CELEX: 31976R3047
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-09 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 3047/76 of 9 December 1976 establishing ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain products originating in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia (1977)

No L 350/76                       Official Journal of the European Communities                            20. 12. 76
                                   COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3047/76
                                                of 9 December 1976
             establishing ceilings, and Community supervision for imports of certain products
                                originating in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia (1977)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                     products are submitted to the customs authorities
                                                             under cover of declarations that they have been made
                                                             available for consumption; whereas this administra­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                 tive procedure must make provision for the reintro­
European Economic Community, and in particular               duction of tariff duties as soon as the ceilings have
Article 113 thereof,                                         been reached at Community level ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,           Whereas this administrative procedure requires close
                                                             and particularly rapid cooperation between the
                                                             Member States and the Commission ; whereas the
Whereas the Interim Agreements (*) between the               latter must, in particular, be able to follow the
European Economic Community of the one part and              progress of amounts set off against the ceilings and
the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, the             keep the Member States informed ; whereas this
Kingdom of Morocco and the Republic of Tunisia               cooperation must be all the closer in that the
of the other part each stipulate in Article 2 that           Commission must be able to take adequate measures
products originating in these countries shall be             to reintroduce customs tariff duties whenever one of
imported into the Community free of customs duties ;         the ceilings is reached,
whereas, by way of derogation therefrom, Article 5
of each of these Agreements provides that the
reduction of duties shall apply to imports of the
products listed therein only up to ceilings above
                                                             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
which the customs duties applicable to third countries
may be reimposed; whereas the ceilings to be applied
in 1977 should therefore be established; whereas,
however the Agreements expire on 30 June 1977;                                        Article 1
whereas the Community intends to maintain its
trading relations with these countries; whereas the          1 . From 1 January until 31 December 1977, imports
provisions governing the second half of 1977 should          of the produots originating in Algeria, Morocco and
not be less favourable than those laid down for the
                                                             Tunisia which are listed in Annexes I, II and III
first; whereas in order not to disrupt trading patterns
                                                             respectively shall be subject to annual ceilings and
for the products in question, ceilings should be
                                                             Community supervision.
established for the whole of 1977;
Whereas the application of ceilings requires the             The description of the products referred to in the
Community to be regularly informed of the trend              first paragraph, their tariff headings and statistical
of imports of the relevant products originating in           numbers and the levels of the ceilings are given in
these countries; whereas imports should therefore be         Annexes I, II and III.
made subject to a system of supervision;
Whereas this objective may be achieved by means              2. Amounts shall be set off against the ceilings as
of an administrative procedure based on setting off          and when products are submitted to the customs
imports of the products in question against the              authorities under cover of a declaration that they
ceilings at Community level, as and when these               have been made available for consumption and ac­
                                                             companied by a movement certificate conforming to
                                                             the rules contained in the Protocols on rules of origin
                                                             annexed to the Interim Agreements between the
                                                             Community of the one part and Algeria, Morocco
(*) OJ No L 141, 28. 5. 1976.                                and Tunisia of the other part. However, in the case
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  of products falling within Chapter 27, a certificate of       customs duties applicable to third countries until the
  origin may be substituted for the movement                    end of the calendar year.
  certificate.
                                                                4. Member States shall forward to the Commission
                                                                not later than the 15th day of each month state­
  Goods shall be set off against the ceiling only if            ments of the amounts set off during the preceding
  the movement certificate or, in the case of goods             month. They shall, if the Commission so requests,
  falling within Chapter 27, the certificate of origin          make up such statements for periods of 10 days
  has been submitted before the date on which customs
                                                                and forward them within five clear days from the
  duties are reimposed.                                         expiry of the preceding 10-day period.
  The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at
  Community level on the basis of imports set off                                        Article 2
  against it as defined in the preceding subparagraphs.
                                                                For the implementation of this Regulation the Com­
                                                                mission shall take all necessary measures in close
  Member States shall inform the Commission at the              cooperation with the Member States.
  intervals and within the time 'limits specified in para­
  graph 4 of imports effected in accordance with the
  above rules.
                                                                                         Article 3
' 3. As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
  Commission may issue a Regulation reimposing the              1977.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
               Done at Brussels, 9 December 1976.
                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                  The President
                                                                                P. J. J. MERTENS
 ---pagebreak--- No L 350/78                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                            20. 12. 76
                                                                       ANNEX I
                              List of products originating in Algeria subject to import ceilings in 1977
                             CCT                                                                                      Level of
                                                                                                           Nimexe
      Order No             heading                                      Description                         code       ceiling
                              No                                                                                    (metric tons)
           1                  2                                              3                                4           5
                            27.10           Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous
                                            minerals, other than crude ; preparations not elsewhere
                                            specified or included, containing not less than 70%
                                            by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from
                                            bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constitu­
                                            ents of the preparations :
                                            A. Light oils :
                                                III. For other purposes                                  27.10-15,
                                                                                                        17,21,25,29
                                            B. Medium oils :
                                                III. For other purposes                                  27.10-34,
                                                                                                           38, 39
                                            C. Heavy oils :
                                                  I. Gas oils :
                                                      c) For other purposes                               27.10-59
                                                 II. Fuel oils :
                                                      c) For other purposes                               27.10-69
                                                III. Lubricating oils ; other oils :
I DZ 1                                                                                                                1 100 000
                                                      c) To be mixed in accordance with the terms
                                                          of Additional Note 7 to this Chapter (a)        27.10-75
                                                      d) For other purposes                               27.10-79
                           27.11            Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons :
                                            A. Propane of a purity not less than 99 % :
                                                  I. For use as power or heating fuel                     27.11-03
                                            B. Other :
                                                  I. Commercial propane and commercial butane :
                                                      c) For other purposes                               27.11-19
                           27.12            Petroleum jelly :
                                            A. Crude :
                                                III. For other purposes                                  27.12-19
                                            B. Other                                                     27.12-90
(a) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities.
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                CCT                                                                           Level of
                                                                                   Nimexe
     Order No heading                         Description                            code      ceiling
                 No                                                                         (metric tons)
         1        2                               3                                   4           5
I DZ 1         27.13  Paraffin wax, micro-crystalline wax, slack wax, ozoke­
  (cont'd)            rite, lignite wax, peat wax and other mineral waxes,
                      whether or not coloured :
                      B. Other :
                            I. Crude :
                               c) For other purposes                              27.13-8.9
                           II. Other                                              27.13-90
               27.14  Petroleum bitumen, petroleum coke and other residues
                      of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous
                      minerals :
                      C. Other :
                           II. Other                                              27.14-99
I DZ 2         45.02  Natural cork in blocks, plates, sheets or strips (including  45.02                50
                      cubes or square slabs, cut to size for corks or stoppers)   all Nos
I DZ 3         45.03  Articles of natural cork                                     45.03               150
                                                                                  all Nos
I DZ 4         45.04  Agglomerated cork (being cork agglomerated with or           45.04             2 000
                      without a binding substance) and articles of agglomer­      all Nos
                      ated cork
 ---pagebreak--- No L 350/80                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                              20. 12. 76
                                                                      ANNEX II
                             List of products originating in Morocco subject to import ceilings in 1977
                             CCT                                                                                      Level of
                                                                                                           Nimexe
      Order No             heading                                      Description                         code       ceiling
                              No                                                                                    (metric tons)
          1                    2                                            3                                 4           5
                           27.10            Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous
                                            minerals, other than crude ; preparations not elsewhere
                                            specified or included, containing not less than 70%
                                            by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from
                                            bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constitu­
                                            ents of the preparations :
                                            A. Light oils :
                                                III. For other purposes                                  27.10-15 ,
                                                                                                        17,21,25,29
                                            B. Medium oils :
                                                III. For other purposes                                  27.10-34,
                                                                                                           38 , 39
                                            C. Heavy oils :
                                                  I. Gas oils :
                                                      c) For other purposes                               27.10-59
                                                 II. Fuel oils :
                                                      c) For other purposes                               27.10-69
                                                III. Lubricating oils ; other oils :
    I MA 1                                                                                                              175 000
                                                      c) To be mixed in accordance with the terms
                                                          of Additional Note 7 to this Chapter (a)        27.10-75
                                                      d) For other purposes                               27.10-79
                            27.11           Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons :
                                            A. Propane of a purity not less than 99 % :
                                                  I. For use as power or heating fuel                     27.11-03
                                            B. Other :
                                                  I. Commercial propane and commercial butane :
                                                      c) For other purposes                               27.11-19
                            27.12           Petroleum jelly :
                                            A. Crude :
                                                III. For other purposes                                   27.12-19
                                            B. Other                                                      27.12-90
(a) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities.
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                CCT                                                                          Level of
                                                                                   Nimexe
     Order No heading                         Description                           code      ceiling
                 No                                                                        (metric tons)
         1        2                               3                                   4          5
  I MA 1       27.13  Paraffin wax, micro-crystalline wax, slack wax, ozoke­
   (cont'd)           rite, lignite wax, peat wax and other mineral waxes,
                      whether or not coloured :
                      B. Other :
                            I. Crude :
                               c) For other purposes                              27.13-89
                           II. Other                                              27.13-90
               27.14  Petroleum bitumen, petroleum coke and other residues
                      of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous
                      minerals :
                      C. Other :
                           II. Other                                              27.14-99
  I MA 2       45.02  Natural cork in blocks, plates, sheets or strips (including  45.02              50
                      cubes or square slabs, cut to size for corks or stoppers)   all Nos
  I MA 3       45.03  Articles of natural cork                                     45.03             600
                                                                                  all Nos
  I MA 4       45.04  Agglomerated cork (being cork agglomerated with or           45.04          2 000
                      without a binding substance) and articles of agglomer­      all Nos
                      ated cork
 ---pagebreak--- No L 350/82                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                             20. 12. 76
                                                                      ANNEX 111
                             List of products originating in Tunisia subject to import ceilings in 1977
                            CCT                                                                                       Level of
                                                                                                           Nimexe
      Order No            heading                                      Description                           code      ceiling
                             No                                                                                     (metric tons)
          1                   2                                             3                                  4          5
                           27.10            Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous
                                            minerals, other than crude ; preparations not elsewhere
                                            specified or included, containing not less than 70%
                                            by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from
                                            bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constitu­
                                           ents of the preparations :
                                            A. Light oils :
                                                III. For other purposes                                  27.10-15,
                                                                                                        17,21,25,29
                                            B. Medium oils :
                                                III. For other purposes                                  27.10-34,
                                                                                                           38 , 39
                                            C. Heavy oils :
                                                  I. Gas oils :
                                                                                                           /
                                                      c) For other purposes                               27.10-59
                                                 II. Fuel oils :
                                                      c) For other purposes                               27.10-69
                                                III. Lubricating oils ; other oils :
    I TN 1                                                                                                              175 000
                                                      c) To be mixed in accordance with the terms
                                                          of Additional Note 7 to this Chapter (a)        27.10-75
                                                      d) For other purposes                               27.10-79
                           27.11           Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons :
                                            A. Propane of a purity not less than 99% :
                                                  I. For use as power or heating fuel                     27.11-03
                                            B. Other :
                                                  I. Commercial propane and commercial butane :
                                                      c) For other purposes                               27.11-19
                           27.12           Petroleum jelly :
                                           A. Crude :
                                                III. For other purposes                                   27.12-19
                                            B. Other                                                      27.12-90
(a) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined bv the competent authorities.
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                CCT                                                                          Level of
                                                                                   Nimexe
     Order No heading                         Description                            code     ceiling
                 No                                                                        (metric tons)
         1        2                               3                                   4          5
   I TN 1      27.13  Paraffin wax, micro-crystalline wax, slack wax, ozoke­
   (cont'd)           rite, lignite wax, peat wax and other mineral waxes,
                      whether or not coloured :
                      B. Other :
                            I. Crude :
                               c) For other purposes                              27.13-89
                           II. Other                                              27.13-90
              27.14   Petroleum bitumen, petroleum coke and other residues
                      of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous
                      minerals :
                      C. Other :
                           II. Other                                              27.14-99
  I TN 2      45.02   Natural cork in blocks, plates, sheets or strips (including  45.02              50
                      cubes or square slabs, cut to size for corks or stoppers)   all Nos
  I TN 3      45.03   Articles of natural cork                                     45.03              50
                                                                                  all Nos
  I TN 4      45.04   Agglomerated cork (being cork agglomerated with or           45.04             800
                      without a binding substance) and articles of agglomer­      all Nos
                      ated cork