CELEX: 31974R2902
Language: en
Date: 1974-11-07 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2902/74 of the Council of 7 November 1974 establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in Finland

No L 313 / 8                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                25 . 11.74
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 2902/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                       of 7 November 1974
                establishing Community supervision of imports of certain products originating in
                                                               Finland
  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
                                                                       it is necessary to follow the trend of imports ;
  European Economic Community, and in particular
  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         whereas it is, therefore, desirable that imports of
  Commission ;
                                                                       these products also be subjected to a system of
                                                                       supervision,
  Whereas an Agreement (*) between the European
  Economic Community and the Republic of Finland
  was signed on 5 October 1973 ;
                                                                       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 , 2 and 3 of Protocol 1
 annexed to the Agreement lay down that, for                           1.    From 1 January until 31 December 1975,
 imports of certain products listed in Annex C to that                imports of products originating in Finland to which
 Protocol , the reduction of duties shall be limited to               annual indicative ceilings are applied in accordance
 indicative ceilings above which the customs duties                   with Articles 1 , 2 and 3 and Annex C to Protocol 1
  applicable to third countries may be reintroduced ;                 of the Agreement between the European Economic
 whereas application of this last provision requires                  Community and the Republic of Finland shall be
 that the Community be regularly informed of the                      subjected to Community supervision.
 trend of imports of the products in question
 originating in Finland ; whereas it is, therefore,                   The description of the products referred to in the
 desirable that imports of these products be subjected                preceding subparagraph, their tariff headings and
 to a system of supervision ;                                         statistic numbers and the levels of the indicative
                                                                      ceilings are given in Annex I.
 Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of
 an administrative procedure based on setting off
                                                                      2.    Amounts shall be set off against the indicative
 imports of the products in question against the
 indicative ceilings at Community level, as and when                  ceilings as and when products are submitted to the
                                                                      customs authorities under cover of a declaration that
 these products are submitted to the customs
 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
                                                                     to    the  rules   contained   in   Protocol 3   of  the
this administrative procedure must make provision
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                       reimposed .
Member States and the Commission ; whereas the
latter must, in particular, be able to follow the                    The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at
progress of amounts set off against the indicative                   Community level on the basis of imports set off
ceilings and keep the Member States informed ;                       against it in the manner defined in the preceding
whereas this cooperation must be all the closer since                subparagraphs .
the Commission must be able to take adequate
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
H OJ No L 328 , 28 . 11 . 1973 , p. 2 .                              the above rules .
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3 . As soon as the ceilings have been reached,      the     accompanied by a movement certificate conforming
Commission may issue a Regulation reimposing        the     to   the rules    contained   in   Protocol 3  of  the
customs duties provided for in Article 3 ( f)        of     Agreement referred to in Article 1 shall be taken into
Protocol 1 of the Agreement until the end of        the     consideration .
calendar year.
                        Article 2                                                    Article 3
During the period from 1 January until 31 December
1975 , imports of the products referred to in Annex II      For the implementation of this Regulation the
which originate in Finland shall be subjected to            Commission shall take all necessary measures in
Community supervision.                                      close cooperation with the Member States .
The Member States shall periodically inform the
Commission of imports of these products ; to this                                    Article 4
end, only products submitted to the customs
authorities under cover of a declaration that they          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
have been made available for consumption and                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
                                                           Description                            Nimexe Code             Level of ceiling
        No          heading No                                                                                            — metre tons —
         1                2                                      3                                        4
                       48.01         Paper and paperboard            (including cellulose
                                     wadding), machine-made, in rolls or sheets :
                                     C. Kraft paper and Kraft board :
                                         II . Other :
      I SF 1                                  — Kraftliner ( a)                             48.01-15 , 21 , 31               230 968
      I SF 2                                  — Kraft paper for large bags (a)              48.01-16, 23                     159 386
      I SF 3                                  — Other                                       48.01-08 , 09, 11 , 12, 13 ,     164 276
                                                                                                  17, 19 , 25 , 26, 27,
                                                                                                  28 , 29, 33
                                     ex E. Other :
      I SF 4                                  — Bible paper (India paper), copying          48.01-58 , 61 , 62, 66            30 221
                                                  tissue; other printing paper and
                                                  other writing paper, not containing
                                                  mechanical wood pulp or in which
                                                  mechanical wood pùlp does not
                                                  represent more than 5 °/o ( a)
      I SF 5                                  — Printing paper and writing paper,           48.01-64, 68                     475 504
                                                  containing mechanical wood pulp (a),
                                                  excluding copying tissue
      I SF 6                                  — Fluting       paper      for     corrugated 48.01-75                         250 267
                                                  paperboard ( a)
      I SF 7                                  — Sulphite        paper     for     wrapping  48.01-71 , 73                      16 472
                                                  purposes ( a)
      I SF 8                                  — Other, excluding cellulose wadding          48.01-41,43,45,52, 53 ,          197 513
                                                  and tissues                                     54, 55, 56, 77, 82,
                                                                                                  84, 86 , 88,91, 93 ,
                                                                                                  95, 97
      I SF 9           48.03         Parchment or greaseproof paper and                     48.03-all Nos                      11 648
                                     paperboard, and imitations thereof, and glazed
                                     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, 80         42 924
                       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:
     I SF 11                              — Coated printing or writing paper                48.07-57, 58 , 59                  41 498
     ISF 12                              — Other                                            48.07-55 , 56, 64, 65 , 66,      164 738
                                                                                                  68 , 70, 81 , 85 , 91 ,
                                                                                                  97, 99
                       48.15         Other paper and paperboard, cut to size or
                                     shape :
     ISF 13                          B. Other                                               48.15-10, 21 , 29, 30, 40,         13 057
                                                                                                  50, 61 , 65, 95 , 99
                       73.02         Ferro-alloys :
     ISF 14                          E. Ferro-chromium         and    ferro-silicochromium  73.02-51 , 55                      10 757
(a ) Subject to compliance with the definitions in fine .
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                                                        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 110
                         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 °/o 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 °/o 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 % of mechanical wood pulp'
                         means paper other than machine-glazed, used for printing or writing,
                         which contains not more than 5 % 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 °/o 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 .
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                                                   ANNEX II
                             LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2
    Order        CCT
                                                        Description                              Nimexe Code
      No      heading No
       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, 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 SF 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
                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
                56.02    Continuous filament tow for the manufacture of man-made fibres
                         (discontinuous):
   II SF 5               B. Of regenerated textile fibres                                   56.02-21 , 23 , 25 , 29
   II SF 6      74.03    Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of copper; copper 74.03 - all Nos
                         wire
   II SF 7      74.04    Wrought plates, sheets and strips, of copper                       74.04 - all Nos
   II SF 8      74.05    Copper foil (whether or not embossed, cut to shape, perforated,    74.05 - all Nos
                         coated, printed or backed with paper or other reinforcing
                         material) of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding
                         0-15 mm
   II SF 9      74.06    Copper powders and flakes                                          74.06 - all Nos
  II SF 10      74.07    Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of copper; hollow bars of     74.07 - all Nos
                         copper
                78.01    Unwrought lead (including argentiferous lead); lead waste and
                         scrap :
                         A. Unwrought:
  II SF 11                   II. Other                                                      78.01-12 , 13 , 15 , 19
                79.01    Unwrought zinc; zinc waste and scrap :
  II SF 12               A. Unwrought                                                       79.01-11 , 15
  II SF 13      81.01    Tungsten (wolfram), unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof     81.01 - all Nos
  II SF 14      81.02    Molybdenum, unwrought or wrought, and articles, thereof            81.02 - all Nos
  II SF 15      81.03    Tantalum, unwrought or wrought, and . articles thereof             81.03 - all Nos
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      Order     CCT
                                                       Description                          Nimexe Code
       No    heading No
         1         2                                       3                                      4
               81.04    Other base metals, unwrought or wrought, cermets, unwrought or
                        wrought :
    II SF 16            B. Cadmium                                                     81.04-16, 18
                        C. Cobalt :
    II SF 17                II . Wrought                                               81.04-23
    II SF 18            D. Chromium                                                    81.04-26, 28
    II SF 19            E. Germanium                                                   81.04-31 , 33
    II SF 20            F. Hafnium (celtium)                                           81.04-36, 38
    II SF 21            G. Manganese                                                   81.04-41 , 43
    II SF 22            H. Niobium ( columbium )                                       81.04-46, 48
    II SF 23            IJ. Antimony                                                   81.04-51,53
    II SF 24            K. Titanium                                                    81.04-56, 58
    II SF 25            L. Vanadium                                                    81.04-61,63
    II SF 26            M. Uranium depleted in U 235                                   81.04-69
    II SF 27            O. Zirconium                                                   81.04-81 , 83 -
    II SF 28            P. Rhenium                                                     81.04-91,93
    II SF 29            Q. Gallium ; indium ; thallium                                 81.04-94,95
    II SF 30            R. Cermets                                                     81.04-97, 98