CELEX: 51977PC0345
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Date: 1977-07-20
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) establishing certain ceilings and Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia (1978) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                              COM(77)345 Final
                                    . .       Brussels . 20 July 1977
                                Proposal for a
                            COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
              establishing certain ceilings and Community
              supervision of imports of certain products
              originating in Algeria , Morocco and Tunisia       ,
                                     ( 1978 )
                  ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
 COM ( 77 ) 345 Final
 ---pagebreak---                             EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
                                    between
1 . ' The Co-operation Agreements/ the European Economic Community anc'
      Algeria , Morocco and Tunisia provide from their entry into force , in
       particular in the case of industrial products , for the abolition of
      Common Customs Tariff duties           • Notwithstanding this provision ,
       special arrangements are laid down for a certain number of sensitive
      products : an annual ceiling may be imposed on the volume of such
      products which may be imported duty free . When this ceiling is reached
       the Community may reintroduce until the end of the calendar year the
      customs duties^ applicable to third countries .
      The initial volumes of the annual ceilings operative for 1976 are
      fixed by the Agreements themselves . The ceilings are to be fixed
      annually and their levels increased by 3% for cork products ( tariff
      headings 45.02 , AS . 03 and 45 . OA ) and by 5% for petroleum products ( ex
      Chapter 27 ).  They will be abolished not later than 31 December 1979 .
2»    The operation of the ceiling arrangements and the power to reintroduce
      customs duties will necessarily require the adoption of detailed
      common rules to be applied uniformly by all Member States . This can
      take the form of a Community system of supervision of actual imports
      from the partner State . To this end , the Member States should take
      appropriate measures to permit; the rapid collection of statistical
      returns for the whole Community . In this connection only imports of
      the products in question should be taken into account , as and when
      they are submitted to the customs authorities under cover of a
      declaration of entry for home use and accompanied by a movement
      certificate conforming to the rules contained in the Agreements
     referred to under 1 >
 ---pagebreak--- These returns arc to be made up by each Member State at uhe end of
every month and forwarded before the fifteenth day of the following
aoafch to the Commission so as to enable the latter to communicate
by telex to all the Member States an overall , product -by-product
statement for the preceding month of the imports in. question. The
8y9Se» of gupervision will require of. the responsible departments of
the Member States and the Commission diligence and close, cooperation.
tn view &£ the fact chat the products concerned are sensitive products
tad thet duty free imports i» excess of uhe ceilings could cause
disturbance oi: the Community market, it is absolutely essential that
all Member States respect rigorously the fif tetench-day time limit
referred to above .
The following procedure is to be adopted for setting in train machinery
to reintroduce duties : if one of the overall monthly statements drawn
up by the Commission reveals that 75% of the ceiling fixed for a given
product has been reached , \the Member States would be informed and consul­
tations ' could be held , in particular in the Working Party on Economic
Tariff Problems , either at the request of a Member State or the Commission
initiative . The aim of these consultations would be to examine , case by
case, whether or not the customs duties applicable to non-member countries
should be reintroduced one© the target ceiling i.a actually reached .
Monthly returns would still be made in respect of imports of l^a product
in question or, if Uhe Commission so requested , it would be notified by
telex of such imports every ten days . In the latter case , the time limit
for forwarding Che information would be five days .
In this way , the Commission would be able to take , within the shortest
possible time , measured leading to the reirktroduction by Regulation , of
customs duties in respect of the partner State which would apply until
the end of the calendar year . In the above hypothesis , the reintroduc"
tion of the customs duties on the product under consideration would ,
naturally, be effected within a time limit fisted by the Regulation putting
an end to the exemption of duties provided for ill the Agreements ia
question .
 ---pagebreak---                                           3
 3o   As far as application of the rule on ceilings and reintroduction of
      duties is concerned , the attached proposal makes provision for the
      Council to confer powers upon the Commission .
      The proposed Regulation does no more than outline how these powers
      are to be exercised so that , in consultation with the Member States ,
      the machinery to be set in train may be adapted flexibly and rapidly .
      Xc is with the same view to maximum efficiency and rapidity that the
      proposed Regulation provides that the Commission would be responsible fotf
      reintroducing , in respect of the partner State , the duties applicable to
     Roir-membaj? countries .
ANNEX !                 \
Propoe&l for a Council Regulation ^
 ---pagebreak---                                                 Proposal for a
                                   COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No ...i
                                               or
             e»tabll»hlng ceilings, and Community supervision for imports of certain product*
                                originating in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia (1978 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                     products are submitted to the customs authorities
                                                             under cover of declarations that chcy have been made
                                                             available for consumption ; whereas this administra­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                 tive procedure must make provision for the rcintro-
                                                             duction of tariff duties as soon as the ceilings 'have
European Economic Community, and in particular               been reached at Community level :
Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,           Whereas this administrative procedure requires dose
                                                             and particularly rapid cooperation between the
                  Co-operation                               Member States and the Commission ; wheroas the
Whereas the /            Agreements       between the        latter must, in particular, be able to follow the
European Economic Community of the one part and              progress of amounts set off against the ceilings and
the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, the             keep the Member States informed; whereas this
Kingdom of Morocco and the Republic of Tunisia               cooperation must be all the closer in that the
of the other part each stipulate in Article 9 that           Commission must be able to take adequate measures
products originating in these countries shall be             to reintroduce customs tariff duties whenever one of
imported into the Community free of customs duties ;         the ceilings is reached,
whereas, by way of derogation therefrom, Article 12
of each of these Agreements provides that the
reduction of duties shall apply to imports of the
products listed therein only up to ceilings above.,
                                                             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
which the customs duties applicable to third countries
may be reimposed ; whereas the ceilings to be applied
in 197 8 should therefore be established ;
                                                                                      Article 1
                                                             1. From 1 January until 31 December 1978 , imports
                                                             of the produots originating in Algeria, Morocco and
                                                             Tunisia which are 'listed in Annexes I, II and III
                                                             respectively shall be subject to annual ceilings and
                                                             Community supervision.
Whereas the application of ceilings requires the             The description of the products referred to in the
Community to be regularly informed of the trend              first paragraph, their tariff (headings and statistical
of imports of the relevant products originating in           numbers and the levels of the ceilings are given in
these countries ; whereas imports should tiherefore b«       Annexes I, II and III.
made subject to a system of supervision;
Whereas this objective may be achieved by means              2. Amounts shall be set ofr against the ceilings as
of an administrative procedure jbascd on setting off         and when products are submitted to the customs
imports of the products in question against the              authorities under cover of a declaration that they
ceilings at Community level, as and when these               have been made available for consumption and ac­
                                                             companied by a movement certificate conforming to
                                                             the rules contained_in the Protocols on rules of origin
                                   / Co-operation            annexed to the /              Agreements between the
                                                             Community of the one part and Algeria, Morocco
                                                             «nd Tunisia of the other part. However, in the case
 ---pagebreak--- of products falling within Chapter 27, a certificate of      customs duties applicable to third countries until the
 origin may be substituted for the movement                  end of the calendar year.
 certificate.
                                                             4. Member States shall forward to rhc Commission
                                                           , not later than the 15th day of each month state­
 Good* shall 'be set off ajjaliMt the celling only H         ments of the amounts set off during the preceding
 the movement certificate or, in rhc case of goods           monrh. They shall, if rhe Commission so requests,
falling withih Chapter 27, the certificate of origin         make up such statements for periods of 10 days
has been submitted before the date on which customs          and forward them wkhin five clear days from the
 duties are reimposcd.                                       expiry of the preceding 10-day period.
The reaching of a ceiling sha'll be determined at
Community level on the basis of imports set off                                     Article 2
against it as defined in the preceding subparagraphs*
                                                             For the implementation of this Regulation the Com­
                                                             mission shall take all necessary measures in close
Member States shall inform the Commission at the             cooperation with the Member States.
intervals and within the time limits specified in para­
graph 4 of imports effected in accordance with «he
above rules.                                                                        Article 3
3. As soon as die ceilings have Iwen reached, the            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
Commission may ' issue a Regulation rcimposing the           1978.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels,
                                                                              For the Council
                                                                               The Presidetit
 ---pagebreak---                                                                      .  ANNEX I
                              Lilt of product* originating in Algeria subject to import ceilings in 1978
                             CCT                                                                                               Lcvcl ot
                                                                                                               Nimexe
      Ofder No             heading                                       Description                            code            cciling
                              No                                                                                             (marrie ton*)
           1                  2                                               3 '                                 4                5
                        ι
                        i
                            27.10            Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous
                                             minerals, other than crude ; preparations not elsewhere
                                             specified or included, containing not less than 70%
                                             by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from
                                             bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constitu­
                                             ents of the preparations :
                                             A. Light oils :
                                                 III. For other purposes                                    27.10-15 ,
                                                                                                          17, 21', 25 , 29
                                             B. Médium oils :
                                                 III. For other purposes                                    27.10-34,
                                                                                                               38, 39
                                             C. Heavy oils :
                                                   I. Gasoils :
                                                       c) For other purposes                                27.10-59
                                                  II. Fuel oils :
                                                       c) For other purposes                                27.10-69
                     ι
                      I
                      I
                         [                       HI. Lubricating oils ; other oils :
I DZ 1                                                                                                                         1 155 C00
                                                       c) To be mixed in accordance with the terms
                                                            of Additional Note 7 to this Chapter (a)        27.10-75
                                                       d) For other purposes                                27.10-79
                           27.11             Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons :
                                             A. Propane of * purity not less than 99 % :
                                                   I. For use as power or heating fuel                      27.11-03
                                             B. Other :
                                                   1. Commercial propane and commercial butane :
                                                       c) For other purpose*                                27.11-19
                      I
                           27.12             Petroleum jelly :
                                             A. Crude :
                                                                                                                           I
                                                                                                                           I
                                                 1U. For other purposes                                     27.12-19
                                             B. Other                                                   j   27.12-90
                                                                                                             ι
(•) Entry under this iubhe«ding it ftubjeet to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                       ι
                  CCT                                                                                   Level of
                                                                                      I     Nimcxe
       Order No hcAdinf                          Description                          I       code       ceiling
                   No                                                                                 (metric torn)
                                                                                                    !
           1        >                                i                                         4            S
                                                                                     I
  1 DZ 1         27.13  Paraffin wax, micro-crystalline wax, ilack wax, ozoke­
    (confd)             rite, lignite wax, peat wax and other mineral waxes,
                        whether or not coloured :
                        B. Other :
                              L Crude :
                                 c) For other purposes                                     27.13-89
                             II. Other                                                  .  27.13-90
                27.14   Petroleum bitumen, petroleum coke and other residues
                        of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous
                        minerals :
                        C. Other : \
                             II. Other                                                     27.14-99
  I DZ 2     .  45.02   Natural cork in blocks , plates, sheets or strips (including      * 45.02                52'
                        cubes or square slabs, cut to size for corks or stoppers)          ail Nos
  I DZ 3        45.03   Articles or natural cork                                             45.03              155
                                                                                           ail Nos
  I DZ 4        45.04   Agglomerated cork (being cork agglomerated with or                  45.04          2 060
                        without a binding substance) and articles of agglomer­             ail Nos
                        ated cork
»
 ---pagebreak---                                                                       ANNEX U
                             Li«c of products originating In Morocco subject to import sailing* in 197Q
                             CCT                                                                                           Level of
                                                                                                            Nimexe
      Order No             heading                                     Description                           code           ceiling
                              No                                                                                         (metric tons)
           1                  2                                                                                4               S
                                                                            ?
                            27.10          Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous
                                           minerals , other than crude ; preparations not elsewhere
                                           specified or included, containing not less than 70%
                                           by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from
                                           bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constitu­
                                           ents of the preparations :
                                           À. Lighr oils :
                                               HI. For other purposes                                     27.10-15 ,
                                                                                                         17,21,25,29
                                           B. Médium oils :
                                               HI. For other purposes                                     27.10-34,
                                                                                                            38 , 39
                                           C. Heavy oils :
                                                 I. Gasoils :
                                                     c) For other purposes                                 27.10-59
                                                II . Fuel oils :
                                                     c) For other purposes                                 27.10-69
                                               III . Lubricating oils ; other oils :
    I MA 1                                                                                                             ■    183 750
                                                     c) To be mixed in accordance with the terms
                                                         of Additional Note 7 to this Chapter (a)          27.10-75
                                                     d) For other purposes                                 27.10-79
                     I
                           27.11           Petroleum gases And other g.iseous hydrocarbons !
                                           A. Propane of a purity not less than 99% :
                                                 I. For use as power or heating fuel                       27.11-03
                                           B. Other :
                                                                                                       I
                                                                                                       I
                                                 I. Commercial propane and commercial butane :
                                                     c) For other purpose*                                 27.11-19
                           27.12           Petroleum jelly :
                     !
                                           A. Crude :
                                               111. For other purposes                                     27.12-19
                                           B. Other                                                        27.12-90
                                                                                                                     I
(») Entrr under thii tubheadmg it subject to condition! to be determined by the competent authorities.
 ---pagebreak---               CCT                                                                                     Level oi
                                                                                           Ntmcxe
   Order No heading                           Description *                                   code
                                                                                                       ceiling
               No                                                                   i • .          (metric tons)
       i         »                                i                               |             4         s
I MA 1      27.13     Paraffin wax, micro-crystalline wax, slack wax, ozoke­
 (cont'd)             rite, lignite wax, peat wax and other mineral waxes,
                      whether or not coloured :
                      B. Other :
             ' I            I. Crude :
                               c) For ofher purposes                                      27.13-89
                           II. Other                                                      27.13-90
            27.14     Petroleum bitumen, petroleum coke and other residues j                r
                      of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous
                      minerals :
                      C. Other :
                           II. Other                                                      27.14-99
I MA 2      45.02     Natural cork *a blocks, plates, sheets or strips (including            45.02             52
                      cubes or square slabs, cut to size for corks or stoppers)            ail Nos
I MA 3      45.03   I Articles of .natural cork                                              45.03           618
                                                                                           ail Nos
I MA 4      45.04     Agglomerated cork (being cork agglomerated with or                     45.04   ' 2 060
                      without a binding substance) and articles of agglomer­               ail Nos
                      ated cork
 ---pagebreak---                                                                      ANNEX m
                              Li«t of product) originating in Tunisia subfsct to import sailing* i« 197g
                                                                                                       i    ,  |, ... I. m.
                             CCT                                                                                                  Levdl or
                                                                                                          Nimexe
      Order No             heading                                     1»etCt%ptJon                           code          !       ccihng
                              No
                                                                                                                            | (metric ton*)
                              2                                              3                                 4                       S
           \
                            27.10          Petroleum oi4s afta ©fk obtained from bituminous
                                           minerals, other than crude ; preparations nut elsewhere
                                           specified or included, containing not less than 70%
                                           by weight ®f petroleum oils ©r of oils obtained £rom
                                           bituminous mmcralis, tfeese oHs being tHe basic constitu­
                                           ents of the preparations ;
                                                                                                                              I
                                           A. Light oils :
                                                                                                                              I
                                                                                                                              !
                                                Hi. For other purposes                                   Z7.t0-U ,
                                                                                                       17, 21 , 25, 29
                    I
                                           B. Médium oils :
                                            ' \ 111. For other purposes                                  27.10-34,
                                                                                                          38 , 39             I
                                           C. Heavy oils :
                                                                            i
                                                  I. Gasoifs :
                                                      c) For other purposes                              27.10-59
                                                 II . Fuel oils :
                                                      c) For other purposes                              27.10-69
                     !
                     i                          III . Lubricating oils ; other oils :
    I TN 1
                     I                                                                                                           183 750
                                                      c) To be mixed in accordance with the terms
                                                         of Additional Note 7 to this Chapter (a)        27.10-75
                                                      d) For other purposes                              27.10-79
                           27.11           Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons :
                                           A. Propane of a purity not less than 99 % :
                                                  I. For use as power or heating fuel                    27.11-0.1
                                                                                                                            I
                                           B. Oilier :
                                                  1. Commercial propaue and commercial butane t
                                                                                                                                  \
                                                      «) For other purposes                              27.11-19
                           27.12           Petroleum jelly :
                                          A. Crude :
                                                III. For other purposes                                  27.12-19
                                          B. Other                                                       27.12-90
                                                                                                                               I
(«) Entry under tbii tubhetding U lubject to conditions fo be determined br the competent authoritiei,
 ---pagebreak---                                                       - 2 -
                CCT                                                                Nlme *«
                                                                                               Ltvcl nf
   Order No   hetdin|                         Dcicriptlon                            codl       ceiling,
                 Ne                                                                          (metric - toni)
       «          i                               i                                   4            J
 I TN 1        27.13  Paraffin wax, micro-crystalline wax, (lack wax, ozoke­
 (cont'd)             rite, lignite wax, peat wax and other mineral waxei,
                      whether or not coloured :
                      B. Other :
                            I, Crude :
              * ,
                               c) For other purposes                              27.13-89
                           II. Other                                              27.13-90
              27.14   Petroleum bitumen, petroleum coke and other residues
                      of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous
            ,
                      minerals :
                      C. Other:
                           II. Other                                              27.14-99
I TN 2        45.02   Natural cork in blocks, plates, sheets or strips (including  45.02                52
                      cubes or square slabs, cur to size for corks or stoppers)   ail Nos
I TN 3        45.03   Articles or natural cork                                     45.03   I            52
                                                                                  ail Nos  1
         *
I TN 4        45.04   Agglomerated cork (being cork agglomerated with or           45.04            824
                      without a binding substance) and articles of agglomer­      ail Nos
                      ated cork
 ---pagebreak---  FINANCIAL             STATEMENT
 1 . Budget line concerned : Ch . 12 Art . 120
2 . Legal basis :    Art . 113
3 . Title of the tariff measure :
      Proposal for a Council Regulation ( EEC ) establishing certain ceilings and
      Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Algeria ,
     Morocco and Tunisia ( 1978 )
4 . Objectives :
    fulfilment of contractual obligation - Agreement EEC/Algeria- Morocco- Tunisia
5 . Method of calculation :
     -  No of CCT          : ex Chap . 27 ; 45.02 ; 45.03 ; 45.04
     -  Volume of the ceilings : 1 528 425 T
     -  Duty rate of the ceilings : duty free
     - Duty rate CCT       : 5.2 - 16/4
6 . Loss of receipts :     0-8 million UCE
                           according to the use of the ceilings ( estimate )