CELEX: 31978R0700
Language: en
Date: 1978-03-20 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 700/78 of 20 March 1978 establishing indicative ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain products originating in Iceland (1978)

14 . 4 . 78                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 102/ 13
                                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 700/78
                                                         of 20 March 1978
               establishing indicative ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain products
                                                    originating in Iceland ( 1978 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                          Article 1
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113
thereof,
                                                                       From 1 January to 31 December 1978 , imports of
                                                                       products originating in Iceland and indicated in the
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                     Annex to this Regulation shall be subject to Community
                                                                       supervision.
Whereas an Agreement (*) between the European                          Member States shall forward to the Commission, not
Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland was                     later than the 15th day of each month, statements of
signed on 22 July 1972 ;                                               imports of the products in question effected during the
                                                                       preceding month; to this end, only products submitted
                                                                       to the customs authorities under cover of an entry for
Whereas Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol 1 annexed to that
                                                                       home use and accompanied by a movement certificate
Agreement make provision for a specific timetable for                  conforming to the rules contained in Protocol 3 to the
the progressive abolition of customs duties in respect of              Agreement shall be taken into consideration.
the products to which the Agreement applies; whereas
under Article 3 of that Protocol the imports of these
products are limited to annual indicative ceilings above
which the customs duties applicable to third countries                                         Article 2
may be reintroduced; whereas, however, under Article 3
(b), the Community has to suspend the application of
certain ceilings ; whereas in the light of the current situ­          For the implementation of this Regulation the Com­
ation of the trade in these products and its likely de­               mission shall take all necessary measures in close coop­
                                                                      eration with the Member States.
velopment in 1978 , it does not seem desirable to estab­
lish indicative ceilings for this year;
Whereas the trend of imports should be followed for                                            Article 3
certain products for which, under Article 3 of Protocol
1 , the Community has suspended the application of ceil­               This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
ings ; whereas it is therefore desirable that imports of               following its publication in the Official Journal of the
such products should be subject to supervision,                       European Communities .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
               Done at Brussels, 20 March 1978 .
                                                                                             For the Council
                                                                                              The President
                                                                                               K. HEINESEN
(!) OJ No L 301 , 31 . 12 . 1972, p. 1 .
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                                                   ANNEX
                Order    CCT
                                                    Description                NIMEXE code
                 No   heading No
                  1        2                            3                           4
                       76.01       Unwrought aluminium ; aluminium waste and
                                   scrap :
             II ISL 1              A. Unwrought                              76.01-11 , 15