CELEX: 51987PC0235
Language: en
Date: 1987-05-13
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) concerning the importation of certain products originating in Japan (presented by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak---        COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                          COM(87 ) 235 final .
                                          Brussels , 13 May 1987 .
                                 Proposal for a
                            COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
     concerning the importation of certain products originating in Japan
                        ( presented by the Commission)
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COM ( 87 ) 235 final
 ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
On 17 April the United States decided to impose a 100% customs duty on
imports from Japan of certain types of personal computers , colour television
sets and electrical hand tools .
The Community must be 1n a position to take immediate action to prevent
damaging deflections of trade which might result from the United States'
retaliatory measures . The attached draft Regulation has been drawn up
for this purpose .
The quantities in excess of which the autonomous duty will apply to
products originating in Japan will be set out in a Commission proposal at
the earliest opportunity .
 ---pagebreak---                                   PROPOSAL FOR R
                       COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
   concerning the importation of certain product * originating in Japan
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 Government of the United States of America decided on
17 April 1987 to impose a 100% customs duty on imports of certain products
originating in Japan;
Whereas these measures may cause a deflection of trade in Japanese exports
of the products concerned from the United States market to the Community ;
Whereas it is advisable to take measures regarding imports into the
Community of these products originating in Japan , in order to safeguard
the Community 's interests ;
Whereas it is nevertheless necessary to safeguard the normal flow of imports
from Japan into the Community , also taking into account the development
of the market ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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                                   Article 1
                                                                       1
The “ Common Customs TarMf " Annex to Regulation ( EEC ) No 950 / 68 , as last
amended by Regulation (EEC ) No 3618/86, ’ is hereby amended as follows :
  Heading                                                    Rate of duty
   number
                         Description                   Autonomous    Conventional
                                                            X             X
     1                        2                            3              4
  84.53       Automatic data processing machines
              and units thereof ; magnetic or
              optical readers , machines for
              transcribing data onto data media in
              coded form and machines for
              processing such data , not elsewhere
              specified or included :
              A.   ( unchanged )
              Θ.   Other . .                               11(a )        4.9(b )
(a)    The autonomous duty applicable to integrated operating units comprising ,
       under the same housing , at least one central unit and an input and
       output device , originating 1n Japan , is set at 100% .
( b ) In the case of integrated operating units comprising , under the same housing,
       at least one central unit and an input and output device , originating
       in Japan , conventional duties are applicable only for the quantities
       expressed in terms of vatue which do not exceed certain thresholds
       to be determined .
 loj L 172, 22.7.1968, p . 1
 ‘0J L 345, 8.12.1986 .
 ---pagebreak---                                                      1        Rate of duty
 Heading                                               Autonomous   Conventional
 number                 Description                        X            X
   1                         2                             3             4
 85.05        Tools for working in the hand , with
              self-contained electric motor ....         14(a )       4.5(b )
(a)  The autonomous duty applicable to tools for working in the hand with
     self-contained electric motor , other than those used for working with
     textiles , other than saws , chain saws , angle grinders , strip sanders
      and planers , originating in Japan , is set at 100X .
lb )  In the case of tools for working in the hand with self-contained
      electric motor , other than those used for working with textiles ,
      other than saws , chain saws , angle grinders , strip sanders and planers ,
      originating in Japan , conventional duties are applicable only for the
      quantities expressed in terms of value which do not exceed certain
      thresholds to be determined .
 ---pagebreak---                                                4
                                                                       Rate of duty.
 Heading                                                         Autonomous  Conventional
 number                              Description                     X            X
    1                            '        2                          3             4
  85.15     Radiotélégraphie and radiotéléphonie
            transmission and reception apparatus ;
            radio-broadcasting and television
            transmission and reception apparatus
            ( including receivers incorporating sound
            recorders or reproducers ) and television
            cameras ; radio navigational aid apparatus ,
            radar apparatus and radio remote control
            apparatus :
            A. ( unchanged )
                I. - II . ( unchanged )
                III . ( unchanged )
                  ( a ) ( unchanged )
                  ( b ) ( unchanged )
                        1 ) ( unchanged )
                        2 ) ( unchanged )
                            aa ) - bb ) ( unchanged )
                            cc ) Television receivers , with
                                   integral tube .                  22(a )        14(b )
                            dd ) ( unchanged )
                IV . ( unchanged )
            8 . ( unchanged )
(a)   The autonomous duty applicable to television receivers with integral
      colour tube , other than video monitors and those incorporating
      radio-broadcasting receivers or sound recorders or reproducers , with
      a diagonal screen size of                   42 cm to 52 cm inclusive ,
      originating in Japan , is set at 100% .
(b)   In the case of television receivers with integral colour tube , other
      than video monitors and those incorporating radio-broadcasting
      receivers or sound recorders or reproducers , with a diagonal screen
      size of                 42 cm to 52 cm inclusive , originating in Japan ,
      conventional duties are applicable only for the quantities expressed
      in terms of value which do not exceed certain thresholds to be
      determined .
 ---pagebreak---                                    Article 2
The thresholds above which the autonomous duty will be imposed shall be set
by the Council , acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the
Commission .
                                   Article 3
When the Commission finds that imports into the Community have reached the
thresholds provided for in Article 1 for one of the products referred to
in that Article , the autonomous duty indicated in the Article shall be
applied to^imports of the product concerned .
                                   Article A
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
  t shall be applicable for six months .
Before this period expires the Council , acting on a proposal from the
Commission , shall consider whether to extend the period of validity of ,
or amend or repeal this Regulation .
This Regulation shall be binding in Its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at Brussels                                    For the Counci l
                                                     The President