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Title: PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Austria#PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Finland#PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Iceland#PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Norway#PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Portugal.#PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Sweden#PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Switzerland#DRAFT DECISION of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, meeting in the Council, establishing supervision of imports of certain products originating in Sweden.#DRAFT DECISION of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, meeting in the Council; establishing supervision of imports of certain products originating in Austria. (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak---           COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                             COM(73)1942 Final
                                                             Brussels , 21 November 1973
                                        PROPOSAL FOR A
                                 REGULATION (EEC ) OP THE COUNCIL
 establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Austria
                                        PROPOSAL FOR A
                                 REGULATION (EEC ) OF THE COUNCIL
 establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Finland
                                        PROPOSAL FOR A
                                 REGULATION (EEC ) OF THE COUNCIL
 establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Iceland
                                        PROPOSAL FOR A
                                 REGULATION (EEC ) OF THE COUNCIL
 establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Norway
                                        PROPOSAL FOR A
                                 REGULATION (EEC ) OF THE COUNCIL
 establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Portugal
                                        PROPOSAL FOR A
                                 REGULATION (EEC ) OF THE COUNCIL
 establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Sweden
                                        PROPOSAL FOR A
                                 REGULATION (EEC ) OF THE COUNCIL
establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Switzerland
                                         DRAFT DECISION
    of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal
        and Steel Community , meeting in the Council , establishing supervision of
                      imports of certain products originating in Sweden .
                                         DRAFT DECISION
    of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal
        and Steel Community , meeting in the Council ; establishing supervision of
      !               x
                      imports of certain products originating in - Austria ,
                          (submitted to the Council by the Commission )
     COM (73 ) 1912 Final
 ---pagebreak---                                     EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
A. Agreements between the EEC and the non applicant EFTA countries
     1 . The agreements concluded by the EEC with Austria , Finland ( l ),
          Ireland , Norway , Portugal , Sweden and ^witzeland specially
          provise the phased abolition of customs duties , entailing five
          reductions each of 20 % during a transitional period extending
          until 1 July 1977 . Exceptionally , Article 1 and 2 of the Protocols
          n° 1 annexed to these agreements stipulate that , for a certain
          number of products , this abolition of duties is to be achieved
          by smaller reductions of duties oyer longer transitional periods .
          Furthermore , another provision in this Protocol is that imports
          of some of these products to which these special tariff arrangements
          apply" shall be subject to indicative ceilings above which the
          customs duties applicable to non-member countries may be
          reintroduced until the endof the calendar year .
   d . Ircolcrcon t ;< t ion of the so two provisions :
        ( a ) annual turbot coi l.iiir.-s , and
                                                                 . *
        ( b ) rointroduc tion of custom :: duties ,
        ir.rpl.ior> the adoption of precise co:.".movn..rules to be applied uniformly by
        all Xonbftr States . These requirements may <>e ir.r> t; by 'the establishment
        of a Community «sys tern of supervision of a c t u a 1 import ;; from each of
        the partner countries . To this end , the Member !) t a (. e s should take appro
        priate measures to norm : t tin; m pi d collection of s t-itistica'l return :;
        at Community level , in this conr.ee t:L on it :!. s necessary to take i n to
        account only imports of the products in question as and when they are
        submitted to the custom.' ; author :! t Los under the cover of a declaration
        of entry for hone use and accoititwirj od by a certificate of origin con Cor
        min'r t.o the rules contained in the ■ agreement referred to under 1 above .
( 1 ) The agreement with Finland has been signed on 1.1.1973 anc} his
       entry into force is provided for the 1.1.197^.
 ---pagebreak---          These returns would bo drawn- up by each 'Member State at • the end
of every month imd forwarded by the tenth day of the follow :! nf; month
to the Commission so AS to enable the latter' to conirr, union to by telex
to all the Member States the overall , product -by - y>roduct returns for the
imports in question in the preceding month . It rocs without saying that
whatever procedure is adopted , the system of supervision will require
of the responsible departments of the Member States and the Commission
diligence and close cooperation .
         The following system would be adopted for netting in train is-tchi-
nery to reintroduce duties : if one of the overall monthly returns drawn
up by the Commission revealed thai              of the ceilinn fixed for a Riven
product had been reached , consultations could be held , for example in
the V/ orkir.r Party of Economic Tariff Problems , either at the request
of a Member State or upon the Commission 's initiative . The a Lrn of these
consultations would be to examine case by case the reintroduction or
                                           ««
not of the levyir.,; of customs duties applicable to non - ir- ember countries
once the target ceiling is actually reached .
         Foil owia ;; the.-.e consultations , monthly returns will still be
made in respect of imports cf the product in question or , if it is so
decided , the Corr.M r.r.ion will be notified , for example by telex , of sue ::
imports-: r.t ir.t'-rvils of ten Or, v.: or so . In this y/ay , the Cci;;:::i.".sJ. or.
would be a* a ; e to take , within the shortest possible t ime , measures le .-.-
ding to the reintroduction by regulation of customs duties in respect of
the partner country until the end of the calendar year . In the above
hypothesis , the reintroduction of the levying of customs duties on the
product under consideration would , naturally , be effected within the
time-limit fixed by the regulation , putting an end to the reduction
of duties provided for in the Protocols n° 1 .
                                                 ι
         As far as application of the rule on ceilin-gs and reintroduction
of duties is concerned , the attached proposals makes provisions for
conferring powers of the Council upon the Commission .
 ---pagebreak---        The proposed regulations do    no more than outline how these poweru
are' to bo exorcised so that , in consul t.-i ti.on wi th the Member o t a Leu ,
the machinery to be not j.n train inn y bo adapted flexibly and rapidly .
Furthermore;, it ir. likewise with a view to maximum efficiency and rapi­
dity that the proposed regulations lays down' that it v.'ould bo up* to the
ConiRiicuion to reintroduce , iri respect of tlie partner country , the
levying of the duties applicable to non-member countries .
 B. A greements between the ECSC and the- non-applicant EFT A countries
          In addition to the agreements between the EEC and the non-
         Vy
     applicant EFTA countries^                  agreements we re concluded
     at the came time between the Member States of the European Coal
     and Steel Community and the European ^oal and Steel Community on
.    the one hand , and those EFTA countries                   on the other
    hand .
                        •                                           »
         The above considerations are valid mu t atis mutandis for these
    agreements , the colo difference being that only the Protocols
    annexed to the agreements with Austria and Sweden make provision
    for the application of iiuliioAi-w ceilings to certain products
           and for a possible reintroouction of customs duties .
    Another special feature is that , as far as these ceilings are
  . concerned , Article 2 of each of the Protocols in question refers
    to the contents of Annex C to each Protocol to the ESC agreements ,
    for there are no special ceilings for'ECSC products .         For
    reasons of simplification , the EEC and ECSC products falling
    within the one tariff heading in question ( 73*15 ) have been
    placed together under four single ceilings .
 ---pagebreak---                                    - h -
C.        In accordance with a resolution contained in the minutes
    of the Council , the definitions given last year for certain products
    have been re-examined by the Joint Fanel of Government Experts on the
    Common Customs Tariff . The changes adopted tinanimously by the Panel
    have been made .
          However , insofar as Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes is
    concerned , the German and Dutch delegations reserved their position .
    The Commission proposes to maintain the definition – which has the
    agreement of 7 Member States – as set out in the draft Regulations
    herewith .
D.        Finaly , as it was handled with analogous agreements which were
   adopted for the year 1973 , the following statement might be recorded
   ip the council report on the occasion of the adoption of the mentioned
   agreement :
   " La décision de rétablir les droits de douane , pour le reste de l' annee
     en cours , lorsqu' un plafond est atteint , est prise à l' initiative de
     la Commission ou immédiatement si un Etat membre le demande ".
 ---pagebreak---       Article 3s- of frotocol Wo 1 envisages that the oeilings
will be increased by 5 % annually . The ceilings shown in the ;
draft regulations take this increase into account . Moreover in
the case of Sweden the ceilings proposed for 19 ?^ for tariff
position 73.15' take into consideration the correction of certain
statistical errors which were made during the negotiation of
the Agreement in calculating the average of Swedish exports to
the United Kingdon and Denmark for the years 1968/71 . Those
errors result from mistakes and omissions in the figures provided
by the United Kingdom and Denmark for certain imports from Sweden .
The necessary corrections have been worked out jointly with
Denmark , the United kingdom and Sweden . The details are given
in the statistical annexe .
The United Kingdom authorities have elso remarked thet it will
be necessary to make . a similar correction regarding the ceiling
for position ex ^8 . CI E - ( printing paper and writing paper
containing mechanical wood pulp ). The request for this correction
has been made only very recently , and it has not been possible
as yet tc examine it , and incorporate it" in the present draft ;
but it should, be submitted for consideration very shortly .
 ---pagebreak---                                              - 6 -
        STATISTICAL ANNEX TO THE EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
       "Corrections elaborated by the United Kingdom , Denmark and Sweden
        concerning tariff position 73»13 *
             . a ) In the case of the United Kingdom , imports of ' high speed
                    steel 11 products ( wire rod , bars and strip ) have to a certain
                    extent been incorrectly classified in the British import
                    statistics as products of 'stainless steel " or " other alloy
                    steel i : . As is illustrated in Table I the average figure for
                    the British imports from Sv/ eden in 1968 - 1971 of high speed
                    steel products , .688 tons , should , in order to reflect the
                    actual trade , be increased to 1 8^2 tons . This increase should
                   "on the other hand lead to a corresponding' reduction of the
                    figures concerning : stainless steel 1 and " other alloy steel' 1 •
                    The redistribution 'between the indicative ceilings concerned
                    is presented i :.> IV - ol - I.
                    Tsrble I : Unit . c" I."ir£don . Imports from Sv/eden of high speed
                    steel etc . ( m e trie t ons )
                    ligures from doc .
                    N/AELE 150 ( S-33 )
                   high speed        stainless    other   high speed   stainless       other
                    steel            steel        alloy   steel        steel           alloy
                                                  steel                                steel
            1968        48l           12 9kO     11 734     1 085       12 812       11 258
            1969        605           18 460     il 4oi     1 333       18 263       10 670
            1970        743           16 835     17 718     2 407       16 471       16 4l8
            1971        923           15 465     17 040     2 382       15 145       15 901
Average 1968/71         688           15 925     14 473     1 852       13 673       13 562
               b)   vVhen lo ok in g  mto tne statistical -problems v/ i th rega: rd   to
                    the United. Kingdom it has also been established that the imports
                    in 1969 of coils of alloy steel , amounting to 9 094 long tons ,
                    ( which corresponds to 9 240 metric tons ) have not been included
                   in the British figures concerning the imports of alloy steel
                    submitted to the Commission . It has been established that these
                                                                               • « •/•
 ---pagebreak---                                             - 7 -
                   coils should have been recorded as products of 'other alloy
                   steel'' . Thus the correct import figure for 'other alloy
                   steel 1 in 1969 should be 19 910 tons and not 10 670 tons
                    ( cf . the revised figures in Table I above ). The average
                   figure for the British imports of ,; other alloy steel              in the
                   period 1968 - 71 should be increased from 13 5<->2 tons to
                   15 S72 tons . It should be noted that in this case it is not
                   a question of redistribution between different indicative
                   ceiling categories but of an actual increase of the ceiling
                   concerning      other alloy steel .
               c ) In the case of imports of           high speed steel " to Denmark the
                   situatiqn hes been similar . In the above-mentioned document
                   " R/A2LE l^O ( o-33 ) ' no import figures have been recorded for
                   high speed steel during the base period . However , Swedisch
                   and Danish authorities have established that the imports of
                     high speed steel' products from Sweden in 1968/71 , 80 tons
                   on an annual average , have been recorded as imports of                 other
                   alloy steel : . Thus ; a redistribution of the figures for : high
                   speed steel , and        other alloy steel       should be m<- dc . The
                   c> tails -r.r : rjrucoxriecl belo' /.
                                                 <
                   lable J.£ : i>eua          xnports from Sue den of high speed steel
                   products etc . ( metric tons )
                   Figures from doc .
                   K/Ai£L-3 15C ( S-33 )                      Sevised figures
                   nign speed steel        other alloy        high speed steel    other alloy
                                           ster;l                                 steel
            19o8             0               5  6 46      .         44 .            5  602
            1969             0               7  342                 79              7  263
            1970             0               5  639                 93              5  5^6
            1971             0               4  733                102              4  651
Ave rage 1968/71             C               5  845                 8C              5  765
                                                                               • • •/• • •
                                                            1
 ---pagebreak--- In order to take account of the corrections the basic amounts for
1973 concerning the different subpositions should be modified as
follows :
                                        Original              jI amount
                                                                 New bas
                                      basic amount Adjustment
72.15 B   Alloy steel
          - stainless or refractory    76,400 t         252 t    76,1^8
                                    1
          - high speed              I   3,600 t    +  l,2hk t     MMf
          - otner                      70,300 t    +  1,319 t    71,619
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                             ANNEX I
                                         PROPOSAL FOR A
                                 REGULATION (EEC ) OP THE COUNCIL
                    establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating
                                                     in Austria
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPF.AN COMMUNITIES ,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
 European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 113 thefcof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Whereas an Agreement ( ' ) between the European
Economic Community and the Republic of Austria
was signed on 22 July 1972;
Whereas Articles 2 and 3 of that Agreement make
provision for the progressive abolition of customs
duties in respect of the products to which the
Agreement applies; whereas by way of derogation
from these Articles, Articles 1 , 2 and 3 of Protocol
No 1 annexed to the Agreement lay down that,' for
imports of certain products listed in Annex C to that
Protocol, the reduction of duties shall be limited
        to indicative ceilings above whjch the customs
duties applicable to third countries may be
reintroduced ; whereas application of this last
provision requires that the Community be regularly
informed of the trend of imports of the products in
question originating in Austria ; whereas it is,
therefore, desirable that imports of these products be
subjected to a system of supervision ;
Whereas this objective may be achieved by means pf
an administrative procedure based on setting off.
imports of the products in question against the
indicative ceilings at Community level , as and when
these products arc submitted to the customs
authorities under cover of declarations that they have
been made available for consumption ; whereas this
administrative procedure must make provision for the
( ' ) OJ No L 300, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 1.
 ---pagebreak---                         - 2 -                              ANNEX I
 reintroduction 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
 Member States and the Commission and whereas the
 latter must, in particular, be able to follow the
 progress of amounts set off against the indicative
 ceilings and keep the Member States informed ;
 whereas this cooperation must be all the closer since
 the Commission must be able to take adequate
 measures     to   reintroduce    customs  tariff duties
 whenever one of the ceilings has been reached ;
 Whereas, for the products which, in accordance with
 Articles 2 and 3 of the Agreement, are subject to the
 normal timetable for the abolition of customs duties
 it is necessary to follow the trend of imports; whereas
 to this end the Community should be empowered to
 take, where appropriate, measures to avoid any
 prejudice to industry in the Community and whereas
 it is, therefore, desirable that imports of these
 products also be subjected to a system of supervision ; ,
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                          Article 1
1 . From 1 January 197^ to 31 December 197 ^ »
        imports of products originating in Austria to
 which annual indicative ceilings are applied in
 accordance with Articles 1 , 2 and 3 and Annex C to
 Protocol No 1 to the Agreement between the
 European Economic Community and the Republic of
 Austria shall be subjected to Community supervision.
 The description of the products referred to in the
 preceding subparagraph, their tariff headings and
 ---pagebreak---                                         - 3 -                       ANNEX I
      statistic numbers               and the levels of the
      indicative ceilings are given in Annex I.
      2. Amounts shall be set off against the indicative
      ceilings as and when products are submitted to the
      customs authorities under cover of a declaration that
      they have been made available for consumption and
      accompanied by a movement certificate conforming
      to the rules contained in Protocol No 3 to the
      Agreement referred to in paragraph 1 .
      Goods shall be set off against the indicative ceiling
      only if the movement certificate has been submitted
      before the dape on which customs duties are
      reimposed.
     The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at
      Community level on the basis of imports set off
     against it in the manner defined in the preceding
     subparagraphs.
      The Member States shall periodically inform the
     Commission of imports effected in accordance with
     the above rules .
     3 . As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the
      Commission may issue a regulation reimposing the
      customs duties provided for in Article 3 ( f ) of Protocol No 1
to the Agreement until the end of the calendar year.
                              Article 2
     During the period from 1 January J97H- until 31
     December 197k, imports of the products referred to
     in Annex II which originate in Austria shall be
     subjected to Community supervision .               •
     The Member States {ihall periodically inform the
     Commission of imports of these products, 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 certificate conforming to the rules
     contained in Protocol No 3 to the Agreement referred
     to in Article 1 shall be taken into consideration.
 ---pagebreak---                                            - k -
                                                                                       ANNEX I
                                      Article 3
                For the implementation of this Regulation the
                Commission shall take all necessary measures in close
                cooperation with the Member States.
                                      Article 4
                This Regulation shall enter into force on       January 197*f
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels,
                                            i                      For the Council
                                                                    The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                          ANNEX I
                  LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION
                                                                          IN 197 ^
      Order              CCT                                                                                                   Level
        No           hcading No                                    Description                       Nimexe Code             of ceiling
                                                                                                                          – metric tons –
                          2                                            3                                   4                     5
                       48.01            Paper and paperboard (including cellulose
                                        wadding), machine-made, in rolls or sheets:
                                             C. Kraft paper and kraft board :
                                                  ex II. Other:
      IA 1                                                  – Excluding kraft liner (a) and    48.01-08, 09, 11, 12, 13,    l't.bQo
                                                                kraft paper for large bags (a)       17, 19, 25, 26, 27,
                                                                                                     28, 29, 33
                                        ex E. Other:
      IA2                                         – Bible paper (India paper), copying         48.01-58, 61 , 62            57.735
                                                        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)
      IA3                                         – Printing paper and writing paper,          48.01-64, 68                 51.^50
                                                        containing mechanical wood pulp (a),
                                                        excluding copying tissue
      I A4                                        – Other, excluding cellulose wadding,        48.01-41,43,45,52,53,        22.999
                                                        tissues, fluting paper for corrugated        54, 55, 56, 77, 82,
                                                        paperboard (a) and sulphite paper for        84, 86, 88, 91 , 93,
                                                        wrapping purposes (a)                        95,97
                       48.07            Paper and paperboard, impregnated, coated,
                                         surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed
                                         (not being merely ruled, lined or squared and
                                         not constituting printed matter within Chapter
                                         49), in rolls or sheets:
                                         B. Other:
      IA5                                    – Coated printing or writing paper                48.07-57,58,59               31.H93
      IA6                                    – Other                                           48.07-55, 56, 64, 65, 66,    11.508
                                                                                                     68,70,81,85,91 ,
                                                                                                     97,99
                       48.15             Other paper and paperboard, cut to size or
                                         shape :
      IA7                                B. Other                                              48.15-10, 21 , 29, 30, 40,    16.169
                                                                                                     50, 61, 65, 95, 99
                        73.02            Ferro-alloys:
                                         ex G. Other:
       IA8                                         – Ferro-molybdenum                          73.02-81                              25H
       IA9                                         – Ferro-vanadium                            73.02-83                              525
                                                                                            I
(a) Subject to compliance with the definitions in fine.
                                                                                                                                        • • • /• • •
                   /
 ---pagebreak---                                                                          - 2 -
        Order            CCT                                                                                              Level
          No          heading No                             Description                      Nimexe Code               of ceiling
                                                                                                                     – metric tons –
                           »
                                   !                              ^                                  4
                        73.15           Alloy steel and high-carbon steel in the forms
                                        mentioned in : headings Nos 73.06 to 73.14
        I A 10                          A. High carbon steel                           73.61-10, 20, 50, 90             7.007
                                                                                       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. Alloy steel :
       I A 11                                – Stainless or refractory (a)             73.71-13, 23 , 53 , 93         16.209
                                                                                       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
       IA 12                                 – High-specd (a ) .                       73.71-14, 24, 54, 94             3.360
                                                                                       73.73-14, 24, 34, 54
                                                                                       73.74-54
                                                                                       73.75-24, 34, 44, 54, 64,
                                                                                             84
                                                                                       73.76-14
       I A 13                               – Other                                    73.71-19, 21 , 29, 55 , 56,    51.221
                                                                                             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
                       76.01           Unwrought aluminium ; aluminium waste and
                                        scrap :
       I A 14                          A. Unwrought                                    76.01-11 , 15                  30.339
(a) Subject to compliance with the definitions in fine.
(*) Including products covered by the ECSC Treaty.
 ---pagebreak---                               DEPUTI? ICTTS
ex 48.01 C II Kraftlmer
              "Kraft liner" means machine-finished or machine-glazed paper
              or paperboard , in rolls , containing not less than 80 $ of
              chemical sulphate softvrood pulp calculated on total fibre
              content , weighing more than 110 g/m2 and having a Mullen burst
              ratio of not less than 35 »
ex 48.01 C II Kraft paper for large sacks
              "Kraft paper for large sacks " means machine-finished paper , in
              rolls , containing not less than 80 $ of chemical sulphate softwood
              pulp. calculated on total fibre content , weighing not less than
              60 g/m2 but not more than 115 g/m2 , having a Mullen burst ratio
              of not less than 38, and having a stretch factor of more than
              4,5 $ in "khe cross direction and of more than 2 $ in the machine
              direction.
ex 48.01 E    Other printing paper and other writing paper, not containing
              mechanical wood pulp or containing not more than 5      of mechanical
              vrood 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 C/J of mechanical wood
              pulp calculated on total fibre content .
ex 48.01 E    Printing paper and writing paper , containing mechanical wood pulp.
              "Printing paper and writing paper containing mechanical wood palp"
              means , paper other than machine-glazed, used for printing and
              writing, containing more than 5 /-" of mechanical wood pulp
              calculated on total fibre content .
                                                                    • · ·/ · · ·
                                           1
        I
 ---pagebreak--- Fluting paper for corrugated paperboard
"Fluting paper for corrugated paperboard" means paper, in rolls
containing not less than 65 $ of unbleached semi-chemical hardi
pulp ( pulp obtained from wood by light chemical treatment folio
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 paj
containing more than 40 $ of chemical bisulphite wood pulp,
calculated on total fibre content , having an ash content of noi
more than 8 $ j and having a Mullen burst ratio of not less than
Alloy steel , stainless or heat-resisting
"Alloy steel , stainless or heat-resisting" means alloy steel ,
containing, by v/eight , 12 c/o or more of chromium, with or withou
other alloy elements , and less than Yjo of carbon.
High-speed alloy steel
                    t
"High-speed alloy steel " means alloy steel containing, with or
without other alloy elements , at least two of the following thi
elements : tungsten ( wolfram ), molybdenum and vanadium with a
total content , by weight , of not less than 7 c/° of these element
taken together , and containing more than 0,6 ^3 , by weight , of
carbon .
 ---pagebreak---                                                  ANNEX 11
                       LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2
   Order    CCT
    No   hcading No                                  Description                                  Nimexe Code
              2
     1
                                                         3                                              4
           28.04     Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals :
                    C. Other non-metals
 II A 1                 ex V. Silicon                                                        28.04-93. 95    1
 II A 2    44.15    Plywood , blockboard , laminboard , battenboard and similar
                    laminated wood products (including veneered panels and sheets);
                    inlaid wood and wood marquetry                                           44.15 - all Nos
 I A3      44.18    Reconstituted wogd , being wood shavings, wood chips, sawdust,
                    wood flour or other ligneous waste agglomerated with natural or
                    artificial resins or other organic binding substances, in sheets, blocks
                    or the like                                                              44.18 - all Nos
 II A 4    48.09    Building board of wood pulp or of vegetable fibre, whether or not
                    bonded with natural or artificial resins or with similar binders         48.09 - all Nos
          56.01     Man-made fibres (discontinuous), not carded, combed or otherwise
                    prepared for spinning :
 II A 5             B. Regenerated textile fibres                                            56.01-21 , 23, 25, 29
          56.02     Continuous filament tow for the manufacture of man-made fibres :
 II A 6             B. Of regenerated textile fibres                                         56.02-21 , 23, 25, 29
 II A 7   68.04     Millstones, grindstones, grinding wheejs and the like (including
                    grinding, sharpening, polishing, trueing and cutting wheels, heads,
                    discs and points), of natural stone (agglomerated or not), of
                    agglomerated natural or artificial abrasives, or of pottery, with or
                    without cores, shanks, sockets, axles and the like of other materials,
                    but without frameworks ; segments and other finished parts of such
                    stones and wheels, of natural stone ( agglomerated or not), of
                    agglomerated natural or artificial abrasives, or of pottery              68.04 - all Nos
 II A 8   68.06     Natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain, on a base of woven
                    fabric, of paper, of paperboard or of other materials, whether or not
                    cut to shape or sewn or otherwise made up                                68.06 - all Nos
II A 9    68.08     Articles of asphalt or of similar material ( for example, of petroleum
                    bitumen or coal tar pitch)                                               68.08 - all Nos
II A 10   68.16     Articles of stone or of other mineral substances (including articles of
                    peat), not elsewhere specified or included                               68.16 - a   Nos
II A 11   69.02     Refractory bricks, blocks, tiles and similar refractory constructional
                    goods, other than goods falling within heading No 69.01                  69.02 - all Nos
II A 12   74.03     Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections of copper; copper
                    wire                                                                     74.03 - a   Nos
 ---pagebreak---                                                     - 2 -
    Order     CCT
                                                     Description                                     Nimexe Code
      No.  heading No
       »        2
                                                          3                                   1            4
  II A 13    74.04    Wrought plates, sheets and strips, of copper, of a thickness (excluding
                      any backing) exceeding 0-15 mm                                            74.04 - all Nos
  II A 14    74.05    Copper foil (whether or not embossed, cut to shape, perforated,
                      coated , printed or backed with paper or other reinforcing material),
                      of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding 0-15 mm              74.05 - a    Nos
  II A 15    74.06    Copper powder and flakes                                                  74.06 - all Nos
  II A 16    74.07    Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of copper; hollow bars of
                      copper                                                                    74.07 - all Nos
             78.01    Unwrought lead (including argentiferous lead); lead waste and scrap :
                      A. Unwrought :
  II A 17                 II . Other                                                            78.01-12, 13 , 15 , 19
             79.01-   Unwrought zinc; zinc waste and scrap :
  I A 18              A. Unwrought                                                              79.01-11,15
  II A 19    81.01    Tungsten (wolfram ), unwrought or wrought and articles thereof            81.01 - all Nos
  II A 20    81.02    Molybdenum, unwrought or wrought and articles thereof                     81.02 - all Nos
  II A 21    81.03    Tantalum, unwrought or wrought and articles thereof                       81.03 - all Nos
             81.04    Other base metals, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof;
                      unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof:
  II A 22             B. Cadmium                                                                81.04-16, 18
                      C. Cobalt:
  II A 23                  II. Other                                                            81.04-23
                                                        t
  II A 24             D. Chromium                                                               81.04-26, 28
  II A 25              E. Germanium                                                             81.04-31 , 39
  II A 26              F. Hafnium (celtium )                                                    81.04-36, 38
  II A 27              G. Manganese                                                             81.04-41,43
  II A 28              H. Niobium (columbium)                                                   81.04-46, 48
  II A 29              IJ. Antimony                                                             81.04-51,53
   II A 30             K. Titanium                                                               81.04-56, 58
   II A 31             L. Vanadium                                                              81.04-61 , 63
   II A 32            M. Uranium depleted in U 235                                              81.04-69
   II A 33             O. Zirconium                                                              81.04-81 , 83
   II A 34              P. Rhenium                                                              81.04-91,93
   II A 35             Q. Gallium; indium; thallium                                             81.04-94,95
   II A 36             R. Cermets                                                                81.04-97,98
              85.24   Carbon brushes, arc-lamp carbons, battery carbons, carbon
                      electrodes and other carbon articles of a kind used for electrical
                      purposes :
   II A 37            A. Electrodes for electrolysis installations                               85.24-10
I
 ---pagebreak---                                                           ANNEX II
                           PROPOSAL FOR A
                   REGULATION (EEC ) OP THE COUNCIL
             establishing Community supervision
               of imports of certain products
                    originating in Finland
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HAVING REGARD to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community , and in particular Article 113 thereof ;
HAVING REGARD to the proposal from the Commission ;
                                          >
 ---pagebreak---                                 - 2 -                             ANNEX II
WHEREAS an Agreement between the European Economic Community
                              1
and the Republic of Finland ( ) was signed on
WHEREAS Articles 2 and 3 of that Agreement make provision for
the progressive abolition of customs duties in respect of the
products to which the Agreement applies ; whereas by way of
derogation from these .Articles , Articles 1 , 2 and 3 of
Protocol No 1 annexed to the Agreement lay down that , for
imports of certain products listed in Annex C to that Protocol ,
the reduction of duties shall be limited       _    to indicative
ceilings above which the customs duties applicable to third
countries may be reintroduced ; whereas application of this
last provision requires -that the Community be regularly
informed of the trend of imports of th£ products in question
originating in Finland ; whereas it is , therefore , desirable
that imports of these products be subjected to a system of •
supervision
WHEREAS this objective may be achieved by means of an
administrative procedure based on setting off imports of the
products in question against the indicative ceiling? at
Community level , as and when these products are submitted to
the customs authorities under cover of declarations that they
have been made available for consumption ; whereas this
administrative procedure must make provision for the
reintroduction of customs tariff duties as soon as the ceilings
have been reached at Community level ;
                                                        • • »/ • • •
(*) OJ No         t
 ---pagebreak---                                 - 3 -                         ANNEX II
WHEREAS this administrative procedure requires close and
particularly rapid co-operation between the Member States and
the Commission and whereas the latter must , in particular , be
able to follow the progress of amounts set off against the
indicative ceilings and keep the Member States informed ;
whereas this co-operation must be all the closer since the
Commission must be able to take adequate measures to
reintroduce customs tariff duties whenever one of the
ceilings has been reached ;
WHEREAS , for the products which , in accordance with
Articles 2 "and 3 of "the " Agreement , are subject to the normal
time-table for the abolition of customs duties it is
necessary to follow the trend of imports ; whereas to this
 end the Community should be empowered to take , where
 appropriate , measures to avoid any prejudice to industry in
 the Community and whereas it is , therefore , desirable that
 imports of these products also be subjected to a system of
 supervision ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 ---pagebreak---                                           - k -               ANNEX II
                                  Article 1
1 * From 1 January 197^ to 31 December
     197^, Imports of products originating in Finland to which
     annual indicative ceilings are applied in accordance with
    Articles 1,2 and 3 and Annex C to Protocol No 1 to the
    Agreement between the European Economic Community and
    the Republic of Finland shall be subjected to Community
     supervision ,
           The description of the products referred to in the
    preceding subparagraph , their tariff headings.: and statistic
    numbers and            the levels of the indicative ceilings
    are give-n'in Annex I « -                                 –
2.         Amounts shall, be set off against the indicative
    ceilings as and when products are . submitted to the
    customs authorities under cover of a declaration that
    they have been made available for consumption and
    accompanied by a movement certificate conforming to the
    rules contained in Protocol No 3 to the Agreement referred
    to in paragraph 1 .; . ■          ...
           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
    reimposed »; ....         _..   .
           The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at
                                                i
    Community level on the basis of imports set off against
    it in the manner defined in the preceding subparagraphs .
          The Member States shall periodically inform the
   Commission         imports effected in accordance with the
   above rules .
 ---pagebreak---                                   - 5 -                         ANNEX II
3.        As soon as the ceilings have been reached , the
   , Commission may issue a regulation reimposing the customs
     duties provided for in Article 3(f ) of Protocol No 1 to the Agreement
     until the end of the calendar year .
                             Article 2
       During the period from 1 January 197^ until 31 December 1971*,
imports of the products referred to in Annex II which originate •
in Finland " shall be' subjected to Community supervision .
       The Member States shall periodically inform the Commission
of imports of these products ; 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 certificate conforming to the rules contained in
Protocol No 3 referred to the Agreement referred to in
Article 1 shall be talcen into consideration .
                                   t
                             Article 3
       For the implementation of this Regulation the Commission shall
take all necessary measures in close co-operation with the
Member States .
                             Article 4
       This Regulation shall enter into force on JL January 197^« ... . ..
 ---pagebreak---                              - 6 -                    ANNEX II
     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety
and directly applicable in all Member States .
                             Done at Brussels ,
                                   For the Council
                                     The President
                              i    *
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                  ANNEX I
              List of products subject to indicative ceilin^n upon importation in 1973
                                                                                                                   i
         Coramon Customs
  Oraor
         Tariff heading                          Description •              Nimexe Code           Level of ceiling j
    No
                 No                                                                               - cetrio ton3 - j
    1          ' 2
                                                     3                           4                       5
              48.01       Paper and paperboard ( including
                          oolluloae wadding ), raechine-made , _ in
                          rolls or sheets :
                          C. Kraft paper and kraft board »
                              IX#    Others
I S? 1                              - Kraft liner ( )                  48.01-15 , 21 , 31            219.970
1 !">P 2                            - Kraft paper for large
                                      bags ( a )                       48.01-16 , 23                 151.796
 I SP 3                             - other                            48.01-08 , 09 , 11 ,          156 Λ53
                                                                       12 , 13 , 17 , 19 , 25 -,
                                                                      [ 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 33
                          ex E. other !
I SP 4                              - Bible paper ( India paper ),     48.01-58 , 61 , 62              28.782
                                      copying 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$ ( )
 I SF 5                             - Printing paper and writing       48.01-64 , 68                 362.219
                                      paper , containing mechanical
                                      wood pulp (• ) , exoluding
                                      copying tissue
I SF 6                              - Fluting papeg for corrugated     48.01-75                      238.350
                                      paperboard ( )
                          ex E. other :
 I SP 7                             - Sulphite patier for wrapping     48.01-71 , 73                   15.688
                                      purposes ^a )
 I SP 8                             - other , excluding cellulose      48.01-41 , 43 , 45 ,          188.108
                                      wadding and tissues              52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 ,
                                                                       77 , 8 ?, 84 , 86 , 88 ,
                                                                       91 , 93 , 95 , 97
I S? 9        48.03       Parchment or greaseproof paper and           48.03-all nos .                 11.093
                          paperboard , and imitations thereof ,
                          and glazed 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 :
 I SP 10                  B. other                                     48.05-21 , 29 , 30 ,            40.880
                                                                               50 , 80
             48.07       Paper end paperboard , impregnated ,
                         coated , surface-coloured , surface-
                         decorated or printed ( not being merely
                         rules , lined or squared and not
                         constituting printed matter within
                         Chapter 49 ) , in rolls or sheets :
                         B. Other                                  ,
I SF 11                     - coated printing or writing paper       48.07-57 , 58 , 59                39.522
I SF 12                     - other                                  48.07-55 , 56 , 64               156.863
                                                                     65 , 66 , 68 , 70Λ
                                                                     81 , 85 , 91 , 97 , 99
             48.15       Other paper and paperboard , cut to
                         size or shape :
I SF 13                  B. Other                                    48.15-10 , 21 , 29 ,              12.^35
                                                                     30 , 40 , 50 , 61 , 65 ,
                                                                     95 , 99
             73.02       Ferro-alloys :
I SF 14                  E. Ferro- chromium and ferro -si3%ico-      73.02-51 , 55                     10 . 245
  M                          chromium
( ) subject to compliance with the definitions in fine
 ---pagebreak---                               D3?IjïiriOIT5
ex 48.01 C II Kraft liner
              "Kraft liner" means machine-finished or machine-glazed paper
                                                             «
              or paperboard , in rolls , containing not less than 80 ^ of
              chemical sulphate softwood pulp calculated on total fibre
              content , weighing more than 110 g/rn2 and having a Mullen burst
              ratio of not less than 35 *
ex 48.01 C II Kraft paper for large sacks
              " Kraft paper for large sacks " means machine-finished paper , in
              rolls , containing not less than 80 fa of chemical sulphate softvrood
                                            ¥
              pulp calculated on total fibre content , weighing not less than
              60 g/m2 but not more than 115 g/m2 , having a Kullen burst ratio
              of not less than 38, and having a stretch factor of more than
              4,5 lh in the cross direction and of more than 2 % in the machine
              direction .                        • •
ex 48.01 E    Other printing paper and other writing paper, not containing
              mechanical wood pulp or containing not more than 5 i° 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 palp" 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 .
ex 48.01 E    Printing paper and writing paper , containing mechanical wood pulp.
              "Printing paper and writing paper containing mechanical wood pulp"
              means , paper other than machine-glazed , vised for printing and
              writing, containing more than 5 °f mechanical wood pulp
              calculated on total fibre content .
                                                                    • • •/ • • •
 ---pagebreak---                                      - 2 -
ex 48.01 E       Fluting paper for corrugated paperboard
                 "Fluting paper for corrugated paperboard " means paper , in rolls ,
                 containing not less than 65 $ of unbleached semi-chcmical hardv;0(
                 pulp ( pulp obtained from wood by light chemical treatment follovi;
                 by inecbanica.l treatment ) calculated on total fibre content and
                 having a CMT ( Concora Medium Test ) crush resistance exceeding
                 20 kp.
ex 48 . OI E - • Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes
                 " Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes " moans machine-glazed paper
                 containing more than 40 cp of chemical bisulphite wood pulp ,
                 calculated on total fibre content , having an ash content of not
                 more than 8     and having a I-hillen burst ratio of not less than 15
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                     ANNEX II
                           Met of products referred to in Article 2
                           - Commencement of supervision ! 1 January 1973 ^
         Oommon Customs
  Order
         Tariff heading                               Description                         Nimexe Code
    No
               No
               2
                                                           3
 II SF 1     44.15      Plywood , blookboard , laminboard , battenboard and similar     44.15-all nos *
                        laminated wood products ( including veneered panels and
                        sheets ); inlaid wood and wood marquetry
 II SF 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 resina or other
                        organic binding substances , in sheets , blocks or the
                        like
 II SP 3     48.09      Building board of wood pulp or of vegetable fibre ,             48.09-all nos .
                        whether or not bondjedl 'with natural or artificial
                        resins or with similar binders
             56.01      Man-made fibres ( discontinuous ), not carded , oombed
                        or otherwise prepared for spinning :
 II SP 4                B. Regenerated textile fibres                                   56.01-21 , 23 ,
                                                                                        25 , 29
             56.02      Continuous filament tow for the manufacture of man­
                        made fibres "( discontinuous ) :
 II SP 5                B. Of regenerated textile fibres                                56.02-21 , 23 ,
                                                                                        25 , 29
 II SP 6     74.03      Wrought bare , rods , angles , shapes and seotions , of         74.03-all nos .
                        copper ; oopper wire
 II SF 7     74.04      Wrought plates , sheets and stripB f of copper                  74.04-all nos . I
II SF 8      74.05       Copper foil (whether or not embossed , cut to shape ,           74.05-all nos .
                         perforated , coated , printed or backed with paper or
                         other reinforcing material ), of a thickness
                         ( excluding any backing ) not exceeding 0.15 mm
II SP 9      74.06       Copper powders and flakes                                       74 • 06-all nos *
II SP 10     74.07 ..    Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor , of copper ?               74.07-all nos .
                         hollow bars of copper
             78.01       Unwrought lead ( including argentiferous lead );
                         lead waste and scrap :
                         A. Unwrought
II SP 11                     II • Other                                                  78.01-12 , 13 ,
                                                                                         15 , 19
             79.01       Unwrought zinc ; zinc waste and scrap :
01 SP 12                 A * Unwrought                                                   79.01-11 , 15
II SP 13     81 . 01     Tungsten ( wolfram ), unwrought or wrought , and articles       61 . 01 -all nos *
                         thereof                             »
II SP 14      81.02      Molybdenum , unwrought or wrought , and articles , thereof      81 .02-all nos .
II SP 15      81.03      Tantalum , unwrought or wrought , and articles thereof          8l*03-all nos .
                                                                                                   • • •/• • *
 ---pagebreak---                                                  2 -
             Common Oustoms
   Order
     No      Tariff heading                            Description                  Nimexe Code
                   No
      1            2
                                                            3                          • 4
                 81.04       Other base metals , inwrought or wrought , oermets ,
                             unwrought or wrought I
  II SP 1 6                  B. Cadmium                                           81.04-16 , 18
                             C. Cobalti
  II SP '17                      II • wrought                                     81.04-23
  II ISP 18                  D. Chromium                                          81.04-26 , 28
  II !SF 19                  E. Germanium                                         81.04-31 , 33
  II :SP 20                  F. Hafnium ( oeltium )                               81.04-36 , 38
  II S? 21                   G. Manganese                                         81.04-41 , 43
  II SP 22                   H. Niobium ( columbium )                             81,04-46 , 48
  II SP 23                  IJ . Antimony                                         81.04-51 , 53
  II SP 24                   K. Titanium                                          81.04-56 , 58
  II SFI25                   L. Vanadium                                          81.04-61 , 63
  II W 26                    M. Uranium depleted in U 235                         81.04-69
  II      27                 0 . Ziroonium                                        81.04-81 , 83
  II SP ! 2d                 P# Rhenium                                           81.04-91 , 93
[ II SP 29                   Q , Gallium i indium ; thallium                      81.04-94 . 95
  II SP 30                   R. Cermets                                           81.04-97 , 98
                                                     *
                                                              »
                                                                          *
 ---pagebreak---                                                    PROPOSAL FOR A
                                          REGULATION" (EEC ) OP THE COUNCIL
               establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating
                                                        Iceland
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
 COMMUNITIES,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
 pean Economic Community, and in particular
 Article 113 thereof :
s
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commis­
 sion ;
Whereas an Agreement between the European
Economic Community and the Republic of
 Iceland (' ) was signed on 22 July 1972 ;
Whereas Articles 2 and 3 of that Agreement make
provision for the progressive abolition of customs
duties in respect of the products to which the Agree­
ment applies whereas by way of derogation from
these Articles, Articles 1 , 2 and 3 of Protocol No 1
 annexed to the Agreement lay down that, for
 imports of certain products listed in Annex B to
 that Protocol , the reduction of duties shall be
 limited             to indicative ceilings above which
 the customs duties applicable to third countries may
 be reintroduced ; whereas application of this last
 provision requires that the Community be regularly
 informed of the trend of imports of the products in
 question originating in Iceland ; whereas it is, there-    '
 fore, desirable that imports of these products be
 subjected to a system of supervision, .
 Whereas this objective may be achieved by means
 of an administrative procedure based on setting off
 imports of the products in question against the indi­
 cative ceilings at Community level , as and when
 these products are submitted to the customs authori­
 ties under cover of declarations that they have been
  made available for consumption ; whereas this ad­
  ministrative procedure must make provision for the
 reintroduction 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
  (») OJ No L 301 , 31 . 12. 1972, p. 1.
 ---pagebreak---   Member States and the Commission and whereas
  the latter must, in particular, be able to follow the
  progress of amounts set off against the indicative
  ceilings and keep the Member States informed ;
  whereas this cooperation must be all the closer
  since the Commission must be able to take
  adequate measures to reintroduce customs tariff
  duties whenever one of the ceilings has been
  reached ;
Whereas, for the products which, in accordance
with Articles 2 and 3 of the Agreement, are subject
 to   the  normal   timetable    for the  abolition of
 customs duties it is necessary to follow the trend of
imports ; whereas to this end the Community
should be empowered to " take, where appropriate,
measures to avoid any prejudice to industry in the
Community and whereas it is, therefore, desirable
that imports of these products also be subjected to
a system of supervision ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                        Article Î
1 . From 1 January 197 ** to 31 December 197 ^,
     imports of products originating in Iceland to
which annual indicative ceilings are applied in accor­
dance with Articles 1 , 2 and 3 and >Annex B to
Protocol No 1 to the Agreement between the Euro­
pean Economic Community and the Republic of
Iceland shall be subjected to Community super­
vision in •
 ---pagebreak---      The description of the products referred to in the
     preceding subparagraph, their tariff headings and statistic
    numbers and the levels of the indicative ceilings
    are given in Annex I.
     2. Amounts shall be set off against the indicative
     ceilings as and when products are submitted to the
     customs authorities under cover of a declaration
     that they have been made available for consumption
     and accompanied by a movement certificate
     conforming to the rules contained in Protocol No 3
     to the Agreement referred to in paragraph 1 .
     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 re-
     imposed.
    The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at
     Community level on the basis of imports set off
     against it in the manner defined in the preceding
     subparagraphs.
     The Member States shall periodically inform the
     Commission of imports effected in accordance with
    the above rules.
    3. As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the
     Commission may issue a Regulation reimposing the
    customs duties provided for in Article 3(f ) of Protocol No 1
the Agreement            until the end of the > calendar
    year.    "
 ---pagebreak---                                                      - 4 -                             ANNEX III
                                          Article 2
                           I
                   During the period from 1 January 1974 until 31
                  December 1974, imports of the products referred to
                   in Annex II which originate in Iceland shall be
                  subjected to Community supervision.
                  The Member States shall periodically inform the
                  Commission of imports of these products ; to this
                  end, only products submitted to the customs authori­
                  ties under cover of a declaration that they have
                  been made available for consumption and accompa­
                  nied by a movement certificate conforming to the
                  rules contained in Protocol No 3 to the Agreement
                  referred to in Article 1 shall be taken into considera­
                  tion .            ...
                                          Article 3
                  For the implementation of this Regulation the
                  Commission shall take all necessary measures in
                  close cooperation with the Member States.
                                          Article 4
                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 197t"*
                                  •                      i
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
                                       \
           LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION IN
                                               197 ^
                  CCT                                                               Level of
                 heading                                                       jI (metric
                                                                                     ceiling
  Order No         No
                                         Description             Nimexe Code
                                                                                           tons)
                    2                        3                        4                 S
                 76.01    Unwrought aluminium ; aluminium waste
                           and scrap :
1 I ISL 1                  A. Unwrought                          76.01-11,15       31.500
 ---pagebreak---                                                     ANNEX II
                             LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2
                  CCT
    Order No     heading                              Description                     I          Nimexc Code
                   No
                    2                                      3                                           4
        1    j
                                                                                      I
                 78.01        Unwrought lead (including argentiferous lead) ; lead
                              waste and scrap :                <
                         - I  A. Unwrought :                          •            .
    I ISL 1                       II. Other                                             78.01 - 12,13,15,19
                 79.01        Unwrought zinc ; zinc waste and scrap :
  II ISL 2                    A. Unwrought                                              79.01 - 11,15
  II ISL 3     . 81.01        Tungsten (wolfram ), unwrought or wrought, and articles   81.01 - all Nos.
                              thereof
  II ISL 4       81.02        Molybdenum,     unwrought or wrought, and articles        81.02 - all Nos.
                              thereof
  I   ISL 5      81.03        Tantalum, unwrought or wrought                            81.03 - all Nos.
                 81.04        Other base metals, unwrought or wrought, and articles
                              thereof ; cermets, unwrought or wrought, and articles
                              thereof :
  II ISL 6                    B. Cadmium                                                81.04-16,18
                              C. Cobalt :
  II ISL 7                        II . Other                                            81.04 - 23
    I ISL 8                   D. Chromium                                               81.04 - 26,28
  II ISL 9                    E. Germanium                                              81.04-31,33
  I    SL 10                  F. Hafnium (celtium )                       '             81.04-36,38
    I  SL 11                  G. Manganese                                              81.04-41,43
. II ISL 12                   H. Niobium (columbium )                                   81.04-46,48
  I    SL 13                  IJ. Antimony                                              81.04-51,53
       SL 14                  K. Titanium                               .               81.04 - 56,58
  II ISL 15                   L. Vanadium                                               81.04-61,63
  II ISL 16                   M. Uranium depleted in U 235                              81.04-69
  II   SL 17                  O. Zirconium                                              81.04-81.83
  II ISL 18                   P. Rheium                                                 81.04-91,93
       SL 19                  Q. Gallium ; indium ; thallium                            81.04-94,95
  II   SL 20                  R. Cermets                                                81.04-97,98
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                       ANNEX IV
                                            PROPOSAL FOR A
                              REGULATION (EEC)                   OF THE COUNCIL
                    establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating
                                                    in Norway
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROI'EAN COMMUNITIES,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                         .
 European Economic Community, and in particular
 Article 113 thereof;
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;.
 Whereas an Agreement between the European
 Economic Community and the Kingdom of
 Norway ('} was signed on 14 May 1973 ;
 Whereas Articles -2 "and 3 of that Agreement make
 provision for the progressive abolition of customs
 duties in respect of the products to which the
 Agreement applies ; whereas by way of derogation
 from these Articles, Articles 1 , 2 and 3 of Protocol
 No 1 annexed to the Agreement lay down that, for
 imports of certain products listed in Annex C to that
Protocol, the reduction of duties shall be limited
     . to indicative ceilings above which the customs
duties applicable to third countries may be
reintroduced ; whereas application of this last
provision requires that the Community be regularly
informed of the trend of imports of the products in
question originating in Norway ; whereas it is,
therefore, desirable that imports of these products be
subjected to a system of supervision ;                '
Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of
an administrative procedure based on setting off
imports of the products in question against the
indicative ceilings at Community level , as and when
these products arc submitted to the customs
authorities under cover of declarations that they have
been made available for consumption ; whereas this
administrative procedure must make provision for the
reintroduction of customs tariff duties as soon as the
ceilings have been reached at Community level ;
                                                               a
Whereas this administrative procedure requires close -
and particularly rapid cooperation between the
Member States and the Commission and whereas the
latter must, in particular, be able to follow the
progress of amounts set off against the indicative
ceilings and keep the Member States informed ;
whereas this cooperation must be all the closer since
0)0 . J. No . L 171 of 27.6.1973 .
                                                                                                  • • •/• • •
 ---pagebreak--- the Commission must be able to take adequate
measures to reintroduce customs tariff duties
whenever one of the ceilings has been reached ;
 Whereas, for the products which, in accordance with
 Articles 2 and 3 of the Agreement, arc subject to the
 normal time-table for the abolition of customs duties
 it is necessary to follow the trend of imports ; whereas
 to this end the Community should be empowered to
 take measures, where appropriate, to avoid any
 prejudice to industry in the Community and whereas
 it is, therefore, desirable that imports of these
 products also be subjected to a system of supervision ;
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                         Article 1
    1 . From 1 January 197 ^ to 31 December 1974-1
         imports of products originating in Norway to
   which annual indicative ceilings are applied in
   accordance with Articles 1 , 2, 3 and 4 and Annex C
   to Protocol No 1 to the Agreement between the
   European Economic Community and the Kingdom of
   Norway shall be subjected to Community supervision .
   The description of the products referred to in the
   preceding subparagraph, their tariff headings and
   statistic numbers and the levels of the indicative
   ceilings are given in Annex I.
   2.     Amounts shall be set off against the indicative
   ceilings as and when products are submitted to the
   customs authorities under cover of a declaration that
   they have been made available for consumption and
   accompanied by a movement certificate conforming
   to the rules contained in Protocol No 3 to the
   Agreement referred to in paragraph 1 .
 ---pagebreak---                                                      - 3 -            ANNEX IV
      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
      reimposed.
      The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at
      Community level on the basis of imports set off
      against it in the manner defined in the preceding
      subparagraphs.
      The Member States shall periodically inform the
      Commission of imports effected in accordance with
     the above rules.      " •
      3. As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the
      Commission may issue a Regulation reimposing the
      customs duties provided for in Article 3 ( f ) of Protocol No 1
to the Agreement until the end iof the calendar year.
                               Article 2
      During the period from 1 January 197^ until 31
      December 197/f, imports of the products referred to
      in Annex II which originate in Norway are subjected
      to Community supervision.
      The Member States shall periodically info'rm the
      Commission of imports of these products; 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 certificate conforming to the rules
      contained in Protocol No 3 to the Agreement referred
      to in Article 1 shall be taken into consideration.
 ---pagebreak---                                                 - k -                                  ANNEX IV
                      Article ' 3
For the implementation of this Regulation the
Commission shall take all necessary measures in close
cooperation with the Member States.
                      Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 197 ^
   StaLRC8Ulan°n Shdl bC bindi'lg in 'tS Cm'rCty a"d directIy aPPlicab,e in all Member
   Done at Luxembourg,
                                                                   For the Council
                                                                    The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                      ANNEX 1
                   LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION
                                                                      IN 1974
    Order No        CCT heading                                Dcscmmon                           Nimcxc Code          Level or ceiling
                        No                                                                                             – metric tons –
        i                2                                         3                                    4                     S
                       28 .56          CarbLdes (for example, silicon carbidc, boron
                                       carbide, metal carbides):
     IN 1                              A. Of silicon                                        28.56-10                       36.225
                       48.01           Paper and paperboard (including cellulose wad­
                                       ding), machine-made, in rolls or sheets:
                                         " C. Kraft paper and kraft board:
                                                II. Other:
     lN2                                             – Kraft liner (a)                      48.01-15, 21 , 31               15.750
     IN3                                             – Kraft paper for large bags (a)       48.01-16, 23                   29.925
     IN4                                             – other                                48.01-08,09,11,12, 13,         28.35Ο
                                                                                                   17, 19, 25, 26, 27,
                                                                                                  28, 29, 33
                                       ex E. ' Other:
    IN5                                         – Bible paper (India paper), copying        48.01-58, 61 , 62              36.750
                                                     tissue; other printing paper and other
                                                     writing paper, not containing mecha­
                                                     nical wood pulp or in which mecha­
                                                     nical wood pulp does not represent
                                                     more than 5 % (a)
    IN6                                         – Printing paper and writing paper,         48.01-64, 68                  119.700
                                                     containing mechartical wood pulp (a),
                                                     excluding copying tissue
    IN7                                         – Fluting paper for corrugated paper­       48.01-75                        ^5.675
                                                     board (a)
    IN8
                 i
                                                – Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes      4^.01-71,73                     21.000
    IN9                                         – other, excluding cellulose wadding        48.01-41,43,45, 52, 53,         3^.650
                                                     and tissues                                  54,55,56,77,82,
                                                                                                  84, 86, 88, 91 , 93,
                                                                                                  95,97
     I N 10            48.03 •         Parchment or greaseproof paper and paperboard,       48.03 - all Nos                 22.050
                                       and imitations thereof, and glazed transparent
                                       paper, in rolls or sheets
                                                                                    t
                                                                                                        /
                       48.07           Paper and paperboard, impregnated, coated,
                                       surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed
                                       (not being merely ruled, lined or squared and
                                       not constituting printed mattes within Chapter
                                       49), in rolls or sheets :
                                       B. Other:
                                                                                            48.07-55, 56, 64, 65, 66,       23.100
     I N 11                                 – other, excluding
                                                                                                  68, 70,81,85,91 ,
                                                 Coated printing or writing paper                 97,99
(a) Subject to compliance with the definitions in fine.                               .                                             • •
                                                                   /
 ---pagebreak---                                                     - 2 -
Order No CCT heading                    Description                          Nimexe Code Level of ceiling
             No                                                                          – metric tons –
              2                                                                                 S
                                             3
                                                                     i             <
           73.02     Ferro-alloys:
                     A. Fcrro-manganese:          I
 I N 12                 II. Other                                      73.02-19, 40       141.750
                     D. Ferro-silico-manganese
 1 N 13              C. Ferro-silicon                                  73.02-30           189.000
 I N 14              E. Ferro-chromium and ferro-silico-chromium       73.02-51,55          24.150
                     G. Other:
 IN 15                  – Ferro-vanadium                               73.02-83                    51M-
 I N 16                  – Other, excluding ferro-molybdenum           73.02-60,70, 98      11.550
                         *
 IN 17     76.01     Unwrought aluminium; aluminium waste and          76.01-11,15          I95.7OO
                     scrap
 ini8      76,02     Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sec­       76.02 - all Nos         12.600
                     tions, of aluminium ; aluminium wire .
 IN 19     76.03     Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of aluminium,   76.03 - all Nos         18.900
                     of a thickness not exceeding 0-20 mm
 ---pagebreak---                                  D3PIITTriO"TS
  ex 43.01 C II Kraftlmer
                "Krai timer" means machine-finished or machine-glased paper
                or paperboard , in rolls , containing not less than 80 ^ of
                chemical sulphate softwood pulp calculated on total fibre
                content , weighing more than 110 g/m2 and having a Mullen burst
                ratio of not less than 35 *
  ex 48.01 C II KrajTt paper for large sacks
                "Kraft paper for large sacks " means machine-finished paper, in
                rolls , containing not less than 80 /o of chemical sulphate softwood
                palp - calculated on total fibre content , vreighing not less than
                60 g/m2 but not more than 115 g/m2 , having a Mullen burst ratio
                of not less than 38, and having a stretch factor of more than
                4,5     in the cross direction and of more than 2 cj* in the machine
                direction.
• ex 48.01 E    Other printing paper and other writing paper, not containing
                mechanical wood pulp or containing not more than 5        of mechanical
                wood pulp
                                    1
                "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 ci° of mechanical wood
                pulp calculated on total fibre content .
  ex 48.01 E    Printing paper and writing paper , containing mechanical wood pulp.
                "Printing paper and writing paper containing mechanical wood palp"
                means , paper other than machine-glazed , used for printing and
                writing, containing more than 5 ci° °f mechanical wood pulp
                calculated on total fibre content .
                                                                       • • •/ • • •
                                               \
 ---pagebreak---                                - 2 -
ex 48.01 E   Fluting paper for corrugated paperboard
             "fluting paper for corrugated paperboard" means paper , in rolls ,
             containing not less 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 CMT ( Concora Kedium Test ) crush resistance exceeding
             20 kp .
ex 48 . OI E Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes
             " Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes " means machine-glazed paper ,
             containing more than 40 cp 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---                                                             ANNEXE II
                                       LISTE DES PRODUITS VISES À L'ARTICLE 2
             j  Numéro du
  N° d'ordre j tarif douanier                            Désignation des marchandises                      I     Code Nimexc
             !    commun
       1              2                                                3                                               4
                   28.04        Hydrogène ; gaz rares ; autres métalloïdes :
                                C. autres métalloïdes :
   iini                             ex V. Silicium                                                           28.04-93, 95
   I1N 2           44.15        Bois plaques ou contre-plaqucs, même avec adjonction d'autres                44.15 - tous les n os
                                matières ; bols marquetés ou incrustés
•  I N3            44.18        Bois dits « artificiels » ou « reconstitués », formés de copeaux, de         44.18 - tous les nos
                                sciure, de farine de bois ou d' autres déchets ligneux , agglomérés
                                avec des résines naturelles ou artificielles ou d'autres liants organi­
                                ques, en panneaux, plaques, blocs et similaires
                   48.05        Papiers et cartons simplement ondulés (même avec recouvrement
                                par collage), crêpés, plissés, gaufrés, estampes ou perforés, en rou­
                                leaux ou en feuilles :
   II N 4                       B. autres                                                                    48.05-21,29, 30,50,
                                                                                                                   80
                              j
   UN 5            48.09        Plaques pour constructions, en pâte à papier, en bois défibrés ou en         48.09 - tous les nos
                                végétaux divers, défibrés, mfme agglomérés avec des résines naturel­
                                les ou artificielles ou d' autres liants similaires
                   56.01        Fibres textiles synthétiques et artificielles discontinues en masse :
   II Né                        B. Fibres textiles artificielles                                             56.01-21 , 23, 25, 29
                   56.02        Câbles pour discontinus en fibres textiles synthétiques et artificielles :
   I1N 7                        B. en fibres textiles artificielles                                          56.02-21 , 23, 25, 29
   UN 8             74.03       Barres, profilés et fils de section pleine, en cuivre                        74.03 - tous les nos
   Il N 9           74.04       Tôles, planches, feuilles et bandes en cuivre, d'une épaisseur de plus       74.04 - tous es nos
                                de 0,15 mm
   UN 10            74.05       Feuilles et bandes minces en cuivre (même gaufrées, découpées, per­          74.05 - tous les n°s
                                forées, revêtues, imprimées ou fixées sur papier, carton, matières
                                plastiques artificielles ou supports similaires), d'une épaisseur de 0,15
                                mm et moins (support non compris)
   II Nil           74.06       Poudres et paillettes de cuivre                                              74.06 - tous les nos
     IN 12          74.07       Tubes et tuyaux (y compris leurs ébauches) et barres creuses, en             74.07 - tous les nos
                                cuivre
                                                                                                                         • • •/• • •
 ---pagebreak---                                                                     - 2 -
                 Numéro du     I
  N° d' ordre   tarif douanier                            Désignation des marchandises                        Code Nimexc
                   commun      I
       1               2                                                3                                           4
                    78.01          Plomb brut (même argentifère) ; déchets et débris de plomb :
                                   A. brut :
    IN 13                              II . autre                                                         78.01-12,13, 15,19
                     79.01         Zinc brut ; déchets et débris de zinc :
   IN 14                           A. brut                                                                79.01-11 , 15
    IN 15            81.01         Tungstène (wolfram), brut ou ouvré                                  ji
                                                                                                          81.01 - tous les nos
   II N 16           81.02         Molybdène, brut ou ouvre                                               81.02 - tous les nos
   I1N 17            81.03         Tantale, brut ou ouvre                                                 81.03 - tous les nos
                     81.04         Autres métaux communs, bruts ou ouvrés : cermcts, bruts ou ouvres :
   IIN 18                          B. Cadmium                                                             81.04-16,18
                                   C. Cobalt :
'  II N 19                             II . ouvre                                                         81.04-23
   IIN 20                          D. Chrome                                                              81.04-26, 28
   IIN 21                          F.. Germanium                                                          81.04-31,33
   I N 22                          F. Hafnium (celtium )                                                  81.04-36,38
   II N 23                         G. Manganèse                                                           81.04-41,43
    IN 24                          H. Niobium (colombium )                                                81.04-46, 48
   11 Ν 25                         IJ. Antimoine                                                          81.04-51,53
   IIN 26                          K. Titane                                                              81.04-56, 58
   UN 27                           L. Vanadium                                                            81.04-61,63
   IIN 28                          M. Uranium appauvri en U 235                                           81.04-69
   I N 29                          O. Zirconium                                                           81.04-81,83
   IIN 30                        I P. Rhénium                                                             81.04-91 , 93
   IIN 31     I            ι       Q. Gallium, indium, thallium                                           81.04-94,95
   I N 32                          R. Cermcts                                                             81.04-97, 98
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                  ANNEX V
                                               PROPOSAL FOR A
                                   REGULATION (EEC) "               OF THE COUNCIL
                     establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating
                                                        in Portugal
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
  European Economic Community, and in particular
  Article 113 thereof;
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
  Whereas an Agreement (') between the European
  Economic Community and the Portuguese Republic
  was signed on 22 July 1972;
  Whereas Articles 2 and 3 of that Agreement make
  provision for the progressive abolition of customs
  duties in respect of the products to which the
  Agreement applies ; whereas by way of derogation
  from these Articles, Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol No 1
  annexed to the Agreement lay down that, for imports
  of certain products listed in Annex B to that
  Protocol , the reduction of duties shall be limited
         to indicative ceilings above which the customs
  duties applicable to third countries may be
  reintroduced; . whereas application of this last
  provision requires that the Community be regularly
, informed of the trend of imports of the products in *
  question originating in Portugal, whereas it is,
  therefore, desirable that imports of these products be
  subjected to'a system of supervision ;
  Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of
  an administrative procedure' based on setting off
  imports of the products in qvi - '-tion against the
  indicative ceilings at Community \ -.- LI , as and when
  these products are submitted to the customs
  authorities under cover of declarations that they have
  been made available for consumption ; whereas this
  administrative procedure must make provision for the
  reintroduction 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
  Member States and the Commission and whereas the
  latter must, in particular, be able to follow the
  progress of amounts set off . against the indicative
  ceilings and keep the Member States informed ;
   (') OJ No L 301 , 31 . 12. 1972, p. 10.
 ---pagebreak---                                      - 2 -                    ANNEX V
  whereas this cooperation must be all the closer since
  the Commission must be able to take adequate
   measures    to   reintroduce    customs  tariff  duties
  whenever one of the ceilings has been reached ;
  Whereas, for the products which, in accordance with
  Articles 2 and 3 of the Agreement, are subject to the
  normal timetable for the abolition of customs duties
  it is necessary to follow the trend of imports; whereas
  to this end the Community should be empowered to
  take, where appropriate, measures to avoid any
  prejudice to industry in the Community and whereas
  it. is, therefore, _ desirable that imports of these
  products also be subjected to a system of supervision ;
  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                          Article 1
 1 . From 1 January 1974 to 31 December 197^,
        imports of products originating in Portugal to
  which annual indicative ceilings are applied in
  accordance with Articles 1 and 2 and Annex B to
  Protocol No 1 to the Agreement between the
 European Economic Community and the Portuguese
  Republic shall be subjected to Community
  supervision^
  The description of the products referred to in the
  preceding subparagraph, their tariff headings and statistic
numbers and the levels of the indicative ceilings
 are given in Annex I.
 2. Amounts shall be set off against the indicative
  ceilings as and when products are submitted to the
  customs authorities under cover of a declaration that
 ---pagebreak---                                                   - 3 -               ANNEX V
        they have been made available for consumption and
         accompanied by a movement certificate conforming
         to the rules contained in Protocol No 3 to the
        Agreement referred to in paragraph 1 .
        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
        reimposed.
        The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at
         Community level on the basis of imports set off
        against it in the manner defined in the preceding
        subparagraphs.
        The Member States shall periodically inform the
        Commission of imports effected in accordance with
        the above rules.
        3. As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the
        Commission may issue a regulation reimposing the
        customs duties provided for in Article 3(f ) of Protocol No 1
to the Agreement           until the end of the calendar year.
                              Article 2
       During the period from 1 January 19>f until 31
       December 197^-, imports of the products referred to
       in Annex II which originate in Portugal shall be
       subjected to Community supervision.
       The Member States shall periodically inform the
       Commission of imports of these products; 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 certificate conforming
       to the rules contained in Protocol No 3 to the
       Agreement referred to in Article 1 shall be taken into
       consideration.
                                                                  «      • •/• • •
 ---pagebreak---                                                  - k -                                 ANNEX V
                      Article 3
 For the implementation of this Regulation the
 Commission shall take all necessary measures in close
 cooperation with the Member States.
                       Article 4
 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 Januery 197^ «
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels,
                                                                    For the Council
                                                                     The President
                                                         I
 ---pagebreak---                                                   ANNEX 1
        LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION
                                                   IN 1974
                                                                                                    Level
Ordcr          CCT
                                               Description                         Nimexe Code    of ceiling
  No       heading No                                                                          – metric tons –
                2                                   3                                     4           5
I P1         45.02    Natural cork in blocks, plates, sheets or strips
                      (including cubes or square slabs, cut to size for corks
                      or stoppers)                                             45.02 - all Nos   1.315
I P 2        45.03    Articles of natural cork                                 45.03 - all Nos 10.815
I P 3        4-5.04   Agglomerated cork (being cork agglomerated with or
                      without a binding substance) and articles of
                      agglomerated cork                                        45.04 - all Nos 11.755
1 p 4        55.05    Cotton yarn, not put up for retail sale                  55.05 - all Nos   8.460
1 P 5        56.07     Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (discontinuous or
                      waste)                                                   56.07 - all Nos   2.395
I P 6         57.10   Woven fabrics of jute or of other textile bast fibres of
                      heading No 57.03                                         57.10 - all Nos   3.970
1 p 7         59.04    Twine, cordage, ropes and cables, plaited or not        59.04 - all Nos   8.470
I P 8         60.04   Under garments, knitted or crocheted, not elastic nor
                       rubberized                                              60.04 - all Nos   3.025
                                                      »
I P 9       - 60.05   Outer garments and other articles, knitted or
                       crocheted, not elastic nor rubberized                   60.05 - al Nos         730
I P 10        61.01   Men's and boys' outer garments                           61.01 - all Nos        935
1 p 11        61.02   Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments              61.02 - all Nos        275
 ip 12        61.03   Men's and boys' under garments, including collars,
                      shirt fronts and cuffs                                   61.03 - all Nos    1.195
 I P 13       61.04    Women's, girls' and infants' under garments             61.04 - all Nos           90
 ---pagebreak---                                                ANNEX 11
                      LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2
 Order     CCT
                                                   Description                                  Nimexe Code
  No    hcading No
   »         2                                          3                                             4
II P 1    44.15    Plywood, blockboard, laminboard, battenboard and similar
                   laminated wood products ( including veneered panels and sheets);
                   inlaid wood and wood marquetry                                           44.15 - all Nos
I P 2     44.18    Reconstituted wood, being wood shavings, wood chips, sawdust,
                   wood flour or other ligneous waste agglomerated with natural or
                   artificial resins or other organic binding substances, in sheets, blocks
                   or the like                                                              44.18 - all Nos
II P 3    48.09    Building board of wood pulp or of vegetable fibre, whether or not
                   bonded with natural or artificial resins or with similar binders         48.09 - all Nos
II P 4    55.08    Terry towelling and similar terry fabrics, of cotton                     55.08 - all Nos
II P 5    56.05    Yarn of man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste), not put up for
                   retail sale                                                              56.05 - all Nos
II P 6    57.06    Yarn of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading No 57.03         57.06 - all Nos
II P 7    62.02    Bed linen, table linen, toilet 4Iinen and kitchen linen; curtains and
                   other furnishing articles                                                62.02 - all Nos
          62.03    Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods:
II P 8             A. Of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading No 57.03           62.03-11 , 13, 15, 17
                   B. Of other textile materials :
I P 9                    II. Other                                                          62.03-95, 96, 97, 98
II P 10   68.01    Road and paving setts, curbs and flagstones, of natural stone (except
                   slate)                                                                   68.01 - all Nos
II P 11   68.03    Worked slate and articles of slate, including articles of agglomerated
                   slate                                       I                            68.03 - all Nos
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                 ANNEX VI
                                              PROPOSAL FOR A
                                    REGULATION (EEC ) OP THE COUNCIL
                   establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating
                                                     in Sweden
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 113 thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Whereas an Agreement ( ' ) between the European
Economic Community and the Kingdom of Sweden
was signed on 22 July 1972;
Whereas Articles 2 and 3 of that 'Agreement make
provision for the progressive abolition of customs
duties in respect of the products to which the
Agreement applies; whereas by way of derogation
from these Articles, Articles 1 , 2 and 3 of Protocol
No 1 annexed to the Agreement lay down that, for
imports of certain products listed in Annex C to that
Protocol, the reduction of duties shall be limited
        to indicative ceilings about which the customs
duties applicable to third countries may be
reintroduced ; whereas application of this last
provision requires that the Community be regularly
informed of the trend of imports of the products in
question originating in Sweden; whereas it is,
therefore, desirable that imports of these productsi be
subjected to a system of supervision ;
Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of
an administrative procedure - based on setting off
imports of the products in question against the
indicative ceilings at Community level, as and when
these products are submitted to the customs
authorities under cover of declarations that they have
been made available for consumption ; whereas this
administrative procedure must make provision for the
 rcintroduction 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
 Member States and the Commission and whereas the
 latter must, in particular, be able to follow the
 progress of amounts set off against the indicative
 ceilings and keep the Member States informed ;
  (' ) OJ No L 300, 31 . 12 . 1972 , p. 96.
 ---pagebreak---     whereas this cooperation must be all the closer since
    the Commission must be able to take adequate
    measures to reintroduce         customs tariff duties
    whenever one of the ceilings has been reached;
   Whereas, for the products which, in accordance with
  Articles 2 and 3 of the Agreement, are subject to the
  normal timetable for the abolition of customs duties
   it is necessary to follow the trend of imports; whereas
  to this end the Community should be empowered to
  take, where appropriate, measures to avoid any
  prejudice to industry in the Community and whereas
  it is, therefore, desirable that imports of these
 products also be subjected to a system of supervision;
  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                           Article 1
 1 . From 1 January 197 ^ to 31 December 197^»
         imports of products originating in Sweden to
 which annual indicative ceilings are applied in
 accordance with Articles 1, 2 and 3 and Annex C to '
 Protocol No 1 to the Agreement between the
 European Economic Community and the Kingdom of
 Sweden shall be subjected to Community supervision •
 The description of the products referred to in the
 preceding subparagraph, their tariff headings and         statistic
numbers and the levels of the indicative ceilings
 are given in Annex I.
 2. Amounts shall be set off against the indicative
 ceilings as and when products are submitted to the
 customs authorities under cover of a declaration that
 they have been made available for consumption and
 ---pagebreak---                                                        -3 -          ANNEX VI
       accompanied by a movement certificate conforming
     . to the rules contained in Protocol No 3 to the
       Agreement referred to in paragraph 1 .
       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 reimposed.
       The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at
       Community level on the basis of imports set off
       against it in the manner defined in the preceding
       subparagraphs.
       The Member States shall periodically inform the
       Commission of imports effected in accordance with
       the above rules .
       3 . As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the
       Commission may issue a regulation reimposing the
       customs duties provided for in Article 3(f ) of Protocol No 1
to the Agreement           until the end of the calendar year.
                              Article 2                   1
       During the period from 1 January 197^ until 31
       December 197^f imports of the products referred to in
       Annex II which originate' in Sweden shall be
       subjected to Community supervison.
       The Member States shall periodically inform the
        Commission of imports of these products ; 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 certificate conforming
        to the rules contained in Protocol No 3 to the
       Agreement referred to in Article 1 shall be taken into
        consideration .
                                                                        • • •/• • •
 ---pagebreak---                      Article 3
For the implementation of this Regulation the
Commission shall take all necessary measures in close
cooperation with the Member States.
                     Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on       January 197 ^+.
   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 1
                 LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION
                                                                      IN 197f
                                                                                                                             Level
     Order             CCT
                                                               Description                  v       Nimexe Code            of ceiling
        No          heading No                                                                                          – metric tons –
         1               2                                          3                                     4                     5
                      48.01           Paper and paperboard (including cellulose
                                      wadding), machine-made, in rolls or sheets:
                                            C. Kraft paper and kraft board:
                                                II. Other:
     I S 1                                            – Kraft liner (a)                      48.01-15, 21.31             381.807
     I S 2                                            – Kraft paper for large bags (a)       48.01-16, 23                kk5.9ok
     I S 3                                            – Other                                48.01-08,09,11 , 12, 13,    203.585
                          t
                                                                                                    17, 19, 25, 26, 27,
                                                                                                    28, 29, 33
                                       ex E# Otherc
     I S 4                                      – Bible paper ( India paper), copying        48.01-58, 61 , 62             30.773
                                                     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, 68               118.6^1
     I S 5
                                                     containing mechanical wood pulp (a),
                                                     excluding copying tissue
      I S 6                                     – Fluting . paper          for   corrugated   48.01-75                   165.769
                                                     paperboard (a)
      I S 7                                     – Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes        48.01-71 , 73                39.961
      I S 8                                     – Other, excluding cellulose wadding          48.01-41,43,45,52, 53,     151.729
                                                     and tissues                                    54, 55,56,77,82,
                                                                                                    84, 86, 88, 91, 93,
                                                                                                    95, 97
      I S 9            48.03           Parchment          or    greaseproof    paper    and   48.03 - all Nos               17.319
                                       paperboard , and imitations thereof, and glazed
                                       transparent paper, in rolls or sheets
      1 S 10           48.04           Composite paper or paperboard (made by                 48.04 - all Nos              20.265
                                       sticking flat layers together with an adhesive),
                                       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 :
                                       B. Other                                               48.05-21 , 29, 30, 50, 80     ^6.920
       I S 11
(a) Subject to compliance with the definitions in line.
                                                                                                                               • • •/ • • •
 ---pagebreak---                                                                          2
       Order            CCT                                                                                              Level
        No           heading No                              Description                      Nimexc Code              of ceiling
                                                                                                                    - metric tons -
                       48.07           Paper and paperboard, impregnated, coated ,
                                       surface-coloured , surface-decorated or printed
                                       (not being merely ruled, lined or squared and
                                       not constituting printed matter within Chapter
                                       49), in rolls or sheets :
                                       B. Other:
      I S 12                               – Coated printing or writing paper          48.07-57, 58, 59               38.916
      I S 13                               – Other                                     48.07-55, 56, 64, 65 , 66,   109.323
                                                                                             68 , 70, 81 , 85, 91 ,
                                                                                             97, 99
                       48.15           Other paper and paperboard, cut to size or
                                       shape:
      1 S 14                           B. Other                                        48.15-10,21,29, 30, 40,         12.012
                                                                                             50, 61 , 65 , 95 , 99
                                       Boxes, bags and other packing containers, of    48.16 - all Nos                20.257
      I S 15           48.16
                                       paper or paperboard
                       48.21           Other articles of paper pulp, paper, paperboard
                                       or cellulose wadding :
      I S 16                           B. Other                                        48.21-21,23,25,31,33 ,          13.181
                                                                                             37, 40, 50, 60, 70,
                                                                                             80,91
                       73.02           Ferro-alloys :
                                       A. Ferro-manganese :
                                           II . Other                                  73.02-19, 40
                                                                                                                         8.027
      I S 17
                                       D. Ferro-silico-manganese^
                                       C. Ferro-silicon                                73.02-30                        1^.619
      I S 18
      I S 19                           E. Ferro-chromium and ferro-silico-chromium     73.02-51,55                     19.108
                                       G. Other:
      I S 20                               – Ferro-molybdenum                          73.02-81                                515
      I S 21                               – Ferro-vanadium                            73.02-83                                189
                                                                                       73.02-60, 70, 98                        210
      I S 22                               – Other
                       73.15           Alloy steel and high carbon steel in the forms
                                       mentioned in headings Nos 73.06 to 73.14 :
        S 23                           A. High carbon steel                  •         73.61-10, 20,50, 90             88.373(1 )
                                                                                       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
(') Including products covered by the ECSC Treaty .
                                                                               1
                                                                                                                           • • • / • • •
 ---pagebreak---                                                                   - 3 -
                                                                                                                           Level
      Order            CCT
                                                              Description                         Nimexe Code            of ceiling
       No          heading No                                                                                         – metric tons -
                      73.15
                     (cont'd)
                                      B. Alloy steel :
     I S 24                                – Stainless or refractory (a)                   73.71-13 , 23 , 53 , 93      7 if , 468(1 )
                                                                                           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
     I S 25                                – High speed (a)                                73.71-- 14,24,54,94             5.034 ( 1 )
                                                                                           73.73-- 14, 24, 34, 54
                                                                                           73.74--54
                                                                                           73.75--24, 34, 44,54,64,
                                                                                                   84
                                                                                           73.76-- 14
     I S 26                                – other                                         73.71-- 19,21,  29,55,        72.251 ( 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
                       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,      73.18-15
                                                other than 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
                                       ex C. Other:                                                                      38.052
      I S 27
                                                – Tubes and pipes, straight, and of         73.18-21
                                                     uniform wall-thickness, other than
                                                     those falling in A above, of a length
                                                     of more than 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 S 28                                      – Tubes and pipes, of stainless or          73.18-61,71,81,91            15-985
                                                     refractory steel (a)
(a) Subject to compliance with the definitions in fine
(*) Including products covered by the ECSC Treaty.
 ---pagebreak---                                                 - k -
 Ordcr    CCT                                                                           Level
  No   hcading No                     Description                    Nimexc Code      of ceiling
                                                                                   – metric tons –
            2                             3                                4              5
         76.01    Unwrought aluminium ; aluminium waste and
                  scrap : .
  S 29            A. Unwrought                                 76.01-11 , 15           5.915
         81.04    Other base metals, unwrought or wrought, and
                  articles thereof; cermets, unwrought or
                  wrought, and articles thereof:
                  K. Titanium :
I S 30                   I. Unwrought, waste and scrap         81.04-56                        35
I S 31                  II. Other                              81.04-58                         ko
                                                                                 I
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                      <
                                 DEFIITrriCîTS
  ex 48.01 C II Kraftlmer
                "Kraft liner" means machine-finished or machine-glazed paper
                or paperboard , in rolls , containing not less than 80         of
                chemical sulphate softwood pulp calculated on total fibre
                content , weighing more than 110 g/m2 and having a Mullen "burst
                ratio of not less than 35 .
  ex 48.01 C II Kraft paper for large sacks
                "Kraft paper for large sacks " means machine-finished paper, in
                rolls , containing not less than 80 °]o of chemical sulphate softwood
                pulp - calculated on total fibre content , weighing not less than
                60 g/m2 but not more than 115 g/m2 , having a Mullen burst ratio
                of not less than 38, and having a stretch factor of more than
                4,5 1o in the cross direction and of more than 2 °]o in the machine
                direction.
' ex 48.01 E    Other printing paper and other writing paper, not containing
                mechanical wood pulp or containing not more than 5 $ of mechanical
                wood pulp
                "Other printing paper and other writing paper , not containing
                mechanical wood pulp or containing not more than 5 /' of mechanical
                wood, .pulp" means paper other than machine-glazed , used for printing
                or writing, which contains not more than 5 ci° of mechanical wood
                pulp calculated on total fibre content .
  ex 48.01 E    Printing paper and writing paper , containing mechanical wood pulp.
                "Printing paper and writing paper containing mechanical wood pulp"
                means , paper other than machine-glaz.ed, used for printing and
                writing, containing more than 5 $ of mechanical wood pulp
                calculated on total fibre content .
                                                                     • • •/ • • •
                                              «
 ---pagebreak--- Flut mg paper for corrugated paperboard
"Fluting paper for corrugated paperboard " means paper , in rolls
containing not less than 65 $ of unbleached semi-chemical hardu
pulp ( pulp obtained from wood by light chemical treatment folio
by mechanical treatment ) calculated on total fibre content and
having a CKT ( Concora Medium Test ) crush resistance exceeding
20 kp .
Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes
" Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes " means machine-glazed pap
containing more than 40 cJo 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 :
Alloy steel , stainless or heat-resisting
"Alloy steel , stainless or heat-resisting" means alloy steel ,
containing, by weight , 12 $ or more of chromium, with or withou
other alloy elements , and less than ifo of carbon.
H.igh-speed alloy steel
                   t
"High-speed alloy steel " means alloy steel containing, with or
without other alloy elements , at least two of the following thri
elements : tungsten (wolfram), molybdenum and vanadium with a
total content , by weight , of not less than 7       these element!
taken together , and containing more than 0,6      by weight , of
carbon .
 ---pagebreak---                                                   ANNEX 11
                          LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2
   Order      CCT
                                                       Description                                  Nimexe Code
     No    heading No
     1         2                                           3                                              4
             28.04    Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals
                      C. Other non-metals :
  II S 1                   ex V. Silicon                                                       28.04-93, 95
   I S 2     44.15    Plywood, blockboard, laminboard, battenboard and similar                 44.15 - all Nos
                      laminated wood products (inlcuding veneered panels and sheets);
                      inlaid wood and wood marquetry
. II S 3     44.18    Reconstituted wood, being wood shavings, wood chips, sawdust,            44.18 - all Nos
                      wood flour or other ligneous waste agglomerated with natural or
                      artificial resins or other organic binding substances, in sheets, blocks
                      or the like
  II S 4     48.09    Building board of wood pulp or of vegetable fibre, whether or not        48.09 - all Nos
                      bonded with natural or artificial resins or with similar binders
             56.01    Man-made fibres (discontinuous), not carded, combed or otherwise
                      prepared for spinning : .
  II S 5              B. Regenerated textile fibres                                            56.01-21,23, 25, 29
             56.02    Continuous filament tow for the manufacture of man-made fibres
                       (discontinuous):
  I S 6               B. Of regenerated textile fibres                                         56.02-21 , 23, 25, 29
  II S 7     68.04    Millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like (including         68.04 - all Nos
                      grinding, sharpening, polishing, trueing and cutting wheels, heads,
                      discs and points), of natural stone (agglomerated or not), of
                      agglomerated natural or artificial abrasives, or of pottery, with or
                      without cores, shanks, sockets, axles and the like of other materials,
                      but without frameworks ; segments and other finished parts of such
                      stones and wheels, of natural stone (agglomerated or not), of
                       agglomerated natural of artificial abrasives, or of. pottery
   II S 8     68.06    Natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain, on a base of woven      68.06 - all Nos
                       fabric, of paper, of paperboard or of other* materials, whether or not
                       cut to shape or sewn or otherwise made up
   II S 9     68.08    Articles of asphalt or of similar material (for example, of petroleum   68.08 - all Nos
                       bitumen or coal tar pitch )
   II S 10    68.16    Articles of stone or of other mineral substances (including articles of  68.16 - a   Nos
                        peat), not elsewhere specified or included
 ---pagebreak---                                                - 2 -
 Order      CCT
                                                   Description                                   Nimexe Code
   No    heading No
II S 11    69.02    Refractory bricks, blocks, tiles and similar refractory constructional  69.02 - all Nos
                    goods, other than goods falling within heading No 69.01
II S 12    74.03    Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of copper; copper      74.03 - all Nos
                    wire
II S 13    74.04    Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of copper                             74.04 - all Nos
II S 14    74.05    Copper foil (whether or not embossed, cut to shape, perforated,         74.05 - all Nos
                    coated,' printed, or backed with paper or other reinforcing material ),
                    of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding (M5 mm
II S 15    74.06    Copper powder and flakes                                                74.06 - all Nos
II S 16    74.07    Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of copper; hollow bars of          74.07 - all Nos
                    copper
           78.01    Unwrought lead (including argentiferous lead); lead waste and scrap :
                    A. Unwrought :
II S 17                  II . Other                                                         78.01-12, 13, 15, 19
           79.01    Unwrought zinc ; zinc waste and scrap :
II S 18             A. Unwrought                                                            79.01-11 , 15
II S 19     81.01   Tungsten (wolfram), unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof          81.01 - all Nos
                                                     «
            81.02                                                                           81.02 - all Nos
II S 20             Molybdenum, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof
 II S 21    81.03   Tantalum, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof                     81.03 - all Nos
            81.04   Other base metals, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof;
                    cermets, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof:
 II S 22             B. Cadmium                                                              81.04-16, 18
                     C. Cobalt :
 II S 23                  II. Other                                                          81.04-23
 II S 24             D. Chromium                                                             81.04-26, 28
                                                                %
 II S 25             E. Germanium                                                            81.04-31 , 33
 II S 26             F. Hafnium (celtium)                                                    81.04-36,38
 II S 27             G. Manganese                                                            81.04-41 , 43
 II S 28             H. Niobium (columbium )                                                 81.04-46, 48
 II S 29             IT . Antimony                                                           81.04-51,53
 II S 30              L. Vanadium                                                            81.04-61,63
 II S 31             M. Uranium depleted in U 235                                            81.04-69
 II S 32             O. Zirconium                                                            81.04-81,83
                                                                                                              m •/• •
 ---pagebreak---                                                       - 3 -
 Order     CCT
                                                     Description                             Nimexe Code
  No    heading No
   1        2                                            3                                         4
II S 33   81.04     P. Rhenium                                                          81.04-91,93
         (confd)
II S 34             Q. Gallium ; indium ; thallium                                      81.04-94. 95
II S 35             R. Cermets                                                          81.04-97. 98
 I S 36   84.62    Ball, rolffer or needle roller bearings                              84.62 - all Nos
          85.24    Carbon brushes, arc-lamp           carbons, battery carbons, carbon
                   electrodes and other carbon articles of a kind used for electrical
                   purposes :
II S 37            A. Electrodes for electrolysis installations                         85.24-10
          87.01    Tractors (other than those falling within heading No 87.07), whether
                   or not fitted with power take-offs, winches or pulleys :
II S 38            ex C. Road tractors                                                  87.01-96, 97
 ---pagebreak---                                             PROPOSAL FOR A
                                   REGULATION (EEC ) OP THE COUNCIL
                                                      – -w     –
                  establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating
                                          ' ;      in Switzerland
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
 European Economic Community, and in particular
 Article 113 thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Whereas an Agreement ( ' ) between the European
Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation
was signed on 22 July 1972;
Whereas Articles 2 and 3 of " that Agreement make
provision for the progressive abolition of customs
duties in respect of the products to which the
Agreement applies ; whereas by way of derogation
from these Articles, Articles 1 , 2 and 3 of Protocol
No 1 annexed to the Agreement lay down that, for          "
imports of certain products listed in Annex B to that
Protocol, the reduction of duties shall be limited
       to indicative ceilings above which the customs
duties applicable to third countries may be
reintroduced ; whereas application of this last
provision requires that the Community be regularly
informed of the trend of imports of the products in
question originating in Switzerland ; whereas it is,
therefore, desirable that imports of these products be
subjected to a system of supervision ;
Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of
an administrative procedure based on setting off
imports of the products in question against the
indicative ceilings, at Communtiy level as and when
these products arc submitted to the customs
authorities under cover of declarations that they have
been made available for consumption ; whereas this
administrative procedure must make provision for the
reintroduction 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
Member States and the Commission and whereas the
latter must, in particular, be able to follow the
progress of amounts set off against the indicative
ceilings and keep the Member States informed ;
(' ) OJ No L 300, 31 . 12. 1972, p. 188.
 ---pagebreak---  whereas this cooperation must be all the closer since
 the Commission must be able to take adequate
 measures     to   reintroduce    customs  tariff  duties
 whenever one of the ceilings has been reached ;
 Whereas, for the products which, in accordance with
 Articles 2 and 3 of the Agreement, are subject to the
 normal timetable for the abolition of customs duties
 it is necessary to follow the trend of imports ; whereas
 to this end the Community should be empowered to
 take, where appropriate, measures to avoid any
 prejudice to industry in the Community and whereas
 it is, therefore, desirable that imports of these
 products also be subjected to a system of supervision ;
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                          Article 1
  1 . From 1 January 197^- to 31 December 197^ »
        imports of products originating in Switzerland
 to which annual indicative ceilings are applied in
 accordance with Articles 1 , 2 and 3 and Annex B to
 Protocol No 1 to the Agreement between the
 European Economic Community and the Swiss
 Confederation shall be subjected to Community
 supervision
 The description of the products referred to in the
 preceding subparagraph, their tariff headings and statistic
numbers and the levels of fhe indicative ceilings
 are given in Annex I.
  2.     Amounts shall be set off against the indicative
 ceilings as and when products are submitted to the
  customs authorities under cover of a declaration that
 they have been made available for consumption and
 accompanied by a movement certificate conforming
  to the rules contained in Protocol No 3 to the
 Agreement referred to in paragraph 1 .
  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
  reimposed.
 ---pagebreak---                                               - 3 -                                    ANNEX VII
                  The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at
                  Community level on the basis of imports set off
                  against it in the manner defined in the preceding
                  subparagraphs.
                  The Member States shall periodically inform the
                  Commission of imports effected in accordance with
                  the above rules.
                  3. As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the
                  Commission may issue a regulation reimposing the
                  customs duties provided for in Article 3(f ) of Protocol No 1
        to the Agreement until the end of the calendar year.
                                           Article 2
                     During the period from 1 January 1974 until 31
                     December 197^, imports of the products referred to
                     in Annex II which originate in Switzerland shall be
                     subjected to Community supervision.
                     The Member States shall periodically inform the
                     Commission of imports of these products; 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 certificate conforming
                     to the rules contained in Protocol No 3 to the
                     Agreement referred to in Article 1 shall be taken into
                     consideration .
                                                «
                                           Article 3
                     For the implementation of this Regulation the
                     Commission shall take all necessary measures in close
                     cooperation with the Member States.
                                           Article 4
                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 197^#
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels,
                                                                    For the Council
                                                                     The P" resident
 ---pagebreak---                                      ANNEX 1
LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION
                                      IN 1974
     Order     CCT                                                         Level
      No   Iicnding No                Description        Nimcxc Code     of ceiling
                                                                      – metric tons –
      1         2                         3                   4              5
                                                      ι
                                                      ι
              73.02    Ferro-alloys :
   I CH 1              C. Ferro-silicon                 73.02-30         9.240
              76.01    Unwrought aluminium, aluminium
                       waste and scrap :
     CH 2                 Unwrought                     76.01-11 , 15  12.277
 ---pagebreak---                                                    ANNEX n
                         LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2
   Ordcr    c:cr
    No   bcadine No                                   Dcscnntimi                                    Nimcxc Code
    I        2                                            •'                                 J            4
           28.04      Hydrogen, rare gases and other non metals:
                      C. Other non-metals
n CH 1                     ex V. Silicon                                                       28.04-93, 95
 I CH 2    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
II CH 3    44.18      Reconstituted wood, being wood shavings, wood chips, sawdust,            44.18 -a I Nos
                      wood flour or other ligneous waste agglomerated with natural or
                      artificial resins or other organic binding substances, in sheets, blocks
                      or the like
                    i
                    i
                                                                                               48.09 - all Nos
II CH 4    48.09    j Building board of wood pulp or of vegetable fibre, whether or not
                    | bonded with natural or artificial resins or with similar binders
Il CH 5    74.03      Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections of copper; copper        74.03 - all Nos
                      wire
 1 CH 6    74.04      Wrought plates, sheets and strips, of copper                             74.04 - all Nos
 I CH 7    74.05      Copper foil (whether or not embossed, cut to shape, perforated,          74.05 - all Nos
                      coated, printed, or backed with' paper or other reinforcing material),
                      of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding 0-15 mm
                      Copper pqwders and flakes                                                74.06 - all Nos
II CH 8    74.06
II CH 9    74.07      Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of copper; hollow bars of           74.07 - all Nos
                      copper
           78.01      Unwrought lead (including argentiferous lead); lead waste and scrap:
                      A. Unwrought:
                          II . Other                                                           78.01-12,13, 15,19
II CH 10
           79.01      Unwrought zinc; zinc waste and scrap:
                      A. Unwrought                                                             79.01-11 , 15
II CH 11
                                                                                               81.01 - all Nos
II CH 12   81.01       Tungsten (wolfram), unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof
 ---pagebreak---    Ordcr    CCT
                                                     Description                          Nimexc Code
    No   heading No
    1        2                                           3                                     4
II CH 13   81.02      Molybdenum , unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof        81.02 - all Nos
II CH 14   81.03      Tantalum, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof           81.03 - a 1 Nos
           81.04      Other base metals, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof;
                      cermets, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof:
II CH 15               B. Cadmium                                                    81.04-16, 18
                       C. Cobalt:
II CH 16                   II. wrought                                               81.04-23
II CH 17               D. Chromium                                                   81.04-26, 28
II CH 18            I £. Germanium                                                   81.04-31,33
II CH 19               F. Hafnium (celtium)                                          81.04-36,38
II CH 20               G. Manganese                                                  81.04-41 , 43
II CH 21               H. Niobium (columbium)                                        81.04-46. 48
II CH 22               IJ. Antimony                                                   81.04-51,53
II CH 23               K. Titanium                                                    81.04-56,58
II CH 24               L. Vanadium                                                    81.04-61,63
II CH 25              M. Uranium depleted in U 235                                    81.04-69
II CH 26             . O. Zirconium                                                   81.04-81 , 83
II CH 27               P. Rhenium                                                     81.04-91 , 93
II CH 28               Q. Gallium ; indium ; thallium                                 81.04-94, 95
II CH 29               R. Cermets                             •                       81.04-97, 98
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                ANNEX VIII
                                            DRAFT DECISION
                 of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal
                 and Steel Community, meeting in the Council, establishing supervision of imports of
                                          ' certain products originating in Sweden
THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS
OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN
COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY, MEETING IN THE
COUNCIL,
in agreement wirh the Commission,
HAVE DECIDED :
                            Article 1
1.      Imports of .products originating in Sweden to
 which annual indicative ceilings are applied in
 accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Protocol to
 the Agreement betw een the Member- States of the
 European Coal and Steel Community and the
 European Coal and Steel Community, of the one
 parr, and the Kingdom of Sweden, of the other part,
 shall be subjected to supervision from 1 January to 31 December 197^«
 The description of the products referred to in the
 preceding subparagraph, their tariff headings and statistxc
numbers and the levels of the indicative ceilings
                                                          are
 given in                    Council Regulation (EEC) No
■ •••      of •••••••••• establishing Community
 supervision of imports of certain products originating
 in Sweden (' ).
  2.     Amounts shall be set off against the indicative
  ceilings as 3nd when products arc submitted to the
  customs authorities under cover of a declaration that
  they have been made available for consumption and
  accompanied by a movement certificate conforming
  to the rules contained in the Agreement referred to in
  paragraph 1.
   (>) See p. . ..of this Official JoumaL                                                            "    ,
 ---pagebreak--- 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
reimposed.
The reaching of an indicative ceiling shall be
determined at Community level on the basis of
imports set off against it in the manner defined in
the preceding subparagraphs.
The Member States shall periodically inform the
Commission of imports effected in accordance with
the above rules.
3 . As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the
Member States may, at the request of one of them or
of the Commission, reimpose, each in respect of its
own territory, the customs duties applicable to third
countries, adjusted, where appropriate, by the
percentages laid down in Article 2 (e) of the Protocol
to the Agreement referred to in paragraph 1 .
                      Article 2
For the implementation , of this Decision the Member
States shall take all necessary measures in close
cooperation with the Commission.
                      Article 3
The Member States shall take all measures required
to implement this Decision.                     i
Done at Brussels,
                                   The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                 ANNEX IX
                                           DRAFT DECISION
              of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal
              and Steel Community, meeting in the Council, establishing supervision of imports of
                                        certain products originating in Austria
 THK REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS
 OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN
 COAI . AND STEEL COMMUNITY, MEETING IN THE
 COUNCIL,
 in agreement with the Commission,
 HAVE DECIDED :
                       Article 1
 1 . Imports of products originating in Austria to
 which annual indicative ceilings are applied in
 accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol No 1 to
 the Agreement between the Member Slates of the '
 European Coal and Steel Community and the
 European Coal and Steel Community, of the one pairt,
 and the Republic of Austria, of the other part, shall
 be subjected to supervision from 1 January to 31 December 197^»
 The description of the products referred to in the
 preceding subparagraph, their tariff headings and statistic
numbers and r'lc levels of the indicative ceilings
                                                    are
 given in              Council Regulation (EEC) No
• ••• of                      establishing Community
 ---pagebreak---       supervision of imports of certain products originating
      in Austria ('J .
     2. Amounts shall be set off against the indicative
     ceilings as and when products are submitted to the
      customs authorities under cover of a declaration that
     they have been made available for consumption and
     accompanied by a movement certificate conforming
     to the rules contained in the Agreement referred to
     in paragraph 1 .
     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
     reimposed.
    The reaching of an 'indicative ceiling shall be
    determined at Community level on the basis of
    imports set off against it in the manner defined in the
    preceding subparagraphs .
   The Member States shall periodically inform the
    Commission of imports effected in accordance with
    the above rules.
   3 . As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the
    Member States may, at the request of one of them
   or of the Commission, reimpose, each in respect of
     its own territory, the customs duties applicable to
     third countries adjusted, where appropriate, by the
     percentages laid down in Article 2 (e) of Protocol
     No 1 to the-Agreement referred to in paragraph 1 .
                             Article 2
                                                     ■
    For the implementation of this Decision the Member
    States shall take all necessary measures in close co­
    operation with the Commission.
                            Article 3
  The Member States shall take all measures required
  to implement this Decision.
  Done at Brussels,
                                        The President
( ' ) See p.„,of this Official Journal.