CELEX: 31974R2904
Language: en
Date: 1974-11-07 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2904/74 of the Council of 7 November 1974 establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Norway

25 . 11.74                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 313 / 17
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 2904/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                        of 7 November 1974
               establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in
                                                               Norway
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                           Whereas, for the products which, in accordance with
                                                                    Articles 2 and 3 of the Agreement, are subject to the
                                                                    normal timetable for the abolition of customs duties
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
                                                                    it is necessary to follow the trend of imports ;
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 113 thereof;
                                                                    whereas to this end the Community should be
                                                                    empowered to take measures, where appropriate, to
Having     regard      to    the        proposal    from    the     avoid any prejudice to industry in the Community ;
Commission ;
                                                                    whereas it is, therefore, desirable that imports of
                                                                    these products also be subjected to a system of
                                                                    supervision,
Whereas an Agreement (*) between the European
Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway
was signed on 14 May 1973 ;
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Articles 2 and 3 of that Agreement make
provision for the progressive abolition of customs
duties in respect of the products to which the                                               Article 1
Agreement applies ; whereas by way of derogation
from these Articles, Articles 1 , 2 and 3 of Protocol 1
annexed to the Agreement lay down that, for                         1.     From 1 January until 31 December 1975 ,
imports of certain products listed in Annex C to that               imports of products originating in Norway to which
Protocol , the reduction of duties shall be limited to              annual indicative ceilings are applied in accordance
indicative ceilings above which the customs duties                  with Articles 1 , 2, 3 and 4 and Annex C to Protocol 1
applicable to third countries may be reintroduced ;                 of the Agreement between the European Economic
whereas application of this last provision requires                 Community and the Kingdom of Norway shall be
that the Community be regularly informed of the                     subjected to Community supervision .
trend of imports of the products in question
originating in Norway ; whereas it is, therefore,
desirable that imports of these products be subjected               The description of the products referred to in the
to a system of supervision ;                                        preceding subparagraph, their tariff headings and
                                                                    statistic numbers and the levels of the indicative
                                                                    ceilings are given in Annex I.
Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of
an administrative procedure based on setting off
imports of the products in question against the                     2.     Amounts shall be set off against the indicative
indicative ceilings at Community level, as and when                 ceilings as and when products are submitted to the
these products are submitted to the customs                         customs authorities under cover of a declaration that
authorities under cover of declarations that they                   they have been made available for consumption and
have been made available for consumption ; whereas                  accompanied by a movement certificate conforming
this administrative procedure must make provision                   to   the   rules  contained   in   Protocol  3   of  the
for the reintroduction of customs tariff duties as                  Agreement referred to in paragraph 1 .
soon as the ceilings             have      been    reached   at
Community level ;                                                   Goods shall be set off against the indicative ceiling
                                                                    only if the movement certificate has been submitted
Whereas this administrative procedure requires close                before    the  date   on   which   customs   duties  are
and particularly rapid cooperation between the                      reimposed .
Member States and the Commission ; whereas the
latter must, in particular, be able to follow the
                                                                    The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at
progress of amounts set off against the indicative
                                                                    Community level on the basis of imports set off
ceilings and keep the Member States informed ;
                                                                    against it in the manner defined in the preceding
whereas this cooperation must be all the closer since
                                                                    subparagraphs .
the Commission must be able to take adequate
measures     to    reintroduce      customs      tariff  duties
whenever one of the ceilings has been reached ;                     The Member States shall periodically inform the
                                                                    Commission of imports effected in accordance with
(!) OJ No L 171 , 27. 6 . 1973 , p. 2 .                             the above rules .
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3 . As soon as the ceilings have been reached,      the      have been made available for consumption and
Commission may issue a Regulation reimposing        the      accompanied by a movement certificate conforming
customs duties provided for in Article 4 (f)         of      to   the rules  contained   in   Protocol  3   of     the
Protocol 1 of the Agreement until the end of        the      Agreement referred to in Article 1 shall be taken into
calendar year.                                               consideration.
                       Article 2                                                    Article 3
During the period from 1 January until 31 December           For the implementation of this Regulation the
1975, imports of the products referred to in Annex II        Commission shall take all necessary measures in
which originate in Norway are subjected to                   close cooperation with the Member States .
Community supervision.
The Member States shall periodically inform the                                     Article 4
Commission of imports of these products ; to this
end, only products submitted to the customs                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
authorities under cover of a declaration that they            1975 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 7 November 1974.
                                                                            For the Council
                                                                             The President
                                                                              A. JARROT
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                                                                    ANNEX I
                 LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION
                                                                      IN 1975
       Order            CCT                                                                                                 Level
                                                             Description                         Nimexe Code              of ceiling
         No         heading No
                                                                                                                       - metric tons —
          1               2                                       3                                     4                     5
                       28.56         Carbides (for example, silicon carbide, boron
                                     carbide, metal carbides):
       INI                           A. Of silicon                                        28.56-10                         38 036
                       48.01         Paper and paperboard (including cellulose
                                     wadding), machine-made, in rolls or sheets:
                                          C. Kraft paper and Kraft board :
                                              II . Other :
       I N2                                        — Kraftliner ( a )                     48.01-15,21,31                   16 537
       IN3                                         — Kraft paper for large bags (a)       48.01-16, 23                     31 421
       IN 4                                        — Other                                48.01-08,09 , 11 , 12, 13 ,      29 767
                                                                                                17, 19, 25 , 26, 27,
                                                                                                28 , 29 , 33
                                     ex E. Other :
       IN5                                    — Bible paper (India paper), copying        48.01-58 , 61 , 62, 66           38 587
                                                   tissue; other printing paper and other
                                                   writing     paper,    not   containing
                                                   mechanical wood pulp or in which
                                                   mechanical wood pulp does not
                                                   represent more than 5 °/o (a)
       IN6                                    — Printing paper and writing paper,         48.01-64, 68                   125 685
                                                   containing mechanical wood pulp (a),
                                                   excluding copying tissue
       IN7                                    — Fluting        paper     for   corrugated 48.01-75                         47 959
                                                   paperboard (a)
       I N 8                                  — Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes      48.01-71 , 73                    22 050
       IN9                                    — other, excluding cellulose wadding        48.01-41,43,45,52, 53 ,          36 382
                                                   and tissues                                  54, 55 , 56, 77, 82,
                                                                                                84, 86, 88,91,93 ,
                                                                                                95 , 97
      IN 10            48.03         Parchment or greaseproof paper                   and 48.03 - all Nos                  23 152
                                     paperboard, and imitations thereof, and glazed
                                     transparent paper, in rolls or sheets
                       48.07         Paper and paperboard, impregnated, coated,
                                     surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed
                                     (not being merely ruled, lined or squared and
                                     not constituting printed matter within Chapter
                                     49 ), in rolls or sheets :
                                     B. Other :
      IN 11                               — Other, excluding                              48.07-55 , 56, 64, 65 , 66,      24 255
                                                                                                68,70,81,85,91 ,
                                               Coated printing or writing paper                 97, 99
(a ) Subject to compliance with the definitions in fine .
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    Order        CCT                                                                             Level
                                             Description                        Nimexe Code    of ceiling
     No       heading No
                                                                                            — metric tons —
      1             2                             3                                    4           5
                73.02    Ferro-alloys:
                         A. Ferro-manganese :              j
   I N 12                    II . Other                                  73.02-19 , 40        148 837
                         D. Ferro-silico-manganese         j
   IN 13                 C. Ferro-silicon                                73.02-30              198 450
   I N 14                E. Ferro-chromium and ferro-silico-chromium     73.02-51,55            25 357
                         G. Other :
   I N 15                    — Ferro-vanadium                            73.02-83                   540
   I N 16                    — Other, excluding ferro-molybdenum         73.02-60, 70, 98       12 127
   I N 17       76.01    Unwrought aluminium ; aluminium waste and
                         scrap :
                         A. Unwrought                                    76.01-11 , 15        201 571
   IN 18        76.02    Wrought      bars, rods,     angles, shapes and 76.02-all Nos          13 230
                         sections, of aluminium ; aluminium wire
   IN 19        76.03    Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of aluminium, 76.03-all Nos          19 845
                         of a thickness not exceeding 0-20 mm
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                                                        DEFINITIONS
           ex 48.01 C II Kraftliner
                         ' Kraftliner' means machine-finished or machine-glazed paper or
                         paperboard, in rolls, containing not less than 80 °/o of chemical sulphate
                         softwood pulp calculated on total fibre content, weighing more than 110
                         g/m2 and having a Mullen burst ratio of not less than 35 .
           ex 48.01 C II Kraft paper for large sacks
                         ' Kraft paper for large sacks' means machine-finished paper, in rolls,
                         containing not less than 80 % of chemical sulphate softwood pulp
                         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 °/o in the cross direction and of
                         more than 2 % in the machine direction.
           ex 48.01 E    Other printing paper and other writing paper, not containing mechanical
                         wood pulp or containing not more than 5 #/o of mechanical wood pulp
                         ' Other printing paper and other writing paper, not containing mechanical
                         wood pulp or containing not more than 5 °/o of mechanical wood pulp'
                         means paper other than machine-glazed, used for printing and writing,
                         which contains not more than 5 °/o of mechanical wood pulp calculated
                         on total fibre content.
           ex 48.01 E    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 °/o of mechanical wood pulp calculated on total
                         fibre content.
           ex 48.01 E    Fluting paper for corrugated paperboard
                         'Fluting paper for corrugated paperboard' 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 resistance exceeding 20 kp .
           ex 48.01 E    Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes
                         'Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes' means machine-glazed paper,
                         containing more than 40 % of chemical bisulphite wood pulp, calculated
                         on total fibre content, having an ash content of not more than 8 °/o and
                         having a Mullen burst ratio of not less than 15 .
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                                                        ANNEX U
                                 LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2
    Order         CCT
                                                             Description                                     Nimexe Code
      No       heading No
       1     |      2     |                                      3                                   I              4
                 28.04       Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals :
                             C. Other non-metals :
   UN 1                          ex V. Silicon                                                         28.04-93 , 95
   UN 2          44.15       Plywood, blockboard, laminboard, battenboard and similar                  44.15-all Nos
                             laminated wood products (including veneered panels and sheets);
                            inlaid wood and wood marquetry
   IIN 3         44.18      Reconstituted wood, being wood shavings, wood chips, sawdust,              44.18-all Nos
                             wood flour or other ligneous waste agglomerated with natural or
                             artifical 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 :
   II N4                    B. Other                                                                   48.05-21 , 29 , 30, 50,
                                                                                                               80
   UN 5          48.09      Building board of wood pulp or of vegetable, fibre, whether or             48.09-all Nos
                             not bonded with natural or artifical resins or with similar binders
                 56.01      Man-made fibres (discontinuous ),            not carded,   combed     or
                            otherwise prepared for spinning:
   iin 6                    B. Regenerated textile fibres                                              56.01-21 , 23 , 25 , 29
                 56.02      Continuous filament tow for the manufacture of man-made fibres
                            (discontinuous):
   II N 7                   B. Of regenerated textile fibres                                           56.02-21 , 23 , 25 , 29
   IIN 8         74.03      "Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of copper; copper        74.03-all Nos
                            wire
   IIN 9         74.04      Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of copper                                74.04-all Nos
  IIN 10         74.05      Copper foil (whether or not embossed, cut to shape, perforated,            74.05-all Nos
                            coated, printed, or backed with paper or other reinforcing
                            material), of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding
                            0-15 mm
  II Nil         74.06      Copper powder and flakes                                                   74.06-all Nos
  IIN 12         74.07      Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of copper; hollow bars of             74 .07- all Nos
                            copper
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       Order    CCT
        No   heading No                                Description                          Nimexe Code
         1        2                                        3                                       4
               78.01 .  Unwrought lead (including argentiforous lead); lead waste and
                        scrap :
                        A. Unwrought :
     II N 13                II. Other                                                  78.01-12, 13 , 15 , 19
               79.01    Unwrought zinc; zinc waste and scrap :
     II N 14            A. Unwrought                                                   79.01-11 , 15
     II N 15   81.01    Tungsten (wolfram), unwrought or wrought and articles thereof  81.01-all Nos
     II N 16   81.02    Molybdenum, unwrought or wrought and articles thereof          81.02-all Nos
     II N 17   81.03    Tantalum, unwrought or wrought and articles thereof            81.03-all Nos
               81.04    Other base metals, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof;
                        Cermets, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof:
     IIN 18             B. Cadmium                                                     81.04-16 , 18
                        C. Cobalt :
     II N 19                II . Other                                                 81.04-23
     II N 20            D. Chromium                                                    81.04-26,28
     II N 21            E. Germanium                                                   81.04-31 , 33
     II N 22            F. Hafnium (celtium )                                          81.04-36, 38
     II N 23            G. Manganese                                                   81.04-41 , 43
     II N 24            H. Niobium (columbium )                                        81.04-46, 48
     II N 25            IJ. Antimony                                                   81.04-51,53
     II N 26            K. Titanium                                                    81.04-56,58
     II N 27            L. Vanadium                                                    81.04-61,63
     II N 28            M. Uranium depleted in U 235                                   81.04-69
     II N 29            O. Zirconium                                                   81.04-81 , 83
     II N 30            P. Rhenium                                                     81.04-91,93
     II N 31            Q. Gallium ; indium ; thallium                                 81.04-94, 95
     II N 32            R. Cermets                                                     81.04-97, 98