CELEX: 31973R1693
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-25 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1693/73 of the Council of 25 June 1973 establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Norway

27. 6 . 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 171 / 105
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 1693/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                         of 25 June 1973
                      establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating
                                                           in Norway
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                           the Commission must be able to take adequate
                                                                    measures     to   reintroduce    customs  tariff  duties
                                                                    whenever one of the ceilings has been reached ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community, and in particular
                                                                    Whereas the amounts mentioned in Annex C of this
Article 113 thereof;
                                                                    Protocol represent the annual indicative ceilings ;
                                                                    whereas, on the entry into force of the agreement,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                 being nevertheless provided for 1 July 1973 , the 'pro
                                                                    rata temporis' clause of Article 4 of the Protocol is
Whereas an Agreement between the European                           applicable.
Economic Community and the Kingdom of
Norway (*) was signed on 14 May 1973 ;
                                                                    Whereas, for the products which, in accordance with
                                                                    Articles 2 and 3 of the Agreement, are subject to the
Whereas Articles 2 and 3 of that Agreement make                     normal time-table for the abolition of customs duties
provision for the progressive abolition of customs                  it is necessary to follow the trend of imports ; whereas
duties in respect of the products to which the                      to this end the Community should be empowered to
Agreement applies ; whereas by way of derogation                    take measures, where appropriate, to avoid any
from these Articles, Articles 1 , 2 and 3 of Protocol               prejudice to industry in the Community and whereas
No 1 annexed to the Agreement lay down that, for                    it is, therefore, desirable that imports of these
imports of certain products listed in Annex C to that               products also be subjected to a system of supervision ;
Protocol , the reduction of duties shall be limited in
1973 to indicative ceilings above which the customs
duties applicable to third countries may be
reintroduced ; whereas application of this last                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
provision requires that the Community be regularly
informed of the trend of imports of the products in
question originating in Norway ; whereas it is,                                              Article 1
therefore, desirable that imports of these products be
subjected to a system of supervision ;
                                                                    1 . Imports of products originating in Norway to
Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of                  which annual indicative ceilings are applied in
                                                                    accordance with Articles 1 , 2, 3 and 4 and Annex C
an administrative procedure based on setting off
                                                                    to Protocol No 1 to the Agreement between the
imports of the products in question against the
indicative ceilings at Community level, as and when                 European Economic Community and the Kingdom of
these    products      are   submitted     to   the   customs       Norway shall be subjected to Community supervision
authorities under cover of declarations that they have              from 1 July 1973 until 31 December 1973 .
been made available for consumption ; whereas this
administrative procedure must make provision for the                The description of the products referred to in the
reintroduction of customs tariff duties as soon as the              preceding subparagraph, their tariff headings and
ceilings have been reached at Community level ;                     statistic numbers and the levels of the indicative
                                                                    ceilings which result from the application of the 'pro
Whereas this administrative procedure requires close                rata temporis ' clause in virtue of Article 4 of the
                                                                    Protocol are given in Annex I.
and particularly rapid cooperation between the
Member States and the Commission and whereas the
latter must, in particular, be able to follow the                   2.     Amounts shall be set off against the indicative
progress of amounts set off against the indicative                  ceilings as and when products are submitted to the
ceilings and keep the Member States informed :                      customs authorities under cover of a declaration that
whereas this cooperation must be all the closer since               they have been made available for consumption and
                                                                    accompanied by a movement certificate conforming
                                                                    to the rules contained in Protocol No 3 to the
(') See p . 2 of this Official Journal .                            Agreement referred to in paragraph 1 .
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Goods shall be set off against the indicative ceiling           in Annex II which originate in Norway are subjected
only if the movement certificate has been submitted             to Community supervision.
before   the  date     on  which    customs    duties  are
reimposed.
                                                                The Member States shall periodically inform the
T£i£ reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at               Commission of imports of these products ; to this end,
Community level on the basis of imports set off                 only products submitted to the customs authorities
against it in the manner defined in the preceding               under cover of a declaration that they have been made
subparagraphs.                                                  available for consumption and accompanied by a
The Member- States shall periodically inform the                movement certificate conforming to the rules
Commission of imports effected in accordance with               contained in Protocol No 3 to the Agreement referred
                                                                to in Article 1 shall be taken into consideration .
the above rules .
3.    As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the
Commission may issue a Regulation reimposing the
customs duties applicable to third countries for the                                     Article 3
whole Community until the end of the calendar year.
The new Member States shall simultaneously                      For the implementation of this Regulation the
reimpose the duties provided for in Article 4 ( f) of           Commission shall take all necessary measures in close
Protocol No 1 to the Agreement referred to in                   cooperation with the Member States.
paragraph 1 .
                          Article 2
                                                                                         Article 4
During the period from 1 July 1973 until 31
December 1973 , imports of the products referred to             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1973 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Luxembourg, 25 June 1973 .
                                                                                       For the Council
                                                                                        The President
                                                                                     R. VAN ELSLANDE
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                                                                          ANNEX 1
                   LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION
                                                                           IN 1973
                                                    Commencement of supervision : 1 July 1973
      Order No       CCT heading                                    Description                       Nimexe Code              Level of ceiling
                           No                                                                                                  — metric tons —
          1                 2                                           3                                    4                        5
                         28.56            Carbides (for example, silicon carbide, boron
                                          carbide, metal carbides):
       INI                                A. Of silicon                                         28.56-10                          17 250
                         48.01           Paper and paperboard (including cellulose wad­
                                          ding), machine-made, in rolls or sheets :
                                              C. Kraft paper and kraft board :
                                                   II . Other :
       IN 2                                             — Kraft liner ( a )                     48.01-15 , 21,31                    7 500
       IN3                                              — Kraft paper for large bags (a)        48.01-16, 23                      14 250
       IN 4                                             — other                                 48.01-08 , 09, 11 , 12, 13 ,      13 500
                                                                                                       17, 19, 25 , 26, 27,
                                                                                                      28 , 29, 33
                                         ex E. Other :
       I N5                                        — Bible paper (India paper), copying         48.01-58 , 61 , 62                17 500
                                                        tissue ; other printing paper and other
                                                        writing paper, not containing mecha­
                                                        nical wood pulp or in which mecha­
                                                        nical wood pulp does not represent
                                                        more than 5 % ( a)
       IN 6                                        — Printing paper and writing paper,          48.01-64, 68                      57 000
                                                        containing mechanical wood pulp ( a ),
                                                        excluding copying tissue
       I N7                                       — Fluting paper for corrugated paper­         48.01-75                          21 750
                                                        board ( a )
       I N 8                                      — Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes        48.01-71,73                       10 000
       I N 9                                       — other, excluding cellulose wadding         48.01-41,43,45,52,53 ,            16 500
                                                        and tissues                                   54, 55 , 56 , 77, 82,
                                                                                                      84, 86,88,91,93 ,
                                                                                                      95 , 97
       IN 10             48.03           Parchment or greaseproof paper and paperboard,         48.03 - all Nos                   10 500
                                         and imitations thereof, and glazed transparent
                                         paper, in rolls or sheets
                         48.07           Paper and paperboard , impregnated , coated ,
                                         surface-coloured , surface-decorated or printed
                                         ( not being merely ruled , lined or squared and
                                         not constituting printed matter within Chapter
                                         49 ), in rolls or sheets :
                                         B. Other :
       IN 11                                  — other, excluding                                48.07-55 , 56 , 64, 65 , 66 ,     11 000
                                                                                                      68,70,81,85,91 ,
                                                   Coated printing or writing paper                   97, 99
( a ) Subject to compliance with the definitions in fine .
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  Order No     CCT heading                                                               Nimexe Code       Level of ceiling
                   No                             Description                                              — metric tons —
      1             2                                 3                                        4                  5
                 73.02     Ferro-alloys:
                           A. Ferro-manganese :
   IN 12                        II. Other                                          73.02-19, 40               67 500
                           D. Ferro-silico-manganese
   IN 13                   C. Ferro-silicon                                        73.02-30                   90 000
   IN 14                   E. Ferro-chromium and ferro-silico-chromium             73.02-51 , 55              11500
                           G. Other :
   IN 15                        — Ferro-vanadium                                   73.02-83                       245
   I N 16                       — Other, excluding ferro-molybdenum                73.02-60, 70, 98             5 500
   IN 17         76.01     Unwrought aluminium ; aluminium waste and               76.01-11 , 15              95 000
                           scrap
   IN 18         76.02     Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sec­             76.02 - all Nos              6 000
                           tions, of aluminium ; aluminium wire
   IN 19         76.03     Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of aluminium,         76.03 - all Nos              9 000
                           of a thickness not exceeding 0-20 mm
                                                     DEFINITIONS
             ex 48.01 C II    Kraft liner
                              ' Kraft liner' is to be taken to apply to machine-finished or machine-glazed
                              paper or paperboard, in rolls of a width of not less than 110 cm,
                              containing not less than 90 % of chemical sulphate softwood pulp
                               calculated on total fibre content, weighing more than 115 g/m2 and having
                              a Mullen burst ratio of not less than 35 .
             ex 48.01 C II    Kraft paper for large bags
                              ' Kraft paper for large bags' is to be taken to apply to machine-finished
                              paper, in rolls of a width exceeding 70 cm, containing not less than 90 %
                              of chemical sulphate softwood pulp calculated on total fibre content,
                              weighing not less than 60 g/m2 but not more than 115 g/m2, having a
                              Mullen burst ratio of not less than 38, and having a stretch factor of
                              more than 5 % in the cross direction and of more than 3 % in the machine
                              direction .
             ex 48.01 E       Other printing paper and other writing paper, not containing mechanical
                              wood pulp or containing not more than 5 % of mechanical wood pulp
                              ' Other printing paper and other writing paper, not containing mechanical
                              wood pulp or containing not more than 5 % of mechanical wood pulp' is
                              to be taken to apply to paper, other than machine-glazed, used for
                              printing or writing, which contains not more than 5 % of chemical wood
                              pulp calculated on total fibre content.
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          ex 48.01 E Printing paper and writing paper, containing mechanical wood pulp
                     'Printing paper and writing paper containing mechanical wood pulp' is to
                     be taken to apply to paper, other than machine-glazed, used for printing
                     and writing, containing more than 5 % of mechanical wood pulp cal­
                     culated on total fibre content.
          ex 48.01 E Fluting paper for corrugated paperboard
                     'Fluting paper for corrugated paperboard' is to be taken to apply to paper,
                     in rolls of a width of not less than 110 cm, containing not less than 70 %
                     of unbleached semi-chemical hardwood pulp (pulp obtained from wood
                     by light chemical treatment followed by mechanical treatment) calculated
                     on total fibre content, and having a CMT (Concora Medium Test) crush
                     resistance exceeding 20 kp.
          ex 48.01 E Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes
                     'Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes' is to be taken to apply to machine­
                     glazed paper not coloured in the mass containing more than 40 % of
                     chemical bisulphite wood pulp, bleached or unbleached, calculated on total
                     fibre content, having an ash content of not more than 8 % and having
                     a Mullen burst ratio of not less than 25 .
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                                                       ANNEX 11
                              LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2
                                      Commencement of supervision: 1 July 1973
  Order No     CCT heading                                Description                                  Nimexe Code
                  No
      1            2                                           3                                             4
                 28.04     Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals :
                           C. Other non-metals :
  II N 1                        ex V. Silicon                                                      28.04-93 , 95
  II N 2         44.15     Plywood, blockboard, laminboard, battenboard and similar laminated      44.15 - all Nos
                           wood products (including veneered panels and sheets); inlaid wood
                           and wood marquetry
  II N 3         44.18     Reconstituted wood, being wood shavings, wood chips, sawdust,           44.18 - all Nos
                           wood flour or other ligneous waste agglomerated with natural or
                           artifical resins or other organic binding substances, in sheets, blocks
                           or the like
                 48.05     Paper and paperboard, corrugated (with or without flat surface
                           sheets), creped, crinkled, embossed or perforated, in rolls or sheets :
  II N 4                   B. Other                                                                48.05-21 , 29, 30, 50,
                                                                                                         80
  II N 5         48.09     Building board of wood pulp or of vegetable, fibre, whether or not      48.09 - all Nos
                           bonded with natural or artifical resins or with similar binders
                 56.01     Man-made fibres (discontinuous), not carded, combed or otherwise
                           prepared for spinning:
  II N 6                   B. Regenerated textile fibres                                           56.01-21 , 23 , 25, 29
                 56.02     Continuous filament tow for the manufacture of man-made fibres
                           ( discontinuous):
  II N 7                   B. Of regenerated textile fibres                                        56.02-21 , 23 , 25 , 29
  II N 8         74.03     Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of copper; copper      74.03 - all Nos
                           wire
  II N 9         74.04     Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of copper                             74.04 - all Nos
  UN 10          74.05     Copper foil (whether or not embossed, cut to shape, perforated,         74.05 - all Nos
                           coated, printed, or backed with paper or other reinforcing material ),
                           of a thickness ( excluding any backing) not exceeding 0-15 mm
  IIN 11         74.06     Copper powder and flakes                                                74.06 - all Nos
  IIN 12         74.07     Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of copper ; hollow bars of         74.07 - all Nos
                           copper
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  Order No CCT heading                                Description                                Nimexe Code
              No
       1       2                                           3                                           4
             78.01     Unwrought lead (including argentiforous lead); lead waste and scrap :
                       A. Unwrought:
   IIN 13                  II. Other                                                         78.01-12, 13, 15, 19
             79.01     Unwrought zinc; zinc waste and scrap :
   II N 14             A. Unwrought                                                          79.01-11 , 15
   II N 15   81.01     Tungsten (wolfram), unwrought or wrought and articles thereof         81.01 - all Nos
   II N 16   81.02     Molybdenum, unwrought or wrought and articles thereof                 81.02 - all Nos
   II N 17   81.03     Tantalum, unwrought or wrought and articles thereof                   81.03 - all Nos
             81.04     Other base metals, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof;
                       Cermets, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof:
   IIN 18              B. Cadmium                                                            81.04-16, 18
                       C. Cobalt :
   IIN 19                  I!. Other                                                         81.04-23
   II N 20             D. Chromium                                                           81.04-26, 28
   II N 21             E. Germanium                                                          81.04-31 , 33
   II N 22             F. Hafnium ( celtium )                                                81.04-36, 38
   II N 23             G. Manganese                                                          81.04-41 , 43
   II N 24             H. Niobium ( columbium )                                              81.04-46, 48
   II N 25             IJ. Antimony                                                          81.04-51,53
   II N 26             K. Titanium                                                           81.04-56, 58
   II N 27             L. Vanadium                                                           81.04-61 , 63
   II N 28             M. Uranium depleted in U 235                                          81.04-69
   II N 29             O. Zirconium                                                          81.04-81 , 83
   II N 30             P. Rhenium                                                            81.04-91 , 93
   II N 31             Q. Gallium ; indium ; thallium                                        81.04-94, 95
   II N 32             R. Cermets                                                            81.04-97, 98