CELEX: 31973R3473
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-17 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3473/73 of the Council of 17 December 1973 establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Portugal

27. 12 . 73                             Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 356 /53
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 3473 /73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                     of 17 December 1973
                    establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating
                                                          in Portugal
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                          whereas this cooperation must be all the closer since
                                                                   the Commission must be able to take adequate
                                                                   measures      to   reintroduce    customs  tariff  duties
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                       whenever one of the ceilings has been reached ;
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 113 thereof;                                               Whereas, for the products which, in accordance with
                                                                   Articles 2 and 3 of the Agreement, are subject to the
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                normal timetable for the abolition of customs duties
                                                                   it is necessary to follow the trend of imports ; whereas
                                                                   to this end the Community should be empowered to
Whereas an Agreement (*) between the European                      take, where appropriate, measures to avoid any
Economic Community and the Portuguese Republic                     prejudice to industry in the Community and whereas
was signed on 22 July 1972 ;                                       it is, therefore, desirable that imports of these
                                                                   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
duties in respect of the products to which the                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Agreement applies ; whereas by way of derogation
from these Articles, Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol No 1
annexed to the Agreement lay down that, for imports                                          Article 1
of certain products listed in Annex B to that
Protocol, the reduction of duties shall be limited to               1.    From 1 January 1974 to 31 December 1974,
indicative ceilings above which the customs duties                  imports of products originating in Portugal to which
applicable to third countries may be reintroduced ;                annual indicative ceilings are applied in accordance
whereas application of this last provision requires                 with Articles 1 and 2 and Annex B to Protocol No 1
that the Community be regularly informed of the                    to the Agreement between the European Economic
trend of imports of the products in question                        Community and the Portuguese Republic shall be
 originating in Portugal, whereas it is, therefore,                subjected to Community supervision.
desirable that imports of these products be subjected
to a system of supervision ;                                        The description of the products referred to in the
                                                                    preceding subparagraph, their tariff headings and
 Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of                statistic numbers and the levels of the indicative
 an administrative procedure based on setting off                   ceilings are given in Annex I.
imports of the products in question against the
indicative ceilings at Community level, as and when
 these products are submitted to the customs                        2 . Amounts shall be set off against the indicative
 authorities under cover of declarations that they have             ceilings as and when products are submitted to the
been made available for consumption ; whereas this                  customs authorities under cover of a declaration that
 administrative procedure must make provision for the               they have been made available for consumption and
 reintroduction of customs tariff duties as soon as the             accompanied by a movement certificate conforming
 ceilings have been reached at Community level ;                    to the rules contained in Protocol No 3 to the
                                                                    Agreement referred to in paragraph 1 .
 Whereas this administrative procedure requires close
 and particularly rapid cooperation between the                     Goods shall be set off against the indicative ceiling
 Member States and the Commission and whereas the                   only if the movement certificate has been submitted
                                                                    before    the   date   on  which    customs  duties   are
 latter must, in particular, be able to follow the
 progress of amounts set off against the indicative                 reimposed.
 ceilings and keep the Member States informed ;
                                                                    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
 O ) OJ No L 301 , 31 . 12. 1972, p . 10.                           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
                                                             to the rules contained in Protocol No 3 to the
3 . As soon as the ceilings have been reached,      the
Commission may issue a regulation reimposing        the      Agreement referred to in Article 1 shall be taken into
                                                             consideration .
customs duties provided for in Article 2 (7)         of
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 Portugal 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
                                                                                  I. N0RGAARD
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                                                    ANNEX 1
             LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION
                                                      IN 1974
                                                                                                       Level
                  CCT
    Order No  heading No                         Description                          Nimexe Code    of ceiling
                                                                                                  — metric tons
        i          2                                 3                                       4           5
     I P 1      45.02    Natural cork in blocks, plates, sheets or strips         45.02 - all Nos      1315
                         (including cubes or square slabs, cut to size for corks
                         or stoppers )
     I P2       45.03    Articles of natural cork                                 45.03 - all Nos     10 815
     IP3        45.04    Agglomerated cork (being cork agglomerated with or       45.04 - all Nos     11755
                         without a binding        substance)   and   articles  of
                         agglomerated cork
     IP4        55.05    Cotton yarn, not put up for retail sale                  55.05 - all Nos      8 460
     IP5        56.07    Woven fabrics of man-made fibres ( discontinuous or      56.07 - all Nos      2 395
                         waste)
     I P6       57.10    Woven fabrics of jute or of other textile bast fibres of 57.10 - all Nos      3 970
                         heading No 57.03
     I P 7      59.04    Twine, cordage, ropes and cables, plaited or not         59.04 - all Nos      8 470
     I P 8      60.04    Under garments, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or     60.04 - all Nos      3 025
                         rubberized
     I P9       60.05    Outer garments and other articles,          knitted   or 60.05 - all Nos          730
                         crocheted, not elastic or rubberized
     IP 10      61.01    Men's and boys' outer garments                           61.01 - all Nos          915
     IP 11       61.02   Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments              61.02 - all Nos          280
     IP 12       61.03   Men's and boys' under garments, including collars,       61.03 - all Nos       1060
                         shirt fronts and cuffs
     IP 13       61.04   Women's, girls' and infants' under garments              61.04 - all Nos           90
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                                                   ANNEX 11
                         LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2
               CCT
  Order No                                             Description                                  Nimexe Code
            heading No
      1         2                                          3                                              4
  II P 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 P 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 P 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
   II P 4     55.08    Terry towelling and similar terry fabrics, of cotton                     55.08 - all Nos
   II P 5     56.05    Yarn of man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste), not put up for         56.05 - all Nos
                       retail sale
   II P 6     57.06    Yarn of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading No 57.03         57.06 - all Nos
   II P 7      62.02   Bed linen, table linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen ; curtains and    62.02 - all Nos
                       other furnishing articles
               62.03   Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods :
   II P 8              A. Of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading No 57.03           62.03-11 , 13 , 15 , 17
                       B. Of other textile materials :
   II P 9                  II. Other                                                            62.03-95 , 96, 97, 98
   II P 10     68.01   Road and paving setts, curbs and flagstones, of natural stone (except    68.01 - all Nos
                       slate)
   II P 11     68.03 • Worked slate and articles of slate, including articles of agglomerated   68.03 - all Nos
                       slate