CELEX: 31973R3470
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-17 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3470/73 of the Council of 17 December 1973 establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Finland

No L 356/36                           Official Journal of the European Communities                              27. 12 . 73
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 3470/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                   of 17 December 1973
             establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Finland
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                     Whereas, for the products which, in accordance with
European Economic Community, and in particular                   Articles 2 and 3 of the Agreement, are subject to the
Article 113 thereof;                                             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 (*) between the European                    prejudice to industry in the Community and whereas
Economic Community and the Republic of Finland                   it is, therefore, desirable that imports of these
was signed on 5 October 1973 ;                                   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 C 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 Finland 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 C to Protocol No
trend of imports of the products in question                     1 to the Agreement between the European Economic
originating in Finland ; whereas it is, therefore,               Community and the Republic of Finland shall be
desirable that imports of these products be subjected            subjected to Community supervision.
to a system of supervision ;
                                                                 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 declarations 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
administrative procedure must make provision for the             customs authorities under cover of a declaration that
reintroduction of customs tariff duties as soon as the           they hjive 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
Whereas this administrative procedure requires close              Agreement referred to in paragraph 1 .
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
I1 ) OJ No L 328, 28. 11 . 1973, p. 2                            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 Finland 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
                                                                                  L N0RGAARD
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                                                                    ANNEX I
                  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
                       48.01           Paper and paperboard (including cellulose
                                       wadding), machine-made, in rolls or sheets :
                                            C. Kraft paper and kraft board :
                                                II . Other :
     I SF 1                                          — Kraft liner ( a)                     48.01-15, 21, 31               219 970
     I SF 2                                          — Kraft paper for large bags (a)       48.01-16, 23                   151 796
     I SF 3                                          — Other                                48.01-08 , 09, 11 , 12, 13 ,   156 453
                                                                                                  17, 19 , 25 , 26, 27,
                                                                                                  28 , 29 , 33
                                       ex E. Other :
     I SF 4                                     — Bible paper (India paper), copying        48.01-58 , 61 , 62, 66           28 782
                                                     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 SF 5                                     — Printing paper and writing paper,         48.01-64, 68                   362 219
                                                     containing mechanical wood pulp ( a),
                                                     excluding copying tissue
      I SF 6                                    — Fluting        paper     for   corrugated 48.01-75                       238 350
                                                     paperboard (a)
      I SF 7                                    — Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes      48.01-71 , 73                    15 688.
                                                      ( a)
      I SF 8                                    — Other, excluding cellulose wadding        48.01-41, 43, 45, 52 , 53 ,     188 108
                                                     and tissues                                  54, 55 , 56, 77, 82,
                                                                                                  84, 86, 88, 91 , 93 ,
                                                                                                  95,97
      I SF 9           48.03           Parchment or greaseproof paper and paperboard,       48.03 - all Nos                  11093
                                       and imitations thereof, and glazed transparent
                                       paper, 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 :
      I SF 10                          B. Other                                             48.05-21 , 29, 30, 50, 80        40 880
( a) Subject to compliance with the definitions in fine .
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               CCT                                                                                       Level
   Order No heading No                       Description                     Nimexe Code               of ceiling
                                                                                                    — metric tons —
      1          2                               3                                4                        5
               48.07   Paper and paperboard, impregnated, coated,
                       surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed
                       (not being merely rules, lined or squared and
                       not constituting printed matter within Chapter
                       49), in rolls or sheets :
                       B. Other :
   I SF 11                 — Coated printing or writing paper          48.07-57, 58 , 59                39 522
   I SF 12                 — Other                                     48.07-55, 56, 64, 65 , 66,     156 893
                                                                             68, 70, 81 , 85 , 91 ,
                                                                             97, 99
               48.15   Other paper and paperboard, cut to size or
                       shape:
   I SF 13             B. Other                                        48.15-10, 21, 29, 30, 40,        12 435
                                                                             50, 61 , 65, 95 , 99
             . 73.02   Ferro-alloys:
   I SF 14             E. Ferro-chromium and ferro-silico-chromium     73.02-51, 55                     10 245
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No L 356/40                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                27. 12. 73
                                                  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 % 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 % 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 % 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 wrapping purposes
                          'Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes' means machine-glazed paper,
                          containing more than 40 % 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 .
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                                                   ANNEX 11
                          LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2
                       COMMENCEMENT OF SUPERVISION : 1 JANUARY 1973
               CCT
   Order No heading No                                 Description                                  Nimexe Code
       1         2                                         3             '                                4
   II SF 1    44.15    Plywood, blockboard, laminboard, battenboard and similar laminated       44.15 - all Nos
                       wood products (including veneered panels and sheets); inlaid wood
                       and wood marquetry
   II SF 2    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
   II SF 3    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
              56.01    Man-made fibres ( discontinuous ), not carded, combed or otherwise
                       prepared for spinning:
   II SF 4             B. Regenerated textile fibres                                            56.01-21 , 23 , 25, 29
              56.02    Continuous filament tow for the manufacture of man-made fibres
                       ( discontinuous):
   II SF 5             B. Of regenerated textile fibres                                         56.02-21 , 23 , 25 , 29
   II SF 6    74.03    Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of copper; copper       74.03 - all Nos
                       wire
   II SF 7    74.04    Wrought plates, sheets and strips, of copper                             74.04 - all Nos
                                                                                             f
   II SF 8    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 SF 9    74.06    Copper powders and flakes                                                74.06 - all Nos
   II SF 10    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 SF 11                 II. Other                                                           78.01-12, 13, 15, 19
               79.01   Unwrought zinc; zinc waste and scrap:
   II SF 12            A. Unwrought                                                             79.01-11 , 15
   II SF 13    81.01   Tungsten ( wolfram), unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof          81.01 - all Nos
   II SF 14    81.02   Molybdenum, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof                   81.02 - all Nos
   II SF 15    81.03   Tantalum, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof                     81.03 - all Nos
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                CCT
  Order No   heading No                               Description                          Nimexe Code
      1           2                                       3                                      4
               81.04    Other base metals, unwrought or wrought, cermets, unwrought or
                        wrought:
  II SF 16               B. Cadmium                                                    81.04-16, 18
                        C. Cobalt:
  II SF 17                  II. Wrought                                                81.04-23
  II SF 18              D. Chromium                                                    81.04-26, 28
  II SF 19              E. Germanium                                                   81.04-31 , 33
  II SF 20               F. Hafnium (celtium)                                          81.04-36, 38
  II SF 21              G. Manganese                                                   81.04-41 , 43
  II SF 22              H. Niobium (columbium)                                         81.04-46, 48
  II SF 23              IJ. Antimony                                                   81.04-51, 53
  II SF 24              K. Titanium                                                    81.04-56, 58
  II SF 25               L. Vanadium                                                   81.04-61, 63
  II SF 26              M. Uranium depleted in U 235                                   81.04-69
  II SF 27              O. Zirconium                                                   81.04-81, 83
  II SF 28 .             P. Rhenium                                                    81.04-91, 93
  II SF 29              Q. Gallium; indium ; thallium                                  81.04-94, 95
  II SF 30              R. Cermets                                                     81.04-97, 98