CELEX: 51979PC0170
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Date: 1979-04-06
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) suspending the application of the indicative ceilings established by Regulations (EEC) Nos 3175/78, 3176/78 and 3177/78 for the imports of certain products originating in Norway, Portugal and Sweden (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                              COM(79)170 final.
                                              Brussels , 6 April 1979
                        Proposal for a
                   COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
    suspending the application of the indicative ceilings
        established by Regulations ( EEC ) Nos 3175/78 ,
       3176/78 and 3177/78 for the imports of certain
        products originating in Norway , Portugal and
                            Sweden
         ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
 ---pagebreak---                         EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
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  1,1 Protocols No 1 to th© Asroamonts boewaan uho Community and
         Norway , Sweden and Portugal provide that imports of certain products
         originating in th ese countr ies and subject to progressive reductions
         in customs duties shall , from the entry into force of the.se Agreements
         in 1973 , be subject to an annual indicative ceiling above which
        customs duties can be reintroduced .                                   i
        The Community has accordingly , fixed , under Council regulations , the
        ceilings applicable in 1979 to imports of a number of products .
   '    (Regulations (EEC). N<s 3175 / 78 , 3176 / 78 and 3177 / 78 , see OJ No L
       377 of 30 . 12.1978 ) .
 1.2 However , provision is also made m Protocols No 1 that , if , for two
   •    successive years , imports of a product subject to a ceiling are less
        than 90% of the level fixed , the Community shall suspend application
       of this ceiling . The Community totals of amounts set off against the
       ceilings for 1977 and 1978 show that imports of certain products did
       not reach 90% in those years . This being so , the Community is obliged
       to suspend application of the ceiling^ already fixed for 197 9 and to
       amend the above mentioned Regulations accordingly .
2.1 It is submitted that the proposal for the Council regulation annexed
       hereto be approved , i.e. providing for : .
       suspension of the application of the indicative ceiling to which.-
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       imports of certain products originating ;          Norway and Sweden           are •
       subject .                                                              ■ '
2.2 This is the subject of the present proposal for a Regulation (see
       Annex) •                .■ - :                     J-               . .> •
 ---pagebreak---                                   Proposal for a
                            COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                suspending the application of indicative ceilings -
                established by Regulations ( EEC) Nos 3175 / 78 ,
                3176 / 78 and 3177 /78 for the imports of certains
                products originating in Norway , Portugal and
                                     Sweden
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
and in particular Article 113 thereof ,-
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
                                   r
                                »
Whereas , pursuant to Protocol 1 annexed to the Agreements between the
European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway , the Portuguese
Republic and the Kingdom of Sweden , the Community has , by Regulations
(EEC) Nos 3175 /78 , 3176/78 and 3177 /78 * established the indicative
ceilings applicable in 1979 to imports of certain products originating
in these countries ; whereas provision is made under the said Protocols
that if , for two successive years , imports of a product subject to a
ceiling are less than 90 % of the amount fixed , the Community shall
suspend the application of this ceiling ;
Whereas the Communities' statistical summaries for 1977 and 1978 show
that imports of certain products which are subject to a ceiling have
not reached 90 % of the ceiling indicated ; whereas , therefore , the
Community should suspend application of these ceilings valid for
imports of the products in question for 1979 ; whereas , however , it is
desirable to keep under review the development of these imports by
statistical supervision ,
                                                                       ./..
         OJ No L 377 of 30.12.1978 , p. 15 , 21 and 25 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                  Article 1
The application of„ the indicative ceiling established by Article 1 of
Regulation ( EEC ) No 3175 / 78 shall be suspended during 1979 for the
 imports of the products indicated under Order No I N 2 of Annex I
 to the said Regulation .
              \
These imports shall remain under Community supervision .
                                  Article 2
The application of the indicative ceiling , established by Article 1
                                                be
of      Regulation (EEC ) No 3176 / 78 shall/ suspended during 1979 for
the imports of the products indicated under Order No I P 3 of
Annex I to the said Regulation .
                                                                     a
These imports shall remain under Community supervision .
                                  Article 3
The application of the indicative ceiling established by Article 1
                                              , be
of      Regulation ( EEC ) No 3177 / 78 shall/ suspended during 1979 for
the imports of the products indicated under Order No I S 19 of
Annex 1 of the said Regulation .
These imports shall remain under Community supervision .
                                  Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
           directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                           For
                                                             For the
                                                                 the Council
                                                                       Counc
                                                              The President