CELEX: 31978R0704
Language: en
Date: 1978-03-20 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 704/78 of 20 March 1978 establishing Community supervision for imports of certain products originating in Switzerland (1978)

14 . 4 . 78                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 102/33
                                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 704/78
                                                          of 20 March 1978
                     establishing Community supervision for imports of certain products originating in
                                                          Switzerland ( 1978 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                          Article 1
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113
thereof,
                                                                      From 1 January to 31 December 1978 , imports of
                                                                      products originating in Switzerland and indicated in the
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                    Annex to this Regulation shall be subject to Community
                                                                      supervision.
Whereas an Agreement ( x) between the European
                                                                       Member States shall forward to the Commission, not
Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation was
signed on 22 July 1972 ;                                               later than the 15th day of each month, statements of
                                                                       imports of the products in question effected during the
                                                                       preceding month ; to this end, only products submitted
Whereas Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol 1 annexed to that                 to the customs authorities under cover of an entry for
Agreement make provision for a specific timetable for                  home use and accompanied by a movement certificate
the progressive abolition of customs duties in respect of              conforming to the rules contained in Protocol 3 to the
the products to which the Agreement applies; whereas                   Agreement shall be taken into consideration.
under Article 3 of that Protocol the imports of these
products are limited to annual indicative ceilings above
which the customs duties applicable to third countries
may be reintroduced ; whereas, however, under Article 3                                        Article 2
(b ), the Community has to suspend the application of
certain ceilings ; whereas in the light of the current situ­           For the implementation of this Regulation the Com­
ation of the trade in these products and its likely de­                mission shall take all necessary measures in close
velopment in 1978 it does not seem desirable to estab­                 cooperation with the Member States.
lish indicative ceilings for this year;
Whereas the trend of imports should be followed for                                            Article 3
certain products for which, under Article 3 of Protocol
1 , the Community has suspended the application of ceil­
ings and for other products not subject to ceilings ;                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
whereas it is therefore desirable that imports of such                 following its publication in the Official Journal of the
products should be subject to supervision,                             European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
               Done at Brussels , 20 March 1978 .
                                                                                             For the Council
                                                                                              The President
                                                                                              K. HEINESEN
 ( x) OJ No L 300, 31 . 12 . 1972 , p. 188 .
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                                                   ANNEX
     Order     CCT
                                                     Description                         NIMEXE code
      No    heading No
       1         2                                       3                                    4
  II CH 1    44.18     Reconstituted wood, being wood shavings, wood chips,            44.18 all Nos
                       sawdust, wood flour or other ligneous waste agglomerated
                       with natural or Artificial resins or other organic binding
                       substances, in sheets, blocks or the like
  II CH 2    44.11     Fibre building board of wood or other vegetable material,       44.11 all Nos
                       whether or not bonded with natural or artificial resins or with
                       other organic binders
             73.02     Ferro-alloys :
  II CH 3              C. Ferro-silicon                                                73.02-30
             76.01     Unwrought aluminium, aluminium waste and scrap :
  II CH 4              A. Unwrought                                                    76.01-11 , 15