CELEX: 31976R3037
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-09 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/76 of 9 December 1976 establishing ceilings and Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Israel (1977)

20. 12. 76                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 350/31
                                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3037/76
                                                   of 9 December 1976
               establishing ceilings and Community supervision of imports of certain products origina­
                                                    ting in Israel ( 1977)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          progress of amounts set off against the ceilings and
                                                                  keep the Member States informed ; whereas this
                                                                  cooperation must 'be all the closer since the Com­
                                                                  mission must be able to take adequate measures to
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            reintroduce customs tariff duties whenever one of the
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113                 ceilings has been reached ;
thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                Whereas the trend of imports of certain products not
                                                                  subject to ceilings should also be followed ; whereas
                                                                  it is therefore desirable that imports of such products
Whereas Article 2 of the Agreement between the                    should also be subjected to a system of supervision,
European Economic Community and the State of
Israel (*), signed on 11 May 1975 , and Articles 1
and 2 of Protocol 1 annexed thereto, make provision
for the progressive abolition of customs duties in                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
respect of the products to which the Agreement
applies ; whereas by way of derogation from these
Articles, Article 5 of that Protocol provides that for                                     Article 1
imports of products listed in that Article the reduction
of duties shall be limited to ceilings, above which the            1 . From 1 January until 31 December 1977, imports
customs duties applicable to third countries may be               of products originating in Israel listed in Annex I shall
reintroduced ; whereas the ceilings to be applied in              be subject to annual ceilings and Community
1977 should therefore be determined ; whereas the
                                                                  supervision .
application of ceilings requires that the Community
be regularly informed of the trend of imports of the
products in question originating in Israel ; whereas it           The description of the products referred to in the
is, therefore, desirable that imports of these products           first paragraph, their tariff headings and statistic
be subjected to a system of supervision ;                         numbers and the levels of the ceilings are given in
                                                                  Annex 1 .
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 ceilings as
ceilings at Community level , as and when these prod­             and when products are submitted to the customs
ucts are submitted to the customs authorities under                authorities under cover of a declaration that they
                                                                   have    been  made    available   for  home   use   and
cover of declarations that they have been made
available for home use ; whereas this administrative               accompanied by a movement certificate conforming
procedure must make provision for the reintroduction               to the rules contained in Protocol 3 to the Agreement
of customs tariff duties as soon as the ceilings have              between the Community and Israel . However, in the
been reached at Community level ;                                  case of products falling within Chapter 27, the
                                                                   certificate of origin may replace the movement
                                                                   certificate .
Whereas this administrative procedure requires close
and particulary rapid cooperation between the
Member States and the Commission ; whereas the                    Goods shall be set off against the ceiling only if the
latter must, in particular, be able to follow the                 movement certificate or, in the case of goods falling
                                                                   within Chapter 27, the certificate of origin has been
                                                                   submitted before the date on which customs duties
 W OJ No L 136, 28 . 5 . 1975, p. 3 .                              are reimposed.
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The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at                                         Article 2
Community level on the basis of imports set off '
against it in the manner defined in the preceding            From 1 January until 31 December 1977, imports of
subparagraphs.                                               the products referred to in Annex II which originate
                                                             in Israel shall be subjected to Community supervision.
                                                             Member States shall forward to the Commission, not
The Member States shall inform the Commission at             later than the 15th day of each month, statements of
the intervals and within the time limits specified in        imports of the products in question effected during
paragraph 4 of any imports effected in accordance            the preceding month ; only products submitted to the
with the above rules.                                        customs authorities under cover of a declaration that
                                                             they are to be made available for home use and
                                                             accompanied by a movement certificate conforming
3 . As soon as the ceilings have 'been reached, the          to Che rules contained in Protocol 3 to the Agreement
Commission may issue a Regulation reimposing the             shall be taken into consideration for this purpose.
customs duties specified in Articles 2 and 5 (6) of
Protocol 1 to the Agreement until the end of the                                         Article 3
calendar year.
                                                             The    Member      States    and    the Commission   shall
4. Member States shall forward to the Commission
                                                             cooperate closely in order to ensure that this
                                                              Regulation is observed.
not ilater than the 15th day of each month statements
 of the amounts set off during the preceding month.
They shall, if the Commission so requests, make up                                       Article 4
 such statements for periods of 10 days and forward
 them within five clear days of expiry of the preceding      This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
 10-day period.                                               1977.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 9 December 1976.
                                                                                For the Council
                                                                                  The President
                                                                                P. J. J. MERTENS
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                                                                        ANNEX 1
                                                 List of products subject to import ceilings in 1977
                          CCT                                                                                            Level
                                                                                                            Nimexe
     Order No                                                         Description                                      of ceiling
                       heading No                                                                             code
                                                                                                                      (metric tons)
          1                 2                                               3                                  4            5
                         27.10            Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous
                                          minerals, other than crude ; preparations not elsewhere
                                          specified or included, containing not less than 70%
                                          by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from
                                          bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constitu­
                                         ents of the preparations :
                                          A. Light oils :
                                              III. For other purposes                                    27.10-15,
                                                                                                        17,21,25, 29
                                         B. Medium oils :
                                              III. For other purposes                                    27.10-34,
                                                                                                           3*8, 39
                                          C. Heavy oils :
                                                  I. Gas oil :
                                                     c) For other purposes                                27.10-59
                                                II. Fuel oil :
                                                     c) For other purposes                                27.10-69
                                              III. Lubricating oils ; other oils :
                                                     c) To be mixed in accordance with the terms
                                                         of Additional Note 7 to this Chapter (a)         27.10-75
                                                     d) For other purposes                                27.10-79
                                                                                                                        661 500
  I IL 1
                         27.11           Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons :
                                         A. Propane of a purity not less than 99 % :
                                                 I. For use as power or heating fuel                      27.11-03
                                         B. Other :
                                                 I. Commercial propane and commercial butane :
                                                     c) For other purposes                                27.11-19
                         27.12           Petroleum jelly :
                                         A. Crude :
                                              III. For other purposes                                     27.12-19
                                         B. Other                                                        27.12-90
                         27.13           Paraffin wax, micro-crystalline wax, slack wax,
                                         ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax and other mineral
                                         waxes, whether or not coloured :
                                         B. Other :
                                                 I. Crude :
                                                     c) For other purposes                                27.13-89
                                               II. Other                                                 27.13-90
(a) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities.
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                                                                                               Level
               CCT                                                                 Nimexe
   Order No
            heading No                         Description                           code    of ceiling
                                                                                            (metric tons)
       1         2                                   3                                4           5
 I IL 1       27.14     Petroleum bitumen, petroleum coke and other residues
   (cont'd)             of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous
                        minerals :
                        C. Other :
                            II. Other                                             27.14-99
 I IL 2       29.02    Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons :
                       A. Halogenated derivatives of acrylic hydrocarbons :
                           III. Bromides and polybromides                         29.02-40     1985
 I IL 3       42.03    Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather
                       or of composition leather :
                       B. Gloves, including mittens and mitts                    42.03-21,        3-3
                                                                                25 , 27, 28
 I IL 4       55.05    Cotton yarn, not up for retail sale                         55.05         992
                                                                                 all Nos
 I IL 5       55.09    Other woven fabrics of cotton                               55.09         441
                                                                                 all Nos
 I IL 6       60.03    Stockings, under stockings, socks, ankle-socks, sock­
                       ettes and the like, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or
                       rubberized                                                  60.03         110
                                                                                 all Nos
 I IL 7       60.05    Outer garments and other articles, knitted or crocheted,
                       not elastic or rubberized                                   60.05         496
                                                                                 all Nos
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                                                 ANNEX 11
                                  List of products referred to in Article 2
               CCT                                                                                    Nimexe
   Order No
            heading No                                  Description                                    code
       1         2                                         3                                              4
 II IL 1      28.01    Halogens (fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine):
                       C. Bromine                                                                    28.01-50
 II IL 2      28.10    Phosphorus pentoxide and phosphoric acids (meta-, ortho- and pyro-)           28.10-00
 II IL 3      28.33    Bromides, oxybromides, bromates and perbromates, and hypobromites            28.33-10,
                                                                                                        90
 II IL 4      28.40    Phosphites, hydrophosphites and phosphates :
                       B. Phosphates (including polyphosphates) :
                            II. Other                                                                28.40-30,
                                                                                                    62, 65, 71 ,
                                                                                                   79, 81 , 85
 II IL 5      29.16    Carboxylic acids with alcohol, phenol, aldehyde or ketone function
                       and other single or complex oxygen-function carboxylic acids and
                       their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peracids, and their haloge­
                       nated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives :
                       A. Carboxylic acids with alcohol function :
                           IV. Citric acid and its salts and esters                                 29.16-21,
                                                                                                      23 , 29
 II IL 6      31.03    Mineral or chemical fertilizers, phosphatic :
                       A. Mentioned in Note 2 (A) to Chapter 31 :
                           I. Superphosphates                                                        31.03-15
 Π IL 7       39.02    Polymerization and copolymerization products (for example, poly­
                       ethylene, polytetrahaloethylenes, polyisobutylene, polystyrene, poly­
                       vinyl chloride, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl chloroacetate and other
                       polyvinyl derivatives, polyacrylic and polymethacrylic derivatives,
                       coumarone-indene (resins) :
                       C. Other :
                           VII. Polyvinyl chloride                                              39.02-41, 43,45,
                                                                                                46,47,51,52, 53,
                                                                                                54,57,59,61,66
 II IL 8      42.02    Travel goods (for example, trunks, suitcases, hat boxes, travelling
                       bags, rucksacks), shopping-bags, handbags, satchels, brief-cases,
                       wallets, purses, toilet-cases, tool-cases, tobacco-pouches, sheaths,
                       cases, boxes (for example, for arms, musical instruments, binoculars,
                       jewellery, bottles, collars, footwear, brushes) and similar containers
                       of leather or of composition leather, of vulcanized fibre, of artificial
                       plastic sheeting, of paperboard or of textile fabric :
                       ex B. Of other materials :
                               — Of leather                                                      42.02 - ex 21,
                                                                                                  ex 31 , ex 41 ,
                                                                                                  ex 51, ex 81
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               CÇT                                                                                  Nimexe
   Order No
            heading No                                   Description                                  code
       1         2                                          3                                           4
 II IL 9      42.03    Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of composition
                       leather :
                       A. Articles of apparel                                                     42.03-10
                       C. Other clothing accessories                                              42.03-51,
                                                                                                       59
 II IL 10     51.04    Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (continuous), including woven
                       fabrics of monofil or strip of heading No 51.01 or 51.02                     51.04
                                                                                                   all Nos
 II IL 11     56.05    Yarn of man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste), not put up for
                       retail sale                                                                  56.05
                                                                                                  all Nos
 II IL 12     56.07    Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste)                    56.07
                                                                                                   all Nos
 II IL 13     70.05    Unworked drawn or blown glass (including flashed glass), in rectangles       70.05
                                                                                                   all Nos
 II IL 14     76.03    Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of aluminium                               76.03
                                                                                                  all Nos