CELEX: 31978R0699
Language: en
Date: 1978-03-20 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 699/78 of 20 March 1978 establishing indicative ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain products originating in Finland (1978)

14 . 4 . 78                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 102/7
                                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 699/78
                                                          of 20 March 1978
               establishing indicative ceilings and Community supervision for imports of certain products
                                                    originating in Finland ( 1978 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              off against the indicative ceilings and keep the Member
                                                                      States informed ; whereas this cooperation must be all
                                                                      the closer since the Commission must be able to take
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 adequate measures to reintroduce Common Customs
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113                     Tariff duties whenever one of the ceilings has been
 thereof,                                                             reached ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                      Whereas the trend of imports should be followed for
                                                                      certain products for which, under Article 3 of Protocol
Whereas an Agreement ( x) between the European
Economic Community and the Republic of Finland was                    1 , the Community has suspended the application of ceil­
signed on 5 October 1973 ;                                            ings and for products which are not subject to the ceil­
                                                                      ing system; whereas it is therefore desirable that imports
                                                                      of such products should be subject to supervision,
Whereas Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol 1 annexed to that
Agreement make provision .for a specific timetable for
the progressive abolition of customs duties in respect of
the products to which the Agreement applies; whereas
under Article 3 of that Protocol the imports of these                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
products are limited to annual indicative ceilings above
which the customs duties applicable to third countries
may be reintroduced ; whereas, however, under Article 3                                        Article 1
 ( b), the Community has to suspend the application of
certain ceilings ; whereas, on the other hand, in the event            1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1978 , imports of
of short-term economic difficulties, the Community                    products originating in Finland and indicated in Annex
may, under Article 3 ( c) of Protocol 1 , maintain the ceil­          I to this Regulation shall be subject to indicative ceilings
ing amounts of the preceding year; whereas, however,                  and to Community supervision.
application of this measure must be limited to products
most affected by the short-term difficulties; whereas,
therefore, the ceilings to be applied in 1978 must be                 The description of the products referred to in the pre­
established; whereas in this situation it is also necessary           ceding subparagraphs, their tariff headings and statisti­
that the Commission be regularly informed of the trend                cal numbers ' and the levels of the indicative ceilings are
of the imports of the products in question and, in                    given in Annex I.
consequence, it is necessary to subject these imports to
supervision ;
                                                                      2 . Amounts shall be set off against the indicative ceil­
                                                                      ings as and when products are entered with customs
Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of an                 authorities for home use and accompanied by a move­
administrative procedure based on setting off imports of              ment certificate conforming to the rules contained in
the products in question against the indicative ceilings              Protocol 3 to the Agreement.
at Community level, as and when these products are
entered with customs authorities of home use ; whereas
this administrative procedure must make provision for                 Goods shall be set off against the indicative ceiling only
the reintroduction of Common Customs Tariff duties as                 if the movement certificate has been submitted before
soon as the ceilings have been reached at Community                   the date on which customs duties are reimposed.
level ;
                                                                      The reaching of a ceiling shall be determined at Com­
Whereas this administrative procedure requires close                  munity level on the basis of imports set off against it in
and particularly rapid cooperation between the Member                 the manner defined in the preceding subparagraphs.
States and the Commission; whereas the latter must, in
particular, be able to follow the progress of amounts set
                                                                      The Member States shall periodically inform the Com­
                                                                      mission of imports effected in accordance with the
                                                                      above rules; such information shrill be supplied under
(') OJ No L 328 , 28 . 11 . 1973 , p. 2 .                             the conditions laid down in paragraph 4 .
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3 . As soon as the ceilings have been reached, the               Member States shall forward to the Commission, not
Commission may issue a Regulation reimposing the                 later than the 15th day of each month, statements of
customs duties provided for in Article 3 (f) of Protocol 1       imports of the products in question effected during the
to the Agreement until the end of the calendar year.             preceding month ; to this end, only products submitted
                                                                 to the customs authorities under cover of an entry for
                                                                 home use and accompanied by a movement certificate
4 . Member States shall forward to the Commission, not           conforming to the rules contained in Protocol 3 to the
later than the 15th day of each month, statements of the         Agreement shall be taken into consideration.
amounts set off during the preceding month. They shall,
if the Commission so requests, make up such statements
for periods of 10 days and forward them within five                                       Article 3
clear days of expiry of the preceding 10-day period.
                                                                 For the implementation of this Regulation the Com­
                                                                 mission shall take all necessary measures in close coop­
                                                                 eration with the Member States.
                        Article 2
                                                                                         Article 4
From 1 January to 31 December 1978 , imports of the              This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
products referred to in Annex II which originate in              following its publication in the Official Journal of the
Finland shall be subject to Community supervision.               European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
              Done at Brussels, 20 March 1978 .
                                                                                       For the Council
                                                                                         The President
                                                                                         K. HEINESEN
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                                                                                 ANNEX I
                      LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO INDICATIVE CEILINGS UPON IMPORTATION IN 1978
                                                                                                                                         Level
       Order              CCT
                                                                        Description                            NIMEXE code            of ceiling
        No             heading No                                                                                                      (tonnes)
         1                  2                                                  3                                      4                    5
                        48.01                Paper and paperboard (including cellulose wadding),
                                             in rolls or sheets :
                                                  C. Kraft paper and kraft board :
                                                         II . Other :
     ISF 1                                                    — Kraft liner paper and board ( a)          48.01-15 , 21 , 27, 31      Ceiling
                                                                                                                                      delayed
     I SF 2                                                   — Kraft paper for large capacity            48.01-16 , 23 , 28          Ceiling
                                                                   sacks ( a )                                                        delayed
     ISF 3                                                    — Other                                     48.01-08 , 09 , 11 , 12 ,   Ceiling
                                                                                                                 13 , 17, 19, 25 ,    delayed
                                                                                                                26 , 29, 33
                                             ex F.     Other :
     ISF 4                                             — Bible paper, manifold ( thin typing) pa­          48.01-58 , 61 , 62 , 66      34 985
                                                              per, printing paper and writing paper,
                                                              containing not more than 5% of
                                                              mechanical wood pulp (a)
     I SF 5                                            — Printing paper and writing paper, con­           48.01-64 , 65, 69           Ceiling
                                                              taining more than 5% of mechanical                                      delayed
                                                              wood pulp (a), excluding manifold (thin
                                                              typing) paper
     I SF 6                                            — Semi-chemical fluting paper ( a )                48.01-75                    Ceiling
                                                                                                                                      delayed
     ISF 7                                             — Sulphite wrapping and packaging paper            48.01-71 , 73               Ceiling
                                                              (a)                                                                     delayed
     ISF 8                                             — Other, excluding cellulose wadding and           48.01-41 ,  43 , 45 , 52 ,  Ceiling
                                                              webs of cellulose fibres ( soft tissues)          53 ,  54,  55 , 56 ,  delayed
                                                                                                                 77,  82 , 84 , 86 ,
                                                                                                                88 ,  91 , 93 , 95 ,
                                                                                                                97
     ISF 9              48.03                Parchment or greaseproof paper and paperboard,               48.03 all Nos               Ceiling
                                             and imitations thereof, and glazed transparent                                           delayed
                                             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 :
    I SF 10                                  B. Other                                                     48.05-21 , 29 , 30, 50,     Ceiling
                                                                                                                80                    delayed
                        48.07                Paper      and       paperboard ,    impregnated ,   coated,
                                             surface-coloured , surface-decorated or printed
                                             (not constituting printed matter within Chapter
                                             49 ), in rolls or sheets :
(a) Subject to compliance with the definitions given in Annex III.
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                                                                                                              Level
     Order       CCT
                                              Description                            NIMEXE code           of ceiling
      No      heading No                                                                                   ( tonnes)
       1           2                              3                                        4                    5
               48.07     C. Other :
  I SF 11    (cont'd)        — Coated printing or writing paper                 48.07-57 , 58 , 59         48 040
  I SF 12                    — Other                                            48.07-55 , 56 , 64 , 65 , 190 705
                                                                                      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 , Ceiling
                                                                                      40 , 50 , 61 , 65 , delayed
                                                                                      95 , 99
               73.02     Ferro-alloys :
  ISF 14                 E.  Ferro-chromium     and       ferro-silico-chromium 73.02-51, 55                12 453
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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,       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   44.11      Fibre building board of wood or other vegetable material , 44.11 all Nos
                       whether or not bonded with natural or artificial resins or
                       with other organic 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 III
                                               DEFINITIONS
             ex 48.01 C II  Kraft liner
                            'Kraft liner' 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-capacity sacks
                            'Kraft paper for large-capacity 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 F     Printing paper and writing paper, containing not more than 5% of mechan­
                            ical 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 F    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 F    Semi-chemical fluting paper
                           ' Semi-chemical fluting paper' 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 resist­
                           ance exceeding 20 kgf.
             ex 48.01 F    Sulphite wrapping and packaging paper
                           'Sulphite wrapping and packaging paper' means machine-glazed paper, con­
                           taining more than 40% of chemical bisulphite wood pulp, calculated on total
                           fibre content, having an ash content of not more than 8% and having a Mul­
                           len burst ratio of not less than 15 .