CELEX: 51981PC0471
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Date: 1981-09-14
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) establishing ceilings and Community surveillance of imports of certain products originating in Portugal (1982) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                             COM(81)471 final
                                        .  ; Brussels , 14 September 1981
                              Proposal for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
     establishing ceilings and Community surveillance of imports of
     certain products originating in Portugal ( 1982 )
             ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
CtmlD 471 final
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; 1 . The Supplementary Protocol between the European Economic ' ♦
j^- Community and the Portuguese Republic, annexed to the > -
i        , Agreement between the Community and Portugal completed
          \ by the Protocol of adaptation to take account of the ,                                                                              -            .
* "• accession of Greece to the Community provides for the .
        'exemption from duty for certain types of paper and paperboard '
!               ( subheadings ex 48.01 C II and 48.01 F of the CCT ), originating
               in Portugal imported into the Community with the exception of the
L ;           United Kingdom and Denmark . Nevertheless / these imports are
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                limited to annual ceilings .
^             When a ceiling is reached, the residual customs . duties applicable <
|             to Portugal may lae reimposed by the Community -unt-i ll.the .end ^
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  2« The implementation of the system of ceilings and the option of .
  | V reintroducing customs duties require the adoption of precise common
  i' rules to be applied uniformly by the- Member States concerned *
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  F These requirements may be itiet by setting up a Community system- lof
  f • surveillance of actual imports from the partner concerned .                                                                                                   .
            To that end the Member States must take appropriate measures ,                                                                                            ^
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     •      In this connection imports of the products in question should "
   !        be recorded only as and when they are entered for f ree
           'circulation accompanied by a movement certificate conforming *
            td'.the . rultt-'pf "the 'Agreement i6efe'rredjto.-in ; ; 1Xabdve.\-^"v;V ,;.,                                                                          ·:
 ---pagebreak---   ■ The returns will be drawn up by the Member States at the end
       of each month and forwarded before the fifteenth day of the
       following month to the Commission in order to enable the latter
       to send         . to the Member States a comprehensive product-
       by-product statement of the imports in question effected during
       the preceding month.' The surveillance system will require quick
   : action and close cooperation between the relevant departments
       of the , Member States and the Commission . Since the products in
   * question belong to the sensitive products category and duty-free
   ■ imports in excess of the ceilings may disturb the Community
                          *
       market , it is absolutely essential that the Member States observe .
   > strictly the above-mentioned time limit of fifteen days .               .<
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       The fol lowing' procedure will be used for setting in train the
 * machinery for reintroducing'duties : as soon . as one of the
 " comprehensive monthly statements compiled by the Commission shawls
       that 75 % of the ceiling fixed for a given product has been
I' reached , the Commission will Inform the Member States end                      '
'consultations may take place , in particular within the Economic Tariff
i Problems Group , either at the request of a Member States or on
;• the Commission 's own . initiative * - The purpose of . these consultations'.
■' will be to examine in e^ch individual case whether the customs
; duties, applicable to Portugal should be re.imposed 'when the ceiling
       is actually reached ,                                                          . ■
       Imports of the product in question will continue to bs the subject •
   . of monthly returns , or , if the Commission so requests / of a telex
: -'message covering each period' of ten days . This message must reach '
. the Commission within five days .
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     . The commission can thus take within the shortest possible time the
       measures required for . the adoption of a regulation reintroducing
       customs duties in respect of the partner -. country until the end' of
       the calendar year®' In tfcat -event ; - the .cu&tORs -duties er» the product .
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                  duties has not yet been introduced at Community level Greece can re­
                  introduce this levying as soon as the imputations on its territory
                  have reached the amount fixed by" the additional protocol in questions
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                                              V~-?JNCJL RiXJL'LATiON (EEC)
                         esSoWisfesng cesSings asajl Comrrnr; - <, ty sruvti'Sa^C; of imports of certain products '
                                                          originating in iportugal ( 198 ?)
   THE COUNCSL G F THE EUROPEAM
   COMMUNITIES,,                                                                 the latter must, in particular, be able to follow the
                                                                                 progress of quantities charged against the ceilings
                                                                                and keep the Member States informed ; whereas this
    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                          cooperation has to be particularly close since the
   pean Economic Community, and in particular Arti­                             Commission, must be able to take the appropriate
   cle ! S3 thereof,
                                                                                measuras to reintroduce etistoras tariff duties if one
                                                                                of the ceilings is reached,
   Having regard to the proposal fro:n the Commis­
   sion,       -                         '          ,
                                                                                 HAS ADOPTEDTHIS REGULATION :
   Whereas the Supplementary Protocol ( ') to the
   Agreement between the European Economic Com­
   munity and the Portuguese Republic (2)                    as supple­                                 Article !
   mented                     3                         '
 by the Protocol annexed to the Agreement                                        I. From i January to 3i December 1982, imports
 between the European Economic Community                                        into the Community                 with the exception of "
 and the Portuguese Republic consequent                                         the United Kingdom and Denmark of the products,
 on the accession of the Hellenic Republic listed in the Annex hereto and originating in Portu­
 to the Community, hereinafter referred to gal shall be subject to annual ceilings and Commu­
as the "Protocol ", provides for                                                nity surveillance . * ■
  the exemption from duties of kraft liner and of -
  other -paper and papcrboard falling v/ithin subhead­                          The description of the products referred to in the
  ings ex 48.01 C II and 48.01 F of the Common Cus- '                           first subparagraph, their tariff headings and statisti­
  torns Tariff, originating in Portugal, when .imported                         cal numbers and the ceilings shali be set out in the
 into the Community with the exception of the                                   Annex hereto.
 United Kingdomandpenrnark ; whereas, nevertheless,
 the benefit of duty exemption is limited to annua! :
 ceilings or 62 000 tonnes and 2 000 tonnes respec­                             2. ' Quantities shall be charged against the ceilings
 tive!)', above which the residual customs duties for                           as and when products are entered for free circula­
 each product may be reintroduced until the end of ;                            tion , accompanied by a movement certificate which
                                                                                shall comply with the rules set out in Protocol 3 to
 the calendar year ; whereas the application of ceii- ;                         the Agreement.
 ings requires that the Community be regularly in­
 formed on imports of the products in question ori- -
 ginating in Portugal ; whereas it is, 'heref'ore, desira­                      Goods may be charged against the ceiling only if the
 ble that imports of these products be subjected to a .1                        movement certificate is submitted before the date on
 system of surveillance ;                                                       which customs duties are reintroduced . .
 Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of                             The extent to which a ceiling is used up shall be de­
an administrative procedure based on charging im­                               termined at Community s'eves on the basis of the im­
ports of the products in question against the ceilings                          ports charged against it in the mariner defined in the
z *. Community level as and when the products are                               preceding subparagraphs .
entered for free circulation ; whereas this administra - .
live procedure must provide for the possible rein-                              The Member States concerned shall , at the intervals
 irooiaction of residua ! customs tariff duties once the
                                                                                and within the time. Urn its specified : n paragraph 4,
 ceilings are rcarhed ;                •                                        inform the Commission uf imports effected in ac­
                                                                              ■ cordance with the above procedures .
 Whereas this administrative procedure requires
 close ar^d particularly prompt cooperation between
 Uie Member States and the Commission ;- whereas                                3. As soon as the ceilings have beer, reached , the
                                                  V   -                         Cotnmission o»ay su'op? e Rflguk tion reintroducing
                                                                              • residual sascoms dwti -ss usitil Ui« «: id of the calendar
 ( ' ; OJ No L 34S, 31 . 12. 1979, p, 44.                                       year.   .                                          •
 { ' ) OJ Ne L 301 , 3 ?. « 2. 1912, p. ! 65.
( 3 ) 0J NO .......
 ---pagebreak---  In the case of such reimposition , Greece
 shall introduce the levying of the duties
 which it applies to non-member countries at
 the date in question .
 As soon as the amounts set off against
 the ceilings within its territory have
                                                       . thtL
  reached the amounts indicated inyflhnex ,
 Greece may reintroduce , until the end
 of the calendar yea£ , the levying of
 the customs duties which it applies
                                          ι ,
 to non-member countries at the date in
 question .            It shall notify the Com­
 mission , which shall inform the other
  Member States of this fact .                        Para­
 graph 2 shall apply mutatis mutandis .
    4. Member States concerned shall, not later than                                     Article 2
    the 1 5th day of each month, forward to the Commis-
"" sion statements of the- quantities charged during the          *"T'ie Commissidn shall in close cooperation with the
    preceding month. If the Commission so requests,               Member States, take all appropriate steps to apply
  . they shall provide such" statements for periods 6f            ^is Regulation.
    lOdays and forward them within five clear days of
    the end of each 10-day period.                                                       Article 3
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
       .     '                              '                     198 2 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                - States.
 v                Done at Brussels,.                          "       v     ,
                                      '                    '                   For the Council
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                                                                                Jfte President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                ANNEX
                                         Last of products subject to Import ceilings in l?82
                                                                                                                       Level of the
   Serial No    CCT heading No                          Description                               NIM EXE code
                                                                                                                       aJCommunity ceiling
                                                                                                                       tø>Amount concerning
        1               2                                    3                                           4
                                                                                                                          Greece
                                                                                                                           ( tonnes )
      PI            > 48.01        Paper and paperboard (including cellulose                                                     5
                                   wadding), machine-made, in rolls or sheets :
                                   C. Kraft paper and kraft board :
                                      ex II . Other :
                                              – Kraft liner (a)        >                     48.01-20 ; 22 ; 24 ; 30 ; a ) 62 000
                                                                                             32 ; 34 ; 36 ; 38 ; 39    b)    2 000
      P2                           F. Other 1                      ,                         48.01-60 to 99            ol) 2 000
                                                                                                                           Nil
                                                                 I
(a) Kraft iiner means machine-finished or machine-giazed paper or paperboard, in rolls, containing not less than 80% of
    chemical sulphate softwood pulp calculated on total fibre content, weighing more than 1 15 g/m 2 and having a Mullen
    burst ratio of not less than 35 .