CELEX: 31974R2903
Language: en
Date: 1974-11-07 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2903/74 of the Council of 7 November 1974 establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Iceland

No L 313 / 14                           Official Journal of the European Communities                               25 . 11 . 74
                                   REGULATION (EEC) No 2903/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                        of 7 November 1974
              establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in
                                                               Iceland
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                             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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
                                                                      it is necessary to follow the trend of imports ;
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 113 thereof;
                                                                      whereas to this end the Community should be
                                                                      empowered to take, where appropriate, measures to
                                                                      avoid any prejudice to industry in the Community;
Having      regard      to     the    proposal     from     the       whereas it is, therefore, desirable that imports of
Commission ;                                                          these products also be subjected to a system of
                                                                      supervision,
Whereas an Agreement (*) between the European
Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland
was signed on 22 July 1972 ;
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Articles 2 and 3 of that Agreement make
provision for the progressive abolition of customs
                                                                                                Article 1
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 1
annexed to the Agreement lay down that, for                            1.    From 1 January until 31 December 1975,
imports of certain products listed in Annex B to that                  imports of products originating in Iceland to which
Protocol, the reduction of duties shall be limited to                  annual indicative ceilings are applied in accordance
indicative ceilings above which the customs duties                     with Articles 1 , 2 and 3 , and Annex B to Protocol 1
applicable to third countries may by reintroduced ;                    of the Agreement between the European Economic
whereas application of this last provision requires                    Community and the Republic of Iceland shall be
that the Community be regularly informed of the                        subjected to Community supervision.
trend of imports of the products in question
originating in Iceland ; whereas it is, therefore,                     The description of the products referred to in the
desirable that imports of these products be subjected                  preceding subparagraph, their tariff headings and
to a system of supervison ;                                            statistic numbers and the levels of the indicative
                                                                       ceilings are given in Annex I.
 Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of
 an administrative procedure based on setting off                      2.     Amounts shall be set off against the indicative
 imports of the products in question against the                       ceilings as and when products are submitted to the
 indicative ceilings at Community level, as and when                    customs authorities under cover of a declaration that
 these products are submitted to the customs                            they have been made available for consumption and
 authorities under cover of declaration that they have                  accompanied by a movement certificate conforming
 been made available for consumption ; whereas this                     to  the   rules   contained   in  Protocol 3   of    the
 administrative procedure must make provision for                       Agreement referred to in paragraph 1 .
 the reintroduction of customs tariff duties as soon as
 the ceilings have been reached at Community level ;                    Goods shall be set off against the indicative ceiling
                                                                        only if the movement certificate has been submitted
 Whereas this administrative procedure requires close                   before   the   date  on   which   customs  duties    are
 and particularly rapid cooperation between the                         reimposed.
 Member States and the Commission ; whereas the
 latter must, in particular, be able to follow the
 progress of amounts set off against the indicative                     The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at
 ceilings and keep the Member States informed ;                         Community level on the basis of imports set off
 whereas this cooperation must be all the closer since                  against it in the manner defined in the preceding
 the Commission must be able to take adequate                           subparagraphs .
 measures     to   reintroduce        customs    tariff   duties
 whenever one of the ceilings has been reached ;                        The Member States shall periodically inform the
                                                                        Commission of imports effected in accordance with
  (!) OJ No L 301 , 31 . 12 . 1972, p. 1 .                              the above rules .
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3 . As soon as the ceilings have been reached,     the      have been made available for consumption and
Commission may issue a Regulation reimposing       the      accompanied by a movement certificate conforming
customs duties provided for in Article 3 (f)        of      to  the  rules    contained   in   Protocol  3  of   the
Protocol 1 of the Agreement until the end of       the      Agreement referred to in Article 1 shall be taken into
calendar year.                                              consideration .
                       Article 2                                                     Article 3
During the period from 1 January until 31 December          For the implementation of this Regulation the
1975, imports of the products referred to in Annex II       Commission shall take all necessary measures in
which originate in Iceland shall be subjected to            close cooperation with the Member States.
Community supervision.
The Member States shall periodically inform the                                      Article 4
Commission of imports of these products ; to this
end, only products submitted to the customs                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
authorities under cover of a declaration that they          1975 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 7 November 1974 .
                                                                            For the Council
                                                                             The President
                                                                              A. JARROT
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                                                      ANNEX I
              LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION
                                                       IN 1975
    Order           CCT                                                                                        Level
                                               Description                           Nimexe Code             of ceiling
     No          heading No                                                                             — metric tons —
        »             2                             3                                      4                     5
                   76.01    Unwrought aluminium ; aluminium waste and
                            scrap :
   IISL1                    A. Unwrought                                         76.01-11,15                  33 075
                                                      ANNEX 11
                                LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2
     Order          CCT
                                                           Description                                Nimexe Code
      No         heading No
         1             2                                        3                                           4
                    78.01   Unwrought lead (including argentiferous lead); lead waste and
                            scrap :
                            A. Unwrought:
   II 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 thereof       81.01 - all Nos
   II ISL 4         81.02   Molybdenum, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof               81.02 - all Nos
   II 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
   II ISL 8                 D. Chromium                                                          81.04-26, 28
   II ISL 9                 E. Germanium                                                         81.04-31 , 33
  II ISL   10               F. Hafnium (celtium)                                                 81.04-36, 38
  II ISL   11               G. Manganese                                                         81.04-41 , 43
  II  ISL  12               H. Niobium (columbium)                                               81.04-46, 48
  II ISL   13               IJ. Antimony                                                         81.04-51,53
  II ISL 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 ISL 17                 O. Zirconium                                                         81.04-81,83
  II ISL 18                 P. Rhenium                                                           81.04-91,93
  II ISL 19                 Q. Gallium ; indium ; thallium                                       81.04-94, 95
  II ISL 20                 R. Cermets                                                           81.04-97,98