CELEX: 51976PC0489
Language: en
Date: 1976-09-24
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) fixing indicative ceilings and establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Austria (1977)#Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) fixing indicative ceilings and establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Finland (1977)#Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Iceland (1977)#Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) fixing indicative ceilings and establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Norway (1977)#Proposal for a t COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) fixing indicative ceilings and establishing Community supversion of imports of certain products originating in Portugal (1977)#Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) fixing indicative ceilings and establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Sweden (1977)#Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) , establishing Community supervsion of imports of certain products originating in Switzerland (1977)#DRAFT OF DECISION OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL establishing supervision of imports of certain products originating in Austria (1977)#DRAFT OF DECISION OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL establishing supervision of imports of certain products originating in Sweden (1977) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                              COM(76)489 final            ^
                                              Brussels , 24 September 1976
                                 Proposal for a                       >
                        l v COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
      fixing indicative ceilings and establishing Community supervision
      of imports of certain products originating in Austria ( 1977)
                                 Proposal for a
                            COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
      fixing indicative ceilings and establishing Community supervision
      of imports of certain products originating in Finland ( 1977 )
                                 Proposal for a
                            COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
      establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products
      originating in Iceland ( 1977 )                          t
                                 Proposal for a
                            COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
      fixing indicative ceilings and establishing Community supervision
      of imports of certain products originating in Norway ( 1977 )
                                 Proposal for a         t
                            COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
      fixing indicative ceilings and establishing Community supversion
    - of imports of certain products originating in Portugal ( 1977 )       h
                                 Proposal for a                           ,
                            COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                          ,                                                   I
      fixing indicative ceilings and establishing Community supervision
   / of imports of certain products originating in Sweden ( 1977 )      ,
                                 Proposal for a
                            COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
,     establishing Community supervsion of imports of certain products
      originating in Switzerland ( 1977 )
                      DRAFT OF DECISION OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
                      GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN
                   COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY , MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL
      establishing supervision of imports of certain products originating
      in Austria ( 1977 )
                      DRAFT OF DECISION OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
              . •<    GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN
                   COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY , MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL
      establishing supervision of imports of certain products originating
      in Sweden ( 1977 )
                    ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
                                                                      /
      C0M(76 ) 489 final
 ---pagebreak---                                    EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
     The proposals for Regulations joint hereto have as their objective
    "«• to establish indicative oeilings to be applied in 1977 for importp
        of oertain produots originating in the EFTA-oountries {
     – to attribute to the Commission the oompetence to reestablish customs
        duties under oertain conditions ;
     «• to establish a system of surveillance relating , to imports of produots
      . whioh are or are not subjeot to oeilings *
A * toreements between the EEC and the non-applicant EFTA countries
     1 » The Agreements oonoluded by the EEC with Austria, Finland, Ireland, '
         Norway , Portugal , Sweden and Switzerland specially provide for the   .
         phased abolition of oustoms duties , entailing five reductions eaoh ofj
         20 io during a transitional period extending until 1 July 1977 *
         Exceptionally, Articles 1 and 2 of the Protocols n® 1 annexed to these
         Agreements stipulate that , for a oertain number of products , this
         abolition of duties is to be achieved by smaller reductions of duties
         over longer transitional periods * Furthermore , another provision in
         this Protocol is that imports of some of these produots to whioh these
         epeoial tariff arrangements apply shall be subjeot to indicative oeilinga
         above whioh the oustoms duties applicable to non-member oountries may
         be reintroduced until the end of the oalendar year *
 ---pagebreak--- • •implementation of these two provisions I
   ( a) annual target ceilings , and
   (b) reintroduction of customs duties ,
  implies the adoption of precise common rules to be applied uniformly
  by an Member States. These requirements may be met by the establishment
  of a community system of supervision of aotual imports from e&ch of
     e „-> nrtner oountries . To this end, the Member States should take appro­
 priate measures to permit the rapid colleotion of statistical returns
 at Community level. In this connection it is necessary to take into ' '
      ount only imports of the produots in question as and when they are
 submitted to the customs authorities under the cover of a declaration
 of entry for home use and acoompanied by a movement oertifioate con­
 forming to the rules oontained in the! Agreement referred to under 1
 ---pagebreak---                                                      2
     These returns should bo drawn up by each Member State at the end of
     every month and forwarded "by the fifteens day of the following month
     to the Commission so as to enable the latter to communioate by telex
     to all the Member States the overall , produot-by-produot returns for
     the imports in question in the preceding month *                                The system of
     supervision will require of the responsible departments of the Member
     States and the Commission diligenoe and olose cooperation *
    The following system would be adopted for setting in train maohinery to
    reintroduce duties t if one of the overall monthly returns drawn                                                                                 • •
    up by the Commission revealed that 75 # of the ceiling fixed for a given .
    product had been reached , consultations oould be held , for example in
    the Working Party on Economic Tariff Problems , either &t the request
    of a Member State or upon tho Commission 's initiative# The aim cf these
    consultations would bo to examine, case by oase, the reintroduotion or not V,
  : of the levying of customs duties applicable to non-member oountrien onoe
.. the target oeiling is aotually reaohed*
   Monthly returns would still be made in respeot of imports of the produot in
   question or, if it is requested by the Commission by telex at intervals of
   ten days * The set term for the transmission of this last mentioned
   information is five days * In this conditions , the Commission would be
   able to take, within the shortest possible time, measures leading to the
   reintroduotion, by regulation, of customs duties in respeot of the partner
 country unfcil the end of the calendar year* Xxi the above "hypothesis , the
 rointroductiou of the levying of oustoms duties on the. produot .under • '
 consideration would , naturally, be effected within the time-limit fixed .
by tlie regulation, putting an end to the reduotion of duties provided                                                                             /
 for in the Protocols a° 1 *                       ,     T 1 *.             •.                                                                            '
As far as application of the rule on oeilings and reintroduotion of duties
is oonoorned, tho attaohed proposals make,* p*6vieiona foi*. conferring powers
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 ---pagebreak---                                          M 3 •*
        The proposed regulations do no more than outline how these powers
         are to be exeroised so that , in consultation with the Member States ,
         the machinery to be set in train may be adapted flexibly and rapidly*
        Furthermore , it is likewise with a view to maximum efficiency and rapi­
        dity that the proposed regulations lay down that it would be up to tho
        Commission to reintroduce , in respect of the partner country, the
        levying of the duties applicable to non-member countries#
                                                                           V
B * Agreements between the ECSC and the non~aT>T>licant EFTA countries
                                                                        •            '   *
        In addition to the Agreements between the EEC and the non-applicant
        EFTA countries , Agreements were conoluded at the same time between
        the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community and the
       European Coal and Steel Community on the one hand, and those EFTA
                     o
                                                                                    '
       countries on the other hand*'
       The above considerations are valid mutatis mutandis for these Ag*"«®- •
       ments , the sole difference being that only the Protocols annexed to
        the A greements with Austria and Sweden make provision for the appli- '
       cation of indicative ceilings to certeLin produots and for a possible
       reintroduction of oustoms duties * Another speoial feature is that , as
f . far as these ceilings are concerned, Article 2 of each of the Proto** .
     '                                                       ,                             .1
       cola in question refers to the contents of Annex C to each Protocol
       to the EEC agreements , for there are no speoial ceilings for ECSC
       products * For reasons of simplification , the EEC and ECSC produots •              \
  . falling within the one tariff heading in question (73*15) have been
       placed together under four single oeilings *                          •
C* Finally, as in the oase of             • analogous agreements whioh were
       adopted for the year 197 7, the following statement might be recorded
       in the Council Report on the ocoasion of the adoption of the mentioned
       agreement :
            'La décision de rétablir les droits de douane , pou* le reste de
             l' année en cours , lorsqu' un plafond est 'atteint , *st prise à         •
             l' initiative de la Commission ou immédiatement ei tta Etat «sobre , ;
             le demande*'.'      ••
   --- . - - • -              --- - - ' " - "    " -- -- •••                 • ••/•••
   AMEXES t
           •• 7 proposals of Regulations of the Counoil
           •* 2 drafts of Decisions •               '    v1        '
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                                       ANNEX A
                                                             Proposal for a
                                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                    establishing indicative ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain
                                           products originating in Austria (197? )
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of
                                                                  an administrative procedure based on setting off
                                                                  imports of the products in question against the
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­              indicative ceilings at Community level, as and when
  pean Economic Community, and in particular                      these products are submitted to the customs auth­
  Article 113 thereof,                                            orities under cover of declarations that they have
                                                                  been made available for consumption ; whereas this
                                                                  administrative procedure must make provision for
                                                                  the reintroduction of customs tariff duties as soon as
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,              the ceilings have been reached at Community level ;
  Whereas an Agreement between the European
  Economic Community and the Republic of Austria (')             Whereas this administrative procedure requires close
  was signed on 22 July 1972:                                    and particularly rapid cooperation between the
                                                                 Member States and the Commission ; whereas the
                                                                 latter must, in particular, be able to follow the pro­
  Whereas Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol 1 annexed to              gress of amounts set off against the indicative ceilings <
 this Agreement make provision for a specific time­              and keep the Member States informed ; whereas this
 table for the progressive abolition of customs duties           cooperation must be all the closer since the Com- .
 in respect of the products to which the Agreement               mission must be able to take adequate measures to
 applies; whereas under Article 3 of that Protocol the           re-introduce customs tariff duties whenever one of the
 imports of these products are limited to annual                 ceilings has been reached ;
 indicative ceilings above which the customs duties
 applicable to third countries may be re-introduced;
 whereas, however, under Article 3 (b) the Community .           Whereas the trend of imports should be followed
 has to suspend the application of certain ceilings;             for certain products for which, under Article 3 of
                                                                 Protocol 1, the Community has suspended the
                                                                 application of ceilings and for products which are
                                                                 not subject to the ceiling system ; whereas it is there­
                                                                 fore desirable that imports of such products should
                                                                 be subject to supervision,
 whereas, therefore, the ceilings to. be applied in 1977
must be established; whereas in this situation it is
also necessary that the Commission be regularly                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
informed of the trend of the imports of the products
in question and, in consequence, it is necessary to
subject these imports to supervision;
                                                                                         Article Î
( ) OJ No L 300, 31. 12. 1972, p. 1.                            1 . From 1 January until 31 December 1977, imports
                                                                of products originating in Austria and indicated in
 ---pagebreak---                                                      - 2 -
   Annex I to this Regulation shall be subject to                4. Member States shall forward to the Commission
  indicative ceilings and to Community supervision.              not later than the 15th day of each month statements
                                                                 of the amounts set off during the preceding month.
  The description of the products referred to in the             They shall, if the Commission so requests, make
  preceding subparagraphs, their tariff headings and             up such statements for periods of 10 days and for­
  statistic numbers and the levels of the indicative             ward them within five clear days of expiry of the
  ceilings are given in Annex I.                                 preceding 10-day period.
  2. Amounts shall be set off against the indicative                                    Article 2
  ceilings as and when products are submitted to the
  customs authorities under cover of a declaration that          From 1 January until 31 December 1977, imports
 they have been made available for consumption and              of the products referred to in Annex II which
 accompanied by a movement certificate conforming               originate in Austria shall be subject to Community
 to the rules contained in Protocol 3 to the Agreement.         supervision.
 Goods shall be set off against the indicative ceiling          Member States shall forward to the Commission not
 only if the movement certificate has been submitted            later than the 15th day of each month statements of
 before the date on which customs duties are                    imports of the products in question effected during
 reimposed.                                                     the preceding month; to this end, only products
                                                                submitted to the customs authorities under cover
 The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at               of a declaration that they have been made available
 Community level on the basis of imports set off                for consumption and accompanied by a 'movement
against it in the manner defined in the preceding               certificate conforming to the rules contained in
subparagraphs.                                                  Protocol 3 to the Agreement shall be taken into
                                                                consideration.
The Member States shall periodically inform the                                        Article 3
Commission of imports effected in accordance with
the above rules; such information shall be supplied             For the implementation of this Regulation the Com­
under the conditions laid down in paragraph 4.                 mission shall take all necessary measures in close
                                                                cooperation with the Member States.
3. As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the
Commission may issue a Regulation reimposing the                                       Article 4
customs duties provided for in Article 3 (f) of
Protocol 1 to the Agreement until the end of the               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
calendar year.                                                  1977.
               This  Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
              Done at Brussels.
                                                                                For the Council
                                                                                 The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                        - 3 -
                                                                                                                                 ANNEX A
                                                                  ANNEX I
               LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION
                                                                   IN 197 7
                                                                                                                        Level
 Order              CCT                                                                                               of ceiling
                                                           Description                       Nimexe code
   No           heading No                                                                                           (metric tons)
    1                 2                                          3                                 4               !
                                                                                                                   i
                                                                                                                           »
                   48.01           Paper and paperboard (including cellulose
                                   wadding), machine-made, in rolls or sheets:
                                        C. Kraft paper and Kraft board:
                                             ex II. Other:
                                                     – Excluding Kraftliner (a) and     48.01-08, 09, 11 , 12,           17 / 013
                                                         Kraft paper for large bags (a)        13, 17, 19, 25 ,
                                                                                               26, mm 29>
                                                                                               33
                                    ex E. Other:
                                                                                        48.01-58, 61 , 62, 66             63,653
                                             – Bible paper (India paper), copying
                                                 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°/o (a)                                             36,623
                                             – Printing paper and writing paper,         48.01-64, 6ÇfcfJ
                                                 containing mechanical wood pulp (a),
                                                  excluding copying tissue
                    48.07           Paper and paperboard, impregnated, coated,
                                    surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed
                                     (not being merely ruled, lined or squared and
                                    not constituting printed matter within Chapter
                                     49), in rolls or sheets:
                                     B. Other:
                                                                                          48.07-57, 58 , 59
                                                                                                                            36,457
                                          – Coated printing or writing paper
                                                                                          48.07-55, 56, 64, 65,
                                                                                                                            13,321
                                          – Other
                                                                                                66 , 68 , 70, 81 ,
                                                                                                85, 91 , 97, 99
                    48.15             Other paper and paperboard, cut to size or
                                      shape:
                                                                                          48.15-10, 21 , 29, 30,             18,717
                                      B. Other
                                                                                                 40, 50, 61 , 65 ,
                                                                                                 95,99
                     73.02            Ferro-alloys:
                                      ex G. Other:                                                                                 294
                                                                                           73.02-81
                                               – Ferro-molybdenum
W Subject to compliance with the definitions given in Annex III.
 ---pagebreak---                                                             - A -                                           ANNEX A
       Ordcr                                                                                                        Level
                         CCT
        No           heading No                                 Description                 Nimexc code           of ceiling
                                                                                                                (metric tons)
                        73.15           Alloy steel and high-carbon steel in the forms
                                        mentioned in: heading Nos 73.06 to 73.14:
                                       B. Alloy steel : •
    I A8                                    – High-speed (a)                           73.71-14 , 24, 54, 94     3,889 ( 1 )
                                                                                       73.73-14, 24, 34, 54
                                                                                       73.74-54
                                                                                       73.75-24, 34, 44, 54,
                                                                                             64, 84
                                                                                       73.76-14
    I A9                                    – Other                                    73.71-19 , 21 , 29, 55,  59.295 ( 1 )
                                                                                             56 , 59, 99
                                                                                       73.72-11 , 19, 39
                                                                                       73.73-19, 25, 26 ,  29,
                                                                                             35, 36, 39,   49,
                                                                                             55 , 59, 72,  74,
                                                                                             89
                                                                                       73.74-21 , 29, 51 , 52,
                                                                                             59, 72, 74, 89 ,
                                                                                             90
                                                                                       73.75-11 , 19, 29, 39,
                                                                                             49, 59, 69, 79,
                                                                                             89 , 99
                                                                                       73.76-15, 16, 19
(a) Subject to compliance with the definitions given in Annex III.
(') Including products covered by the ECSC Treaty.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                               - 5 -                                                 ANNEX A
                                                                                                                                     »
                                                                   ANNEX 11
                                        LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2
        Order             CCT
                                                                        Description                              Nimexe code
         No            heading No
         1         I        »                                                3                                         4
    II A 1               44.18             Reconstituted wood, being wood shavings, wood chips,             44.18-all Nos
                                           sawdust, wood flour or other ligneous waste agglomerated
                                           with natural or artificial resins or other organic binding
                                           substances, in sheets, blocks or the like
                         48.01             Paper and        paperboard    (including cellulose wadding),
                                            machine made, in rolls or sheets:
                                           ex E. Other:
    II A 2                                         – Other, excluding cellulose wadding, tissues, fluting   48.01-41,43,45,52,
                                                        paper for corrugated paperboard (a) and sulphite          53 , 54, 55, 56,
                                                        paper for wrapping purposes (a)                           77, 82, 84, 86,
                                                                                                                  88,91,93,95,
                                                                                                                  97
                         56.01             Man-made fibres (discontinuous), not carded, combed or
                                           otherwise prepared for spinning:
   II A 3                                  B. Regenerated textile fibres                                    56.01-21,23 , 25,29
                                                                                                                                    t
                         73.02             Ferro-alloys:
                                           ex G. Other:
   II A4           I
                                                   – Ferro-vanadium                                         73.02-83
                   I     73.15             Alloy steel and high carbon steel in the forms mentioned in
                                           heading Nos 73.06 to 73.14:
    II A 5                                 A. High carbon steel                                             73.61-10, 20, 50, 90
                                                                                                            73.62-10, 30
                                                                                                            73.63-10, 21,29, 50,
                                                                                                                  72,74,79
                                                                                                            73.64-20, 50, 72, 75,
                                                                                                                  79, 90
                                                                                                            73.65-21,23 , 25, 53,
                                                                                                                  55,70,81,83
                                                                      /
                                                                                                            73.66-40, 81 , 86, 89
                                           B. Alloy steel:                              <
   II A 6                                      – Stainless or refractory (J) (a)                            73.71-13 , 23, 53,93
                                                                                                            73.72-13 , 33
                                                                                                            73.73-13, 23 , 33, 43,
                                                                                                                  53 , 83
                                                                                                            73.74-23 , 53, 83
                                                                                                            73.75-23 , 33 , 43 , 53,
                                                                                                                  63 , 73, 83 , 93
                                                                                                            73.76-13
                         76.01             Unwrought aluminium; aluminium waste and scrap:
   II A 7                                  A. Unwrought                                                     76.01-11 , 15
(a) Subject to compliance with the definitions given in Annex III.
0) Including products covered by the ECSC Treaty.
                                    __                                                                    ;                        l
 ---pagebreak---                             - 6 -                                                ANNEX A
                                         ANNEX III
                                       DEFINITIONS
 ex 48.01 C II     Kraftlincr
                   'Kraftliner' means machine-finished or machinc-glazed paper or
                   paperboard, in rolls, containing not less than 80% of chemical sulphate
                   softwood pulp calculated on total fibre content, weighing more than 115
                   g/ma and having a Mullen burst ratio of not less than 35.
 cx 48.01 C II     Kraft paper for large sacks
                    Kraft paper for large sacks' means machine-finished paper, in foils,
         <         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 for 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.
e* 73.15 B       Alloy steel, stainless or heat-resisting
                 'Alloy steel, stainless or heat-resisting' means alloy steel, containing, by
                 weight 12% or more of chromium, with or without other alloy
            ,    elements, and less than 1% of carbon.
ex 73.15 B       High-speed alloy steel
                 'High-speed alloy steel' means alloy steel containing, with or without
                 other alloy elements, at least two of the following three elements : tungsten
                 (wolfram), molybdenum and vanadium with a total content, by weight, of
                 not less than 7% of these elements taken together, and containing more
                 than 0-6% , by weight, of carbon.
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                                                      Proposal for a
                                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                   establishing indicative ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain
                                          products originating in Finland (197 ^
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES.                       the reintroduction of customs tariff duties as soon as
                                                                 the ceilings have been reached at Community level;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­             Whereas this administrative procedure requires close
  pean Economic Community, and in particular                     and particularly rapid cooperation between the
  Article 113 thereof,                                           Member States and the Commission ; whereas the
                                                                 latter must, in particular, be able to follow the pro­
                                                                 gress of amounts set off against the indicative ceilings
  Having regard to the proposal from the .Commission,            and keep the Member States informed; whereas this
                                                                 cooperation must be all the closer since the Com­
 Whereas an Agreement between the European                       mission must be able to take adequate measures to
                                                                 re-introduce customs tariff duties whenever one of the
 Economic Community and the Republic of Finland (*)
  was signed on 5 October 1973 ;                                 ceilings has been reached;
                                                                Whereas the trend of imports should be followed ,
 Whereas Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol 1 annexed to               for certain products for which, under Article 3 of
 this Agreement make provision for a specific time­             Protocol 1 , the Community has suspended the
 table for the progressive abolition of customs duties          application of ceilings and for products which are
 in respect of the products to which the Agreement              not subject to the ceiling system ; whereas it is there­
 applies; whereas under Article 3 of that Protocol the          fore desirable that imports of such products should
 imports of these products are limited to annual                 be subject to supervision,
 indicative ceilings above which the customs duties
 applicable to third countries may be re-introduced;
whereas, however, under Article 3 (b) the Community
has to suspend the application of certain ceilings;             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                                                        Article 1
                                                                 1 . From 1 January until 31 December 1977 imports
whereas, therefore, the ceilings to be applied in 197 7         of products originating in Finland and indicated in
must be established; whereas in this situ."           it is-    Annex I to this Regulation shall be subject to
also necessary that the Commission be regularly                 indicative ceilings and to Community supervision.
informed of the trend of the imports of the products
in question and, in consequence, it is necessary to
subject these imports to supervision;                           The description of the products referred to in the
                                                                preceding subparagraphs, their tariff headings and
                                                                statistic numbers and the levels of the indicative
Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of              ceilings are given in Annex I.
an administrative procedure based on setting off
imports of the products in question against the                 2. Amounts shall be set off against the indicative
indicative ceilings at Community level, as and when             ceilings as and when products are submitted to the
these products are submitted to the customs auth­               customs authorities under cover of a declaration that
orities under cover of declarations that they have              they have been made available for consumption and
been made available for consumption; whereas this               accompanied by a movement certificate conforming
administrative procedure must make provision for                to the rules contained in Protocol 3 to the Agreement.
                                                                Goods shall be set off against the indicative ceiling
(') OJ No L 328, 28. 11. 1973, p. 2.                            only if the movement certificate has been submitted
 ---pagebreak---                                                 - 2 -                                          ANNEX B
before the date on which customs         duties  are                                Article 2
reimposed.
                                                           From 1 January until 31 December 1977, imports
                                                           of the products referred to in Annex II which
The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at           originate in Finland shall be subject to Community
Community level on the basis of imports set off            supervision.
against it in the manner defined in the preceding
subparagraphs.                                              Member States shall forward to the Commission not
                                                            later than the 15th day of each month statements of
The Member States shall periodically inform the             imports of the products in question effected during
Commission of imports effected in accordance with           the preceding month; to this end, only products
                                                            submitted to the customs authorities under cover
the above rules; such information shall be supplied
                                                            of a declaration - that they have been made available
under the conditions laid down in paragraph 4.
                                                            for consumption and accompanied by a movement
                                                            certificate conforming to the rules contained in
3. As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the           Protocol 3 to • the Agreement shall be taken into
Commission may issue a Regulation reimposing the            consideration.
customs duties provided for in Article 3 (f) of
Protocol 1 to the Agreement until the end of the                                     Article 3
calendar year.
                                                            For the implementation of this Regulation the Com­
4. Member States shall forward to the Commission            mission shall take all necessary measures in close
not later than the 15th day of each month statements         cooperation with the Member States.
of the amounts set off during the preceding month.
They shall, if the Commission so requests, make                                      Article 4
up such statements for periods of 10 days and for­
ward them within five clear days of expiry of the            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
 preceding 10-day period.                                    1977.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels.
                                                                              For the Council
                                                                                The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                            - 3 -                                            ANNEX B
                                                                     ANNEX I
                   LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION
                                                                      IN 1977
                       CCT                                                                                             Level
                    heading No                                 Description                      Nimexe code          of ceiling
                                                                                                                   'metric tons)
                      48.01            Paper and paperboard (including cellulose
                                       wadding), machine-made, in rolls or sheets:
                                            C. Kraft paper and Kraft board:
                                                II. Other:
                                                    – Kraftliner (a)                                                  254.642
                                                                                           48.01-15, 21,t^;5T
                                                    – Kraft paper for large bags (a)       48.01-16, 23. 3. 2    .    ceiling delayed
                                                    – Other                                48.01-08,09, 11 , 12,      ceiling delayed
                                                                                                 13 , 17, 19, 25,
                                                                                                 26 , BSsSm 29,
                                                                                                 33
                                       ex E. Other:
                                                – Bible paper (India paper), copying       48.01-58 , 61 , 62, 66
                                                                                                                        33,319
                                                    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)
                                                – Printing paper and writing paper,        48.01-64, 6J £,$
                                                                                                                      ceiling delayed
                                                    containing mechanical wood pulp (a),
                                                    excluding copying tissue
                                                – Fluting paper for corrugated             48.01-75                   ceiling delayed
                                                    paperboard (a)
                                                – Sulphite        paper     for   wrapping 48.01-71 , 73              ceiling delayed
                                                    purposes (a)
                                                – Other, excluding cellulose wadding       48.01-41,43,45,52,         207,389
                                                    and tissues                                  53 , 54, 55, 56,
                                                                                                 77, 82, 84, 86,
                                                                                                 88,91,93,95,
                                                                                                 97
                      48.03            Parchment or greaseproof paper and                  48.03-all Nos              ceiling delayed
                                       paperboard, 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:
                                       B. Other                                            48.05-21 , 29, 30, 50,        45,070
                                                                                                 80
w) Subject to compliance with the definitions given in Annex III.
 ---pagebreak---                                    - 4 -                                           ANNEX B
            CCT                                                                                Level
   Order
                                         Description                    Nimexe code          of ceiling
    No   heading No
                                                                                            (metric tons)
     i        2                               3                               4                   S
           48.07    Paper and paperboard, impregnated, coated,
                    surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed
                    (not being merely ruled, 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          45,752
I SF 12                 – Other                                    48.07-55, 56, 64, 65,     181-624
                                                                         66, 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,         14,396
                                                                         40, 50, 61 , 65,
                                                                         95, 99
           73.02    Ferro-alloys:
I SF 14             E. Ferro-chromium and ferro-silicochromium     73.02-51 , 55
                                                                                           I        , 860
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                                 ANNEX B
                                                  ANNEX II
                        LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2
   Order     CCT
    No    heading No                                   Description                              Nimexe code
         ιιι    . .  ,
              2                                            3                                          4
II SF 1     44.15        Plywood, blockboard, laminboard, battenboard and similar          44.15-all Nos
                         laminated wood products (including veneered panels and                         4
                         sheets); inlaid wood and wood marquetry
II SF 2     44.18        Reconstituted wood, being wood shavings, wood chips, saw­         44.18-alI Nos
                         dust, 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        48.09-all Nos
                         or not 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
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                          ANNEX B
                                        ANNEX 111
                                      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 115
                  g/ma 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/m1 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 for 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.
                                         (
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                                flNNEX C
                                                  Proposal for a
                                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No
                 establishing Community supervision for imports of certain products originating in
                                                   Iceland (1977;
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                    desirable that imports of such products should be
                                        '                    subject to supervision,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
 European Economic Community, and in particular                    ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
 Article 113 thereof,
                                                                                      Article 1
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,          From 1 january until 31 December 1977, imports of
                                                             products originating in Iceland and indicated in the
Whereas an Agreement between the European                    Annex to this Regulation shall be subject to
Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland (')           Community supervision,
 was signed on 22 July 1972;
                                                             Member States shall forward to the Commission not
Whereas Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol 1 annexed to            later than the 15th daY of each month statements
this Agreement make provision for a specific time-         , of imPorts of the products in question effected during
table for the progressive abolition of customs duties        the Preceding month; to this end, only products •
in respect of the products to which the Agreement            submitted to the customs authorities under cover
applies; whereas under Article 3 of that Protocol the        of a declaration that they have been made available
imports of these products are limited to annual              for consumption and accompanied by a movement
indicative ceilings above which the customs duties           certificate conforming to the rules contained in
applicable to third countries may be re-introduced;          Protocol 3 to the Agreement shall be taken into
whereas, however, under Article 3 (b) the Com-               consideration,
munity has to suspend the application of certain
ceilings; whereas in the light of the current situation                               Article 2
of the trade in these products and its likely develop-       c       i        i               t i_- T>  I
ment in 1977, " does not seem desirable to establish                the - lmPle™nta"on °f this Ration the
indicative ceilings for this year;                       '   Commission      shall take all necessary measures in
                                                             close cooperation with the Member States.
Whereas the trend of imports should be followed                                       Article 3
for certain products for which, under Article 3 of
Protocol 1, the Community has suspended the                  This Regulation shall enter into -force on
application of ceilings; whereas it is therefore              1 January 1977 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels,
                                                                                For the Council
                                                                                 The President
(') OJ No L 301, 31. 12. 1972, p. 1.
                      %
 ---pagebreak---                                        - 2 -                         ANNEX C
                                         ANNEX
    Ordet    CCT
     No   beading No                         Description                 Nimexe code
     1         2                                 3                              4
            76.01    Unwrought aluminium; aluminium waste and scrap:
                      .1
II ISL 1             A. Unwrought                                    76.01-11 , 15
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                                    ANNEX D
                                                      Propoool Tor o
                                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No
                    establishing indicative ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain
                                          products originating in Norway (1977 ^
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       the reintroduction of customs tariff duties as soon as
                                                                 the ceilings have been reached at Community level ;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
  pean Economic Community, and in particular                     Whereas this administrative procedure requires close
  Article 113 thereof,                                           and particularly rapid cooperation between the
                                                                 Member States and the Commission; whereas the
                                                                 latter must, in particular, be able to follow the pro­
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,             gress of amounts set off against the indicative ceilings
                                                                 and keep the Member States informed; whereas this
                                                                 cooperation must be all the closer since the Com­
  Whereas an Agreement between the European                      mission must be able to take adequate measures to
  Economic Community and the Kingdom of Nor­                     re-introduce customs tariff duties whenever one of the
  way ( ') was signed on 14 May 1973 ;                           ceilings has been reached;
  Whereas Articles 1 , 2 and 3 of Protocol 1 annexed to          Whereas the trend of imports should be followed ,
 this Agreement make provision for a specific time­              for certain products for which, under Article 4 of
 table for the progressive abolition of customs duties           Protocol 1 , the Community has suspended the
in respect of the products to which the Agreement                application of ceilings and for products which are
  applies; whereas under Article 4 of that Protocol the          not subject to the ceiling system; whereas it is there­
imports of these products are limited to annual                  fore desirable that imports of such products should
indicative ceilings above which the customs duties               be subject to supervision,
applicable to third countries may be re-introduced;
whereas, however, under Article 4 (b) the Community
has to suspend the application of certain ceilings;              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                        Article 1
                                                                 1 . From 1 January until 31 December 1977, imports
                                                                 of products originating in Norway and indicated in
 whereas, therefore, the ceilings to be applied in 197 7         Annex I to this Regulation shall be subject to
must be established; whereas in this situation it is .           indicative ceilings and to Community supervision.
also necessary that the Commission be regularly
 informed of the trend of the imports of the products
in question and, in consequence, it is necessary to              The description of the products referred to in the
subject these imports to supervision;                            preceding subparagraphs, their tariff headings and
                                                                 statistic numbers and the levels of the indicative
                                                                 ceilings are given in Annex I.
Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of
an administrative procedure based on setting off
imports of the products in question against the .                2. Amounts shall be set off against the indicative
indicative ceilings at Community level, as and when              ceilings as and when products are submitted to the
 these products are submitted to the customs auth­               customs authorities under cover of a declaration that
orities under cover of declarations that they have               they have been made available for consumption and
been made available for consumption; whereas this                accompanied by a movement certificate conforming
administrative procedure must make provision for                 to the rules contained in Protocol 3 to the Agreement.
.                              t
                                                                 Goods shall be set off against the indicative ceiling
(») OJ No L 171, 27. 6. 1973, p. 2.                              only if the movement certificate has been submitted
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                 ANNEX D
                                                 - 2 -
  before   the  date   on  which  customs   duties are                              Article 2
  reimposed.
                                                             From 1 January until 31 December 1977, imports
                                                             of the products referred to in Annex II which
  The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at            originate in Norway shall be subject to Community
  Community level on the basis of imports set off             supervision .
  against it in the manner defined in the preceding
- subparagraphs.                                              Member States shall forward to the Commission not
                                                              later than the 15th day of each month statements of
  The Member States shall periodically inform the             imports of the products in question effected during
  Commission of imports effected in accordance with           the preceding month; to this end, only products
                                                              submitted to the customs authorities under cover
  the above rules; such information shall be supplied
  under the conditions laid down in paragraph 4.              of a declaration that they have been madfe available
                                                              for consumption and accompanied by a movement
                                                              certificate conforming to the rules contained in
  3 . As soon as the ceilings have been reached,   the        Protocol 3 to the Agreement shall be taken into
  Commission may issue a Regulation reimposing     the        consideration.
  customs duties provided for in Article 4 (f)       of
  Protocol 1 to the Agreement until the end of     the                              Article 3
  calendar year.
                                                              For the implementation of this Regulation the Com­
  4. Member States shall forward to the Commission            mission shall take all necessary measures in close
  not later than the 15th day of each month statements         cooperation with the Member States.
  of the amounts set off during the preceding month.
  They shall, if the Commission so requests, make                                    Article 4          •
  up such statements for periods of 10 days and for­
  ward them within five clear days of expiry of the            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
  preceding 10-day period.                                     1977.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels,
                                                                              For the Council
                                                                                The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                                                           6
                                                                           - 3 -                                             ANNEX D
                                                                     ANNEX 1
                  LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION
                                                                      IN 197 7
    Order             CCT                                                                                                 Level
      No           heading No                                 Description                            Nimcxe code        of ceiling
                                                                                                                       (metric tons)
                        2                                          3                                       4                S
                     28.56            Carbides ( for example, silicon carbide, boron
                                      carbide, metal carbides):
 I N 1                                A. Of silicon                                             28.56-10                    41,935
                                                                                            /
                     48.01            Paper and paperboard (including cellulose
                                      wadding), machine-made, in rolls or sheets:
                                           C. Kraft paper and Kraft board:
                                                II. Other:                                    !
 I N 2                                              – Kraftliner (a)                            48.01-15 , 21 , M           18,232
 I N3                                               – Kraft paper for large bags (a)          ; 48.01-16,23 , 3.Î           ceiling delayed
 I N4                                               – Other                                      48.01-08,09,11 , 12,       ceiling delayed
                                                                                                      13 , 17, 19, 25,
                                                            i
                                                                                                  •   26,p»a29,                           6
                                                                                                      33
                                      ex E. Other:
                 9
 I N5                                          – Bible paper (India paper), copying             48.01-58, 61 , 62, 66       40,516
                                                    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 N6                                          – Printing paper and writing paper,              48.01-64,65, M               ceiling delayed
                                                    containing mechanical wood pulp (a),
                                                    excluding copying tissue
 I Ν7                                          – Fluting         paper    for    corrugated     48.01-75                     ceiling delayed
                                                    paperboard (a)
 I N 8                                         – Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes           48.01-71,73                 .ceiling delayed
 IN9                                           –- other, excluding cellulose wadding            48.01-41,43,45, 52,          38,201
                                                    and tissues                                       53 , 54, 55, 56,
                                                                                                      77, 82, 84, 86,
                                                                                                      88,91,93,95 ,
                                                                                                      97,
 I N 10              48.03            Parchment          or    greaseproof     paper    and     48.03-all Nos                24-310
                                      paperboard, and imitations thereof, and glazed
                                      transparent paper, in rolls or sheets
W Subject to compliance with the definitions given 2 d Annex ID.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                          ANNEX 0
                                                                                                   Lcrel
   Order      CCT
                                              Description                    Nimexe code         of ceiling
    No     heading No                                                                          (metric cons)
     1          2                                 »                                4                 J ,
             48.07      Paper and paperboard, impregnated, coated,
                        surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed
                        (not being merely ruled, lined or squared and.
                        not constituting printed matter within Chapter
                        49), in rolls or sheets:
                        B. Other:
I N 11                      – Other, excluding coated printing or       48.07-55 , 56, 64, 65,    26,741
                                 writing paper                                66,68,70, 81 ,
                                                                              85, 91 , 97, 99
             73.02      Ferro-alloys:
                        A. Ferro-manganese:
Ί Ν 12   ·                   II. Other                                  73.02-19, 40            cei Img
                                                                                                delayed
                        D. Ferro-silico-manganese
IN 13                   C, Ferro-silicon                                73.02-30
                                                                                                       il
IN 14                   E. Ferro-chromium and ferro-silico-chromium     73.02-51 » 55
                        G. Other:
                    \                                                                                  ii
IN 15                       – Ferro-vanadium                            73.02-83
IN 16                       – Other, excluding ferro-molybdenum         73.02-60, 70, 98         13,370
             76.01      Unwrought aluminium ; aluminium waste and
                      i
                        scrap :
I N 17                  A. Unwrought                                    76.01-11 , 15          ? 13,847
IN 18        76.02      Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes          and 76.02-aIl Nos            14,587
                        sections, of aluminium ; aluminium wire
IN 19        76.03      Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of aluminium, 76-03-all Nos            cei Img
                        of a thickness not exceeding 0-20 mm                                     delayed
 ---pagebreak---                                                 - 5 -                                             ANNEX I
                                            ANNEX II
                    LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2
   Ordcr    CCT
    No   heading No                               Descnption                             Nimexe code
     1        2                                       3                                        4
Π Ν 1      44.18      Reconstituted wood, being wood shavings, wood chips,            44.18-all Nos
                      sawdust, wood flour or other ligneous waste agglomerated
                      with natural or artifical resins or other organic binding
                     substances, in sheets, blocks or the like
           48.05      Paper and paperboard, corrugated (with or without flat sur­
                     face sheets), creped, crinkled, embossed or perforated, in rolls
                     or sheets :
I N2                 B. Other                                                         48.05-21 , 29, 30, 50,
                                                                                            80
II N 3     48.09     Building board of wood pulp or of vegetable, fibre, whether      48.09-all Nos
                     or not bonded with natural or artifical resins or with similar
                     binders
           56.01      Man-made fibres (discontinuous), not carded, combed or
                     otherwise prepared for spinning;
II N 4               B. Regenerated textile fibres                                    56.01-21 , 23, 25, 29
                                                                              /
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                       ANNEX D
                                           ANNEX 111
                                          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 115
                     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 and 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 for 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.
 ---pagebreak---                                                               - 3 -                                  ANNEX E
                                                      ANNEX I
             LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION IN 197
î      Order       CCT                                                                                Level
        No      heading No                       Description                       Nimexe code      of ceiling
                                                                                                   (metric tons)
<       1           2                                3                                  4                5
 IP 1             45.02    Natural cork in blocks, plates, sheets or strips   45.02-all Nos        ceiling delayed
                           (including cubes or square slabs, cut to size for
                           corks or stoppers)
                                                                                                 I
 IP2              45.03    Articles of natural cork                           45.03-all Nos              11,817
 IP3              55.05    Cotton yarn, not put up for retail sale            55.05-all Nos              10,260
IP4               56.07    Woven        fabrics    of       man-made   fibres 56.07-all Nos                  2,905
                           (discontinuous or waste)
 IP5              59.04    Twine, cordage, ropes and cables, plaited or not   59.04-aI Nos                10,271
 IP6              60.04    Under garments, knitted or crocheted, not          60.04-all Nos        ceiling delayed
                           elastic or rubberized
 IP7              60.05    Outer garments and other articles,' knitted or     60.05-all Nos                ■    885
                           crocheted, not elastic or rubberized
 IP 8             61.01    Men's and boys* outer garments                     61.01-a   Nos                  1,110
 I P9             61.02    Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments        61.02-all Nos                     339
  IP10            61.03    Men's and boys* under garments, including          61.03-all Nos                  1,285
   i                       collars, shirt fronts and cuffs                                     »
                                                         »
  IP 11                                                                                                          108
             I    61.04    Women's, girls' and infants' under garments        61.04-alI Nos
             i
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 ---pagebreak---                                                                                        ANNEX E
                                            ANNEX II
                    LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2
 * Ordcr    CCT
                                                  Description                               Nimexe code
    No   heading No
                                                  /
    1         2                                                                                   4
                                                       3
IIP 1      45.04      Agglomerated cork (being cork agglomerated with or                45.04-all Nos
                      without a binding substance) and articles of agglomerated
                      cork
IIP 2      56.05      Yarn of man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste), not put         56.05-all Nos
                      up for retail sale
HP 3       57.10      Woven fabrics of jute or of other textiles bast fibres of         57.10-alI Nos
                      heading No 57.03
IIP 4      62.02      Bed linen, table linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen; curtains  62.02-all Nos
                      and other furnishing articles
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                                    ANNEX E
                                                      Proposal for a
                                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No                ....
                    establishing indicative ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain
                                          products originating in Portugal (1977)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        the reintroduction of customs tariff duties as. soon as
                                                                 the ceilings have been reached at Community level ;
                                                                 Wheres this administrative procedure requires close
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
                                                                 and particularly rapid cooperation between the
pean Economic Community, and in particular                       Member States and the Commission ; whereas the
 Article 113 thereof,                                     1
                                                                 latter must, in particular, be able to follow the pro­
                                                                 gress of amounts set off against the indicative ceilings
                                                                 and keep the Member States informed ; whereas this
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,              cooperation must be all the closer since the Com­
                                                                 mission must be able to take adequate measures to
                                                                 re-introduce customs tariff duties whenever one of the
                                                                 ceilings has been reached;
Whereas an Agreement between the European
Economic Community and the Portuguese Repub­                     Whereas the trend of imports should be followed
 lic (' ) was signed on 22 July 1972:
                                                                 for certain products for which, under Article 2 of •
                                                                 Protocol 1, the Community has suspended the
                                                                 application of ceilings and for products which are
Whereas Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol 1 annexed to                not subject to the ceiling system; whereas it is there­
this Agreement make provision for a specific time­               fore desirable that imports of such proudcts should
table for the progressive abolition of customs duties            be subject to supervision,
in respect of the products to which the Agreement
applies ; whereas under Article 2 of that Protocol the
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
imports of these products are limited to annual
indicative ceilings above which the customs duties
applicable to third countries may be re-introduced;                                     Article 1
whereas, however, under Article 2 (2) the Community
has to suspend the application of certain ceilings ;
whereas, therefore, the ceilings to be applied in 1977           1 . From 1 January until 31 December 1977 , imports
must be established ; whereas in this situation it is            of products originating in Portugal and indicated in
also necessary that the Commission be regularly                  Annex I to this Regulation shall be subject to
informed of the trend of the imports of the products             indicative ceilings and to Community supervision.
in question and, in consequence, it is necessary to
subject these imports to supervision ;                           The description of the products referred to in the
                                                                 preceding subparagraphs, their tariff headings and
                                                                 statistic numbers and the levels of the indicative
Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of               ceilings are given in Annex I.
an administrative procedure based on setting off
imports of the products in question against the
indicative ceilings at Community level, as and when              2. Amounts shall be set off against the indicative
these products are submitted to the customs auth­                ceilings as and when products are submitted to the
                                                                 customs authorities under cover of a declaration that
orities under cover of declarations that they have
been made available for consumption; whereas this                they have been made available for consumption and
administrative procedure must make provision for                 accompanied by a movement certificate conforming
                                                                 to the rules contained in Protocol 3 to the Agreement.
                                                                 Goods shall be set off against the indicative ceiling
(«) OJ No L 301, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 10.                           only if the movement certificate has been submitted
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                ANNEX E
before the date on which customs          duties are                              Article 2
reimposed.
                                                            From 1 January until 31 December 1977, imports
                                                            of the products referred to in Annex II which
The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at            originate in Austria shall be subject to Community
Community level on the basis of imports set off             supervision.
against it in the manner defined in the preceding
subparagraphs.                                              Member States shall forward to the Commission not
                                                            later than the 15th day of each month statements of
The Member States shall periodically inform the             imports of the products in question effected during
Commission of imports effected in accordance with           the preceding month ; to this end, only products
                                                            submitted to the customs authorities under cover
the above rules; such information shall be supplied
under the conditions laid down in paragraph 4.              of a declaration that they have been made available
                                                            for consumption and accompanied by a movement
                                                            certificate conforming to the rules contained in
3. As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the           Protocol 3 to the Agreement shall be taken into
Commission may issue a Regulation reimposing the            consideration.
customs duties provided for in Article 2 (7) of
Protocol 1 to the Agreement until the end of the                                   Article 3
calendar year.
                                                            For the implementation of this Regulation the Com­
4. Member States shall forward to the Commission            mission shall take all necessary measures in dose
not later than the 15th day of each month statements        cooperation with the Member States.
of the amounts set off during the preceding month.
They shall, if the Commission so requests, make                                   Article 4
up such statements for periods of 10 days and for­
ward them within five clear days of expiry of the           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
preceding 10-day period.                                     1977 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.                                                                             ,
             Done at Brussels,
                                                                            For the Council
                                                                             The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                                       ANNEX F
                                                    Proposa L for a
                                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No .
                  establishing indicative ceilings and Community supervision tor imports of certain
                                         products originating in Sweden (1977/
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      the reinrroduction of customs tariff duties as soon as
                                                               the ceilings have been reached at Community level ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community, and in particular                     Whereas this administrative procedure requires close
 Article 113 thereof,                                           and particularly rapid cooperation between the
                                                               Member States and the Commission ; whereas the
                                                               latter must, in particular, be able to follow the pro­
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,             gress of amounts set off against the .indicative ceilings
                                                               and keep the Member States informed ; whereas this
                                                               cooperation must be all the closer since the Commis­
Whereas an Agreement between the European                       sion must be aible to take adequate measures' to re- .
Economic Community and the Kingdom of                          introduce customs tariff duties whenever one of the
Sweden (') was signed on 22 July 1972:                         ceilings has been reached ;
Whereas Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol 1 annexed to              Whereas the trend of imports should be followed
this Agreement make provision for a specific time­             for certain products for which, under Article 3 of
table for the progressive abolition of customs duties          Protocol 1 , the Community has suspended the
in respect of the products to which the Agreement              application of ceilings and for products which are
applies; whereas under Article 3 of that Protocol the          not subject to the ceiling system ; whereas it is there­
imports of these products are limited to annual                fore desirable that imports of such products should
indicative ceilings above which the customs duties             be subject to supervision,
applicable to third countries may be re-introduced;
whereas, however, under Article 3 (b) the Community
has to suspend the application of certain ceilings;            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                      Article 1
                                                                1 . From 1 January until 31 December 1977, imports
                                                               of products originating in Sweden and indicated in
whereas, therefore, the ceilings to be applied in 1977          Annex I to this Regulation shall be subject to
must be established ; whereas in this situation it is          indicative ceilings and to Community supervision.
also necessary that the Commission be regularly
informed of the trend of the imports of the products
in question and, in consequence, it is necessary to            The description of the products referred to in the
subject these imports to supervision ;                         preceding subparagraphs, their tariff headings and
                                                               statistic numbers and the levels of the indicative
                                                               ceilings are given in Annex I.
Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of
an administrative procedure based on setting off
imports of the products in question against the                2. Amounts shall be set off against the indicative
indicative ceilings at Community level, as and when            ceilings as and when products are submitted to the
these products are submitted to the customs auth­              customs authorities under cover of a declaration that
orities under cover of declarations that they have             they have been made available for consumption and
been made available for consumption; whereas this               accompanied by a movement certificate conforming
administrative procedure must make provision for               to the rules contained in Protocol 3 to the Agreement.
                                                               Goods shall be set off against the indicative ceiling
(') OJ No L 300, 31. 12. 1972, p. 96.                          only if the movement certificate has been submitted
 ---pagebreak---                                               - 2 -                                          ANNEX F
before the    date on which     customs  duties  are                              Article 2 '
reimposed.
                                                           From 1 January until 31 December 197' , imports .
                                                           of the products referred to in Annex II which
The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at           originate in Sweden shall be subject to Community
Community level on the basis of imports set of             supervision.
against it in the manner defined in the preceding
subparagraphs.                                             Member States shall forward to the Commission not
                                                           later than the 15th day of each month statements of
The Member States shall periodically inform the
                                                           imports of the products in question effected during
Commission of imports effected in accordance with
                                                           the preceding month; to this end, only products
                                                           submitted to the customs authorities under cover
the above rules; such information shall be supplied         of a declaration that they have been made available
under the conditions laid down in paragraph 4.              for consumption and accompanied by ^ movement
                                                            certificate conforming to the rules contained in
3. As soon as the ceilings have been reached,     the       Protocol 3 to the Agreement shall be taken into
Commission may' issue a Regulation reimposing     the       consideration.
customs duties provided for in Article 3 (f)       of
Protocol 1 to the Agreement until the end of      the                              Article 3
calender year.
                                                            For the implementation of this Regulation the Com­
4. Member States shall forward to the Commission
                                                            mission shall take all necessary measures in close
not later than the 15th day of each month statements         cooperation with the Member States.
of the amounts set off during the preceding month.
They shall, if the Commission so requests, make                                    Article 4
up such statements for periods of 10 days and for­
ward them within five clear days of expiry of the            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
preceding 10-day period.                                     197 7 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
                                 V
             Done at Brussels,
                                                                             For the Council
                                                                              The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                             - 3 -                                             ANNEX
                                                                     ANNEX I
                   LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION
                                                                      IN 1977
                        CCT                                                                                            Level
                    heading No                                 Description                        Nimexe code        of ceiling
                                                                                                                    (metric tons)
                      48.01            Paper and paperboard (including cellulose
                                       wadding), machine-made, in rolls or sheets:
                                            C. Kraft paper and Kraft board:
                                                 II. Other: •
                                                     – Kraftliner (a)                        48.01-15,21 , 11 ,       420,942
                                                     – Kraft paper for large bags (a)        48.01-16, 23,3,8         491,697
                                                     – Other                                 48.01-08,09, 11 , 12,    224-452
                                                                                                   13, 17, 19, 25,
                                                                                                   26, mi* 29,
                                                                                                   33
                                       ex E. Other:
                                                – Bible paper (India paper), copying         48.01-58 , 61 , 62, 66     33,928
                                                     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)
                                                – Printing paper and writing paper,          48.01-64, 65 ,           130,802
                                                     containing mechanical wood pulp (a),
                                                     excluding copying tissue
                                                     Fluting     paper     for   corrugated  48.01-75                 182,760
                                                     paperboard (a)
                                                – Other, excluding cellulose wadding         48.01-41 , 43, 45, 52,   167,281
                                                     and tissues                                   53, 54, 55, 56,
                                                                                                   77, 82, 84, 86,
                                                                                                   88,91,93,95 ,
                                                                                                   97
                       48.04           Composite paper or paperboard (made by                48.04 - all Nos            22,342
                                       sticking flat layers together with an adhesive),
                                       not surface-coated or impregnated, whether or
                                       not internally reinforced, 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:
                                       B. Other                                              48.05-21 , 29, 30, 50,     51,729
                                                                                                   80
(a) Subject to compliance with the definitions given in Annex in*
 ---pagebreak---                                                                  -   L   -                                 ANNEX F
                                             >
                                                                                                                         Level
        Order           CCT
                                                                 Description                  Nimexe code              of ceiling
         No          heading No                                                                                      (metric tons)
                           »        :                                !                                                     ■S
                        48.07            Paper and paperboard, impregnated, coated,
                                         surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed
                                         (not being merely ruled, lined or squared and
                                         not constituting printed matter within
                                         Chapter 49), in rolls or sheets:
                                         B. Other:
     IS10                                      – Coated printing or writing paper        48.07-57, 58 , 59            42,905
     I S 11                                    – Other                                   48.07-55, 56, 64, 65,      120-528
                                                                                                66, 68, 70, 81 ,
                                                                                                85 , 91 , 97, 99
                        48.15            Other paper and paperboard, cut to size or
                                         shape:
'    IS12                                B. Other                                        48.15-10, 21 , 29, 30,       13,244
                                                                                                40, 50, 61 , 65,
                                                                                                95,99
     IS 13              48.16            Boxes, bags and other packing containers, of    48.16 - all Nos              22,334
                                         paper or paperboard
                        48.21            Other articles of paper pulp, paper, paperboard
                                         or cellulose wadding:
                                         B. Napkins and napkinliner, for babies, put     48.21-11
                                               up for retail sale
     I S 14
                                         C. Other                                                                        14,532
                                                                                         48.21-15, 21,25,31 ,
                                                                                                33 , 37, 40, 50,
                                                                                                60, 70, 80, 91
                         73.02           Ferro-alloys:
     I S 15                              £. Ferro-chromium and ferro-silico-chromium     73.02-51,55                  22,119
                                          G. Other:
     I S 16                                    – Ferro-molybdenum                         73.02-81                    cei ling
                                                                                                                      delayed
                         73.15            Alloy steel and high carbon steel in the forms
                                          mentioned in heading Nos 73.06 to 73.14:
                                          B. Alloy steel:
      I S 17                                   – Stainless or refractory (a)              73.71-13 , 23 , 53, 93      86,206
                                                                                          73.72-13, 33
                                                                                          73.73-13 , 23 , 33 , 43 ,
                                                                                                 53,83
                                                                                          73.74-23, 53 , 83
                                                                                          73.75-23 , 33 , 43 , 53,
                                                                                                 63 , 73, 83, 93
                                                                                          73.76-13
  (a) Subject to compliance with the definitions given tn Annex III.
  (l) Including products covered by the ECSC Treaty.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                              - 5 -                                   ANNEX F
       Ordcr             CCT                                                                                       Level
        No           hcading No                                  Description                  Nimexe code        of ceiling
                                                                                                                (metric tons)
                        73.15
    IS 18             (cont'd)
                                                  High speed (a)                         73.71-14, 24, 54, 94      cei Ling delayed
                                                                                         73.73-14, 24, 34, 54
                                                                                         73.74-54
                                                                                         73.75-24, 34, 44, 54,
                                                                                               64, 84
                                                                                         73.76-14
    IS 19                                    – Other                                     73.71-19, 21,29,55,        83,640 ( 1 )
                                                                                               56 , 59 , 99
                                                                                         73.72-11 , 19, 39
                                                                                         73-73.19, 25, 26, 29,
                                                                                             . 35 , 36, 39, 49,
                                                                                               55, 59, 72, 74,
                                                                                               89
                                                                                         73.74-21 , 29,51,52,
                                                                                               59, 72, 74 , 89,
                                                                                               90
                                                                                         73.75-11 , 19, 29, 39,
                                                                                               49, 59, 69, 79,
                                                                                                89, 99
                                                                                         73.76-15, 16,19
                       73.18            Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of iron
                                        (other than of cast iron) or steel, excluding
                                        high-pressure hydro-electric conduits:
                                        ex C. Other:
    I S 20                                       – Tubes and pipes, of stainless or      73.18-44, 51 , 66, 76      18,504
                                                      refractory steel (a)
                       81.04            Other base metals, unwrought or wrought, and
                                        articles thereof; cermets, unwrought or wrought,
                                        and articles thereof:
                                        K. Titanium;
    I S 21                                   II. Other                                   81.04-58                             46
(*) Including products covered by the ECSC Treaty.
(a) Subject to compliance with the definitions given in Annex III.
                                                          «
 ---pagebreak---                                                            - 6 -                                          ANNEX F
                                                                   ANNEX II
                                         LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2
       Order               CCT
                                                                        Description                              Nimexe code
         No            heading No
          1                 1                                                                                         4
                                                                            3
    II S 1              - 44.15            Plywood , blockboard, laminboard, battenboard and similar          44.15-all Nos
                                            laminated wood products (including veneered panels and
                                            sheets); inlaid wood and wood marquetry
    II S 2                44.18             Reconstituted wood, being wood shavings, wood chips,              44.18-all Nos    .
                                            sawdust, wood flour or other ligneous waste agglomerated
                                           with natural or artificial resins or other organic binding
                                            substances, in sheets, blocks or the like
                          48.01            Paper     and    paperboard    (including  cellulose wadding),
                                            machine-made, in rolls or sheets:
                                            ex E. Other:
    II S 3                                          – Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes (a)                48.01-71,73
    IIS 4                 48.03            Parchment or greaseproof paper and paperboard, and                 48.03-all Nos
                                           imitations thereof, and glazed transparent paper, in rolls or
                                            sheets
    II S 5                48.09             Building board of wood pulp or of vegetable fibre, whether        48.09-all No»
                                            or not bonded with natural or artificial resins or with
                                            similar binders
                          73.02             Ferro-alloys:
                                            A. Ferro-manganese:                                             I
    II S 6                                      II. Other                                                     73.02-19, 40
                                            D. Ferro-silicio-manganese
    II S 7                                  C. Ferro-silicon                                                  73.02-30
                                            G. Other:
    II S 8                                     – Ferro-vanadium                                               73.02-83
    II S 9                                     – Others excluding ferro-molybdenum and ferro-vana-            73.02-60, 70, 98
                                                    dium
(a) Subject to compliance with the definition given in Annex IIL
 ---pagebreak---                                                                               - 7 -                                         ANNEX F
      Order               CCT
       No              heading No                                   Description                               Niracxc code
        1                   2                                           3                                           4
                         73.15           Alloy steel and high carbon steel in the form mentioned
                                         in heading Nos 73.06 to 73.14:
   nsio                                  A. High carbon steel (')                                        73.61-10, 20, 50, 90
                                                                                                         73.62-10, 30
                                                                                                         73.63-10, 21 , 29 , 50,
                                                                                                                72, 74, 79
                                                                                                         73.64-20, 50, 72, 75,
                                                                                                                79, 90
                                                                                                         73.65-21,23,25, 53,
                                                                                                                55 , 70, 81 , 83
                                                                                                         73.66-40, 81 , 86, 89
                         73.18           Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of iron (other than
                                         of cast iron) or steel, excluding high-pressure hydro-electric
                                         conduits :
                                             B. Straight and of uniform wall-thickness, other than       73.18-15
                                                those falling in A above, of a maximum length of
                                                4-50 m, of alloy steel containing by weight not less
                                                than 0-90°/o but not more than l-15°/o of carbon, not .
                                                less than 0-50°/» but not more than 2°/« of chromium
                                                and not more than 0-50%> of molybdenum
   IIS 11                                ex C. Other:
                                                – Tubes and pipes, straight, and of uniform wall-         73.18-21
                                                    thickness, other than those falling in A above, of
                                                    a length of more . than 4-50 . m, of alloy steel
                                                    containing by weight not less than 0-90°/» but not
                                                    more than M5°/o of carbon, not less than 0-50°/«
                                                    but not more than 2°/# of chromium and not more
                                                    than 0-50°/# of molybdenum
                              01         Unwrought aluminium, aluminium waste and scrap:
   II S 12
                                         A. Unwrought                                                     76.01-11 , 15
                         81.04           Other base metals, unwrought or wrought, and articles
                                         thereof; cermc . i. unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof:
                                         K. Titanium :
   IIS 13                                    I. Unwrought, waste and scrap                                81.04-56
(*) Including products covered by the ECSC Treaty.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                 ANNEX F
                                           ANNEX III
                                         DEFINITIONS
ex 48.01 C 11      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 115
                   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/m® but not
     j.       >    more than 115 g/mJ, 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 for 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.
ex 73.15 B         Alloy steel, stainless or heat-resisting
ex 73.18 C
                    'Alloy steel, stainless or heat-resisting* means alloy steel, containing, by
                    weight 12% or more of chromium , with or              without other alloy
                   elements, and less than 1 % of carbon.
ex 73.15 B         High-speed alloy steel
                   'High-speed alloy steel' means alloy steel containing, with or without
                   other alloy elements, at least two of the following three elements : tungsten
■ .                (wolfram), molybdenum and vanadium with a total content, by weight, of
                   not less than 7% of these elements taken together, and containing more
                   than 0-6% , by weight, of carbon.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                               ANNEX 6
                                                    Proposa L for a
                                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No
                 establishing Community supervision for imports of certain products originating in
                           *                       Switzerland (1977)
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                     desirable that imports of such products should be
                                                                subject to supervision,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
   European Economic Community, and in particular -             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 113 thereof,
                                                                                        Article 1
   Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,          From 1 January until 31 December 1977, imports of
                                                               products originating in Switzerland and indicated in
   Whereas an Agreement between the European                   the Annex to this Regulation shall be subject to
   Economic Community and the Swiss Confeder­                  Community supervision.
   ation (l) was signed on 22 July 1972;
                                                               Member States shall forward to the Commission not
  Whereas Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol 1 annexed to            later than the 15th day of each month statements
  this Agreement make provision for a specific time­           of imports of the products in question effected during
  table for the progressive abolition of customs duties        the preceding month; to this end, only products
  in respect of the products to which the Agreement            submitted to the customs authorities under cover
  applies; whereas under Article 3 of that Protocol the        of a declaration that they have been made available
 imports of these products are limited to annual              for consumption and accompanied by a movement
 indicative ceilings above which the customs duties           certificate conforming to the rules contained in
 applicable to third countries may be re-introduced;          Protocol 3 to the Agreement shall be taken into
 whereas, however, under Article 3 (b) the Commu­             consideration.
 nity has to suspend the application of certain ceilings;
 whereas in the light of the current situation of the                                 Article 2
trade in these products and its likely development
in 197ip, it does not seem desirable to establish             For the implementation of this Regulation the
 indicative ceilings for this year;                       N   Commission shall take all necessary measures in
                                                              close cooperation with the Member States.
Whereas the trend of imports should be followed                                       Article 3
for certain products for which, under Article 3 of
Protocol 1, the Community has suspended the                   This    Regulation shall enter into force on
application of ceilings; whereas it is therefore              1 January 1977.
               StatLKC8Ulatl°n ShaU bC b'nding itS entirety and dire«ly applicable in all Member
               Done at Brussels,
                                                                               For the Council
                                                                                The President
O OJ No L 300, 31. 12. 1972, p. 188.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                ANNEX G
                                            ANNEX
   Order   CCT
    No   beading No                             Dacription                           Nimcxc code
                                                                                                " ) 1 '
     1        2
                                                    3                                     4
II CH 1    44.18    Reconstituted wood, being wood shavings, wood chips,          44.18-all Nos
                    sawdust, wood flour or other ligneous waste agglomerated
                    with natural or artificial resins or other organic binding
                    substances, in sheets, blocks or the like
II CH 2    48.09    Building board of wood pulp or of vegetable fibre, whether    48.09-all Nos
                    or not bonded with natural or artificial resins or with
                    similar binders
           73.02    Ferro-alloys:
II CH 3             C. Ferro-silicon                                              73.02-30
           76.0)    Unwrought aluminium, aluminium waste and scrap:
II CH 4             A. Unwrought                                                  76.01-11 , 15
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                                               Draft for a
                                                   DECISION
              OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER
             STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY, MEETING
                                            WITHIN THE COUNCIL
              establishing supervision for imports of certain products originating in Austria (1977)
THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS                       ceilings and Community supervision for imports of
OF THE . MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN
                                                             certain products originating in Austria (*).
COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY, MEETING WITHIN
THE COUNCIL,
                                                             2. Amounts shall be set off against the indicative
                                                             ceilings as and when products are submitted to the
                                                             customs authorities under cover of a declaration that
In agreement with the Commission.
                                                             they have been made available for consumption and
                                                             are accompanied by a movement certificate conform­
                                                             ing to the rules contained in the Agreement referred
HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :                                    to in paragraph 1.
                                                             Goods shall be set off against the indicative ceiling
                        Article 1                            only if the movement certificate has been submitted
                                                             before   the  date on     which  customs     duties are
1 . Imports of certain products originating in Austria       reimposed.
and indicated in Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol 1 to the
Agreement between the Member States of the
European Coal and Steel Community and the                    The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at
European Coal and Steel Community, of the one                Community level on the basis of imports set off
part, and the Republic of Austria, of the other part,        against it in the manner defined in the preceding
shall be subject to annual indicative ceilings and to        subparagraph.
Community supervision from 1 January to                                                         \
31 December 197 7
                                                             The Member States shall periodically inform the
                                                              Commission of imports effected in accordance with
The description of the products referred to in the            the above rules; such information shall be supplied
preceding subparagraph, their tariff headings and             under the conditions laid down in paragraph 4.
 statistic numbers and the levels of the indicative
ceilings are given in Council Regulation (EEC)
 No ... of ........ establishing indicative                   (i)  OJ No
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3. As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the      2. Member States shall forward to the Commission
Member States may, at the request of one of them       not later than the 15th day of each month statements
or of the Commission, reimpose, until the end of the   of imports of the products in question effected during
calendar year, each in respect of its own territory,   the preceding month; only products submitted to the
the customs duties applicable to third countries,      customs authorities under cover of a declaration that
adjusted, where appropriate, by the percentages laid   they are to be made available for consumption and
down in Article 2 (e) of Protocol 1 to the Agreement   accompanied by a movement certificate conforming
referred to in paragraph 1.                            to the rules contained in Protocol 3 to the Agreement
                                                       shall be taken into consideration for this purpose.
4. Member States shall forward to the Commission
not later than the 15th day of each month statements                          Article 3
of the amounts set off during the preceding month.
They shall, if the Commission so requests, make up     For the implementation of this Decision the Member
such statements for periods of 10 days and forward     States shall take all necessary measures in close
them within five clear days of expiry of the preceding cooperation with the Commission.
10-day period. "
                                                                              Article 4                 ,
                                                       The Member States shall take all measures required
                       Article 2                       to implement this Decision.
1. Imports of products originating in Austria which
are mentioned in Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol 1 to the Done at Brussels,
Agreement and indicated in Annex II to Regulation
(EEC) No ... , shall be subject to Community                                               The President
supervision.
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                                                         Draft for a
                                                           DECISION
               OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER
               STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY, MEETING
                                                   WITHIN THE COUNCIL
               establishing supervision for imports of certain products originating in Sweden ( 197' )
THE REPRESENTATIVES, OF . THE GOVERNMENTS                          The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at
OF THE       MEMBER       STATES       OF THE EUROPEAN
                                                                   Community level on the basis of imports set off
COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY, MEETING WITHIN
THE COUNCIL,
                                                                   against it in the manner defined in the preceding
                                                                   subparagraph.
In agreement with the Commission,
                                                                   The Member States shall periodically inform the
                                                                   Commission of imports effected in accordance with
HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :                                          the above rules ; such information shall be supplied
                                                                   under the conditions laid down in paragraph 4.
                                   : I
                          Article 1
                                                                   3 . As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the
1 . Imports of certain products originating in Sweden              Member States may, at the request of one of them
and indicated in Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol 1 to the             or of the Commission, reimpose, until the end of the
Agreement between the Member States of the Euro­                   calendar year, each in respect of its own territory,
pean Coal and Steel Community and the European                     the customs duties applicable to third countries,
Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the                 adjusted, where appropriate, by the percentages laid
Kingdom of Sweden, of the other part, shall be                     down in Article 2 (e) of Protocol 1 to the Agreement
subject to annual indicative ceilings and to                       referred to in paragraph 1.
Community supervision from 1 January to
31 December 197 7            ,
                                                                   4. Member States shall forward to the Commission
The description of the products referred to in the                 not later than the 15th day of each month statements
preceding subparagraph, their tariff headings and                  of the amounts set off during the preceding month.
statistic numbers and the levels of the indicative                 They shall, if the Commission so requests, make up
ceilings are given in Council Regulation (EEC)                     such statements for periods of 10 days and forward
No ... of ........                     establishing indicative     them within five clear days of expiry of the preceding
ceilings and Community supervision for imports of                  10-day period.
certain products originating in Sweden (' ).
2. Amounts shall be set off against the indicative                                        Article 1
ceilings as and when products are submitted to the
customs authorities under cover of a declaration that
they have been made available for consumption and                   1 . Imports of products originating in Sweden which
are accompanied by a movement certificate conform­                 are mentioned in Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol 1 to
ing to the rules contained in the Agreement referred               the Agreement and indicated in Annex II to
to in paragraph 1 .                                                Regulation (EEC) No • • • , shall be subject to
                                                                   Community supervision .
Goods shall be set off against the indicative ceiling
only if the movement certificate has been submitted
before the date on which customs duties are                      1 2. Member States shall forward to the Commission
reimposed.                                                         not later than the 15th day of each month statements
                                                                   of imports of the products in question effected
                                                                   during the preceding month ; only products submitted
(' ) See page 25 of this Official Journal.                         to    the customs    authorities under    cover  of  a
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declaration that they are to be made available for                       Article 4
consumption and accompanied by a movement
certificate conforming to the rules contained in   The Member States shall take all measures required
Protocol 3 to the Agreement shall be taken into    to implement this Decision.
consideration for this purpose.
                        Article 3                  Done at Brussels,
For the implementation of this Decision the Member                                  The President
States shall take all necessary measures in close
cooperation with the Commission.