CELEX: 31974R2905
Language: en
Date: 1974-11-07 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2905/74 of the Council of 7 November 1974 establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Portugal

No L 313 / 24                           Official Journal of the European Communities                              25 . 11 . 74
                                   REGULATION (EEC) No 2905 /74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                       of 7 November 1974
               establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in
                                                             Portugal
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
European Economic Community, and in particular                      it is necessary to follow the trend of imports ;
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 Commission ;                 whereas it is, therefore, desirable that imports of
                                                                    these products also be subjected to a system of
Whereas an Agreement (*) between the European                       supervision,
Economic Community and the Portuguese Republic
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
duties in respect of the products to which the
                                                                                             Article 1
Agreement applies ; whereas by way of derogation
from these Articles, Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol 1
annexed to the Agreement lay down that, for
imports of certain products listed in Annex B to that               1.     From 1 January until 31 December 1975
Protocol , the reduction of duties shall be limited to              imports of products originating in Portugal to which
indicative ceilings above which the customs duties                  annual indicative ceilings are applied in accordance
applicable to third countries may be reintroduced ;                 with Articles 1 and 2 and Annex B to Protocol 1 of
whereas application of this last provision requires                 the Agreement between the European Economic
that the Community be regularly informed of the                     Community and the Portuguese Republic shall be
trend of imports of the products in question                        subjected to Community supervision .
originating in Portugal , whereas it is, therefore,
desirable that imports of these products be subjected               The description of the products referred to in the
to a system of supervision ;                                        preceding subparagraph, their tariff headings and
                                                                    statistic numbers and the levels of the indicative
Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of                  ceilings are given in Annex I.
an administrative procedure based on setting off
imports of the products in question against the                     2. Amounts shall be set off against the indicative
indicative ceilings at Community level, as and when                 ceilings as and when products are submitted to the
these products are submitted to the customs                         customs authorities under cover of a declaration that
authorities under cover of declarations that they                   they have been made available for consumption and
have been made available for consumption ; whereas                  accompanied by a movement certificate conforming
this administrative procedure must make provision                   to   the   rules  contained   in   Protocol 3   of     the
for the reintroduction of customs tariff duties as
                                                                    Agreement referred to in paragraph 1 .
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
Member States and the Commission ; whereas the                      reimposed .
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. 10 .                          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 2 (7)         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 Portugal 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 1
             LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION
                                                          IN 1975
    Order          CCT                                                                                  Level
                                                 Description                             Nimexe Code of ceiling
      No        heading No                                                                           metric tons
       1             2                                3                                       4           5
    IP 1          45.02    Natural cork in blocks, plates, sheets or strips   45.02-all Nos              1 354
                           ( including cubes or square slabs, cut to size for
                           corks or stoppers)
    IP2           45.03    Articles of natural cork                           45.03-all Nos            11 139
    IP3           45.04    Agglomerated cork (being cork agglomerated         45.04-all Nos            12 108
                           with or without a binding substance) and
                           articles of agglomerated cork
    IP 4          55.05    Cotton yarn, not put up for retail sale            55.05-all Nos             8 883
    IP5           56.07    Woven       fabrics     of       man-made   fibres 5 6 .07 - all Nos         2 515
                           ( discontinuous or waste)
    IP6           57.10    Woven fabrics of jute or of other textile bast     57.10-all Nos             4 168
                           fibres of heading No 57.03
    I P7          59.04    Twine, cordage, ropes and cables, plaited or not   59.04-all Nos             8 893
    I P 8         60.04    Under garments, knitted or crocheted, not          60.04-all Nos             3 176
                           elastic nor rubberized
    IP9           60.05    Outer garments and other articles, knitted or      60.05-all Nos                766
                           crocheted, not elastic nor rubberized
   I P 10         61.01    Men's and boys' outer garments                     61.01-all Nos                961
   I P 11         61.02    Women's, girls' and infants' outer garments        61.02-all Nos                294
   I P 12         61.03    Men's and boys' under garments, including          61.03-all Nos             1 113
                           collars, shirt fronts and cuffs
   I P 13         61.04    Women's, girls' and infants' under garments        61.04-all Nos                 94
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                                                       ANNEX U
                                 LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2
      Order       CCT
                                                            Description                                     Nimexe Code
        No     heading No
         1   I      2     I                                     3                                  I                4
      II P 1     44.15      Plywood, blockboard, laminboard, battenboard and similar                 44.15-all Nos
                            laminated wood products (including veneered panels and sheets);
                            inlaid wood and wood marquetry
      II P 2     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 P 3     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
      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         5 6 .05 - all Nos
                            retail sale
      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 linen and kitchen linen; curtains and     62.02-all Nos
                            other furnishing articles
                  62.03     Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods :
      IIP 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 :
      II 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            68.01 -all Nos
                             ( except slate)
     II P 11      68.03     Worked slate and articles of slate, including articles of agglomerated   68.03-all Nos
                            slate