CELEX: 31973R0670
Language: en
Date: 1973-01-22 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 670/73 of the Council of 22 January 1973 establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Iceland

10. 3 . 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 65 1
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                                             (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 670/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                      of 22 January 1973
              establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in
                                                              Iceland
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                          Member States and the Commission and whereas
COMMUNITIES,                                                         the latter must, in particular, be able to follow the
                                                                     progress of amounts set off against the indicative
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                   ceilings and keep the Member States informed ;
pean Economic Community, and in particular                           whereas this cooperation must be all the closer
Article 113 thereof -,                                               since   the   Commission    must   be    able  to   take
                                                                      adequate measures to reintroduce customs tariff
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis­                       duties whenever one of the ceilings has been
sion ;                                                               reached ;
Whereas an Agreement between the European
Economic Community and the Republic of                               Wheras the indicative ceilings for the products listed
Iceland (*) was signed on 22 July 1972 ;                             in Annex B to Protocol No 1 have been calculated
                                                                      for 1973 by reference to the situation of the customs
Whereas Articles 2 and 3 of that Agreement make                      duties to be applied by the Community as originally
provision for the progressive abolition of customs                   constituted on the one hand, and by the new
duties in respect of the products to which the Agree­                Member States on the other ; whereas, consequently
ment applies whereas by way of derogation from                       supervision of imports of certain products must
these Articles, Articles i , 2 and 3 of Protocol No 1                begin on 1 January 1973 in certain Member States
annexed to the Agreement lay down that, for                           and on 1 April 1973 in others ;
imports of certain products listed in Annex B to
 that Protocol, the reduction of duties shall be                     Whereas, for the products which, in accordance
limited in 1973 to indicative ceilings above which                   with Articles 2 and 3 of the Agreement, are subject
the customs duties applicable to third countries may                  to the    normal   timetable for    the   abolition   of
be reintroduced ; whereas application of this last                    customs duties it is necessary to follow the trend of
provision requires that the Community be regularly                   imports ; whereas to this end the Community
informed of the trend of imports of the products in                  should be empowered to take, where appropriate,
 question originating in Iceland ; whereas it is, there­             measures to avoid any prejudice to industry in the
fore, desirable that imports of these products be                    Community and whereas it is, therefore, desirable
subjected to a system of supervision,                                that imports of these products also be subjected to
Whereas this objective may be achieved by means                      a system of supervision ;
of an administrative procedure based on setting off
imports of the products in question against the indi­
cative ceilings at Community level, as and when                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
these products are submitted to the customs authori­
ties under cover of declarations that they have been
 made available for consumption ; whereas this ad­                                           Article 1
 ministrative procedure must make provision for the
 reintroduction of customs tariff duties as soon as                   1 . Imports of products originating in Iceland to
 the ceilings have been reached at Community level ;                 which annual indicative ceilings are applied in accor­
                                                                      dance with Articles 1 , 2 and 3 and Annex B to
 Whereas this administrative procedure requires close                 Protocol No 1 to the Agreement between the Euro­
 and particularly rapid cooperation between the                      pean Economic Community and the Republic of
                                                                      Iceland shall be subjected to Community super­
 I1) OJ No L 301 , 31 . 12. 1972, p. 1 .                              vision in 1973 .
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 The description of the products referred to in the            Protocol No 1 to the Agreement referred to in para­
 preceding subparagraph, their tariff headings and             graph 1 .
 statistic numbers, the levels of the indicative ceilings
and the dates on which Community supervision
                                                                                       Article 2
shall begin are given in Annex I.
                                                               During the period from 1 January 1973 until 31
2. Amounts shall be set off against the indicative             December 1973, imports of the products referred to
ceilings as and when products are submitted to the             in Annex II which originate in Iceland shall be
 customs authorities under cover of a declaration
                                                               subjected to Community supervision .
that they have been made available for consumption
and accompanied by a movement , certificate                    The Member States shall periodically inform the
conforming to the rules contained in Protocol No 3             Commission of imports of these products ; to this
to the Agreement referred to in paragraph 1 .                  end, only products submitted to the customs authori­
Goods shall be set off against the indicative ceiling          ties under cover of a declaration that they have
only if the movement certificate has been submitted            been made available for consumption and accompa­
 before the date on which • customs duties are re­            nied by a movement certificate conforming to the
imposed .                                                     rules contained in Protocol No 3 to the Agreement
                                                               referred to in Article 1 shall be taken into considera­
The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at              tion .
Community level on the basis of imports set off
against it in the manner defined in the preceding
subparagraphs .                                                                        Article 3
The Member States shall periodically inform the               For the implementation of this Regulation the
Commission of imports effected in accordance with             Commission shall take all necessary measures in
the above rules .                                             close cooperation with the Member States.
3 . As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the
Commission may issue a Regulation reimposing the                                       Article 4
customs duties applicable to third countries for the
whole Community until the end of the ' calendar               This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
year .
                                                              following its publication in the Official Journal
                                                              of the European Communities.
The new Member States shall simultaneously re­
impose the duties provided for in Article 3 (f) of            It shall be applicable as from 1 January 1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 22 January 1973 .
                                                                          For the Council
                                                                           The President
                                                                          L. TINDEMANS
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                                                       ANNEX I
              LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION IN
                                                           1973
                       CCT                                                                   Level of
     Order No        heading                      Description                  Nimexe Code    ceiling
                       No                                                                  (metric tons)
          1             2                              3                            4            5
                      76.01      Unwrought aluminium ; aluminium waste
                                 and scrap :
     I ISL 1                     A. Unwrought                                  76.01-11,15   .27 276
Dates on which supervision commences :
— in the Community as originally constituted : 1 April 1973
— in the United Kingdom and Denmark : 1 January 1973
— in Ireland : 1 April 1973
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                                              ANNEX II
                     LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2
                           Commencement of supervision : 1 January 1973
              CCT
    Order No heading                           Description                               Nimexe Code
               No
        1       2                                  3                                          4
             78.01     Unwrought lead (including argentiferous lead) ; lead
                      waste and scrap :
                      A. Unwrought :
   II ISL 1               II. Other                                            78.01 - 12,13,15,19
             79.01    Unwrought zinc ; zinc waste and scrap :
   II ISL 2           A. Unwrought                                             79.01 - 11,15
   II ISL 3  81.01    Tungsten (wolfram), unwrought or wrought, and articles   81.01 - all Nos .
                      thereof
   II ISL 4  81.02    Mölybdenum,      unwrought or wrought,     and  articles 81.02 - all Nos .
                      thereof
  II ISL 5   81.03    Tantalum, unwrought or wrought                           81.03 - all Nos .
             81.04    Other base metals, unwrought or wrought, and articles
                      thereof ; cermets, unwrought or wrought, and articles
                      thereof :
   II ISL 6           B. Cadmium                                               81.04 - 16,18
                      C. Cobalt :
  II ISL 7                II . Other                                           81.04 - 23
  II ISL 8            D. Chromium                                              81.04 - 26,28
  II ISL 9            E. Germanium                                             81.04 - 31,33
  II ISL 10           F.  Hafnium ( celtium )                                  81.04 - 36,38
  II ISL U            G.  Manganese                                            81.04 - 41,43
  II ISL 12           H.  Niobium (columbium )                                 81.04 - 46,48
  II ISL 13           IJ. Antimony                                             81.04 - 51,53
  II ISL 14           K. Titanium                                              81.04 - 56,58
  II ISL 15           L. Vanadium                                              81.04 - 61,63
  II ISL 16          M. Uranium depleted in U 235                              81.04 - 69
  II ISL 17          O. Zirconium                                              81.04 - 81,83
  II ISL 18          P. Rheium                                                 81.04 - 91,93
  II ISL 19          Q. Gallium ; indium ; thallium                            81.04 - 94,95
  II ISL 20          R. Cermets                                                81.04   97,98