CELEX: 51981PC0347
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Date: 1981-07-06
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) adapting the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2603/69 establishing common rules for exports (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                 COM(81 ) 347 final
                                                Brussels / 6 July 1981
                                  Proposal for a
                              COUNCIL REGULATION  ( EEC )
      adapting the Annex to Regulation ( EEC ) No 2603 / 69 establishing common
                                  rules for exports
                ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )    b
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C0M(81 ) 347 final
 ---pagebreak---                  EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Since its adoption in 1969 , Regulation ( EEC ) No 2603 /79 has not been
updated, despite the changes in the export restrictions imposed by
the Member States *
In order to take account of the fact that certain Member States have
Lifted the restrictions which they applied to exports of certain
products given in the Annex to Regulation ( EEC) No 2603 /69 , the
Commission proposes that this Annex be updated *
It also proposes that it be specified more clearly that the restrictions
maintained in force pursuant to Articles 1 and 10 are applied only by ..
the Member Stated indicated in respect of the products listed in the
 ---pagebreak---                PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
  ADAPTING THE ANNEX TO            REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2603 / 69
   establishing common rules for exports
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
   and in particular Article 113 thereof ,
   Having regard to the instruments    establishing common organization of
  agricultural markets and to the instruments concerning processed agricultural
  products adopted in pursuance of Article 235 of the Treaty , in particular
- the provisions of those instruments which allow for derogation from the
  general principle that quantitative restrictions or measures having equivalent .
  effect may be replaced solely by the measures provided for in those same
   instruments ^
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
  Whereas , pursuant to Counci I Regulation ( EEC)No 2603/ 69^, the exDortation of products
  from the European Economic Community to third countries is free , that is to
  say , not subject to arjy quantitative restriction , with the exception of those
   restrictions which are applied in conformity with the provisions of that
  Regulation and are listed in the Annex thereto ;
                                                *
  Whereas , since the adoption of that Regulation , a number of Member States have
  abolished the restrictions which they applied to exports of certain products
  set out in the Annex thereto ;
  Whereas this trend towards greater liberalization of exports should be        taken
   into account by updating the said Annex ;
  Whereas it should at tiie same time be specified more clearly that the
  restrictions maintained in force under Articles 1 and 10 of Regulation ( EEC ) No
  2603 / 69 are applied only by the Member States indicated in respect of the products
  listed in the Annex ,
    0J No L 324 , 27.12.1969 , p. 25
 ---pagebreak--- HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                               Article 1
The Annex to Regulation ( EEC ) No 2603 / 69 is replaced by the Annex hereto ,
updated to 1 March 1981 .
                               Arti c le 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities *
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States­
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Done at Brussels ,                           For the Council
                                             The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                ANNEX
   This Annex sets out the export restrictions which the Member States indicated in column 3 still apply to the products
   listed in columns 1 and 2 . Exportation of these products is free in the other Member States .
   CCT heading                                                                                               Member State
   No ( 1 981 > 1                                     Description of goods                                   applying restriction
    07.01                 Vegetables , fresh or chilled :                                                    Germany
                  A       - Potatoes
    12.08                 Chicory roots , fresh or dried, whole or cut , unroasted; locust beans , fresh or  Belgium
                          dried , whether or not kibbled or ground, but not further prepared; fruit kernels
                          and other vegetable products of a kind used primarily for human food , not falling
                          within any other heading :
                  A       - Chicory roots                                     ,
    27.09                 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals , crude                  France
    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 constituents of the preparations :
                  A       - Light oils :                                                                     France
                  Β       - Medium oils :                                                                    France
            ex    C       - Heavy oils except lubricating oils used in clocks and watches and the like       France
                            presented in small receptacles containing not more than 250 g net of oil
ex 35.07                  Enzymes ; prepared enzymes not elsewhere' specified or included :
                          - Rennet of sheep or goats                                                         Italy
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    37.04                 Sensitized plates and film , exposed but not developed, negative or positive : <
            ex    AI      - Perforated cinematograph film exceeding 30 m in length ; negatives ;             Italy
                            intermediate positives
            ex    A II    - Perforated cinematograph film exceeding 30 m in length ; other positives         Italy
ex 37.07                  Other cinematograph film , exposed and devoloped, whether år not incorporating
                          sound track , negative or positive :
                          - Cinematograph feature film                                                       Italy
    41.01                 Raw hides and skins ( fresh , salted, dried, pickled or limed), whether or not     Germany, France
                          split , including sheepskins in the wool                                           Italy
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 CCT heading                                                                                                Member State
 No ( 1981 ) 1                                 Description of goods                                         applying restriction
    41.02           Bovine cattle leather ( including : buffalo leather) and equine leather , except
                     leather falling within heading Nos 41.06 , 41.07 or 41.08 :
             ex B   - Bovine leather , not further prepared than tanned                                     France
ex 43-01            Raw furskins :                                                                          Germa ny
                    - Of rabbits and badgers                                                                Italy.
ex 70.10
                    Carboys , bottles ,- jars , pdts, tubular containers and similar containers , of glass,
                    of a kind commonly used for the conveyance or packtap of goods; stoppers and other
                    closures , of glass :                     - '          ~
                    - Carboys and -flasks, of glass , of a capacity not exceeding 5 litres                  Italy
ex 71.01
                    Pearls , unworked or worked, but not mounted, set or strung ( except ungraded pearls
                    temporarily strung for convenience of transport ):
                    - Pearls , unworked                                                                     Italy
    71.02           Precious and semi-precious stones , unworked, cut or otherwise worked but not
                    mounted, set or strung ( except ungraded stones temporarily strung for convenience
                    of transport )!                                                                         France, Italy
                B I - Other, for industrial uses
    75.01
                    Nickel mattes , nickel speiss and other intermediate products of nickel metallurgy;     Bénélux
                    unwrought nickel ( excluding electro-plating anodes ); nickel waste and scrap;
    75.05
                    Electro-plating anodes , wrought or unwrought , including those produced by
                    electrolysis                                                                            Bénélux
    88.02
                    Flying machines , gliders and kites ; rotochutes :                                      Belgium
            ex B    ~ Flying machines , used
ex 89.01
            ex B I
                    Ships, boats and other vessels not falling within heading Nos 89.02 to 89.05 :
                    - Sea-going vessels with a maximum speed exceeding 26* knots                            France
   92.10
                    Parts and accessories of musical instruments, including perforated music rolls and
            ex  C
                    mechanisms for musical boxes ; metronomes , tuning forks and pitch pipes of all kinds
                       Reeds, tuning forks , tongues , diaphragms and parts and accessories thereof ,       Italy
                       for accordions