CELEX: 31974R2906
Language: en
Date: 1974-11-07 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2906/74 of the Council of 7 November 1974 establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Sweden

No L 313 /28                       Official Journal of the European Communities                              25 . 11 . 74
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 2906/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                   of 7 November 1974
              establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in
                                                          Sweden
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
European Economic Community, and in particular                  it is necessary to follow the trend of imports ;
Article 113 thereof;                                            whereas to this end the Community should be
                                                                empowered to take, where appropriate, measures 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 Sweden
was signed on 22 July 1972 ;
                                                                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
imports of certain products listed in Annex C to that           1.    From 1 January until 31 December 1975 ,
Protocol, the reduction of duties shall be limited to           imports of products originating in Sweden to which
indicative ceilings about which the customs duties
                                                                annual indicative ceilings are applied in accordance
                                                                with Articles 1 , 2 and 3 and Annex C to Protocol 1
applicable to third countries may be reintroduced ;
whereas application of this last provision requires
                                                                of the Agreement between the European Economic
that the Community be regularly informed of the
                                                                Community and the Kingdom of Sweden shall be
                                                                subjected to Community supervision.
trend of imports of the products in question
originating in Sweden ; 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
Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of              ceilings are given in Annex I.
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
progress of amounts set off against the indicative              The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at
 ceilings and keep the Member States informed ;                 Community levels on the basis of imports set off
whereas this cooperation must be all the closer since           against it in the manner defined in the preceding
the Commission must be able to take adequate                    subparagraphs.
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 300, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 96.                           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 3 (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 Sweden shall be 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 1
                  LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION
                                                                        IN 1975
       Order             CCT                                                                                                 Level
                                                               Description                         Nimexc Code            of ceiling
        No            heading No
                                                                                                                        — metric tons —
          1                2                                       3                                      4                   5
                        48.01         Paper and paperboard (including cellulose
                                      wadding), machine-made, in rolls or sheets:
                                            C. Kraft paper and Kraft board :
                                                II . Other :
       IS1                                           — Kraftliner ( a )                     48.01-15,21,31                400 897
       IS2                                           — Kraft paper for large bags (a)       48.01-16,23                   468 283
       I S 3                                         — Other                                48.01-08,09 , 11 , 12, 13 ,   213 764
                                                                                                  17, 19, 25 , 26, 27,
                                                                                                  28 , 29 , 33
                                      ex E. Other :
       I S4                                    — Bible paper (India paper), copying         48.01-58 , 61 , 62, 66         32 312
                                                     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 % ( a)
       I S5                                    — Printing paper and writing paper,          48.01-64, 68                  124 573
                                                     containing mechanical wood pulp (a),
                                                     excluding copying tissue
       I S 6                                   — Fluting         paper     for   corrugated 48.01-75                      174 057
                                                     paperboard ( a)
       I S 7                                   — Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes       48.01-71 , 73                  41959
       IS 8                                    — Other, excluding cellulose wadding         48.01-41,43,45,52, 53 ,       159 315
                                                     and tissues                                  54, 55 , 56, 77, 82,
                                                                                                  84, 86, 88,91,93 ,
                                                                                                  95,97
       is9t             48.03         Parchment or greaseproof paper and paperboard,        48.03-all Nos                   18 185
                                      and imitations thereof, and glazed transparent
                                      paper, in rolls or sheets
      IS 10             48.04         Composite paper or paperboard (made by                48.04-all Nos                  21 278
                                      sticking flat layers together with an adhesive),
                                      not surface-coated or impregnated, whether or
                                      not internally reinforced, in rolls or sheets
                        48.05         Paper and paperboard, corrugated (with or
                                      without flat surface sheets), creped, crinkled,
                                      embossed or perforated, in rolls or sheets :
      IS 11                           B. Other                                              48.05-21 , 29 , 30, 50, 80     49 266
(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
                        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 :
       I S 12                             —■ Coated printing or writing paper         48.07-57,58,59               40 862
      I S 13                              — Other                                     48.07-55 , 56 , 64, 65 ,    114 789
                                                                                            66 , 68 , 70 , 81 ,
                                                                                            85 , 91 , 97, 99
                        48.15         Other paper and paperboard, cut to size or
                                      shape :
        IS 14                         B. Other                                        48.15-10,21,29 , 30,         12 613
                                                                                            40 , 50, 61 , 65 ,
                                                                                            95,99
       I S 15           48.16         Boxes, bags and other packing containers, of    48.16-all Nos                21270
                                      paper or paperboard
                        48.21         Other articles of paper pulp, paper, paperboard
                                      or cellulose wadding :
                                      B. Napkins and napkinliner, for babies, put up  48.21-11
                                          for retail sale
       IS 16                                                                                                       13 840
                                      C. Other                                        48.21-15,21,25 ,
                                                                                            31 , 33 , 37,
                                                                                            40, 50 , 60 ,
                                                                                            70, 80, 91
                        73.02         Ferro-alloys :
                                       A. Ferro-manganese:               j
       IS17 j
       I S 18
                                          II . Other
                                      D. Ferro-silico-manganese
                                      C. Ferro-silicon
                                                                         J
                                                                          >           73.02-19 , 40
                                                                                      73.02-30
                                                                                                                     8 428
                                                                                                                    15 350
       I S 19                          E. Ferro-chromium and ferro-silico-chromium    73.02-51,55                  20 063
                                      G. Other :
       I S 20                              — Ferro-molybdenum                         73.02-81                          541
       I S 21                              — Ferro-vanadium                           73.02-83                          198
       I S 22                             — Other                                     73.02-60, 70, 98                  220
                        73.15          Alloy steel and high carbon steel in the forms
                                       mentioned in heading Nos 73.06 to 73.14 :
       I S 23                         A. High carbon steel                            73.61-10, 20, 50, 90          92 792 (*)
                                                                                      73.62-10, 30
                                                                                      73.63-10, 21 , 29 ,
                                                                                            50, 72, 74, 79
                                                                                      73.64-20, 50, 72, 75 ,
                                                                                            79,90
                                                                                      73.65-21 , 23 , 25 , 53 ,
                                                                                            55 , 70, 81 , 83
                                                                                      73.66-40, 81 , 86, 89
 0 ) Including products covered by the ECSC Treaty .
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        Order            CCT                                                                                                 Level
                                                              Description                       Nimexe Code                of ceiling
         No           heading No
                                                                                                                        — merrie tons —
           1                2                                     3                                     4                      5
                        73.15
                       (cont'd)
                                      B. Alloy steel :
       I S 24                              — Stainless or refractory ( a )               73.71-1 3 , 23 , 53 , 93           78 191 i 1 )
                                                                                         73.72-13 , 33
                                                                                         73.73-13 , 23 , 33 , 43 , 53 ,
                                                                                               83
                                                                                         73.74-23 , 53 , 83
                                                                                         73.75-23 , 33 , 43 , 53 , 63 ,
                                                                                               73,83,93
                                                                                         73.76-13
       I S 25                              — High speed (a )                             73.71-14, 24, 54, 94                 5 286 i 1 )
                                                                                         73.73-14, 24, 34, 54
                                                                                         73.74-54
                                                                                         73.75-24, 34, 44, 54, 64,
                                                                                               84
                                                                                         73.76-14
       I S 26                              — Other                                       73.71-19,21,29, 55 ,               75 864 i 1 )
                                                                                               56, 59, 99
                                                                                         73.72-11 , 19 , 39
                                                                                         73.73-19, 25 , 26 , 29 , 35 ,
                                                                                               36, 39, 49, 55, 59,
                                                                                               72, 74, 89
                                                                                         73.74-21,29,51,52, 59,
                                                                                               72, 74, 89 , 90
                                                                                         73.75-11 , 19 , 29 , 39 , 49 ,
                                                                                               59 , 69 , 79 , 89 , 99
                                                                                         73.76-15 , 16 , 19
                        73.18         Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of iron
                                      (other than of cast iron) or steel, excluding
                                     high-pressure hydro-electric conduits :
                                          B. Straight and of uniform wall-thickness,     73.18-15
                                               other than those falling in A above, of a
                                               maximum length of 4-50 m, of alloy
                                               steel containing by weight not less than
                                               0-90 % but not more than 1·15% of
                                               carbon, not less than 0-50 % but not
                                               more than 2°/o of chromium and not
                                               more than 0-50 °/o of molybdenum
      I S 27                         ex C. Other :                                                                       ' 38 955
                                               — Tubes and pipes, straight, and of       73.18-21
                                                   uniform wall-thickness, other than
                                                   those falling in A above, of a length
                                                   of more than 4-50 m, of alloy steel
                                                   containing by weight not less than
                                                   0-90 °/o but not more than 1-15 % of
                                                   carbon, not less than 0*50% but not
                                                   more than 2 % of chromium and not
                                                   more than 0-50 °/o of molybdenum
      I S 28                                  — Tubes and pipes, of stainless or         73.18-44, 51 , 66, 76             16 784
                                                   refractory steel ( a)
( a) Subject to compliance with the definitions in fine .
H Including products covered by the ECS C Treaty .
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     Order      CCT                                                                             Level
                                             Description                        Nimexe Code   of ceiling
       No    heading No
                                                                                            — metric tons —
         1        2                               3                                   4           5
                76.01   Unwrought aluminium; aluminium waste and
                        scrap :
     I S 29             A. Unwrought                                     76.01-11 , 15           6 211
                81.04   Other base metals, unwrought or wrought, and
                        articles thereof; cermets, unwrought or wrought,
                        and articles thereof :
                        K. Titanium :
     I S 30                   I. Unwrought, waste and scrap              81.04-56                    37
     I S 31                 II . Other                                   81.04-58                    42
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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 % 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 °/o 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 % of mechanical wood pulp
                             ' Other printing paper and other writing paper, not containing mechanical
                             wood pulp or containing not more than 5 % of mechanical wood pulp'
                             means paper other than machine-glazed, used for printing or writing,
                             which contains not more than 5 % 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 % 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 °/o 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 °/o of chemical bisulphite wood pulp, calculated
                            on total fibre content, having an ash content of not more than 8 %> and
                            having a Mullen burst ratio of not less than 15.
             ex 73.15 B     Alloy steel, stainless or heat-resisting
              ex 73.18 C    'Alloy steel, stainless or heat-resisting' means alloy steel, containing, by
                            weight, 12 % or more of chromium, with or without other alloy
                            elements, and less than 1 % of carbon .
              ex 73.15 B    High-speed alloy steel
                            'High speed alloy steel' means alloy steel containing, with or without
                            other alloy elements, at least two of the following three elements : tungsten
                            (wolfram), molybdenum and vanadium with a total content, by weight, of
                            not less than 7 % of these elements taken together, and containing more
                            than 0-6 %, by weight, of carbon.
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                                                   ANNEX II
                            LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2
      Order     CCT
       No    heading No                                 Description                                 Nimexc Code
         1        2                                          3                                            4
               28.04    Hydrogen , rare gases and other non-metals
                        C. Other non-metals :
     IISI                    ex V. Silicon                                                     28.04-93 , 95
     II S 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
      II S 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
                        artificial resins or other organic binding substances, in sheets,
                        blocks or the like
               48.09    Building board of wood pulp or of vegetable fibre, whether or not      48.09-all Nos
                        bonded with natural or artificial resins or with similar binders
      II S 4   56.01    Man-made fibres (discontinuous), not carded, combed or otherwise
                        prepared for spinning:
      II S 5            B. Regenerated textile fibres                                          56.01-21 , 23 , 25 , 29
                56.02   Continuous filament tow for the manufacture of man-made fibres
                        ( discontinuous):
      II S 6            B. Of regenerated textile fibres                                       56.02-21 , 23 , 25 , 29
      II S 7    68.04   Millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like (including       68.04-all Nos
                        grinding, sharpening, polishing, trueing and cutting wheels, heads,
                        discs and points), of natural stone (agglomerated or not), of
                         agglomerated natural or artificial abrasives, or of pottery, with or
                        without cores, shanks, sockets, axles and the like of other materials,
                        but without frameworks ; segments and other finished parts of such
                         stones and wheels, of natural stone (agglomerated or not), of
                         agglomerated natural of artificial abrasives, or of pottery
      II S 8    68.06    Natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain, on a base of woven    68.06-all Nos
                        fabric, of paper, of paperboard or of other materials, whether or
                        not cut to shape or sewn or otherwise made up
      6 S II    68.08    Articles of asphalt or of similar material (for example, of petroleum 68.08-all Nos
                        bitumen or coal tar pitch)
     IISIO      68.16    Articles of stone or of other mineral substances (including articles  68.16-all Nos
                         of peat), not elsewhere specified or included
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     Order      CCT                                                                                   Nimexe Code
      No     heading No
                                                       Description
        1         2                                        3                                                 4
   II S 11     69.02    Refractory bricks, blocks, tiles and similar refractory constructional 69.02-all Nos
                        goods, other than goods falling within heading No 69.01
   II S 12     74.03    Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of copper; copper     74.03-all Nos
                        wire
   II S 13     74.04    Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of copper                            74.04-all Nos
   IIS 14      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 S 15      74.06   Copper powder and flakes                                               74.06-all Nos
   II S 16      74.07   Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of copper; hollow bars of         74.07-all Nos
                        copper
                78.01   Unwrought lead (including argentiferous lead); lead waste and
                        scrap :
                        A. Unwrought:
   II S 17                  II. Other                                                          78.01-12 , 13 , 15 , 19
                79.01   Unwrought zinc ; zinc waste and scrap :
   II S 18              A. Unwrought                                                           79.01-11 , 15
   II S 19      81.01   Tungsten (wolfram), unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof         8 1 .01 -all Nos
   II S 20      81.02   Molybdenum, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof                 81.02-all Nos
   II S 21      81.03   Tantalum, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof                   8 1 .03 - all Nos
                81.04   Other base metals, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof;
                        cermets, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof:
   II S 22              B. Cadmium                                                             81.04-16, 18
                        C. Cobalt:
   II S 23                  II . Other                                                         81.04-23
   II S 24              D. Chromium                                                            81.04-26 , 28
   II S 25              E. Germanium                                                           81.04,31,33
    II S 26             F. Hafnium (celtium)                                                   81.04-36, 38
   II S 27              G. Manganese                                                           81.04-41 , 43
    II S 28             H. Niobium (columbium)                                                 81.04-46 , 48
   II S 29              IJ. Antimony                                                           81.04-51 , 53
   II S 30              L. Vanadium                                                            81.04-61 , 63
   II S 31              M. Uranium depleted in U 235                                           81.04-69
   II S 32              O. Zirconium                                                           81.04-81 , 83
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      Order     CCT
                                                         Description                             Nimexe Code
        No   heading No
         1        2                                           3                                        4
     II S 33    81.04   P.  Rhenium                                                         81.04-91 , 93
              (cont'd)
     II S 34            Q. Gallium ; indium ; thallium                                      81.04-94, 95
     II S 35            R. Cermets                                                          81.04-97,98
     II S 36   84.62    Ball , roller or needle roller bearings                             84.62-all Nos
                85.24   Carbon brushes, arc-lamp           carbons, battery carbons, carbon
                        electrodes and other carbon articles of a kind used for electrical
                        purposes :
     II S 37            A. Electrodes for electrolysis installations                        85.24-10
                87.01   Tractors (other than those falling within heading No 87.07),
                        whether or not fitted with power take-offs, winches or pulleys :
     Il S 38            ex C. Road tractors                                                 87.01-96, 97