CELEX: 31973R3474
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-17 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3474/73 of the Council of 17 December 1973 establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Sweden

27. 12. 73                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 356/57
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 3474/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                   of 17 December 1973
                   establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating
                                                         in Sweden
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                         the Commission must be able to take adequate
                                                                 measures      to   reintroduce    customs   tariff  duties
                                                                 whenever one of the ceilings has been reached ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 113 thereof;                                             Whereas, for the products which, in accordance with
                                                                 Articles 2 and 3 of the Agreement, are subject to the
                                                                 normal timetable for the abolition of customs duties it
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;              is necessary to follow the trend of imports ; whereas
                                                                 to this end the Community should be empowered to
Whereas an Agreement (*) between the European                    take, where appropriate, measures to avoid any
Economic Community and the Kingdom of Sweden                     prejudice to industry in the Community and whereas
was signed on 22 July 1972 ;                                     it is, therefore, desirable that imports of these
                                                                 products also be subjected to a system of supervision,
Whereas Articles 2 and 3 of that Agreement make
provision for the progressive abolition of customs
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
duties in respect of the products to which the
Agreement applies ; whereas by way of derogation
from these Articles, Articles 1 , 2 and 3 of Protocol                                      Article 1
No 1 annexed to the Agreement lay down that, for
imports of certain products listed in Annex C to that
Protocol, the reduction of duties shall be limited to            1.    From 1 January 1974 to 31 December 1974,
indicative ceilings about which the customs duties               imports of products originating in Sweden to which
applicable to third countries may be reintroduced ;               annual indicative ceilings are applied in accordance
whereas application of this last provision requires              with Articles 1 , 2 and 3 and Annex C to Protocol No
that the Community be regularly informed of the                  1 to the Agreement between the European Economic
trend of imports of the products in question                     Community and the Kingdom of Sweden shall be
originating in Sweden ; whereas it is, therefore,                subjected to Community supervision.
desirable that imports of these products be subjected
to a system of supervision ;                                     The description of the products referred to in the
                                                                 preceding subparagraph, their tariff headings and
Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of               statistic numbers and the levels of the indicative
an administrative procedure based on setting off                 ceilings are given in Annex I.
imports of the products in question against the
indicative ceilings at Community level, as and when
these products are submitted to the customs                      2. Amounts shall be set off against the indicative
authorities under cover of declarations that they have           ceilings as and when products are submitted to the
been made available for consumption ; whereas this               customs authorities under cover of a declaration that
administrative procedure must make provision for the             they have been made available for consumption and
reintroduction of customs tariff duties as soon as the           accompanied by a movement certificate conforming
ceilings have been reached at Community level ;                  to the rules contained in Protocol No 3 to the
                                                                 Agreement referred to in paragraph 1 .
Whereas this administrative procedure requires close
and particularly rapid cooperation between the                   Goods shall be set off against the indicative ceiling
Member States and the Commission and whereas the                 only if the movement certificate has been submitted
latter must, in particular, be able to follow the                 before   the    date  on   which    customs   duties  are
progress of amounts set off against the indicative               reimposed.
ceilings and keep the Member States informed ;
whereas this cooperation must be all the closer since            The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at
                                                                 Community level on the basis of imports set off
                                                                 against it in the manner defined in the preceding
H OJ No L 300, 31 . 12 . 1972, p . 96.                           subparagraphs.
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TJie Member States shall periodically inform the            end, only products submitted to the customs
Commission of imports effected in accordance with           authorities under cover of a declaration that they
the above rules .                                           have been made available for consumption and
                                                            accompanied by a movement certificate conforming
                                                            to the rules contained in Protocol No 3 to the
3 . As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the          Agreement referred to in Article 1 shall be taken into
Commission may issue a regulation reimposing the            consideration .
customs duties provided for in Article 3 (f) of
Protocol No 1 to the Agreement until the end of the
calendar year.                                                                     Article 3
                      Article 2
                                                            For the implementation of this Regulation the
                                                            Commission shall take all necessary measures in close
                                                            cooperation with the Member States .
During the period from 1 January 1974 until 31
December 1974 imports of the products referred to in
Annex II which originate in Sweden shall be                                        Article 4
subjected to Community supervision .
The Member States shall periodically inform the             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
Commission of imports of these products ; to this            1974 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 17 December 1973 .
                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                  The President
                                                                                 I. N0RGAARD
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                                                                             ANNEX 1
                     LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION
                                                                              IN 1974
                                                                                                                                      Level
                           CCT
       Order No
                        heading No                                     Description                          Nimexe Code             of ceiling
                                                                                                                                 — metric tons —
           1                2                                              3                                     4                      5
                          48.01             Paper and paperboard (including cellulose
                                            wadding), machine-made, in rolls or sheets :
                                                C. Kraft paper and kraft board :
                                                     II . Other :
        IS 1                                               — Kraft liner ( a )                      48.01-15, 21, 31               381 807
        I S 2                                              — Kraft paper for large bags (a)         48.01-16, 23                   445 984
        IS3                                                — Other                                  48.01-08, 09 , 11 , 12, 13 ,   203 585
                                                                                                           17, 19, 25 , 26, 27,
                                                                                                          28 , 29 , 33
                                           ex E. Other :
        I S 4                                        — Bible paper (India paper), copying           48.01-58 , 61 , 62 , 66          30 773
                                                           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 S 5                                       — Printing paper and writing paper,            48.01-64, 68                    118 641
                                                           containing mechanical wood pulp (a),
                                                           excluding copying tissue
        IS 6                                        — Fluting           paper      for  corrugated 48.01-75                        165 769
                                                           paperboard ( a)
        IS 7                                        — Sulphite paper for wrapping pur­             48.01-71 , 73                    39 961
                                                           poses ( a)
       I S 8                                        — Other, excluding cellulose wadding           48.01-41, 43, 45, 52, 53 ,      151 729
                                                           and tissues                                    54, 55 , 56, 77, 82,
                                                                                                          84, 86, 88, 91, 93 ,
                                                                                                          95,97
       I S 9             48.03            Parchment or greaseproof paper and paperboard,           48.03 - all Nos                  17 319
                                           and imitations thereof, and glazed transparent
                                           paper, in rolls or sheets
       IS 10             48.04             Composite paper or paperboard (made by                  48.04 - all Nos                  20 265
                                          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 :
       IS 11                              B. Other                                                 48.05-21 , 29, 30, 50, 80        46 920
( a ) Subject to compliance with the definitions in fine .
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                                                                                                                             Level
                        CCT
     Order No                                                Description                      Nimexe Code                  of ceiling
                    heading No                                                                                          ■ metric tons •
         1               2                                        3                                  4                        5
                       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 :
      IS 12                                 — Coated printing or writing paper          48.07-57, 58 , 59                   38 916
      IS 13                                 — Other                                     48.07-55 , 56, 64, 65 , 66,       109 323
                                                                                              68, 70, 81, 85, 91,
                                                                                              97, 99
                       48.15           Other paper and paperboard, cut to size or
                                       shape :
      IS 14                            B. Other                                         48.15-10, 21 , 29 , 30, 40,         12 012
                                                                                              50, 61 , 65 , 95 , 99
      IS 15             48.16          Boxes, bags and other packing containers, of     48.16 - all Nos                     20 257
                                       paper or paperboard
                        48.21           Other articles of paper pulp, paper, paperboard
                                       or cellulose wadding:
      IS 16                            B. Other                                         48.21-21, 23, 25, 31, 33 ,          13 181
                                                                                               37, 40, 50, 60, 70,
                                                                                               80, 91
                        73.02           Ferro-alloys :
                                        A. Ferro-manganese :
       I S 17                               II. Other                                    73.02-19 , 40                        8 027
                                        D. Ferro-silico-manganese
       IS 18                            C. Ferro-silicon                                 73.02-30                            14 619
       I S 19                           E. Ferro-chromium and ferro-silico-chromium      73.02-51 , 55                       19 108
                                        G. Other :
       I S 20                                — Ferro-molybdenum                          73.02-81                                515
       I S 21                               — Ferro-vanadium                             73.02-83                                189
       I S 22                               — Other                                      73.02-60, 70, 98                        210
                        73.15           Alloy steel and high carbon steel in the forms
                                        mentioned in heading Nos 73.06 to 73.14 :
       I S 23                           A. High carbon steel                             73.61-10, 20, 50, 90                88 373
                                                                                         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
 (*) Including products covered by the ECSC Treaty .
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                                                                                                                               Level
     Order No            CCT
                     heading No                                    Description                        Nimexe Code            of ceiling
                                                                                                                            metric tons —
         1                2                                            3                                   4                     5
                        73.15            B. Alloy steel :
                      (cont'd)
      IS 24                                   — Stainless or refractory (a)                    73.71-13, 23, 53, 93           74 468
                                                                                               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
      I S 25                                  — High speed (a)                                 73.71-14, 24, 54, 94             5 034 (*'
                                                                                               73.73-14, 24, 34, 54
                                                                                               73.74-54
                                                                                               73.75-24, 34, 44, 54, 64,
                                                                                                     84
                                                                                               73.76-14
      IS 26                                   — Other                                          73.71-19, 21 , 29, 55, 56,      72 251 (*
                                                                                                     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 :
                                              B. Straight and of uniform wall-thickness,       73.18-15
                                                   other than those falling in A above, of a
                                                   maximum length of 4.50 m, of alloy
                                                   steel containing by weight not less than
                                                   0.90 % but not more than 1.15 % of
                                                   carbon, not less than 0.50 % but not
                                                   more than 2 % of chromium and not
                                                   more than 0.50 % of molybdenum
      IS 27                              ex C. Other :
                                                                                                                              38 052
                                                   — Tubes and pipes, straight, and of         73.18-21
                                                         uniform wall-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 1.15 % of
                                                         carbon, not less than 0.50 % but not
                                                         more than 2 % of chromium and not
                                                        more than 0.50 % of molybdenum
      IS 28                                        — Tubes and pipes, of stainless or          73.18-61, 71, 81, 91           15 985
                                                        refractory steel (a)
( a) Subject to compliance with the definitions in fine .
(') Including products covered by the ECSC Treaty.
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               CCT                                                                            Level
  Order No                                Description                         Nimexe Code   of ceiling
            heading No                                                                    — metric tons —
     1           2                             3                                  4             5
              76.01    Unwrought aluminium; aluminium waste and
                       scrap :
   IS 29               A. Unwrought                                   76.01-11 , 15           5 915
              81.04    Other base metals, unwrought or wrought, and
                       articles thereof; cermets, unwrought or
                       wrought, and articles thereof:
                       K. Titanium :
   IS 30                    I. Unwrought, waste and scrap              81.04-56                    35
   IS 31                   II. Other                                   81.04-58                    40
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                                                     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 110 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 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-resting' 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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                                                   ANNEX II
                          LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2
               CCT
  Order No                                              Description                                   Nimexe Code
            heading No
       1        2                                           3                                               4
              28.04     Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals :
                       C. Other non-metals :
   II SI                   ex V. Silicon                                                        28.04-93 , 95
   II S 2     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 3     44.18    Reconstituted wood, being wood shavings, wood chips, sawdust,            44.18 - all Nos
                       wood flour or other ligneous waste agglomerated with natural or
                       artificial resins or other organic binding substances, in sheets, blocks
                       or the like
   II S 4     48.09    Building board of wood pulp or of vegetable fibre, whether or not        48.09 - all Nos
                       bonded with natural or artificial resins or with similar binders
              56.01    Man-made fibres (discontinuous), not carded, comBed or otherwise
                       prepared for spinning:
   II S 5              B. Regnerated textile fibres                                             56.01-21 , 23 , 25 , 29
              56.02    Continuous filament tow for the manufacture of man-made fibres
                       (discontinuous):
  II S 6               B. Of regenerated textile fibres                                         56.02-21 , 23 , 25, 29
  II S 7      68.04    Millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like (including         68.04 - all Nos
                       grinding, sharpening, polishing, trueing and cutting wheels, heads,
                       discs and points), of natural stone (agglomerated or not), of
                       agglomerated natural or artificial abrasives, or of pottery, with or
                       without cores, shanks, sockets, axles and the like of other materials,
                       but without frameworks ; segments and other finished parts of such
                       stones and wheels, of natural stone (agglomerated or not), of
                       agglomerated natural of artificial abrasives, or of pottery
  II S 8      68.06    Natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain, on a base of woven       68.06 - all Nos
                       fabric, of paper, of paperboard or of other materials, whether or not
                       cut to shape or sewn or otherwise made up
  II S 9      68.08    Articles of asphalt or of similar material (for example, of petroleum    68.08 - all Nos
                       bitumen or coal tar pitch)
  II S 10     68.16    Articles of stone or of other mineral substances (including articles of  68.16 - all Nos
                       peat), not elsewhere specified or included
  II S 11    69.02     Refractory bricks, blocks, tiles and similar refractory constructional   69.02 - all Nos
                       goods, other than goods falling within heading No 69.01
  II S 12    74.03     Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of copper; copper       74.03 - all Nos
                       wire
  II S 13    74.04     Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of copper                              74.04 - all Nos
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                 CCT
   Order No                                              Description                                Nimexe Code
             heading No
        1         2                                          3                                             4
     II S 14   74.05     Copper foil (whether or not embossed, cut to shape, perforated,       74.05 - all Nos
                         coated, printed, or backed with paper or other reinforcing material),
                         of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding 0.15 mm
     II S 15   74.06     Copper powder and flakes                                              74.06 - all Nos
     II S 16    74.07    Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of copper; hollow bars of        74.07 - all Nos
                         copper
               78.01     Unwrought lead (including argentiferous lead); lead waste and scrap :
                         A. Unwrought:
     II S 17                 II. Other                                                         78.01-12, 13 , 15, 19
               79.01     Unwrought zinc; zinc waste and scrap :
     II S 18             A. Unwrought                                                          79.01-11 , 15
    II S 19    81.01     Tungsten (wolfram), unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof        81.01 - all Nos
     II S 20   81.02     Molybdenum, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof                81.02 - all Nos
    II S 21    81.03     Tantalum, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof                  81.03 - all Nos
               81.04     Other base metals, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof;
                         cermets, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof:
    II S 22               B. Cadmium                                                           81.04-16, 18
                          C. Cobalt:
    II S 23                   II. Other                                                        81.04-23
    II S 24              D. Chromium                                                           81.04-26, 28
    II S 25               E. Germanium                                                         81.04-31 , 33
    II S 26               F. Hafnium (celtium )                                                81.04-36, 38
    II S 27              G. Manganese                                                          81.04-41 , 43
    II S 28              H. Niobium (columbium)                                                81.04-46, 48
    II S 29              IJ. Antimony                                                          81.04-51 , 53
    II S 30               L. Vanadium                                                          81.04-61 , 63
    II S 31              M. Uranium depleted in U 235                                          81.04-69
    II S 32              O. Zirconium                                                          81.04-81, 83
    II S 33               P. Rhenium                                                           81.04-91, 93
    II S 34              Q. Gallium; indium; thallium                                          81.04-94, 95
    II S 35              R. Cermets                                                            81.04-97, 98
    II S 36    84.62    Ball, roller or needle roller bearings                                 84.62 - all Nos
               85.24     Carbon brushes, arc-lamp carbons, battery carbons, carbon
                        electrodes and other carbon articles of a kind used for electrical
                        purposes :
   II S 37              A. Electrodes for electrolysis installations                           85.24-10
              87.01     Tractors (other than those falling within heading No 87.07), whether
                        or not fitted with power take-offs, winches or pulleys :
   II S 38              ex C. Road tractors                                                    87.01-96, 97