CELEX: 51981PC0472
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Date: 1981-09-11
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) establishing ceilings and Community surveillance of imports of certain products originating in Malta (1982) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                 COM(81)472 final
                                                 Brussels , 11 September 1981
                                Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) )
       establishing ceilings and Community surveillance of imports
              of certain products originating in Malta ( 1982 )
                ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
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 C0M(81 ) 472 final
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1.a)The ''/ 71 ■ AQroenont between tho European . Economie Community and Malta , ' •'
         aa erne rirfed by the* Addi tional 'Pretocol to that Agreement , provi cias , -Hrt
        particular in respect of industrial products ,, for' the' abolition of the '
       duties laid down in the Common Customs Tariff                                            Notwi thstandi ng this -.
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       provision , special ' arrangements exist for a number of sensitive products' :
       the volume of such products which may be": imported free of duties vis ~ , •;
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       limited to an annual ceiling . When this' ceiling is . reached , 'the* customs - '
       duties applicable, to third countries' may be . reimposed by the Community "...
       until the end of the calendar year ..
      The initial volumes of the annual ceilings are fixed' by the amended                                                                             ;          '
      Agreement itself . . Ea'ch year these ceilings are reopened and their level - ''
      is increased by 5 '/.\ ' <                   ■ •'                     - ■'                                • ■' '                             k
 b) The provisions of the Additional ^Protocol to the Agreement establishing \
      an Association between the European Economic Community and Malta'- i •                                                                                  ■
     .lapsed .                   ^                              Pending the entry into force of a new'
      Protocol it . is necessary to extend the arrangements that the Community
      applies to trade with Malta within the context of the Association with
     .that country ;                                                                   ••                                        ;                   .          .4
  c)Since a Protocol as provided for in Article 118' of the 1979 Act of
      Accessibn does not exist , the Community must adopt the. measures referred _
      to in Article 119 of the Act ;                          the measure concerned will , therefore ,
      apply to the Community of Nine ;
2 . The - implementation of the system of cei lings and the' option of reintro^ . '
    ducing customs duties' require the adoption of precise common rules to >
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    be applied 'uniformly by all the Member States . These , requirements may be V
   'met by setting up a Community system of surveit lance of actual imports
    from Malta . To . that end' the Member States must take appropriate measures ,
  • to permit the rapid collection' of statistical returns for the . whoiev , v ' \
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    Community . • . :                  v ■        i ..-;.                       .i                                                       "y •              ' •' -
                  $                                 •       •     . .        .          .                   -,                    _ .
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    In this connection .imports of the products in question should be recorded .
    only as and when they are entered for home use accompanied by a movement
   'certificate conforming to the rules- of the Agreement A ref erred to in 1 above
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    ■ he return s will be d ,A awn up' by each Meniber State at the end of each month
   and f orworcea before the fifteenth day ffj the followi-rtg ownth to the
   Commissi or* in order to enable the latter^ to send '              ' to all the'
  Mecioer States 'a comprehensive product-by-product 'statement of the imports ■
  in question effected during the preceding month,' The surveillance system '
  will recjui re cu' ^ act "ion a/id clo-^e coops-ration between th@ 're levant
  cepyrt-mcuts of cno ftembe r* States and tha Commissi oft * Sine ^ the oAJCr-'.ct' *
        in question belong to - the sensitive products category and duty-free
        imports in excess of the' cei lings may disturb the Community market , it is
        absolute! ly eusentl a I that' all the Member States / observe strictly - the '
        abovementioned time Ujnit of fifteen days .                       i :
      The following procedure will be- used for setting in train the machinery '
      for reintroducing duties : as soon as one of the comprehensive - month ly.
     'statements compiled by the Commission shoves , th.a t 7*5 A o i the ceiling
      fixed for a given product has been reached ^ the' Commission will inform
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      the Member States and consultations may take place ,, in particular
      within the Economic Tariff Problems Groups either-.at the request of a
     Member State or on the Commission 's own initiativeo The purpose of - these
      consultations will be to examine in each individual case whether-the
     customs duties applicable to third countries should be reimposed when                ^ -
     the cei I ing is actually' reached »
     Imports' of the product in . question will continue to be the subject of
     monthly returns or , - if the Commission so requests / of a telex message
     covering each period of ten o'ayst, This message must reach the .
     Commission within five days , ; . •     ; \                                     ■      •
     The Commission can thus take wi thin the shortest possible time the
    measures required for the adoption of a regulation reintroducing customs ■
    dur.es in respect of ..-.Malta until the end of the calendar year . In
     that event , the customs duties on the product in question would naturally,
    be reimposed within the time limit laid down by the regulation ending
  . exemption from duties .             -    ;; -
3 .The attached proposal provides for the delegation by the Counci I to the
     Commission of the power'to apply the rule on ceilings and the reintroc'uc-
    tion of duties..' •:                                           v'              ;
 ---pagebreak--- ' ihe proposal for a regulation merely outlines how these powers are
    to be exercised so that the machinery to be used may be adjusted flexibly
   and rapidly in consultation with the Member States . Again vnth a view to
   ir.aximuro efficiency and rapidity, the proposal Lays down that the Commission
 . will be -responsible for reintroducing ,      respect of Malta , ' the' duties
   applicable to third countries .     •      '■              "v             •.
 ---pagebreak--- Th ^ Regulation might be modified in the context of the
present; negotiations with the contracting country in view of the
conclu ^ ion of an Adaptation Protocol to the sbove .r ;; entioned Agreeme
Awaiting the results , the proposed Regulation • permit the respect
the engagements contracted by the Community .
The Commission reserves the possibility of modifying the proposal
during the procedure , if necessary , to adapt it to the Adaptation
Protocol .                     .
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Annex :
Proposal for a Council Regulation .
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                                                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No
                                                                       of
                             establishing ceilings ^nd Community surveillance oi imports cf certain oroduccs
                                                                    originating in Malta ( 1982 )
             THE COUNCIL OI ; THE EUROPEAN                                                 entered with customs authorities for home use ;
             COMMUNITIES,                                                             whereas this administrative procedure must make
                                                                                      provision for the possibility of customs tariff duties
           ' Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                             being reintroduced as soon as the ceilings are reached
                                                                                      at Community level ;
              European Economic Community, :and in particular
              Article 1 1 3 thereof,
                                                                                      Whereas this administrative procedure requires close"
              Having regard to the proposal from the Commission , ■                   and particularly rapid cooperation between the­
                                                                                   • Member States and the Commission - and the iatte
              Whereas the provisions of the Additional Protocol to                    must in particular' be able to follow the progress of
              the Agreement establishing an association between the                   quantities charged against the ceilings and keep the
              European Economic Community and . Malta ( ')                            Member States informed ;- whereas this cooperation
                                                                                      has to be particularly close .since the Commission
            . lapsed .                                       ,       -                must be able to take the appropriate measures to
                                                                                     reintroduce customs tariff duties if one of the ceilings
              Whereas , pending the entry into force of a new                        is reached ,
               Protocol , it is necessary on the basis of Counci I
Regulation     (EEC) No!                '*), to extend until 1 982
              the arrangements which the Community applies to
               trade with Malta , within the context of the
              Association with that country ; ,                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
               wnereas , since a Protocol as provided for in Article
               1 1 8 of the 1979 Act of Accession does not exist, the
              Community must adopt the measures referred to in                                               Article 1
              Article 119 of that Act ; whereas the tariff measure 1 .                     From 1 January to 31 December
              concerned will , therefore, apply to the Community of                   1982,- imports into
               Nine ;                                            ..                  the Community of Nim'of the products listed in the
                                                                                    Annex originating in Malta shall be subject to annual
              Whereas the abovementipned Additional Protocol                         ceilings and Community surveillance.
               makes provision for the total abolition of customs
              duties in respect of the products to which the                        The description'of the products referred to in the first
              Agreement applies ; whereas , however, for a number                   subparagraph, their tariff headings and statistical
              of products exemption from duties is subject to                       numbers and the ceilings shall be ^s set out in the
              ceilings above which the customs duties applicable to                 Annex .
              third countries may be reintroduced ; whereas the
              ceilings to be applied in          1982          ~        should , 2 .       Quantities shall be charged against the ceilings
              therefore be determined ; whereas the application of as and when products are entered with customs auth­
              ceilings requires ' that the Community be regularly orities for . free circulation accompanied
              informed on imports of the products in question orig­ by a movement certi f icate . in accord­
              inating in Malca ; whereas it is therefore desirable that
              imports of these products be subjected to a system of ance with the rules contained in
              surveillance ; N                                            i        the Protocol concerning the definition of the concept
                                                                                   of 'originating products' and methods of
              Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of administrative cooperation annexed to the Protocol
              an administrative procedure based on , charging laying down certain provisions relating to the
              imports of the products in question against the Agreement establishing an association between the
              ceilings at Community level as and when the^products European Economic Community and Malta (3).
                                                                                  Goods may be charged against the ceiling or.iy if the
              ( ' ) OJ No L 304 , 29. 11 . 1977 , p . 2 .                         movement certificate is submitted before the date on
              (') OJ No L                                                         which customs duties are reimposed .
                                                                                  (') OJ No L 111 , 28. 4. 1976, p. 3.
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 Tlii' extent to which a ceiling is used up snail be                  of the quantities charged during the preceding month .
 dciei mined .a C.\.i:in,iii>av level " ii titc basis ot the          If the Commission so requests , they siiaii provide
 imports charged against it in tiic manner defined in                 such statements lor periods of 10 days and forward
 the preceding subparagraphs .                                        them within five clear days of the end of each 10-day
                                                                      period .
"I he Member Stales shall inform the Commission at
the intervals and within the time limits specified in
paragraph 4 ot imports effected in accordance with                                            Article 2
the above procedures.
                                                                     The Commission shall take ail appropriate measures ,
3.     As soon as the ceilings have been reached , the                in close cooperation with the Member States, for the
Commission may adopt a Regulation rcimposing until                    purposes of applying this Regulation .
the end of the calendar year the customs duties
applicable to third countries .                                                               Article 3
4.     Member Slates shall forward to the Commission                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
not later than the 15th day of each month statements                  1982 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels ,
                                                                                             For the Council
                                                                                              The President
                                                             ANNEX
                                        List of products subject to import ceilings  in 1982
                   CCI "                                                                            NIMEXE
   Serial No     lu\n!in |;                              Description                                   code     Leve ! of ceiling
                    No                                                                                              ( lonnes )
                                                                                                      ( 1980 )
        I            2                                       3                                           4               5
    I M 1         55.05        Cotton yarn , not put up for retail sale                               55.05-      ce i L ing
                                                                                                     ail Nos      delayed
    1 M 2         55.09        Other woven fabrics of cotton                                          55.09-
                                                                                                     all Nos
                                                                                                                        126
    1 M 3         56.04        Man-made      fibres  (discontinuous    or waste),   carded ,
                               combed or otherwise prepared for spinning                              56.04-      cei I ing
                                                                                                    all Nos       delayed
    I M 4         60.05        Outer garments and other articles , knitted or crocheted ,
                               not elastic or rubberized                                             60.05-             275
                                                                                                    all Nos
     1 M 5        61.01        Men's and boys' outer garments                                        61.01-       1     040
                                                                                                    all Nos