Propane of a purity not less than 99 % :
                                           I. For use as power or heating fuel                                27.11-03
                                       B. Other :
                                           I. Commercial propane and commercial butane :
                                                c) For other purposes                                         27.11-19
                        27.12          Petroleum jelly :
                                       A. Crude :
                                           III. For other purposes                                            27.12-19
                                       B. Other                                                               27.12-90
                        27.13          Paraffin wax, micro-crystalline wax, slack wax, ozo­
                                       kerite, lignite wax, peat wax and other mineral waxes,
                                       whether or not coloured :
                                       B. Other :
                                            I. Crude :
                                                 c) For other purposes                                        27.13-89
                                           II. Other                                                          27.13-90
                        27.14          Petroleum bitumen, petroleum coke and other residues
                                       of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous
                                       minerals :
                                       C. Other :
                                           II. Other                                                          27.14-99
I SYR 2                 55.09          Other woven fabrics of cotton                                       55.09-all Nos            525
 (a) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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                                                      LIST B
                           List of products referred to in Article 2 originating in Syria
                 CCT                                                                              NIMEXE
     Order No
              heading No                             Description                                    code
        1          2                                      3                                            4
II SYR 1        28.40    Phosphites, hypophosphites and phosphates :
                         B. Phosphates ( including polyphosphates) :
                             II . Other                                                   28.40-30, 62, 65 , 71 , 79 ,
                                                                                                   81 , 85
II SYR 2        31.03    Mineral or chemical fertilizers, phosphatic :
                         A. Mentioned in Note 2 ( A) ,to this Chapter :
                             I. Superphosphates                                                   31.03-15
                         B. Mentioned in Note 2 (B) or ( C) to this Chapter                       31.03-30
                31.05    Other fertilizers ; goods of this Chapter in tablets, lozenges
                         and similar prepared forms or in packings of a gross weight
                         not exceeding 10 kg :
                         A. Other fertilizers :
II SYR 3                      I. Containing the three fertilizing substances : nitrogen,
                                  phosphorus and potassium                                      31.05-04, 06
II SYR 4                     II. Containing the two fertilizing substances : nitrogen and
                                  phosphorus                                                31.05-12, 14, 16, 19
II SYR 5        55.05    Cotton yarn, not put up for retail sale                               55.05-all Nos
II SYR 6        76.01    Unwrought aluminium ; aluminium waste and scrap :
                         A. Unwrought                                                           76.01-11 , 15
                         B. Waste and scrap :
                             I. Waste :
                                 b) Other (including factory rejects)                             76.01-33
II SYR 7        76.02    Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of aluminium ;
                         aluminium wire                                                        76.02-all Nos
II SYR 8                 Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of aluminium                        76.03-all Nos
                76.03
II SYR 9        76.04    Aluminium foil (whether or not embossed, cut to shape,
                         perforated, coated, printed, or backed with paper or other
                         reinforcing material), of a thickness (excluding any backing)
                         not exceeding 0-20 mm                                                 76.04-all Nos