CELEX: 31986R4122
Language: en
Date: 1986-12-22 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 4122/86 of 22 December 1986 establishing ceilings and Community surveillance of imports of certain textile products originating in Cyprus (1987)

31 . 12 . 86                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 380 / 39
                                             COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) No 4122 / 86
                                                            of 22 December 1986
                    establishing ceilings and Community surveillance of imports of certain textile products
                                                        originating in Cyprus ( 1987)
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                                the tariff measure in question therefore applies to the
                                                                           Community of Ten ;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Economic Community , and in particular Article 113                       Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of an
  thereof,                                                                 administrative procedure based on charging imports of the
                                                                           products in question against the ceilings at Community
                                                                           level as and when the products are entered with customs
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,                      authorities for free circulation ; whereas this administrative
                                                                           procedure must make provision for the possibility of
                                                                           customs tariff duties being reintroduced as soon as the
  Whereas under Article 2 of Annex I to the Agreement                      ceilings are reached at Community level ;
  establishing an association between the European
  Economic Community and the Republic of Cyprus ( ! ), the
  arrangements applicable to trade with Cyprus , as last                   Whereas this administrative procedure requires close and
  amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 3700 / 83 ( 2 ), provide                 particularly rapid cooperation between Member States and
  for 1984 the exemption of customs duties for :                           the Commission and the latter must in particular be able to
                                                                           follow the progress of quantities charged against the
                                                                           ceilings and keep Member States informed ; whereas this
  — man-made fibres ( discontinuous or waste ), carded ,
                                                                           cooperation has to be all the more close since the
       combed or otherwise prepared for spinning , falling
                                                                           Commission must be able to take the appropriate measures
       within heading No 56.04 of the Common Customs
       Tariff, and for
                                                                          to reintroduce customs tariff duties if one of the ceilings is
                                                                           reached ,
 — men's and boys' outer garments falling within heading
       No 61.01 of the Common Customs Tariff,
                                                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Within the limits of annual ceilings respectively of 100
 tonnes and 525 tonnes above which the customs duties
 actually appplied to third countries may be reintroduced                                               Article 1
 until the end of the calendar year;
                                                                          1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1987 imports into the
                                                                          Community of Ten of the products listed in the Annex and
 Whereas , pending the definition of arrangements applicable              originating in Cyprus shall be subject to annual ceilings and
 beyond 31 December 1984 it is necessary to extend                        Community surveillance .
 provisionally for 1987 the arrangements which the
 Community applies currently to trade with Cyprus on the
 basis of the abovementioned provisions ; whereas ,                       The description of the products referred to in the first
 therefore , the ceilings for 1987 must be established ;                  subparagraph , their tariff headings and statistical numbers
 whereas the application of ceilings requires that the                    and the ceilings shall be as set out in the Annex .
 Community be regularly informed on imports of the
 products in question originating in Cyprus ; whereas it is
 therefore desirable that imports of these products be                    2 . Quantities shall be charged against the ceilings as and
 subjected to a system of surveillance ;                                  when products are entered with customs authorities for free
                                                                          circulation and accompanied by a movement certificate in
                                                                          accordance with the rules contained in the Protocol
 Whereas , in the absence of a protocol such as that provided             concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating
 for in Articles 179 and 366 of the Act of Accession of Spain             products' and methods of administrative cooperation
 and Portugal , the Community must take the measures                      annexed to the Additional Protocol to the Agreement
referred to in Articles 180 and 367 of the said Act ; whereas             establishing an association between the European
                                                                          Economic Community and Cyprus ( 3 ).
(') OJ No L 133 , 21 . 5 . 1973 , p . 2 .
( 2 ) OJ No L 369 , 30 . 12 . 1983 , p . 1 .                             ( 3 ) OJ No L 339 , 28 . 12 . 1977 , p . 19 .
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Goods may be charged against the ceiling only if the                     4.   Member States shall forward to the Commission not
movement certificate is submitted before the date on which               later than the 15th day of each month statements of the
customs duties are reimposed .                                           quantities charged during the preceding month . If the
                                                                         Commission so requests , they shall provide such
The extent to which a ceiling is used up shall be determined             statements for periods of 10 days and forward them within
at Community level on the basis of the imports charged                   five clear days of the end of each 10-day period .
against it in the manner defined in the first and second
subparagraphs .
                                                                                                   Article 2
Member States shall inform the Commission               at the
intervals and within the time limits specified in paragraph 4            The Commission shall take all appropriate measures , in
of imports effected in accordance with the above                         close cooperation with the Member States for the purposes
procedures .                                                             of applying this Regulation .
3 . As soon as the ceilings are reached , the Commission
may adopt a Regulation reimposing until the end of the                                             Article 3
calendar year the customs duties applicable to third
countries .                                                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1987 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels , 22 December 1986 .
                                                                                              For the Council
                                                                                               The President
                                                                                                 G. SHAW
                                                               ANNEX
                                          List of products subject to import ceilings in 1987
                   CCT                                                                                                          Level
     Serial                                                                                                  NIMEXE
                 heading                                     Description                                        code        of ceiling
      No
                    No                                                                                                       ( tonnes )
       1             2                                           3                                                4               5
    14.0010       56.04      Man-made fibres ( discontinuous or waste ), carded , combed or otherwise         56.04­             100
                             prepared for spinning                                                            all Nos
    14.0020       61.01      Men's and boys' outer garments                                                   61.01­            525
                                                                                                              all Nos