CELEX: 31976R1507
Language: en
Date: 1976-06-24 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1507/76 of 24 June 1976 establishing ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain products originating in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia (1976)

28 . 6. 76                           Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 169/ 1
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                                         (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                    COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1507/76
                                                     of 24 June 1976
              establishing ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain products
                                  originating in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia ( 1976)
                                                                Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
                                                                an administrative procedure based on setting off
                                                                imports of the products in question against the
                                                                ceilings at Community level, as and when these prod­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                    ucts are submitted to the customs authorities under
European Economic Community, and in particular                  cover of declarations that they have been made
Article 113 thereof,                                            available for consumption; whereas this administra­
                                                                tive procedure must make provision for the
                                                                reintroduction of customs tariff duties as soon as the
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,              ceilings have been reached at Community level ;
Whereas the Cooperation Agreements between the                  Whereas this administrative procedure requires close
European Economic Community of the one part and                 and particularly rapid cooperation between the
the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, the                Member States and the Commission ; whereas the
Kingdom of Morocco and the Republic of Tunisia                  latter must, in particular, be able to follow the
of the other part each stipulate in Article 9 that              progress of amounts set off against the ceilings and
products originating in these countries shall be                keep the Member States informed; whereas this co­
imported into the Community free of customs duties ;            operation must be all the closer in that the Com­
whereas, by way of derogation therefrom, Article 12             mission must be able to take adequate measures to
of each of these Agreements provides that the reduc­            reintroduce customs tariff duties whenever one of the
tion of duties shall apply to imports of the products           ceilings is reached.
listed therein only up to ceilings above which the
customs duties applicable to third countries may be
reimposed ;
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, pending the entry into force of these Agree­
ments, the Interim Agreements ( x ) on trade in goods
between the Community and Algeria, Morocco and
Tunisia provide for the advance application of these                                    Article 1
tariff measures probably with effect from 1 July 1976;
whereas the pro rata temporis clause shall apply ;
whereas the ceilings to be applied in the second half           1 . From 1 July to 31 December 1976 imports of the
of 1976 should therefore be determined ; whereas the           products originating in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia
application of ceilings requires the Community to be           which are listed in Annexes I, II and III respectively
regularly informed of the trend of imports of the               shall be subject to annual ceilings and Community
relevant products originating in these countries ;              supervision.
whereas imports should therefore be made subject to
a system of supervision ;
                                                               The description of the products referred to in the
                                                               first paragraph, their tariff headings and statistical
                                                               numbers and the levels of the ceilings are given in
H OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1976.                                  Anriexes I, II and III.
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2. Amounts shall be set off against the ceilings as           graph 4 of imports effected in accordance with the
and when products are submitted to the customs                above rules .
authorities under cover of a declaration that they
have been made available for consumption and                  3 . As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the
accompanied by a movement certificate conforming              Commission may issue a Regulation reimposing the
to the rules contained in the Protocols on rules of           customs duties applicable to third countries until the
origin annexed to the Cooperation and Interim                 end of the calendar year.
Agreements between the Community of the one part
and Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia of the other part.           4. Member States shall forward to the Commission
However, in the case of products falling within               not later than the 15th day of each month statements
Chapter 27, a certificate of origin may be substituted        of the amounts set off during the preceding month.
for the movement certificate.
                                                              They shall, if the Commission so requests, make up
                                                              such statements for periods of 10 days and forward
Goods shall be set off against the ceiling only if the        them within five clear days from the expiry of the
movement certificate or, in the case of goods falling         preceding 10-day period.
within Chapter 27, the certificate of origin has been
submitted before the date on which customs duties                                    Article 2
are reimposed.
                                                              For the implementation of this Regulation the Com­
The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at              mission shall take all necessary measures in close
Community level on the basis of imports set off               cooperation with the Member States .
against it as defined in the preceding subparagraphs .
                                                                                     Article 3
Member States shall inform the Commission at the
intervals and within the time limits specified in para­       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1976.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 24 June 1976.
                                                                                For the Council
                                                                                 The President
                                                                                  G. THORN
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                                                                       ANNEX 1
                         List of products originating in Algeria subject to import ceilings in 1976
                             CCT                                                                              Nimexe         Level of
        Order No                                                        Description                            Code           ceiling
                          heading No
                                                                                                                           (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 oils :
                                                      c) For other purposes                                27.10—59
                                                 II. Fuel oils :
                                                      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
I DZ 1                      27.11           Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons :                                   550 000
                                            A. Propane of a purity not less than 99 % :
                                                  I. For use as power or heating fuel                      27.11—03
                                            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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                 CCT                                                                    Nimexe   Level of
     Order No heading No                          Description                            Code     ceilng
                                                                                               (metric tons)
         1         2                                   3                                   4         5
I DZ 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 DZ 2          45.02    Natural cork in blocks, plates , sheets or strips (including   45.02             25
                         cubes or square slabs , cut to size for corks or stoppers)    all Nos
I DZ 3          45.03    Articles of natural cork                                       45.03             75
                                                                                       all Nos
I DZ 4          45.04    Agglomerated cork ( being cork agglomerated with or            45.04          1 000
                         without a binding substance) and articles of agglomer­        all Nos
                         ated cork
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                                                                      ANNEX II
                               List of products originating in Morocco subject to import ceilings in 1976
                            CCT                                                                             Nimexe            Level of
      Order No
                         heading No                                     Description                           Code             ceiling
                                                                                                                            (metric tons)
           1                  2                                             3                                   4                 5
                           27.10           Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous
                                           minerals , other than crude ; preparations not elsewhere
                                                                                                                          1
                                           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 oils :
                                                      c) For other purposes                               27.10—59
                                                  II. Fuel oils :
                                                      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
I MA 1                      27.11           Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons :                                      87 500
                                            A. Propane of a purity not less than 99 % :
                                                   I. For use as power or heating fuel                    27.11—03
                                            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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                 CCT                                                                   Nimexe   Level of
     Order No                                    Description                            Code     ceilng
              heading No
                                                                                              (metric tons)
        1          2                                 3                                    4         5
I MA 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 MA 2          45.02    Natural cork in blocks, plates, sheets or strips (including   45.02             25
                         cubes or square slabs, cut to size for corks or stoppers)    all Nos
I MA 3          45.03    Articles of natural cork                                      45.03            300
                                                                                      all Nos
I MA 4          45.04    Agglomerated cork (being cork agglomerated with or            45.04          1 000
                         without a binding substance) and articles of agglomer­       all Nos
                         ated cork
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                                                                      ANNEX III
                                 List of products originating in Tunisia subject to import ceilings in 1976
                             CCT                                                                               Nimexe         Level of
        Order No                                                        Description                                            ceiling
                          heading No                                                                            Code
                                                                                                                            (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 oils :
                                                       c) For other purposes                               27.10—59
                                                  II . Fuel oils :
                                                       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
I TN 1                      27.11           Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons :                                     87 500
                                            A. Propane of a purity not less than 99% :
                                                   I. For use as power or heating fuel                     27.11—03
                                            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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                 CCT                                                                     Nimexe    Level of
     Order No
              heading No                          Description                             Code      ceiling
                                                                                                ( metric tons)
         1         2                                   3                                    4          5
I TN 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 TN 2          45.02    Natural cork in blocks , plates , sheets or strips (including   45.02              25
                         cubes or square slabs, cut to size for corks or stoppers)      all Nos
I TN 3          45.03    Articles of natural cork                                        45.03              25
                                                                                        all Nos
I TN 4          45.04    Agglomerated cork (being cork agglomerated with or              45.04             400
                         without a binding substance) and articles of agglomer­         all Nos
                         ated cork