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Date: 1975-07-17
Title: Proposal for a REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL establishing certain ceilings and Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in the State of Israel (1976)

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                                         COM(75 ) 372 final
                                         Brus sels , 17 July 1975
                       Proposai for a
              REGULATION ( EEC ) OF THE COUNCIL
                                     / .   i
        establishing certain ceilings and Community
        supervision of imports of certain products
        originating in the State of Israel ( 1976 ) v
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        ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
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 C0M(75 ) 372 final
 ---pagebreak---                             EXPLA1IAT0KY MEMORANDUM
 1 . The Agreement concluded by the European Economio Community with the
State of Israel provides , in partioular in the case of industrial products ,
for the phased abolition of Common Customs Tariff duties over a transitional
period extending until 1 July 1 977 *     Notwithstanding this provision,
special arrangements are laid down for a certain number of sensitive
products : . an annual ceiling may be imposed on the volume of such products
whioh may be imported at the preferential rate of duty.        When this
ceiling is reached the Community may reintroduce until the end. of the
calendar year the customs duties applicable to third countries .       In
certain cases it is the basic duties which are to be applied ; . these are
the duties to which the reductions provided for in the Agreement apply.
The initial volumes of the annual ceilings operative for 1975 are fixed
by the Agreement itself. The ceilings are to be fixed annually and their
levels increased by 5       They will be abolished not later than 31 December
1979 .
                                                           «
2.   The operation of tho ceiling arrangements and the power to reintroduce
customs duties will' necessarily re qui ro the adoption of detailed common
rules to be applied uniformly by all Member States .       This oan take the
form of a Community system of supervision of actual imports from the partner
        i •            '                    .
State .     To this end, the Member States ' should take appropriate measures
to permit the rapid colleotion of statistical returns for the whole
Community.      In this connection only imports . of the products in question
should be taken into account , as and when they are submitted to the
customs authorities under oover of a declaration of' ehtry for home use .
and accompanied .by an ECJR 1 movement certificate conforming to the rules
contained in the Agreement " deferred to under 1 . '
 ---pagebreak---   These returns are to "bo mad?, up by each Komber State at the end of every
                              x if ~i,ee:,th
  month and forwarded "by the     /     day of the following month to the Commission
  so as to enable the latter to communicate by telex to all the Member States
  an overall , product-by-product statement for the preceding month of the
 imports in question .    The system of supervision will require of the
 responsible departments , of the Member States and the Commission diligence
 and close cooperation.     In view 6f the fact that the' products concerned
 are sensitive products and that 'imports at a reduced rate of duty in
 excess of tho ceilings could cause disturbance of the Community market ,
 it is absolutely essential that all Member States respect rigorously the
 fifteen-day time limit referred to above .
 The following procedure is to be adopted for setting in train machinery to
 reintroduce duties : if one of the overall monthly statements drawn up by
 the Commission reveals that 75% of the ceiling fixed for a given product
 has been reached , the Member States would bo informed and consultations
 could be held , for example in the Working Party on Economic Tariff
Problems , either at the request of a Member State or tho Commission * s
 initiative .    The aim of these consultations would be to examine , ca.se
by case , whether or not tho customs duties applicable to non-membor
countries should be reintroduced once the target ceiling is actually
roachcd .
Monthly returns would still be made in respect of imports of the product
in question or , if the Commission so . requested, it would be notified by
telex, of such imports every ten . days . . In the latter case , the time
limit for forwarding the information would be five days .
In this way , the Commission would be abl©' to take , within the shortest
possible time , measures leading to the reintroduction by Regulation , of
customs duties in respect of the' partnor State which would apply until
the end of the calendar year . " In the above hypothesis , tho reintroduction
of the customs duties on the produot under consideration would , naturally,
be effected within a time limit fixed by tho Regulation putting ail end
to tho reduction of duties provided for in the Protoools No 1 .
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 3.  As far as application of tho rule on ceilings and reintroduction of
 duties is concerned, the attached proposal makes provision for the Council
 to confer powers upon tho Commission .
 The proposed Regulation does no more than outline how these powers
 are to be exercised so that , in consultation with the Member States ,
the machinery to "be set in train may "be adapted flexibly and rapidly.
It is with the same view to maximum efficiency and rapidity that the
proposed Regulation provides that the Commission would be responsible
for reintroducing, in respeot of the partner State , the duties applicable
to non-member countries .
Proposai for a Counoil Régulation.
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 ---pagebreak---                                     Proposai for a
                      REGULATION (EEC ) KO            OP THE COUNCIL
                                       • of         '                     "
          establishing certain ceilings and Comunity supervision of
          imports of certain products originating in the State of Israel
                                           ( 1976 )
   EIE COUNCIL OF THE EUIÎ0P2AN COMMUNIONS , -
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
    and in particular Article 113 thereof ;
   Having regard to the proposal from the Cormuission;
    Whereas Article 2 of the Agreement"1 "between the European Economic Community
    and the State of Israel signed on H May 1975 ' and Articles 1                2 of
 ' Protocol No 1 thereto malce provision for the progressive abolition of
    customs duties in respect of the products to which the Agreement applies ;
    whereas by way of derogation from those Articles , Article 5 of that
    Protocol provides that in the case of imports of                 products ■ listed
            in this       Protocol the reduction of duties is to be limited to
    ceilings above which the customs 'duties applicable to third countries may
    bo reintroduced;
                                                            whereas it is thus neoensary to
establish the ceilings which are to be applied ill 197 whereas the 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 is ,
    therefore , desirable to make imports of such products subject to supervision ;
     Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of an administrative
     procedure based on setting off, at Community level , imports of ,the products
     in question against the ceilings as and when the produots are submitted
     to the customs authorities under cover of declarations that they are to be made
     available for consumption; whereas such administrative procedure must make
     provision for the ^introduction of oustoms tariff duties as soon as the
     ceilings have been roaohed at Community level }
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      1 0J No L
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 Whereas such administrative procedure requires close and particularly-
 rapid cooperation between the Member States and the Commission ;           whereas
 the latter mustj in particular, be able to follow the progress of amounts
 set off against the indicative ceilings and keep the Member States
 informed }  whereas there is particular need for close cooperation as
the Commission must be able to take suitable measures to reintroduce
customs tariff duties whenever one of the ceilings has been - reached :
Whereas the trend of imports of certain products not subject . to ceilings
should also be followed :          whereas it is therefore desirable that imports
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of such , products should also be subject , to supervision :.
HAS AJX)PTED - THIS'R2GULAŒT0ÎT:                                x
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                                          Article 1 .          *• •
Prom 1 January 1976 until 31 December 197°i imports of products originatin
in Israel , detailed in Annex I of this regulations , are subject to annual
ceilings and to Community supervision .
The description of the products referred to in the . preceding subparagraph,
their tariff headings and statistic numbers and the levels of the ceilings
are given in Annex I.;                            •
 ---pagebreak---                                                              AMEX
2.  Amounts shall be sot off against the ceilings as and when products
are submitted to the customs authorities under cover of a declaration
that they are to be made available for consumption and accompanied by
a movement certificate conforming to the rules contained in Protocol itfo 3
to the Agreement referred to in paragraph 1 .             J
Goods shall be set off. against the ceiling only if the movement certificate
has been submitted before the date on which customs duties are reimposed.
The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at Community leyel on the
basis of imports set off against it in the manner defined in the preceding
subparagraphs .
The Member States shall inform the Commission at the intervals and within
the time limits specified in paragraph 4 below of imports effeoted in
accordance with the above rules .
3 . As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the Commission may issue a
Regulation reimposing, until the ond of the calendar year, the customs
duties specified in Articles 2 and 5(6 ) of Protocol No 1 to the Agreement .
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4.  Member States shall forward to the Commission not later than the fifteonth
day of each month statements of the amounts' set off during the preceding
month . • They shall , if the Commission so requests , make up such
statements for periods of ten days and forward them within five clear
days of expiry of the preceding ten-day period.
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                                Article 2
                                  1976
 During the period from 1 January      until 31 December 197o » imports of •
 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 later than the     fifteenth
 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 bo made
 available for consumption and accompanied by a movement certificate
 conforming to the rulos contained in Protocol Ho 3 to the Agreement
 referred to in Article 1 shall be taken into consideration for this purpose
                                Article 3
For the implementation of this Regulation the Commission shall talce all
necessary measures in close oooperation with the . Member States .
                                Article 4
 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1976 .
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirely . and directly applicable
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in ail Member States .                       '
.Done. at Brussels .                                 Por tho Council
                                                      Tho Président
 ---pagebreak---                                                   ANNEX I
                    LIST OP PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO . INDICATE -CEILINGS UPON • IMPORTATION
                                               ' IN 197S
                                                 Description        Nimexe        Level of ceiling
 Order      CCT
                                                                      Code        - metrc tons -
- No     hoading No
                                                                          4               5
   1         2      •                   ,             3 . ,,             ri
           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 bitumi­
                         nous minerals , those oils being the
                         basic constituents of the prepara-r
                         tions :
                  1                                        .»
                 'i      A. Light oils :
                             III . For other purposes               27.10 - 15 ,
                                                                    17,21,25,29
                         B. Médium oils :
                             III , For other purposes               27 ao - 34 ,
                                                                    38,39
                         C. Eeavy oils :
                             1 • Gas oil s
                                 c ) For other purposes             27 . 10 - 59
                                                                  s
                            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 Addi­
  I IL 1                            " tional Note 7 to Chapter
                                        27 ( a)                     27.10 - 75            630.000
                                 d ) For other purposes              27 . 10 - 79
            27.11         Petroleum gases and other caseous
                          hydrocarbons :                       ■■
                        . A. Propane of a purity of 99 7a
                              more     ;     .
                              I. Intended to be used as motor
                                  or other fuel                      27.11 - 05
                                                                       1
 ---pagebreak---                                                2
   1        • 2                <               3                   .                .4                5
      L,„           S. Other :                                                                   )
      (                 I. Commercial propane and com-                         ■               "-)
      (                     mercial butane :
      \
      ( :                 . c ) Por other purpos.es                          ... 27.11 - 19 : ; v
      ^ '27.12 "    Petroleum jelly       ~ '"                  • •                             .)
      (             A. Crude s              -                                                     )
      ( '              III . Por other . purposes                                 . 27.12 - 19 ^
     (              B. Other            ■                                        . 27.12 - 90 )
     (\                                                                                           4'
     ( 27.13        Paraffin wax , micro-crystalline
     (              wax, slack wax, ozokerite ,
                    lignite wax, peat wax and other
     (              mineral waxes , wether or not                                                      )
                    coloured " :
                    B. Other :
                       I. Crude :
                            cj Por other purposes                                   27.13 - 89   V
                      II . Other                                                    27:13 - 90   \
        27.14     „ Petroleum bitumen, petroleum
                    coke and other residues of
                    petroleum oils or of oils
                    obtained from "bituminous        •
                 . minerals :
                                                                                      ■)
                    C. Other ;
                       II . Nbt. specified                                          27.14 - 99
                                  '         n,   • * ■ •'     '
                                          t
                                                                                                   \
IL 2    29.02       Halogenated derivatives of
                    hydrocarbons ;
                    A. Halogenated derivatives of                                     r
                       acyclic hydrooarbons :                                         <■1
                       III . Bromides and polybromides,                             29.02 - 40       1.890
                                                         •* •    »   ». . »  .
                                                                          ■ <1
                                                                           «
                                                                                       i
 ---pagebreak--- J
 I IL 3     42.03        Articles of apparel and clothing
                       . accessories , of leather or of
                         conroosition leather :
<*                          **                                 /
                         B. Gloves , including mittens and
                            mitts                              42.03 - 21 ,
                                                               25,27,28     - 3 ,]
I IL 4      55«05        Cotton yarn, not put-up for retail
                         sale                                  55.05 -
                                                               ail Nos        945
            55*09        Other woven fabrics of cotton         55»09 -
                                                               ail Los        420
            60.03        Stockings , under stockings , socks , 60.03 *-
                         ankle-socks , soclcettes and the      all' ITos      105
                         like , knitted or crocheted, not
                         elastic nor rubberised        !
            60.05        Outer garments and other articles ,   60 . 05 -
                        knitted or crocheted, not elastic      all Noa       472,5
                         nor rubberised
        ( a) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions,
             to be determined by the competent authorities .
 ---pagebreak---                                                             ΑΜΕΧ XI
                                      list op products referred to nr article 2
                                                                                                          Nimexe
                                                          • Description.
              CCT                                                                                        . Code
          heading ïTo
  i            2                                                  ^
II IL I     28.01             Halogens ( fluorine,, oblorine, "bromine
                              and iodine ) :
                                                                                                28.01 - 50
                              C . Bromine                                   , •
                                                                                                 28.10 - 00
II IL 2     28.10    1 '' 'Phosphorus pentoxide and phosphoric                                   to.i
                               acids (met a-, ortho- and pyro-J
                                                                                                  28.33 - 00
II IL 3      28.33             Bromides , oxybromides,' hromates and                              28.]
                               perbromates , and hypohromites                                        , ;
                                                                         ;   v '            *           ;V" '
 II IL 4      28.40            Phosphites , hypophosphites^ and • •                                              ,, ;
                               phosphates :
                               B. Phosphates : . <                               .
                                     II . Other, - including polyphosphat es 28.40- -
                                            ; : •"/ ■* •' .  - ''       " *                                 /*» /
                                                             ■                I. •• • :
 II IL 5      29-16             Caxboxyïio acids with alcohol ,
                                phenol , aldehyde or ketone fuiiotion
                                 and other single or complex , oxygen- . * *                                .
                                 function carboxylic acids and their
                        f ' 'anhydrides , halides, peroxides and
                        ' ' peracids , and their haloganates ,                                   . .x
                                  sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated
                                  derivatives : •.
                                  A. Carboxylic acids with alcohol                            •          ■ '
                                      function :
                      4                IV . Cit ric acid and its salts - r 29                        29*16  .16 –- • 21 , 23
                      ' ■       >           and esters .           •
  II IL 6    ' 31.03       " '"'''"Mineral or chemical fertilisers ,
                                   phosphatic t                      3
                            " ■ A. Mentioned in 'Hot a * 2 (A) ^o ■                       '
                                    ' this Chapter : '            •
                                                                                                  ' . 31 .03 - -. 15
                                       I. Superphosphates            .(                 ;       I* •  t   •  •
 ---pagebreak---                                                                        2
  II IL 7      " 39.02"- ~ , Polymerisation and cop'olymerisation 'products ... .. .
       ..                           . ( for "example , . polyethylene , polytetrahalo-
                  *"                  . ethylenes , polyisobut'yl'en-e ,- polystyrene ,
                                       polyviflj'-l - chloirq.de , polyvinyl acetate ," poly-* .. „
                                       vinyl chloroacet at e ' and-- other, polyvinyl                      "*" 7"           !
                                        derivative^,' - polyacrylic and polymethaciy-
                          . .- -        lie, derivatives , coumarone-iridene reiijs ) _ :
                                        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 , suit­
                                       cases . hatboxes , travelling-bags , ruck­
                                       sacks ), shopping-bags , handbags , satchels,,
                                       brief-cases , wallets , purses , toilet - .
"                    . . j..,;, •• case% 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 vulcanised fibre ,
                           '     •     of artificial plastic sheeting, of                         Fi ' .
                         ; . .' paperboar.d "or of. textile fabric : . .
                                   ' ex S.-.0f other materials                                                       "
                                            •     Of "natural leather                     ■     ■ i''''42.02 - ex 21 .
                                              .                     -.-r                                 ex 31 , ex 41 , ;;
                                                7' V : -V -y *           Y -'.'-                         ex. 51 . ex 81
II IL 9         42.03                 Articles ..of apparel and clothing acces­
                                       sories , of leather or of composition •
                                       leather :                         :     .
                      • • - • A. Articles of apparel                                                     42.03 - 10
                                      C. Other       clôthing aocessories                     m        '42.03 - 51,59
II IL 10     _ 5I.O4                  Woven fabrics of'''man-made, fibres               .                51»04 - all Mos
                "      '              continuous ), including woven fabrics                 ,
                                      of monofil or strip of heading Fo
                                      51.01 or 51.02            ' '
 ---pagebreak---                                                            56.05 - ail Nos
<:tTIL11
  11 11 11 56.05
           56 -U> Varn
                  'Seîof nïï put upfitoas    conti^us
                                       for retaiX sa!. or
                                                           56.07 - ail Nos
 II IL 12  56.07 Woven fabrics of man-made fibres
                   (discontinuous or waste;
                                                            70.05 - ail Nos
 II IL 13  70.05 Unworlced drawn or blown glass (including
                   flashed class ), in rectangles
                                                            76.03 - all Hos
 II IL 14   76.03 Wrought plates, sheets and strip, 0
                   aluminiun