CELEX: 41976D0973
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-21 00:00:00
Title: Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, meeting within the Council, of 21 December 1976 establishing supervision for imports of certain products originating in Austria (1977)

31 . 12. 76                            Official Journal of the European Communities                       No L 367/35
                                                               II
                                         (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                     COUNCIL
                                                          DECISION
               OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER
               STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY, MEETING
                                                  WITHIN THE COUNCIL,
                                                     of 21 December 1976
              establishing supervision for imports of certain products originating in Austria (1977)
                                                        (76/973 /ECSC)
THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS                            2. Amounts shall be set off against the indicative
OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN                              ceilings as and when products are submitted to the
COAL       AND     STEEL      COMMUNITY,          MEETING         customs authorities unider cover of a declaration that
WITHIN THE COUNCIL,
                                                                  they have been made ' available for consumption and
                                                                  are accompanied by a movement certificate
in agreement with the Commission,                                 conforming to the rules contained in the Agreement
                                                                  referred to in paragraph 1 .
HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                                                  Goods shall be set off against the indicative ceiling
                         Article 1                                only if the movement certificate has been submitted
                                                                  before   the date    on  which   customs  duties   are
1 . Imports of certain products originating in Austria            reimposad.
and indicated in Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol 1 to
the Agreement between the Member States of the                    The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at
European Coal and Steel Community and the                         Community level on the basis of imports set off
European Coal and Steel Community, of the one                     against it dn the manner defined in the preceding
part, and the Republic of Austria, of the other part,             subparagraphs.
shall be subjeat to annual indicative ceilings and to
Community supervision from 1 January until
31 December 1977.                                                 Tihe Member States shall periodically inform the
                                                                  Commission of imports effected in accordance with
The description of the products referred to in the                the above rules ; such information shall be supplied
preceding subparagraph, their tariff 'headings and                under the conditions laid down in paragraph 4.
statistic numbers and the levels of the indicative
ceilings are given in Council Regulation (EEC) No
3230/76 of 21 December 1976 establishing indicative               3 . As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the
ceilings and Community supervision for imports of                 Member States may, at the request of one of them
certain products originating in Austria (1).                      or of the Commission, reimpose, until the end of
                                                                  the calendar year, each in respect of its own
                                                                  territory, tthe customs duties applicable to third
(*) See page 1 of this Official Journal.                          countries, adjusted, where appropriate, by the
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percentages laid down in Article 2 (e) of Protocol 1          to   the   customs   authorities    under   cover   of   a
to the Agreement referred to in paragraph 1 .                declaration chat they are to be made available for
                                                             consumption and accompanied by a movement
4. Member States shall forward to the Commission              certificate conforming to the rules contained in
not later than the 15ith day of each month statements         Protocol 3 to the Agreement shall be taken into
of the amounts set off during the preceding month.            consideration for this purpose.
They shall, if tihe Commission so requests, make up
such statements for periods otf 10 days and forward                                   Article 3
them wiithin fivie clear days of expiry of the
preceding 10-day period.
                                                             For the implementation of this Decision the Member
                                                              States shall take all necessary measures in cllose
                                                              cooperation with the Commission.
                        Article 2
                                                                                      Article '4
1 . Imports of products originating in Austria which
are mentioned in Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol 1 to
                                                             The Member States shall take all measures required
the Agreement and indicated in Annex II to                    to implement this Decision.
Regulation (EEC) No 3230/76, shall be subject to
Gommunity supervision.
2. Member States shall forward to the Commission              Done at Brussels, 21 December 1976.
not later than (the 15th day of each month statements                                            The President
of imports of the products in question effected
during the preceding month; only products submitted                                     A. P. L. M. M. van der STEE