CELEX: 31973R3471
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-17 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3471/73 of the Council of 17 December 1973 establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Iceland

27 . 12. 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 356/43
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 3471 /73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                      of 17 December 1973
              establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Iceland
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                           measures      to   reintroduce    customs   tariff  duties
                                                                    whenever one of the ceilings has been reached ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community, and in particular                      Whereas, for the products which, in accordance with
Article 113 thereof;                                                Articles 2 and 3 of the Agreement, are subject to the
                                                                    normal timetable for the abolition of customs duties
                                                                    it is necessary to follow the trend of imports ; whereas
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                 to this end the Community should be empowered to
                                                                    take, where appropriate, measures to avoid any
Whereas an Agreement ( x ) between the European                     prejudice to industry in the Community and whereas
Economic Commurtity and the Republic of Iceland                     it is, therefore, desirable that imports of these
was signed on 22 July 1972 ;                                        products also be subjected to a system of supervision,
Whereas Articles 2 and 3 of that Agreement make
provision for the progressive abolition of customs
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
duties in respect of the products to which the
 Agreement applies ; whereas by way of derogation
from these Articles, Articles 1 , 2 and 3 of Protocol
No 1 annexed to the Agreement lay down that, for                                              Article 1
imports of certain products listed in Annex B to that
Protocol, the reduction of duties shall be limited to
indicative ceilings above which the customs duties                   1.    From 1 January 1974 to 31 December 1974,
applicable to third countries may be reintroduced ;                 imports of products originating in Iceland to which
whereas application of this last provision requires                 annual indicative ceilings are applied in accordance
that the Community be regularly informed of the                     with Articles 1 , 2 and 3 , and Annex B to Protocol
trend of imports of the products in question                        No 1 to the Agreement between the European Econ­
originating in Iceland ; whereas it is, therefore,                  omic Community and the Republic of Iceland shall
desirable that imports of these products be subjected               be subjected to Community supervision .
to a system of supervison ;
                                                                    The description of the products referred to in the
Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of                  preceding subparagraph, their tariff headings and
an administrative procedure based on setting off                    statistic numbers and the levels of the indicative
imports of the products in question against the                     ceilings are given in Annex I.
indicative ceilings at Community level, as and when
these products are submitted to the customs
authorities under cover of declaration that they have               2. Amounts shall be set off against the indicative
been made available for consumption ; whereas this                  ceilings as and when products are submitted to the
                                                                    customs authorities under cover of a declaration that
administrative procedure must make provision for the
reintroduction of customs tariff duties as soon as the              they have been made available for consumption and
ceilings have been reached at Community level ;                     accompanied by a movement certificate conforming
                                                                    to the rules contained in Protocol No 3 to the
                                                                    Agreement referred to in paragraph 1 .
Whereas this administrative procedure requires close
and particularly rapid cooperation between the
Member States and the Commission and whereas the                    Goods shall be set off against the indicative ceiling
latter must, in particular, be able to follow the                   only if the movement certificate has been submitted
progress of amounts set off against the indicative                  before    the    date  on   which    customs   duties  are
ceilings and keep the Member States informed ;                      reimposed.
whereas this cooperation must be all the closer since
the Commission must be able to take adequate                        The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at
                                                                    Community level on the basis of imports set off
                                                                    against it in the manner defined in the preceding
 (') OJ No L 301 , 31 . 12. 1972, p. 1 .                            subparagraphs .
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The Member States shall periodically inform the             end, only products submitted to the customs
Commission of imports effected in accordance with           authorities under cover of a declaration that they
the above rules .                                           have been made available for consumption and
                                                            accompanied by a movement certificate conforming
3 . As soon as the ceilings have been reached,     the      to the rules contained in Protocol No 3 to the
Commission may issue a Regulation reimposing       the      Agreement referred to in Article 1 shall be taken into
customs duties provided for in Article 3 (f)        of      consideration .
Protocol No 1 to the Agreement until the end of    the
calendar year.                                                                     Article 3
                     Article 2                              For the implementation of this Regulation the
                                                            Commission shall take all necessary measures in close
During the period from 1 January 1974, until 31             cooperation with the Member States .
December 1974, imports of the products referred to
in Annex II which originate in Iceland shall be                                    Article 4
subjected to Community supervision.
The Member States shall periodically inform the             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
Commission of imports of these products ; to this           1974.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 17 December 1973 .
                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                  The President
                                                                                 I. N0RGAARD
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                                                       ANNEX 1
             LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION
                                                        IN 1974
                  CCT                                                                                             Level
   Order No   heading No                         Description                          Nimexe Code               of ceiling
                                                                                                            —• metric tons —
        1          2                                 3                                     4                        5
                 76.01    Unwrought aluminium ; aluminium waste and scrap :
    IISL 1                A. Unwrought                                                76.01-11 , 15              31500
                                                      ANNEX II
                             LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2
                  CCT
    Order No   heading No                                   Description                                 Nimexe Code
        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 thereof            81.01 - all Nos
   II ISL 4      81.02    Molybdenum, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof                    81.02 - all Nos
   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 11               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. Rhenium                                                              81.04-91 , 93
   II ISL 19              Q. Gallium ; indium ; thallium                                            81.04-94, 95
   II ISL 20               R. Cermets                                                               81.04-97, 98