CELEX: 31975R3148
Language: en
Date: 1975-11-24 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3148/75 of the Council of 24 November 1975 establishing ceilings and Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Israel (1976)

No L 317/34                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                8 . 12 . 75
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 3148/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                      of 24 November 1975
              establishing ceilings and Community supervision of imports of certain products
                                                    originating in Israel ( 1976)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              operation must be all the closer since the Commis­
                                                                      sion must be able to take adequate measures to re­
                                                                      introduce customs tariff duties whenever one of the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                    ceilings has been reached ;
pean Economic Community, and in particular
Article 113 thereof;                                                  Whereas the trend of imports of certain products not
                                                                      subject to ceilings should also be followed ; whereas
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                   it is therefore desirable that imports of such products
                                                                      should also be subjected to a system of supervision,
Whereas Article 2 of the Agreement ( l ) between the
European Economic Community and the State of
Israel, signed on 11 May 1975 , and Articles 1 and 2                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
of Protocol 1 annexed thereto make provision for the
progressive abolition of customs duties in respect of
the products to which the Agreement applies ;
                                                                                              Article 1
whereas 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                   1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1976 imports of
duties shall be limited to ceilings, above which the                  products originating in Israel, listed in Annex I, shall
customs duties applicable to third countries may be                   be subject to annual ceilings and Community
re-introduced ; whereas the ceilings to be applied in                 supervision .
1976 should therefore be determined ; whereas the
application of ceilings requires that the Community                   The description of the products referred to in the
be regularly informed of the trend of imports of the                  first paragraph, their tariff headings and statistic
products in question originating in Israel ; whereas it               numbers and the levels of the ceilings are given in
is, therefore, desirable that imports of these products               Annex I.
be subjected to a system of supervision ;
                                                                      2. Amounts shall be set off against the ceilings as
Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of                    and when products are submitted to the customs
 an administrative procedure based on setting off                     authorities under cover of a declaration that they
imports of the products in question against the                       have    been   made    available  for  home    use     and
 ceilings at Community level , as and when these pro­                 accompanied by a movement certificate conforming
 ducts are submitted to the customs authorities under
                                                                      to the rules contained in Protocol 3 to the Agreement
 cover of declarations that they have been made                       between the Community and Israel . However, in the
 available for home use ; whereas this administrative                 case of products falling within Chapter 27, the
procedure must make provision for the re-introduc­                    certificate of origin shall replace the movement
tion of customs tariff duties as soon as the ceilings                 certificate. <
have been reached at Community level ;
                                                                      Goods shall be set off against the ceiling only if the
Whereas this administrative procedure requires close                  movement certificate or, in the case of goods falling
and particularly rapid cooperation between the                        within Chapter 27, the certificate of origin has been
Member States and the Commission ; whereas                  the       submitted before the date on which customs duties
latter must, in particular, be able to follow               the       are re-introduced .
progress of amounts set off against the ceilings           and
keep the Member States informed ; whereas this             co­        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
 (!) OJ No L 136, 28 . 5 . 1975 , p. 3 .                              subparagraphs.
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The Member States shall inform the Commission                originate in Israel shall be subjected to Community
at the intervals and within the time limits specified        supervision.
in paragraph 4 of any imports effected in accordance         Member States shall forward to the Commission not
with the above rules.
                                                             later than the 15th day of each month statements of
3 . As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the           imports of the products in question effected during
Commission may issue a Regulation re-introducing             the preceding month ; only products submitted to the
                                                             customs authorities under cover of a declaration that
the customs duties specified in Articles 2 and 5 (6)
of Protocol 1 to the Agreement until the end of the          they are to be made available for home use and
calendar year.                                               accompanied by a movement certificate conforming
                                                              to the rules contained in Protocol 3 to the Agreement
4. Member States shall forward to the Commission             shall be taken into consideration for this purpose.
not later than the 15th day of each month statements
of the amounts set off during the preceding month.                                   Article 3
They shall, if the Commission so requests, make up
such statements for periods of 10 days and forward            For the implementation of this Regulation the Com­
them within five clear days of expiry of the preceding        mission shall take all necessary measures in close
 1 0-day period.                                              cooperation with the Member States .
                       Article 2                                                     Article 4
During the period 1 January to 31 December 1976               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
imports of the products referred to in Annex II which         1976.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 24 November 1975 .
                                                                                      For the Council
                                                                                       The President
                                                                                        B. VISENTINI
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                                                                        ANNEX I
                                                List of products subject to import ceilings in 1976
                                                                                                                         Level
                           CCT                                                                               Nimexe
     Order No
                        heading No                                    Description                             Code     of ceiling
                                                                                                                      (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,
                                                                                                             38 , 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
                                                                                                                        630 000
                           27.11          Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons :
  I IL 1
                                          A. Propane of a purity not less than 99 % :
                                                 I. For use as power or heating fuel                       27.11—05
                                          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                                    Description                                      of ceiling
             heading No                                                                 Code
                                                                                               (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      1 890
  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 ,      3-15
                                                                                    25, 27/ 28
  I IL 4       55.05    Cotton yarn , not up for retail sale                     55.05 —            945
                                                                                 all Nos
 I IL 5        55.09    Other woven fabrics of cotton                            55.09—             420
                                                                                 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—             105
                                                                                 all Nos
 I IL 7        60.05    Outer garments and other articles, knitted or crocheted,
                        not elastic or rubberized                                60.05—            472-5
                                                                                 all Nos
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                                                 ANNEX II
                                   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 andperbromates, 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
 II 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—52 ,
                                                                                                   53 , 55 , 56,
                                                                                                 58 , 62 , 64, 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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                CCT                                                                                     Nimexe
    Order No                                              Description                                    Code
             heading No
         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 monopol 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