CELEX: 51978PC0458
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Date: 1978-09-22
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) establishing ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain products originating in Israël (1979) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak---          COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                               COM(78)458 final
                                                               Brussels , 22 September 1978
                                       Proposal for a
                               COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                   establishing ceilings and Community supervision
                   for imports of certain products originating in
                                         Israël ( 1979 )
                       ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
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 ---pagebreak---                                ÎVCPLAITA TOTW
   1 . Tho Agreement .- concluded by tho European Economio Community with tne
  State of Israel provides , 'in partioular in "the case of industrial products ,
  for the phased abolition of Common Customs Tariff duties over a transitional
                                                                       .             1
  period oxtonding untij. 1 July 1 577 •      Notwithstanding this provision ,
' special ..arrangements g.ra laid down for a oartain number of sensitive
  produotG : . an annual oeiling any bo imposed on tha volume of suoh products
  •which, may be imported at the preferential rate of duty.              Yihen this
  oeiling is reached tho Community may reintroduce until the or.d of tho
  calendar year tho customs dutioo applicable " to third oountrios .              In
  certain oases it. is the basio duties which are to bo applied ; . these are
  the duties to which the reductions provided for in the Agreement apply.
  The initial yoluoes of the annual ceilings          are fixed'
                                                                                       I
 by the Agreement iteclf. The ceilings are to be fixed annually ar.d their
  levols incrswutid by 5 /«• They will be atoliched not later than 31 December
  1979 .                    •                   *            's
  2,   The operation of tho ceiling arr?jngcments and the power to reintroduce
 customs duties will' necessarily require : the adoption of dotailcd common
 rules to bo applied uniformly by all Kombor States ,                This can tako tho
 form of a Community system of supervision of aotual imports from tho partnor
 State .     To this end , tho Member States ' should take appropriate measures
 to permit the rapid oolleotion of statistical returns for tho whole
 Community.      In this connection only imports . of the products in question
 should bo taken into account , as and whon they are submittod to tho
                                              M   I .     *    . ' "
 customs authorities 'under oover of a declaration of entry for , homo uso
                                 4
 and acoompaniod .by an EJS 1 movement • certificate conforming to tnc rules
 contained in tho Agreement " referred to under ' 1 .
 ---pagebreak---        These returns are to to made , up by each Member State at tho end of ©very
       y      . ;                    :            fifteentn .
       month 'and forwarded by the                     / . day 'of the following " month to tho Commission
       so as to enable the latter to oomaunicaite "by telex to all tho Moaber Sto.tos ■
       an overall' , produot-by~produot statement for the preceding month of the
       iaports in c^iestion. ' (The systoia of supervision will require of' tho •
       responsible dopartments,. of the Moaber States and the Commission diligonoa
  . and olose oooperation.                      In view 6t tho faot that th6' products conoemod
       are sensitive produots 'and that 'imports at a reduoed " rate of 'duty in
 ■ exooss of tho oeilings oould oause disturbance of tho Cpmmunity market ,
      it' is absolutely essential that all Member Statos respect rigorously the
   . fifteen–day time limit referred, to abovo « ' •
      (The following prooodure is 'to bo adopted for setting in train machinery, to
   : reintroduce duties :              if one of the overall monthly statements drawn up by
      the Commission rn'voal's that' 75$ of tho' 'ceiling 'fixed fon a given pro duov , :
     has boen reached , tho Member States would bo informed and consultations
     oould be held, for example in the Working;"Party 'on' Economio Tariff'
     Problems , either at the' request of a Member State or tho Cqmmission's , *
     initiative , She aim of these consultations would bo to 1 examine , oase
     by caso , whether or not tho customs duties applioabi© to .non-mcmbor ' ■
     countries should bo reintroduced onoe the ;targot oeiling.-iis aotu/illy
     roaohod.-          •              ''            '          . .                         r               -t
           \;           •      '"             ■ • ..                  .       •:     *• ■ •                 -• * .
, Monthly roturn.s would still be aado in respect of imports of tho product
    in question or, if th©( Commission
    ^ %                                     '
                                                            so...requested,
                                                             •            •
                                                                                 , it would• bo
                                                                                              "
                                                                                                 .notified by
     wolox. of ,suoh imports every ton. days .,.                        In , the latter case , . tho »imo
    limii fp27, forwarding the information would be fivo days.:'
    In this way, tho Commission would be ablo * to talco, within "the shortest
           '•o. .         '■      • • . "          .
   possible time , m'oasuro'3 loading to tho rointroduotion by Regulation, of
   customs duties in respeot of the' partner Stato whioh would apply until
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   tne end of tho calendar year. " In the above' hypothosis , tho rointroduotion
  o* the oustoms duties on the produot under consideration would, naturally,
bo effooted within a time limit fixed "by tho Regulation putting an ©nd •
 "to . tho reduotion of duties provided1 for in the Protocol No 1 .
 ---pagebreak---                                     «* 3 M
  3.  As far as application of tho ruio on ceilings and rcintroduotion of
  duties is. oonoemod, the ottachod proposal makes provision for tho Council
  to confer powers upon tho Commission .
  Tao proposed Rogulation doos no rr»oro'than outline how theso powers
 are to "bo oxoroised so that , in oonsultation with tho ivosibor States,'
 tho naohinoxy to "bo sot in train may "bo adapted flexibly and" rapidly .
 It iu with tho same view to maxir^ua efficiency and rapidity that the
 proposed Rogulation provides that the Coirjaission would "bo responsible
 for reintroducing, in rospeot of tho partner State , tho duties applicable
 to non-reenVbor oountrios .
ΑΙΉΕΧί
Proposal for a Counoil Rogulation, .
 ---pagebreak---                                                      PRCPOSAL FC3 A                        :
                                    COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
               establishing ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain products
                                              originating in Israel (197S)    *. . s .
            \         •
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
 pean Economic Community, and in particular Article '
 113 thereof,
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
 Whereas Article 2 of the Agreement between the
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 respect of
 the products to which the Agreement applies; where­
 as by way of derogation from these Articles, Article 5
 of that Protocol provides that for imports of products .
 listed in that Article the reduction of duties shall be
 limited to ceilings, above which the customs duties
 applicable to third countries may be reintroduced ;
 whereas the ceilings to be applied in 1S79 should
 therefore be determined; whereas the application of
 ceilings requires that the Community be regularly in­
 formed of the trend of imports of the products in
 question originating in Israel; whereas it is therefore
 desirable that imports of these products be subjected
 to a system of supervision ;
 Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of
  an administrative procedure based on charging im­
 ports of the products in question against the ceilings
  at Community level, as and when these prpducts are
  submitted to the customs authorities under cover of
  declarations that they have been made available for                              -  -
  home use; . whereas this administrative procedure
  must make provision for the possibility of customs duties
  being reintroduced as soon as the ceilings have been
  reached at Comsunity level ;
  Whereas this administrative procedure requires close
  and particularly rapid cooperation between the Mem- –
  ber States and the Commission and the latter must in
  particular be able to follow the progress of quantities
  charged against the ceilings and keep the Member "
  States informed; whereas this cooperation has to be
  particularly close since the Commission must be able
. to take the aporopriato ceasures to reintroduce customs
   tariff duties if one of the catlings is reached ;
 ---pagebreak---     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION-
                           Article 1
   o# Fr°m] 1 January to 31 December 1979, imports
   shall ebe^ KCt$ °n8inating in Israel ««ed in Annex I
   supervision. ' "              ^ and C–"V
   The description of the products referred to in the first
   paragraph, their tariff headings and statistical
  Annex "                 'S °f the Ceilings are         in
  L ?uaniltief sha11 charged against the ceilings as
  and when products are entered witftustoras
  authorities under cover of a declaration that they
  have been made available for home use and accom­
 panied by a movement certificate in accordance with the
 rules contained in Protocol 3 to the Agreement be­
 tween the Community and Israel. However, in the
 case of products falling within Chapter 27, the certifi­
 cate of origin may replace the movement certificate..
Goods may be charged against the ceiling:, only if the
movement certificate or, in the case of goods falling
within Chapter 27, the certificate of origin is
submitted before the date on which customs duties
are reimposed .
The extent to which a ceiling is used up shall be de- '
tcrmined at Community level on the basis of the im­
ports charged against it in the manner defined in the
preceding subparagraphs.
Jhe Member States shall inform the Commission at
the intervals and within the time limits specified in
paragraph 4 of imports effected in accordance with
the above procedures.
3. As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the
Commission Bay Issue a Regulation raisposing the custoas
duties specified in Articles 2 and 5 (6 ) of Protocol 1
to the Agreement until the end of the calendar year*
 4.    Member States shall forward to the Commission
 not later than the 15th day of each month statements
 of the quantities charged during the preceding month.
 If the Commission so requests.^ they shall provide
 such statements for periods of 10 daytf and forward
 them within five clear days of the end of each 10-day
 pcriOvL                   v
 ---pagebreak---                                                  - 3 -
                                             Article 2 -
                     During the period from 1 January until 31 December
                     1S7S - imports of the products referred to in Annex II
                     which originate in Israel shall be subjected to Com­
                     munity supervision .
                    Member States shall forward to the Commission 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 to the
                    customs authorities under cover of a declaration that
                    they are to be made available for home use and ac­
                    companied by a movement certificate conforming to
                    the rules contained in Protocol 3 to the Agreement
                    shall be taken into consideration for this purpose.
                              . ..  .        Articles
                     The Conaissi on shall take all appropriate measures,
                     In close cooperation with the Member States, for the
                     purposes of applying this Regulation.
                                             Article 4 •
                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
                     1979.                                                      .
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 1
                                              List of products subject to import ceilings in 1G78
                       CCT                                                                                   NIMEXE       Levcl of
    Order No                                                     Description                                   code        ceiling
                    hcading No                                                                                            (tonnes)
                         »                                            3                                          4             S
                                                                                                                             .       1 ■
                      27.10           Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous
                                      minerals, other than crude ; preparations not else­
                                      where 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
                                      constituents of the preparations :
                                      A. Light oils :
                                          III. For other purposes                                           27.10-15 ,
                                                                                                          17, 21 , 25, 29
                                      B. Médium oils :
                                          III . For other purposes                                       27.10-34, 38, 39
                                      C. Heavyoils :
                                             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
                                                                                  • ■
                       27.11           Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons :
I   IL 1                               A. Propane of a purity not less than 99 % :                                             Ceillng
                                           I. For use as power or heating fuel                               27.11-03          delayed
                                       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                                           27.1JÏ-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 :
                                                                                                              27.13-89
                                                 c) For other pruposes                                                           »
                                            II . Other                                                        27.13-90
  (•) Entry under the subheading it lubject to condition! to be determined by the competent •uthorlties.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                - 2 -                                          ANNEX I
                    CCT                                                                         NIMEXE        Lcvel or
    Order No                                         Description                                               cciling
                heading No j                                                                      code
                                                                                                             (tonnes)
       1                   |                             3                                 I        <■     I      j
I IL 1            27.14      Petroleum bitumen, petroleum coke and other residues
(cont'd)                     of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous
                             materials :                     '
                             C. Other : .
                                 II . Other                                                     27.14-99
I IL 2            29.02      Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons :
                             A. Halogenated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons :
                                 III. Bromides and polybromides                                 29.02-40           2.188
              !   »
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 ,      Ceiling
                                                                                               25, 27, 28      delayed
I IL 4            55.05      Cotton yarn, not put up for retail sale                         55.05-all Nos         1.0&4
                                                                                          i
                                                                                                                     486
I IL 5            55.09      Other woven fabrics of cotton                                   55.09-all Nos
I IL 6            60.03 '    Stockings, under stockings, socks , ankle socks, sockettes
                             and the like, knitted or crocheted, not elastic for
                             rubberized                                                      60.03-all Nos       Ceiling
                                                                                                             . delayed
  IL 7            60.05      Outer garments and other articles, knitted or crocheted,                                  547
                             not elastic or rubberized                                       60.05-all Nos
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                                                              ANNEX u
                                                                                                                             r
                                                List of products referred to in Article 2
                                                                                                      *
                     CCT                                                                                       NIMEXE
     Order No     heading No                                   Description                                             code
        1              »
                                                                    3_                           I ■            1    .
                                                                                                                           4
                                                                                                                              1      –   7
II IL 1             28.01         Halogens (fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine) :
                                  C. Bromine                                                                   240 1-50
II IL 2             28.10         Phosphorus pentoxide and phosphoric acids (meta, orhto*
                                  and pyro*)                                                                   28.10-00
II IL 3 A           28.30         Chlorides, oxychlorides and hydroxychlorides ; bromides and
                                  oxybromides ; iodides and oxyiodides :
                                  C. Other :
                                      – Bromides and oxybromides                                             28.30-93, 95
II IL 3 B           28.31         Hypochlorites ; commercial calcium hypochlorite ; chloritcs ;
                                  hypobromites :
                                  C. Other :
                                      – Hypobromites                                                       ^ 28,31-99                  '
                                                                                                                         À .
                                                                                                               i        i
II IL 3 C           28.32         Chlorates and perchlorates ; bromates and perbromates ;
                                  iodates and periodates :                                                       '      Ί
                                  C. Other :
                                      – Bromates and perbromates                                               28.32-90
II IL 4       .     28.40         Phosphites, hypophosphites 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
                                v and peracids, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or
                                  nitrosated derivatives :
                                  A. Carboxylic acids with alcohol function :
                                      IV. Citric acid and its salts and esters                            29.16-2f, 23, 29
                                                                                                                                   1
II IL 6             31.03         Mineral or chemical fertilizers, phosphatic :                                               ,, î
                           i ..
                                  A. Mentioned in Note 2 (A) to Chapter 31 :
                                                                                                                   31.03-15
                                      I. Superphosphates
II IL 7             39.02       ' Polymerization and copolymerization products (for example*
                                  polyethylene, polytetrahaloethylenes, polyisobutylene, poly­                                 fy
                                  styrene, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl
                                  chloroacetate and other polyvinyl derivatives, polyacrylic
                                  and polymethacrylic derivatives, coumarone-indene resins) :
                                   C. Other :                     x                        ,
                                                                                                                                 }
                                       VII. Polyvinyl chloride :
 II IL 7 A                                  a") In one of the forms mentioned in Note 3 (a)                   39.02-41 , 43
                                                and (b) to this Chapter
                                                                                                     39.02-45, 46, 47, 51, 52,
 II IL 7 B      '                           b) In other forms                                           53-, 54, 57, S9, 61, 66
                                                                                                                                  i
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 ---pagebreak---                                                  - 2 -                                         ANNEX II
                CCT                                                                                       NIMEXE
    Order N#                                           Description
             hcading No                                                                                     code
        1                                                  3                                 !               4
                        !                                  :
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 Ieather                                                  42.02-ex 21 , ex 31 , ex 41 ,
                                                                                                      ex 51 , ex 81
 i 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 No51.01 or51 .02              51.04-all Nos
                                                                                             i
II IL 11       56.05      Yarn of man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste), not put
                          up for retail sale                                                         56.05-all Nos
II 1L 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