CELEX: 31972R0160
Language: en
Date: 1972-01-25 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 160/72 of the Commission of 25 January 1972 establishing Community surveillance over imports of unwrought lead, other than bullion lead, from countries listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1025/70

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                                REGULATION (EEC) No 160/72 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 25 January 1972
                establishing Community surveillance over imports of unwrought lead, other than
                     bullion lead, from countries listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 1025/70
THE      COMMISSION        OF     THE EUROPEAN       COM­        basic details of importations of unwrought lead be
  MUNITIES,                                                      rapidly available ;
                                                                 Whereas in these circumstances the interests of the
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                   Community require that the imports in question be
  European Economic Community;                                   placed under surveillance, by means of an import
                                                                 document as provided for in Article 8 of Regulation
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   (EEC) No 1025 /70 ; whereas, having regard to the
  1025/701 of 25 May 1970 establishing common rules              nature of the product in question and to the
  for imports from third countries, and in particular            particular characteristics of the lead trade, the period
  Articles 7 and 8 thereof ;                                     of validity for that document should be six months ;
  After consultation within the Committee provided for           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
. in Article 5 of that Regulation;
  Whereas Community production of lead from ore                                          Article 1
  originating in the Community has shown a marked
  decline over the last few years, although consumption
  has not decreased ;                                            The importation into the Community of unwrought
                                                                 lead, other than bullion lead, falling within
                                                                 subheading No 78.01 A II of the Common Customs
  Whereas, over the same period, Community lead                  Tariff shall be subject to Community surveillance in
  supplies have relied increasingly on imports of lead           accordance with the procedures provided for in
  ore and unwrought lead;                                        Regulation (EEC) No 1025/70 . Such surveillance
                                                                 shall apply to imports from all the countries listed in
                                                                 Annex II to that Regulation.
  Whereas the position of the lead industry in the
  Community has deteriorated over the last few
  months, in particular because the. price of lead on the
  London Metal Exchange (LME), on which the price                                        Article 2
  of Community lead is based, has fallen while in other
  parts of the world the price of lead is appreciably
  higher;                                                        Import documents shall be valid for not more than
                                                                 six months .                        5
  Whereas it is therefore necessary, in order that
                                                                                         Article 3
  developments on the unwrought lead market may be
  followed closely, with particular reference to the
  threat of injury to Community lead producers, that             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
                                                                 day following its publication in the Official Journal
                                                                 of the European Communities and shall expire on 31
                                                                 January 1973 . It shall * take effect from 1 February
  1 OJ No L 124, 8.6.1970, p . 6.                                 1972 .
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States .
Done at Brussels, 25 January 1972.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                     The President
                                                                Franco M. MALFATTI