CELEX: 31975R1626
Language: en
Date: 1975-06-26 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1626/75 of the Council of 26 June 1975 establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Israel

28 . 6. 75                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 165/3
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 1626/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                         of 26 June 1975
              establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating
                                                             in Israel
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                         since the Agreement is to enter into force on 1 July
COMMUNITIES,                                                         1975, the provision relating to pro rata application is
                                                                    operative ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113                   Whereas the trend of imports of certain products not
thereof ;                                                           subject to ceilings should also be followed ; whereas it
                                                                    is therefore desirable that imports of such products
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                  should also be subjected to a system of supervision,
Whereas Article 2 of the Agreement ( x ) between the
European Economic Community and the State of
Israel, signed on 11 May 1975, and Articles 1 and 2 of               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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              1.    From 1 July until 31 December 1975, imports of
certain products listed in Annex B to that Protocol
                                                                     products originating in Israel to which annual ceilings
the reduction of duties shall be limited to ceilings                 are applied in accordance with Article 5 and Annex B
above which the customs duties applicable to third                   to Protocol 1 to the Agreement between the European
countries may be re-introduced ; whereas, however,                   Economic Community and the State of Israel shall be
the Community may suspend totally or partially the                   subjected to Community supervision .
application of such ceilings ; whereas the application
of ceilings requires that the Community be regularly
                                                                    The description of the products referred to in the first
informed of the trend of imports of the products in
                                                                     paragraph, their tariff headings and statistic numbers
question originating in Israel ; whereas it is, therefore,
                                                                     and the levels of the ceilings are given in Annex I.
desirable that imports of these products 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 have
imports of the products in question against the ceil­                been made available for consumption and accompa­
ings at Community level, as and when these products                  nied by a movement certificate conforming to the
are submitted to the customs authorities under cover                 rules contained in Protocol 3 to the Agreement
of declarations that they have been made available for               referred to in paragraph 1 .
consumption ; whereas this administrative procedure
must make provision for the re-introduction of                       Goods shall be set off against the ceiling only if the
                                                                     movement certificate has been submitted before the
customs tariff duties as soon as the ceilings have been
reached at Community level ;                                         date on which customs duties are re-imposed.
Whereas this administrative procedure requires close                 The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at
and particularly rapid cooperation between the                       Community level on the basis of imports set off
Member States and the Commission ; whereas the                       against it in the manner defined in the preceding
latter must, in particular, be able to follow the                    subparagraphs .
progress of amounts set off against the ceilings and
keep the Member States informed ; whereas this coop­                 The Member States shall inform the Commission at
eration must be all the closer since the Commission                  the intervals and within the time limits specified in
must be able to take adequate measures to re-intro­                  paragraph 4 of any imports effected in accordance
duce customs tariff duties whenever one of the ceil­                 with the above rules .
ings has been reached ;
                                                                     3 . As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the
Whereas the amounts referred to in Annex B to the                    Commission may issue a Regulation re-imposing the
said Protocol are annual ceilings ; whereas, however,                customs duties specified in Articles 2 and 5 (6) of
                                                                     Protocol 1 to the Agreement until the end of the
(') OJ No L 136, 28 . 5 . 197.5 , p. 3 .                             calendar year.
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4.    Member States shall forward to the Commission          the preceding month ; only products submitted to the
not later than the fifteenth day of each month state­        customs authorities under cover of a declaration that
ments of the amounts set off during the preceding            they are to be made available for consumption and
month . They shall, if the Commission so requests,           accompanied by a movement certificate conforming
make up such statements for periods of 10 days and           to the rules contained in Protocol 3 to the Agreement
forward them within five clear days of expiry of the         referred to in Article 1 shall be taken into considera­
preceding 10-day period.                                     tion for this purpose.
                       Article 2                                                     Article 3
During the period from 1 July until 31 December              For the implementation of this Regulation the
1975, imports of the products referred to in Annex II        Commission shall take all necessary measures in close
which originate in Israel shall be subjected to Commu­       cooperation with the Member States.
nity supervision .
Member States shall forward to the Commission not                                    Article 4
later than the tenth day of each month statements of
imports of the products in question effected during          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1975.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Luxembourg, 26 June 1975.
                                                                         For the Council
                                                                          The President
                                                                            P. BARRY
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                                                          ANNEX 1
                               List of products subject to ceilings upon importation in 1975
                   CCT                                                                                             Level of
    Order No
               heading Nc                            Description                               Nimexe code          ceiling
                                                                                                                ( metric tons)
        1    l      2                                     3                                         4                  5
             i                                                                                                 I
                 27.10    Petroleum      oils  and  oils   obtained  from  bituminous
                          minerals, other than crude ; preparations not elsewhere
                          specified or included, containing not less than 70 °/o 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 to 15 ,
                                                                                         17,21,25,29
                          B. Medium oils :
                              III. For other purposes                                    27.10 to 34 , 38 , 39
                          C. Heavy oils :
                                I. Gas oil
                                    c) For other purposes                                27.10 to 59
                               II . Fuel oil :
                                    c) For other purposes                                27.10 to 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 to 75
                                    d) For other purposes                                27.10 to 79
                  27.11   Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons :
                          A. Propane of a purity not less than 99 % :
I IL 1                                                                                                               300 000
                              I. For use as power or heating fuel                         27.11 to 05
                          B. Other :
                              I. Commercial propane and commercial butane :
                                   c) For other purposes                                  27.11 to 19
                  27.12   Petroleum jelly :
                          A. Crude :
                              III . For other purposes                                    27.12 to 19
                          B. Other                                                        27.12 to 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 to 89
                              II . Other                                                  27.13 to 90
                  27.14   Petroleum bitumen, petroleum coke and other residues
                          of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous
                          minerals :
                          C. Other :
                              II . Other                                                  27.14 to 99
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                        CCT                                                                                                              Level of
      Order No
                     heading No                                    Description                                   Nimexe code              ceiling
                                                                                                                                      ( metric tons)
                                                                                                           .
           1              2                                             3                                              4                     5
I IL 2                 29.02        Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons :
                                    A. Halogenated derivatives of acrylic hydrocarbons :
                                        III. Bromides and polybromides                                     29.02 to 40                          900
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 to 21 , 25 , 27 , 28             1-5
I IL 4                 55.05        Cotton yarn, not put up for retail sale                                55.05 —                              450
                                                                                                           all Nos
I IL 5                 55.09        Other woven fabrics of cotton                                          55.09 —                              200
                                                                                                           all Nos
TIL 6                  60.03        Stockings, under stockings, socks, ankle-socks, sockettes              60.03 —                               50
                                    and the like, knitted or crocheted ,              not elastic or       all Nos
                                    rubberized
I IL 7                 60.05        Outer garments and other articles, knitted or crocheted,               60.05 —                              225
                                    not elastic or rubberized                                              all Nos
( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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                                                      ANNEX II
                                       List of products referred to in Article 2
                 CCT
     Order No                                             Description                                    Nimexe code
              heading No
        1          2                                          3                                                  4
II IL 1         28.01    Halogens (fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine) :
                         C. Bromine                                                               28.01 to 50
II IL 2         28.10    Phosphorus pentoxyde and phosphoric acids (meta-, ortho- and             28.10 to 00
                         pyro-)
II IL 3         28.33    Bromides, oxybromides, bromates and perbromates, and hypo­               28.33 to 00
                         bromites
II IL 4         28.40    Phosphites, hypophosphites and phosphates :
                         B. Phosphates :
                             II. Other, including polyphosphates                                  28.40 to 50, 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 halo,-
                         genated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosatea derivatives :
                         A. Carboxylic acids with alcohol function :
                             IV. Citric acid and its salts and esters                             29.16 to 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 to 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 to 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 to ex 21 , ex 31 ,
                                                                                                  ex 41 , ex 51 , ex 81
II IL 9         42.03    Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of com­
                         position leather :
                         A. Articles of apparel                                                   42.03 to 10
                         C. Other clothing accessories                                            42.03 to 51 , 59
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                CCT
    Order No
             heading No                                 Description                             Nimexe code
        1         2                                         3                                        4
II IL 10       51.04    Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (continuous), including woven    51.04 —
                        fabrics of monofil or strip of heading No 51.01 or 51.02          all Nos
II IL 11       56.05    Yarn of man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste), not put up for  56.05 —
                        retail sale                                                       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 rect­ 70.05 —
                        angles                                                            all Nos
II IL 14       76.03    Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of aluminium                    76.03 —
                                                                                          all Nos