CELEX: 31976R3231
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-21 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 3231/76 of 21 December 1976 establishing indicative ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain products originating in Finland (1977)

31 . 12. 76                             Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 367/7
                                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3231/76
                                                     of 21 December 1976
                  establishing indicative ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain
                                            products originating in Finland ( 1977)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Member States and the Commission ; whereas the
COMMUNITIES,                                                      latter must, in particular, be able to follow the pro­
                                                                   gress of amounts set off against the indicative
                                                                   ceilings and keep the Member States informed ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                       whereas this cooperation must be all the closer since
European Economic Community, and in particular                     the Commission must be a'ble to take adequate
Article 113 thereof,                                               measures to reintroduce customs tariff duties when­
                                                                   ever one of the ceilings has been reached ;
Having regard to the proposal ifrom the Commission,
                                                                  Whereas the trend of imports should be followed for
                                                                  certain products for which, under Article 3 of
Whereas an Agreement (*) between the European                     Protocol 1 , the Community has suspended the appli­
Economic Community and the Republic of Finland                    cation of ceilings and for products which are not
was signed on 5 October 1973 ,                                     subject to the ceiling system ; whereas it is therefore
                                                                  desirable that imports of such products should be
Whereas Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol 1 annexed to                  subject to supervision,
this Agreement make provision for a specific time­
table for the progressive abolition of customs duties
in respect of the products to which the Agreement
applies ; whereas under Artidle 3 of that Protocol                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
the imports of these products are limited to annual
indicative ceilings above which the customs duties
applicable to third countries may be reintroduced;                                         Article 1
whereas, however, under Article 3 (b) the
Community has to suspend the application of certain                1 . From 1 January until 31 December 1977, imports
ceilings ; whereas, therefore, the ceilings to be applied         of products originating in Fiinlland and indicated in
in 1977 must be established ; whereas in this situation           Annex I to this Regulation shall be subject to indica­
it is also necessary that the Commission be regularly              tive ceilings and to Community supervision.
informed of the trend of the imports of the products
in question and, in consequence, it is necessary to
subject these imports to supervision ;                            The description of the products referred to in the
                                                                  preceding subparagraphs, their tariff headings and
                                                                  statistic numbers and the levels of the indicative
Whereas this objective may be achieved by means                    ceilings are given in Annex I.
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 auth­                 2. Amounts shall be set off against the indicative
orities under cover of . declarations that they have              ceilings as and when products are submitted to the
been made available for consumption ; whereas this                customs authorities under cover of a declaration
administrative procedure must make provision for                  that they have been made available for consumption
the reintroduction of customs tariff duties as soon as            and accompanied by a movement certificate
the ceilings have been reached at Community level ;               conforming to the rules contained in Protocol 3 to
                                                                   the Agreement.
Whereas this administrative procedure requires close
and particularly rapid cooperation between the                    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
(») OJ No L 328, 28 . 11 . 1973, p. 2.                             reimposed.
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The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at                                     Article 2
Community level on the basis olf imports set off
against it in the manner defined in the preceding            From 1 January until 31 December 1977, imports of
subparagraphs.                                               the products referred to in Annex II which originate
                                                             in Finland shall be subject to Community supervision.
                                                             Member States shall forward to the Commission not
The Member States shall periodically inform the              later than the 15th day of each month statements of
Commission of imports effected in accordance with            imports of the products in question effected during
the above rules ; such information shall be supplied         the preceding month ; to this end, only products
under the conditions laid down in paragraph 4.               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
3 . As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the           Protocol 3 to the Agreement shall 'be taken into
Commission may issue a Regulation reimposing the             consideration .
customs duties provided for in Article 3 (f) of .
Protocol 1 to the Agreement until the end of the
calendar year.                                                                       Article 3
                                                             For the implementation of this Regulation the
                                                             Commission shall take all necessary measures in
4. Member States sh^ll forward to the Commission             close cooperation with the Member States.
not later than the 15th day of each month statements
of the amounts set off during the preceding month.
They shall, if the Commission so requests, make up                                   Article 4
such statements for periods of 10 days and forward
them within five clear days of exipiry of the                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
preceding 10-day period.                                     1977.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 21 December 1976.
                                                                               For the Council
                                                                                 The President
                                                                         A. P. L. M. M. van der STEE
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                                                                    ANNEX I
                 LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION
                                                                     IN 1977
      Order             CCT                                                                                             Level
                                                              Description                     NIMEXE còde             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 :
      ISF 1                                         — Kraftliner (a)                      48.01-15* 21 , 27, 31      254 642
     I SF 2                                                                                                            ceiling
                                                    — Kraft paper for large bags (a)      48.01-16,23,28
      ISF 3                                                                                                           delayed
                                                    — Other                               48.01-08, 09, 11 , 12,       ceiling
                                                                                                13 , 17, 19, 25,      delayed
                                                                                                26, 29, 33
                                      ex E. Other :
      ISF 4                                    — Bible paper (India paper), copying       48.01-58 , 61 , 61, 66      33319
                                                    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)
      ISF 5                                     — Printing paper and writing paper,       48.01-64, 65, 69             ceiling
                                                    containing mechanical wood pulp (a),                              delayed
                                                    excluding copying tissue
      ISF 6                                     — Fluting paper for corrugated paper­     48.01-75                     ceiling
                                                    board (a)                                                         delayed
      ISF 7                                     — Sulphite paper for wrapping pur­        48.01-71 , 73                ceiling
                                                    poses (a)                                                         delayed
      ISF 8                                     — Other, excluding cellulose wadding      48.01-41 , 43 , 45 , 52,   207 389
                                                    and tissues                                 53 , 54,  55 , 56,
                                                                                                77,  82,  84,  86 ,
                                                                                                88 , 91 , 93 , 95,
                                                                                                97
      ISF 9            48.03           Parchment or greaseproof paper and paper­          48.03 - all Nos              ceiling
                                       board, and imitations thereof, and glazed                                      delayed
                                       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 :
     ISF 10                            B. Other                                           48.05-21 , 29, 30, 50,        45 07
                                                                                                80
(a) Subject to compliance with the definitions given in Annex III.
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   Order        CCT                                                                                  Level
    No       heading No                      Description                     NIMEXE code           of ceiling
                                                                                                 (metric tons)
     1            2                               3                                 4                  5
               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 :
  ISF 11                    — Coated printing or writing paper           48.07-57, 58 , 59          45 752
  ISF 12                    — Other                                      48.07-55, 56 , 64, 65,   181624
                                                                               66, 68 , 70, 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, 30,     14 396
                                                                               40, 50 , 61 , 65,
                                                                               95, 99
                73.02   Ferro-alloys :
  ISF 14                E. Ferro-chromium and ferro-silico-chromium      73.02-51 , 55              11 860
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                                               ANNEX II
                       LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2
     Order     CCT
       No   heading No                            Description                         NIMEXE code
        1        2                                    3                                      4
    II SF 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 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 resins or other organic binding
                       substances in sheets, blocks or the like
    II SF 3   48.09    Building board of wood pulp or of vegetable fibre, whether 48.09 - all Nos
                       or not 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 SF 4            B. Regenerated textile fibres                              56.01-21 , 23 , 25, 29
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                                                 ANNEX 111
                                               DEFINITIONS
           ex 48.01 C II Kraftliner
                                      /
                         'Kraftliner' 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 115 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 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°/o of mechanical wood pulp
                         'Other printing paper and    other writing paper, not containing mechanical
                         wood pulp or containing      not more than 5°/o of mechanical wood pulp'
                         means paper other than       machine-glazed, used for printing or writing,
                         which contains not more      than 5°/o 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, used for printing and writing, containing
                          more than 5% of mechanical wood pulp calculated on total fibre content.
            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
                         Medium Test) crush resistance exceeding 20 kp.
            ex 48.01 E    Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes
                          'Sulphite paper for wrapping purposes' means machine-glazed paper,
                          containing more than 40%> of chemical bisulphite wood pulp, calculated
                          on total fibre content, having an ash content of not more than 8°/o and
                          having a Mullen burst ratio of not less than 15.