CELEX: 31978R0701
Language: en
Date: 1978-03-20 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 701/78 of 20 March 1978 establishing indicative ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain products originating in Norway (1978)

14 . 4 . 78                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 102/ 15
                                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 701 /78
                                                       of 20 March 1978
               establishing indicative ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain products
                                                 originating in Norway ( 1978 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           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
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              the closer since the Commission must be able to take
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113                   adequate measures to reintroduce Common Customs
thereof,                                                           Tariff duties whenever one of the ceilings has been
                                                                   reached ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                   Whereas the trend of imports should be followed for
Whereas an Agreement ( 1) between the European                     certain products for which, under Article 4 of Protocol
 Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway                       1 , the Community has suspended the application of ceil­
 was signed on 14 May 1973 ;                                       ings and for products which are not subject to the ceil­
                                                                   ing system; whereas it is therefore desirable that imports
                                                                   of such products should be subject to supervision,
 Whereas Articles 1 , 2 and 3 of Protocol 1 annexed to
 that Agreement make provision for a specific timetable
 for the progressive abolition of customs duties in respect
 of the products to which the Agreement applies;                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
whereas under Article 4 of that Protocol the imports of
 these products are limited to annual indicative ceilings
                                                                                             Article 1
 above which the customs duties applicable to third
countries may be reintroduced ; whereas, however,
under Article 4 (b), the Community has to suspend the               1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1978 , imports of
application of certain ceilings; whereas, on the other              products originating in Norway and indicated in Annex
hand, in the event of short-term economic difficulties,             I to this Regulation shall be subject to indicative ceilings
the Community may, under Article 4 (c) of Protocol 1 ,              and to Community supervision.
maintain the ceiling amounts of the preceding year;
whereas, however, application of this measure must be
                                                                    The description of the products referred to in the pre­
limited to products most affected by the short-term dif­            ceding subparagraphs, their tariff headings and statisti­
ficulties; whereas, therefore, the ceilings to be applied in
 1978 must be established; whereas in this situation it is
                                                                   cal numbers and the levels of the indicative ceilings are
                                                                   given in Annex I.
also necessary that the Commission be regularly in­
formed of the trend of the imports of the products in
question and, in consequence, it is necessary to subject           2 . Amounts shall be set off against the indicative ceil­
these imports to supervision ;                                     ings as and when the goods are entered with customs
                                                                   authorities for home use and accompanied by a move­
Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of an              ment certificate conforming to the rules contained in
administrative procedure based on setting off imports of           Protocol 3 to the Agreement.
the products in question against the indicative ceilings
at Community level, as and when these products are
entered with customs authorities for home use; whereas             Goods shall be set off against the indicative ceiling only
                                                                   if the movement certificate has been submitted before
this administrative procedure must make provision for
the reintroduction of Common Customs Tariff duties as              the date on which customs duties are reimposed.
soon as the ceilings have been reached at Community
level ;
                                                                   The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at Com­
                                                                   munity level on the basis of imports set off against it in
Whereas this administrative procedure requires close               the manner defined in the preceding subparagraphs.
and particularly rapid cooperation between the Member
States and the Commission ; whereas the latter must, in
                                                                   The Member States shall periodically inform the Com­
                                                                   mission of imports effected in accordance with the
                                                                   above rules; such information shall be supplied under
(!) OJ No L 171 , 27. 6 . 1973 , p. 2 .                           the conditions laid down in paragraph 4.
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3 . As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the              Member States shall forward to the Commission, not
Commission may issue a Regulation reimposing the                later than the 15th day of each month, statements of
customs duties provided for in Article 4 (f) of Protocol 1      imports of the products in question effected during the
to the Agreement until the end of the calendar year.            preceding month ; to this end, only products submitted
                                                                to the customs authorities under cover of an entry for
                                                                home use and accompanied by a movement certificate
4 . Member States shall forward to the Commission,              conforming to the rules contained in Protocol 3 to the
not later than the 15th day of each month, statements           Agreement shall be taken into consideration.
of the amounts set off during the preceding month.
They shall, if the Commission so requests, make up                                       Article 3
such statements for periods of 10 days and forward
them within five clear days of expiry of the preceding
10-day period .                                                 For the implementation of this Regulation the Commis­
                                                                sion shall take all necessary measures in close coopera­
                                                                tion with the Member States.
                       Article 2                                                         Article 4
From 1 January to 31 December 1978 , imports of the             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
products referred to in Annex II which originate in             following its publication in the Official Journal of the
Norway shall be subject to Community supervision.               European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
             Done at Brussels, 20 March 1978 .
                                                                                      For the Council
                                                                                       The President
                                                                                        K. HEINESEN
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                                                                                   ANNEX I
                          LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION IN 1978
                                                                                                                                               Level
          Order              CCT
                                                                          Description                              NIMEXE code             of ceiling
           No             heading No                                                                                                        ( tonnes)
             1                 2                                              3                                           4                      5
                           28.56                Carbides, whether or not chemically defined :
        INI                                     A. Of silicon                                                 28.56-10                     Ceiling
                                                                                                                                          delayed
                           48.01                Paper and paperboard                  ( including   cellulose
                                                wadding), in rolls or sheets :
                                                     C. Kraft paper and kraft board :
                                                          II . Other :
        I N 2                                                  — Kraft liner paper and board ( a )            48.01-15 , 21 , 27 , 31      19 144
        I N3                                                   — Kraft paper for large-capacity sacks ( a )   48.01-16 , 23 , 28           Ceiling
                                                                                                                                          delayed
        I N 4                                                  — Other                                        48.01-08 , 09 , 11 , 12 ,    Ceiling
                                                                                                                     13 , 17, 19 , 25 ,   delayed
                                                                                                                     26 , 29 , 33
                                               ex F.      Other :
        I N5                                              — Bible paper, manifold ( thin typing)               48.01-58 , 61 , 62 , 66     Ceiling
                                                               paper, printing paper and writing paper,                                   delayed
                                                               containing not more than .5% of
                                                               mechanical wood pulp ( a )
        I N 6                                             — Printing paper and writing paper, con­            48.01-64 , 65 , 69           Ceiling
                                                               taining more than 5% of mechanical                                         delayed
                                                               wood pulp ( a ), excluding manifold ( thin
                                                               typing paper
        I N7                                              — Semi-chemical fluting paper ( a)                  48.01-75                     Ceiling
                                                                                                                                          delayed
        I N 8                                             — Sulphite       wrapping         and   packaging   48.01-71 , 73                Ceiling
                                                               paper ( a)                                                                 delayed
        I N 9                                             — Other, excluding cellulose wadding and            48.01-41 ,  43 , 45 , 52 ,  Ceiling
                                                               webs of cellulose fibres ( soft tissues)             53 ,  54 , 55 , 56 ,  delayed
                                                                                                                    77 ,  82 , 84 , 86 ,
                                                                                                                    88 ,  91 , 93 , 95 ,
                                                                                                                     97
       I N 10             48.03                Parchment or greaseproof paper and paperboard,                 48.03 all Nos               Ceiling
                                               and imitations thereof, and glazed transparent                                             delayed
                                               paper, in rolls or sheets
( a ) Subject to compliance with the definitions given in Annex III .
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                                                                                                              Level
     Order      CCT
                                                 Description                        NIMEXE code           of ceiling
      No     heading No                                                                                    ( tonnes)
       1          2                                  3                                    4                     5
              48.07     Paper and paperboard, impregnated, coated,
                        surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed
                        (not constituting printed matter within Chapter
                        49 ), in rolls or sheets:
                        C. Other :
   I N 11                    ;— Other,       excluding      coated printing or 48.07-55 , 56 , 64 , 65 ,  26 741
                                   writing paper                                     66 , 68 , 70 , 81 ,
                                                                                     85 , 91 , 97, 99
              73.02     Ferro-alloys :
                        A. Ferro-manganese :
   I N 12 •                   II . Other                                       73.02-19 , 40              Ceiling
                                                                                                         delayed
                        D. Ferro-silico-manganese
  I N 13                C. Ferro-silicon                                       73.02-30                   Ceiling
                                                                                                         delayed
  I N 14                E.    Ferro-chromium and ferro-silico-chromium         73.02-51 , 55              Ceiling
                                                                                                         delayed
                        G. Other :
  I N 15                    — Ferro- vanadium                                  73.02-83                   Ceiling
                                                                                                         delayed
  I N 16                    — Other, excluding ferro-molybdenum                73.02-60 , 70 , 98         14 039
              76.01     Unwrought aluminium ;            aluminium waste and
                        scrap :
  I N 17                A. Unwrought                                           76.01-11 , 15             228 899
  IN 18       76.02     Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections,       76.02 all Nos              15 316
                        of aluminium ; aluminium wire
  I N 19      76.03     Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of aluminium,        76.03 all Nos              Ceiling
                        of a thickness not exceeding 0.20 mm                                             delayed
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                                                   ANNEX II
                           LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2
      Order    CCT
                                                     Description                            NIMEXE code
        No  heading No
         1       2                                       3                                         4
    UN 1     44.18     Reconstituted wood, being wood shavings, wood chips,            44.18 all Nos
                       sawdust, wood flour or other ligneous waste agglomerated
                       with natural or artificial resins or other organic binding
                       substances, in sheets, blocks or the like
             48.05     Paper and paperboard, corrugated (with or without flat surface
                       sheets), creped, crinkled, embossed or perforated, in rolls or
                       sheets :
    UN 2               B.  Other                                                       48.05-21 , 29, 30, 50 ,
                                                                                             80
    UN 3     44.11     Fibre building board of wood or other vegetable material,       44.11 all Nos
                       whether or not bonded with natural or artificial resins or
                       with other organic binders
             56.01     Man-made fibres ( discontinuous),         not carded, combed or
                       otherwise prepared for spinning:
    UN 4               B. Regenerated textile fibres                                   56.01-21 , 23 , 25 , 29
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                                               ANNEX III
                                              DEFINITIONS
            ex 48.01 C II Kraft liner
                          'Kraft liner' means machine-finished or machine-glazed paper or paperboard,
                          in rolls, containing not less than 80% of chemical sulphate softwood pulp
                          calculated on total fibre content, weighing more than 115 g/m2 and having a
                          Mullen burst ratio of not less than 35 .
            ex 48.01 C II Kraft paper for large-capacity sacks
                          'Kraft paper for large-capacity sacks' means machine-finished paper, in rolls,
                          containing not less than 80% of chemical sulphate softwood but calculated
                          on total fibre content, weighing not less than 60 g/m2 but not more than 115
                          g/m2, having a Mullen burst ratio of not less than 38 , and having a stretch
                          factor of more than 4-5% in the cross direction and of more than 2% in the
                          machine direction .
            ex 48.01 F    Printing paper and writing paper, containing not more than 5% of mechan­
                          ical wood pulp
                          'Printing paper and writing paper, containing not more than 5% of mechan­
                          ical wood pulp' means paper other than machine-glazed, used for printing or
                          writing, which contains not more than 5% of mechanical wood pulp calcu­
                          lated on total fibre content.
            ex 48.01 F    Printing paper and writing paper, containing mechanical wood pulp
                          'Printing paper and writing paper containing mechanical wood pulp' means
                          paper other than machine-glazed, used for printing and writing, containing
                          more than 5% of mechanical wood pulp calculated on total fibre content.
            ex 48.01 F    Semi-chemical fluting paper
                          ' Semi-chemical fluting paper' means paper, in rolls, containing not less than
                          65 % of unbleached semi-chemical hardwood pulp (pulp obtained from wood
                          by light chemical treatment followed by mechanical treatment) calculated on
                          total fibre content and having a CMT (Concora Medium Test) crush resist­
                          ance exceeding 20 kgf.
            ex 48.01 F    Sulphite wrapping and packaging paper
                          'Sulphite wrapping and packaging paper' means machine-glazed paper con­
                          taining more than 40% of chemical bisulphite wood pulp, calculated on total
                          fibre content, having an ash content of not more than 8% and having a Mul­
                          len burst ratio of not less than 15 .