CELEX: 51977PC0738
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Date: 1977-12-21
Title: Proposals for COUNCIL REGULATIONS (EEC) establishing indicative ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain products originating in Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Portugal, Sweden and Switzerland (1978)#DRAFTS OF DECISIONS OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL establishing supervision of imports of certain products originating in Austria and Sweden (1978) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                                   COM(77)738 final.
                                                                   Brussels , 21 December 1977
                                      .        Proposals for ^ j ^ ^
                                        COUNCIL REGULATIONS ( EEC ) •,
       establishing indicative ceilings and Community supervision for
   imports of certain products originating in Austria / Finland , Iceland ,
   Norway, Portugal * Sweden and Switzerland ( 1978 )                   - - •
                      "   DRAFTS OF DECISIONS OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
                          GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN
                  .     COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY , MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL
        establishing supervision of imports of certain products originating
        in Austria and Sweden ( 1978 )       •   ,
                                         • •                                                \
                            ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
COM ( 77) 738 final
 ---pagebreak---                                EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
 The proposals for Regulations joint hereto have ae their objeotive
•«- to establish indicative oeilings to be applied in 1978 for importp
    of oertain products originating in the EFTA^ocuntries }
 •* to attribute to the Commission the competence to reestablish customs
    duties under oertain conditions }
 - to establish a system of surveillance relating , to imports of produots
    whioh are or are not subjeot to oeilings *
 A/rreements between the EEC and the non-applicant EFTA countries            •
 1 * The Agreements oonoluded by. the EEO with Austria, Finland, Ireland,
     Norway , Portugal , Sweden and Switzerland specially provide for the
     phased abolition of oustoos duties , entailing five reductions each of
     20 % during a transitional . period extending until 1 July 1977 *
     Exceptionally, Articles 1 and 2 of the Protocols n° 1 annexed to these
     Agreements stipulate that , for a oertain number of products , this
                                                        Φ
     abolition of duties is to be achieved by smaller reductions of duties
     over longer transitional periods * Furthermore , another provision in
     this Protocol is that imports of some of these produots to whioh these
     speoial tariff arrangements apply shall be subject to indioative oeilings
     above whioh the oustoms duties applicable to non-member countries may
     be reintroduced until the end of the calendar year * Nevertheless in the
    event of short term economic 'difficulties , the • Community may , under
    Article 3 ( c ) of Protocol n° 1 , maintain the cfeiling amounts of preceding
    year . With , the view on the declining production and sale of the most
    of paper products it seems justified to apply this measure .
 ---pagebreak---                                    A Ali
2* Implementation of these two provisions I                 ~
    ( a) annual target ceilings , and
    ( b) reintraduction of customs duties ,
   impl^oo the adoption of precise common rules to bo applied uniformly
   by kembor Statos. Theso requirements may be mot by the establishment
   of a vomniunity system of supervision of actual imports from o6ch of
           rvnei countries * To this end, tho Member States should tako appro**
  Pria-.o measures to permit tho rapid collection of statistical returns
       Comnunity lovel. In this oonneotion it is necessary to take into ' '
             only imports of tho produots in question as and when thoy are
  submitted to the oustoma authorities Under the oover of a declaration
  Of ontry for home use and accompanied by a movement certificate con­
  forming, to th® rules contained ia■ the!
  above . ; V
                                              Agreements referred to under
                                        • .■ 'V . •. ■                .
                                                                            1
                                                                           ...
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  These returns should Do drawn up by each Member State at the end of
   every month and forwarded by the fifteens day of the following month
  to the Commission so as to enable the latter to communicate by telex
  to all the Member Statea the overall, produot -by-produot roturno for
  the imports in question in the preoeding month. The system of                                                       .
   supervision will retire of the responsible departments of the Member
   States and the Commission diligence -and ©lose oooperation »
                                                                                                                          • 0
                               '                         '                                                      +
 The following ayetom would be adopted for setting in train maohinery o
  reintroduce dutieo I if one of tho overall monthly returns drawn
 up by the Commission revealed that 75 *' of the ceiling fixed for a givea
  product had boon reached, conuultationa could be held, for example in
  the Working Party on Sconomio Tariff Probloaej either at the requeot
  of a Member State or upon the Comraiosioa'e initiative . The ain c£ thoo'e
  consultations would bo to examine, caeo by oaoo, the reintroduotion or not .
• of tho levying of oustowo duties applicable to non-moBbex* oountrie * onee
                                                                                                          f      *  * *
  iha targot ceiling Is actually 3rsaohod«                                                                                  .
 Konthly returns would still be made in respect of imports of tho produot in
 question or, if it ie requested by the Commission by telex at intervale of
 ten dayss The set term for the transmission of thio last mentioned
  information is five dayso In this oonditiono , the Commission would be
 able to take, within the shortest possible time, measures leading 'to the
 reintroduot ion, by regulation, of customs duties in reapoot of the partner
 country until the end of the calendar year# la the above hypothoaia s tho
 reiutroduction of the levying of oustoms duties on the produot under                                               •
 co&eidcration would, naturally "be effected vlthia the time-limit fixed .
 by the regulation, putting a& end id the reduotloa of duties provi&Jd
 for in the Protocols &• X *                ,     •' ' '               .. ' ] '       .                                 ■
     "                          '                          » •    * •         • • . '   «               ,
Ae far as application 6f the rul® oa ooilings sad reiatrodilotioa of dutieo
 is oo &oorned, the attached proppedLa Bsko,* fcydviBloafl                                . ooftf6?ring povero
of the Council ttpda tho Oomaiesfiotes/                                                                     '» • '! ; •
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 ---pagebreak---        The propoond regulations do no more than outlino how thnne powers
       are to be exeroieod oo that , in oonmiltation with tho Ketr.ber Ctatos ,
       the machinery to be aot in train may be adapted flexibly and rapidly*
       Furthermore , it is lilcewise with a view to maximum efficiency and rapi­
       dity that the propoood regulationa lay down that it vould be up to tho
       Commifloion to reintroduce , in reopeot of the partnnr country , t-h®
       lowing of the duties applicable to non-member countrieo *
                                                                            «
B * /Vfrroomcnto bntwooa the ECSC and the non-npplicnnt TFTA. countrloo
                                                                       «
       In addition to the Agreements botwoon the EEC and tho non-applicant
      EFTA countries , Agreements were oonoluded at the aamo time between ' *
      the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community and the
      European Coalo
                       and Steol Community on the one hand , end those EFTA
      countries on the other hand *
      The above considerations are valid wutntdo mutandis for those Agree - •
      Rents , the sole difference being that only tho Protocols annexed to
      the A grccmento with Austria and Sweden moke provision for the appli­
      cation of indicative ceilings to cortdin produota and for a possible
      reintroduct ion of customs duties * Another special feature ie that , as
 -                        ' ■ ^-
      far as these oeilingo" are concerned , Article 2 of each of the Proto­
      cols in queetion refers to the . contents of Annox 0 to each Protocol
      to the EEC agreeraent-a ^ for there are no special ceilings Sot £080
      products . For reasons of simplification ? ths EEO and ECSO products •
   , falling within the oft® tariff heading in question ( 72»15) h&ve b«en
      placed together undor four single ceilings .                             •
Co Finally, aa in the oaae of             • analogous agraem^nte whioh were
      adopted .for the yeaa? 19 77 1 "tl"® following statement might be Jreoordod
      in the Council Report on the occasion of the adoption of tha monticaad
      agreement :                                     .     .
          •La décision éo rétablir les droits 4® douane , pou*' le reste d«
           l' année en coure , JLoraq^'ua plafond est attaiafet ôafe prisa & .• • t"
           l' initiative da la, Oomœieeion eu Aïs«êsâi«.ies>®nt &i na ÏJtals marner®
           la domande »**                          ν
                                                                   <
    ANOT5C33 t
          ~ 7 proposals of Heg^slationo      1;he Council
          « 2 drafta of Decisions *          ..         Z4                         . »
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                    ANNEX A
                                                    Proposal of a
                                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)__ _                    """
                   establishing indicative ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain
                                          products originating in Austria ( 19 /8)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
 COMMUNITIES,
                                                                 Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of
                                                                 an administrative procedure based on setting off
                                                                 imports of the products in ques&ion against the
                                                                 indicative ceilings at Community levdl, as and when
Having regatld to the Treaty establishing the                   these products are submitted to die customs auth­
European Economic Community, and en particular                  orities under cover of declarations that they have
Article 1 13 thereof,                                           been made available for consumption; whereas this
                                                                administrative procedure must make provision for
                                                                the ^introduction of customs tariff duties as soon as
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,              the ceilings hare been reached at Community level ;
Whereas an Agreement {') between the European                   Whereas this administrative procedure requires close
Economic Community and the Republic erf Austria                 and particularly raptid cooperation between the
was signed on 22 July 1972;                                     Member States and the Commission; whereas the
                                                                latter must, in particular, be able to fortlow the
Whereas Articles 1 and 2 of Protocdl 1 annexed to               progress of amounts set off against the indicative
this Agreement make provision for a specific time­              ceilings and keep the Member States informed ;
table for the progressive abolition of customs duties           whereas this cooperation must be all the closer since
in respect of the products to which the Agreement               the Commission must be able to take adequate
applies ; whereas under Article 3 of that Protocol             measures to reintroduce customs tariff duties when­
the imports of these products are limited to annual             ever one of the ceilings has been reached ;
indicative ceilings above which the customs duties                                                    I
applicable to third countries may be reintroduced;             Whereas the trend of imports should be followed for
whereas, however, under Article 3 (b) the Community            certain products for which, under Article 3 of
has to suspend the application of certain ceilings;            Protocol 1 , the Community has suspended the
whereas, on the other hatx), in the event of short-            application of ceiiings and for products which are
term economic difficulties, the Community may,                 not subject to the ceiling system ; whereas it is there­
under Article 3 (c) of Protocol 1, maintain the ceiling        fore desirable that imports of such products should
amounts of the preceding year; whereas, however,                be subject to supervision,
application of this measure must be (limited to prod­
ucts most affected by five short-term di6ficultres ;
whereas, therefore, the ceiiings to 'be applied in 1978        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
must be established ; whereas tin this situation it is
also necessary that the Commission 4>e regularly in­
formed of the trend of $>c imports of the products in                                   Artide 1
question and, in consequence, ft is necessary to
subject these imports to supervision;                           I. From 1 January unci! 31 December 1 97 § imports
                                                               of products originating in Austria and indicated in
                                                               Annex I to this Regulation shall !be subject to indi­
('} OJ No L 300, .11 . 12. 1972; p. 1.                         cative ceilings and to Community supervision.
 ---pagebreak--- The description of the products referred to in the           ments of the amounts set off diuring the preceding
prectding subparagraphs, their tariff headings and           month. They shaill, if the Commission so requests,
statistic numbers ar»l tiit levels of the indicative         ma'kf up such statements for periods of 10 days and
ceilings are given m Annex I.                                forward them within five clear days of expiry of
                                                             the preceding 10-Jay period.
 !. amounts shai . h(_ set oft ag?inst fhe indicative
ceiJi 'gs as and when ^>oda ar j entered witty                                     Article 2
 customs authorities for home use
                                                   and
accompanied by a movement cermhcate conforming               From 1 January imtil 31 December 1978 , imports
to the rules contained in Protcol 3 of the Agreement.        of rlie products referred to in Annex II which
                                                             originate in Austria shall be subject to Community
                                                             supervision .
Goods shall be set off against fhe indicative ceiling
only if the movement certificate has been submitted          Member States shall forward to the Commission not
before    the  date   on  which   customs   duties  are
reimposed.                            i                      later than the 15th day of each month statements of
                                                             imports of the products m question effected during
                                                             the preceding month; to this end, only products
The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at             submitted to the customs authorities under cover
Community level on the basis of imports set off              of a declaration that they have been made available
against it in the manner defined in the preceding            for consumption and accompanied by a movement
subparagraphs.                                               certificate conforming to the rules contained in
                                                             Protocol 3 to fhe Agreement shall be taken into
The Member States shaM periodically inform the               consideration.
Commission of imports effected in accordance wkh
the above rules; such information shall be supplied
                                                                                    Article 3
under the conditions laid down in paragraph 4.
                                                             For the implementation of this Regulation the
3. As soon as fhe ceilings have been reached,       the      Commission shall take all necessary measures in
Commission may issue a Regulation reimposing        the      dose cooperation with the Member States.
customs duties provided for in Article 3 (f)         of
Protocol 1 to the Agreement untril the end of       the
calendar year.                                                                      Article 4
4. Memlber States shall forward to «he Commission            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
not later than rhe 15th day of each month state-              197 8 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels,
                                                                              For the Council
                                                                                The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                   ANNEX I
                                                                                                                ANNEX A
                 LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION
                                                                     IN 1978
      Order            CCT                                                                                              Level
       No           heading No                                Description                       NIMEXE code           of ceiling
                                                                                                                    ( metric tons)
        i                2                                        3                                    ♦                  5
                      48.01           Paper and paperboard (including cellulose
                                      wadding),                        in rolls or sheets ;
                                            C. Kraft paper and Kraft board :
                                               ex II. Other :
      I Al                                             – Excluding Kraftliner (a) and       48.01-08, 09, 11 , 12,  cei Img
                                                            Kraft paper for large bags (a)        13, 17, 19, 25,   delayed
                                                                                                  26, 29, 33
                                      ex ^* Other :
      IA 2                                     – Bible paper (India paper), copying         48.01-58, 61 , 62, 66    66 836
                                                   tissue ; other printing paper and other
                                                   writing paper, not containing mech­
                                                   anical wood pulp or in which mech­
                                                   anical wood pulp does not represent
                                                   more than 5% (a)
     I A3                                      – Printing paper and writing paper,          48.01-64, 65, 69         59 559
                                                   containing mechanical wood pulp (a),
                                                   excluding copying tissue
                      48.07           Paper and paperboard, impregnated, coated,
                                      surface-coloured, sutface-dwnra^d or printed
                                     (not constituting primea matter witnm cnapter
                                      49), in rolls or sheets :
                                      C. Other :
     I A4                                  – Coated printing or writing paper               48.07-57,58,59 *           36 457
     I A5                                  – Other                                          48.07-55 , 56, 64, 65,     12 687
                                                                                                  66, 68, 70, 81 ,
                                                                                                  85, 91 , 97, 99
                      48.15           Other paper and paperboard, cut to size or
                                      shape :
     1 A6                             B. Other                                              48.15-10, 21 , 29, 30,    18 717
                                                                                                  40, 50, 61 , 65,
                                                                                                  95, 99
                      73.02           Ferro-alloys : -
                                                        i
                                      ex G. Other :
      IA7                                      – Ferro-molybdenum                           73.02-81                    309
(a) Subject to compliance with the definitions even in Annex IH.
 ---pagebreak---        Order             fCT                                                                                       Level
         No          beading Ko                                Description                 N1MEXE code          oi ceiling
                                                                                                               (metric tons)
                        73.15           Alloy steel and high-carbon steel in the forms
                                        mentioned in : heading No* 73.06 to 73.14 :
                                        B. Alloy steel :
       I A8                                  – High-speed (a)                          73.71-14, 24, 54, 94     4.083 ( 1 )
                                                                                       73.73-14, 24, 34, 54
                                                                                       73.74-54
                                                                                       73.75-24, 34, 44, 54,
                                                                                             64, 84
                                                                                       73.76-14
       I A9                                  – Other                                   73.71-19, 21 , 29, 55 , 62,260 ( 1 )
                                                                                             56, 59, 99
                                                                                       73.72-11 , 19, 39
                                                                                       73.73-19, 25, 26, 29,
                                                                                             35, 36 , 39, 49,
                                                                                             55 , 59, 72, 74,
                                                                                             89
                                                                                       73.74-21 , 29, 51 , 52,
                                                                                             59 , 72, 74, 89,
                                                                                             90
                                                                                       73.75-11 , 19, 29, 39,
                                                                                             49, 59 , 69, 79,
                                                                                             89, 99
                                                                                       73.76-15, 16, 19
(a) Subject to compliance with the: definitions given in Annex III.
t1 ) Including product! covered by lthe ECSC-Treaty.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                      ANNEX II                ANNEX A
                                       LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2
        Order           CCT
         No          bcadnc No                                        DctcHMea                              NIMEXE
       Il A 1          44.18           Reconstituted wood, being wood shavinga, wood chips,             44.18 - all Nos
                                       sawdust, wood flour or other ligneous waste agglomerated
                                       with natural or artificial resins or other organic binding
                                       substances, in sheets, blocks or the like'
                       48.01           Paner and paperboard (including cellulose wadding),
                                                in rolls rfr sheets :
                                       ex f. Other: .
       n A2                                     – Other, excluding cellulose wadding, ti sues, fluting 48.01-41 , 43, 45, 52,
                                                    paper for corrugated paperboard (a) and sulphite          53, 54, 55, 56,
                                                    paper for wrapping purposes (a)                           77, 82, 84, 86,
                                                                                                              38 , 91 , 93, 95,
                                                                                                              97
                       56.01           Man-made fibres (discontinuous), not carded, combed or
                                       otherwise prepared for spinning:
      II A 3                           B. Regenerated textile fibres                                   56.01-21 , 23, 25. 29
                       73.02           Ferro-alloys :
                                       ex G. Other :
      II A4                                     – Ferro-vaiiftdhim                                     73.02-83
                       73.15           Alloy steel and high carbon steel in the form mentioned in
                                       heading Nos 73.06 to 73.14:
      II Α5                            A. High carbon steel                                            73.61-10, 20, 50, 90
                                                                                                       73.62-10, 30
                                                                                                       73.63-10, 21 , 29, 50,
                                                                                                             72,   74, 79
                                                                                                       73.64-20,   50, 72, 75,
                                                                                                             79,   90
                                                                                                       73.65-21 ,  23, 25, 53,
                                                                                                             55,   70, 81 , 83
                                                                                                       73.66-40, 81 , 86, 89
                                       B. Àlloy Steel :
      II A 6                               – Stainless or refractory (*) (a)                           73.71-13, 23, 53, 93
                                                                                                       73.72-13, 33
                                                                                                       73.73-13, 23, 33, 43,
                                                                                                             53, 83
                                                                                                       73.74-23, 53, 83
                                                                                                       73.75-23, 33, 43, 53,
                                                                                                             63, 73, 83, 93
                                                                                                       73.76-13
                       76.01           Unwrought aluminium, alommium waste and scrap :
      H A7                             A. Unwrought                                                    76.01-11 , 15
(a) Sobject to comptance with the dcfi»faknu (rive* in Ames DL
I1) including product! towed bf the EC&C Treaty.
 ---pagebreak---                                         UfcHMlWMS                          ANNEX A
a«0ica
                  *Kraftliner' means machine-fmisheH or machine-glazed paper or paperboard,
                   m rolis, containing not less than 80*/* of chexmca) sulphate softwood pofp
                  calculated an total fibre coutettt, it.idling tuorr than 115 g/ffi' and having
                  a Mulkn bum catk? of not las tb«n Ji.
c* 4UnC9          Kraft paparfortase ads              "
             ■    "Kraft paper for Ian neb* meat tnachroe-fiwished paper, in tolls,
                   containing act leas than IXt of dienma) sulphite softwood pulp calmtired
                  an total fibre content, trekking oat leu dwn 60 f/m* bat not nwie dun
                  115 sfrt(*, having a MuHen borer ratio of not las dm 38, and having
                  a attach {actor of more than 4-5'M m die cm diirirt– and of more than
                - y/» in the nwchiue direction.
«iMlvf                                         «*her wsiting p^pac, an containing wdHral
                                              I oat nit than S*fc of mechanical wood pulp
                  "Other prating paper and other writing paper, not cwtiwag mechanical
                  wood pdp or containing not bmc than SV> «f medamai wood pulp'
                  meant paper other than madune-gUzcd, used lor printing or writing,
                  «iwli rrmtams not mote than 5*h el mechanical wood pulp raknlaird
                  on total fibre oofltnt
       i                  n                                                - ! -            '
«s «M             Finning pyt wd wttisog ptp9t                    AMdmici) wuoo pulp
                  Timtiay paper and writing paper containing mechanical wood puip* mrani
                  paper ddier than machine-glazed, used for pitoning and writing, containing
                  amt dian 5*/* of mechanical wood pulp calculated on total fibre content.
ex-OJH     F               pWpTT (of tiWiiyidi|Wpti^(Mfa
                  •Ruling paper for corrugated paperboard' meant paper, in tolls, containing
                  not less than €5*/« of unbleached senri-chemkal hardwood pulp (pulp
                  obtained from wood by light chemical ueanuem followed by mechanical
                  treatment) calculated -on total fibre content and having a CMT (Concota
                  Medium Tot) crash resistance exceeding 20 kp.
ex4L0l            fidpbtt piper mr               pvrpoKB
                  •Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes* means machine-glared paper,
                  containing more than 40*/« of chemical bisulphite wood pcrip, calculated
                   on total fibre content, having an ash content of not more than 8*/« and
                   having a Mullen bnrst ratio of not less than 15.
ex 73.15 B        Anoy fteci,           orm-mbiiog
                  "Alloy steel, stainkss or heat-resisting* means alloy steel, containing by
                   weight 12*/» or more of chromium, with or without other alloy
                   dements, and less than Ms of carbon.
ex 73.1J B     " High-speed afley steel                 (                • ' , ~ -
                   "High-speed alloy steel* means alloy steel containing, with or without
         •         other alloy elements, at least two of the following three dements: tungsten
                   (wolfram), molybdenum and vanadium with a total content, by weight, of
                   not less than 7*/« of these elements taken together, and containing more
                   than ©■$•/•, by weight, of carbon.                  „
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                          ANNEX B
                                                Proposal for a
                                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                        establishing indicative ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain
                                              products originating in Finland ( 19/8 )
     THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
     COMMUNITIES,                                                     Member States and the Commission ; whereas the
                                                                      latter must, in particular, be able to follow rhe pro­
                                                                      gress of amounts set off against the indicative
                                                                      ceilings and keep the Member States informed ;
     Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                     whereas this cooperation must be all the closer since
     European Economic Community, and in particular                   the Commission must be able to take adequate
     Article 113 thereof,                                             measures to reintroduce customs tariff duties when­
                                                                      ever one of the ceilings has been reached;
     Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                      Whereas the trend of imports should be followed for
    Whereas an Agreement (') between the European                     certain products for which, under Article 3 of
    Economic Community and the Republic of Finland                    Protocol 1 , the Community has suspended the appli­
     was signed on 5 October 1973,                                    cation of ceilings and for products which are not
                                                                      subject to the ceiling system; whereas it is therefore
    Whereas Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol 1 annexed to                desirable that imports of such products should be
                                                                      subject to supervision.
    this Agreement make provision for a specific time­
    table for the progressive abolition of customs duties
    in respect of the products to which the Agreement
    applies; whereas under Article 3 of that Protocol                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   the imports of these products are limited to annual
   indicative ceilings above which the customs duties
   applicable to third countries may be reintroduced;                                         Artide 1
   whereas, however, under Article 3 (b) the
   Community hi * to suspcnJ ?he application of certain              I. From 1 January until 31 December !?7 9 imports
   ccilines; w 'iereas f on the other hand in the                   of products originating in Finland and indicated in
event or short-term economic difficulties ,                          Annex i to this Regulation shall be subject to indica­
the Community may, ur>;r Article 3 < c >                             tive ceilings and to Community supervision.
of Protocol 1 , maintain the ceiling amount !
    the preceding year . Whereas , however ,
application of this measure must be                                The description of the products referred to in the
limited to products mo^t affected                                  preceding subparagraphs, their tariff headings and
by the short-term difficulties;                                    statistic numbers and the levels, of the indicative
                                                                   ceilings are given in Annex I.
      •       H wherfa$' »h"efore, the ceilings to be applied •
      !n .        ust be established; whereas in this situation
      it is also necessary that the Commission be regularly
      informed of the trend of the imports of the products Z. Amounts shall be set off against the indicative
      in question and, in consequence, it is necessary to ceilings as and when the goods are entered With
      subject these imports to supervision;.                       customs authorities for homo use
                                                                   r
                                                                   and,     accompanied     by    a   movement    certificate
       Whereas this objective may be achieved by means             conforming to the rules contained in Protocol 3 to
       of an administrative procedure based on setting off         the Agreement.
   _ imports of the products in question against the
       indicative ceilings at Community level, as and when
      these products are submitted to the customs auth­           Goods shall be set off against the indicative ceiling
      orities under covet of declarations that they have           only if the movement certificate has been submitted
      been made available for consumption; whereas this            before the date on which customs duties are
      administrative procedure must make provision for             reimposed.
      the reintrodtiction of customs tariff duties as soon as
      the ceilings have been reached at Community level;
      Whereas this administrative procedure requires close
      and particularly rapid cooperation between the
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                   ANNEX B
  The reaching o a ceiling shall be determined at                                    Article 2
  Community 'evci on rhi fcasis otf imports set off
  against it ir. the ms.iner defined in the preceding         From 1 January until 31 December 1978, imports of
  iubparagrapiis.                                             the products referred to in Annex il which originate
                                                              in Finland shall be subject -to Community supervision.
 The Membrr States shall periodically inform the              Member States shall forward to the Commission not
 Commission of imports effected in accordance with            later than the 15th day of each month statements of
 rhe above rules; such information shall be supplied          imports of the products in question effected during
 under the conditions laid down in paragraph 4.              the preceding month; to this end, only products
                                                             submitted to the customs authorities under cover
                                                             of a declaration that they have been made available
                                                             for consumption and accompanied by a movement
 3. As soon as the < eilings have been reached, the          certificate conforming Co the rules contained in
 Commission may issue a Regulation reimposing the            Protocol 3 to the Agreement shall be taken into
                                                             consideration .
 customs duties provided for .in Article 3 (f) of
 Protocol 1 to the Agreement until the er>d of the
 calendar year.
                                                                                    Article 3
                                                             For the implementation of this Regulation the
4. Member State.? shall forward to the Commission            Commission shall take all necessary measures in
not later than the 15th day of each month statements         close cooperation with the Member States.
of the amounts set off during the preceding morvth.
They shall, if the Commtssron so requests, make up                                  Article 4
such statements for periods of 10 days and forward
them within five clear days of expiry of the                Tnis Regulation shall enter into force on I January
preceding f0-day period.
                                                                 8.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, "
                                                                              For the Council
                                                                               The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                     ANNEX I                                  ANNEX B
                 UST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION
                                                                     IN 1978
     Order             CCT                                                                                                Level
      No           heading No                                Description                         NIMEXE Wxle            of ceiling
                                                                                                                      (metric tons)
                        2                                         3                                     4                   5
                      48.01           Paper * and paperboard (including cellulose
                                      wadding), •                     in rolls or sheets :
                                           C Kraft paper and Kraft fcoard :
                                               II. Other :
                                                   – Kraftliiter (a)                         48.01-15, 21 , 27, 31   cei Imq
                                                                                                                     delayed
                                                   – Kraft paper for large bags (a)        1 48.01-16, 23 , 28 '         ceiling
                                                                                                                        delayed
                                                   – Other                                   48.01-08 , 09, 11 , 12,     ceiling
                                                                                                   13, 17, 19, 25,      delayed
                                                                                                   26, 29, 33
                                      ex ) F- Other :
                                               – Bible paper (India paper), copying          48.01-58, 61 , 62, 66     34 985
                                                   tissue ; other printing paper and
                                                   other writing paper, not containing
                                                   mechanical wood pulp or in which
                                                   mechanical wood pulp does not
                                                   represent more than 5 % (a)
                                               – Printing paper and writing paper,           48.01-64, 65, 69            ceiling
                                                . containing mechanical wood pulp (a),                                  delayed
                                                   excluding copying tissue .
                                               – Fluting paper for corrugated paper­         48.01-75                    ceiling
                                                   board (a)                                                            delayed
                                               – Sulphite paper for wrapping pur­            48.01-71 , 73               ceiling
                                                   poses (a)                                                            delayed
                                               – Other, excluding cellulose wadding          48.01-41 , 43,  45, 52,   cei line
                                                   and tissues                                     53,  54,  55, 56,   delayee
                                                                                                   77,  82,  84, 86,
                                                                                                   88 , 91 , 93, 95,
                                                                                                   97
                      48.03            Parchment or greaseproof paper and paper­             48.03 - all Nos             ceiling
                                       board, and imitations thereof, and glazed                                        delayed
                                       transparent paper, in rolls or sheets
                      48.05            Paper and paperboard, corrugated (with or
                                       without flat surface sheets), creped, crinkled,
                                       embossed or perforated, in rolls or sheets :
                                     , B. Other                                              48.05-21 , 29, 30, 50,    cei ling
                                                                                                   80                  delayed
(*) Subject to compliance with the defituetoo* given in Annex HI.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                                   ANNEX B
                                                                                                                      Level
    Order          : CT
                                                      Description                          M1MEXE code              of ceiling
     No        heao.ng No i                                                                                       (metric tons)
                          «
" • "«       I       2    I                                 3                                     V             I       5
                           !
                  tP.O?           Paper and paperboard, impregnated, coated ,
                                . surface-coloured , surtace-c!r<"'l*"r, "'4 or prints
                               ( not constituting prmtea matter within Chapter
                                  49), in rolls or sheets :
                            i    C. . Other :
                            1
   I SF 11                  !
                                      – Coated pnntmg or writing paper                 48.07-57, 58 , 59             45 752
                             i
                             i
  1SF 12                              – Other                                          48.07-55 , 56 , 64, 65 ,   190 705
                                                                                             66 , 68 , 70, 81 ,
                                                                                             85 , 91 , 97, 99
                  48.15           Other paper and paperboard, cut to size or
                                  shape :
   1 SF 13                        B. Other                                             48.15-10, 21 , 29, 30,      cei L ing
                                                                                             40, 50, 61 , 65,      delayed
                                                                                             95, 99
                  73.02           Ferro-alloys :
                                  E, Ferro-cbromium and fcrro-siiico- cnromium         73.02-51 , 55                  12.453
   1 SF 14 '
 ---pagebreak---                                               ANNEX II                          ANNEX B
                      LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2
  Ordcr       CCT
   No     beading No                             DacnMion                                NIMEXE code
    1          2                                     3                                          4
II SF 1      44.15    Plywood, blockboard, laminboard, battenboard and similar      44.15 - all Nos
                      laminated wood products (including veneered panels and
                      sheets); inlaid wood and wood marquetry
11 SF 2      44.18    Reconstituted wood, being wood shavings, wood chips ,         44.18 - all Nos
           i          sawdust, wood flour or other ligneous waste agglomerated
                      with natural or artificial resins or other Organic binding
                      substances in sheets, blocks or the like
II SF 3      44.11   ttS£fa6¥ÎiaÇ8rÏ8!;dwRÎtlîg?d or_ other                         44 . 1 4 all Nos
                      or not bonded with natural or artificial resins or with
                     other organic binders
             56.01    Man-made fibres (discontinuous), not carded, combed or
        I
                      otherwise prepared for spinning ;
II SF 4               B. Regenerated textile fibres                                 56.01-21 , 23, 25, 29
 ---pagebreak---                         ANNEX      111                      ANNEX B
                      DEFINITIONS
Krr miner
'Kiaftliner' means machine-finished or machine-glazed paper or paperbnard,
in rolls, containing not less than 80*/« of chemical sulphate softwood pulp
calculated on total fibre content, weighing more than 115 g/ m* and having
a Mullen burst ratio of not less than 35 .
 Kraft paper for large sacks
'Kraft paper for large sacks' means machine-finished paper, in rolls,
  containing not less than 80*/oof chemical sulphate softwood pulp calculated
on total fibre content, weighing not less than 60 g/m* 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 4-5*/» in the cross direction and of more than
2*/# in the machine direction.
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*
means paper other than       machine-glazed, used for printing or writing,
which contains not more       than 5'/* of mechanical wood pulp calculated
on total fibre content.
 Printing paper and writing paper, containing mechanical wood pulp
'Printing paper and writing paper containing mechanical wood pulp' means
paper other than machine-glazed, used for printing and writing, containing
 more than 5°/» of mechanical wood pulp calculated on total fibre content.
 Fluting paper for corrugated paperboard
'Fluting paper for corrugated paperboard' means paper, in rolls, containing
not less than 65"l» 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.
 Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes
 'Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes' means machine-glazed paper,
 containing more than 40*/» of chemical bisulphite wood pulp, calculated
 on total fibre content, having an ash content of not more than 8°/» and
 having a Mullen burst ratio of not less than 15 .
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                  ANNEX C
                                             Proposal of a
                                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                     establishing Community supervision for imports or certain products originating
                                                   in Iceland ( 1978)
   HE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
  IMMUNITIES,
                                                                that imports of such products should be subject to
                                                                supervision,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
E-iropean Economic Community, and in particular
Article 1 13 thereof,                                                                 Article 1
I avircg regard to the proposal from the Commission,           From I January until 31 December 1978, imports
                                                               of products originating in Iceland and indicated in
Whereas an Agreement ( ' ) between the European
                                                               the Annex to this Regulation shall -be subject to
                                                               Community supervision.
".conomic Community and the Republic of Iceland
  ■ as signed on 22 July 1972 ;.                               Member States sfhaH forward to the Commission not
                                                               later than rhe 15th day of each month statements of
 X'hereas Articles t and 2 of Protocol 1 annexed to
                                                               imports of the products in question effected during
:his Agreement make provision for a specific time­             the preceding month; to this end, ordy products
table for the progressive abolition of customs duties          submitted to the customs authorities under cover of
,n respect of the products to which the Agreement              a declaration that they have been made available for
applies; whereas under Article 3 of that Protocol the          consumption and accompanied by a rnovenv nt
imports of these products are limited to annua!                certificate conforming to the rules contained
indicative ceilings above which the customs duties             Protocol 3 to the Agreement shall be taken into
applicable to third countries may be reintroduced;             consideration .
whereas, however, under Article 3 (b) the Community
has to suspend the application of certain ceilings;                                   Article 2
whereas in the light o£ the current situation of the
trade in these products and its likely development             For the implementation of this Regulation the
in 197.8. jt Joes not seem desiraible to establish indi­       Commission s>haH take all necessary measures in
cative ceilings for this year;                                  close cooperation wkh the Member States.
Whereas rhe trend of imports should be followed                                       Article 3
 for certain products for which, under Article 3 of
 Protocol 1 , the Community has suspended the appli­            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
 cation of ceilings; whereas it is therefore desirable          1978 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in ail Member
                States.                                                  1
                Done at Brussels,
                                                                                  For the Council ^
                                                                                   The President
   {') OJ No L 301 , 31 . 12. 1972, p. 1 .
 ---pagebreak---                                   ANNEX                                   ANNEX C
                                                        4-
    ΟΗ:Γ      CCT
     ΝΟ    heading No               Description             NIMEXE code
      !         2                       3                        4
t
             76.01    Unwtought aluminium ; aluminium waste
                      and scrap :
  II ISL 1            A. ITnwrougnt                         76.01-1 », 15
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                           ANNEX D
                                                  Proposal of a
                                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                 establishing indicative ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain
                                          products originating in Norway ( 197-p
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
   COMMUNITIES,                                                   Member States and the Commission ; whereas the
                                                                  latter must, in particular, be able to follow the pro­
                                                                  gress of amounts set off against the indicative
                                                                  ceilings and keep the Member States informed ;
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                   whereas this cooperation must be all the closer since
   European Economic Community, and in particular                 the Commission must be able to take adequate
   Article 113 thereof,                                          measures to reintroduce customs tariff duties when­
                                                                 ever one of the ceilings has been reached ;
   Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                 Whereas the trend of imports should be followed for
   Whereas an Agreement (' ) between the European                certain products for which, under Article 4 of
   Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway                  Protocol i , rhc Community has suspended the appli­
   was signed on 14 May 1973 ;                                   cation of ceilings and for products which arc not
                                                                 subject to rhc ceiling system; whereas it is therefore
  Whereas Articles 1, 2 and 3 of Protocol 1 annexed              desirable that imports of such products should be
  to this Agreement make provision for a specific time­          subject to supervision,
  table for the progressive abolition of customs duties
  in respect of the products to which the Agreement
  applies; whereas under Article 4 of that Protocol the
  imports of these products are limited to annual indi­         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
  cative ceilings above which the customs duties appli­
  cable to rhird countries may be reintroduced;
  whereas, however, under Article 4 (b) the Community                                    Artide 1
  has to suspend the application of certain ceilings;
  whereas , on the other hand, in the                           1 . From I January until 31 December 1978, imports
  event of shortterm e.^-jnomic diffi­                          of products originating in Norway and indicated Ln
  culties , the Community may, under                            Annex I to this Regulation shall be subject to indi­
  Article 3 ( c ) of Protocol 1 ,                              cative ceilings and to Community supervision.
  maintain the ceiling amounts of the
 preceding year; whereas , how- „                              The description of the products referred to in the
 ever , application of this measure                            preceding subparagraphs, their tariff headings and
 must be limited to products most                              statistic numbers and the levels of the indicative
                                                               ceilings are given in Annex I.
 affected by the short-term diffi­
 culties ;
whereas, therefore, the ceilings to be applied in 197 15       2. Amounts shall be set off against the indicative
must be established ; whereas in this situation it is          ceilings as and when "the goods are entered               Vith
also necessary that the Commission be regularly in­           customs authorities for home use
formed of the trend of the imports of the products                                                                 and
in question and, in consequence, it is necessary to           accompanied by a movement certificate conforming
subject these imports to supervision;                         to the rules contained in Protocol 3 to the
                                                              Agreement.
Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of
an administrative procedure based on setting off              Goods shall be set off against the indicative ceiling
imports of the products in question against the indi­         only if the movement certificate has been submitted
cative ceilings ait Community level, as and when rhese        before the date on which customs duties are
products are submitted to the customs authorities             rcimposod.
under cover of declarations that they have been made
available for consumption ; whereas this administra­
tive procedure must make provision for the
reintroduction of ctfstoms tariff duties as soon as the
ceilings have been reached .it Community level ;
Whereas this administrative procedure requires close
and particularly rapid cooperation between the
H OJ No L \ 7it 27.      1973, p. 2.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                         ANNEX   D
  The reaching ol a ceiling shall be determined at                                   Article 2
   ~on;muii ty level on the brsis ot imports set off
  against it ir the manner defined in the preceding            From 1 January until 31 December 1978 imports
  subparagraph s.                                              of the products referred to in Annex II which
                                                              originate in Norway shall be subject to Community
                                                               supervision .
  The Memb<r States sh^ll periodically inform the             Member States shall forward to the Commission
 Commission ruf tn ports effected in accordance with          not later than the 15rh day of each r.ionth statements
 the Phove rules; such information shall be supplied          of imports of the products in quesoion effected during
  under the condiuions laid down in paragraph 4.              the preceding month ; to dvs end, only products sub­
                                                              mitted to the customs authorities under cover of
                                                              a declaration that they have been made available for
 J. As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the           consumption and accompanied by a movement
 Commission may .issue a Regulation reimposing the           certificate conforming to the rules contained in
 customs duties provided for in Article 4 (() of             Protocol 3 to the Agreement shall be taken into
 Protocol 1 to th° Agreement until the end of the            consideration .
 calendar year.
                                                                                    Article 3
4. Member States shall forward to the Commission             For the implementation of this Regulation the
not later than the 1 5th day of each month statements       Commission shall take ali necessary measures in
                                                             close cooperation with the Member States.
of the amounts siit off during rhe preceding month.
They shall, if the Commission so requests, make up                                  Article 4
such statements for periods of 10 days and forward
them within five clear days of expiry of the preceding      This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
10-day period .                                              1978 .                                                7
             T is Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             Mates .
             Done at Brussels.               •.
                                                                              For the Council
                                                                                The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                    ANNEX I                                   ANNEX D
                 LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION
                                                                    IN 1978
     Order             CCT                                                                                              Level
       No          hcading No                                 Description                       NIMEXE code           of ceiling
                                                                                                                    (metric tons)
                      28.56            Carbides / Whether or not chemically
                                      defined :
     I N 1                            A. Of silicon                                         28.56-10                 cei ling
                                                                                                                     delayed
                      48.01           Paper and paperboard (including cellulose
                                      wadding) .                          rolls or sheets :
                                          C Kraft paper and Kraft board :
                                              II. Other :
     I Ν2                                         – Kraftliner (a)                          48.01-15, 21 , 27, 31    19 144
     I Ν 3                                        – Kraft paper for large bags (a)          48.01-16, 23, 28           ceiling
                                                                                                                      delayed
     I N4                                         – Other                                   48.01-08,. 09, 11 , 12,    ceiling
                                                                                                  13, 17, 19, 25,     delayed .
                                                                                                  26, 29, 33
                                      ex p    Other :
     I N 5                                   – Bible paper (India paper), copying           48.01-58, 61 , 62, 66    cei ling
                                                  tissue ; other printing paper and other                           delayed
                                                  writing paper, not containing mech­
                                                  anical wood pulp or in which mech­
                                                  anical wood pulp does not rep­
                                                  resent more than 5 % (a)
     1 N6                                     – Printing paper and writing paper,           48.01-64, 65, 69           ceiling
                                                  containg mechanical wood pulp (a),                                  delayed
                                                  excluding copying tissue
     I Ν7                                     – Fluting paper for corrugated paper­         48.01-75                   ceiling
                                                  board (a)                                                           delayed
     I Ν8                                     – Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes        48.01-71 , 73              ceiling
                                                   (a)                                                                delayed
      I Ν 9                                   – Other, excluding cellulose wadding          48.01-41 , 43,  45, 52,    cei ling
                                                  and tissues                                     53,  54,  55, 56,    delayed
                                                                                                  77,  82,  84, 86,
                                                                                                  88,  91 , 93, 95,
                                                                                                  97
     IN 10             48.03           Parchment or greaseproof paper and paperboard,       48.03 - all Nos            cei ling
                                       and imitations thereof, and glazed transparent                                 delayed
                                       paper, in rolls or sheets
(a) Subject to compliance with the definmons given in Annex I1L
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                           ANNEX     D
               1
 Order                 "C.T  !                                                            N1MEXF code
                                                                                                                    Level
  No           Ij                                      Description                                               of ceiling
                  heading No |                                                                                 ( metric tons)
               I        Ζ    I1                             3                       I            4                     5
                     < 8.07       Paper and paperboard , impregnated , coated ,
                                  surface-coloured, surface-decoratcd or ortnted
                                ( not constituting printed matter within Chapter
                                  49), in rolls or sheets :
                                 C» Other :
I N 11                                – Other, excluding coated printing or           48.07-55, 56, 64, 65 ,      26 741
                                           writing paper                                    66, 68 , 70, 81 ,
                                                                                            85 , 91 , 97, 99
                     73.02        Ferro-alloys :
                                  A. Ferro-manganese :             ]
           I                                                                                                      cciling
  N 12                                II . Other                                      73.02-19, 40
                                                                                                                  de 1 ,1 ycd
             . i                  D. Ferro-silico-manganese
  N 13                            C. Ferro-silicon                                    73.02-30                     ceiling
                                                                                                                  delayed
  N 14                        I   E. Ferro-chromium and ferro-silico-chromium         73.02-51 , 55                ceiling
                                                                                                                  delayed
                                  G. Other :
  N 15                                – Ferro-vanadium                                73.02-83                     cciling
                                                                                                                  delayed
I N 16                                – Other, excluding ferro-molybdenum             73.02-60, 70, 98            cei Lmg
                                                                                                                  delayed
                I    76.01        Unwrought aluminium ; aluminium waste and
               I
       . .      I                 scrap :
I N 17                            A. Unwrought                                        76.01-11 , 15               224.539
  N 18               76.02        Wrought bars , rods, angles, shapes and sections,   76.02 - all Nos                15.316
                                  of aluminium : aluminium wire
                              I
I Ν 19               76.03        Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of aluminium,     76.03 - all Nos              ceiling
                                  of a thickness not exceeding 0'20 mm                                            delayed
 ---pagebreak---                                                    ANNEX II                          ANNEX D
                         LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2
          ι
 Order    !    CCT
   No       heading No                                Description                                 NiMEXE code
                                                                                           j
                                                                                           I
    ■    I       2
                       I                                  3                                              4
il N 1        44.18      Reconstituted wood , being wood shavings, wood chips,                44.18 - all Nos
                         sawdust , wood Hour or other ligneous waste agglomerated
                         with natural or artificial 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 2                                                                                        48.05-21 , 29, 30, 50,
       *                 F'ibrVbui Iding board of wood or other                                      80
II N 3        44 . 1 1   vegetable material , whether                                        44 . 1 1 all Nos
                         or not bonded with natural or artificial resins or with
                         other organic binders
              56.01      Man-made fibres (discontinuous), not carded, combed or
                         otherwise prepared for spinning :
II N 4                   B. Regenerated textile fibres                                        56.01-21 , 23 , 25 , 29
 ---pagebreak---                         ANNEX 111                                    ANNEX     D
                       DEFINITIONS
  Krafdiner
  Krattliner means machine-finished or machine glazed paper or paperboard,
 in rolls, containing not less than 80"/s of chemical sulphate softwood pulp
 calculated on total fibre content, weighing more than 115 g/m* and having
 a Mullen burst ratio of not less than 35 .
 Kraft paper for large sacks
  Kraft paper for large sacks* means machine-finished paper, in rolls,
  containing not less than 80s/? of chemical sulphate softwood pulp calculated
 on total fibre content, weighing not less than 60 g/m' but not more than
 115 g/m1, having a Mullen burst ratio of not less than 38, and having
 a stretch factor of more than 4-.Wo in the cross direction and of more than
 2°/« in the machine direction .
 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°/o of mechanical wood pulp'
means paper other than machine-glared, used for printing or writing,
which contains not more than 50/o of mechanical wood pulp calculated
on total fibre content.
Printing paper and writing paper, containing mechanical wood pulp
  Printing paper and writing paper containing mechanical wood pulp' means
paper other than machine-glared, used for printing and writing, containing
more than 5"/o of mechanical wood pulp calculated on total fibre content .
Fluting paper for corrugated paperboard
  Fluting paper for corrugated paperboard' means paper, in rolls, containing
not iess than 65°/# 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 GMT (Concora
Medium Test) crush resistance exceeding 20 kp.
Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes
 .sulphite paper for wrapping purposes' means machine-glazed paper,
containing more than 40"/« of chemical bisulphite wood pulp, calculated
on total fibre content, having an ash content of isot more rhan S"/o and
having a Mullen burst ratio of not less than 15.
 ---pagebreak---                                          Proposal of a                                                  ANNEX E
                                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                   establishing indicative ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain
                                         products originating in Portugal (1978)
THE
THE COUNCIL
       COUNCIL OFOF THETHE EUROPEAN
                             EUROPEAN                            Member States and the Commission ; whereas the
COMMUNITIES,
COMMUNITIES,                                                     latter must, in particular, be able to follow the
                                                                 progress of amounts set off against the indicative
                                                                 ceilings arid keep the Member States informed ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                     whereas ithis cooperation must 'be all the closer since
European Economic Community, and in particular                   the Commission must be able to take adequate
Article 113 thereof,                                             measures to reintroduce customs tarifif duties
                                                                 whenever one of the ceilings has been reached ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                              •
                                                                 Whereas the trend of imports should be fallowed
Whereas an Agreement («) between the European                    <or ce"ain Products for which under Article, 2 of
Economic Community and the Portuguese Republic                   Protocol 1, the Community has suspended the
was signed on 22 July 1972;                                      application of ceilings and for products which are
                                                                 not subject to the ceiling system; whereas it is
                                                                 therefore desiralble that imports of such products
Whereas Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol 1 annexed to                should be subject to supervision,
this Agreement make provision for a specific time­
table for the progressive abolition of customs duties
in respect of the products to which the Agreement
applies; whereas under Article 2 of that Protocoll the
imports of these products are limited to annual indi-            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
cative ceilings above which the customs duties appli­
cable to third countries may be reintroduced;
whereas, however, under Article 2 (2) the Community                                       Article 1
has to suspend the application of certain ceilings-
whereas, therefore, the ceilings Co be applied in 197 8                                                               '  -
must be established ; whereas in this situation it is             1. From 1 January until 31 December 197 3 imports
also necessary that the Commission be regullarly in-              of products originating in Portugal and indicated in
formed of the trend of the imports of the products in             Annex I to this Regulation shall be subject to
question and, in consequence, it is necessary to                  indicative cetfings and to Community supervision,
subject these imports to supervision ;
                                                                  The description of the products referred to in the
Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of               preceding subparagraphs, their tariff headings and
an administrative procedure based on setting off                  statistic numbers and the levels of the indicative
imports of the products in question against the incK-             ceilings are given in Annex I.
carive ceilings at Community level, as and when these
products are submitted co the customs authorities
under cover of declarations that they have been made         " 2. Amounts shall be set off against the indicative
available for consumption ; whereas this aidmrinistra-            ceilings as and when the goods are entered with
 tive procedure must make provision for the reirstro-              oustontB autorities for home use
duction of customs tariff duties as soon as the                ^                                                     and
 ceilings have been reached at Community level;                 " accompanied by a movement cemifiicate conforming
                                                              . to the rules contained in Protocol 3 to the Agreement.
Whereas this administrative procedure requires close
 and particularly rapid cooperation between the                   Goods shall be set off against the indicative celling
                                                                  only if she movement certificate has been submitted
                                                           '      before the date on which customs duties are
  {') OJ No L 301, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 10.           •               reimposed.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                   ANNEX E
The reaching of a ceiling shall 'be determined at                                  Article 2
Community Wei on the basts of imports set off
against it in the manner defined in the preceding           From 1 January until 31 December 1978 imports ,
subparagraphs.                                              of the products referred to in Annex II which
                                                            originate in Portugal shall be subject to Community
                                                            supervision .
The Member States shall periodically inform the             Member States shall forward to the Commission
Commission of imports effected in accordance with           not later than the 15th day of each month statements
tl>e above ruks ; such information shall be supplied        of imports of tlhe products in question effected
 under the conditions laid down in paragraph 4.             during the preceding -month ; to this end, only
                                                            products submitted to the customs authorities under
                                                            cover of a declaration that they 'have been made
3 . As soon as the ceilings have :been reached,     the     available for consumption and accompanied 'by a
Commission may issue a Regulation reimposing        the     movement certificate conforming to the rules
customs duties provided for 'in Article 2 (7)        of     contained in Protocol 3 to the Agreement shall be
                                                          • taken into consideration.
Protocol 1 to the Agreement until the end of        the
calendar year.
                                                                                   Article 3
                                                            For the implementation of this Regulation .the
4.   Member States shall forward to the Commission          Commission shall take all neoessary measures in
not later than the 15-tih day of each month statements      close cooperation with the Member States!
of the amounts set off during the preceding month.
They Shall, if the Oommission so requests, make up                                 Article 4
such statements for periods of 10 days and forward
them within ifive clear days of expiry of die preceding     This Regulation      shall    enter  into   force on
 10-day period.                                             1 January 1978 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its ehtirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.                                            . *
                                                                                                      f
                                                                              For the Council
                                                                               The President1
 ---pagebreak---                                                 ANNEX I                             ANNEX E
       LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICApVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION
                                                 IN 197 8
 Order      CCT                                                                                 Level
   No    headinc No                        Description                       NIMEXE code      of ccittng
                                                                                            (metric ton*)
 IP 1      45.02      Natural cork in blocks, plates, sheets or strips  45.02 - all Nos        ceiling
                  I H (including cubes or square slabs, cut tq^size for                       delayed
                      corks or stoppers)
 I P 2     45.03      Articles of natural cork                          45.03 - a » Nos        cei ling
                                                                                               delayed
 I P3      55.05      Cotton yarn , not put up for retail sale          55.05 - ali Nos        10.773
 I P4      56.07 1    Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (discon­         56.07 - ali Nos          3.050
                      tinuous or waste)
 I P 5     59.04      Twine, cordage, ropes and cables, plaited or not  59.04 - ail Nos        10.785
 IP6       60.04      Under garments, knitted or crocheted, not         60.04 - all Nos        ceiling
                      elastic or rubberized                                                  delayed
 I P7      60.05 ,    Outer garments and other articles , knitted or    60.05 - all Nos              929
                      crocheted, not elastic or rubberized
 IPS       61.01      Men's and boys' outer garments                    61.01 - all Nos        1.166
 IP ?      61.02      Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments       61.02 - all Nos            356
                                   n
i P 10     61.03      Men's and boys' under garments, including         61.03 - all Nos        ceiling delayed
                      collars, shirt fronts and cuffs
                                   f:
I P 11     61.04      Women's, girls' and iniants' ander garments       61.04 - ail Nos            113
 ---pagebreak---                                                 ANNEX I
                                                                                                WvMjV £
                      LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2
Order     ccr
  No   h^adi'ifî No                                Description                               N1MFXE code
   1                j                                   3                                           •»
   F 1   45.04        Agglomerated cork (being cork agglomerated with or without         45.04 - all Nos
                      a binding substance) and articles o! agglomerated cork
II P 2   56.05        Yarn ol man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste), not put          56.05 - all Nos
                      up tor retail sale
   Ρ 3   57.10        Woven fabrics of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading   57.10 - a I Nos
                      No 57.03
II P 4   62.02        Bed linen, table linen , toilet linen and kitchen linen ; curtains 62.02 - all Nos
                      and other furnishing articles
                                         1
 ---pagebreak---                                                        Proposal of a                                  ANNEX F
                                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                  establishing indicative ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain
                                         products originating in Sweden (1978)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                    administrative procedure must make provision for
COMMUNITIES,                                                   the reintroductaon erf customs tariff duties as soon
                                                               as the ceilings have been reached at Community
                                                               level ;
                                                                      η                     η
Having regard «o "the Trealty establishing the .
European Economic Community, and in particular                 Whereas this administrative procedure requires close
Article 113 diereaf,                                           and particularly rapid cooperation between the
                                                               Member States and the Commission; whereas the
Having regard to the proposal ifrom the Commission,            latter must, in particular, be able to follow the
                                                               progress of amounts set off against the indicative
Whereas an Agreement (' ) between the European                 ceilings and keep tlhe Member States informed ;
                                                               whereas this cooperation must be all the doser since
Economic Community and the Kiing<k)^n of Sweden
was signed on 22 July 1972;                                    the Commission must be able to takie -adequate
                                                               measures     to   reintroduce    customs  tariff duties
                                                                whenever one of the ceilings has been reached;
Whereas Artides 1 apd 2 of Protocol „1 annexed to                     n                  n
this Agreement make provision for a specific                   Whereas the trend of impiorts should be followed
timetable for the progressive abolition of customs             for certain products for whidh, urider Article 3 of
duties in respect of the products to which «he                 Protocol 1, the Community has - suspended the
Agreement applies; whereas under Article 3 of that             application of ceilings and for products which are
Protocol the imports of these products are limited             not subject to the ceiling system; whereas k is
to annual indicative ceilings above wthich the customs         therefore desiralble that imports of such products
duties applicable to third countries may be                    should be subject to supervision,
reintroduced ; whereas, however, under Amide 3 (b)
the Community has to suspend the application of
certain ceilings; whereas, on the other hand1, in the
event of short-term economic difficulties, the Com­            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
munity may, tinder Artide 3 (c) of Protocol 1,                        r                   <
maintain the ceiling amounts of the preceding year;                   h                   <•
whereas, (however, application of this measure must                                     Article 1
be limited to products most affected by the short-                     r                 ■ ■
term difficulties; whereas, therefore, t)he ceilings to
be applied in 197 8 must be established; whereas in            1 . From 1 January until 31 'December 197", imports
this situation it is also necessary that tfhe Com­             of prpducts originating in Sweden and indicated in
mission be regularly informed of the trend of the i            Annex I to this Regulation shall be subject to
imports of the products in question and, in conse­             indicative ceilings arid to Community supervision.
quence, it is necessary to subjeot these imports to
supervision;                                                   The description of the products referred to in che
                                          r                    preceding subparagraphs, their tariff headings and
                                                               statistic numbers and the levels of the indicative
Whereas this objective may ibe achieved by means of
an administrative ptocddure based on setting off               ceilings are given in Annex I.
imports of the products in question against the
indicative ceilings at Community level, as and when            2. Amounts shall be set off against the indicative
these products are submitted to (he customs                    ceilings as and when pmlacm the goods are entered
authorities under cover of declarations that ihey have         with customs autoritiee for home use
been made available for consumption; whereas this
                                                               and accompanied by a movement certificate
                                                               conforming to die ruSos contained in Protocol 3 to
 (') OJ No L 300, 31. 12. 1972, p. 96.                         die Agreement.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                      ANNEX   F
  Goods shall be set c'f a^ain* t <ihc indicative ceiling                            Article 2
  only if he movement cer eric tte has been submitted
  before fire dat > o i which customs duties are
  reirrpos'd.
                                                              From 1 January - until 31 December 197 , imports
                                                              of the products referred to in Annex II which
                                                              originate m Sweat n shall be subjet to Community
 The reaching o' a ceilii g ahall be determined at            : upervision .
 Community level or the brsis of imports set off
 aga.nst K in thi* ma'inc* dcrinao in the preceding           Member Spates shall forward to the Commission not
 subparagraphs.                                               later than fhe 15th day of each month sraiements of
                                                              imports of the products an question effected during
 The Member Sates shall periodically inform the               rhe preceding month ; to this end, only products
 Commission of imports effected in a<r.ondanoe wkh            submitted to the customs authorities under cover
 the above rules : such information shall! be supplied        of a declaration that tlhey have 'been made available
 under the conditions laid lown in paragraph 4.               for consumption and accompanied by a movement
                                                              certificate conforming to the rules oontaincd in
 3 . As sx>n as the < filings have been readied,     the      Protocol 3 to the Agreement shall be taken into
                                                              consideration .
 Commission may iss IC a Regulation reimposing       the
customs duties provided for in Article 3 (f)           of
Protocol 1 to the Agreement until the end of         the                             Article 3
calendar year.
                                                             For the implementation of this Regulation rhe Com­
4. Member States shall 'forward to th6 Commission            mission shall take all necessary measures in close
not later thain tfht 15th day of each month statements       cooperation with the Member States.
of the amounts set off during the preceding month .
They shall, if the -Commission so requests, make lip                                 Article 4
such statements for periods of 10 days and forward
them within five clear days of expiry of the preceding       This Regulation       shall   enter   into  force  on
10-day period.                                               1 January 1978 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.                                               i
              Done at Brussels, ,
                                                                               For the Council
                                                                                The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                              ANNEX F
                                                                    ANNEX I
                 LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION
                                                                     IN 197R
                                                                                                                         level
     Ordcr             CCT                                                                                             of ceiling
       No          heâding No                                 Description                        NlMEXE code
                                                                                                                      (metric tons)
        i               2                                          3                                    4                   J
                      48.01           Paper ' and paperboard (including cellulose
                                     wadding), *                        in rolls or sheets ;
                                           C. Kraft paper and Kraft board :
                                               II. Other :
     IS 1                                          – Kraftliner (a )                         48.01-15, 21 , 27, 31    441 989
     I S2                                          – Kraft paper for large bags (a)          48.01-16, 23, 28         cei ling
     I S3                                          – Other                                   48.01-08, 09, 11 , 12,
                                                                                                                      aelayea
                                                                                                   13, 17, 19s 25,    cei ling
                                                                                                   26, 29, 33         delayed
                                      ex    r Other :
     IS.4                                      – Bible paper (India paper), copying          48.01-58, 61 , 62, 66      32 312
                                                   tissue ; other printing paper and other
                                                   writing paper, not containing mech­
                                                   anical wood pulp or in which mech­
                                                   anical wood pulp does not represent
                                                   more than 5 % (a)
     1 S 5                                     – Printing paper and writing paper,           48.01-64, 65 , 69        137 342
                                                   containing mechanical wood pulp (a),
                                                   excluding copying tissue
      IS6                                      – Fluting paper for corrugated paper­         48.01-75                 cei linq
                                                    board (a)                                                         delayed
      IS7                                      – Other, excluding cellulose wadding          48.01-41 , 43 , 45,  52, cei ling
                                                    and tissues                                    53 , 54,  55,  56, delayed
                                                                                                   77,  82,  84,  86,
                                                                                                   88,  91 , 93 , 95,
                                                                                                   97
      IS 8            48.04           Composite paper or paperboard (made by                 43.04 - all Nos          ce.i ling
                                      sticking flat layers together with an adhesive),                                delayed
                                      not surface-coated or impregnated , whether or
                                      not internally reinforced, in rolls or sheets
                      48.05           Paper and paperboard, corrugated .(with or
                                      without flat surface sheets), creped, crinkled,
                                      embossed or perforated, in rolls or sheets :
      IS 9                            B. Other                           .          1        48.05-21 , 29, 30, 50,    54 315
                                                                                                   80
                                                      I
(a) Subject to compliance with the definitions given in Annex III.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                       ANNEX F
                        err                                                                                              Level
      Order
                                                              Description                      NI MEXE coce            of fcilma
                    headi g N •
                                                                                                                    ( metric tons)
                       4C.07           Paper -* nd paperboard , impregnated , coated ,
                                       surface- coloured . surrace-decorf^H or
                                    ( ;not   constituting printed matter within   napter
                                       49), in rolls or sheets :
                                       C - Other :
     IS 10                                  – Coated printing or writing p^per            48.07-57, 58 , 5 .»          42 905
     IS 11                                  – Other                                       48.07-55, 56, 64, 65 ,      114 789
                                                                                              ' 66, 68, 70, 81
                                                                                                 85, 91 , 97, 99
                       4 !,. 15        Other paper and paperhoard, cut to size or
                                       shape :
     IS 12                             P. Other                                           48.15-10, 21 , 29, 30,        12 613
     I S 13           48.16          Boxes , bag and other packing con-^                    '
                                                                                                 40, 50, 61 , 65 ,
                                                                                                 95,99
                                     tainers , of paper or paperboard :
                                     box f i les , letter trays and
                                     similar articles , of paper or
                                     Paperboard, of a kind commonly
                                     used in of f ices , shops and
                                     the li'ke ;
                                     A. Boxes , bags and othep                           48.16 - 10, 91,95                         cei ling
                                            packing containers                           96 , 98 .                                 cielayed
                       48 . Il         Other articles x»t paper pulp, paper, paperboSrd
                                       or cellulose wadding :
                                       B. Napkjns and napkintiners, for hahies, put       48.21-11
    I S 14                                  up for retail sale
                                      D <*. Other                                                                      14 532
                                                                                          48.21-15 , 21 , 25 , 31 ,
                                                                                                33 , 37, 40, 50,
                                                                                                60, 70, 99
                      7.3.02           Ferro-alloys :
    IS 15                             E. Ferro-chroniium and ferro-sflico-chrornium       73.02-51 , 55             23.225
                                      G. Other :
    1 S 16                                  – Ferro-molybdenum                            73.02-81                     ceiling
                                                                                                                      delayed
                      73.15           Alloy sre'el and high carbon steel in the forms
                                      mentioned in heading Nos 73.06 to 73.14 :
                                      B. Alloy'&teel :
      S 17                                  – Stainless or refractory (a)                 73.71-13 , 23, 53 , 93       cei ling
                                                                                          73.72-13 , 33               delayed
                                                                                          73.73-13,  23 , 33 , 43,
                                                                                                53,  83
                                                                                          73.74-23 , 53,  83
                                                                                          73.75-23,  33 , 43, 53 ,
                                                                                                63,  73 , 83 , 93
                                                                                          73.76-13
W Inctodinft products covered by »he ECSC?Treaty»
                                                 i
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                                   ANNEX F
        Order            CCT                                                                                          Level
         No          headinz No                                Description                     NIMEXE code          of ceiling
                                                                                                                  (metric tons)
                        73.15 ,
       IS 18           (cott'd)                  High speed (a)                           73.71-14, 24 , 54, 94     ceiling
                                                                                          73.73-14, 24, 34, 54     delayed
                                                                                          73.74-54
                                                                                          73.75-24, 34, 44, 54,
                                                                                                64, 84
                                                                                          73.76-14
       IS 19                                     Other                                                            87.822 ( 1 )
                                                                                          73.71-19,  21 , 29, 55,
                                                                                                56,  59,  99
                                                                                          73.72-11 , 19,  39
                                                                                          73.73-19,  25,  26, 29,
                                                                                                35,  36,  39, 49,
                                                                                                55,  59,  72, 74,
                                                                                                89
                                                                                         73.74-21 , 29, 51 , 52,
                                                                                                59, 72, 74, 89,
                                                                                                90
                                                                                         73.75-11 , 19, 29, 39,
                                                                                                49, 59, 69, 79,
                                                                                                89, 99
                                                                                         73.76-15, 16, 19
                       73.18           Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of iron
                                       (other than of cast iron) or steel, excluding
                                       high-pressure hydro-electric conduits :
                                       ex C. Other :
      I S 20                                        Tubes and pipes, of stainless or     73.18-44, 51 , 66, 76    cei Img
                                                    refractory steel (a)
                                                                                                                  delayed
                       81.04           Other base metals, unwrought or brought, and
                                       articles thereof ; cermets, unwrought or wrought,
                                       and articles thereof :
                                       K. Titanium :
      1 S 21                                II. Other                                    81.04-58
                                                                                                                         49
(a) Subject to compliance with the definitions given in Annex ill.
(*) Including products covered by the ECSC Tce«ty.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                          ANNEX 11                       ΑΝΝΓΧ Ρ
                                           U'sT f F PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2
         Ordcr            CCT
          No           hcad iig No                                         Description                             NIMEXE code
                    I       î        I                                         3                          I
        IIS 1            44.15
                                           Plywood, biockboard, laminboardv battenbcard and similar          44. J5 - all Nos
                                           laminated wood products (including veneered panels and
                                           sheets) ; inlaid wood and wood marquetry
        II S 2           44.18
                                           Reconstituted wood , being wood shavings, wood chips,             44.18 - all Nos
                                           sawdust, wood flour or other ligneous waste agglomerated
                                           with natural or artificial resin> or other organic binding
                                           substances, in sheets, blocks or the like
                         48.01
                                           Paper and paperboard (including cellulose wadding), .
                                                   .in rolls or sheets :
                                    1
                                          ex ^ ' Other :
       H S 3
                                                    – Sulphite paper' for wrapping purposes (a)              48.01-71 , 73
       IIS 4      ! 48.03            I    Parchment or greaseproof paper and paperboard, and imitations      48.03 - alt Nos
                  I
                                     ]    thereof, and glazed transparent paper, in rolls or sheets
                                           Fibre building board of wood or other
       II S 5           44.11             vegetable material , whether                                      44 a 1 1 all Nos
                                          or not bonded with natural or artificial resins or with
                                          other organic binders
                                   !
                        73.02             Ferro-alloys :
                                          A. Ferro-manganese :
      Il S 6                                , II. Other                                                         73.02- Î 9, 40
                                          D. Ferro-silico-manganese
      Il S 7                              C. Ferro-siiicon                                                  73.02-30
                                          G. Other :
      II S 8                                  – Ferro-vanadium                                              73.02-83
      II S 9
                                              – Others excluding ferro-molybdenum and ferro-vana-           73.02-60, 70, 98
                                                  dium
                                                                                     I            < :
                                                  n                                t
<a) Subject to compliance wnb the definition oven in Annex 111.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                                         ANNEX F
      Order           CCT                                                                              I
        No          heading No                                      Description                .              NIMEXE code
         »               2
                                                                        3
                                                                                                                    4
                       73.15           Alloy steel and high carbon steel in the form mentioned in
                                       heading Nos 73.06 to 73.14 :
     II S 10                           A. High carbon steel (*)                  1                       73.61-10, 20, 50, 90
                                                                                                         73.62-10, 30
                                                                                                         73.63-10, 21 , 29, 50,
                                                                                                               72, 74, 79
                                                                                                         73.64-20, 50, 72, 75,
                                                   ι;                           ρ                              79, 90
                                                                                                         73.65-21 , 23, 25, 53,
                                                                                                               55, 70, 81 , 83
                                                                                                         73.66-40, 81 , 86, 89
                    . 73.18            Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of iron (other than
                                       of cast iron) or steel, excluding high-pressure hydro-electric
                                       conduits : ,
                                          B. Straight and of uniform wall-thickness, other than          73.18-15
                                              those falling in A above, of a maximum length of
                                              4*50 m, of alloy steel containing by weight not less
                                              than 0-90% but not more than 1*15% of carbon, not
                                              less than 0*50 % but not more than 2% of chromium
                                              and not more than 0*50% of molybdenum                    i
               I                       ex C. Other :                                                   i
     II S 11   I
                                              – Tubes and pipes, straight, and of uniform wall-          73.18-21
                                                    thickness, other than those falling in A above, of
                                                    a length of more than 4*50 m, of alloy steel con­
                                                    taining by weight not less than 0*90% but not more
                                                    than 1-15 % of carbon, not less than 0*50% but
                                                    not more than 2% of chromium and not more than
                                                    0-50% of molybdenum
                       76.01           Unwrought aluminium, aluminium waste and scrap :
     IIS 12       I
                                       A. Unwrought                                                      76.01-11 , 15
                 I
                  I        , I
                       81.04           Other base metals, unwrought or wrought, and articles
                                       thereof ; cermets, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof :
                                       K. Titanium :
     II S 13                               I. Unwrought, waste and scrap ,                               81.04-56
(*) Including products covered br the ECSC Treaty.
                                                         t
 ---pagebreak---                                                                        ANNEX F
                                         ANNEX ///
                                       DEFINITIONS
ex 43 01 Oil  . Kr. ftliner
                'Ki iftliner'   means     machine-finished  or   machine-glazed      paper   or
                paperboard , in rolls, containing not less than 800/» of chemical sulphate
                softwood pulp calculated on total fibre content, weighing more than 115
                g/ml and having a Mullen burst ratio of not less than 35.
?x 48.01 C II   Kraft paper for large sacks
                'Kraft paper for large sacks' means maoiine-finishpd           paper, in rolls,
                containing not less than 80°/?. of chemical sulphate           softwood pulp
                calculated on total fibre content, weighing not less than     60 g/ml brt not
                more than 115 g/m 1, having a Mullen burst ratio of not     less than 38, and
                having a stretch factor of more than A-S'/t in the cross      direction and of
                more than 2Vo in the machine direction.
zx 48.01 ^      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 paptr, not containing mechanical
                wood pulp or containing not more than 5'/« of mechanical wood pulp'
                 means paper other than machine-glazed, used for printing or writing,
                which contains not more than 5'/o of mechanical wood pulp calculated
                on total fibre content.
ex 48.01 ^      Printing paper and writing paper, containing mechanical wood pulp
                'Printing paper and writing paper containing mechanical wood pulp* means,
                paper other than machine-blazed, used for printing and writing,
                containing more than 59/o of mechanical wood pulp calculated on total
                fibre content.
ex 48.01 p       Fluting paper for corrugated paperboard
                'Fluting paper for corrugated paperboard' means paper, in rolls,
                containing not less than 6S'/t 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 F       Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes
                'Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes' means machine-glazed paper,
                containing more than 40'/o of chemical bisulphite wood pulp, calculated
                on total fibre content, having an ash content of not more than 88/» and
                 having a Mullen burst ratio of not less than 15.
ex 73.15 B       Alloy steel, stainless or heat-resisting
ex 73.18 C        .                           4        ...          it       <         • •  »
                'Alloy steel, stainless or heat-resisting means alloy steel , containing by
                 weight 12°/o or more of chromium, with or without other alloy elements,
                 and less than l*/t of carbon.     [1
ex 73.15 B      High-speed alloy steel
                 'High-speed alloy steel' means- alloy steel containing, with or without
                 other alloy elements, at least tvo of the following three elements: tungsten
                 (wolfram), molybdenum and vanadium with a total content, by weight, of
                 not less than 7'/» of these elrrfients taken together, and containing more
                 than 0-6°/», by we'ght, of carborr.
 ---pagebreak---                                                  Proposal of a                                         ANNEX G
                                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                   establishing Community supervision for imports of certain products originating
                                               I   in Switzerland (1978 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       that imports of such products should be subject to
COMMUNITIES,                                                      supervision,
Having regard to rhe Treaty establishing the                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 1 13 thereof,                                                                    Article 1
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                From J January until 31 December 197° imports of
                                                                  products originating in Switzerland and indicated in
Whereas an Agreement (' ) ibetween thi European                •' the Annex to this Regulation shall be subject to
Economic Community and She Swiss Confederation                    Community supervision.
was signed on 22 July 1 972;
                                                                  Member States shall forward to the Commission not
Whereas Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol 1 annexed to                 later than t)he 15-th day of each month statements
this Agreement make provision for a specific                      of imports of the products in question effected
timetable for the progressive abolition of customs                during the preceding month ; to rhis end, only
duties in respect of rhe products to which the                    products submitted to the customs authorities under
Agreement applies ; whereas under Article 3 of that               cover of a declaration that they have been made
Protocol the imports of these products are limited                available for consumption and accompanied by a
to annual indicative ceilings above which tfhe customs            movement certificate conforming to the rules
duties applicable to third countries may be                       contained in Protocol 3 to the Agreement shall be
                                                                  taken into consideration.
reintroduced ; whereas, 'however, under Article 3 (b)
the Community has to suspend the appfliaation of
certain ceilings ; whereas in the light of the current                  .1               Article 2
situation of the trade in these products and its likely
development in 1973, it does not seem desirable to                For the implementation of this Regulation the Com­
establish indicative ceilings for this year;                      mission shall take all necessary measures in close
                                                                  cooperation with the Member States.
Whereas rhe trend of imports should be followed
for certain products for whidh, under Article 3 of *                                     Article 3
Protocol 1, the Community has suspended die
application of ceilings and for other products not                This Regulation      shall   enter into  force   on
subject to ceilings; whereas it is therefore desirable            1 January 1978 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.                        I
              Done at Brussels.
                                                                                   For the Council
                                                                                     The President
(*) OJ No L 300, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 188.
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  Ordtr     CCT
   No   ht 3'Jinfr No                            Description                         NIMEXE code
    1          2
                           '                         3 •                                     «
Il CHI     44.18      Reconstituted wood , being wood shavings, wood chips ,     44.18 - all Nos
                      sawdust, wood flour or other ligneous waste agglomerated
                      with natural or artificial resins or other organic binding
                      substances, in sheets, blocks or the like
                      Fibre building board of wood or other
li CH2     f. 1 1     vegetable material ,                whether                    11 all Nos
                      or not bonded with natural or artificial resins or with
                      b'trter organic binders
           73.02      Ferro-allovs :
II CH 3               C. Ferro-silicon                                           73.02 - 30
            I
           76.01      Unwrought aluminium, aluminium waste and scrap :
II CH 4               A. Unwrought                                               76.01 - 11 , 15
                                                       ι
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                                                         DECISION
                MWN7™7PI
                STATES OF THE EUROPEAN     ^FMN.™E     COAL ANDGOVERNMENTS
                                                                     STEEL COMMUNITY.OF THE MEETING
                                                                                                  MEMBER
                                                 WITHIN THE COUNCIL,
                establishing supervision for imports of certain products originating in Austria (197 8)
  THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS
  OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN                          2. Amounts shall be set off against the indicative
  COAL     AND      STEEL       COMMUNITY,       MEETING        ceilings as and when pacx the goods are entered
  WITHIN THE COUNCIL,                                           customs authorities For honies^ use
                                                                                                                     and
                                                                arc    accompanied    by     <a   movement   certificate
  in agreemerrt wirh che Commission,                           conforming to the rules contained in che Agreement
                                                                referred to in paragraph 1 .
  HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                                               Goods shall be set off against the indicative ceiling
                          Article 1                            only if rhe movement certificate has been submitted
                                                               before the date on which customs duties are
  1. Imports of certaiin products originating in Austria       reimposod.
 and indicated in Articles 1 arid 2 af Protocol 1 to
 the Agreement between the Member States of the                TL .                             , „ ,    ,     .   .
 Europe™ Coal and S<eel Communis and the                       SLZt                 „ A "®!. • ^                      "
 European
 »VIRFR
             Coal andu - Steel/ A Com.nilr,
            .U D                          t L
                                              of I the one     agairwt it
                                                                               T
                                                                           in the  manner
                                                                                              J™    of impom «t off
                                                                                              defined in the preced;nc
 part, and the Republic of Austria, erf the other part,        subparagraphs.                                F         b
 shall be subject to annual indicative ceiling and to
 Community supervision           from    1 January until
31 December 197 8 .                                           T'he Member States shall periodically inform the
                             i                                Commission of imports effcotod in accordance with
The description of che products referred to in the            the above rules; such information shall be supplied
preceding subparagraph, their tariff headings and             under the conditions laid down in paragraph 4.
statistic numbers and rhe levels of the indicative          1
ceilings are given in Gounoil Regulation (EEC) No
 • ••••• of ............. establishing indicative             3 . As soon as rhe ceilings have been reached , the
ceilings and Community supervision for imports of             Member States may, at the request of one of rhem
certain products originating in Austria (').                  or of the Commcssion, reimpose, •until the eivd of
                                                              the calendar year, each in respect of ks own
                                                              territory, the customs dirties applicable to third
{') See page 1 of this Official Journal.                      countries, adjusted, where appropriate, by the
                                               :
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percentages laid down L. Articlt 2 (e) of Protocol 1    to   the   customs   authorities    under  oover of a
 to the Agreemem referred so in paragraph 1 .           declaration chat they are to be made available for
                                                        consumption and accompanied by a movement
4. .Member Starts shall forward oo the Commission       certificate conforming to the rules contained in
not later fh-..n the 15rn day of each month statements  Protocol 3 do rhe Agreement shall be taken into
of the amounts s-et off during riv: preceding month.    consideration for this purpose.
They shall, if tr.e C jmmission sc requests, make up
such statements lor periods of 10 days and forward
                                                                                Article 3
them wichiii five clear days of expiry of rhe
preceding 10-day .period.
                                                        For the implementation of tJhis Decision the Member
                                                        States shall take ail necessary measures in dose
                                                        cooperation with rhe Commission .
                         Article 2
                                                                                Article "4
1 . Imports of products originating in Austria which
are mentioned i'i Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol 1 to
rhe Agreement and         indicated in Annex II to      The Member States shall take all measures required
                                                        to implement this Decision.
Regulation (EEC) No . » • . .       shall be subject to
Gommunity supervision.
2. Member States shall forward to the Commission        Done at Bruosel-s,    ,
not later than the I5th day of each monah statements                                       The President
of imports of the products in question effected
during the preceding month; only products submitted
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                     ANNEX I J
                                                           DECISION
                OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS* OF THE MEMBER
                STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY, MEETING
                                                  WITHIN THE COUNCIL,
                  establishing supervision for imports of certain products originating in Sweden (1978 )
  THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS                          The reaching of a ceiling shalll be determined at
  OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN
  COAL      AND     STEEL      COMMUNITY,         MEETING          Community level on the basis of imports set off
  WITHIN THE COUNCIL,                                             against it in dhe manner defined in the preceding
                                                                   subparagraphs.
  in agreement wirh the Commission,
                                                                  The Member States shall periodically inform the
                                                                  Commission of imports effected in accordance with
  HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                                                  the albove rules; such information shall be supplied
                                                                  under the conditions laid down in paragraph 4.
                           Article i
                                             ■ι
                                                                  3. As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the
  1 . Imports of certain products originating in                  Member States may, at the request of one of them
 Sweden and indicated in Articles 1 and 2 of                      or of uhe Commission, reimpose, until the end of
 Protocol 1 to the Agreement 'between The Member                  the calendar year, each in respect of its own
 States of nhe European Coal and Steel Community                  territory, the ouston-is duties applicable to third
 and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the               countries, adjusted, where appropriate, by the
 one part, and the Kingdom of Sweden, erf tlhe orher             percentages lard clown in Article 2 (e) of Protocol 1
 part, shall fee subject to annual indicative ceilings            to the Agreement referred to in paragraph 1 .
 and to Community supervision from 1 January until
 31 December 197 8 .
                                           Π                     4. Member States shall forward to the Commission
 The description of the products referred to in the              not later than the 15ch day of each month statements
 preceding subparagraph, their tariff headings and               of the amounts set off during the preceding month.
 Statistic numbers and the levels of the indicative              They shall], if t*he Commission so requests, make
 ceilings are given in Council Refutation (EEC)                  up such statements for periods of 10 days and
 No               of                            establishing     forward them within five clear days of expiry of the
 indicative ceilings and Community supervision for               preceding 10-day period.
 imports of certain produces originating in Sweden (').                .1
 2. Amounts shall be set off against the indicative                                       Article 2
 ceilings as and when the goods are entered With customs
authorities                                             %ncj      1 . Imports of products originating in Sweden which
 are     accompanied      by    a    movement certificate        are mentioned in Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol 1 to
 conforming to the rules contained in die Agreement              the Agreement and indicated in Annex II to
 referred to in paragraph 1 .                                    Regulation (EEC) No .                "hall be subject to
                                                                 Community supervision.
 Goods shall be set off against the indicative ceiling
 only if the movement certificate has been submitted
 before the date on which customs duties are                     2. Member States ©hall forward to the Commission
 reiroposod.                                                     not later than the 15rfi day of each month statements
                                                                 of imports of the products in question effeoted during
                                                                 the (preceding month ; only products submitted to the
 (') See page 25 of this Official Journal.                       customs authorities urfder cover of a declaration that
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tney are 10 'he rrvde avaiiable for consumption and                       •  Artide 4
accompanied by 3 movement certificate conforming
to tfe rules contained in Protocol 3 to rhe Agreement  The Member States shall cake all measures required
shall be .ake 1 into cor.sideration fo - this pu-pose. to implement this Decision.
                         Article 3                     Done at Brussels,
For the implementation of this Decision the Member                                    The President
States shall take all necessary measures in close
cooperation with rhe Commission.